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441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
as well as better onboard safety equipment, and recommended changes to procedure regarding the use of radar at night.
In July 2006, Sea King HC.4 helicopters based at RNAS Yeovilton were temporarily deployed to Cyprus to assist in Operation Highbrow, the evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon.
... | 6,129,000 |
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Afghan deployment had been criticised as the Sea Kings had not been fitted with protective Kevlar armour.
## Australia.
In 1974, Australia purchased 12 Westland Sea King Mk 50s as the Royal Australian Navy's new ASW helicopter; the Sea Kings replaced the aircraft carrier 's complement of Westland We... | 6,129,001 |
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sonar instead of the Plessey sonar of the Royal Navy Sea Kings. They also had more powerful engines giving improved high temperature hover performance. Australia's Sea Kings were flown by 817 Squadron RAN from HMAS "Melbourne" until the carrier was retired from service, without replacement. As the Sea... | 6,129,002 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
and tsunami, Australian Sea Kings played a major role in disaster relief efforts in Indonesia's Aceh province, delivering medical teams and supplies from Royal Australian Navy ships. Prior to retirement, the last major missions were flown during the 2010–11 Queensland floods, in which Sea Kings provid... | 6,129,003 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
system, resulting from maintenance deficiencies. In May 2007, the six remaining Sea Kings were grounded for two months following the discovery of a number of missing parts.
On 1 September 2011, the Australian Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, announced that the Sea Kings would be withdrawn ... | 6,129,004 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
of 817 Squadron RAN at NAS Nowra. Five of the withdrawn helicopters have been made available for sale. The replacement for the Sea King is the MRH 90.
## India.
Following the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Pakistan invested heavily in modern submarines and long-range torpedoes. In response, India opted... | 6,129,005 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
war; by November 1971, increased aircrew experience had enabled offensive anti-submarine operations to be conducted. The "Majestic"-class aircraft carrier was also refitted in 1972–1974 to enable extensive Sea King operations, becoming the carrier's primary anti-submarine aircraft.
During the early 1... | 6,129,006 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
a practice pioneered by the Royal Canadian Navy using their Sikorsky CH-124 Sea Kings on similar-sized frigates. It proved unfeasible to operate the Sea King from the unmodified "Nilgiri" class, with the last two ships of the class being fitted with an enlarged flight deck and hangar. This required re... | 6,129,007 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
but larger. The resultant , also known as Project 16, could operate two Sea Kings simultaneously.
In 1982, India signed a contract to purchase several Mk42B Sea Kings, an upgraded variant to perform dual-purpose: anti-shipping and anti-submarine missions, following a competition for the order against... | 6,129,008 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
blades, as well as the integration of the Sea Eagle missile, which had been procured from Britain in 1983. Between 1988 and 1992, a total of 20 Mk42B Sea Kings were delivered to the Indian Navy.
Six Sea Kings in troop-carrying capacity, designated Mk42C, were also procured in 1987. Although the India... | 6,129,009 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
maintenance record.
In May 1998, the United States enacted sanctions upon India as a part of the international response to a series of nuclear weapons tests by India. , these sanctions effectively grounded India's Sea Kings because India could not purchase any US-supplied spare parts for the fleet. W... | 6,129,010 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
jointly maintain and perform upgrades to India's fleet of Sea Kings.
## Norway.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice owns 12 Mk43B Sea Kings which are operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Forces's 330 Squadron. The aircraft are used for SAR and air ambulance missions and are under the command of the Joi... | 6,129,011 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
at Rygge Air Station. Florø Airport became a station for one helicopter from 2009.
The helicopters are to be replaced by AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin under the Norwegian All-Weather Search and Rescue Helicopter (NAWSARH) programme. The candidates for the NAWSARH contract of 10–12 helicopters was the A... | 6,129,012 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
and Rescue Role. This was the first export sale for the Westland Sea King, and was the first dedicated Search and Rescue Sea King variant, with an enlarged cabin and more fuel. The German Sea Kings had similar radar and navigation equipment to the HAS.1, but was not fitted with sonar. The 22 Sea Kings... | 6,129,013 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
21 remaining Sea Kings are tasked to a variety of roles including SAR, transport, disaster relief, tactical land–sea transport, evacuation, surveillance, reconnaissance and naval support. The main base is Nordholz, although units are always stationed at Heligoland Airport and Warnemünde, and sometimes... | 6,129,014 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
An electronic warfare version was also deployed by the Egyptian Air Force, featuring sophisticated onboard jamming systems. As of 2011, 23 Sea Kings/Commandos remain in service with Egypt.
The Qatar Emiri Air Force also operates Westland's Commando variant, as a standard utility transport for ground ... | 6,129,015 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
role, carrying the Exocet missile as an alternative to the normal anti-submarine weapon load of four Mark 44 or Mark 46 torpedoes. One of Pakistan's Sea Kings was lost in an accident in February 1986, and was replaced by an ex-Royal Navy HAS.5, redesignated Mk.45C, in January 1989.
