In an atmosphere that emphasized the positive results that have been obtained from a continuing spirit of cooperation in many maritime matters, members and delegates assembled for the 80th MM&P Convention heard from an impressive array of top union, industry and government leaders.
"A great example of what we can achieve when we work together is the new Maritime Security Program. You all know how complex the legislative process can be, and how much support it takes to pass a program like the expanded MSP," Sacco said. By taking a united approach, everyone was on the same page and as a result, "we got a new program approved almost two full years before the current one expires. And not only that, it's a bigger program with more US-flag ships," the SIU President stated.
For his part, MEBA President Ron Davis reaffirmed his commitment to cooperation with the MM&P both in getting more work and in negotiations with contracted employers. He also noted the good work undertaken by MIRAID, AMC and the MEBA legislative departments.
AMO President Mike McKay stated that "my presence here, and the presence of MM&P officials at recent AMO executive board meetings, reflect a welcome new era of cooperation, trust and respect between our unions." He said much could be achieved for the working men and women each union is privileged to represent when we are at each other's sides rather than at each other's throats. He also said the AMO remains committed to the ideal of "pass through" shipping between and among officers' unions.
Secretary of the Treasury John Snow, one of the highest-ranking federal government officials to ever speak at a MM&P Convention, reflected on the maritime industry's spirit of cooperation over the last decade that has put the US Merchant Marine more into the forefront, but for too long, and still, not into the public eye.
Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) told the attendees that one out of five jobs are dependent in some form on the maritime industry. While we're one of the leading maritime trading nations, too little of it is carried on US vessels.
Due to space limitations, convention coverage will be combined in upcoming editions of the Wheelhouse Weekly, and the Master, Mate & Pilot newspaper will include more in-depth reports on these and the many other excellent speakers' presentations from the 80th MM&P Convention.
At the MM&P Convention, Brothers and Sisters of MM&P's United Inland Membership Group (UIG) who are continuing a 6-week job action in the San Francisco Bay area against Oscar Niemeth Towing received an overwhelming pledge of support from delegates from all membership groups.
The job action began June 22 after two years of collective bargaining negotiations and two "Last, Best, and Final" offers. These UIG members soundly rejected the sub-standard proposal by the employer and are holding out to maintain area standards for all mariners. The company is currently shut down.
The MM&P General Executive Board also authorized funds to help support these MM&P Brothers and Sisters weather the economic hardships they are encountering during this critical time. For more info, contact MM&P's UIG-PMR San Francisco Branch Agent at 415-543-2533; Email: rshipway@bridgedeck.org or John Schaeffner, MM&P's UIG-PMR Portland Branch Agent at 503-283-0518; Email: jschaeffner@bridgedeck.org.
Resolution 7: Payments disbursed from the Future Pensioners Health Fund and Resolution 8: Future Pensioners Health Fund funds to be used solely by retirees of the Offshore Membership Group were adopted as amended.
Twenty-one Resolutions were turned down.
Eight Resolutions were referred out to the Offshore Advisory Committee, the Plan Trustees, the General Executive Board, the Shipping Rules Committee, and/or the Trustees of the Health & Benefit Plans.
Resolution 16 was withdrawn by the maker.
Full text of the Resolutions adopted will be printed in their entirety in an upcoming issue of The Master, Mate & Pilot newspaper.
Five Alternates were also selected. First Alternate is Stan Willis, Second Alternate is Lou Ramey, Third/Fourth Alternates are Eric Quick and Mary Matlock and the Fifth Alternate is William Wilson.
Wash, DC-based True Ballot, Inc. was again selected as the Impartial Ballot Agency for the election.
License, date and issue number, if any.
Every candidate for any office (Int'l Officers, VPs, Convention Delegates, Regional Representatives, etc.) must notify the International Secretary-Treasurer, in writing, within 20 days after the Aug.4 close of the nominating period that they will accept the nomination in order to have their names placed on the International Ballot. Along with the written acceptance of nomination, every candidate for any Office in the Organization shall certify in writing that s/he is not prevented from holding office by any provision of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 or by any provisions of the MM&P International Constitution.
Matson Navigation Company's new containership MV MAUNAWILI was christened on July 17 at the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard (KPSI) by Ms. Maryanna Shaw, great grand-daughter of Samuel Alexander, one of the founders of Matson's parent company, Alexander & Baldwin (A&B). As with all of Matson's other ships, she will sail with MM&P Licensed Deck Officers.
The vessel is the second of a two-ship, $220 million contract with KPSI. MM&P was represented by the Atlantic Ports Vice President who attended the ceremony with Charles Stockholm, chairman of the board, A&B, Allen Doane, president and CEO, A&B, James Andrasick, president and CEO, Matson, and the event's keynote speaker, Lt. General Gary Hughey, deputy commander of US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM).
The MAUNAWILI is the second new Matson ship of the 21st century. The first, the MV MANUKAI, was delivered to Matson by KPSI in September 2003. The MAUNAWILI, along with its sistership MANUKAI, has been designed to meet Hawaii's current and future market requirements. Foremost among those requirements is the additional capacity for large container sizes, such as 40, 45 and even 53-foot boxes.
The vessel is also equipped with enough generator capacity to support the refrigerated container requirements of the Hawaii trade. Other features include a more fuel-efficient diesel engine, modern shipboard technology and a number of "green" environmentally friendly design elements.
The MAUNAWILI will commence with sea trials shortly and enter Matson's Hawaii service in the fall. As a replacement vessel, the ship will be one of eight ships deployed in the company's service between the West Coast and Hawaii.
The maritime trade publication American Shipper and Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) report that Temasek Holdings, a Singapore government entity, bid a reported USD $1.6 billion on Aug.3 to buy the shares of Neptune Orient Lines that it does not already own. A minority stockholder in NOL, Temasek offered $1.60 per share for the Singapore-based shipping group, which owns MM&P-contracted APL and APL Logistics.
The bid lifted the price of NOL shares by 9.8 percent to $1.57, a record high since 1999, on the Singapore stock market today, when some 75 million NOL shares changed hands. Reuters reported that Temasek bought 20.3 million shares earlier this week to raise its stake above a 30-percent threshold at which it must make a takeover offer under Singapore law. The government entity reportedly owns just over 30 percent of NOL after the open market purchase.
At the end of 2003, Temasek owned 27 percent of NOL and was already its largest stockholder. The bid suggests that Temasek wants to take NOL private. NOL was publicly listed in 1981 and is the largest shipping and transportation company on the Singapore stock exchange. In 1997, NOL acquired Oakland-based MM&P-contracted APL. Temasek also has stakes in the port group PSA, the logistics company SembLog, the parent company of Singapore Airlines and many other companies.
American Shipper notes that the takeover of NOL by a government entity may raise questions about APL's participation in the US Maritime Security Program through MM&P-contracted American Ship Management. APL operates nine MSP containerships through American Ship Management.
You should have received information in the mail this week from NMHC regarding the mail order benefit through the Plan. Effective August 15, NMHC Mail will take over the mail order portion of the pharmacy benefit currently handled by Eckerd Pharmacy Services. This change in providers does not affect your prescription benefit.
For members with existing prescriptions on file with EPS, NMHC Rx has coordinated all MM&P member information with EPS so that all of your prescriptions with remaining refills will be automatically transferred to NMHC Mail. Simply call NMHC Mail at 1-800-456-4803 or visit the website at www.nmhcmail.com to request your prescription refill.
As always, if you should have any questions, please contact the Plan Office at 410-850-8500.
When you or your provider use the IVR system at the Plan Office to check eligibility, remember that the Plan Office updates eligibility on a monthly basis. This does not mean that your eligibility will terminate at the end of the month simply because the system states that you are eligible until a certain date. Individual contracts have different extension of eligibility rules and the only way we can provide accurate eligibility information for the membership is to download a new eligibility tape on a monthly basis.
Ticket purchases should be made payable to the MM&P PCF with a notation for the raffle in the memo line, and mailed to the MM&P PCF, 700 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. Members making PCF contributions through the Members Only section of the MM&P website, noting that the contribution is for the raffle, can also obtain tickets. Raffle tickets will also shortly be available through MM&P port offices.
Cutoff for ticket purchases is December 31, 2004. Drawing for the prize will take place at Noon on January 7, 2005 at MITAGS.
Also available at a later date will be a limited number of prints of this painting, numbered and signed by the artist, for a $50 contribution to the PCF designated for the print.
Raffle tickets are available only to those individuals who are otherwise eligible to make a contribution to the MM&P PCF.
No double dipping: Contributions in exchange for raffle tickets or for a signed and numbered print do not qualify for other PCF contribution incentive premiums.
All contributions to the MM&P PCF, including contributions in exchange for raffle tickets, are voluntary contributions for political purposes and no physical force, job discrimination, financial reprisals or threat thereof has been or will be used in any way to secure such contributions. PCF contributions are not deductible for tax purposes.
The United Seaman's Service is seeking candidates for its Honored Seafarer Awards. These awards commend the heroism of American seafarers that have risked their lives to save others and the outstanding seamanship of officers and crews of vessels participating in rescue operations from about mid-2003 to date.
These awards will be presented at the AOTOS Award Dinner on Nov.5 in New York City. MM&P will be forwarding nominations for actions taken by the officers and crews of MM&P-contracted ships and is seeking member input. If you have a ship or individual to nominate, please forward information by Aug.20 to Karl Schwartz at MM&P HQ at 700 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090; Email: communications@bridgedeck.org.
In an incident that raises serious security questions, a passenger aboard the mammoth cruise ship CARNIVAL MIRACLE gained control of the ship-wide public address system last weekend and told passengers to abandon ship. The incident occurred in the middle of the night at 0345 hours on July 31 when the vessel was about four hours from New York City.
According to published reports, the passenger mimicked the captain's accent and successfully convinced "several hundred frightened passengers" to begin mustering  some wearing lifejackets and fearing a terrorist incident. Both the third purser on duty and the Master made repeated follow-up announcements to reassure passengers, but the Master eventually had to appear in person at about 0415 to calm passengers. The PA culprit could not be identified and remains at large.
James H. Ackerman, an internationally known maritime lawyer who practiced for more than 50 years in Long Beach, CA, died July 20 from heart failure. He was 87 years old and was a former counsel with the MM&P as well as a great friend to the Union.
