Eadred was King of the English from 946 until his death. He was the son of Edward the Elder and his third wife Eadgifu of Kent, a grandson of Alfred the Great. Eadred came to the throne following the assassination of his older brother, Edmund I; the chief achievement of his reign was to bring the Kingdom of Northumbria under total English control, which occurred with the defeat and expulsion of Eric Bloodaxe in 954. Eadred died at the age of 32 having never married, was succeeded by his 15-year-old nephew, Eadwig. Eadred was a son of Edward the Elder by his third marriage, to Eadgifu, daughter of Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent, he succeeded his elder brother King Edmund I, stabbed to death at Pucklechurch, on St Augustine's Day, 26 May 946. The same year, on 16 August, Eadred was consecrated by Archbishop Oda of Canterbury at Kingston upon Thames, where he appears to have received the submission of Welsh rulers and northern earls; the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 946 records that Eadred "reduced all the land of Northumbria to his control.

Eadred soon faced a number of political challenges to the West-Saxon hegemony in the north. There are some notorious difficulties with the chronology of the events described in the historical sources, but it is clear that there were two Scandinavian princes who set themselves up as kings of Northumbria. Óláf Sihtricson, otherwise known as Amlaíb Cuarán, had been king of Northumbria in the early 940s when he became Edmund's godson and client king, but he was driven out. He succeeded his cousin as King of Dublin, but after a heavy defeat in battle in 947, he was once again forced to try his luck elsewhere. Shortly thereafter, Olaf was back in business. What Eadred thought of the matter or how much sympathy he bore for his brother's godson can only be guessed at, but it seems that he at least tolerated Olaf's presence. In any event, Olaf was ousted from the kingship a second time by the Northumbrians, this time in favour of Eric son of Harald, according to MS E of the Chronicle; the other player in the game was Eric Bloodaxe King of Norway from 930 to 934.

After a number of successful operations elsewhere, he came to Northumbria and appears at some point to have set himself up as king. King Eadred responded harshly to the northern defectors by launching a destructive raid on Northumbria, which notably included burning the Ripon monastery founded by St. Wilfrid. Although his forces sustained heavy losses in the Battle of Castleford, Eadred managed to check his rival by promising the latter's supporters greater havoc if they did not desert the foreign prince; the Northumbrians paid compensation. The Historia Regum suggests that the threat of an independent Northumbrian king had come to an end in 952, when earls took over the helm. Towards the end of his life, Eadred suffered from a digestive malady which would prove fatal.'Author B', the biographer and former apprentice of St Dunstan, described with vivid memory how the king sucked out the juices of his food, chewed on what was left and spat it out. Eadred died at the age of 32 on 23 November, 955, at Frome, was buried in the Old Minster at Winchester.

He died a bachelor, was succeeded by Edmund's son Eadwig. Primary sources Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. Edition available online. Historia Regum, ed. T. Arnold, Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia. 2 vols: 2. London, 1885. John of Worcester, Chronicon ex Chronicis, ed. Benjamin Thorpe, Florentii Wigorniensis monachi chronicon ex chronicis. 2 vols: vol 1. London, 1848–9. Charters: Sawyer no. 1515. Text available from Anglo-Saxons.net. Like his grandfather King Alfred, Eadred left a written record of his will. Anglo-Saxon Charters, Sawyer nos. 515–580, 1211–2, 1511. Secondary sources Williams, Ann. "Eadred". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Primary sources Chronicle of Æthelweard, ed. and tr. Alistair Campbell, The Chronicle of Æthelweard. London, 1961. Vita S. Dunstani, ed. W. Stubbs, Memorials of St Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rolls Series. London, 1874. 3-52. Available as PDF from Google Books and from Gallica. Vita S. Æthelwoldi, ed. and tr. Michael Lapidge and Michael Winterbottom, Wulfstan of Winchester.

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The Music Room is a 2014 album composed by the Indian singer-songwriter Sonu Nigam and tabla percussionist Bickram Ghosh. The album was released on 16 December 2014 on the Times Music label; the album, over four years in the making, is in a style the duo calls Muddy Electronica, according to an interview that appeared in the Mumbai Mirror. The album features all in the voice of Sonu; the lyrics of all the songs have been penned by Sonu Nigam except the Gujarati language song Walida, the lyrics of which are written by Shruti Pathak. When interviewed by Radioandmusic.com about the presence of that song on the album, Ghosh said, "It is music. We come across people who listen to many other languages." The album consists of a song titled Khamakha, notable for being set to nine beats. In less than 24 hrs of release The Music Room had reached no.1 position on Indipop Charts on iTunes. The composer duo celebrated the success of the album ‘The Music Room’ along with their friends in the industry by throwing a lavish party in Mumbai.

The Chennai, India-based'New Indian Express' calls the album "An Iconic collaboration that introduces music lovers to a new and original Genre". The Pune, India-based'Sakal Times' called the songs "Very fresh in terms of Music." The Kolkata, India-based online news portal called the album "Superb" and recognized singer Sonu Nigam as "The Finest Voice of Music". The Milliblog'100 Word Blog' provided a favorable review - "In this album they soar and produce a whopper!" The Album has received favorable reviews on Amazon's India site

Sigma Phi Delta is an international professional-social fraternity of engineers. As "The Premier International Fraternity of Engineers", the organization is the only fraternity of its kind that draws its membership from male engineering students at ABET-accredited colleges and universities, as other similar organizations are co-ed or admit students not in traditional engineering programs. Sigma Phi Delta was founded at University of Southern California on April 11, 1924 and has 25 active chapters; the Alpha chapter of Sigma Phi Delta was founded on April 11, 1924 in the third attempt to establish an engineering fraternity at the University, the other two having been terminated into general fraternities. Unlike many fraternities at USC, the Alpha chapter owns its historic house; the chapter house served as a foreign government consulate. The Delta chapter of Sigma Phi Delta was founded on January 25, 1928 by a group of students that included a brother of an Alpha chapter Founder and an Alpha chapter Alumnus in graduate school.

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