The 1978 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 19th season, and ninth in the National Football League.

The Chargers improved on their 7–7 record in 1977. This season included the "Holy Roller" game. It was Don Coryell's first season as the team's head coach, replacing Tommy Prothro after four games, and the team's first 16-game schedule.

Said the 2006 edition of Pro Football Prospectus, "The Chargers were one of the worst franchises in the NFL before they hired Don Coryell four games into the 1978 season. The Chargers were 1–3 at the time, but finished 8–4 under Coryell, winning seven of their last eight games for the franchise's first winning record since 1969. Blessed with Hall of Famer Dan Fouts, the creative Coryell always designed potent offenses, but the San Diego Defense didn't catch up until 1979...."

New head coach Coryell lost three out of his first four games before ending the season by winning seven out of the last eight.

Fouts had lost the starting job in Prothro's last game in charge, but grew in confidence as the season progress - 917 of his 2,999 passing yards came in the final three games alone. He had more attempts, completions, yards and touchdowns than in any of his five previous seasons in the NFL, and posted a league-leading 7.9 yards per attempts. Rookie John Jefferson had a strong year, with 56 catches for 1001 yards. He also scored a league-leading 13 receiving touchdowns, tying a rookie record set in 1952 by Billy Howton.

San Diego brought in Lydell Mitchell to strengthen the running game; in each of the three previous seasons, he had rushed for over 1,000 yards with Baltimore. While less effective in a Charger uniform, he did post 820 yards, while adding 500 more on a team-leading 57 catches. Hank Bauer was used as a short-yardage specialist - 6 of his 9 touchdowns were runs of 1 or 2 yards.

The defense slipped slightly, from 6th to 8th in terms of yardage, but remained a solid unit. Fred Dean had 13.5 sacks, and Mike Fuller ran one of his four interceptions back for a touchdown. Second-year kicker Rolf Benirschke made 18 kicks out of 22; his success rate of 81.8% was the second best in the league.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Early-season resignation of head coach Tommy Prothro and hiring of Don Coryell

The previous season Prothro had told team owner Gene Klein that he would coach for only one more year.  After the team's third loss in a row, Prothro stayed at the stadium until almost midnight watching game films, and it was during this time that he decided to resign. In a public statement, he said, "I still believe this is a good football team and it is a playoff contender. However, after disappointing losses to Oakland and Denver and the disaster against Green Bay, I feel a fresh approach and a rude awakening may be what this team needs."  Klein asked Prothro to stay on in an open-ended position to work in such areas as drafting and trading.

The Chargers hired former St. Louis Cardinal Coach Don Coryell who had been asked to step down from an active role by St. Louis at the end of the last season. Because he still had two years left on his contract with St. Louis, the Chargers agreed to give St. Louis a third-round draft pick to fully release Coryell from the Cardinals. Coryell had previously coached at San Diego State University from 1961 to 1972 before going to St. Louis. He said, "I'm pleased with the opportunity to coach again in San Diego because it's like a dream come true."

Roster

Preseason

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Seattle Seahawks

Rookie wide receiver John Jefferson had a successful debut as the Chargers won their opener. Two of Jefferson's three receptions went for touchdowns, and the Chargers led 17-13 after three quarters. A fumbled snap by Seattle quarterback Jim Zorn then gave San Diego a chance to increase their lead, but Fouts was picked off in the end zone when he looked for Jefferson once more. Seattle soon reached a 1st and 10 at the Charger 45, whereupon defensive tackle Gary "Big Hands" Johnson made his first career interception, picking off an ill-advised cross-field pass from Zorn and running it back 52 yards for the game's crucial touchdown. By the time Seattle scored again, only 6 seconds remained.

Week 2: vs. Oakland Raiders

San Diego began on the front foot, seeing a short Benirschke field goal blocked before Pat Curran opened the scoring when he grabbed a deflected Fouts pass in the end zone. Oakland soon tied the scores, but a pair of Hank Bauer runs put the Chargers up 20-7 early in the 4th quarter (Benirschke missed the extra point after the first of these). Ken Stabler had been kept in check up to this point, throwing three interceptions, including two snagged by Glen Edwards on consecutive 3rd quarter attempts. However, he threw his second touchdown of the game with 8:26 to play, then led his team to a 2nd and 10 at the San Diego 14 with 10 seconds to play.

From there, Oakland won the game with the controversial "Holy Roller" touchdown.

Week 3: at Denver Broncos

A strong 2nd quarter proved insufficient for the Chargers. They trailed 7-0 early in the 2nd, when Dan Fouts hit Charlie Joiner for 42 yards down to the Denver 13. An interception foiled that threat, but Fouts rebounded with consecutive touchdown drives, scoring himself on the first and hitting Jefferson from 20 yards for the second. San Diego led 14-7 at the break, and it was still 14-13 late in the game. However, Rick Upchurch returned a punt 75 yards for the winning score with 3:17 on the clock. Denver then stopped the Chargers on downs and added an insurance touchdown.

Week 4: vs. Green Bay Packers

Tommy Prothro resigned after a poor performance in which San Diego had eleven turnovers, one short of the NFL record. The game was scoreless when Lydell Mitchell fumbled on 1st and 10 from the Packer 15. That was the first of a strong of seven consecutive Charger drives which ended in turnovers, including five lost fumbles. James Harris, who got the start over Dan Fouts, threw a pair of interceptions as well as losing the ball once when sacked.

Green Bay led only 7-0 at the break, but the miscues continued in the second half. Punter Jeff West, who had earlier dropped a lost a snap for one of the Charger turnovers, saw a punt blocked and returned for a touchdown. Dan Fouts replaced Harris and lost a fumble, before throwing two interceptions, the latter of which was run back for a touchdown. Finally, 3rd string quarterback Cliff Olander came in and added one more interception to the tally.

San Diego conceded only 9 first downs and, thanks to a new club record ten sacks, only 9 net passing yards. Louis Kelcher and Fred Dean each had 2.5 sacks, while Gary Johnson and DeJurnett had 2.0 each.

Week 5: at New England Patriots

Don Coryell's first game in charge ended in defeat after San Diego didn't hold a second-half lead. The pass-oriented "Air Coryell" offense wasn't in evidence yet - San Diego ran the ball 38 times against 23 pass plays, with Hank Bauer gaining a career-high 60 yards. The touchdowns came through the air, though, Dan Fouts finding Pat Curran from 3 yards out, and Jefferson from 21 and 40, Jefferson's first score being set up by a Don Goode interception.

Those success left San Diego up 20-7 early in the 3rd quarter, but later Fouts was picked off to set up a Patriots touchdown, and Benirschke missing a 38-yard field goal. New England later took the lead with an 80-yard touchdown drive. Though Benirschke made amends with a 41 yard kick to put Sand Diego up 23-21, New England then went 73 yards for the game-winning points, which came with 31 seconds to play.

Dan Fouts finished 14 of 18 for 173 yards, 3 touchdowns and an interception.

Week 6: vs. Denver Broncos

The first win of the Don Coryell era was one of only two shutouts during his eight-year tenure. Fouts began poorly, with an interception on the game's third play, but bounced back to lead his team 85 yards on their next drive, with Don Woods going in from a yard out for the opening score. A fumble by Denver quarterback Craig Morton set up a touchdown reception by Bauer early in the 2nd quarter, and Benirschke added three field goals as the Chargers coasted home.

Denver had particular trouble passing, with three quarterbacks combining for only 8 completions from 30 attempts. The trio threw one interception each, to Glen Edwards, Louie Kelcher and Mike Fuller.

Week 7: vs. Miami Dolphins

A trio of Lydell Mitchell touchdowns were not enough for the Chargers to overcome five turnovers. The Chargers had 1st and Goal at the 4 when Fouts was sacked, losing a fumble that A. J. Duhe returned 68 yards to set up the game's opening touchdown; it was 14-0 shortly after another Fouts fumble. The quarterback rebounded with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell, but the Dolphins restored their 14 point lead after successfully gambling on 4th and goal from the 1 on the final play of the half.

In the 3rd quarter, Mitchell added a pair of 1 yard rushing scores, either side of another Miami touchdown, and San Diego trailed by just seven points entering the final period. However, they got no further than the Miami 44 on their final three possessions.

Fouts finished 22 of 30 for 313 yards and a touchdown, but threw a pair of 4th quarter interceptions to go with his earlier fumbles. Mitchell had 77 yards rushing and 64 receiving.

Week 8: at Detroit Lions

A weak performance on rush defense saw the Chargers slip to a one-sided defeat. Detroit used a variety on runners while piling up 273 yards on the ground, from 39 carries. This enabled the Lions to score four touchdowns and a field goal from their first six possessions, all but winning the game in the first half. Fouts threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Lydell Mitchell, briefly tying the scores at 7-7, but was intercepted three times in the first half. Two of these occurred only seven seconds apart: the Lions tried a field goal immediately after the first interception, but missed, and Fouts threw another as time expired in the half. James Harris came on in relief in the 3rd quarter, and managed a consolation touchdown pass to Joiner.

Joiner gained 110 yards on 5 catches. The previous week, Detroit had run for just 22 yards while getting shut out by Atlanta.

Week 9: at Oakland Raiders

San Diego came from behind to avenge their controversial Week 2 defeat. An 11-yard run by Bauer opened the scoring, but Oakland scored 20 unanswered points on three consecutive 2nd quarter drives, helped by two Fouts interceptions that set them up in good field position. The Chargers responded with a touchdown drive to start the second half, going 80 yards in 20 plays, taking 11 minutes off the clock. Lydell Mitchell converted a 4th and 1 on the drive, and Fouts ran it in from a yard out two plays later.

Following an exchange of field goals, the Chargers forced a punt and began on their own 29 with 1:50 to play. Oakland appeared to have stopped San Diego on downs, but a pass interference call against Lester Hayes prolonged the drive. One play later, Fouts hit tight end Greg McCrary by the right pylon for a 29 yard touchdown; this was McCrary's lone catch of the season. Woodrow Lowe then intercepted Ken Stabler, and the Chargers added a field goal in the final seconds.

Week 10: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Lydell Mitchell led a rushing attack which gained 173 yards on 49 carries, and San Diego won more easily than the final scoreline suggested. The Chargers twice drove inside the Cincinnati 10 in the first half, but settled for a pair of Benirschke field goals. A Bob Klein catch made it 13-0 in the 3rd quarter, whereupon the Bengals, who had posed little threat up until then, reached a 3rd and 7 at the Charger 22.

Mike Williams halted the threat with an end zone interception of Ken Anderson. Anderson's next pass was also intercepted, Mike Fuller snaring his second pick of the game, and running it back 21 yards for a game-breaking touchdown. It was 22-0 before the Bengals found the end zone twice in the final 1:27.

Mitchell ran for 101 yards on 28 carries.

Week 11: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

The Chargers overcame dubious clock management to claim the win. Their first touchdown drive featured nine consecutive runs, opening with Lydell Mitchell's 25-yard burst and ending with Hank Bauer driving over from a yard out. Bauer later finished off a drive featuring eleven runs and one pass with another score from the same distance, and the Chargers led 13-3.

