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They wasted 2 hours of my time by asking me to take an unnecessary test that had nothing to do with my position... only for them to tell me that the position that I am interviewing for has been filled up. They invited me to interview for another position that I didn't know much about. The first interview was resume/ simple behavioral questions. The second interviewer lectured me for 15 minutes about the position that I am supposedly being considered for now. Then after her lecture, she asked me to summarize what she just said. That was it. That was the end of my second interview. Then they had the nerve to call me back twice for my third interview with a director. I know these directors are busy, but get this: the recruiters called me at 5 pm the day before the third interview and wanted me to come in at 10 am the next day. I'm sorry but I have classes and other commitments that I can't skip, not when you call me at the end of the day when I am supposed to show up at 10 the next day for a TENTATIVE interview time.
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I got an email for interview. First I gave timed online test, then they called me for on-site aptitude test in which I got selected and then had two separate interviews with two of their managers. After few days they called me for an interview with VP. Interviews went really well I even agreed on their lowest possible salary offer, they showed me their offices where I was supposed to work(if i get the job). 2 weeks later they send me a rejection email. I didn't know what went wrong just that whole interview was kind of a joke.Interview Questions
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Filmmaker: Nima Shayeghi
This film presents an intimate look at the lives and hopes of three Iranian teenagers whose collective dream for the future is to become world-class wrestlers. Every year, tens of thousand of boys from around the country try to get into the youth wrestling team, but only a handful succeed.
Iran's Sporting Dreamers follows these three boys who made it into the team as they train for, and participate in, the all-important World Youth Championships in Hungary. Success in championships like these, for a rare and lucky few, is a stepping stone to becoming an Olympic winner.
With unprecedented access to the Iranian national youth team, this film provides an extraordinary insight into the lives of some of the most marginalised Iranian families, who are rarely seen on screen.
By Nima Shayeghi
Various facets of what we Iranians believe to be and call our national identity, has always fascinated me. The stories of people who dedicate their whole lives preserving the so-called honour of these identities, have always carried a complex mix of questions for me.
In Iran, wrestling is a way of being and it bears with it an intricate range of Iran's ancient and religious cultural characteristics, which have been meticulously passed down from generation to generation, with passion, dedication and the interesting sense of duty that it has come to bear.
I see the mannerism and the aesthetics of the wrestler almost as the embodiment of the various facets of the Iranian identity draped in its past.
But in the contemporary society of Iran there seems to be a widening gap between the attitudes of the wrestlers and the position they hold in the society.
This is most strongly felt by the young wrestlers, as almost all come from deprived communities, and they are faced with the difficult decision whether to commit themselves to the love of wrestling or not. This is most baffling as there are hardly any financial gains in this lifelong commitment.
Over the course of making this film for Contra Image I have come to see this story as a doomed love story, where our characters realise from early on, the compromise between what they have come to love and the potential doomed future that awaits them. But they struggle and fight on for the sheer thrill of the honour and respect that a medal, or just simply being dubbed Pahlavan - the traditional name given to those who are both physically and spiritually of high calibre - can potentially bring for them, as fleeting as it may be.
Cinematically speaking I was looking for a visually expressive feel to the film, where we follow our characters through space, in their town, their gym, and at home, allowing the subtleties to emerge from the film's observational elements, and the story is felt through the lives of our protagonist.
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You've got Band Hero, DJ Hero, Beatles Rock Band, Rapstar — the list of upcoming video games is a music lover's dream. But with all these new music-focused games, is there still room for the arguable originator, Guitar Hero, set to release its fifth iteration next month?
The new GH will feature a new guitar and the ability to import old Guitar Hero songs, and it will support four players for simultaneous playing.
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bushra 5 years
never played Guitar Hero, but i do love Tap Tap Revenge on the iPhone.
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I have a Wii and have played Guitar Hero 3 at a friend's before and have been interested in getting one of these games but usually wait til they go down in price. I just noticed Rock Band 2 went down on Amazon to $99 now, so I think I might finally get it (I like that it has such a large collection of downloadable songs), but since Rock Band Beatles and Guitar Hero 5 come out next month I'm waiting a little bit longer. Right now I'm thinking get the Rock Band 2 bundle and then just get the Rock Band Beatles game (since it's $250 for the bundle which seems really high to me). For those who've played both the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games, which is your favorite? I'm also really interested in DJ Hero when that comes out.
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I love Guitar Hero. I don't own any of them yet, but as soon as I've got some money I'm definitely buying one.
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I remember being intrigued by this when I saw a machine in the student common room at college
We had one in our school computer lab to show that computing wasn't just BASIC programs on 380Z's! Also, got the school model railway club to set up a layout using the then "state of the art" Hornby computer controlled system.
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Video: Hillary Clinton comes out in support of equal marriage 39
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11:29 PM — A political action committee (PAC) has written that by accepting his son's sexuality, Ohio Senator Rob Portman, is putting him at risk of dying "from AIDS", "or oral cancer". It went on to compare homosexuality with cocaine addiction.
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Supreme Court grants Obama administration the right to argue same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional 13
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The Suggestion the that the Oilers would trade Taylor Hall is lunacy
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Craig MacTavish will address the issues of the Edmonton Oilers tomorrow morning. There will NOT be any changes to the coaching staff.
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Corey Crawford will miss two or three weeks
#Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford will miss two or three weeks with a lower-body injury.
