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# Schweinfurt Army Heliport

Schweinfurt Army Heliport was a military facility near Schweinfurt, that was part of U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt.

## History

The facility's origins begin in 1936 as a Luftwaffe airfield, its primary mission being the home of light bomber (Dornier Do 17) and dive bomber (Junkers Ju 87) units until 1942.
About 1940, the Luftwaffe began assigning anti-aircraft (FlaK) units to the area, in order to provide an air defense for the Schweinfurter Kugellagerwerke and other ball bearing factories in Schweinfurt, as the city produced most of these critical components. The number of units assigned increased when the city became the target of American Eighth Air Force strategic bombing beginning in 1943. Schweinfurt was bombed 22 times during Operation Pointblank by a total of 2285 aircraft. American bombing included the Second Raid on Schweinfurt on October 14, 1943, ("Black Thursday") and Big Week in February, 1944.
The United States Army 42nd Infantry Division entered Schweinfurt on 11 April 1945 and conducted house-to-house fighting in the seizure of the city and facilities. Twelfth Air Force B-25 Mitchell medium bombers conducted pinpoint bombing attacks during the battle on German defenses, the battle being one of the last (in addition to Nuremberg) major combat between the German Wehrmacht against American Army units during the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Elements of the USAAF IX Engineering Command were able to move into the airfield on 17 April and clear mines and destroyed aircraft, and made the facility serviceable for use by Allied transport aircraft by 18 April. It was designated as Advanced Landing Ground "R-25" and was put to use as a combat resupply and casualty evacuation airfield.
Air Force Occupation units began moving into the airfield on 16 June 1945, the facility being renamed Army Air Force Station Schweinfurt. The airfield became an occupation garrison for Air Force units and also became "Schweinfurt Air Depot", being used by Air Technical Service Command. It was redesignated as Schweinfurt Air Base on 1 August 1947, in anticipation of the Air Force becoming a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces. On 5 October 1947, control of the airfield was turned over to the United States Army as the Air Force consolidated its forces around the Munich area.
Shortly before closure, the U.S. Army Garrison Schweinfurt was home for roughly 11,000 people, including about 4,000 Soldiers, family members, Department of Defense civilian employees and their dependents, with the heliport being assigned to the Conn Barracks facilities. The installation was closed on September 19, 2014, following a round of base closures in Europe.
# Ponte das Caínheiras

Ponte das Caínheiras is a masonry bridge in the civil parish of Castro Laboreiro e Lamas de Mouro, municipality of Melgaço, in the district of Viana do Castelo, on the narrow traffic area over the Rio das Caínheiras.
Locals often refer to the bridge as "O Diabo" (The Devil) owing to the frequent traffic tie-ups attempting to cross it.

## History

The first reference to the bridge occurred on 11 May 1758 by Father Inácio Ribeiro Marques, in the Memórias Paroquiais of the parish. It is likely that the bridge was constructed at the end of the 18th century or beginning of the 19th century.

## Architecture

The bridge is situated in a rural area harmoniously implanted within the Peneda-Gerês National Park. It is erected 160 metres (520 ft) northwest of the winter pasturelands of Cainheiras, over the river Cainheiras, at about 970 metres (3,180 ft) above cultivatable and forested lands. It is located some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the chapel of Senhora da Boavista and 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the chapel of Senhora de Anamão. The bridge of Cainheiras is part of a network of vicinal roads south and east of Castro Laboreiro, in addition to the Minhoto-Galacia regional roadways that connected Castro Laboreiro with Melgaço, Arcos de Valdevez and Bande. Further, it connected Castro Laboreiro with Galicia to the east, in the direction of Celanova (through Portos and Seara) and south towards Entrimo and Lobios (through Ameixoeira).
It is an arched bridge, with soft incline, over two arcs with long, regular staves, reinforced by triangular cutwaters. On the ramp are large rectangular stone blocks that act as railing. It is proceeded by a gentle incline from a curvilinear bend in the road on both sides. The arches are slightly uneven with a 3 metres (9.8 ft) diameter, supported by long, regular staves. Between either arch are reinforcements: upstream, triangular cutwater and, downstream, rectangular struts. The ramp slabs are protected by guardrails formed by large blocks, reinforced by iron "staples".
# Sgalambro

Sgalambro is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Francesco Sgalambro (1934–2016), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
* Manlio Sgalambro (1924–2014), Italian philosopher and writer
# Ancient Africa (album)

Ancient Africa is an album by Abdullah Ibrahim, recorded in concert in 1972.