Kansas City tied the game with scores either side of halftime, before Fouts went deep for Jefferson, who outran single coverage and hauled in a 46-yard touchdown pass near to the goal line. The Charger defense then foiled Kansas City on a 4th and 1 from the 3, but the Chiefs tied the scores on their next drive, Arnold Morgado running in his second touchdown of the game. Benirschke put San Diego back in front with 1:27 to play, but Jan Stenerud responded in kind with 2 seconds on the clock - his 47-yarder struck the uprights just behind the centre of the crossbar.

Both sides wasted opportunities in overtime. First, Kansas City marched to a 3rd and 1 at the Charger 14; Morgado had converted a 4th down en route, but he fumbled, and Mike Fuller recovered. San Diego's response was a near mirror-image, Bauer converting on 4th down before Mitchell fumbled, having gained 9 yards on 1st and 10 from the 19. Kansas City recovered, but went 3 and out, giving San Diego a final chance at the Chief 38 with 1:43 to play. Two completions to Jefferson moved the ball to the 15, whereupon Fouts was almost intercepted with 42 seconds on the clock. A running play netted a single yard, after which San Diego let the clock run down to just four seconds before snapping the ball with the offense still on the field. The clock expired as Fouts threw for the end zone, costing the Chargers any opportunity for a field goal, but Jefferson's marker slipped, leaving him open to catch the ball inches above the ground.

Mitchell ran for 144 yards on 29 carries, while Jefferson caught 7 passes for 130 yards and two scores. The winning touchdown, at 75:00, is the latest in any regular season game.

Week 12: at Minnesota Vikings

San Diego evened their record with victory at a frigid Metropolitan Stadium. Icy conditions caused numerous errors, with the Charger defense edging the takeaway battle 4-3. After an early Viking touchdown, San Diego responded on their next possession with Bauer's short-range touchdown run. Both sides wasted opportunities in the 2nd quarter. First, Minnesota reached the Charger 13, from where Fran Tarkenton's pass was picked off in the end zone by Pete Shaw. Later, Fouts found Jefferson for a 40-yard gain, and Bauer converted a 4th down to set up 1st and goal from the 2, but he fumbled on the next play, and the ball went through the end zone for a touchback.

The winning score came with 2:30 to play in the 3rd quarter. On 3rd and 9 from the Viking 10, Fouts stumbled on his dropback but got to his feet and fired a pass through heavy traffic to Jefferson in the front of the end zone. Minnesota had five possessions after that, their best chance coming on the final one, when they reached the Charger 30 before Fred Dean pounced on a loose ball to end the threat. Fouts had been forced from the game with an injury, but San Diego ran the final 3:26 off the clock by picking up four first downs with James Harris under centre.

This result left the Chargers two wins back in the wildcard race with four weeks to play.

Week 13: at Kansas City Chiefs

James Harris had a rough game in relief of Dan Fouts as the Chargers were shut out and all but eliminated from the playoff race. He completed 15 of 41 for 164 yards and a career-high 5 interceptions, including three on consecutive possessions around halftime. Kansas City also turned the ball over three times, but ran for 238 yards and did put sufficient points on the board.

San Diego's best scoring chances came in the 3rd quarter - down 20-0, they reached the Chief's 12 yard line before Bo Matthews lost a fumble. The Chiefs fumbled it straight back, but Lydell Mitchell was then stopped a yard short on 4th down.

Week 14: vs. Chicago Bears

With Dan Fouts back in the starting line-up, the Chargers cut loose on Monday Night Football. While Chicago fumbled their first kickoff and followed that with a pair of three-and-outs, Fouts set up one touchdown with a 46 yard completion to John Jefferson, and followed that with scoring passes to Charger debutant Larry Burton (16 yards) and Jefferson (42 yards); it was 23-0 less than a minute into the 2nd quarter. In the second half, Bauer broke two tackles at the line of scrimmage, and raced away for a career-long 37-yard touchdown. James Harris came in and threw a pick six for the only Bears points, but redeemed himself by finding Burton for another touchdown.

San Diego outgained the Bears by 481 yards to 112, the smallest amount they'd given up for 17 years. Fouts was 16 of 24 for 269 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, while Jefferson caught 7 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown.

Week 15: vs. Seattle Seahawks

While Miami's win in the early slate of games officially eliminated San Diego from the playoffs, they did score another one-sided win. Seattle led 10-6 before Fouts threw a pair of touchdowns to Jefferson in the final two minutes of the first half, sandwiching a Fuller interception. Further scores by Larry Burton (a 55-yard reception) and Bauer (a 1-yard run) followed, as San Diego cruised after the break.

Dan Fouts completed 22 of 33 for 279 yards, 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. On the defensive side of the ball, six sacks were split amongst as many players.

Week 16: at Houston Oilers

The Chargers signed off for the year by routing the playoff-bound Oilers in their own stadium. Despite turning the ball over three times in the first half, they led 21-17 at the break, courtesy of touchdown receptions by Jefferson and Dwight McDonald (in his final game with the club), plus a short run by Don Woods. A chip-shot field goal by Benirschke and a Bob Klein touchdown catch followed on the first two Charger possessions of the second half, pushing the lead to 14 points.

Houston then stopped San Diego on downs, and halved the deficit early in the 4th quarter. The Chargers quashed any thoughts of a comeback on their next two possessions. First, they went 80 yards on 8 plays, Fouts converting a 3rd and 13 with a 19-yard completion to Jefferson before Woods ran in his last career touchdown from 18 yards out. Then Fuller returned a punt 32 yards to the Oiler 36, and Fouts hit Jefferson for the clinching score a play later.

Fouts completed 21 of 40 attempts, for 369 yards, 4 touchdowns and 2 interceptions. The yardage total was a personal best, and tied Tobin Rote's club record from the 1963 AFL Championship season. Jefferson caught 6 balls for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns. San Diego won their final three games by a combined score of 122-41; the 45 points in this game were their most for seven years.

Standings

References

External links
1978 San  Diego Chargers at Pro Football Reference
1978 San Diego Chargers at jt-sw.com
1978 San Diego Chargers at the Football Database (FootballDB.com)

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José Luis Appleyard (5 May 1927 – 1998) was a Paraguayan poet.

Childhood and youth

He was born in Asunción, capital city of Paraguay.

He completed his primary studies in "la Escuela Normal de Profesores". He attended high school at the Colegio de San José de Asunción, but finished at Colegio San Martín, de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He studied law at Universidad Nacional de Asunción and after graduating, he worked as a lawyer for approximately ten years. After this, he decided to dedicate himself to journalism and poetry.

First steps

He was one of the favourite disciples of César Alonso de las Heras, a priest in Colegio de San José. Father Alonso is a fundamental figure regarding the diffusion of Spanish poetry of what are called the '98 and '27 generations. He was also the mentor of numerous talented poets and writers. First from the Academia Literaria del Colegio de San José, and then from the Academia Universitaria, being president and active referent of this last.

Appleyard was part of the so called "the fifties generation" in Paraguayan poetry, along with other icons like José María Gómez Sanjurjo, Ricardo Mazó and Ramiro Domínguez, amongst others.

For almost two decades he was part of the body of journalists of the La Tribuna newspaper of Asunción. He was also "Boss of the Culture Area" and director of the cultural supplement published on Sundays. He was editor of "Monólogos" an important column which influenced people and achieved great popularity by writing about subjects of interest in the time such as "how people speak in Paraguay". Likewise, he worked in Ultima Hora, newspaper where "Desde el tiempo que vivo" his column, was one of the most expected by the thousands of readers.

Being invited by many countries, such as United States of North America and Germany, amongst others, he visited numerous nations in which he gave conferences, chats and presented his poems.

Trajectory

He was President of the PEN Club del Paraguay and, being an important member of Academia Paraguaya de la Lengua Española, he was a secretary of this important cultural institution.

The also poet and literary critique Roque Vallejos writes in the epilogue of the book "José-Luis Appleyard - Antología poética" published in 1996: "...He has poems of notable social sarcasm that Rafael Barret would have wanted to include in his "Moralidades actuales". So as in his poem "Hay un sitio" que that states in one of its fragments: There are synonyms clear, translucent: / being free is growing without will / to steal is to rob, love is hate, / and to live is to die defenceless / loneliness is called company/ and betraying is to be loyal to your friends. / The news are old. All that's new/ has a dark old shining. Discreetly and with no violence, Appleyard faithfully and severely describes the state of spiritual and semantic emptiness of the words and trapped feeling that the dictatorship carried within for more than thirty. A poet that has based all his pieces on freedom couldn't –nor has tried to do so- defend a dogmatic moral that would have fatally led him to mere materialist doctrinism ".

Hugo Rodríguez-Alcalá, paraguayan literature investigator wrote in his book "Appleyard da a la estampa"... the best in his promotion:… Amongst those of the Academia Universitaria, Appleyard is the one who best fulfills the following subjects: the longing for lost times, the teen love, the magic of childhood. All these subjects are mentioned in "Entonces era siempre", anthology of poems in which the poet reviews childhood".

Style

Appleyard himself, in a brief script of June 1981 that introduces his book "Tomado de la mano", expresses the following in relation to his poems: "And this is how, grabbing hands with them, I have found myself in a long journey of years, days and hours that have granted me a bit of everything.

In this path expressed in my verses I have felt sad and happy, I have felt overwhelmed by loneliness and yet more by company. I have seen myself as a child in Areguá. I have seen myself as a young student in Buenos Aires. I have felt as if I were in Academia Universitaria again feeling that beautiful rush that a group of friends generates. And I have also seen myself, with white hair, white bearb, just as I am today". And he adds: "The eyes of those who read me won't see what I see . But they might build the image of a road in which edges life is found. If this is so, my verses would have had accomplished their mission of leaving my voice within these pages. If not, these poems will always be my sons that in most cases were born in painful desperation, sons of mine that were left defenceless, alone and defenceless of the one that gave them life through a poem. They remain with the reader, lost and lonely, those poems. Let them say if they have it… their truth.

Distinctions

In 1961 he won the Municipal Award of Theater with the poetic drama about the Paraguayan independence, "Aquel 1811".

In 1997, he received Paraguay's National Prize for Literature for his book Cenizas de la vida.

Last years

He died in Asunción in 1998.

Works

Even though he has written many other brief pieces, most of his theatrical production remains inedited.

References

 Centro Cultural de la República El Cabildo
 Diccionario Biográfico "FORJADORES DEL PARAGUAY", Primera Edición Enero de 2000. Distribuidora Quevedo de Ediciones. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

External links
Palabra Virtual
Poesía Castellana
Members
Poemas-Poetas
 http://www.abc.com.py/seccion/poemasradio/
 http://www.poesiacastellana.es
Jose Luis Appleyard recorded at the Library of Congress for the Hispanic Division's audio literary archive on January 13, 1983

1927 births
1998 deaths
20th-century Paraguayan poets
Paraguayan male poets
Universidad Nacional de Asunción alumni
Writers from Asunción
Paraguayan journalists
Male journalists
Paraguayan dramatists and playwrights
Male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Paraguayan lawyers
20th-century male writers
20th-century journalists


Matisse is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Mercury.  Matisse takes its name from the French artist Henri Matisse, and it was named by the IAU in 1976.