Mr. Ackerman was born on March 21, 1917, in Los Angeles. After graduating from high school, he attained a bachelor's degree at USC. He interrupted his study for a law degree at that school during World War II and joined the Merchant Marine, graduating from the US Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY, in 1944. He had a close call during the war, when his ship was the only one in a three-ship convoy that avoided being sunk by Japanese submarines. Along the way, he also served during the Korean War and earned his unlimited master's license.
Maritime law seemed a natural fit for Ackerman when he moved to Long Beach in 1952 to start his own practice. He became a renowned trial lawyer who traveled the world on business. His diverse array of clients included large shipping companies, the Firestone family, and the American Basketball Association.
As a successful trial lawyer, he became well known for his generosity toward organizations such as St. Mary Medical Center, the Long Beach Boys and Girls Club, the University of Southern California and Long Beach fine arts groups. "He is one of the great men of Long Beach…,' said Ike Hancock, vice president of the St. Mary's Foundation.
He said, "Mr. Ackerman was known as a cheery, optimistic man, who always lent a hand or an ear to those in trouble, even if he didn't know them very well. He also was interested in helping others take leadership roles in the community." There were no funeral services. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be sent to the Santa Catalina Island Conservancy, www.catalinaconservancy.org.
International Headquarters has been informed that after almost 10 years of frustration and delay, the payments to the members of the Local 88 Trust are in the process of being made. Each member will receive over $1000 with approximately $6000 being held in reserve for contingencies and for those of the "lost battalion." It is expected that the checks will go in the mail within the next two weeks.
The Local 88 mailing list is undergoing a final check for current addresses and to determine if there have been any deaths of Trust members still on the mailing list. If you believe that you are entitled to a check because you were a member of the Local 88 Trust on Sept.30, 1970 contact the New York/New Jersey Union Hall at 201-963-1900.
Complete Basic and Advanced Fire Fighting in a combined one week course, offered September 20th.
Courses are subject to change. Check the MITAGS website for up-to-date course descriptions associated with all course title abbreviations, and for schedule revisions and updated course availability. You can also check future schedules, review detailed course descriptions and register on-line or contact Admissions at admissions@mitags.org or by calling toll-free, 1-866-656-5568.
All the courses below will be conducted at the new Pacific Maritime Institute facility located in Seattle at 1727 Alaskan Way South, Pier 34. The new facility features a state-of-the art Ship Simulator that has to be experienced. PMI phone numbers remain the same. Come see the new facility at PMI's "Maritime Technology and Career Center".
Members are reminded that for the duration of the MM&P election period the name or likeness of any known candidate – any person nominated or self-declared to be a candidate – for any elected MM&P position will not be referred to by name or photo in any MM&P publication. Reference may be made by title or in contact information such as an email address when it is directly relevant to the communication.
As example, the Master of a MM&P-contracted ship who has declared himself to be a candidate for a MM&P elective position was recently quoted in an article appearing in the "Master, Mate & Pilot", but was referenced as the Master of the vessel and not by name. Similarly, this member's likeness was not included in a photo published with the article. This same rule was applied within the same publication with regard to two other members employed by MM&P at Union headquarters who are candidates for elective position.
This rule has been put into effect to ensure that publications by the MM&P to MM&P members are not used on behalf of any candidate for campaign purposes. These exclusions will end upon completion of the election.
Members wanting to know more about this policy may contact International Counsel John Singleton at 410-850-8700 x19, email: jsingleton@bridgedeck.org, or Communications Director Karl Schwartz at 410-850-8700 x27, email: communications@bridgedeck.org.
The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) is accepting applications for a full time instructor to work at its Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, WA.
This state-of-the-art facility requires an instructor who will develop courses in the maritime field and provide quality classroom and simulation instruction to merchant marine deck officers at all levels of their professional development.
A broad background with experience on dry and liquid cargo vessels is preferred. Outstanding verbal and written presentation skills with experience and enthusiasm in teaching adults in both a classroom and on-the-job setting are desired. Excellent computer skills are a must: MS Office Suite and Windows operating systems.
Five years maritime experience at the Chief Mate or Master level with in-depth knowledge and technical skills with bridge systems, completion of STCW-95 requirements desired. Maritime or military academy graduate preferred.
Union membership following employment is required. Competitive salary and outstanding Union benefits. Email resume to hr@mitags.org or fax to: HR Manager, 443-989-3341. EEO AA.
MM&P members are reminded that provisions of the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code went into effect on July 1. These provisions impact LDOs aboard all oceangoing vessels sailing in the international and coastwise trade.
MM&P HQ has sent a letter to all Offshore Membership Group contracted ships and to the home address of every active member of the Offshore Membership Group addressing in more detail this issue and how it may affect our contracts.
Maintain and keep detailed time and duty records for any hours of work performed doing anything that might be considered security duties.
Maintain and keep detailed time and duty records for any hours of work performed doing anything outside the usual and normal duties of an LDO.
All LDOs should submit penalty rate for payment for any time spent as outlined in items 1 and 2 if these duties are done during normal watch or duty hours.
All LDOs should submit overtime for payment for any time spent as outlined in items 1 and 2 if these duties are done outside normal watch or duty hours.
Members having any questions or comments are asked to contact your area Vice President or Port Representative.
MM&P-contracted Horizon Lines recently won the bidding to manage MSC's seven oceanographic ships (T-AGS) to support the Naval Oceanography Program. The Licensed Deck Officer billets will be filled by MM&P members. MM&P needs to hear from members and applicants interested in working aboard these ships. Vessel assignments may be permanent.
The T-AGS ships will pay competitive wages and will have 15-for-30 vacation, pension, health & welfare, IRAP and training contributions made on the employees' behalf. Members and applicants selected to sail aboard the T-AGS ships will be required to have a US Government-issued Secret clearance. The Company will assist the mariner in obtaining this clearance.
All interested members and applicants are requested to send a resume to your local area Offshore Vice President or to International Headquarters in care of the Executive Assistant to the President at 700 Maritime Blvd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090; Fax: 410-850-0973. Calls with questions may be directed to 410-850-8700 x23. Resumes or questions may also be sent by Email to mrodriguez@bridgedeck.org, rmay@bridgedeck.org, rgroh@bridgedeck.org and dmarcus@bridgedeck.org.
The USCG is seeking applications for appointment to membership on the Merchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee (MERPAC). MERPAC provides advice and makes recommendations to the USCG on matters related to the training, qualification, licensing, certification, and fitness of seamen serving in the US merchant marine. Applications should reach the USCG by August 30.
For further info, call MERPAC at 202-267-6890, fax 202-267-4570 or contact Capt. Joe Stone at MM&P HQ at 410-850-8700 x24, Email: jstone@bridgedeck.org .
Attention all Members in good standing with dependent children who will be college freshman in September: A local Baltimore law firm is awarding two $2,500 one-time only scholarships to children of Union members. Since the MM&P is headquartered in the Baltimore area, Union members' children would be eligible to apply for these scholarships.
One scholarship is for Undergraduate and the other is for Graduate School. Students must already be accepted to a college prior to applying. The deadline for application is August 20. The scholarships will be awarded September 24.
If your son or daughter would like to make application for this scholarship, please have them contact the MM&P Plan Office at 410-850-8600 for an application. The member's name is required so that the Union can sign the application to certify that he/she is a member in good standing prior to sending the application to your child.
Members can also Email Plans Administrator Valerie Verrecchio at mmpplansval@aol.com with the member info including address where the application can be mailed.
MM&P FCU vehicle loan rates have dropped across-the-board. Effective May 5, borrowers may finance up to $30,000 on vehicle loans for terms up to 72 months. This is an increase of $5,000 and 12 months over past maximum financing amounts and terms.
Rates on 6 year auto financing range between 5.50% and 6.25%. Vehicle loan rates are as low as 4.00%. Rates apply to new and used cars, and to loans refinancing higher rate vehicle loans from other institutions. Contact the Credit Union office to find out how these rates may cost less than dealers incentives and how you qualify for new, low rate vehicle financing.
As an added bonus, Signature Loan rates have also been lowered. Now is the time to start thinking about those summer vacation plans or home improvement projects. Signature loan rates range from 9.00% to 9.75%. Hurry and take advantage of these new lower rates and start saving money today.
Need More Info? Contact Kathy Klisavage, MM&P FCU Manager, to learn more about loan rates and products, direct deposit, share savings accounts and certificates of deposit, benefits of membership and membership eligibility. Kathy Klisavage can be reached by email to mmpfcu@bridgedeck.org, or by calling 410-850-8700 x43 or toll-free 1-800-382-7777.
All MM&P FCU loan rate percentages are APR or Annual Percentage Rate. All MM&P FCU savings and certificate rates are APY or Annual Percentage Yield. Loan terms and conditions are subject to change. Contact the MM&P FCU for eligibility info and for full terms and conditions.
"It's the curse of technology," was overheard recently as someone talked about Email scams. Email scams are rampant these days, just like telephone scams were not so long ago. In the most-common current scenario, an Email is received from what looks like a legitimate entity that asks you to provide sensitive, private information to "verify" your identity or account. Scam artists are now even posing as the Internal Revenue Service to try and get your info.
The IRS recently issued a warning that fraudulent emails disguised as being from them are aimed at tricking taxpayers into providing their Social Security numbers, driver's license information and bank and credit card numbers through a web site that's set up to look like it belongs to a federal agency. If this information is obtained it can be used by identity thieves to take over a person's financial accounts, run up charge cards, apply for loans and file fraudulent tax returns.
Protect yourself. No financial institution, federal agency or legitimate business will initiate contact by Email or phone and ask for any such personal information. Legitimate entities with which you are already established should have that info. If you receive such a request, contact the sender to verify if it is legitimate. The MM&P Federal Credit Union has never been the target of such a scam and will never initiate an Email to you that asks for this type of private information.