## Recording and music

The album was recorded in concert at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, in June 1972. The material is a long medley of originals played on the piano, with an encore played on the flute.

## Release and reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | |
Ancient Africa was released on LP in 1974 by JAPO Records, part of ECM Records. A reviewer for ECM commented that, "As with so much of Ibrahim's output, an underlying propulsion lends sanctity to the overarching message."

## Track listing

* "Bra Joe from Kilimanjaro/Mamma/Tokai/Llanga/Cherry/African Sun" – 23:05
* "African Sun [Continued]/Tintinyana/Xaba/Peace – Salaam/Air" – 21:55

## Personnel

* Abdullah Ibrahim – piano, flute
# Benjamin Price

Benjamin Price may refer to:
* Benjamin Price (cricketer)
* Benjamin D. Price, architect
* Benjamin Price (bishop) (1804–1896), first bishop of the Free Church of England
* Benjamin Price (merchant) in Province of Quebec
* Ben Price (journalist) on List of George Polk Award winners
* Ben Price (born 1972), British actor

## Characters

* Benjamin Price, character in Ravenswood
* Benjamin Price, Law&Order character played by Graham Patrick Martin
# 1992–93 Nationalliga A season

The 1992–93 Nationalliga A season was the 55th season of the Nationalliga A, the top level of ice hockey in Switzerland. 10 teams participated in the league, and EHC Kloten won the championship.

## Regular season

| Pl. | Team | GP | W | T | L | GF–GA | Pts. |
| 1. | EHC Kloten | 36 | 27 | 1 | 8 | 173 : 91 | 55 |
| 2. | HC Fribourg-Gottéron | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 171 : 100 | 54 |
| 3. | SC Bern | 36 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 160 : 123 | 46 |
| 4. | HC Lugano | 36 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 131 : 116 | 43 |
| 5. | EV Zug | 36 | 19 | 3 | 14 | 144 : 117 | 41 |
| 6. | HC Ambrì-Piotta | 36 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 130 : 125 | 38 |
| 7. | Zürcher SC | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 112 : 141 | 27 |
| 8. | EHC Biel | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 121 : 167 | 27 |
| 9. | HC Ajoie | 36 | 9 | 1 | 26 | 103 : 178 | 19 |
| 10. | EHC Chur | 36 | 5 | 0 | 31 | 109 : 196 | 10 |

## Playoffs
### Quarterfinals
#### EHC Kloten - EHC Biel 4:0

* Game 1: EHCK-EHCB 8:1
* Game 2: EHCB-EHCK 1:4
* Game 3: EHCK-EHCB 6:2
* Game 4: EHCB-EHCK 2:4

#### HC Lugano - EV Zug 4:1

* Game 1: HCL-EVZ 3:2
* Game 2: EVZ-HCL 0:3
* Game 3: HCL-EVZ 2:1
* Game 4: EVZ-HCL 4:2
* Game 5: HCL-EVZ 4:0

#### SC Bern - HC Ambrì-Piotta 1:4

* Game 1: SCB-HCAP 3:4
* Game 2: HCAP-SCB 5:1
* Game 3: SCB-HCAP 4:2
* Game 4: HCAP-SCB 3:2
* Game 5: SCB-HCAP 2:3

#### HC Fribourg-Gottéron - Zürcher SC 4:0

* Game 1: HCFG-ZSC 4:3
* Game 2: ZSC-HCFG 3:4
* Game 3: HCFG-ZSC 8:4
* Game 4: ZSC-HCFG 4:6

### Semifinals
#### EHC Kloten - HC Lugano 3:1

* Game 1: EHCK-HCL 1:3
* Game 2: HCL-EHCK 1:2 SO
* Game 3: EHCK-HCL 5:1
* Game 4: HCL-EHCK 2:4

#### HC Fribourg-Gottéron - HC Ambrì-Piotta 3:1

* Game 1: HCFG-HCAP 9:2
* Game 2: HCAP-HCFG 2:6
* Game 3: HCFG-HCAP 1:2
* Game 4: HCAP-HCFG 2:4