Two faculae (high-albedo areas) within and near Matisse were named by the IAU in May 2023.  One is called Ngu Facula, located within an unnamed crater in northern Matisse.  The other is called Ahas Facula, located in an unnamed crater northeast of Matisse.

Within Matisse is a dark spot of low reflectance material (LRM).  The dark spot is associated with hollows.  The dark spot is located on the southwest rim of the unnamed crater containing Ngu Facula.

The smaller crater Lessing is to the south of Matisse.

References

Impact craters on Mercury


James William Baskin (January 4, 1920 – January 8, 1999) was a Canadian politician, businessman and lumberman. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Renfrew South in the 1957 federal election. He was re-elected in 1958 and 1962.

The son of James Robert Baskin and Ethel Gill, he was educated in Norwood. In 1940, he married Gladys L. Scott. Baskin operated a wholesale lumber business in Renfrew.

He lost in the elections of 1963, 1965 and 1968, the latter in which he was a candidate for the riding of Lanark and Renfrew. Prior to his federal political experience, he served in World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force for five years.

References

External links

1920 births
1999 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs


The Hoppers (until 1981: Hopper Brothers and Connie) are a multi award-winning Southern Gospel group from North Carolina. They have performed together for several decades and have achieved significant popularity due to widening the playing field in Southern Gospel by incorporating Pop, country, and Rock music into their work.

The Hoppers are a family ensemble which first began performing together in 1957. They appeared at the inauguration ceremony for Ronald Reagan in 1981. They won awards for Mixed Vocal Group from the Southern Gospel Music Association in 1982 and 1983.

Kim Greene of The Greenes joined the group in 1989 after marrying vocalist and former drummer Dean Hopper the year before. Their first major hit at Christian radio was "Here I Am", in 1990; they would score many further hits, including "Grace Will Always Be Greater”," "Mention My Name”, ”Blame It On Love”, “The Ride”, "Hope”," "I’ve Come Too Far”, “He Didn’t Just Carry the Cross",  "That's Him," and "Yes I Am" and their biggest hit to date "Jerusalem" for which they recorded a live video in 2005 from the city itself. In the 2010's the Hoppers had two mega hits "Yahweh" and "Something's Happening". The Hoppers continue strong in the 2020's with the same line up for the past 30+ years.

Mike Hopper married Denice in 1996, who became the group's pianist. In 1998, their version of "Shoutin' Time" became another one of their biggest hits, and the group performed with Bill and Gloria Gaither. They won several further Southern Gospel Music Awards in following years. In addition member Connie Hopper won the career Marvin Norcross Award in 1998. They also performed on the album Tribute To Dottie Rambo, which was a nominee for "Special Event Album of the Year" at the Dove Awards of 1999.

The group has appeared on the Gaither Homecoming tour frequently, and Claude and Dean Hopper are members of the board of directors of the North Carolina Gospel Music Hall of Fame. Mike Hopper has appeared on the television program Touched by an Angel.

In 2007, the Hoppers signed to the shortly revived Canaan Record Label.  Their release, "The Ride", was originally recorded independently, then re-released on the Canaan label.  January 2009 brought the first recording under the Canaan umbrella titled, "North America, Live!". With distribution under the Spring Hill Music Group label, the Hoppers have released "Something's Happening" in August 2010.

Kim Hopper has released two solo projects, "Imagine" under the Spring Hill Label, and most recently (August 2008) "I Just Wanted You To Know" with Canaan Records.

Group accolades

Favorite Mixed Group Award 1997-98-99-00-01-02-03-05-08-09-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17
Mixed Vocal Group SGMA 1982-83-98-99-00-01
"Hearts-A-Flame" Mixed Group Award 95-96-97

Connie Favorite Alto Award 1998-99-00-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22 and the
Prestigious Marvin Norcross Award in 1998
Queen of Gospel Music 83-84 Person of the year 2005
Inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Southern Gospel Music Association in 2010

Kim Female Vocalist "Hearts-A-Flame" 95-96-97
Female Vocalist SGMA 99 Young Artist
Singing News Soprano 97-98-99-00-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22
Female Vocalist Singing News 99-00-01-07-08-09-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22
Female Vocalist Voice Diamonds 99

Michael Favorite Musician 2001-2005
Favorite Artist Web Site 2005

Members

Line-ups

Hopper Brothers 2.0 Members

Line-ups

Discography
Hopper Brothers and Connie
"Gospel Favorites" (HopperSing Records, 1962)
"5th Anniversary" (HopperSing Records, 1963)
"The Best of the Hopper Brothers and Connie" (HopperSing Records, 1968)
"Try A Little Kindness" (HopperSingRecords, 1969)
"Just Old Time Christians" (HopperSing Records, 1971)
"The Unseen Hand" (HopperSing Records, 1972)
"Jesus Taught Our Hearts To Sing" (Calvary Records, 1972)
"Our Kind of Gospel" (Calvary Records, 1973)
"Sing For...Impact International" (HopperSing Records, 1973)
"Sing Gospel Classics" (Trail Records, 1974)
"Thank God For The Old Rugged Cross" (Trail Records, 1974)
"Greater Than Before" (Supreme Records, 1974)
"A Live and a Singin" (Trail Records, 1974)
"I'm Going There" (Hymnstone Records, 1974)
"Lord Help Me Bury The Hatchet" (QCA Records, 1975)
"Higher" (QCA Records, 1976)
"A Unique Experience" (QCA Records, 1977)
"Highly Seasoned" (Supreme Records, 1977)
"Collector's Edition" (HopperSing Records, 1977)
"Something Going On" (Supreme Records, 1978)
"Garment of Praise" (Trail Records, 1979)
"Home Grown" (Supreme Records, 1979)
"Live" (Supreme Records, 1980)
"God Will Provide" (Trail Records, 1980)
"Home Is Where The Heart Is" (Supreme Records, 1981)
The Hoppers
"Blessings" (HopperSing Records, 1982)
"Come To The Wedding" (Lifeline Records, 1982)
"Think On The Good Things" (Lifeline Records, 1983)
"Traveling Right" (HopperSing Records, 1984)
"I Know What Lies Ahead" (Lifeline Records, 1984)
"Citizen of Two Worlds" (HopperSing Records, 1985)
"Smoke of the Battle" (HopperSing Records, 1986)
"Whosoever Will" (HopperSing Records, 1987)
"Stand For Jesus" (Sonlite Records, 1987)
"He's Still God Live" (Sonlite Records, 1988)
"On These Grounds" (Sonlite Records, 1990)
"Heavenly Sunrise" (Sonlite Records, 1991)
"Mention My Name" (Sonlite Records, 1993)
"One More Time" (Sonlite Records, 1993)
"Never Thirst Again" (Sonlite, 1994)
"A Christmas Story Live" (Sonlite Records, 1994)
"Anchor to the Power of the Cross'' (Homeland, 1995)
"Timepieces Vol. 1" (Sonlite, 1997)
"40 Years Forever To Be Remembered" (HopperSing Records, 1997)
"Forever Settled" (Homeland, 1997)
"Timepieces Vol. 2" (Sonlite, 1998)
"One Foundation" (Homeland, 1998)
"Joy for the Journey" (Homeland, 1999)
"Shoutin' Time: The Best of the Hoppers" (Homeland, 2000)
"Classics:Live in Greenville" (Homeland, 2000)
"Power" (Spring Hill, 2000)
"Great Joy" (FarmHouse Productions, 2001)
"Steppin' Out" (Spring Hill, 2002)
"Great Day (Spring Hill, 2003)
"Generations" (Spring Hill, 2005)
"Classic Hits" (Sonlite, 2005)
"The Ride" (Hoppers Music/Canaan Records, 2006/2007)
"North America Live" (Canaan, 2009)
"Unforgettable" (Hoppers Music/Mansion Entertainment, 2009)
"The Best of the Hoppers: from the Gaither Homecoming Series" (Gaither Music Group, 2010)
"Something's Happening" (Hoppers Music/Spring Hill, 2010)
"Hymns: A Classic Collection" (Hoppers Music, 2011)
"Count Me In" (Hoppers Music, 2012)
"Generations/Joy for the Journey: Hymns for the Millennium" (Hoppers Music, 2013) [Re-release of former projects on double CD]
"Kids" (Hoppers Music, 2014)
"Life is Good" (Daywind, 2016)
"Honor the First Families of Gospel music" (Hoppers Music, Gaither Music Group, 2018)
"Anchored - A Collection of New Favorites" (Hoppers Music, 2018)
"Grace" (Hoppers Music, 2019)
"Hope" (Daywind, 2021)
"Believe" (Gaither Music Group, 2022)
Kim Hopper Solo
"Imagine" (Spring Hill, 2003)
"I Just Wanted You To Know" (Canaan, 2008)
"Softly & Tenderly" (KGH, 2021)

References
[ The Hoppers] at Allmusic
Encyclopedia of American Gospel Music
Tollbooth.org

External links
Official Website
http://www.sghistory.com/index.php?n=H.Hoppers Southern Gospel History: The Hoppers

Family musical groups
Musical groups from North Carolina
Southern gospel performers


Elizabeth Carew (née Bryan;  – 1546) was an English courtier and reputed mistress of King Henry VIII.

A daughter of Sir Thomas Bryan and Margaret Bourchier, Elizabeth became the wife of Henry VIII's close friend Sir Nicholas Carew, an influential statesman who was eventually executed for his alleged involvement in the Exeter Conspiracy. She is described as being beautiful by many historians.

Her brother, Sir Francis, a member of the Privy Chamber and one of the king's closest friends, was responsible for sitting in the jury that convicted his sister's husband, who was sentenced to death, and thus reduced her to penury.

Relations
She was a first half-cousin of both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard and a second half-cousin of Jane Seymour, which increased her standing at court. Her only brother was Sir Francis Bryan, called "the Vicar of Hell" for his lack of principles. She is said to have been friends with Bessie Blount, Henry's mistress who produced an illegitimate son in 1519. Her mother, Margaret Bourchier, was a half-sister of Anne Boleyn's mother, Elizabeth Howard, and also of Catherine Howard's father, Edmund Howard, sharing the same mother but different fathers. Through her mother she was also related to Edward III, Anne Plantagenet, and was the step-granddaughter of Thomas Howard. With Jane Seymour they both shared a great-grandmother; their grandmothers were half-sisters who shared the same mother but had different fathers. Her sister, Margaret Bryan, was married to Sir Henry Guildford.

Through her granddaughter, Elizabeth Throckmorton, she is related to Sir Walter Raleigh.

Life
Elizabeth Carew had been raised at court because both of her parents held offices in the royal household. Her father was vice chamberlain of the queen's household and her mother was a lady-in-waiting to Catherine of Aragon. Prior to Elizabeth's marriage, Henry VIII made a grant of £500 to her mother. The grant was "to [Elizabeth's] marriage, which by Gods grace shall be espoused to and wedded to Nicholas Carewe, son and heir apparent to Sir Richard Carewe, knight, before the feast of the Purification of Our Blessed Lady the Virgin," The grant was made on November 7 and both Elizabeth and her mother signed it. Nicholas and Elizabeth were married that December. At that time he was 19 and she was 14. Henry almost certainly arranged their marriage: he attended their wedding and endowed them with a gift of 50 marks' worth of land.