Osiedle Norweskie is the first in Koszalin gated community of single-family houses. The investment plan involves construction of 48 houses of various sizes, on plots ranging in size from 650 to 1200m2.
Houses are sold in developer's standard, but the developer prepares finishing packages in order to meet the needs of future customers.
The whole area of the settlement is fenced with monitored access to the area. Accompanying infrastructure includes an internal roads, lighting and landscaping and arranged green areas.
Osiedle Norweskie is located in the district of Koszalin – Jamno, an ideal place for this type of investment. Location ensures peace and security arising out of the house outside the busy part of the city, while being at a distance that allows for the use of its charms. Investment is situated in close vicinity of Jamno Lake and sailing harbor, close to the route leading to the sea.
IInd stage of the investment was completed in 2018.


Nestled along Highway 50 in the lower Sierra Nevada foothills in western El Dorado County, the community of El Dorado Hills is only 25 miles from the State Capital in Sacramento. Featuring rolling hills and open space, El Dorado Hills has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years and become a very desirable place to call home.
To the west, El Dorado Hills and the CSD run along the El Dorado County line. To the east, the CSD borders the Cameron Park community and the Cameron Park Community Services District.
North of Highway 50, Sacramento County and the City of Folsom in Sacramento County are our CSD neighbors. South of Highway 50, the CSD abuts Rolling Hills CSD to the west and Marble Valley CSD, Cameron Park Estates CSD, and Cameron Park CSD to the east along a portion of their boundaries.
The area south of the District boundary toward the community of Latrobe includes the El Dorado Hills Business Park and rural residential and equestrian properties. The CSD is bordered by Folsom Lake and the Auburn-Folsom State Recreation Area to the north.
Promontory Water Spray Park is open from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.