### Final
#### EHC Kloten - HC Fribourg-Gottéron 3:0

* Game 1: EHCK-HCFG 4:2
* Game 2: HCFG-EHCK 4:7
* Game 3: EHCK-HCFG 4:2

## Relegation
### Round 1
#### HC Davos - EHC Bülach 4:0

* Game 1: HCD-EHCB 6:5
* Game 2: EHCB-HCD 1:8
* Game 3: HCD-EHCB 9:0
* Game 4: EHCB-HCD 1:3

#### EHC Chur - HC Martigny 4:1

* Game 1: EHCC-HCM 5:0
* Game 2: HCM-EHCC 7:5
* Game 3: EHCC-HCM 4:1
* Game 4: HCM-EHCC 4:8
* Game 5: EHCC-HCM 7:2

#### EHC Olten - SC Herisau 4:0

* Game 1: EHCO-SCH 5:4
* Game 2: SCH-EHCO 2:3
* Game 3: EHCO-SCH 4:1
* Game 4: SCH-EHCO 3:4

#### HC Ajoie - SC Rapperswil-Jona 0:4

* Game 1: HCA-SCRJ 4:6
* Game 2: SCRJ-HCA 5:2
* Game 3: HCA-SCRJ 3:4
* Game 4: SCRJ-HCA 6:2

### Round 2
#### HC Davos - EHC Chur 3:0

* Game 1: HCD-EHCC 4:0
* Game 2: EHCC-HCD 3:4
* Game 3: HCD-EHCC 4:3

#### EHC Olten - SC Rapperswil-Jona 3:0

* Game 1: EHCO-SCRJ 4:3
* Game 2: SCRJ-EHCO 3:4
* Game 3: EHCO-SCRJ 8:4
HC Davos and EHC Olten were promoted to the Nationalliga A. HC Ajoie and EHC Chur were relegated to the Nationalliga B.
# Pierre Silvain

Pierre Silvain (1926 in Morocco – 30 October 2009) was a French writer and playwright.

## Works

* 1960: La Part de l'ombre, novel, Plon
* 1963: La Chair et l'ombre, novel, Plon
* 1964: L'Air et la chanson, novel, Plon
* 1965: La Dame d'Elche, novel, Mercure de France
* 1966: La Fenêtre, novel, Mercure de France
* 1968: Zacharie Blue, novel, Mercure de France
* 1969: La promenade en barque, novel, Mercure de France
* 1971: Mélodrame, theatre, Éditions Gallimard
* 1971: Les Eoliennes, novel, Mercure de France
* 1973: Le Grand Théâtre, novel, Mercure de France
* 1977: Les Espaces brûlés, tale, Mercure de France
* 1983: Une douleur d'amour, novel, Fayard
* 1985: L'empire fortuné, novel, ed. Manya
* 1985: Le regard du serpent, novel, ed. Mazarine
* 1990: Le Guetteur invisible, récit illustré de photographies de Pierre Schwartz, ed. Noésis
* 1992: Les chemins de la terre, proses, éd. Rougerie
* 1994: Détours, proses, éd. Rougerie
* 1995: La gloire éphémère de Joao Matos, novel, Julliard.
* 1998: Petites proses voyageuses, with illustrations by Colette Deblé, ed. Cadex
* 1998: Dans la nuit de Médée, novel, éd. Hors Commerce
* 2000: Le Brasier, le fleuve, essay, « L’un et l’autre », Éditions Gallimard
* 2002: Les Chiens du vent, poetry, with inks by Jean-Claude Pirotte, ed. Cadex
* 2002: Le Jardin des retours, Éditions Verdier [fr]
* 2005: Le Côté de Balbec, essay, L’Escampette
* 2007: Julien Letrouvé, colporteur, Verdier, (Prix de la Ville de Caen, 2008)
* 2007: Passage de la morte - Pierre Jean Jouve, essay, L'Escampette Éditions
* 2009: Assise devant la mer, Verdier
* 2010: Les Couleurs d’un hiver, Éditions Verdier
# 1914 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1914 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1914 college football season. The team compiled a 5–3 record (4–1 against MVC opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 128 to 48. Henry Schulte was the head coach for the first of four seasons. The team played its home games at Rollins Field in Columbia, Missouri.