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Oilers would trade Eberle but would not get fair price back right now.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship Armament of the Iowa class battleship battery of nine 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but the secondary battery on each battleship was reduced from ten twin-gun mounts and twenty guns to six twin-gun mounts with 12 guns to allow for the installation of two platforms for the Tomahawk missiles. Each battleship also received four Harpoon missile magazines, Phalanx anti-aircraft/anti-missile gatling gun systems, and electronic warfare suites. By the time the last Iowa-class battleship was decommissioned in 1992, the Iowas had set a new record for battleship weaponry: No other battleship class in history has had so many weapons at its disposal for use against an opponent.[1] Main battery Turrets USS Wisconsin, photographed at sea in her 1980s configuration. The armament of the Iowaclass battleships has undergone a massive evolution since the first Iowa-class ship was laid down in June 1940. Owing to the continual evolution of the weaponry aboard these battleships they remain the most heavily armed gunships the United States has ever put to sea. In their World War II configuration, each of the battleships had a main battery of 16-inch (406 mm) guns could that could hit targets nearly 20 miles (32 km) away with a variety of artillery shells designed for antiship or bombardment work. The secondary battery of 5-inch (127 mm) guns could hit targets nearly 9 miles (14 km) away with solid projectiles or proximity fused shells, and were equally adept in an anti-aircraft role and for damaging smaller ships. Each of the four battleships carried a wide array of 20 mm and 40 mm anti-aircraft guns for defense against enemy aircraft. When reactivated and modernized in the 1980s each battleship retained the original USS Iowa fires a full broadside of nine 16 inch (406 mm) / 50-caliber and six 5 inch (127 mm) / 38-caliber guns during a target exercise. Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16 inch (406 mm) gun barrels in varying degrees of elevation. The primary armament of an Iowa-class battleship consists of nine breech-loading 16 inch (406 mm) / 50-caliber Mark 7 naval guns,[2] which are housed in three 3-gun turrets: two forward and one aft in a configuration known as "2-A-1". The guns are 66 feet (20 m) long (50 times their 16-inch (410 mm) bore, or 50 calibers, from breechface to muzzle).[3] About 43 feet (13 m) protrudes from the gun house. Each gun weighs about 239,000 pounds (108 000 kg) without the 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia breech, or 267,900 pounds with the breech.[4][5] They fire projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 pounds (850 to 1,200 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,690 ft/s (820 m/s) up to 20 miles (39 km).[3] At maximum range the projectile spends almost 1½ minutes in flight.[3] Each gun rests within an armored turret, but only the top of the turret protrudes above the main deck. The turret extends either four decks (Turrets 1 and 3) or five decks (Turret 2) down. The lower spaces contain the equipment required to rotate the turret and to elevate the guns attached to each turret. At the bottom of the turret are rooms which are used for handling the projectiles and storing the powder bags used to fire them. All of the compartments within the turrets are separated by flame proof bulkheads to prevent any flame or lethal gas from spreading throughout the turret.[6] Each turret required a crew of 77—94 men to operate.[4][7][6] The turrets are not actually attached to the ship, but sit on rollers, which means that if the ship were to capsize the turrets would fall out.[8] Each turret costs US $1.4 million, but this number does not take into account the cost of the guns themselves.[4] The turrets are "three-gun," not "triple", because the barrel can be elevated and fired independently.[6] The ship could fire any combination of its guns, including a broadside of all nine. Contrary to myth, the ships do not move noticeably sideways when a broadside is fired.[9] The guns can be elevated from −5° to +45°, moving at up to 12° per second.[3] The turrets can be rotated about 300° at a rate of about four degrees per second and can even be fired back beyond the beam, which is sometimes called "over the shoulder."[3] The guns are never fired horizontally forward (in the 1980s refit, a satellite up-link antenna was mounted at the bow). To distinguish between the rounds fired from different battleships the Iowa class used dye bags which allowed artillery observers to determine which rounds had been fired by which ship. Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin were assigned the colors Orange, Blue, Red and Green, respectively.[4] Within each turret a red stripe on the wall of the turret, inches from the railing, marks the boundary of the gun's recoil, warning the crew to keep back.[10] Armament of the Iowa class battleship Cut away of a 16-inch (406 mm) gun turret When brought into service during World War II the guns had a barrel life of roughly 290 rounds, limited in large part by the Nitrated-Cellulose (NC) propellant.[4] After World War II the Navy switched to smokeless Powder Diphenylamine (SPD), a cooler-burning propellant, which increased the barrel life from 290 to about 350 rounds. This was increased further by the introduction of a titanium dioxide and wax compound known as "Swedish Additive" on New Jersey for her tour in Vietnam, and later used on all four Iowas when they were reactivated in the 1980s.[4] These measures were further augmented by the addition of polyurethane jackets, which were placed over the powder bags to reduce gaseous erosion during the firing of the guns. These measures greatly prolonged barrel life, and ultimately resulted in a shift from measuring barrel life in Equivalent Service Rounds (ESR) to measuring barrel life in Fatigue Equivalent Rounds (FER).[4] After the guns have been fired, each rifle barrel must be cleaned. Unlike small caliber guns which can be field-stripped, the guns aboard an Iowa-class battleship cannot be disassembled, so the gunners mates assigned the job of cleaning the rifles require a full day or more to ensure that the barrels are correctly and adequately cleaned. To clean the rifles, a bore brush is lifted by two sailors and inserted into the gun barrel, where it is pulled through the rifle with the same equipment used to load the shells. Within the turret, crewmen check to ensure that the breech fittings are properly cleaned and lubricated, while sailors outside the turret scrape off soot, and paint over flash burns left from the explosive expulsion of the 16 inch shells from the gun barrels.[7] 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship Fire Control Tower The Fire Control Tower (pictured) is the Gunnery Officer's heavily armored battle station, and it is accessible to the Captain's heavily armored battle station, the Battle Bridge.[11] It is equipped with periscopes poking through the armor, and control consoles showing the status of the ship' weapons (director bearings, turret bearings, gun's loaded status, Fire Control Radar displays, ...).