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MG 42 (top)
General-purpose machine gun
1942–present as MG3
Portuguese Colonial War[1]
Yugoslav Wars[2][3]
Werner Gruner
Mauser Werke AG
Wilhelm-Gustloff-Stiftung
Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Großfuß AG, MAGET (Maschinenbau und Gerätebau GmbH, Berlin-Tegel)
1942–1945 (Nazi Germany)
Number built
MG 45/MG 42V, MG 1, MG 2, Rheinmetall MG 3, M53, MG 74
11.57 kg (25.51 lb)
1,220 mm (48 in)
7.92×57mm Mauser
Recoil-operated, roller-locked
1,200 rounds/min (varied between 900–1,500 rounds/min with different bolts)
740 m/s (2,428 ft/s) (s.S. Patrone)
Effective firing range
200–2,000 m (219–2,187 yd) sight adjustments
Maximum firing range
4,700 m (5,140 yd)
50 or 250-round belt
iron sight,or telescope
The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general purpose machine gun designed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. It was intended to replace the earlier MG 34, which was more expensive and took much longer to produce, but in the event, both weapons were produced until the end of the war.
The MG 42 has a proven record of reliability, durability, simplicity, and ease of operation, but is most notable for its ability to produce a high volume of suppressive fire. The MG 42 had one of the highest average cyclic rates of any single-barreled man-portable machine gun: between 1,200 and 1,500 rpm, resulting in a distinctive muzzle report.
The MG 42's lineage continued past Nazi Germany's defeat, forming the basis for the nearly identical MG1 (MG 42/59), chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, which subsequently evolved into the MG1A3, and later the Bundeswehr's MG 3. It also spawned the Swiss MG 51, Zastava M53, SIG MG 710-3, Austrian MG 74, and the Spanish 5.56×45mm NATO Ameli light machine gun, and lent many design elements to the American M60 and Belgian MAG. The MG 42 was adopted by several armed organizations after the war, and was both copied and built under licence.
1.1 Development
1.2 Service history
2 Operation
3 Design details
4 Variants and developments
4.1 MG 45
4.2 T24 machine gun
4.3 M53
4.4 MG 3
7 Bibliography
A German Waffen SS soldier involved in heavy fighting in and around the French town of Caen in mid-1944. He is carrying an MG 42 configured as a light support weapon with a folding bipod and detachable drum belt container.
Well entrenched Fallschirmjäger defend the ruins of Monte Cassino, inflicting heavy casualties on assaulting Allied forces
During the 1930s the German Army introduced the MG 34, considered to be the first modern general-purpose machine gun. Equipped with a quick-change barrel and fed either with belts, or from spring-loaded 75-round saddle-drum Patronentrommel 34 magazines (with a simple change of feed cover), the MG 34 could sustain fire for much longer periods of time than other portable squad-level weapons such as the American B.A.R. and the British Bren Gun, both of which were fed by box magazines, while also being much lighter and more portable than crew-served weapons like the Browning M1919 or Vickers machine guns (which also lacked quick-change barrels). The MG 34 was also quite versatile; not only was it able to be fed from belted ammunition or a saddle drum magazine, it could also be fired from a bipod, heavy tripods or various pintle mounts for armored vehicles. Switching between a bipod and a tripod required no special tools, as the mounting latch was spring-loaded. Later in the war, the MG 34 was used as the basis for the Luftwaffes MG 81 flexible defensive gun, and as the MG 34 Panzerlauf was used throughout the war as secondary armament on panzers and other vehicles. However, it did have its drawbacks, such as sensitivity to dust and comparatively expensive production. One attempt at improvement was the MG 34S, an incremental improvement on the basic 34 design.
In order to address these issues, a contest was held for a true MG 34 replacement. Three companies were asked to submit designs: Metall und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG of Döbeln, Rheinmetall-Borsig of Sömmerda, and Stübgen of Erfurt.[5] Of the number of proposals submitted, Großfuß AG's proved to be the best design by far, employing a unique recoil-operated roller locking mechanism whereas the two competing designs used a gas-actuated system.[5] Interestingly, the company had no earlier experience in weapons manufacture, specializing in pressed and stamped steel components (the company's staple product was sheet metal lanterns). Dr.-Ing. de (Werner Gruner), one of the leading design engineers with Großfuß, knew nothing about machine guns when he was given the task of being involved with the project, although he specialized in the technology of mass production. Gruner would attend an army machine gunner's course to familiarize himself with the utility and characteristics of such a weapon, also seeking input from soldiers. He then recycled an existing Mauser-developed operating system and incorporated features from his experiences with army machine gunners and lessons learned during the early stages of the war.[5] Being made out of stamped metal, the new design required considerably less tooling and was much simpler to build than other machine guns—it took 75 man hours to complete the new gun as opposed to 150 man hours for the MG 34 (a 50% reduction), and cost 250 RM as opposed to 327 RM (a 24% reduction).
The resulting MG 39 remained similar to the earlier MG 34 overall, a deliberate decision made to maintain familiarity. The only major changes from the gunner's perspective were dropping of most of the drum-feed options, leaving the weapon to fire with a loose belt of ammunition, or from a single 50-round drum-shaped Gurttrommel belt container fitted to the gun's receiver, and simplifying the weapon's open sights for aiming purposes. All these changes being intended to increase, maintain, or accommodate the gun's high practical rate of fire. Although made of relatively inexpensive and simple parts, the prototypes also proved to be considerably more rugged and resistant to jamming than the precisely machined and somewhat temperamental MG 34. A limited run of about 1,500 of its immediate predecessor, the MG 39/41, was completed in 1941 and tested in combat trials.
The weapon was officially accepted, and the main manufacturing of the production design began in 1942, as the MG 42, contracts going to Großfuß, Mauser-Werke, Gustloff-Werke and others. Production during the war amounted to over 400,000 units (17,915 units in 1942, 116,725 in 1943, 211,806 in 1944, and 61,877 in 1945).
Portuguese paratrooper holding an MG 42, Guinea, 1972
One of the weapon's most notable features was in its exceptionally high rate of fire of about 1,200 rounds per minute, twice the rate of the Vickers and Browning machine guns, which fired at a rate of about 600 rounds per minute. So effective was the weapon in laying suppressive fire that the United States Army created training films to aid its soldiers in dealing with the psychological trauma of facing the weapon in battle.[6] At such a high rate the human ear cannot easily discern the sound of individual shots being fired, instead hearing a sound described as like "ripping cloth" or a buzzsaw, giving rise to the nickname "Hitler's buzzsaw" (and the German soldiers' Hitlersäge ("Hitler's saw") or "bonesaw").
The gun was sometimes called "Spandau" by British troops,[7] as was the MG 34, a traditional generic term for all German machine guns, left over from the famous Allied nickname for the MG 08 Maxim-derivative used by German forces during WWI, which was derived from the manufacturer's plates noting the city where some were produced.[citation needed]
The MG 42's high rate of fire resulted from analysis concluding that since a soldier typically only has a short period of time to shoot at an enemy soldier, and muzzle rise quickly throws off initial aim, it was imperative to fire the highest number of bullets possible in the shortest time to increase the likelihood of a hit before the recoil overcame the inertia of the gun and pushed the aiming point upwards. The disadvantage was that the weapon consumed exorbitant amounts of ammunition and quickly overheated its barrel, making sustained fire problematic. Thus, while individual bursts left the weapon as highly concentrated fire at 1,200 rounds per minute, the Handbook of the German Army (1940) forbade the firing of more than 250 rounds in a single burst and indicated a sustained rate of no more than 300–350 rounds per minute to minimize barrel wear and overheating, although the excellent quick-change barrel design helped a great deal. Burst limits are typical on non-water-cooled automatic weapons, and slower-firing Allied guns such as the M1919 also had limits; they fired at a slower rate, but lacked a quick-change barrel, and so the operator had to limit his fire to a few hundred rounds per minute to allow the barrel to cool between bursts. Due to the slower firing rate, this led to a longer period of time spent shooting, but a roughly equivalent total number of rounds fired. Operationally, the MG 42's main drawback was that it could consume ammunition at such a high rate that it was very difficult to keep firing during offensive actions, because ammunition had to be carried forward on a continuous basis. This was also a problem at the end of the war with inexperienced German troops, good fire discipline was a must and the level of training that the German infantry was receiving was poor.
The method of barrel change made the MG 42 unsuitable for secondary or co-axial armament on World War II era German tanks with the exception of the Jagdpanzer IV. Early versions of the Jagdpanzer IV carried two standard (no modification made) MG 42s on both sides of the gun mantlet/glacis, firing through a ball slot which was protected by an armored cover (with the MG 42 retracted) when not in use. Later version Jagdpanzer IVs carried only one MG 42 on the left side.
In the German heavy machine gun (HMG) platoons, each platoon served four MG 34/MG 42 machine guns, used in the sustained fire mode mounted on tripods. In 1944 this was altered to six machine guns in three sections with two seven-man heavy machine gun squads per section as follows:
Squad leader (NCO) MP40
Machine gunner (private) MG 34/MG 42 and pistol
Assistant gunner (private) pistol
Three riflemen (privates) rifles
Horse leader for horse, cart and trailer (private) rifle
The MG-42 incorporated lessons hard-won on the Eastern Front. Both the cocking handle and the catch for the top cover to the working parts were designed so that the gunner could operate them wearing mitts or with a stick or rod. This was vital for winter conditions where contact by bare flesh on cold metal could cause severe injury, such as instant frostbite.
The MG42's effect was so devastating that Allied troops were trained before the D Day landings to distinguish its unique noise of fire, which sounded like cloth being ripped as it fired. Allied troops were trained to charge an MG-42-equipped pill box only at the time of its one weakness, which was when its overheating barrel needed to be changed.
The MG 42 mounted on the Lafette 42 tripod
The MG 42 weighed 11.6 kg in the light role with the bipod, lighter than the MG 34 and easily portable. The bipod, the same one used on the MG 34, could be mounted to the front or the center of the gun depending on where it was being used. For sustained fire use, it was matched to the newly developed Lafette 42 tripod, which weighed 20.5 kg on its own. The Lafette 42, included a number of features, such as a telescopic sight and special sighting equipment for indirect fire. The barrel had polygonal rifling and was lighter than the MG 34's and heated more quickly, but could be replaced in seconds by an experienced gunner.
The optimum operating crew of an MG 42 for sustained fire operation was six men: the gun commander, the No.1 who carried and fired the gun, the No.2 who carried the tripod, and Nos. 3, 4, and 5 who carried ammunition, spare barrels, entrenching tools, and other items. For additional protection the commander, No.1 and No.2 were armed with pistols, while the remaining three carried rifles. This large team was often reduced to just three: the gunner, the loader (also barrel carrier), and the spotter. The gunner of the weapon was preferably a junior non-commissioned officer (or Unteroffizier).
The U.S. doctrine of the era centered on the rifleman, with the machine gun serving a support role. German doctrine was the reverse, with the machine gun placed in a central role and rifleman employed in support. This meant that German forces deployed far more machine guns per equivalent-sized unit than the allies[citation needed], and that Allied troops assaulting a German position almost invariably faced the firepower of the MG42. It was possible for operating crews to lay down a non-stop barrage of fire, ceasing only when the barrel had to be replaced. This allowed the MG 42 to tie up significantly larger numbers of enemy troops. Both the Americans and the British trained their troops to take cover from the fire of an MG 42, and assault the position during the small window of barrel replacement. The high rate of fire of the MG 42 sometimes proved a liability, mainly in that, while the weapon could be used to devastating effect, it could quickly exhaust its ammunition supply. For this reason, it was not uncommon for all soldiers operating near an MG 42 to carry extra ammunition, thus providing the MG 42 with a backup source when its main supply was exhausted.
MG 42 roller-locked system
The MG 42 is 7.92×57mm Mauser, air-cooled, belt fed, open bolt, recoil-operated machine gun with a quick change barrel.
The roller-locked bolt assembly consists of a bolt head, two rollers, a striker sleeve, bolt body, and a large return spring, which is responsible for pushing the bolt assembly into battery (the locked position) and returning it there when it is unlocked and pushed backwards by the recoil of firing or by the charging handle. As the striker sleeve is movable back and forth within the bolt assembly, the return spring is also responsible for pushing the striker sleeve forward during locking (described below). The bolt assembly locks with the barrel's breech (the end the cartridge is loaded into) via a prong type barrel extension behind the breech. As it is recoil-operated and fired from an open bolt, the weapon must be manually charged with the side-mounted charging handle.
The roller-locked recoil operation functions as follows: two cylindrical rollers, positioned in tracks on the bolt head, are pushed outwards into matching tracks in the barrel extension by the striker sleeve and lock the bolt in place against the breech. Upon firing, rearward force from the recoil of the cartridge ignition pushes the striker assembly back and allows the rollers to move inwards, back to their previous position, unlocking the bolt head and allowing the bolt assembly to recoil, extracting the spent cartridge and ejecting it. The return spring then pushes the bolt assembly forwards again, pushing a new cartridge out of the belt into the breech, and the sequence repeats as long as the trigger is depressed. The MG42 is only capable of fully automatic fire. Single shots are exceptionally difficult, even for experienced operators, due to the weapon's rate of fire. The usual training objective is to be able to fire a burst of no more than three rounds. The weapon features a recoil booster at the muzzle to increase rearwards force due to recoil, therefore improving functional reliability and rate of fire.