## Schedule

| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
| October 3 | Missouri Mines* | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO | L 0–9 |
| October 10 | William Jewell* | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO | W 46–0 |
| October 17 | at Oklahoma* | Boyd FieldNorman, OK (rivalry) | L 0–13 |
| October 24 | Iowa State | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO (rivalry) | L 0–6 |
| October 31 | Kansas State | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO | W 13–3 |
| November 7 | at Drake | Des Moines, IA | W 33–7 |
| November 14 | Washington University | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO | W 26–3 |
| November 21 | Kansas | Rollins FieldColumbia, MO (rivalry) | W 10–7 |
| *Non-conference game |||||
# Schweineherbst

Schweineherbst ("Pigs Fall") is the fifth studio-album by German punk rock band Slime. In it, they again criticise the politics of Germany.

## Track listing

* Schweineherbst (Pigs fall)
* Stillstand (Standstill)
* Zweifel (Doubt)
* Feuer (Fire)
* Hoffnung (Hope)
* Zusammen (Together)
* Gewalt (Violence)
* Der Tod ist ein Meister aus Deutschland (Death is a Master from Germany)
* Ich war dabei (I was present)
* Brüllen, zertrümmern und weg (Yelling, crashing and away)
* Die Leere (The emptiness)
* Joe ist zurück (Joe is back)
* Aufrecht gehen (Going uprightly)
* Genug (Enough)
* Goldene Türme (Golden Towers)
# Kasky

Kasky is the surname of the following people:
* Cameron Kasky (born 2000), is an American activist and advocate against gun violence
* Marc Kasky (born 1944), American consumer activist
# Sgamna

Sgamna is a small town and rural commune in Settat Province of the Chaouia-Ouardigha region of Morocco. At the time of the 2004 census, the commune had a total population of 9747 people living in 1291 households.
# Ancillon

Ancillon is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
* Charles Ancillon (1659–1715), French jurist and diplomat
* Friedrich Ancillon (1767–1837), Prussian historian and statesman
* David Ancillon (1617–1692), French Huguenot pastor and author
* Louis Pierre Ancillon de la Sablonnière, French businessman
# Lookin' Ahead

Lookin' Ahead is the second album by The Jazz Crusaders recorded in 1962 and released on Pacific Jazz Records.

## Reception

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow wrote, "The tenor-trombone frontline created by Wilton Felder and Henderson, along with the funky yet swinging playing of pianist Joe Sample, drummer Stix Hooper and bassist Jimmy Bond on this hard-to-find set made the group instantly recognizable and surprisingly popular from the start".

## Track listing

* "Song of India" (Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov) – 4:02
* "Big Hunk of Funk" (Wilton Felder) – 5:00
* "Tonight" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:50
* "507 Neyland" (Wayne Henderson) – 3:56
* "Till All Ends" (Joe Sample) – 3:33
* "Tortoise and the Hare" (Sample) – 4:24
* "In a Dream" (Henderson) – 3:20
* "Sinnin' Sam" (Stix Hooper) – 4:39
* "The Young Rabbits" (Henderson) – 3:35

## Personnel

* Wayne Henderson – trombone
* Wilton Felder – tenor saxophone
* Joe Sample – piano
* Jimmy Bond – bass
* Stix Hooper – drums
# Benjamin Smith

Ben or Benjamin Smith may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* Ben Smith (artist), Australian artist, finalist in the 2024 Archibald Prize
* Ben Smith (musician) (1905–?), American alto saxophonist and clarinetist
* Ben Fox Smith (born 1978), singer of band Serafin
* Benjamin Smith (actor) (born 1989), television actor
* Benjamin Smith (engraver) (1754–1833), British engraver
* Bennie Smith (1933–2006), guitarist
* Doc Brown (rapper) (Benjamin Harvey Bailey Smith, born 1977), British entertainer

## Media

* Ben Smith (journalist) (Benjamin Eli Smith, born 1976), journalist, co-founder and editor-in-chief of news website Semafor in 2022
* Benjamin Eli Smith (1857–1913), editor of the Century Dictionary