[11] With the radar's displays, the Gunnery Officer could determine what Spots (aim corrections) were needed by watching the fall of shot around the target. Mark 38 Gun Fire Control System The major components of the Mk38 Gun Fire Control System (GFCS) were the Director, Plotting Room, and interconnecting data transmission equipment. The two systems, forward and aft, were complete and independent. Their plotting rooms were isolated to protect against battle damage propagating from one to the other. Director Mark 38 Director The forward Mk38 Director (pictured) was situated on top of the fire control tower. The director was equipped with optical sights, optical Mark 48 Rangefinder (the long thin boxes sticking out each side), and a Mark 13 Fire Control Radar antenna (the rectangular shape sitting on top).[11][13] The purpose of the director was to track the target's present bearing and range. This could be done optically with the men inside using the sights and Rangefinder, or electronically with the radar. (The FC radar was the preferred method.) The present position of the target was called the Line-Of-Sight (LOS), and it was continuously sent down to the plotting room by Synchro transmitters. Also, when not using the radar's display to determine Spots, the director was the optical spotting station.[11] USS Iowa's Fire Control Tower under construction in 1942 Fire Control The early main battery fire control consisted of the Fire Control Tower,[11] two Mark 38 Gun Fire Control Systems (GFCS),[12] and fire control equipment located in two of the three turrets. As modernized in the 1980s, each turret carried a DR-810 radar that measured the muzzle velocity of each gun, which made it easier to predict the velocity of succeeding shots. Together with the Mark 160 FCS and better propellant consistency, these improvements made these weapons into the most accurate battleship-caliber guns ever made.[4] 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Plotting Room Armament of the Iowa class battleship did this by automatically receiving information from the director (LOS), the FC Radar (range), the ship's gyrocompass (true ship's course), the ships Pitometer log (ship's speed), the Stable Vertical (ship's roll and pitch), and the ship's anemometer (relative wind speed and direction). Also, before the surface action started, the FT's made manual inputs for the average initial velocity of the projectiles fired out of the battery's gun barrels, and air density. With all this information, the rangekeeper calculated the relative motion between its ship and the target.[11] It then could calculate an offset angle and change of range between the target's present position (LOS) and future position at the end of the projectile's time of flight. To this bearing and range offset, it added corrections for gravity, wind, Magnus Effect of the spinning projectile, earth's curvature, and coriolis effect. The result was the turret's bearing and elevation orders (LOF).[11] During the surface action, range and deflection Spots and target altitude (not zero during Gun Fire Support) were manually entered. USS Missouri's Main Plot, c1950 The Forward Main Battery Plotting Room was located below the waterline and inside the armored belt.[11] It housed the forward system's Mark 8 Rangekeeper, Mark 41 Stable Vertical, Mk13 FC Radar controls and displays, Parallax Correctors, Fire Control Switchboard, battle telephone switchboard, battery status indicators, assistant Gunnery Officers, and Fire Control Technicians (FT's).[11][13] Mark 41 Stable Vertical The Mk 41 Stable Vertical was a vertical seeking gyroscope, and its function was to tell the rest of the system which-way-is-up on a rolling and pitching ship. It also held the battery's firing keys.[11] The Mk 13 FC Radar supplied present target range, and it showed the fall of shot around the target so the Gunnery Officer Mark 8 Rangekeeper The Mk8 Rangekeeper was an electromechanical analog computer[11][13] whose function was to continuously calculate the gun's bearing and elevation, Line-Of-Fire (LOF), to hit a future position of the target. It 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia could correct the system's aim with range and deflection spots put into the rangekeeper.[11] It could also automatically track the target by controlling the director's bearing power drive.[11] Because of radar, Fire Control systems are able to track and fire at targets at a greater range and with increased accuracy during the day, night, or inclement weather. This was demonstrated in November 1942 when the battleship USS Washington engaged the Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser Kirishima at a range of 18,500 yards (16,900 m) at night.[14] The engagement left Kirishima in flames, and she was ultimately scuttled by her crew.[15] This gave the United States Navy a major advantage in World War II, as the Japanese did not develop radar or automated fire control to the level of the US Navy and were at a significant disadvantage.[14] The Parallax Correctors are needed because the turrets are located hundreds of feet from the director. There is one for each turret, and each has the turret/director distance manually set in. They automatically received Relative Target Bearing (bearing from own ship's bow), and Target Range. They corrected the bearing order for each turret so that all rounds fired in a salvo converged on the same point. Armament of the Iowa class battleship talked to the turrets and ship's command by sound-powered telephone, and watched the Rangekeeper's dials and system status indicators for problems. If a problem arose, they could correct the problem, or reconfigure the system to mitigate its effect. Turret Fire Control Systems Turrets 2 & 3 had optical rangefinders[13] (the side boxes on the turret's right and left rear corners). If in a surface action, the GFCSs were damaged, or the cable carrying the bearing and elevation order signals to the turret was cut, the Turret Officer could turn a rotary switch to put his turret in local control. Then, he could continue the action using the fire control equipment in the turret. Ammunition 16-inch naval gunfire shells The large caliber guns were designed to fire two different 16 inch shells: an armor piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work and a high explosive round designed for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment. A third type of ammunition for delivering tactical nuclear warheads was developed subsequently. The Mk. 8 APC (Armor-Piercing, Capped) shell weighs 2,700 lb (1225 kg) and was designed to penetrate the hardened steel armor carried by foreign battleships.[3] At 20,000 yards (18 km) the Mk. 8 could penetrate 20 inches (500 mm) of steel armor plate.[16] At the same range, the Mk. 8 could penetrate 21 feet (6.4 m) of reinforced concrete.[16] For unarmored targets and shore bombardment, the 1,900 lb (862 kg) Mk. 13 HC (High-Capacity—referring to the large bursting charge) shell was available.[16] The Mk. 13 shell would create a crater 50 feet Fire Control Switchboard The Fire Control Switchboard configured the battery.