In the early, halcyon days of Henry VIII's reign, Elizabeth and her future husband were members of the king's inner social circle and performed regularly in the masques and dances that were among his favorite pastimes. Notably, she danced in Greenwich in both 1514/1515 and 1518.

Elizabeth also showed an interest in literature. She is credited with persuading her uncle, John Bourchier, to translate the Spanish tale The Castle of Love into English. He is also known to have translated the courtly romance, Huon of Bordeaux, for Elizabeth. Included in her collection of books were copies of Recuyell of the Histories of Troye, The Voyage of Sir Nicholas Carewe, and John Lydgate’s Fall of Princes. Like The Castle of Love and Huon of Bordeaux, Recuyell of the Histories of Troye falls under the genre of romance.

According to a letter written by Cardinal Wolsey, on March 27, 1518, "Mr.Carew and his wife returned to the King's Grace" while the court was in Abingdon. The implication is that they had been sent away from court until then. In February of 1519, the king visited the Carew's home of Beddington for a week and hunted in the adjoining park. In 1520, Elizabeth hosted the duke of Suffolk and his wife (Mary Tudor, former Queen of France). That same year, Elizabeth Carew attended the Field of the Cloth of Gold as one of the Queen's gentlewomen. In 1522, the manor of Bletchingley, Surrey was granted to Elizabeth and Nicholas. Between 10 and 14 November 1528 Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were guests of Nicholas and Elizabeth at Beddington. This preceded Anne and Henry's marriage. Similarly, prior to Jane Seymour's marriage to Henry, she stayed with the Carews in 1536. After Jane's death a year later, Elizabeth was one of 29 ladies included in her funeral procession.

Elizabeth's husband was beheaded on Tower Hill on March 3, 1539. After this Elizabeth was evicted from Beddington and took refuge at her other property in Wallington. She wrote to Cromwell from there, asking him to intercede for her with the king. Her mother also wrote to Cromwell, saying that Elizabeth "has not been used to straight living and it would grieve me in my old days to lose her." She wanted the king to grant her daughter the manor of Bletchingley, which Henry had given to the Carews in 1522, in addition to the Sussex property. Cromwell agreed to assist Elizabeth and met with her in person at least once. After their meeting, she reported that royal servants who were receiving the income from her husband's forfeited estates had given her £32 but that the money was inadequate for her needs. Furthermore, the house in Wallington was "in great decay," unlike the manor at Bletchingley, which had "a very fair house . . . and all things necessary about it." Elizabeth's previous properties in Bletchingly remained in the king's hands until he granted them to Anne of Cleves as part of their divorce settlement in 1540. Elizabeth was ultimately left with her property in Wallington and land in Sussex worth £120 a year.

Elizabeth died in 1546 and was buried in St.Botolph's Aldgate in London, with her husband.

Mistress of Henry VIII?

Elizabeth Carew was first rumored to be a mistress of Henry VIII in 1514, when she was 14. These rumors most likely stem from a letter written by Henry's brother in law, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk in which he implies he had been flirting with both Elizabeth and Bessie Blount. In this letter he wrote "I beseech your Grace to [tell] unto Mistress Blount and Mistress Carew the next time that I write unto them or send them tokens they shall either write to me or send me tokens again." This quote has been interpreted by some historians as an invitation to King Henry to take Suffolk's place as the flirtatious pursuer of the two girls. Others have interpreted it as meaning Henry was involved with Bessie Blount and Suffolk was involved with Elizabeth Carew, that the king was having an affair with both Blount and Carew, or that Suffolk was pursuing both women. Of the interpretation that Suffolk was pursuing both women, it has been proposed that his pursuit was one of courtly love rather than lust. In this case, Suffolk's courtly love may have been meant as a way to ingratiate himself to the king.

Further evidence that she may have been the king's mistress also includes the many gifts given to her by Henry VIII over the years In addition to the £500 grant and the 50 marks' worth of land that preceded and succeeded her wedding, Henry is also known to have presented her with other such gifts. These include a diamond necklace, a fur coat, lengths of velvet, cloth of silver and damask, an emerald, and "beautiful diamonds and pearls and innumerable jewels." Records show that the king gave Lady Carew extremely expensive gifts for New Year and on the birth of her son. This may have been because she was the wife of his close friend, although Henry was not usually so generous with the wives of his friends. There is no evidence that Henry and Elizabeth had an affair, but this pattern of gift giving is reminiscent of similar items given to Catherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn when the king was wooing them.

Alternatively, Henry may have favored Elizabeth so much because he had affection for the whole Bryan family. Elizabeth's mother was one of Henry's most trusted family servants and was charged with caring for his children. Elizabeth's brother, Francis, was also one of the king's close friend. In her book, A Who's Who of Tudor Women, Kathy Lynn Emerson notes that "Queen Jane was very fond of Elizabeth Carew and left her several pieces of jewelry when she died. This gift, described as 'many beautiful diamonds and pearls and innumerable jewels,' seems to be the source of a totally unfounded story that Elizabeth Bryan, as a young teenager, was Henry VIII's mistress."

Issue

Elizabeth's children with Nicholas Carew were:
Anne Carew (about 1520 – 1581)
Married the diplomat Nicholas Throckmorton.
Their daughter Elizabeth married Sir Walter Raleigh.
Sir Francis Carew of Beddington (1530 – 1611)
Was restored to Nicholas' estates, though he preferred to stay out of politics.
Unmarried. Adopted his nephew, Nicholas Throckmorton, who adopted his name.
Mary Carew (born about 1520)
Married Sir Arthur Darcy.
They had ten sons and five daughters.
Elizabeth Carew
Isabel Carew (born about 1530)
Married Nicholas Saunders. They had three sons and four daughters.

See also
List of English royal mistresses

References

1500s births
1546 deaths
Elizabeth
16th-century English women
Elizabeth
Mistresses of Henry VIII
Wives of knights
Year of birth uncertain


Here are many different lists associated with snooker.

Lists of players
 List of snooker players, a list of professional players from all eras
 List of world snooker champions
 List of snooker players by number of ranking titles
 List of snooker world number ones
 List of snooker players with over 100 century breaks
 List of players who have had more than one maximum break

Results by season

Other lists
 Glossary of cue sports terms
 List of snooker referees
 List of snooker tournaments
 List of maximum breaks


San Andrés is a town in Marbán Province in the Beni Department of northern Bolivia. It is the capital of San Andrés Municipality.

References

External links
Satellite map at Maplandia.com

Populated places in Beni Department


The  San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's eighth season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 18th overall. It was Tommy Prothro's final full season as the team's head coach.

The 7–7 record allowed the Chargers to break a string of seven consecutive losing seasons. It was their best mark since the AFL–NFL merger.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Oakland Raiders

Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 4: at New Orleans Saints

Week 5: vs. New England Patriots

Week 6: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week 7: at Miami Dolphins

Week 8: at Detroit Lions

Week 9: vs. Denver Broncos

Week 10: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week 11: at Seattle Seahawks

Week 12: vs. Cleveland Browns

Week 13: at Denver Broncos

Week 14: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

Standings

References

San Diego Chargers
San Diego Chargers seasons
San Diego Chargers f


The Diocese of Zielona Góra-Gorzów () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień.

Its cathedral is the Katedra Wniebowzięcia NMP in Gorzów Wielkopolski. It also has a co-cathedral dedicated to Hedwig of Silesia (called in Polish św. Jadwigi Śląskiej), in Zielona Góra, and a minor basilica, Bazylika Matki Bożej Rokitniańskiej, in Rokitno.

History

 Established in 1945 as Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in Gorzów Wielkopolski, on the territories encompassing the Territorial Prelature of Schneidemühl and the part of the Diocese of Berlin, Germany, awarded to Poland, with reference in the name to the historical Bishopric of Lebus and Bishopric of Cammin
 Established on 28 June 1972 as Diocese of Gorzów, part of the ecclesiastical province of Wrocław, from the southwestern part of the territory of the dissolved Apostolic Administration of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in Gorzów Wielkopolski, formerly the western part of the Prelature of Schneidemühl, and the eastern part of the Diocese of Berlin, Germany
 25 March 1992: Renamed as Diocese of Zielona Góra – Gorzów and made part of the newly established ecclesiastical province of Szczecin-Kamień, lost territory to Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg
 It enjoyed a Papal visit from the Polish Pope John Paul II in June 1997.

Statistics
, it pastorally served 989,400 Catholics (85.3% of 1,160,000 total) on 14,814 km² in 267 parishes a 2 missions with 641 priests (542 diocesan, 99 religious), 283 lay religious (107 brothers, 176 sisters) and 53 seminarians. Like in most Polish dioceses, church attendance has declined in the 21st century. According to the statistics 28.1% of the dioceses population attended church services weekly in 2013, however more than 40% did so back in 2000.

Episcopal ordinaries
Apostolic Administrators and Vicars of Kamień, Lubusz and the Prelature of Piła with see in Gorzów Wielkopolski
1945–1951: Administrator Edmund Nowicki (1900–1971), deposed and banished by Bolesław Bierut government
1951–1952: Vicar Tadeusz Załuczkowski
1952–1956: Vicar Zygmunt Szelążek
1956–1958: Administrator Teodor Bensch (1903–1958)
1958: Józef Michalski
1958–1972 see below: Administrator Wilhelm Pluta (1910–1986), advanced to Bishop of Gorzów

Diocesan Bishops of Gorzów
 Wilhelm Pluta (see above 1972.06.28 – death 1986.01.22)
 Józef Michalik (1986.10.01 – 1992.03.25 see below)

Diocesan Bishops of Zielona Góra-Gorzów
 Józef Michalik (see above 1992.03.25 – 1993.04.17), next Metropolitan Archbishop of Przemyśl (Poland) (1993.04.17 – retired 2016.04.30), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (1999 – 2004.03.18), President of Episcopal Conference of Poland (2004.03.18 – 2014.03.12), Vice-President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (2011.10.02 – 2014.10)
 Adam Dyczkowski (1993.07.17 – 2007.12.29)
 Stefan Regmunt (2007.12.29 – 2015.11.23)
 Tadeusz Litynski (since 2015.11.23)

Auxiliary Bishops
 Edward Dajczak (1989.12.15 – 2007.06.23)
 Paweł Socha, C.M. (1973.11.20 – 2012.01.16)
 Adrian Put (since 28 June 2022)

See also

 List of Catholic dioceses in Poland
 Roman Catholicism in Poland

References

Sources and external links
 GCatholic.org, with Google satellite map - data for all sections
 Catholic Hierarchy

Roman Catholic dioceses in Poland
Christian organizations established in 1972
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1972 establishments in Poland


WNHN-LP (94.7 FM) is a low-power radio station broadcasting a talk and music format. Licensed to Concord, New Hampshire, US, the station is owned by New Hampshire's News, Views & Blues.