## Politics

* Benjamin Smith (Whig politician) (1783–1860), British politician, MP for Sudbury, 1835–1837, and then Norwich, 1838–1847
* Ben Smith (Labour politician) (1879–1964), British politician and government minister
* Benjamin Smith (North Carolina politician) (1756–1826), U.S. politician and Governor of North Carolina
* Benjamin A. Smith II (1916–1991), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 1960–1962
* Benjamin H. Smith (1797–1887), American politician in Virginia and West Virginia
* Benjamin Smith (Nova Scotia politician) (1786–1873), Canadian farmer, land surveyor and political figure in Nova Scotia
* Benjamin Franklin Smith (1865–1944), Canadian produce dealer and political figure in New Brunswick

## Sports

* Ben Smith (cornerback) (born 1967), former NFL player
* Ben Smith (curler) (born 1999), New Zealand curler
* Ben Smith (English cricketer) (born 1972), English cricketer
* Ben Smith (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1991), New Zealand cricketer
* Ben Smith (end) (1911–1941), American football player
* Ben Smith (footballer, born 1978), English footballer
* Ben Smith (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper
* Ben Smith (ice hockey, born 1988), American NHL ice hockey player
* Ben Smith (ice hockey coach), Harvard University alumni, US Olympic team coach
* Ben Smith (rugby league) (born 1984), Australian rugby league player
* Ben Smith (rugby union) (born 1986), New Zealand rugby union player
* Ben Smith (squash player) (born 2002), English squash player
* Benjamin Leigh Smith (1828–1913), British yachtsman and explorer
* Ben Smith (golfer) (1921–2009), American golfer
* Ben Smith (CrossFit) (born 1990), American CrossFit competitor

## Others

* Benjamin F. Smith (1831–1868), Union Brevet Brigadier General, see Siege of Corinth Union order of battle
* Benjamin B. Smith (1784–1884), Episcopal presiding bishop
* Benjamin Nathaniel Smith (1978–1999), perpetrator of the 1999 Independence Day weekend shootings
* Benjamin Roxburgh-Smith (1884–1951), British fighter ace
* Benjamin Smith (priest) (1819–1900), Archdeacon of Maidstone
* Benjamin Smith (political scientist) (born 1970), political scientist and academic at the University of Florida
* Benjamin Smith (executive) (born 1971), airline executive, CEO of Air France-KLM
* Benjamin Smith (slave trader) (1717–1770), early American slave trader, plantation owner, shipowner, merchant banker and politician
# List of television channels in Morocco
## List of channels

* Al Aoula
* Al Aoula HD
* 2M TV
* Arryadia
* Arryadia Live HD
* Attakafia
* Attakafia HD
* Al Maghribia
* Al Maghribia HD
* Assadissa HD
* Aflam TV (TNT Only)
* Tamazight TV
* Tamazight HD
* Laayoune TV
* Medi1 TV
* Medi1 TV HD
* Télé Maroc
* Chada TV HD
* MBC 5
* MBC 5 HD
# Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe

Sainte-Jamme-sur-Sarthe (French pronunciation:, literally Sainte-Jamme on Sarthe) is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.
The area was host to a knighting tournament attended by William Marshal, 1st Earl Pembroke, in 1166.
# Piezogaster

Piezogaster is a genus of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are at least 30 described species in Piezogaster.

## Species

These 33 species belong to the genus Piezogaster:
* Piezogaster achillelus Brailovsky and Barrera, 2000$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster achilles (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster acuminatus Brailovsky, 1993$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster ashmeadi (Montandon, 1899)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster auriculatus (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster basilicus Brailovsky and Barrera, 1984$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster bolivianus Brailovsky, 1993$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster calcarator (Fabricius, 1803)$^{icgb}$
* Piezogaster camposi (Montandon, 1897)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster chiriquinus (Distant, 1892)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster chontalensis (Distant, 1892)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster congruus Brailovsky, 1984$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster dilatatus (Dallas, 1852)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster herrichi (Blöte, 1938)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster humeralis (Distant, 1901)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster humerosus (Distant, 1892)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster indecorus (Walker, 1871)$^{icgb}$
* Piezogaster lacrimiferous Brailovsky, 2001$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster loricata (Distant, 1892)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster multispinus (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster oblatus Brailovsky, 2001$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster obscuratus (Montandon, 1899)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster odiosus (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster orbicularis Brailovsky, 2001$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster reclusus Brailovsky and Barrera, 2000$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster rubronotatus (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster rubropictus (Montandon, 1897)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster scitus Brailovsky and Barrera, 1984$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster scutellaris Stål, 1862$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster spurcus (Stål, 1862)$^{icgb}$
* Piezogaster tetricus (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster thoracicus (Distant, 1881)$^{icg}$
* Piezogaster vates (Stål, 1862)$^{icg}$
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
# 1914 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The 1914 College Basketball All-American team, as chosen retroactively by the Helms Athletic Foundation. The player highlighted in gold was chosen as the Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year retroactively in 1944.
| Player | Team |
| Lewis Castle | Syracuse |
| Gil Halstead | Cornell |
| Carl Harper | Wisconsin |
| Ernest Houghton | Union (NY) |
| Walter Lunden | Cornell |
| Dan Meenan | Columbia |
| Nelson Norgren | Chicago |
| Elmer Oliphant | Purdue |
| Everett Southwick | CCNY |
| Eugene Van Gent | Wisconsin |
# Schwarzlose Model 1908

