Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Developing Story: Iraqis Revolt Against American Interventions & Occupation


Rejecting US influence
Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's senior political analyst, said that the embassy storming is indicative of Iraqis' rejection of US influence in their country.
"In terms of the United States, here is a country that has spent trillions of dollars in Iraq 16 years after its invasion and occupation to wins the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people, . . The 'surrealistic' events on the ground has forced the US to go "on the defensive", Bishara added, where it "doesn't have much of an alliance either on the street or government institutions within Iraq."
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Monday, December 30, 2019

Meet Socially-Conscious Activist Artist Antony Gormley: Power & Optimism

Readers of this blog might be wondering why so many posts about artists who are active in transforming public public spaces get so much attention here.







BRIEF BIO:
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBE, is a British sculptor.
His works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February ... Wikipedia
Born: August 30, 1950 (age 69 years), London, United Kingdom

Known for: Sculpture, Installation Art, Public Artworks
 
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https://www.cnn.com › videos › 2019/11/12 › amanpour-antony-gormley

Nov 12, 2019
Renowned artist Sir Antony Gormley takes Christiane Amanpour on an intimate tour around his extraordinary ...
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May 22, 2019 - Uploaded by Sean Kelly Gallery
Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the ...
 
Inside the show: Antony Gormley at the RA - YouTube
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Oct 30, 2019 - Uploaded by Royal Academy of Arts
I see this show as a really important test ground. What can sculpture do?” Enjoy a drone's eye view of our ...
 
Antony Gormley exhibition trailer - YouTube
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Sep 9, 2019 - Uploaded by Royal Academy of Arts
Six tonnes of steel mesh, eight kilometres of coiled tubing and a gallery flooded with clay and sea water… This ...
 
How it was made: Antony Gormley's Cave - YouTube
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Oct 28, 2019 - Uploaded by Royal Academy of Arts
Michelangelo dealt with the resistance of marble, the intrinsic weaknesses of a block. Here we're dealing with ...
 
Antony Gormley answers: What is art? · SFMOMA
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Nov 18, 2015
Sculptor Antony Gormley considers how we view the body: as “object,” as “place,” and even as “energy field,” and in the ...
 
How it was made: Antony Gormley's Matrix III - YouTube
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Oct 28, 2019 - Uploaded by Royal Academy of Arts
This is the grid at the heart of the urban grid… The inner skeleton of the environment that we live in.” - Antony ...
 
Antony Gormley in conversation with Iwona Blazwick - YouTube
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Oct 9, 2019 - Uploaded by Royal Academy of Arts
Antony Gormley discusses his practice, career and current exhibition at the RA with Director of the ...
 
Antony Gormley · SFMOMA
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Nov 18, 2015
Sculptor Antony Gormley considers how we view the body: as “object,” as “place,” and even as “energy field,” and in the ...
 
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Dec 10, 2015
Legendary sculptor Antony Gormley riffs on space and the human form. His works explore the interior space ...

 
 
 

Boeing Snags $565-Million Contract for RMO Apache AH-64 Variant E Upgrades

Boeing lands remanufacturing deal for Dutch, UAE, and UK Apaches
"Boeing has secured a $565 million contract to remanufacture AH-64D Apache attack helicopters operated by three countries into the more advanced “E” variant.
The work will cover 47 helicopters, according to a Boeing statement.
The Boeing statement did not name the customers or break down the precise number to be remanufactured for each, but a 18 December notification on a US Department of Defence (DoD) website indicates that the three countries are the Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom.
> Boeing will remanufacture the rotorcraft in Mesa, Arizona with an estimated completed date of 1 March 2025.
> Cirium fleets data indicates that the three countries operate a total of 108 AH-64Ds, with an average age of 19.6 years.
  • The UK operates 50 (with 16 examples in storage)
  • The Netherlands 28
  • The UAE 30.
> The UK also has orders for 38 AH-64Es, while the UAE has orders for 10.
> In May 2017, the US DoD announced that 38 of the UK’s AH-64s would be remanufactured into the “’E” variant.
> In September 2018, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced a letter of agreement with the Netherlands for a $1.19 billion upgrade deal covering its 28 Apaches.
> As part of its purchase of new build AH-64Es, the UAE had requested the upgrade of 28 AH-64Ds to the “E” variant.
In addition, on 23 December the US Army awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion FMS contract for the sustainment of AH-64D/E helicopters operated by
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Kuwait
  • the Netherlands
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • and the United Arab Emirates.
    SOURCE > https://www.flightglobal.com 
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    Boeing shows AH-64 Block 2 Apache latest upgrade combat Speed Lift (FVL). 
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Boeing shows AH-64 Block 2 Apache latest upgrade combat Speed Lift (FVL). Program 2019
Boeing has unveiled conceptual images of a variant of the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, FlightGlobal reported Friday.
Compound Apache will have a small wing, pusher propeller and a tail rotor as well as feature increased aircraft speed and range, the company noted.
The company said it believes the new Apache variant could meet the U.S. Army’s requirement for the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft program launched in April.
“It appears their focus is on the assault variant,” Randy Rotte, director of business development for cargo helicopters and Future Vertical Lift programs at Boeing, said of the service branch’s plan.
Boeing has conducted wind-tunnel testing of a small-scale model of the Compound Apache aircraft.
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Boeing AH-64 Apache Attack helicopter In Action -
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Published on Dec 22, 2017
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While often referred to as a “flying tank”, the Apache is in fact unrivalled in its capacity to destroy actual tanks and is undoubtedly the most lethal helicopter ever built.
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An AH-64 Apache helicopter in the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade is pulled off from the airfield for repair Oct. 26, 2017, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium. Three hundred members of the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade arrived with 77 helicopters to the port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, in October and then came to the air base for lodging, logistics and refueling before deploying to Germany, Poland, Latvia and Romania in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.

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