In August 2000, Highland Community Broadcasting applied for a low-power FM license. In July 2003 the FCC granted a license to Highland, for 94.7 in Concord. After 6 months of raising funds, WCNH-LP was constructed and went on the air at 2 p.m. on February 29, 2004. WCNH-LP aired a classical music format. In October 2008 Highland was granted a construction permit for a new non-commercial license for 91.5 MHz in Bow, New Hampshire. In October 2011 that new frequency was launched as WCNH. Concurrent with the move, New Hampshire's News, Views & Blues purchased the former WCNH-LP from Highland Community Broadcasting.

See also
List of community radio stations in the United States

References

External links
 WNHN-LP official website

Community radio stations in the United States
NHN-LP
NHN-LP
Concord, New Hampshire
Radio stations established in 2004
2004 establishments in New Hampshire


Richard C. Cathcart is a former Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives for District 9. He served as minority leader for two years before his retirement in 2011. He previously served as a state representative from 1978 to 1982 and again from 1997 to 2007. He worked for Delaware State University while he was in office.

In 2006, Cathcart sponsored House Resolution 13 to censure fellow Republican John C. Atkins after an incident where Atkins used his representative identification to gain leniency for drunk driving and was then arrested the same day for domestic violence. The proposed sanctions included requiring him to forgo use of his legislative identification card and legislative license plate, be removed as chairman from any legislative committees, pay a fine, receive an alcohol evaluation, and comply with court-ordered counseling. The resolution was stricken after Atkins resigned from his seat.

Cathcart received a BA in business administration from Wilmington College. He resides in Middletown, Delaware with his wife.

References

Living people
Republican Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives
Wilmington University alumni
People from Middletown, Delaware
Year of birth missing (living people)


The 16th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1990 and took place on 9 March 1991 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Sophia Loren and hosted by Richard Bohringer. Cyrano de Bergerac won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees
The winners are highlighted in bold:

Best Film:Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Jean-Paul RappeneauLe Mari de la coiffeuse, directed by Patrice LeconteNikita, directed by Luc BessonLe Petit criminel, directed by Jacques DoillonUranus, directed by Claude Berri
Best Foreign Film:Dead Poets Society, directed by Peter WeirGoodfellas, directed by Martin ScorsesePretty Woman, directed by Garry MarshallTaksi-Blyuz, directed by Pavel Lungin¡Átame!, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Best First Work:La Discrète, directed by Christian VincentAsfour Stah, directed by Férid BoughedirL'Autre, directed by Bernard GiraudeauMado, poste restante, directed by Aleksandr AdabashyanOutremer, directed by Brigitte RoüanUn week-end sur deux, directed by Nicole Garcia
Best Actor:Gérard Depardieu, for Cyrano de BergeracFabrice Luchini, for La DiscrèteMichel Serrault, for Docteur PetiotDaniel Auteuil, for LacenaireJean Rochefort, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseMichel Piccoli, for Milou en Mai
Best Actress:Anne Parillaud, for NikitaAnne Brochet, for Cyrano de BergeracMiou-Miou, for Milou en maiTsilla Chelton, for Tatie DanielleNathalie Baye, for Un week-end sur deux
Best Supporting Actor:Jacques Weber, for Cyrano de BergeracMaurice Garrel, for La DiscrèteMichel Duchaussoy, for Milou en maiMichel Galabru, for Uranus Daniel Prévost, for Uranus
Best Supporting Actress:Dominique Blanc, for Milou en maiThérèse Liotard, for La Gloire de mon père and Le Château de ma mèreOdette Laure, for Daddy NostalgieCatherine Jacob, for Tatie DanielleDanièle Lebrun, for Uranus
Best Newcomer (Male)Gérald Thomassin –  (Le Petit criminel)Alex Descas –  (S'en fout la mort)Marc Duret – NikitaVincent Pérez –  (Cyrano de Bergerac)Philippe Uchan –  (Le Château de ma mère)
Best Newcomer (Female)Judith Henry – (La Discrète)Clotilde Courau – (Le Petit criminel) lorence Darel – UranusJudith Godrèche –  (La Désenchantée)Isabelle Nanty –(Tatie Danielle)
Best Director:Jean-Paul Rappeneau, for Cyrano de BergeracPatrice Leconte, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseLuc Besson, for NikitaJacques Doillon, for Le Petit criminelClaude Berri, for Uranus
Best Writing:Christian Vincent, Jean-Pierre Ronssin, for La DiscrèteJean-Claude Carrière, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, for Cyrano de BergeracClaude Klotz, Patrice Leconte, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseJacques Doillon, for Le Petit criminel
Best Cinematography:Pierre Lhomme, for Cyrano de BergeracEduardo Serra, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseThierry Arbogast, for Nikita
Best Costume Design:Franca Squarciapino, for Cyrano de BergeracAgnès Nègre, for La Gloire de mon père and Le Château de ma mèreYvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for Lacenaire
Best Sound:Pierre Gamet, Dominique Hennequin, for Cyrano de BergeracMichel Barlier, Pierre Befve, Gérard Lamps, for NikitaHenri Morelle, Pierre-Alain Besse, François Musy, for Nouvelle vague
Best Editing:Noëlle Boisson, for Cyrano de BergeracJoëlle Hache, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseOlivier Mauffroy, for Nikita
Best Music:Jean-Claude Petit, for Cyrano de BergeracVladimir Cosma, for La Gloire de mon père and Le Château de ma mèreÉric Serra, for Nikita
Best Production Design:Ezio Frigerio, for Cyrano de BergeracIvan Maussion, for Le Mari de la coiffeuseDan Weil, for Nikita
Best Fiction Short:Foutaises, directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetDeux pièces/cuisine, directed by Philippe HarelFinal, directed by Irène JouannetUhloz, directed by Guy Jacques
Best Documentary Short:La Valise, directed by François AmadoTai ti chan, directed by Chi Yan Wong
Honorary César:Jean-Pierre AumontSophia Loren

See also
 63rd Academy Awards
 44th British Academy Film Awards

External links
 Official website

 16th César Awards at AlloCiné

1991
1991 film awards
Cesar


The Fiat 525 is a passenger car produced by Italian automobile manufacturer Fiat between 1928 and 1931. The 525 was a larger successor to the Fiat 512. The 525 was modified a year after it began production and renamed the 525N. A sport variant, the 525SS, had a more powerful engine and a shorter chassis.

Fiat produced 4,400 525's.

Engines

References
Fiat Personenwagen, by Fred Steiningen, 1994.

525
Cars introduced in 1928
1930s cars


WPQR (1050 AM) was a radio station licensed to Conway, New Hampshire, United States, serving the Mount Washington Valley of the White Mountains. The station was last owned by Mt. Washington Radio & Gramophone, L.L.C.  It carried a tourist information format (similar to highway advisory radio) with a simulcast on FM translator W237BX.

AM 1050 is a clear channel frequency.  For much of its history, WPQR (previously WBNC) had been a daytimer, required to go off the air at night because of that. Two 50,000–watt stations, CHUM Toronto and WEPN New York City, dominate the frequency in New England at night. While WPQR transmitted 1,000 watts by day, it eventually was permitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to stay on the air at night, but at only 63 watts.

WPQR went dark on October 17, 2012, along with its translator, W237BX. The tourist information format, call letters and FM translator were then transferred to the new station on 1340 kHz (then WPQR) which picked up the WBNC call sign.  The translator remained W237BX.  WPQR's license was deleted on November 14, 2013, after being surrendered by the licensee on November 6, 2013.

References

External links
FCC Station Search Details: DWPQR (Facility ID: 49203)
FCC History Cards for WPQR (covering 1955-1979 as WJWG / WBNC)

PQR
Carroll County, New Hampshire
Radio stations established in 1955
1955 establishments in New Hampshire
Defunct radio stations in the United States
Radio stations disestablished in 2013
2013 disestablishments in New Hampshire
PQR


WVMJ (104.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a CHR format, known as "Magic 104." Licensed to Conway, New Hampshire, the station serves the Mount Washington Valley of Northeast New Hampshire and the Sebago Lake Region of Maine.  On weekends, it carries "American Top 40" hosted by Ryan Seacrest, and syndicated by Premiere Networks.

The station is currently owned by Mt. Washington Radio & Gramophone, L.L.C.  Programming is simulcast on FM translator station W251BD at 98.1 MHz in Berlin, New Hampshire.

History
Before the station was built, its construction permit was assigned the call sign WMLY on June 28, 1989.  It took several years to sign-on but finally began broadcasting on October 23, 1995.   It took the call letters WBNC-FM. As WBNC-FM, it aired a country music format simulcast with co-owned AM 1050 WBNC.

On December 17, 2001 it became the current WVMJ.  WVMJ changed formats to Contemporary Hit Radio and its moniker to Magic 104 on December 26, 2001.

Translator

References

External links

VMJ
Radio stations established in 1995
Carroll County, New Hampshire
1995 establishments in New Hampshire
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States


Michael Joseph Heathcott (born May 16, 1969) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. He was drafted by the White Sox in the 13th round of the 1991 Major League Baseball draft. Heathcott played his first professional season with their Class-A (Short Season) Utica Blue Sox in 1991, and his last with the Triple-A affiliates of the Chicago Cubs (Iowa Cubs) and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (Edmonton Trappers) in 2000.

References

External links

1969 births
Living people
American expatriate baseball players in Canada
Baseball players from Chicago
Birmingham Barons players
Calgary Cannons players
Charlotte Knights players
Chicago White Sox players
Creighton Bluejays baseball players
Edmonton Trappers players
Iowa Cubs players
Major League Baseball pitchers
Nashville Sounds players
Prince William Cannons players
Sarasota White Sox players
South Bend White Sox players
Utica Blue Sox players


The 1976 San Diego Chargers season was the franchise's seventh season in the National Football League (NFL), and its 17th overall. The Chargers improved on their 2–12 record from 1975 and finished 6–8, but missed the playoffs for the 11th straight season. The Chargers started off the season by winning their first 3 games, but they struggled through the rest of the season by losing 8 of their last 11 games, which included 4 shutout losses, two of which were to division rival Denver.

Future Hall of Fame coach Bill Walsh spent this season as the Chargers' offensive coordinator, before moving on to Stanford University at the end of the year. Despite the shutouts, he oversaw a general improvement in the offense, as their yards per game improved from second-worst to 11th-best in the NFL. The Chargers began to pass more often, with quarterback Dan Fouts setting new career highs in every major passing category. He was aided by the acquisition of veteran wide receiver Charlie Joiner, who joined the team in a trade for defensive lineman Coy Bacon. Joiner was one of only three players league-wide to have over 1,000 receiving yards in 1976.

With Bacon having departed, the Chargers brought in Leroy Jones to join 2nd-year players Louie Kelcher, Gary "Big Hands" Johnson and Fred Dean on the defensive line. This would become a strong unit in the years ahead, known as the Bruise Brothers. In 1976, however, the Chargers defense ranked only 22nd in the league, with their pass defense ranked 27th out of 28 teams.