The shoulder stock is designed to permit gripping with the left hand to hold it secure against the shoulder. Considerable recoil otherwise causes the stock to creep from its intended position. If the weapon is not properly "seated" on the bipod, a prone gunner may be pushed back along the ground from the high recoil of this weapon.
The sighting line consists of a ∧-type post or an inverted "V" height adjustable front sight on a folding post and a leaf rear sight with an open V notch sliding on a ramp, graduated from 200 to 2,000 meters (219 to 2,187 yards). There is an antiaircraft rear peep sight hinged on the open rear sight base. An auxiliary anti-aircraft ring sight is kept in the maintenance kit, and fitting on the barrel jacket to be used in conjunction with the folding antiaircraft rear peep sight attached to the rear sight base.
Another unique feature of German World War II machine guns (and which continued to be used by the German Bundeswehr after the war) was the Tiefenfeuerautomat. If selected, this feature walked the fire in wave-like motions up and down the range in a predefined area. E.g., being unsure whether the real distance was 2000 meters or 2300 meters, the gunner could make the mount do an automatic sweep between the elevations for 1900 to 2400 meters and back. This sweeping of a given range (Tiefenfeuer) continued as long as the gun fired.
Variants and developments
Various configurations of MG 42, including an anti-aircraft tripod (right)
In 1944, the material shortages of the Third Reich led to the development of a newer version, the MG 45 (or MG 42V), which had a different operation mechanism that used delayed blowback as opposed to roller locking. For this reason, the MG 45 is considered a different type of firearm, as the mechanisms of these two guns are different. It used steel of lesser quality, which reduced weight to 9 kg, while retaining the horizontal cocking handle. First tests were undertaken in June 1944, but development dragged on and eventually only ten were built. The tested MG 45/42V fired 120,000 rounds in succession at a rate of fire around 1,350 rounds per minute. The MG 42V had some influence in the post-war development of roller-delayed blowback system, as employed in modern Heckler & Koch small arms.
T24 machine gun
The American military tried to copy the MG42 during the war as a possible replacement for the Browning Automatic Rifle & M1919A4 for infantry squads, the new version being adapted for the .30-06 cartridge. Saginaw Steering Gear constructed a working prototype designated as the T24 machine gun which could also be used on an M2 Tripod. However, the realization that the .30-06 cartridge might be too long for the gun's mechanism to easily cope with, and most notably a design flaw in the prototype, resulted in the discarding of the project.[8]
Yugoslavian built Zastava M53, a near exact copy of the MG 42
In Yugoslavia this MG 42 variant was built at the state-owned Zavodi Crvena Zastava company as the M53 machine gun using original German machinery, retaining the 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber.[9] By doing so, the Yugoslavians retained the original weapon's design features, making the M53 a near exact copy of the German MG 42. The only major differences are a slower rate of fire and no anti-aircraft sight mount.[10] The aiming range of the M53 is 2,000 m (2,187 yd), and the terminal range of the bullet is 5,000 m (5,468 yd), the same as the MG 42. MG 42s captured in Yugoslavia at the end of World War II were put into reserve of Yugoslav People's Army as M53/42s. The last military use of M53s in Yugoslavia was in 1999. Some quantities of M53s were exported to Iraq in the 1980s and saw extensive action during both Gulf wars.[11] There is evidence that some M53s are still being used by Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq in the ongoing war against ISIS.[12] M53 was known under the nickname Šarac (Шарац).[13]
The MG 42, with small modifications, resulted in the Beretta MG 42/59—still used by the Italian Army—and Rheinmetall MG 3, which is the primary general-purpose machine gun of the modern German armed forces (Bundeswehr). A number of other armies around the world have adopted versions of the original, especially the MG3, and it remains in widespread service today. Its belt-feed mechanism was copied and used in the design of the M60 machine gun.[14] The trigger mechanism of the FN MAG or MAG-58 is a virtual copy of the MG 42's and the MAG-58's belt-feed is also very similar.
Rate of fire varies from 900 rounds/min to 1,500 round/min or more depending on installed bolt weight (different weight bolt components introduced to regulate rate of fire, lighter assemblies providing faster rates of fire). Throat erosion and component wear also introduced significant variation. Rate of fire is up to 1,800 round/min on the MG 45 or without "recoil booster" (Rückstoßverstärker).
The MG 74 of the Austrian Federal Army, is a modification of the MG 42
The final variant to date is the MG 74, developed by Austria and since 1974 it is the standard machine gun of the Austrian Armed Forces.
After its founding in 1955, the Austrian army was equipped with old guns temporarily out of U.S. stocks. Starting in 1959 these Browning M1919 were largely replaced by the MG 42 with modified barrel and bolt for the new 7.62mm NATO caliber. But to introduce a modern weapon of its own production the Office of Defence Technology, in cooperation with Steyr Mannlicher and Beretta developed a gun specifically for the Austrian Army. The German MG 42/59 that was introduced in 1959 with the Bundeswehr to replace the U.S. machine-guns, served as the basis, which was similar to the Austrian 7.62 mm MG 42. Targets were to reduce, among other things, the rate of fire and weight and have more versatile sights and mount. The development of the weapon was completed in 1974. It replaced from this year the MG 42 as the MG 74 of the Austrian Federal Army.
The modifications to the basic MG 42 design include an extremely heavy bolt (950 grams vs. the 675 gram MG 3 bolt) which reduces the rate of fire to around 850 rounds per minute. Rate of fire can be varied, if necessary, by changing the shutter. In addition, a select fire trigger group was added to allow semi-automatic fire (single shot) compared to the traditional fully automatic only fire capability of the original MG 42 design. The MG 74 also has a modern polymer stock and handgrips to save weight. Usually colored a dark green, adjustable rear sight (35° horizontal, vertical 15°) and additional anti-aircraft sight can be mounted optional.
FG 42
CETME Ameli, Spanish GPMG
MG3, modern successor of the MG 42
SIG MG 710-3, Swiss GPMG derived from the MG 42
Vickers K machine gun
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How your blog traffic will increase afterward.
Referral traffic: Traffic sent to.your blog from other blogs.
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In my college days, to gain influence or become popular you need to walk with the popular guys.
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The subject of influencer outreach seems to have gotten some funny vibes in the recent times.
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Cops Mistook Man for Escaped Convict So They Murdered Him and Called It 'Reasonable'
Rachel Blevins March 24, 2018
Denver, CO – A man was shot and killed by police officers who opened fire on a moving vehicle because they believed it was being driven by a dangerous jail escapee they were attempting to capture.
Steven Nguyen, 27, was killed and Rafael Landeros, 23, was wounded after three Denver police officers began chasing the car they were driving and eventually fired several rounds into the vehicle after they claimed the men were not following orders and appeared to be searching for something in the car when they were ordered to show their hands.
The officers apparently believed they were chasing Mauricio Venzor-Gonzalez, 23, a jail inmate who escaped police custody during a medical transport. Police Commander Barb Archer told the Denver Post that police were additionally vigilant when encountering the man they believed was Venzor-Gonzalez because he had shot at police before.
"Officers knew that Venzor-Gonzalez had been arrested in November for attempting to kill a police officer," Archer said. "They believed the actions being made inside the car were efforts to locate a weapon. So fearing for their safety the officers fired."
While neither the man they killed nor the man they injured was the jail inmate they believed they were chasing, Archer insisted that "the shooting was justified because the officers reasonably believed they were pursuing Venzor-Gonzalez."
The officers were conducting surveillance outside of a home when an SUV with two men inside left the house and circled the block. The officers claimed they believed the passenger was Venzor-Gonzalez, so they started following the car and when they pulled the car over, they ordered the occupants to show their hands.
The officers were quick to open fire on the vehicle and when the bullets hit Nguyen, he lost control of the car and it lurched forward into an embankment. 9News reported that after the car had crashed, the officers said they "still saw movement in the vehicle that looked like the people inside were looking for something, so they fired again."
The officers then approached the vehicle and removed Nguyen and Landeros from it. The men were then taken to the hospital where Nguyen died from his injuries. Despite the fact that Landeros was mistaken for a convict and injured by police, he was taken into police custody for outstanding warrants after he was released from the hospital.
SUV towed away from scene of last night's officer-involved shooting at 41st and Albion is riddled with what appear to be at least 20 bullet holes #9NEWS pic.twitter.com/dxW3L80HH6
— Noel Brennan (@Noeltbrennan) March 20, 2018
Although it is unclear how many rounds the officers fired, and they have not publicly stated how many bullet wounds were sustained by Nguyen and Landeros, the car they were driving had at least 20 bullet holes.
While the Denver Police officers wasted their time chasing and killing the wrong man, Venzor-Gonzalez is still on the run. He was initially arrested after he was accused of kidnapping a woman and her daughter, and he engaged in a shootout with police.
"He's a very dangerous individual," Archer said. "He remains our top priority. The community isn't safe with him out there."
While Police Commander Barb Archer insisted that the officers were justified in firing more than 20 rounds into a car—killing one man and injuring another—because they believed it contained an escaped inmate, the Denver Police Department claims it is investigating the officers' actions.
The department has refused to release the body camera footage and the officers responsible for the shooting have not been publicly identified. Archer confirmed that the officers have been placed on "desk duty" where they will continue to receive their taxpayer-funded salaries until the investigation is complete.
About Rachel Blevins
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09.09 — 29.10.2016
Project Room
Galerie Vallois
33 - 36 rue de Seine
Paris 75006 France
Jean Tinguely
Exhibition view " '60s "
Galerie GP & N Vallois, Paris
© Aurélien Mole
ean Tinguely
Scrap, iron bell caps, metallic wheels, electric motor (220 volts)
To mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Jean Tinguely, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois pays tribute to this major artist of the 20th century, whose estate has been represented by the gallery for the past five years. Following an exhibition in 2012 of the Méta-Reliefs from 1955 to 1959—some of which are currently on view in the artist's retrospective exhibition at the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf and will subsequently be shown at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam—the gallery presents an exceptional collection of sculptures from the 1960s. Evocations of chaos and anarchism for some, a certain serenity and elegance for others, what these selected works share in common is an exploration of movement and sound in all forms.
"In 2012 Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois exhibited eleven Reliefs by Jean Tinguely from the 1950s, some of them for the first time, and Bernard Blistène described the early career of this Swiss artist who moved to Paris in 1955. I would like to follow on from that exhibition and that text by commenting on a few works from the subsequent series exhibited at the same gallery: these are moving sculptures and reliefs from the years 1960–63, most of them with sound. They belong to the little known Radios series (1962), which is close to the more familiar Balubas (1962–63). The current exhibition also features two later works, distinguished by their greater scale and somber aspect: Bascule V and La Cloche, from 1967.
This was a period of transition that saw Tinguely go from his rather joyous, colourful, lively and noisy machines to rather serious, black and silent machines, and which saw the demolition of Impasse Ronsin and the artist move in to the old Auberge du Cheval Blanc dance hall in Soisy-sur-École. These events were informed by and reflected the complexity and radicalism of the art of the 1960s. There is much more to Tinguely's work than the mixture of moving sculptures and found objects, of kinetic art and Nouveau Réalisme to which it is often reduced. What today we perceive as fully constituted movements, with their lists of artists, their critics and their exhibitions, were at the time transient and malleable, as likely to disintegrate as to gel, denounced by those who had only just theorised them: Pop and Nouveau Réalisme, happenings and Junk Art, Lettrism and concrete poetry, concrete music and electronic music, dance and performance, the museum and public space, Fluxus and Dada – all these phenomena were still in gestation. Not only was Tinguely at the heart of all this, he was also a precursor, and as such, his heritage continues to resonate in many different ways today: his art was political, "gendered," open to sound and electronics, postmodern before postmodernism, and it championed recuperation at a time when the obsolescence of machines was becoming a concern. (…) Not only did he explore all the possibilities of the found object, but he invented the sound work and was the first to venture to explore the infinite possibilities of the interactive installation. With performances that could be individual or collective, improvised or planned, constructed or imploding, and exhibitions that were labyrinthine or spectacular, Tinguely still surprises, even today".
[Extracts of « Les machines inutiles et sonores de Jean Tinguely, hier et aujourd'hui » by Camille Morineau, an essay written for the exhibition catalogue (co-published with Hazan).]


