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Leading Off Celebrate 65 Years with MR Maritime Meanings Maritime Reporter & Engineering News celebrates its 65th Anniversary with a special DOUBLE SIZED COMMEMORATIVE EDITION in AUGUST 2004. This edition will herald the evolution of the marine industry over the last six and a half decades, with select snippets and advertisements from editions along the way, as well as an exhaustive editorial analy- sis of the evolution of several key maritime sectors. Special advertising opportunites exist. Contact your sales representative for details or contact MR at: tel: 212 477 6700 or E-mail: grable@marinelink.com "WUL, ATIfAiTUtkf CAWMtMt i/.i. txrnos ivw tiMt-RMveom/i." BARBECUE This is the well-known method of cook- ing food outdoors, popular particularly in Australia, America and New Zealand; in all these countries the word can refer to the informal social event that usually accompanies this kind of outdoor cook- ing. Essentially a barbecue is a metal frame or grill for cooking meat above an open fire of coals, wood or the like. The word is from the Spanish Barboka. The connection with maritime usage is that, in the early days of piracy in the Pacific and the Caribbean, these priva- teers became know as "buccaneers" from the French boucan, grill, or the cooking of dried meat over an open fire. Buccaneers (later known as pirates) became closely involved with the illegal trading in such meat throughout the Caribbean. Thus, the innocent and enjoyable pastime of having a barbecue in one's own backyard owes its origin to the bloody history of piracy on the Spanish Main. Source: An Ocean of Words: A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases, by Peter D. Jeans; Birch Lane Press , 1998 YOUR P 0 W E R F U L A L L Y SEARCH & RESCUE MARITIME PATROL SURVEILLANCE RECON INAISSANCE MilCAM Recon MilCAM Recon1 Thermovision RANGER'" II MilCAM Recon" W SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING. Turn night into dny with infrared imagers from the world's #1 supplier, FLIR Systems. Superior thermal sensitivity and long-range optical performance provide situational awareness and precise target identification. Choose from mission-specific multi-sensor payloads. FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR! • SYSTEMS USA: 1.800.72 7.FLI R INTERNATIONAL:+44 (0) 1732 22 0011 www.flir.com/mr0604 Circle 239 on Reader Service Card