The Schwarzlose Model 1908 was a semi-automatic pistol, designed by Andreas Schwarzlose, released in 1908 in the German Empire and produced until 1911.

## Operation

The Schwarzlose employs a very distinctive "blow-forward action" operating mechanism. It has no slide, instead the mechanism is operated by the barrel being projected forward due to the gas pressure and the friction of the bullet passing through the bore, the compressed recoil spring drives the barrel back, stripping the top cartridge from the magazine, chambering the round, and pressing the cartridge head against the standing breech, which is part of the frame.
# Porcelain (Sparta album)

Porcelain is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band Sparta. It was released on July 13, 2004 by Geffen Records and peaked at number 60 on the Billboard 200. The first single released from the album was "Breaking the Broken."

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :
| Aggregate scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 62/100 |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| The Austin Chronicle | |
| Pitchfork | 7.6/10 |
| Punknews.org | |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Sputnikmusic | 4.0/5.0 |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | |
Porcelain garnered a positive reception from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 62, based on 19 reviews.
Johnny Loftus of AllMusic praised the album for maintaining Sparta's "caustic intellectualism" without compromising their musical integrity through "label-side meddling" or adhering to "a cliquey music-fan nation", highlighting "From Now to Never" for crystalizing the band's musicianship: "At nearly nine minutes, it renders each facet of Porcelain in perfect miniature, and emphasizes Sparta's stance as a group working faithfully within the system, but also staunchly and refreshingly outside of it." Pitchfork contributor Brian Howe noted how the band's sound became "grandiose and questing, with scintillating, spacious atmospheres" throughout the record, praising the "complex and inventive" arrangements found on "While Oceana Sleeps" and "Lines in Sand", concluding that: "Porcelain is food for sheer bodily exaltation. It's an imperative and ornate exhortation to lay open your nerves and unabashedly, unapologetically feel." Rolling Stone contributor Jenny Eliscu commended the band's "tight and powerful" musicianship on "While Oceana Sleeps" and "Hiss the Villain" but felt it was "rote emo-core, all predictable quiet-loud shifts and overwrought vocal melodies" that didn't elevate them above At the Drive-In, concluding: "Mostly, though, it's just kind of boring." Darcie Stevens of The Austin Chronicle criticized the album for lacking the "ragged edges and complicated time changes" from Sparta's predecessor and instead contained lackluster artistry and "Dashboard Confessional lyrics." A writer for Spin was critical of the band not evolving their Wiretap Scars sound to just "lazily tread" through a modern rock manual that elicits "sticker-on-the-case singles ("Breaking the Broken")" and ventures into "power-ballad turf ("Lines in Sand", "From Now to Never")".

## Track listing

All tracks are written by Sparta
* According to Jim Ward, "P.O.M.E" stands for 'Paris Of the Middle East', referring to Beirut, which is Hajjar's birthplace.

### Bonus tracks

* "Farewell Ruins" (Japan/UK/iTunes bonus track) – 3:17
* "Bombs & Us" (Japan bonus track) – 3:33

## Personnel

Credits adapted from the Porcelain liner notes.

## Charts

Chart performance for Porcelain :
| Chart (2004) | Peak position |
| Australian Albums (ARIA) | 56 |
| US Billboard 200 | 60 |