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Esko, früher EskoArtwork, ist ein Unternehmen der grafischen Industrie, das Druckvorstufen-Software und -Hardware für Unternehmen der Verpackungsindustrie sowie im Bereich Etiketten, Schilder und Displays sowie für Verlagshäuser herstellt.

Geschichte
Esko ist entstanden aus einer Fusion zwischen BarcoGraphics und Purup-Eskofot A/S im Jahr 2001. Das daraus entstandene Unternehmen wurde Esko-Graphics genannt und dann 2006 in Esko umbenannt. Im Herbst 2005 wurde Esko von Axcel A/S, einem dänischen privaten Kapitalinvestment-Unternehmen übernommen.

Im August 2007 kündigte Esko an, dass sich das Unternehmen mit der Artwork Systems Group NV (AWS) zusammenschließt, seinem ehemals größten Konkurrenten im Verpackungsdruckvorstufen-Markt. Esko kaufte anfänglich 76,69 Prozent der Anteile von AWS für 196 Millionen Euro. Enfocus, eine Marke für PDF-Preflight- und Workflow-Software, die Artwork Systems ursprünglich im Jahr 2000 erworben hatte, wurde eine Tochtergesellschaft des kombinierten EskoArtwork-Unternehmens.

Nach der Fusion nannte sich Esko in EskoArtwork um. Das Unternehmen führte ein neues Logo ein, auch wenn dies visuell dem Esko-Original sehr ähnlich war.

Im Januar 2011 wurden 100 Prozent der EskoArtwork-Anteile an Danaher übertragen, und im Januar 2012 wurde das Unternehmen wieder in Esko umbenannt; das Logo wurde ebenfalls aktualisiert.
Esko erwarb das Unternehmen CAPE Systems (ein Anbieter von Palettierungssoftware) im Jahr 2013, MediaBeacon (ein Anbieter für die Digitale Ressourcenverwaltung) im Jahr 2015 und Blue Software, LLC, ein Anbieter von Etiketten- und Grafik-Management-Software, im Jahr 2018.

Eskos Hauptsitz befindet sich in Gent, Belgien.

Einzelnachweise

Gegründet 2001
Hardwarehersteller
Unternehmen (Gent)

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Thank you, Joseph. The cover was tricky because of the hero's accident, but I thought the cover designer found a clever compromise. I hope you enjoy the books!
They all sound wonderful. I look the covers, and they all sound like they will pull me in.I think I am most excited about defending the heart.
Thank you, Shannon. Defending Her Heart was fun to write. The heroine is feisty and knows what she wants, which sometimes opens the door to trouble. I hope you enjoy the book!
I love the covers, very romantic!
Thank you, Judy. I was excited at the concept my cover designer suggested, a little tricky because of the hero's injury, but I think it fits the novel perfectly. I hope you enjoy the book!
Thank you. The cover for Steeling Her Heart shows the tranquility of the Crystal Creek Ranch. Though the Whitloch children now have their own careers, they know they can find peace in this beautiful place. I hope you enjoy the book!
Thank you. The Whitlochs are a diverse group. The patriarch, Max, has been married four times and had children with each wife. Though the children have their differences with each other and their father, they know blood is thicker than water, and will stand with each other in good times and bad. I hope you enjoy the books!
I love the covers. I like them all and hate to choose.
Thank you, Debby. These are fun books to write. Max, the patriarch, was married four times and had children with each wife giving me a lot of material for each book. Each child has his/her own book. Love and adventure follow the Whitlochs. I hope you enjoy the books!
Lots of girls want a bad boy.
I am most attracted to the cover and title of A Ring Around Her Heart. Totally adding that to my must-read list!
Sounds so good and the covers are lovely.
thanks alaura, the covers look great and i cant wait to read these!
I think all of the book covers are very romantic.
Steeling Her Heart has my favorite cover!
I really like the cover for "defending her heart". Its pretty, relatable and intrigues me to want to read the book!
I love the cover! Favorite drink?
I start with the cover. Thanks for sharing.
I love all of the covers! All of the books sound wonderful. I definitely have to check them out!
All the books look interesting, but I especially want to read 'Defending Her Heart'. I need to know why someone wants Gretchen dead, and what JT has to do with it.
I love all of the book covers and synopses. This sounds like a must read series for me.
The book cover is yummy. I want to swoon into one of those kisses and watch the sunset with love in my eyes.
These books sound good but Risking Her Heart's blurb caught my attention so much!
These books look awesome. I love a good love story!
I like the cover for Risking Her Heart. They look so happy - like he just proposed to her!
All the book covers are cute!
I love the back grounds of the books.
It's to hard to choose because they are all done so amazing. I am also really looking forward to this read..
I liked both the synopsis, and the book covers.


Update 25.03.2019 – Photo from the CONCERT and READING: On the 200th anniversary of his death – Dieter E. Neuhaus (dramaturg) presents the work of August von Kotzebues, accompanied by Urte Lucht with music on the pianoforte. With paintings of the descendant Otto von Kotzebue.
Update 18.02.2019 – Photo of the CONCERT: The DTKV presents the "Musical Afternoon".