Offseason

Departures & Arrivals
San Diego were involved in a significant trade in April, sending defensive end Coy Bacon to Cincinnati in exchange for wide receiver Charlie Joiner. Bacon was an eight-year veteran who had spent the past three seasons in San Diego. While he had posted 10 sacks in 1975, he was a critic of the Chargers organization who had frequently asked to be traded. Joiner had spent three and a half seasons in Houston before playing with the Bengals for the same length of time - his 1975 season had been the most productive of his career to that point in terms of catches (37) and yards (726). He had an immediate impact, with four consecutive 100-yard games early in the season, and a final total of 1,056 yards, third best in the league. Joiner was voted to the Pro Bowl; quarterback Dan Fouts described him as the best receiver he had played with, praising his intelligence. It was also the start of a long and successful spell in San Diego, covering 11 seasons and including three Pro Bowl nominations and a 1st-Team All-Pro nomination. Joiner eventually retired with the NFL career records for receptions and receiving yards, and was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Other changes to the offense included the departure of two offensive line starters. Guard Ira Gordon had started every game the past two seasons, but joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the expansion draft. Tackle Terry Owens had started over 100 games for the Chargers since being drafted by them in 1966, though he had missed half the previous season with a back injury. A trade to the Saints fell through because Owens had been placed on injured reserve the previous season; he was waived and claimed by the Raiders instead. Like Bacon, Owens parted with the Chargers on bad terms, describing them as a 'dog' team. At running back, the Chargers added two-time Super Bowl winner Mercury Morris, though he retired after only one season in San Diego.

To replace the departing Bacon, the Chargers brought in a new defensive end. Leroy Jones had started his professional career in Edmonton, before being signed by the Los Angeles Rams on 6 May. On 6 September, Jones was traded to San Diego for an undisclosed draft pick. Jones went on to start 90 games and post 45 sacks during an eight-year career in San Diego, playing on the defensive line unit that would become known as the Bruise Brothers. The Chargers also brought in defensive tackle Charles DeJurnett from the Southern California Sun of the World Football League. Though primarily a backup, he had  sacks during his five years in San Diego. On special teams, long-serving punter Dennis Partee lost his job to former Cowboy Mitch Hoopes. Partee had missed only a single game in eight years with the Chargers, but he had struggled with a back injury in 1975, and his average yards per kick had declined. Hoopes himself was cut and replaced with Jeff West during the season.

San Diego also gained a new offensive coordinator in Bill Walsh, who had built a reputation as a strong coach of the passing game during eight seasons in Cincinnati. Walsh, who would go on to earn a place in the Hall of Fame through his work in San Francisco, stayed with the Chargers for less than a year, but was instrumental in quarterback Fouts' development during that period.

NFL Draft

The Chargers had the 4th overall pick in the draft, and used it on Joe Washington a running back described as "electrifying" by general manager Johnny Sanders. Washington had scored 43 touchdowns at Oklahoma, and was brought in to partner Don Woods in the backfield, with Woods having missed time with a knee injury in 1975. The plan was derailed in preseason when Washington also picked up a knee injury and required surgery. He didn't play at all during his rookie season, and left San Diego for Baltimore in 1978 without having scored a touchdown for the Chargers. By contrast, San Diego's 2nd round pick Don Macek would be with them for 14 seasons. A college center who the Chargers converted to guard, Macek started every game in 1976. He later shifted back to center, and went on to start a total of 150 games while spending his entire career in San Diego, later being voted to the Chargers 50th Anniversary Team.

In the 5th round, the Chargers acquired another long-time starter in linebacker Woodrow Lowe. Lowe started every game in his rookie season, and proved durable throughout an 11-season career spent entirely in San Diego, appearing in 164 of a possible 165 games, and starting 151, while compiling 26 sacks, 21 interceptions and four defensive touchdowns. Like Macek, he was later named in the 50th Anniversary team. Two further selections at linebacker would eventually break into the first team: Bob Horn was mainly a backup through his first two seasons, but started every game from 1978 to 1980, eventually playing for six years in San Diego; Ray Preston's 29 starts with the team all came in 1979 and 1980, but he appeared in nearly 100 further games throughout a nine-year career, all with the Chargers. The trio played together in every game during the 1979 season, a year when the Chargers went 12–4 with the league's second-ranked defense.

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Preseason

The Chargers scored three rushing touchdowns in their preseason opener against the Eagles. Don Woods scored the first two after an interception and a fumble recovery by Mike Williams, and Washington, the Chargers' 1st-round pick, had the third. Against the Patriots, Woods again scored twice and Washington once, before Chris Fletcher sealed the win with an interception return touchdown on the game's final play. The victory was marred when Washington sustained a knee injury while making a cut. While head coach Tommy Prothro initially reported the injury not to be too serious, Washington eventually needed surgery and missed the entire season.

In their next game San Diego met the Cardinals in Japan; it was the first time an NFL game had been played outside of North America. The Chargers were defeated for the first time in the preseason, with Dwight MacDonald scoring their lone touchdown on a pass from Fouts. Their following game was the NFL's first in Hawaii. Fouts was rested, with backup Neal Jeffrey playing the whole game. Rickey Young scored a touchdown, and Sergio Albert kicked three field goals, the last for a 16–14 lead with 59 seconds to play, but San Francisco came back with a winning field goal as time expired.

The Chargers lost their fifth game in Seattle, giving the expansion Seahawks their first win as an NFL franchise. Fouts and MacDonald combined for another touchdown, and Bo Matthews put broke a 10–10 tie with a 9-yard run in the final quarter. However, kicker John Delaney missed the extra point, eventually allowing Seattle to win the game with a touchdown and successful conversion with 13 seconds to play. For their preseason finale, the Chargers returned to San Diego and evened their record at 3–3 by beating the Giants. Charlie Joiner caught touchdown passes from both Fouts and Jeffrey as the Chargers overcame a 13–0 1st quarter deficit, winning 14–13 after New York's kicker missed a late field goal attempt.

Regular season

Overview

San Diego took only three weeks to improve upon their 1975 win total, unexpectedly starting 3–0. They were unable to maintain that form, winning only three of their final eleven games, sustaining four shutouts and finishing 6–8. Despite the shutouts, the offense improved considerably under Walsh, going from the 25th- to the 11th-ranked team for total yardage.

The passing game became much more productive, with ten more touchdowns and over 800 more yards than the previous year. Fouts played in every game and started all bar one. He comfortably set new career highs for attempts (359), completions (208), yards (2,535) and touchdowns (14), ranking in the top ten of the league in each of those statistics. While his interception count also increased (to 15), his passer rating of 75.4 comfortably exceeded the league-wide average of 67.0. His most prolific receiver was the newly arrived Joiner, who led the team in receptions, receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. His 1,056 yards were the third most in the NFL. With 11th-year wide receiver Gary Garrison missing almost the whole year with a shoulder injury, no other Charger had more receiving yards than fullback Young, with 441, while the second most productive wide receiver was Dwight MacDonald with 161 yards. Macdonald did score touchdowns on 4 of his 11 receptions. The Chargers were 17th in the 28-team league for rushing yards, with 2,040. Young was the leading rusher, his 802 yards coming at 5.0 per carry. Woods, the 1976 Offensive Rookie of the Year, added 450 yards as he returned from a serious knee injury.

The Charger defense ranked 22nd in the league, showing a vulnerability to the pass. Opposing teams passed for 2,628 yards; only the Dolphins gave up more. San Diego did manage 20 interceptions, with Don Goode (6) and Mike Williams (4) accounting for half of them. Louie Kelcher unofficially led the Chargers in sacks with , but the team had only 23 in total, fifth-lowest in the NFL; Bacon, who the Chargers had traded to Cincinnati in the offseason, had a league-leading  by himself.

On special teams, Mike Fuller averaged 13.2 yards per punt return, fourth-best in the league. The team did not fair as well on kickoff returns: Fuller and Artie Owens split the returns, but neither averaged in the league's top 20. The Chargers cut kicker Ray Wersching after acquiring Toni Fritsch from the Dallas Cowboys before the start of the season, then recalled Wersching when Fritsch was injured after five games. Both kickers converted 50% of their field goals, well below the league leaders, who converted over 78%. They also changed punters mid-season, with Hoopes cut after a pair of errors. His replacement, West, produced more yards per punt (40.7 to 38.8).

Schedule

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Kansas City Chiefs

Seventeen unanswered points in the second half were enough for San Diego to begin their season with a win. On their third offensive play, Gary Garrison caught a 36-yard pass from Fouts - the longest play in an 80-yard touchdown drive capped by Young's short run. Fritsch had his extra point attempt blocked, and Hoopes later had a punt blocked after struggling to field a low snap. That led to a Kansas City touchdown, though the score remained tied at 6–6 after Lowe produced an extra point block of his own. Don Goode later set up a field goal try with an interception, but Fritsch was the victim of yet another blocked kick. The Chiefs went ahead with a successful field goal, but San Diego responded with a 67-yard touchdown drive, Morris breaking off a 30-yard run to the 3, from where Fouts found Joiner for his first Charger touchdown on the following play. Kansas City came straight back with a quick touchdown drive, and led 16–13 at halftime.

San Diego opened up the second half with a 74-yard touchdown drive. Joiner had catches of 16 and 18 yards, Woods had runs of 18 and 14 yards, and Sam Scarber ran in the go-ahead score from the 2. Lowe then ended a Kansas City threat when he recovered a fumble in his own territory. After an exchange of punts, the Chargers put together a 12-play, 86-yard drive, converting three 3rd downs, the last of which was Garrison's 22-yard touchdown catch on 3rd and 10. An interception by Tom Graham set up a Fritsch field goal soon afterwards, and another Goode interception helped ensure the lead stood up.

All four San Diego touchdown drives covered at least 67 yards. The Chargers produced 467 yards of offense, more than they'd managed in any game during the 1975 season. Garrison's touchdown came on his 404th and final reception as a Charger.

Week 2: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

San Diego ground out a defensive win in a game with no touchdowns in the first 57 minutes. In the opening quarter, the expansion Buccaneers went three-and-out on each of their first four possessions, while San Diego took the lead through a 48-yard Fritsch field goal. Tampa Bay missed a field goal try in the 2nd quarter, and Fritsch soon converted from the same distance again, though he missed shorter kicks on the Chargers' next two possessions, keeping the halftime score at 6–0.

On the opening possession of the 3rd quarter, Fritch ended a third consecutive drive with a failed field goal, this one being blocked. Fritsch did convert a 22-yard attempt in the final quarter, pushing the advantage up to 9–0. The Buccaneers threatened to respond when Parnell Dickinson, the third quarterback they'd used throughout the game, broke away on a 46-yard run, but the drive ended with another missed field goal. On the following drive, Young put the game away when he went around right end for a 46-yard touchdown run with 2:55 to play. Tom Hayes added another touchdown only 18 seconds later when he intercepted Dickinson and was untouched on a 37-yard return.

The Buccaneers' starting quarterback, Steve Spurrier, finished with 3 completions from 10 passes for 13 yards. Neither of his replacements completed a pass, with Larry Lawrence intercepted on two of his five passes, and Dickinson on one of his three attempts. With John Lee and Gary Johnson posting a sack each for a loss of 17 yards, Tampa Bay finished with -4 passing yards. In total offensive yardage, San Diego had a 326–125 advantage, while picking up 16 first downs to the Buccaneers' 5. Garrison separated his shoulder while trying to catch an off-target Fouts pass, and missed the rest of the season.

