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.22 TCM

The 22TCM (.22 Tuason Craig Micromagnum) is a proprietary bottle-necked cartridge developed by Fred Craig and Rock Island Armory. Before the cartridge was commercialized, it was called the 22 Micro-Mag. Standard factory loads are 40-grain jacketed soft hollow point. Armscor has announced a new round the 22TCM9R which will be the same case as the 22TCM but have an overall length of the 9×19mm round. The company plans to release this round in summer of 2015 with a Glock 22TCM9R conversion slide to allow the 22TCM to fit in a 9mm length magazine, hence the "9R" designation. The 22TCM9R will in fact still be a 39 grain bullet but will be a fully jacketed hollow point instead.

The 22TCM is based on the 5.56×45mm NATO case, shortened so that the shoulder is at approximately the same length as a .38 Super cartridge. The cartridge is designed to feed from a Para-Ordnance-style double-column .38 Super magazine. Currently only Rock Island Armory catalogs firearms chambered in 22TCM: a 1911 style semi-auto pistol (also available with optional additional 9mm barrel and recoil spring), and a bolt-action rifle (which reportedly can use the same magazines as the pistols); and only Armscor (the parent company of Rock Island Armory) manufactures ammunition.

M45 Quadmount

The M45 Quadmount (nicknamed the "meat chopper" and "Krautmower" for its high rate of fire) was a weapon mounting consisting of four of the "HB", or "heavy barrel" .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns (of the M2 Turret Type (TT) variant) mounted in pairs on each side of an open, electrically powered turret. It was developed by the W. L. Maxson Corporation to replace the earlier M33 twin mount (also from Maxson). Although designed as an anti-aircraft weapon, it was also used against ground targets. Introduced in 1943 during World War II, it remained in US service as late as the Vietnam War.

History

In order to develop a mobile anti-aircraft weapon, several 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) twin machine gun mounts were tested on the chassis of the M2 half-track including Bendix, Martin Aircraft Company, and Maxson. The Maxson M33 turret mount was preferred and - on the larger M3 half-track (T1E2) - was accepted for service in 1942 as the M13 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage. The mount was also used on the similar M5 half track as the M14 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage.

Fiesta

Fiesta, Spanish for "festival" and for "party", may refer to:

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Fiesta (R. Kelly song)

"Fiesta (Remix)" is a number-one R&B single by singer R. Kelly and featuring rappers Jay-Z & Boo & Gotti. The hit song spent five weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number six on the US pop chart. R. Kelly and Jay-Z have worked several times together. In 2002, they released album "The Best of Both Worlds" which sold 285,000 copies in its first week. The single is ranked by Billboard as the best selling and most played R&B/Hip Hop song of 2001.

Background

“Fiesta (Remix)” follows the previous singles and music videos, “I Wish” and “I Wish (Remix)”. In 2001, this song spent five weeks at #1 on the US R&B chart and also reached #6 on the US pop chart. The original fiesta track is one of nineteen tracks on the TP-2.com album by R. Kelly.

Music video

The music video for the single is created by R. Kelly and Little X.

Personnel

Fiesta (Denise Rosenthal album)

Fiesta is the debut solo album by Chilean singer-songwriter Denise Rosenthal. It was available for physical release in Chile on November 6, 2013 via FeriaMix Santiago. On November 8, 2013, the album was available to purchase digitally in iTunes in the United States, Chile, and the rest of Latin America. Rosenthal released the album under the stage name, "D-Niss".

Production

Rosenthal began recording songs for the album as early as 2011. The album is Rosenthal's first release as a solo artist. Her previous discography included albums from telenovelas where she portrayed a character. The album includes 11 Spanglish songs all written or co-written by Rosenthal. It is a fusion of pop, urban and R & B influences. Rosenthal worked on the album in Santiago for eight months with help from producer Bastián Herrera. Rosenthal rerecorded her vocals from the single, Just Better Alone for the album.

Promotion

The album's first official single, "I Wanna Give My Heart" was released to Chilean radio stations in November 2011.It was released on iTunes in Chile on November 21, 2012. A music video was shot in Santiago and Pirque, Chile and released on YouTube on November 30, 2011. The lyrics were written by Rosenthal and composed by Neven Ilic.

Conga line

The conga line is a novelty dance that was derived from the Cuban carnival dance of the same name and became popular in the US in the 1930s and 1950s. The dancers form a long, processing line, which would usually turn into a circle. It has three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat. The conga, a term mistakenly believed to be derived from the African region of Congo, is both a lyrical and danceable genre, rooted in the music of carnival troupes or comparsas.

Origin

The conga dance was originally a street dance in Cuba. The style was appropriated by politicians during the early years of republic in an attempt to appeal to the masses before election. During the Machado dictatorship in Cuba, Havana citizens were forbidden to dance the conga, because rival groups would work themselves to high excitement and explode into street fighting. When Fulgencio Batista became president in the 1940s, he permitted people to dance congas during elections, but a police permit was required.