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Escalade Sports Implements NGC's Andromeda Product Testing and Compliance Software
MIAMI—May 8, 2017—NGC® Software, a leading provider of fashion PLM, supply chain management and apparel ERP solutions, today announced that Escalade Sports, a large sporting goods manufacturer with leading brands across multiple categories, has implemented NGC's Andromeda® Product Testing and Compliance Software to streamline compliance with CPSIA, Proposition 65, Conflict Minerals Reporting and other regulations.
Escalade Sports is a global manufacturer and distributor of sports and outdoor recreational equipment with distribution at sporting goods retailers and independent dealers nationwide as well as all major online retailers. Leaders in their respective categories, Escalade Sports has 46 brands across multiple product lines and has achieved demonstrable growth in online sales over the last several years. To support the company's rapid growth, Escalade needed a way to simplify and manage the complex regulatory compliance processes.
Prior to implementing NGC's Andromeda Product Testing and Compliance Software, Escalade Sports relied on spreadsheets to manage testing for more than 5,000 SKUs.
"Prior to NGC Andromeda, we cobbled together very primitive systems to manage this, and it was getting overwhelming," said Mike Guerzini, director of product development and engineering, Escalade Sports.
Guerzini notes that the amount of time required to adhere to compliance requirements has grown significantly and now requires advanced technology such as NGC Andromeda to streamline compliance reporting and improve visibility. Escalade Sports sought a solution to manage the end-to-end testing process including alerts on when products need to be tested or retested, and tracking the standards and protocols for each of Escalade more than 5,000 products.
"With all the different types of products and tests, the lines were getting blurred," said Guerzini.
His search led him to NGC. Guerzini found that NGC's software was much more flexible than other compliance solutions, while giving Escalade Sports the unique ability to manage CPSIA, as well as Prop 65, Conflict Minerals Reporting and other regulations.
Using NGC's Product Testing and Compliance, Escalade Sports has seen benefits including:
Time savings, improved accuracy. Information from NGC's Andromeda platform can easily be shared with Escalade's product content software, Salsify, resulting in significant time savings and improved accuracy.
Instant compliance updates. Prior to implementing the NGC Andromeda platform, test results were manually entered into spreadsheets, creating delays. Now the results are entered into the software at the factory or testing lab and immediately available to Escalade Sports and its customers – enabling Escalade to improve customer service and responsiveness.
Proactive management of compliance testing. The NGC Andromeda calendars and alerts give Escalade Sports proactive alerts several months before test results are due. Previously, it was easy to overlook a product with Escalade's manual systems but now they're able to get ahead of testing instead of chasing the testing.
"Millions of families around the world use Escalade's products every day, so product safety and compliance are vitally important," said Mark Burstein, president of sales and development and Chief Strategy Officer, NGC Software. "We're thrilled NGC is giving Escalade Sports an edge in product testing and compliance, and we look forward to continuing to work with them."
About Escalade Sports
Headquartered in Evansville, IN, Escalade Sports (NASDAQ: ESCA) is a global manufacturer and distributor of sports and outdoor recreational equipment. Leaders in their respective categories, Escalade Sports' brands include Bear Archery and Trophy Ridge archery accessories; STIGA® and Ping-Pong® table tennis; Accudart®and Unicorn® darting; OnixTM pickleball equipment; GoalrillaTM, Goalsetter®, Goaliath® and Silverback® residential in-ground basketball systems; the STEP® fitness products; Woodplay® premium playsets; and Cue and Case Sales – a leader in specialty billiard accessories. Escalade Sports products are available at sporting goods dealers and independent retailers nationwide. For more information, visit www.escaladesports.com.
NGC Software powers the Connected Enterprise for retailers and brand owners with the Andromeda cloud platform, including solutions for product lifecycle management (PLM), supply chain management (SCM), apparel ERP, shop floor control, global quality control, and vendor on-boarding and compliance.
NGC customers include Billabong, Canada Goose, Carter's, Destination XL, Foot Locker, Nicole Miller, Rocky Brands, Spanx, Sport Obermeyer, VF Corporation, Williamson-Dickie and many others. NGC has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Software Inc. (NASDAQ: AMSWA), named one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Forbes. For more information, visit www.ngcsoftware.com.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties. There are a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by statements made herein. These factors include, but are not limited to, continuing U.S. and global economic uncertainty, the timing and degree of business recovery, unpredictability and the irregular pattern of future revenues, dependence on particular market segments or customers, competitive pressures, delays, product liability and warranty claims and other risks associated with new product development, undetected software errors, market acceptance of the Company's products, technological complexity, the challenges and risks associated with integration of acquired product lines, companies and services, as well as a number of other risk factors that could affect the Company's future performance. For further information about risks the Company and American Software could experience as well as other information, please refer to American Software, Inc.'s current Form 10-K and other reports and documents subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information about risks the Company could face as well as other information, contact Vincent C. Klinges, Chief Financial Officer, American Software, Inc., 470 East Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305, (404) 261-9777. FAX: (404) 264-5206 INTERNET: www.amsoftware.com
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Riverside High School for Engineering and Design is Yonkers' 6th public high school. It opened to 9th grade students in September 2007. Riverside High School is also known as RED (Riverside Engineering and Design) and aims to be environmentally friendly. Its first graduating class is the class of 2011. This building was constructed in 1990 and opened in 1992 as Museum Middle School.

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Le prix Goya de la meilleure musique originale () est une récompense décernée depuis 1988 par l' au cours de la cérémonie annuelle des Goyas.

Palmarès

Années 1980
 1988 : Milladoiro pour L'Autre Moitié du ciel (La mitad del cielo)
 1989 : José Nieto pour El bosque animado

Années 1990
 1990 : Carmelo A. Bernaola pour Pasodoble
 1991 : Paco de Lucía pour Montoyas y Tarantos
 1992 : José Nieto pour Le Roi ébahi (El rey pasmado)
 1993 : José Nieto pour Lo más natural
 1994 : José Nieto pour Le Maître d'escrime
 1995 : Alberto Iglesias pour L'Écureuil rouge (La ardilla roja)
 1996 : José Nieto pour La pasión turca
 1997 : Bernardo Bonezzi pour Personne ne parlera de nous quand nous serons mortes (Nadie hablará de nosotras cuando hayamos muerto)
 1998 : Alberto Iglesias pour Tierra
 1999 : Eva Gancedo pour La Bonne Étoile
 1999 : Alberto Iglesias pour Les Amants du cercle polaire

Années 2000
 2000 : Alberto Iglesias pour Tout sur ma mère
 2001 : José Nieto pour Sé quién eres
 2002 : Alberto Iglesias pour Lucia et le Sexe (Lucía y el sexo)
 2003 : Alberto Iglesias pour Parle avec elle
 2004 : Juan Bardem pour Al sur de Granada
 2005 : Alejandro Amenábar pour Mar adentro
 2006 : Juan Antonio Leyva, José Luis Garrido, Equis Alfonso, Dayan Abad, Descemer Bueno, Kiki Ferrer et Kelvis Ochoa, pour Habana Blues
 2007 : Alberto Iglesias pour Volver
 2008 : Roque Baños pour Las trece rosas
 2009 : Roque Baños pour Crimes à Oxford

Années 2010
 2010 : Alberto Iglesias pour Étreintes brisées
 2011 : Alberto Iglesias pour Même la pluie
 2012 : Alberto Iglesias pour La piel que habito
 2013 : Alfonso de Villalonga pour Blancanieves
 2014 : Pat Metheny pour Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados
 2015 : Julio de la Rosa pour La isla mínima
 2016 : Lucas Vidal pour Personne n'attend la nuit (Nadie quiere la noche)
 2017 : Fernando Velázquez pour Quelques minutes après minuit
 2018 : Pascal Gaigne' pour Handia 2019 : Olivier Arson pour El reino Années 2020
 2020 : Alberto Iglesias pour Douleur et Gloire (Dolor y gloria)
 2021 : Aránzazu Calleja et Maite Arroitajauregi pour Les Sorcières d'Akelarre (Akelarre)
 2022 : Zeltia Montes pour El buen patrón 2023 : Olivier Arson pour As bestas''

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Annexes

Articles connexes
 Prix Goya
 César de la meilleure musique originale
 Oscar de la meilleure musique de film
 British Academy Film Award de la meilleure musique de film

Liens externes

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Récompense de cinéma pour la meilleure musique de film