[11] With it, the Gunnery Officer could mix and match the three turrets to the two GFCSs. He could have the turrets all controlled by the forward system, all controlled by the aft system, or split the battery to shoot at two targets. The assistant Gunnery Officers and Fire Control Technicians operated the equipment, 5 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (15 m) wide and 20 feet (6 m) deep upon impact and detonation, and could defoliate trees 400 yards (360 m) from the point of impact.[16] The final type of ammunition developed for the Iowa class were "Katie" shells. These shells were born from the concept of nuclear deterrence that had begun to shape the United States armed forces as the Cold War began. To compete with the Air Force and the Army, which had developed nuclear bombs and nuclear shells for use on the battlefield, the United States Navy began a topsecret program to develop Mk. 23 nuclear naval shells with an estimated yield of 15 to 20 kilotons.[17] These shells were designed to be launched from the best seaborne artillery platform available, which at the time were the four ships of the Iowa class. The shells entered development around 1953, and were reportedly ready by 1956; however, it is not known whether they were ever actually deployed on the Iowa-class battleships because the United States Navy does not confirm or deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard its ships.[17] In 1991 the U.S. unilaterally withdrew its nuclear artillery shells from service, and Russia responded in kind in 1992. The U.S. removed around 1,300 nuclear shells from Europe and reportedly dismantled its last shells by 2003.[16] Armament of the Iowa class battleship capability, because the Mk 56 system could track and shoot at faster planes. In the 1980s modernization, the Mk 56 GFCS's and four mounts were removed to make room for missiles, leaving the Secondary battery with four Mk 37 GFCS's and six twin mounts on all the Iowa class.[12] By the time of the Gulf War the secondary battery was largely relegated to shore bombardment and littoral defense.[3] Since each battleship carried a small detachment of Marines aboard, the Marines would man one of the 5 in gun mounts.[20] Mark 28, Mod 2 Mounts A 5 inch (127 mm) gun mount emblazoned with the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor of the United States Marine Corps aboard the battleship New Jersey Each Mk 28 Mod 2 Mount carried two Mark 12, 5in/38cal gun assemblies, electrichydraulic drives for bearing and elevation, optical sights, automatic fuze setter, automatic sight setter, and an upper handling room. Each armored twin mount weighed 170,635 lb (77,399 kg). [18] The mount had a crew of 13, not including the ammunition movers in the upper handling room and magazines, drawn from the sailors and Marines serving aboard the ship. Secondary battery The secondary battery was a dual purpose weapon system; it was designed to defend the ship from either surface or airborne threats. The original secondary battery consisted of 10 Mark 28, Mod 2 twin gun mounts,[18] and four Mark 37 Gun Fire Control Systems.[12] At first, this battery's effectiveness against aircraft diminished as planes became faster, but this changed toward the end of World War II through a combination of an upgrade to the Mk37 System and the development of the VT (Variable Time) proximity fuze. In preparation for the reactivations in the 1960s and 1980s, the battery was updated to the latest gun and fire control system modifications. In the 1968 upgrade to the USS New Jersey for service off Vietnam, three Mark 56 Gun Fire Control Systems were installed. Two on either side just forward of the aft stack, and one between the aft mast and the aft Mk 38 Director tower.[19] This increased New Jersey's anti-aircraft Mark 12 Gun Assembly Further information: 5"/38 caliber gun Mk 12 Gun Assembly (right gun) 6 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship down on the rammer lever. This caused the power rammer to ram the projectile and powder case into the chamber. As the powder case cleared the top of the breech block, the block would rise to seal the chamber. The gun was ready to fire. The case combination primer in the base of the powder case could be fire either electrically or by percussion.[21] Electrically was the preferred method because the electrical firing circuit could be energized by firing keys down in plot when firing salvos at surface targets, or up in the director when firing at air targets. Percussion firing could be executed by the Pointer (man controlling elevation) by pushing a foot treadle. When the gun fired, the recoil's rearward motion returned the rammer lever to the up position, and the rammer would drive back to the rear of the rammer tray. During counter-recoil, the breech block was automatically lowered and the spent powder case was ejected from the chamber. When the gun returned to battery, a blast of compressed air was sent down the bore to clean it out. The gun was ready to be reloaded. Electric-Hydraulic Drives 5"/38cal semi-fixed ammunition. Anti-aircraft Common (AAC) Projectile with Full Service Charge. The Mk12 Gun Assembly (pictured) was a semi-automatic, power rammed, vertical sliding-wedge breech block type gun. Since this gun assemblies fired semi-fixed ammunition, (pictured) each round was delivered to the guns in two pieces.[21] Each gun, in this twin mount, had its own projectile hoist and powder case hoist from the upper handling room. The electric-hydraulic projectile hoist would deliver projectile next to the projectileman with the nose down and waist high. The electric-hydraulic powder case hoist poked the case through a powder scuttle in the gun room's deck just next to the powder man's feet.[21] At the load command, the powder man would slip a primer protector off the end of the powder case, extract the case from the scuttle, and lift it into the gun's rammer tray. Meanwhile, the projectile man would pull a projectile out of the hoist, and place it in the rammer tray in front of the powder case. Then, as he turned to get the next projectile out of the hoist, the projectile man would pull The electric-hydraulic drives powered the mount's motion. The three modes of drive operation were automatic, local, and manual. In automatic, the drives would follow the bearing and elevation orders of the fire control system. In local, the drives would follow the motion of the trainer's and pointer's hand wheels. (This is similar to power steering on a car.) Manual was direct gear linkage from the hand wheels to move the mount with no power assist. Sights The periscopic sights (the boxes on the side of the mount) allowed the trainer and pointer to see the target from inside the armored enclosure. Each sight had movable prisms that allowed its line of sight to be moved relative to the barrel's bore axis.