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"{ +USS Radiant (ID-1324) } USS Radiant (ID-1324) was the proposed designation for a tugboat that never served in the United States Navy. Radiant was a commercial tug built in 1903 by Neafie & Levy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the period of the United States' participation in World War I, the US Navy inspected her for possible acquisition by the Navy and assigned her the hull number ID-1324 in anticipation of commissioning her as USS Radiant. However, the Navy never took possession of her, and she remained in civilian service with her owners, the Atlantic Refining Company of Philadelphia. NotesReferences Category:Cancelled ships of the United States Navy Category:1903 ships Category:Ships built by Neafie and Levy Category:World War I merchant ships of the United States Category:Tugboats of the United States "
"Arnold Alex Daoud (born May 19, 1943Nelson Gary. ) is the former mayor of Miami Beach, Florida who served the City from 1985 to 1991. In 1991, Daoud was indicted for 41 counts of bribery. He was convicted and served seventeen months in a federal prison. After his release he wrote a book, Sins of South Beach. Biography Alex Daoud was born and grew up in the City of Miami Beach. His grandparents were Greek Orthodox and Greek Catholic immigrants from Lebanon. His mother, the youngest woman to pass the New York bar exam in the early 1920s, and his father, an antiques dealer, moved from New York to Florida during World War II. At the age of six, Daoud contracted polio; he was in a wheelchair for six months and later needed braces and crutches, but he eventually recovered without lifelong disability. Daoud, an attorney, was an associate in the law firm of Galbut Galbut and Menin, although he reportedly did little legal work for them, focusing on public service. He served as a Miami City Attorney, then was elected to the Miami Beach City Commission in 1979. He was re-elected to a second term in 1981 and then a third term in 1983. In 1985, he became the first Roman Catholic to be elected Mayor of Miami Beach. In 1987, he won re-election by eighty-six percent of the popular vote. In 1989, he was re-elected to an unprecedented third term as Mayor of Miami Beach. However, on October 29, 1991, he was indicted on federal bribery charges. He admitted to receiving bribes from developers in return for political influence and city council votes, as well as soliciting free work on his house from contractors seeking city business. He was convicted in of bribery in 1992 and of other corruption crimes in 1993. He served 17 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of probation. He testified against many of the people who had paid him bribes. In 2007, he published Sins of South Beach: The True Story of Corruption, Violence, and the Making of Miami Beach, which "chronicles the sex, violence and corruption of his time in public office." It is an autobiographical depiction of Miami Beach in the 1980s, a "retirement ghetto" plagued by rampant crime, and its regeneration into a premiere vacation and nightlife destination. He describes how crime was reduced by "attitude adjustment sessions," in which police would severely beat known criminals and then dump them in Miami across the causeway. See also * List of mayors of Miami Beach, Florida References Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:American people of Levantine-Eastern Orthodox Christian descent Category:American politicians convicted of federal public corruption crimes Category:American politicians of Lebanese descent Category:American Roman Catholics Category:Mayors of Miami Beach, Florida Category:Politicians from Miami Category:Florida politicians convicted of crimes Category:Catholics from Florida "
"The .338 Norma Magnum is a cartridge first introduced in 2008 and came into production in 2009, designed by Norma of Sweden. Design history The .338 Norma Magnum was originally developed as a long-range sport shooting wildcat cartridge by the American sport shooter Jimmie Sloan with the help of Dave Kiff, owner of Pacific Tool and Gauge, who made the reamers and headspace gauges. Barrels were supplied by Satern Rifle Barrel Company. Various twist rates were tried with 5R rifling. It was designed as a way to optimize shooting the 19.44 g (300 gr) 8.59 mm (.338 in) caliber Sierra HPBT MatchKing projectile from actions and magazines that lack the length to handle cartridges exceeding 91.44 mm (3.60 in) in overall length.The 19.44 g (300 gr) .338 caliber Sierra HPBT MatchKing projectile was not available when the .338 Lapua Magnum was originally designed (it was optimized for shooting 16.2 g (250 gr) projectiles) and .