Week 3: vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Four unanswered 2nd quarter touchdowns helped maintain the Chargers' unbeaten start. On the game's first play from scrimmage, Joiner took a short pass for a 59-yard gain, with Doug Wilkerson making a key block. Woods overpowered multiple tacklers on the following play, a 13-yard touchdown run. Two scoring drives by the Cardinals put them 10–6 ahead, before San Diego drove to a 3rd and 1 at the St. Louis 3 as time expired in the opening quarter. Young ran the ball in on the following play, Rick Middleton recovered a fumble on the ensuing kickoff, and Fouts immediately hit Joiner for a 30-yard touchdown, giving the Chargers two scores in the opening 17 seconds of the 2nd quarter. Graham set up two further Charger scores with a fumble recovery and an interception; both times, Fouts combined with MacDonald on touchdown passes, covering 44 and 18 yards. Trailing 33–10 at the break, the Cardinals responded with a touchdown on the opening possession of the second half, but the Chargers responded with a field goal drive, and later put the game away with a 1-yard touchdown pass from Fouts to tight end Pat Curran.

Fouts completed 15 of 18 passes for 259 yards, with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions. This gave him a perfect passer rating of 158.3; , it remains the only such rating in Chargers history. Joiner caught 5 passes for 134 yards and a touchdown. The Chargers had all five of the game's takeaways, with four fumble recoveries and an interception. It was San Diego's first 3–0 start since 1968.

Week 4: at Denver Broncos

The Chargers were shut out as they lost their first game of the season. A 42-yard completion from Fouts to Joiner gave San Diego a chance to open the scoring in the opening quarter, but Fritsch hit the right upright with a 28-yard field goal attempt, and the Chargers didn't advance past the Denver 36 yard line again. San Diego had multiple problems on special teams: The Broncos blocked one punt, Rick Upchurch ran another back 92 yards for a touchdown, and a fumbled kickoff return by Owens led to the game's only offensive touchdown.

After throwing six touchdowns and no interceptions in the first three weeks, Fouts finished this game completing 12 of 25 passes for 142 yards and a pair of interceptions. Joiner accounted for most of the Chargers' receiving game, with 5 catches for 105 yards. The game matched the two highest scoring teams in the league over the first three weeks of the season.

Week 5: vs. Oakland Raiders

San Diego played a close game against the eventual Super Bowl champions, but Oakland pulled away in the final quarter. The Chargers took the lead on their opening drive, Young converting a pair of 3rd downs with runs, then fumbling the ball into the end zone on 3rd and goal from the 2; Matthews recovered for a touchdown. Ken Stabler threw touchdown passes on the next two Raider drives, the second of these a 74-yarder to Cliff Branch. With San Diego failing to cross midfield on four consecutive possessions, Oakland led 14–7 at halftime.

The Chargers moved the ball from their own 20 to the Oakland 28 on the first possession of the second half, and Fritsch converted a 45-yard field goal try. As the 3rd quarter went on, Hoopes twice pinned the Raiders inside their own 10 with punts, and the Charger defense each time forced a three-and-out. After the second of these, the San Diego drove 59 yards in 7 plays, and took the lead with 11 minutes to play on a 1-yard run by Morris. Oakland responded in only two plays, Stabler completing a pair of passes for 69 yards, the latter to Branch  for the touchdown that restored the Raider lead. After a San Diego three-and-out, Oakland had another quick touchdown drive, and Fouts was intercepted soon afterwards to help decide the game.

Joiner had 5 catches for 108 yards, his third consecutive 100-yard game.

Week 6: vs. Houston Oilers

A late Matthews touchdown gave San Diego victory in a game featuring five touchdowns of 30+ yards. The game featured three turnovers, all occurring in the space of five plays early in the game: Scarber lost a fumble in Oilers territory, Dan Pastorini was intercepted by Goode on the following play, and Fouts was intercepted after a further three plays. Houston then drove for a field goal. In the 2nd quarter, the Oilers missed another field goal attempt, and San Diego drove 67 yards to take the lead. Scarber converted a pair of 3rd downs, and MacDonald caught a 13-yard touchdown pass. After another Houston field goal was good, the Chargers led 7–6 at halftime.

The Chargers reached 1st and goal on the Houston 4 on the opening drive of the second half, but Fouts was sacked twice and they had to settle for a Wersching field goal. Their next drive covered 65 yards in 3 running plays: Scarber gained 13 and 10 yards before Matthews ran over a tackler and broke away for a 42-yard touchdown. Pastorini responded with a 54-yard touchdown only two plays later. The teams exchanged punts, and San Diego faced a 2nd and 8 from their own 19 early in the 4th quarter. Fouts threw a low pass to Joiner near the right sideline. The receiver dropped to the ground to make the catch, but got up before the Oilers could touch him and raced upfield for an 81-yard touchdown; it would prove to be the longest of Joiner's 47 touchdowns in San Diego, as well as the longest of Fouts' 254 touchdown passes. The Chargers led 24–13, but Houston again responded quickly, Pastorini throwing a 67-yard touchdown three plays later. San Diego then reached a 4th and 17 on their own 39 yard, whereupon Hoopes made a dubious decision, running instead of punting and gaining only 10 yards. Houston took over possession and went ahead with six minutes to play, Pastorini throwing a 32-yard touchdown on 4th and 5. Fouts then led an 8-play, 60-yard drive, completing passes of 25 yards to Young and 27 to Curran. Matthews scored the winning touchdown on 3rd and goal from the 1, with 1:58 to play. After Houston could only gain 2 yards before turning the ball over on downs, Matthews converted a 4th and 1 with a 10-yard run and San Diego ran the clock out.

Fouts completed 19 of 24 passes for 279 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. The trio of running backs, Scarber, Young and Matthews, combined for over 200 rushing yards (with two touchdowns) and nearly 100 receiving yards. Joiner caught 2 passes for 106 yards and a touchdown. He became the second Charger to have a four-game 100-yard receiving streak, Lance Alworth having accomplished the feat three times previously.

Week 7: at Cleveland Browns

San Diego overcame an early 14–0 deficit, but were unable to hold on to a final-quarter lead against the Browns. Cleveland took their early lead with back-to-back touchdown drives before the Chargers had registered a first down. Each team then missed a field goal, before San Diego began their comeback with a 70-yard drive featuring catches of 29 and 16 yards by Joiner, the latter for a touchdown. Leroy Jones intercepted Brian Sipe on the following drive, setting the Chargers up on Cleveland's 39 yard line with 51 seconds remaining in the half. On the next three plays, Young swept for 8 yards and Fouts hit Joiner for 20, before almost being intercepted at the goal line. With 18 seconds left, the Chargers used a trick play to score, with Woods taking a handoff and starting to the right before pulling up and throwing to Scarber in the end zone, tying the score at 14–14 going into halftime.

After receiving the second half kickoff, San Diego took the lead with their third consecutive scoring drive, though they settled for a field goal after Scarber was stopped a yard short on 3rd and 2 from the 6. They had an excellent chance to extend their lead when Bob Horn intercepted Sipe in Cleveland territory on the next play from scrimmage, but Fouts was intercepted in turn after only two further plays. Cleveland retook the lead with 14 minutes to play when Sipe capped an 82-yard drive with his second touchdown pass of the game. The Chargers best chance after that was foiled when a Fouts pass on 4th and 9 from the Cleveland 30 was knocked away in the end zone with 3:27 to play. They had one more drive, but ran out of time with the ball on their own 48 yard line.

Joiner narrowly failed to extend his 100 yards receiving streak, catching 5 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown.

Week 8: at Pittsburgh Steelers

San Diego were shut out by the defending Super Bowl champion Steelers for the second consecutive season, though they kept the game close until the 4th quarter. The teams opened the game with three punts each, before Morris lost a fumble in his own territory. That mistake didn't lead to any points, as Lowe recovered a Franco Harris fumble two plays later; Fouts then found Joiner for a 43-yard completion, but the Chargers were forced to punt after three more plays. Later, Hoopes mishandled a snap, leading to a Pittsburgh field goal - the only points of the first half.

The Charger defense continued to keep them in the game in the 3rd quarter, with Hal Stringert intercepting Terry Bradshaw, and Preston recovering a fumble at his own 21. Pittsburgh broke through in the final quarter, however, Bradshaw scoring from a yard out with 8:31 to play. Fuller returned the ensuing kickoff 47 yards to the Steeler 43, and San Diego progressed to a 4th and 3 from the 36 - their best field position all day. Fouts then threw incomplete, and Pittsburgh added further touchdowns on their next two possessions.

San Diego committed 5 turnovers to the Pittsburgh's 3 while producing 7 first downs to Pittsburgh's 20. They were also outgained by 361 yards to 134; Joiner accounted for most of their offense, with 4 catches for 98 yards.

Week 9: vs. Baltimore Colts

San Diego were dominated for most of the game by the AFC East-leading Colts. Baltimore drove 80 yards on their second possession, taking the lead on a 40-yard touchdown pass from Bert Jones to Lydell Mitchell, and added a second touchdown on their next possession. The Chargers then briefly recovered, Fouts completing all four of his passes for 54 yards on a 7-play, 81-yard drive that Woods capped with a 5-yard touchdown run. The Colts, however came straight back with another 80-yard touchdown drive, and led 21–7 at halftime. They stretched the advantage to 30 points midway through the final quarter before Clint Longley came in for Fouts and threw late touchdowns to Owens and McDonald.

Fouts completed 14 of 25 passes for 171 yards, while Longley was 8 of 11 for 90 yards and the two touchdowns. Mitchell, who gained over 200 yards rushing and receiving, joined the Chargers two season later.

Week 10: vs. Denver Broncos

A good defensive performance was wasted as San Diego were again shut out by Denver. The Chargers had a good chance to opening the scoring in the 1st quarter, after a Graham interception set them up at the Denver 30. They progressed to a 1st and 10 at the 19, whereupon Fouts was intercepted. The Broncos then drove 80 yards in just 4 plays, with Upchurch scoring on a 59-yard catch-and-run. The Chargers offered little threat for the rest of the half; Longley came on in the final minute, but was immediately intercepted.

Fouts returned in the 3rd quarter, but his first two drives were three-and-outs, while Denver extended their lead to 10–0 with a field goal. Late in the quarter, Kelcher recovered a fumble at the Denver 46. Aided by Joiner's 37-yard catch on 3rd and 15, the Chargers reached a 3rd and goal at the 1, but Matthews fumbled and the Broncos recovered. Midway through the final quarter, San Diego drove to the Denver 25, but Fouts was intercepted to end their final serious scoring threat. Longley came back in for the final two Charger drives, but was intercepted twice more, the first of these being returned for a touchdown.

San Diego had only 8 first downs and 128 total yards, while turning the ball over a season-high six times, including five interceptions.