[21] These prisms could be controlled by the fire control system when the mount was in Automatic, or by the mount's sight setter operator when the mount was in Local. Local control was not the preferred combat method, but it could be used if the fire control systems were damaged. The mount captain was trained in aiming and correcting the fall of shot. 7 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship Upper Handling room The upper handling room was just below the visible part of the mount. It was armored[21] and reinforced to support the weight of the mount. A person standing in the upper handling room could look up and see the bottom of the gun mount inside the training circle on which the mount rotated. Hanging from the mount, and rotating with it, was the equipment used to pass ammunition up to the mount. This included the lower ends of the projectile and powder case hoists. In the center of the room there was a vertical tube that also turned with the mount. This tube enclosed the electrical power and control cables going up to the mount. Around the perimeter of the upper handling room were the ready service ammunition racks welded to the bulkheads. Close by, either in a corner of the handling room or in an adjoining compartment was the upper end of an ammunition hoist from the magazine. The responsibility of the men stationed in the upper handling room was to shuttle 30 to 40 projectiles and 30 to 40 powder cases per minute from the ready service racks to the hoists while avoiding the equipment rotating with the mount.[21] During quiet spells, they would replenish the ready service racks with ammunition from the magazines. Mk 37 Director c1944 FC radar. They were part of an upgrade to improve tracking of aircraft.[11] The Director Officer also had a Slew Sight that he could use to quickly point the director towards a new target. Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System The Mark 37 Gun Fire Control Systems (GFCS) was the primary Fire Control System for the Secondary Battery. There were four Mk37 GFCSs on board; one forward above the navigation bridge, two amidships on either side of the forward stack, and one aft between the aft Mk38 Director and Turret three. The major components of the Mk 37 GFCS were the Mk 37 Director, and the equipment in the plotting room. Plotting Room The Secondary Battery Plotting Rooms were down below the waterline and inside the armor belt. They contained four complete sets of fire control equipment needed to aim and shoot at four targets. Each set included a Mark 1A computer, a Mark 6 Stable Element, FC Radar controls and displays, Parallax correctors, a switchboard, and people to operate it all. The Mark 1A Fire Control Computer (pictured) was an electro-mechanical analog ballistic computer. Its function was to automatically aim the guns so that a fired projectile would collide with the target.[11] This is the same function as the main battery's Mk 8 Rangekeeper above except that some of the targets the Mark 1A had to deal with also moved in elevation — and much faster. For a surface target, the Secondary Battery's Fire Control problem is the same as the Main Battery's with the same type inputs and outputs. The major difference between the two Mark 37 Director The function of the Mark 37 Director (pictured) was to track the present position of the target in bearing, elevation, and range. To do this, it had optical sights (the rectangular widows on the front), an optical rangefinder (the tubes sticking out each side), and Fire Control Radar antennas. On the MK 37 Director pictured, the rectangular antenna is for the Mark 12 FC radar, and the parabolic antenna on the left is for the Mk 22 8 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship Mark 6 Stable Element Mark 1A Computer computers is their ballistics calculations. The amount of gun elevation needed to project a 5in shell nine nautical miles (17 km) is very different than the elevation needed to project a 16in shell the same distance. The ballistics calculations in these mechanical analog computers were performed by things like differential gears, levers, and small rods riding on the surface of a three dimensional cams. These mechanical adders, multipliers, and table lookup devices were hand made at the factory, and were buried deep in the workings of the computer. It was not possible to change a computer's ballistics at sea until the advent of fast digital computers. The antiaircraft fire control problem was more complicated because it had the additional requirement of tracking the target in elevation and making target predictions in three dimensions. The outputs of the Mk 1A were the same (gun bearing and elevation), except fuze time was added. The fuze time was needed because the ideal of directly hitting the fast moving aircraft with the projectile was impractical. With fuze time set into the shell, it was hoped that it would explode near enough to the target to destroy it with the shock wave and shrapnel. Towards the end of World War II, the invention of the VT proximity fuze eliminated the need to use the fuze time calculation and its possible error. This greatly increased the odds of destroying an air target. The function of the Mk 6 Stable Element (pictured) in this fire control system is the same as the function of the Mk 41 Stable Vertical in the main battery system above. It is a vertical seeking gyroscope that supplies the system with a stable up direction on a rolling and pitching ship. In surface mode, it replaces the director's elevation signal.[11] It also has the surface mode firing keys. The Fire-control radar used on the Mk 37 GFCS has evolved. In the 1930's, the Mk 37 Director did not have a radar antenna. Then in September 1941[22], the rectangular Mk 4 Fire-control radar antenna was mounted on top. Soon aircraft flew faster, and in c1944 to increase speed and accuracy the Mk 4 was replaced by a combination of the Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 (parabolic antenna) radars. (pictured)[18] Finally, the circular SPG 25 antenna was mounted on top as seen in the USS Wisconsin photo at the top of this article. (Look at the Mk 37 Director just above the bridge.) Anti-aircraft batteries Since they were designed to escort the U.S. fleet of fast attack aircraft carriers the Iowaclass battleships were all intended to carry a fearsome array of anti-aircraft guns to protect U.S. aircraft carriers from Japanese fighters and dive bombers. This array included up to 20 quad 40 mm mounts and 49 single 20 mm mounts.[19] In the 1968 USS New Jersey re-activation for service off Vietnam, the 20 mm and 40 mm batteries were removed.[19] In the 1980s re-activation, all the ships with 20 mm and 40 mm batteries 9 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armament of the Iowa class battleship An Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun aboard the battleship USS Iowa. had them removed, and four Phalanx CIWS mounts were added to all. Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns on a MK 12 quadruple mount fire from the deck of the USS Hornet in World War II. Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns The Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft gun was one of the most heavily produced anti-aircraft guns of the Second World War; The US alone manufactured a total of 124,735 of these guns. When activated in 1941 these guns replaced the 0.50"/90 (12.7 mm) M2 Browning MG on a one-for-one basis. The Oerlikon 20 mm AA gun remained the primary anti-aircraft weapon of the United States Navy until the introduction of the 40 mm Bofors AA gun in 1943.