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Back When Water, Land and Power Was Abundant –
Adapting can be fun and rewarding! Transform your unwatered lawn into a beautiful water-wise landscape easily. This story begins when Louis L. Kelton and Walter Bollenbacher purchased 1,000 acres from the Waring Estate and their company, Allied Contractors, began developing a residential tract, Allied Gardens in 1955. Each house would have a lawn and a tree in the middle of what would be, across the entire southwest, an unusually wet 100 years.
Front Yard Road Sounds on a Saturday at Noon – 2:13
And What Was Life Like In 1955? –
The first McDonald's fast food chain restaurant was built, Coca-Cola introduced the can and transistor radios went on the market. "In God We Trust" was added to all paper currency, Disneyland opened, and the USA sent military advisors to Vietnam and troops to Iran, The 64,000 Dollar Question was the most popular TV show, the first nuclear powered submarine became operational and the first USA nuclear power plant went online. Emmett Till, a black fourteen year old teenager, was murdered for not showing respect to a white woman. The first riot at an Elvis Presley concert occurred and actor James Dean was killed in car accident. Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. Seat belts became mandatory in all new cars. The average wages were $3,851 per year, and the minimum wage was raised to $1.00 per hour. The average cost of a new house was $10,950. A black and white TV averaged $99.95. A gallon of gasoline cost 23 cents. The house seen below was purchased for $13,000. It was one of sixteen available floor plans. Those were the days.
The Growing Middle Class Was Alive and Well-
1955 was also the middle of the great migration to Southern California. San Diego City's population in 1950 was 333,865 and in 1960 it had grown to 573,224. San Diego County, during the same period, grew from 556,808 to 1,033,011 and California increased from 10,586,273 to 15,717,204 people. Population estimates for 2014 include: San Diego City – 1,345,895, San Diego County – 3,095,313 and California – 38,800,000. Today, anywhere from 8,629 to 12,305 people, depending on the source, live in Allied Gardens.
When Allied Gardens was developed few were concerned with where water came from and how much energy was required to move it. It was as if water grew on trees – not that trees needed water to grow. Those were the days that lights blazed all night and showers could last as long as showers provided comfort and pleasure.
Lawns were the new "new" that everyone was told they must have and keep up. What was the average consumer to do but go with the flow. If one didn't have a lawn, and maintain it, there was social pressure to change their behavior or they would live with a "deadbeat" reputation. A semi-arid landscape was quickly turning into an urban rain forest.
For an overview of California water systems development from 1950 to 1999.
Under One Groove – track in progress from "Sonic Succulents" – 1:13
Allied Gardens Has A Double Meaning –
Allied Gardens is the working title for a multi-media project by Anders Tomlinson and Denver Clay. It refers to a film project documenting the development of the smart water garden seen above ( photo was taken on March 14, 2015) and a music project Sonic Succulents by SonicAtomics. In this regards Allied Gardens refers to different gardens sharing experiences and plant cuttings with one another. The film is aware of mounting water and related financial issues. It also spotlights the amazing world of succulent and cactus' water harvesting techniques and management.
An example of one of the succulent / cactus stories is organ pipe cactus spires that were knocked over by high winds in Anders' Low Water Usage Urban Garden. They were taken over to SonicAtomics' music director Denver Clay to be planted in his front yard which is boarded by lawns on both sides. The pipe organ and peruvian apple cactus were 1990 cuttings from Denver's Garden in Escondido that Anders Tomlinson moved to his San Diego garden in Serra Mesa. Cuttings from that cactus have now moved in 2014 to Denver's front yard. What goes around, comes around.
Water Issues Are As Old As Water –
Denver Clay and Anders Tomlinson have been recording ambient audio for incorporation into audioscapes and soundtracks for a long time. Recording water has always been a priority. Denver is seen above capturing Rock Creek and Harriman Springs water in Klamath County, Oregon and Allied Gardens street sounds. Twelve years separate these audio events. Both recordings were driven by documenting man's water management. Water is the driving issue for Allied Gardens as it is for all life in all habitats.
Heavy Loads – track in progress from "Sonic Succulents" – 3:00
Many Wonderful Journeys Start With Small Steps –
Denver expressed an interest in doing something in his front yard that wouldn't require much watering. Anders was planting cuttings from his back yard into his front yard and had an abundance of succulent / cactus cuttings because they survive regardless of water conditions; they may wither in dry times but condensation keeps them alive and with rain they always plump up and grow. With the addition of several large mature agave cuttings from Denver's back yard a garden-for-the-times-and-region was underway. Using what he had at hand, Denver has spent one dollar, as of 10-14-2014, on his landscaping project.
Anders often says "rebuild the future one neighborhood at a time."
Now, Anders adds, "rebuild neighborhoods one yard at a time."
Denver had assisted Anders with recording a morning of water related presentations in January 2014. Denver and Anders were aware of the growing need of human nature – water consumption changes. The fundamental question of how we use water, and, equally important, how we get rid of water, is being seen and heard more frequently across broadcast, print and social media platforms.
To see 2014 Water condition impacts on Anders' garden.
Next Allied Gardens chapter Smart Water Garden
Listen to Sonic Succulents from this film project
Watch A Garden For Its Times video
2015 Anders Tomlinson, Denver Clay and SonicAtomics, all rights reserved.


Following the triggering of Article 50 a big concern for British business is the potential loss of 2.2 million EU citizens to the workforce.
He also believes HR has a role to play in supporting EU employees become British citizens. "We have seen a large increase in colleagues asking for support in ensuring they have the appropriate documentation to secure their working status in the UK," he says. Jonathan Beech of specialist law firm Migrate UK advises HR leaders to get ahead of any changes to immigration laws. But he warns applications are now taking an average of six months to process because of rising demand.


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by Wild Ride
Released 10/1/2014
Wild Ride Records
Wild Ride play rock 'n roll with a mixture of roots rock. So expect to hear some rockin' tracks, some folk rock, excellent guitar riffs by Marek Lisiak, drums by Kerri Berry, & a little harmonica. A great mix of rock songs and easy listening tunes.
Let Me Dream On
Life Solution
We Will Get By
Lighting Up the Moon
This is Wild Ride's first full-length album. (They have two previous EP's, "No Exit", and "Tribute to Johnny Perez"). From the first track, 1962, (of which Kerri Berry dreamed the lyrics & melody), to Something Special, (inspired by a friend who was having a "nothing special" get together), Wild Ride takes you on a musical journey, full of twists & turns. From Cherry Bomb, (cover of The Runaways song), to Fire & Rain, (James Taylor cover), you will be on a wild ride, with different tempo's and musical styles, yet the whole album blends together with a totally cool vibe. It's a rock 'n roll album, with some folk-rock mixed in, amazing lead guitar, and the vocal harmonies of Marek Lisiak & Kerri Berry. This album also features some previously released singles; California (re-mixed), Running Man (re-recorded) and Lighting up the Moon, (re-mixed), which is the song inspired by their visits to Dale, who they visited every week for three months while he was in the hospital, to sing to him to cheer him up :-).... Wild Ride appreciates all the love and support from their family, friends & fans all around the world!
Personal note from Kerri Berry (Wild Ride drummer): I feel like Wild Ride music is like this; (if you can imagine this); one night The Rolling Stones went out on the town and bumped into ABBA and they all went and jammed together, then Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan stopped by, The Bee Gees came in at the last minute, and it all got recorded!


HOUSE NATION is America's original dance music show. For two hours each week, the longest-running show in it's format brings you nothing but the best in house, electro, progressive, future, tech, trap and more. House Nation showcases the newest trends in the dance music scene with weekly interviews and exclusive mixes from the world's top DJs and producers.
Along with providing listeners with the newest and the best, House Nation debuts world premieres and is a well-known conduit for dance music artists to become household names. For example, House Nation was the first of any terrestrial radio station to air Calvin Harris with his 2009 hit, "You're Not Alone." The show is also known to be among the first to support Major Lazer's 2015 hit, "Lean On," before the record was released.
House Nation was concieved and is hosted by the internationally respected DJ and voice in radio, St. John (@stjohnsofierce). His team consists of talents Lucky Date, Amy Robbins, Viceroy, DJ PTR and Kepik. The show is heard worldwide every Friday night at midnight on 107.9 The End in Sacramento!


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Hear Grace Slick's mesmerising isolated vocal on Jefferson Airplane's 'White Rabbit'
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We thought we'd dip into the Far Out Magazine vault to look back at the enigmatic voice of the counterculture movement, the inimitable Grace Slick, with her mesmeric isolated vocal for Jefferson Airplane's 1960s anthem 'White Rabbit'.
Slick was widely known as one of the most prominent voices of the scene which flourished out of San Francisco in the '60s, professing free-thought and the utmost pursuit of creativity. She used that voice to flesh out a truly wonderful career that spanned over four decades across a multitude of different acts.
Grace Slick has traversed genre and decade like a small bump in the road. The beauty of being such a longstanding performer means that different fans will love Slick for different reasons, she will have soundtrack different times, different parties in different eras. Having performed with The Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship and Starship she is a mainstay of the music scene and the ace up the sleeve of any DJ.
Slick, over time, has provided vocals on a host of iconic rock and roll tunes including 'Somebody to Love,' 'We Built This City,' 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' and a ost of other party-starting hits. But perhaps her most poignant number was her ode to the psychedelic movement which was sweeping the western world at the time, 'White Rabbit'.
Slick, undeterred by the repercussions was one of the first artists to sneak drug references under the censor's noses and into pop songs. The track may have later become an anthem for narcotics but Slick says that beyond drugs the song "is about following your curiosity. The White Rabbit is your curiosity."
The singer also revealed that the song's references may have been shocking to some but seemed a natural progression to her, suggesting it may well be because of the previous generation's own experimentations, "Our parents read us stories like Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz," Slick recalled.
She added: "They all have a place where children get drugs, and are able to fly or see an Emerald City or experience extraordinary animals and people… And our parents are suddenly saying, 'Why are you taking drugs?' Well, hello!"
While the composition of the song still resonates to this day as a masterpiece it is Slick's vocal which we think makes this a timeless classic. She manages to convey the kaleidoscopic tones of the song's content while maintaining an ethereal standoffishness that wouldn't look out of place in the world of Cheshire Cat smiles. As clean as a bell, the vocals are like the crystalline lucidity of a swirling dream.
It's an epic performance and one which deserves the space to breathe to be truly appreciated. So we are very happy to bring you the isolated vocal of one Grace Slick on Jefferson Airplane's counterculture classic 'White Rabbit'.
Source: Flashbak / Society of Rock / DM / Rolling Stone / WSJ