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges intended for military use are generally loaded with shorter 16.2 g (250 gr) projectiles. Later the design was purchased by the Swedish ammunition manufacturer Norma. The .338 Norma Magnum cartridge was C.I.P. certified on 26 May 2010 and thus became an officially registered and sanctioned rifle cartridge.C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 338 Norma Mag. Cartridge dimensions The .338 Norma Magnum prior to C.I.P. certification had a shorter cartridge overall length (91.44 mm (3.60 in) compared to the cartridge overall length of the .338 Lapua Magnum (93.50 mm (3.681 in). The .338 Norma Magnum loaded with 19.44 g (300 gr) .338 caliber Sierra HPBT projectiles will have these projectile less deeply seated compared to the .338 Lapua Magnum when both cartridges are loaded to 91.44 mm (3.681 in) overall length. To achieve this the .338 Norma Magnum cartridge utilizes a shorter case (about 63.30 mm (2.492 in) with less taper and a slightly sharper shoulder angle with a slightly longer neck, resulting in about 6.5% less case capacity. However the cartridge overall lengths of the .338 Norma Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum were, as of 2013, determined at 93.50 mm (3.681 in) by the C.I.P. rulings for these cartridges. U.S. government market survey and ammunition availability On June 17, 2008, the U.S. government issued a market survey to support a requirement for a Precision Sniper Rifle (PSR) to possibly replace the currently fielded Bolt Action SOF Sniper Systems MK 13 (.300 Winchester Magnum) and the M40 and M24 (7.62×51mm NATO) chambered to safely fire factory produced "non-wildcat" .338 caliber ammunition.US Special Operations Considers A ".338" Sniper Rifle Accessed 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-04-19.Precession Sniper Rifle - Solicitation Number: H92222-09-PSR Accessed 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-04-19.Commercially non-existent cartridges are termed "wildcats" This means the .338 Lapua Magnum and .338 Norma Magnum or derivatives of these cartridges would be two likely candidates for the cartridge part of this market survey and winning future U.S. government contracts.U. S. American Precision Sniper Rifle Accessed 2009-03-22. Archived 2009-04-19. The .338 Norma Magnum was designed to improve upon the .338 Lapua Magnum when loaded with 19.44 g (300 gr) Sierra very-low-drag bullets in magazines and actions that restrict the .338 Lapua Magnum's maximum cartridge overall length. In long range precision sport shooting rifles, which the .338 Norma Magnum cartridges were designed for, the chamber and throat area of the barrel are often custom made by a gunsmith for a particular cartridge, meaning the rifle (system) is consciously constructed for optimal use with a particular cartridge case and projectile combination. If projectiles with differing dimensions are to be used this will generally erode such a custom made system's accuracy potential. This makes objective comparisons between cartridges hard, since cartridges are essential parts of a larger rifle system. Since the .338 Lapua Magnum can be loaded to its C.I.P. overall length or even somewhat longer, the practical difference between the two cartridges gradually becomes negligible. Some manufacturers of .338 Lapua Magnum actions, magazines and rifles have indicated that they intend to offer products that will allow the use of .338 Lapua Magnum cartridges that can handle overall lengths that exceed the current C.I.P. .338 Lapua Magnum maximal overall length standard of 93.50 mm (3.681 in). As of February 2009, the .338 Norma Magnum was still a very new cartridge with little commercial availability. However, it was available for purchase.Jamison International website In May 2017 the United States Special Operations Command, in conjunction with the United States Marine Corps issued a sources sought notice for 5,000 Lightweight Medium Machine Guns (LWMMG) chambered for .338 Norma Magnum polymer-cased ammunition. The aim is to identify a machine gun with a long barrel weighing or less, which offers sufficient accuracy out to to engage area targets and vehicles.USSOCOM & USMC Take First Steps Toward Adopting a .338NM Lightweight Medium Machine Gun In 2019 the U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Barrett Manufacturing a $50,000,000 contract, ordering the Barrett MRAD chambered in .338 Norma Magnum as the Mk 22 Advanced Sniper Rifle (ASR).Contracts For March 11, 2019 US Department of Defense In 2020 the U.S. Special Operations Command awarded Sig Sauer a contract, ordering the MG-338 machine gun chambered in .338 Norma Magnum. USSOCOM Completes Safety Certification and Purchase of SIG SAUER MG 338 Machine Guns, Ammunition, and Next Generation Suppressors, Published Date: 01/15/2020, www.sigsauer.com Chambering availability The .338 Norma Magnum chambering is offered for these factory rifles: * Accuracy International ASR * Albert Arms ALR * Barrett MRAD (Mk 22 ASR) This is a switch chambering and barrel sniper rifle that can also fire .338 Lapua Magnum, .300 Winchester Magnum, and 7.62×51mm NATO cartridges.This is a switch chambering and barrel sniper rifle that can also fire .300 Norma Magnum, .300 PRC, and 6.5 Creedmoor cartridges. * Cadex Defence CDX-33 * Christensen Arms BA Tactical Rifle and Christensen Arms TFM Rifle * Desert Tech SRS-A2 * FORTMEIER M 2002 * General Dynamics Lightweight Medium Machine Gun (LWMMG) * Remington Modular Sniper Rifle (MSR). * SIG Sauer MG-338 SLMAG - belt-fed medium machine gun which is highly analogous to the LWMMG. * S.W.O.R.D. International Mk-18 Mod 1 Mjölnir ;Notes See also * Norma * .300 Norma Magnum * .338 Lapua Magnum * .338 Remington Ultra Magnum * .338-378 Weatherby Magnum * .338-416 * .338 Chey Tac * .338 Edge * .338 Xtreme * List of rifle cartridges * 8 mm caliber ReferencesExternal links * Norma Ammunition Homepage * Snipers Hide Forums discussion of the new cartridge * Tactical Gun Fan Blog talks about the US Military's deliberation between .338 Lapua Magnum and the .338 Norma Mag. *C.I.P. TDCC datasheet 338 Norma Mag. * Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges Category:Magnum rifle cartridges "