[23] These guns are air-cooled and use a gas blow-back recoil system. Unlike other automatic guns employed during World War II the barrel of the 20 mm Oerlikon gun does not recoil, the breechblock is never locked against the breech and is actually moving forward when the gun fires. This weapon lacks a counter-recoil brake, as the force of the counter-recoil is checked by the explosion of the next round of ammunition.[23] Between December 1941 and September 1944, 32% of all Japanese aircraft downed were credited to this weapon, with the high point being 48.3% for the second half of 1942. In 1943 the revolutionary Mark 14 Gunsight was introduced which made these guns even more effective; however, the 20 mm guns were found to be ineffective against the Japanese Kamikaze attacks used during the latter half of World War II. They were subsequently phased out in favor of the heavier 40 mm Bofors AA guns.[23] Mark 51 Director with Mark 14 (40 mm) Gun Sight Arguably the best light anti-aircraft weapon of World War II,[24] the Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun was used on almost every major warship in the U.S. and UK fleet during World War II from about 1943 to 1945.[24] Although a descendant of German and Swedish designs, the Bofors mounts used by the United States Navy during World War II had been heavily "Americanized" to bring the guns up to the standards placed on them by the US Navy. This resulted in a guns system set to English standards (now known as the Standard System) with interchangeable Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns 10 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ammunition, which simplified the logistics situation for World War II. When coupled with electric-hydraulic drives for greater speed and the Mark 51 Director (pictured) for improved accuracy, the Bofors 40 mm gun became a fearsome adversary, accounting for roughly half of all Japanese aircraft shot down between 1 October 1944 and 1 February 1945.[24] When the Iowa-class battleships were launched in 1943 and 1944 they carried twenty quad Bofors 40 mm gun mounts, which they used for defense against enemy aircraft. These heavy guns were also employed in the protection of allied aircraft carriers operating in the Pacific Theater of World War II. These guns remained on the battleships Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin from the time they were commissioned until they were reactivated for service in the 1980s.[25] As each battleship arrived for modernization during the early and mid 1980s the Bofors mounts that remained aboard were removed due in large part to the ineffectiveness of such manually aimed weapons against modern day jet fighters and enemy missiles. The replacement for the Bofors guns was the US Navy's Phalanx Close-in weapon system (CIWS).[12] Armament of the Iowa class battleship A Phalanx CIWS mount aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. and anti-aircraft missiles fired from friendly ships.[28] The Phalanx guns work by using a search radar and a tracking radar to follow targets that come within 1 to 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km).[28] When a target comes within this range the CIWS mount physically moves to track the target while simultaneously evaluating the target against several preset criteria to determine the next course of action. Depending on whether the target criteria are met, the Phalanx mount may automatically engage the incoming target if it is judged to be hostile in nature, or the system may recommend that the Phalanx operator engage a target.[28] Phalanx CIWS mounts were used by Missouri and Wisconsin during the 1991 Gulf War; Wisconsin alone fired 5,200 20 mm Phalanx CIWS rounds.[29] Missouri also received Phalanx fire during a "friendly fire" incident in which the Perry-class guided missile frigate USS Jarrett mistook chaff fired off by Missouri for a legitimate target and shot at Missouri. Rounds from this attack struck the ship in the bulkhead above the famed "surrender deck" and bounced off the armor, one Phalanx CIWS During their modernization in the 1980s, each Iowa-class battleship was equipped with four of the United States Navy's Phalanx CIWS mounts, two which sat just behind the bridge and two which were next to the after ship's funnel. Iowa, New Jersey, and Missouri were equipped with the Block 0 version of the Phalanx, while Wisconsin received the first operational Block 1 version in 1988.[26] Developed as the final line of defense (terminal defense or point defense) against antiship missiles, the Phalanx Close in Weapon System (CIWS, pronounced "see-whiz") is the anti-aircraft/anti-missile gun currently in use in the United States Navy. Due to their distinctive shape, they have been nicknamed "R2D2s", in reference to the droid R2-D2 from the Star Wars universe.[27] Designed in the early 1970s by General Dynamics, and currently produced by Raytheon, the Phalanx CIWS mount utilizes a 20 mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun to destroy enemy missiles and aircraft that manage to escape anti-missile 11 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia round penetrated the forward funnel and passed completely through it, and another round penetrated a bulkhead and embedded in an interior passageway of the ship.[30] Armament of the Iowa class battleship installed on the Iowas and the removal of four of each of the battleships ten 5"/38 DP mounts. The mid and aft end of the battleships were then rebuilt to accommodate the missile magazines. This resulted in the construction of two separate platforms, one located between the first and second funnel and one located behind the second funnel, to which MK-143 Armored Box Launcher (ABL) canisters could be attached. Each Armored Box Launcher carries four missiles, and each of the battleships were outfitted with eight canisters, enabling the Iowa-class to carry and fire a total of 32 Tomahawk missiles.[12] The type of Tomahawk carried by the battleships varies, as there are three basic configurations for the Tomahawk: the AntiShip Missile (TASM); the Land-Attack Missile-Conventional (TLAM-C); and the Land-Attack Missile-Nuclear (TLAM-N). Each version is similar in appearance and uses the same airframe body and launcher.[33] The conventional Tomahawk missile can carry a 1,000 lb (450 kg) explosive warhead or submunitions which use the missile body to reach their destination. The nuclear variant carries a 200 kt W80 nuclear warhead.[34] The TLAM can be equipped with an inertial and terrain contour matching (TERCOM) radar guidance package to find and destroy its target. The TERCOM radar uses a stored map reference to compare with the actual terrain to determine the missile's position. If necessary, a course correction is then made to place the missile on course to the target. Terminal guidance in the target area is provided by the optical Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) system, which compares a stored image of target with the actual target image.[34] The firing weight of the Tomahawk is 2,650 lb (1,200 kg) plus a 550 lb (250 kg) booster. It has a cruising speed of 0.5 Mach and an attack speed of 0.75 Mach. The antiship version of the Tomahawk has an operating range of 250 nautical miles (nm) and a maximum range of 470 nm, while the conventional land attack missile version has a maximum range of 675 nm and TLAM-N has maximum range of 1,500 nm.