Week 11: at Buffalo Bills

Two early touchdowns helped the Chargers end their four-game losing streak. Fouts opened the game with a 29-yard completion to Curran, and Woods ran the ball in from 13 yards out three plays later. After Buffalo responded with a field goal, San Diego drove for another touchdown: Joiner had back-to-back receptions of 23 and 15 yards, Woods swept for 24 yards, and Joiner scored on a 5-yard pass from Fouts. While Fouts was intercepted in Buffalo territory on the next drive, Fuller's 43-yard punt return soon had San Diego threatening again, and Fouts found Joiner in stride for a 30-yard touchdown pass and a 21–3 lead. The Bills scored their only touchdown of the game when a snap went far over West's head and was recovered in the end zone by Buffalo. Late in the first half, Young swept for 44 yards and Wersching made a 35-yard field goal. A Mike Williams interception gave the Chargers another scoring chance in the final two minutes, but Fouts was sacked and they were forced to punt.

West pinned Buffalo at their own 5, and they lost a yard on the next three plays, forcing them to punt with five seconds left. Williams made a fair catch at the Buffalo 35 as time expired in the half. This allowed Wersching to attempt a fair catch kick, which he converted from 45 yards out. , this is the last successful fair catch kick in the NFL.

Fouts was intercepted on the first two Charger drives of the second half. After the first of these, Johnson stopped OJ Simpson a yard short on 4th and 2; after the second, Buffalo pulled the score back to 27–13 with a field goal. Late in the 3rd quarter, McDonald drew a 48-yard defensive pass interference penalty, moving the ball to the Bills' 13. Young scored from there two plays later, giving San Diego a 21-point lead they easily maintained throughout a scoreless final quarter.

Joiner had 6 catches for 97 yards and 2 touchdowns, while Young rushed 11 times for 82 yards and a touchdown and caught 4 passes for 20 more yards. Opposition quarterback Gary Marangi completed 8 of 30 passes for 83 yards, with no touchdowns and 3 interceptions, for a passer rating of 0.0. , this is the most passes attempted by an NFL player while producing a 0.0 rating.

Week 12: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

The Chargers lost a back-and-forth game to a late Ed Podolak touchdown. Fouts started the game's opening drive with a 25-yard completion to Young, and finished it with a 3-yard touchdown to Woods on 3rd and goal. The Chiefs answered in kind on their first drive, and Podolak tied the score with a 5-yard run. Starting on the next possession, Fouts was intercepted on three consecutive pass attempts: the first of these led to a Jan Stenerud field goal, but the latter two were answered by a Fuller interception and a Fletcher fumble recovery. The next Charger drive also ended in a turnover, Woods fumbling at the end of a 34-yard catch and run. San Diego forced a punt, and ran the ball nine consecutive times to move from their own 30 to a 2nd and goal at the Kansas City 6. After an incompletion, Fouts found Young for a go-ahead touchdown. Wersching missed the extra point, but the Chargers reached halftime 13–10 ahead.

In the second half, Stenerud made a pair of short field goals, the latter putting Kansas City ahead early in the final quarter. The Chargers responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive capped by Fouts' 13-yard touchdown pass to Joiner on 2nd and 12. The Chiefs responded quickly, driving 80 yards in only five plays, with Podolak scoring from the 5. With under five minutes to play, Young converted a 4th and 1 at his own 38 with a 4-yard carry, and Fouts found Joiner for 15 yards on the next play, but the Chargers punted after Fouts was sacked for a 10-yard loss on 3rd and 4 from the Kansas City 37. The Charger defense forced a punt, and Fuller's 27-yard punt return put the ball at the Kansas City 46, but Fouts threw four straight incompletions, the last with 5 seconds to play.

Fouts completed 18 of 32 passes for 218 yards, with 3 touchdowns and 3 interceptions. Young rushed 16 times for 90 yards and caught 3 passes for 45 yards and a touchdown; Woods rushed 15 times for 68 yards and caught 7 passes for 79 yards and a touchdown.

Week 13: vs. San Francisco 49ers

Morris scored an overtime touchdown to win a game that was scoreless for almost 55 minutes. Longley started in place of Fouts, but San Diego gained only one first down in total over their first four drives, punting each time. The 49ers, in the meantime, went three-and-out three times in a row, before making some progress on their fourth drive – they got in range for a 45-yard field goal, but Steve Mike-Mayer missed wide to the right. After another Charger punt, Williams made an interception and set his offense up at the San Francisco 23. They lost three yards, and Wersching was wide left on a 43-yard field goal attempt. San Francisco then embarked on a 14-play, 50-yard drive that ended with a field goal attempt after Lowe sacked Jim Plunkett on 3rd down. Leroy Jones blocked Mike-Mayer's kick, and the score was 0–0 at halftime.

Fouts replaced Longley at quarterback in a halftime switch. The 49ers received the opening kickoff of the second half, and drove in range for another Mike-Mayer field goal attempt – this one struck the right upright from 29 yards out. Following an exchange of punts, Wersching got another chance, but was short from 52 yards, making the two kickers a combined 0 of 5 on the game. After forcing a punt, the Chargers put together a 16-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that took over eight minutes. Four times during the drive, they converted 3rd downs with runs, including two scrambles by Fouts. Matthews finished the drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with 5:02 to play. The 49ers came straight back with an 8-play, 64-yard touchdown drive. Mike-Mayer's extra point was blocked, but Graham was flagged for defensive offsides, and the kicker converted his second attempt with 1:19 to play. Neither side crossed midfield on their final possessions of regulation, and the game went to overtime.

San Diego won the coin toss, and elected to receive; a clipping penalty on Scarber caused them to start out at their own 7 yard line. Young began the drive with back-to-back runs of 11 and 10 yards, then Fouts converted a 3rd and 2 with a 30-yard completion to Joiner. Further carries of 4 and 15 yards from Young helped the Chargers reach a 2nd and 8 from the 49er 13, from where Morris broke around left end and raced in for the winning touchdown, benefitting from a key block by Billy Shields along the way.

It was the third time San Diego had played an overtime game, and their first win in the extra period. In Longley's lone start as a Charger, he completed 3 of 7 pass attempts for 30 yards, while being sacked 4 times for the loss of 32 yards. Young rushed 14 times for 78 yards, and caught 5 passes for 62 yards.

Week 14: at Oakland Raiders

San Diego ended their season being shut out for the fourth time since their 3–0 start. They had nine possessions through the first three quarters, reaching Oakland territory just once, when Fuller returned a 1st quarter punt 16 yards to the Oakland 47. That drive ended in a punt after the Chargers could move the ball only three yards. Oakland, meanwhile, scored a touchdown on their opening drive and opened up a 24–0 lead late in the 3rd quarter. The Chargers then had their best chance to score, with Young breaking off consecutive 18- and 19-yard runs up the middle and Morris going around left ned for 20 more. They reached a 3rd and 9 from the Oakland 15, but Fouts was intercepted in the end zone.

Fouts completed 10 of 25 passes for 82 yards, with 2 interceptions and a 15.7 passer rating.

Standings

Notes

References

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The 160th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade is a formation of the Ukrainian Air Force. The full name of the Brigade is the 160th Warsaw-Odesa Order of Suvorov 3rd degree Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade. (). The Brigade is considered to be one of the best Anti-Aircraft Artillery units in Ukraine.

The 160th Brigade was part of the 21st Air Defence Division (1961-1989) and then the 60th Air Defence Corps from 1989-1992, both part of the 8th Air Defence Army. From 1961-92 it was located at Odesa.

History
In 1999 the Brigade was given the honorable name "Odesa" for exhibiting high level of professionalism in protecting the skies over Odesa. The brigade was also awarded with its first Colour by the President of Ukraine.

Awards
1944 received the honorable name «Warsaw»
1945 received the Order of Suvorov Third Class for its actions near Berlin
1999 received the honorable name «Odesa»

Past commanders
Lieutenant Colonel Mykola Oleshiuk

References

Air force brigades of Ukraine
Air defence brigades
Military units and formations established in 1941


A privateer was a private person authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateering was an accepted part of naval warfare from the 16th to the 19th centuries, authorised by all significant naval powers.

Notable privateers included:
 Victual Brothers or Vitalians or Likedeelers 1360–1401
 Gödeke Michels (leader of the Likedeelers) 1360–1401
 Klaus Störtebeker, Wismar, (leader of the Likedeelers),  1360–1401
 Didrik Pining, German, c. 1428–1491
 Paul Beneke, German, born in Hanseatic City of Danzig, Pomerelia c. 1440s–1490s
 Kemal Reis, Turkish, c. 1451–1511
 Oruç Reis (Barbarossa), Turkish, c. 1474–1518
 Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha, Turkish, 1478–1546
 Turgut Reis (Dragut), Turkish, c. 1485–1565
 Timoji, Hindu, 1496–1513
 Murat Reis the Older, Turkish, c. 1506–1609
 Sir Francis Drake, English, c. 1540–1596
 Sir George Somers, English 1554–1610
 Captain Christopher Newport, English, c. 1561–1617
 Magnus Heinason, Faroese, c. 1568–1578 privateer in Dutch service under the Dutch revolt and 1580s, and privateer and merchant in Danish service on the Faroe Islands c. 1578–1589
 Piet Hein, Dutch, 1577–1629
 Alonso de Contreras, Spanish, 1582–1641, privateer against the Turks under the banner of the Order of Malta and later commanded Spanish ships
 James Erisey, English, 1585–1590s
 Peter Easton, England/Newfoundland, c. 1611–1614
 Sir Henry Morgan, Welsh, 1635–1688
 Jean Bart, French, 1651–1702
 William Dampier, English, 1652–1715
William Kidd, Scottish, c. 1654–1701
 Nicolas Baeteman, Dunkirker 1659–1720
 Alexander Dalzeel, Scotland, c. 1662–1715
 René Duguay-Trouin, French, 1673–1736
 Kanhoji Angre, Maratha, 1698–1729
 Lars Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710–1718
 Ingela Gathenhielm, Swedish, 1710/18–1721
 Fortunatus Wright, English of Liverpool, 1712–1757
 David Hawley, colonial United States, 1741–1807
 Jonathan Haraden, colonial United States, 1744–1803
 William Death, English, 1756
 Alexander Godfrey, colonial Nova Scotia, 1756–1803
 Jose Campuzano-Polanco, colonial Santo Domingo, 1689-1760
 Etienne Pellot, aka "the Basque Fox", French, 1765–1856
 Noah Stoddard, United States, 1755-1850
 Robert Surcouf, French, 1773–1827
 John Goodrich (1722-1785), Loyalist privateer in the American Revolution
 David McCullough, colonial United States, 1777-1778
 Jean Gaspard Vence, French, –1783
 Joseph Barss, Colonial Nova Scotia, 1776–1824
 Jean Lafitte 1776–1854, French Louisiana hero in the Gulf of Mexico
 John Ordronaux (privateer), United States, 1778–1841
 Ephraim Sturdivant, United States, 1782–1868
 Hipólito Bouchard, Argentina, 1783–1843
 Otway Burns, North Carolina, United States 1775–1850
 Wetheman (active 1151/52 – c.1170), Danish, Wendish Crusade

Privateers
List
Naval warfare of the Middle Ages
Naval warfare of the Early Modern period