[33] During the 1991 Gulf War, USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin used ABL launchers to fire Tomahawk missiles at Iraqi targets during Operation Desert Storm. Wisconsin served as the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) strike commander for the Persian Missiles During the modernization in the 1980s, three important weapons were added to the Iowaclass battleships. The first was the CIWS anti-aircraft/anti-missile system discussed above. The other two were missiles for use against both land and sea targets. At one point the NATO Sea Sparrow was to be installed on the reactivated battleships; however, it was determined that the system could not withstand the over-pressure effects when firing the main battery.[31] Tomahawk land attack missile An Armored Box Launcher equipped on the battleship USS New Jersey. The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) was first introduced in the 1970s, and entered service with the United States in 1983. Designed as a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile, the Tomahawk is capable of reaching targets at a much greater range than the 16-inch (406 mm) guns on the Iowa-class ships. When added to the battleships in the 1980s the Tomahawk became the longest-ranged weapon carried by the battleships.[32] Owing to the original 1938 design of the battleships, the Tomahawk missiles could not be fitted to the Iowa-class unless the battleships were physically rebuilt in such a way as to accommodate the missile mounts that would be needed to store and launch the Tomahawks. This realization prompted the removal of the anti-aircraft guns previously 12 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gulf, directing the sequence of launches that marked the opening of Operation Desert Storm and firing a total of 24 of her own TLAMs during the first two days of the campaign.[35] Armament of the Iowa class battleship which is discarded after burn-out. The maximum range is around 140 km (75 nautical miles).[36] After launch, the missile is guided towards the target location as determined by the ship by a three-axis Attitude Reference Assembly (ATA) in an AN/DSQ-44 guidance section. The ATA is less accurate than a full-fledged inertial system, but good enough for Harpoon's range.[36] For stabilization and control, the AGM-84A has four fixed cruciform wings (3x BSU-42/B, 1x BSU-43/B) and four movable BSU-44/B tail fins. The missile flies at a low cruise altitude and at a predetermined distance from the expected target position, its AN/DSQ-28 J-band active radar seeker in the nose is activated to acquire and lock on the target. The radar switch-on distance can be set to lower or higher values, the former requiring a more precisely-known target location but reducing the risk to be fooled by enemy Electronic Counter Measures (ECM).[36] An alternative launch mode is called Bearing-Only Launch (BOL). In this mode, the missile is launched in the general direction of the target, and its radar activated from the beginning to scan for the target in a +/- 45° sector in front of the flight path. Once a target has been located and the seeker locked the xGM-84A missile climbs rapidly to about 1800 m before diving on the target in what is known as a "pop-up maneuver". The 221 kg (488 lb) WDU-18/B penetrating blast-fragmentation warhead (in the WAU-3(V) /B warhead section) is triggered by a time-delayed impact fuse.[36] When no target can be acquired after radar activation, the Harpoon will self-destruct.[36] Harpoon anti-ship missile An Mk 141 Quad cell Launcher aboard the German frigate Bremen For protection against enemy ships, the Iowa class is outfitted with the Harpoon Weapons System. The system consists of four Mk 141 "shock-hardened" quad cell launchers designed to carry and fire the McDonnell Douglas RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile. Each Harpoon is placed in one of four Mk 141 launchers located alongside the aft stack; eight per side, in two pods of four. The weight of the Harpoon at firing is 1,530 lb (690 kg), which includes a booster weighing about 362 lb (164 kg). The cruising speed is 0.87 Mach and the maximum range is 64 nautical miles (nm) in Range and Bearing Launch mode and 85 nm in Bearing Only Launch mode.[33] When an Iowa class battleship fires a Harpoon Missile, a booster propels the missile away from the ship; after approximately 5 miles (8 km), the booster drops away. After the booster is discarded a turbojet engine ignites and propels the missile to the target. The stabilizing and actuator fins which help guide the missile to its target are stored folded in the canister and spring into position after launching. These fins direct the missile to the target through inputs from the AN/ SWG-1 Harpoon Fire Control System.[33] The battleships carry and use the RGM/ UGM-84 variants of the Harpoon Missile, which are designed to be fired by surface ships. The version uses a solid-fueled rocket booster in an A/B44G-2 or -3 booster section, Notes [1] The 10 Greatest Fighting Ships in Military History. The Discovery Channel. [2] Originally the armament was to be nine 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 2 Naval Guns intended for the canceled South Dakotaclass battleships; however, a miscommunication between the design bureaus resulted in the Iowa class being equipped with the Mark 7 Naval Guns instead. DiGiulian, Tony. United States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7. navweaps.com Retrieved on 2007-03-25. [3] ^ Ben M. Schorr. "USS Missouri (BB-63) Frequently Asked Questions". USS Missouri (BB-63) Frequently Asked 13 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Questions. FactPlace.com. http://www.factplace.com/ mightymo.htm#Weps. Retrieved on 2006-12-16. [4] ^ DiGiulian, Tony (November 2006). "United States of America 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7". navweaps.com. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/ WNUS_16-50_mk7.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. [5] For comparison, the Space Shuttle, when fully loaded, weighs about 240,000 pounds, so each battleship gun is roughly the weight of a space shuttle. Schorr, Ben M. USS Missouri Frequently Asked Questions. factplace.com Retrieved on 2007-03-25. [6] ^ United States Navy Training Film 9321c: The 16"50 Gun & Turret ("Sea Power for Security") at YouTube [7] ^ Soutar, Paul (1984), written at St. Alexandria, VA, "New Jersey's Big Guns", All Hands (United States Navy) (807): 36–37, May 1984 [8] Underwater photos of the Bismarck show empty barbettes, vacated as the ship sank. John Asmussen. Bismarck - The Wreck - Part 5 - Aft & Rudder Area. Accessed 2007-03-25 [9] Landgraff, R. A. & Locock, Greg. "Do battleships move sideways when they fire?". navweaps.com. http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/ tech-022.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-25. [10] "Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber gun". Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ ship/weaps/mk-7.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-12. [11] ^ NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A. Washington 25, D.C.: U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1958 edition. [12] ^ "BB-61 IOWA-class (Specifications)". Federation of American Scientists. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ ship/bb-61.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-26. [13] ^ "Mark 38 Gun Fire Control System". http://web.archive.org/web/ 20041028050854/ http://www.dustdevil.com/ppl/billgx/ mk38.htm. Retrieved on 2007-08-01. [14] ^ Mindell, David (2002). Between Human and Machine. Baltimore: Johns Armament of the Iowa class battleship Hopkins. pp. pp. 262–263. ISBN 0-8018-8057-2. [15] A. Ben Clymer (Vol. 15 No. 2, 1993) (pdf). The Mechanical Analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/ www/PDFs/Newell.pdf. Retrieved on 2006-08-26. [16] ^ William H. Garzke and Robert O. Dulin, Jr. Battleships: United States Battleships 1935–1992 [17] ^ Yenne, Bill (2005). "Mega Artillery". Secret Weapons of the Cold War. New York: Berkley Books. pp. p. 132–133. ISBN 0-425-20149-X. [18] ^ "Navy Weapons". http://www.navweaps.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. [19] ^ Terzibaschitsch, Stefan; Heinz O. Vetters, Richard Cox (1977). Battleships of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Siegfried Beyer. New York, New York: Bonanza Books. pp. 147–153. ISBN 0-517-23451-3. [20] Wass, Becki (1984), "Iowa gets new Marine Guard Chief", All Hands (Alexandria, VA: United States Navy) (813): 27, November 1984 [21] ^ NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, VOLUME 1, NAVAL ORDNANCE, NAVPERS 10797-A. Washington 25, D.C.: U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel. 1957 edition. [22] Naval Weapons of WW2, Campbell, p111. [23] ^ DiGiulian, Tony (September 2006). "United States of America 20 mm/70 (0.79") Marks 2, 3 & 4". navweaps.com. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/ WNUS_2cm-70_mk234.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. [24] ^ DiGiulian, Tony (November 2006). "United States of America 40 mm/56 (1.57") Mark 1, Mark 2 and M1". navweaps.com. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/ WNUS_4cm-56_mk12.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. [25] USS New Jersey had her 40 mm guns removed in 1968 when she was called into action for the Vietnam War. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - New Jersey Retrieved 30 March 2007 [26] DiGiulian, Tony (7 September 2006). "United States of America 20 mm 14 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phalanx Close-in Weapon System (CIWS)". navweaps.com. http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/ WNUS_Phalanx.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. [27] Christian Lowe. "Defense Tech: R2-D2 vs Mortar Rounds". Defense Tech. http://www.defensetech.org/archives/ 001623.html. Retrieved on 2007-03-21. [28] ^ "MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)". Global Security. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ systems/ship/systems/mk-15.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-14. [29] "The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) Ship's History". USS Wisconsin Association. http://www.usswisconsin.org/General/ Ships%20History.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-26. [30] Rostker, Bernard (December 2000). "TAB H -- Friendly-fire Incidents" (html). Depleted Uranium in the Gulf (II). United States Department of Defense. http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/du_ii/ du_ii_tabh.htm. Retrieved on 2007-02-25. [31] Statement by Admiral Rowden in the Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982. [32] The maximum range for the Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is 675 nautical miles (nm), the maximum range for the Harpoon is 85 nm, (Iowa Class: Missile Battery. battleship.org, Retrieved on 2007-03-25) and the maximum range for Armament of the Iowa class battleship the 16-inch (406 mm) guns is 24 nautical miles (nm).(USS Missouri (BB-63)FAQ. factplace.com, Retrieved on 2007-03-25) [33] ^ "Iowa Class: Missile Battery". Iowa class preservation society. http://www.battleship.org/html/Articles/ IowaClass/Missile.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-06. [34] ^ Federation of American Scientists. "BGM-109 Tomahawk". http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ smart/bgm-109.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-18. [35] "V: "Thunder And Lightning"- The War With Iraq (Subsection:The War At Sea)". The United States Navy in "Desert Shield" / "Desert Storm". United States Navy. http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/ dstorm/ds5.htm. Retrieved on 2006-11-26. [36] ^ Parsch, Andreas. "Boeing (McDonnellDouglas) AGM/RGM/UGM-84 Harpoon". Encyclopedia Astronautica BLOG!. http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/ harpoon.htm. Retrieved on 2007-03-06. Further reading • Firing Procedure for the 16"/50 (40.6 cm) Mark 7 • Operating Instructions for Five Inch, 38 Caliber, Gun Crews • The 16"/50 Gun & Turret - US Navy Instructional Film Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armament_of_the_Iowa_class_battleship" Categories: Iowa class battleships, Naval weapons of the United States This page was last modified on 10 May 2009, at 10:37 (UTC). All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (See Copyrights for details.) 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I love being able to use embedded quicktime in firefox in linux =) It rules.
he'd purchased from iTMS using iTunes on Linux.
Don't tell anybody, but this must actually break the iTunes DRM good and hard. CrossOverOffice almost certainly uses a standard Linux sound driver to get the sound data to the sound chip. This is bound to mean
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You can already de-DRM iTMS songs with Hymn [hymn-project.org]. If you don't like leaving your Apple ID in the file, it's probably not a big deal to modify the Hymn source.
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First Real makes their player compatible with the iPod. Now someone makes iTunes available on Linux.
Apple hardly needs to do a thing to improve iTunes. Their competitors are doing it all for them.
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Bulgaria Likely to Lose 1 European Parliament Seat in 2014
Bulgaria is likely to lose one European Parliament seat in 2014, it has been made clear.
The Balkan country will remain with just 17 MEPs if the proposed new redistribution of seats in the European Parliament after the 2014 elections is accepted at the plenary session in March.
According to the method adopted by the Constitutional Affairs Committee, the reallocation should be viewed in two steps: first is the redistribution of seats in line with the principle of degressive proportionality and taking advantage of the lower (6 MEPs/Member State) and upper (96 MEPs/Members State) limits set by the Lisbon Treaty; second step is a political compensation between the gains and losses according to the principle that no-one gains and no-one loses more than one.
Therefore the Member States that will lose seats are: Germany, Romania, Greece, Belgium, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Bulgaria, Ireland, Croatia, Lithuania and Latvia.
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