The Belgian Air Fo... | 6,129,016 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Kings in the SAR role. Delays in delivery of Belgium's NH90s, together with an increased demand for the NH90s to operate from the Belgian Navy's frigates, resulted in the retirement date for the Sea Kings being pushed back to 2018. Three Sea Kings remained operational in 2017. Belgian Sea Kings had be... | 6,129,017 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Sea King HAR.3A
- Sea King HC.4 / Westland Commando
- Sea King HC.4X
- Sea King Mk.4X
- Sea King HAS.5
- Sea King HAR.5
- Sea King AEW.5
- Sea King HU.5
- Sea King HAS.6
- Sea King HAS.6(CR)
- Sea King ASaC7
- Sea King Mk.41
- Sea King Mk.42
- Sea King Mk.42A
- Sea King Mk.42B
- Sea Kin... | 6,129,018 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Norwegian Air Force
- Pakistan Naval Air Arm
- Qatar Emiri Air Force
- HeliOperations - Two operating for the training of Federal German Navy crews
## Former Operators.
- Royal Australian Navy
- Belgian Air Component - retired December 2018
- Royal Air Force - retired 2015
- Royal Navy - retir... | 6,129,019 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
– Sea King Mk 42 on static display at the Naval Aviation Museum in Dabolim, Goa.
- United Kingdom
- XV677 – Sea King HAS.6 on static display at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.
- XV712 – Sea King HAS.6 on static display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in Duxford... | 6,129,020 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
display at Morayvia in Kinloss, Moray.
- XZ593 – Sea King HAR.3 in storage at the Falkland Islands Museum and National Trust in Stanley, Falkland Islands. The aircraft was donated to the people of the Islands in 2016 after being retired. It will eventually go on display in a new museum annex.
- ZA29... | 6,129,021 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
war in Afghanistan where it suffered a direct hit by an anti-tank RPG.
- ZD477 - Sea King HC.4 on static display at East Midlands Aeropark.
# References.
## Bibliography.
- Allen, Patrick. "Sea King". London: Airlife, 1993. .
- Armistead, Leigh and Edwin Armistead. "Awacs and Hawkeyes: The Comple... | 6,129,022 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Science: Applied Research in Britain's Defence Laboratories, 1945–1990". London: NMSI Trading, 2002. .
- Burden, Rodney A., Michael A. Draper, Douglas A. Rough, Colin A. Smith and David Wilton. "Falklands: The Air War". Twickenham, UK: British Aviation Research Group, 1986. .
- Byers, R.B. "The Denu... | 6,129,023 |
441274 | Westland Sea King | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Westland%20Sea%20King | Westland Sea King
Sea King: Modern Combat Aircraft 18". Surrey, UK: Ian Allan, 1984. .
- Chesneau, Roger. "Aeroguide 10: Westland Sea King HAR Mk 3". Essex, UK: Linewrights, 1985. .
- Donald, David., Christopher Chant. "Air War in the Gulf 1991". Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2001. .
- Ellis, Ken. "Wrecks & Relics"... | 6,129,024 |
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of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, 1990. .
- Gillett, Ross. "Australia's Armed Forces of the Eighties". Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia: Child & Henry, 1986. .
- Harding, Ian. "Going Strong at 40". "Air International", Vol. 92, No. 3, March 2017. pp. 84–87. .
- Hewish, Mark. "Air Forces of the Worl... | 6,129,025 |
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International", Vol 180 no. 5321, 13–19 December 2011. pp. 26–52. .
- Howard, Lee, Mick Burrow and Eric Myall. "Fleet Air Arm Helicopters since 1943". Staplefield, Sussex, UK: Air-Britain, 2011. .
- James, Derek N. "Westland Aircraft since 1915". London: Putnam, 1991. .
- Lake, Jon. "Westland Sea K... | 6,129,026 |
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London: Conway, 2006. .
- Singh, Pushpindar. "Sealand to Bear-Foxtrot...The History of India's Naval Air Arm: Part Two". "Air International", Vol. 40 No. 1, January 1991. pp. 34–44. .
- Thorn, Jim and Gerard Frawley. "International Directory of Military Aircraft 1996–1997." Fyshwick, Australian Capi... | 6,129,027 |
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national", Vol. 40 No. 1, January 1991. pp. 34–44. .
- Thorn, Jim and Gerard Frawley. "International Directory of Military Aircraft 1996–1997." Fyshwick, Australian Capital Territory, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1996. .
- Uttley, Matthew. "Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945–19... | 6,129,028 |
441362 | Thomas Chittenden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Chittenden | Thomas Chittenden
Thomas Chittenden
Thomas Chittenden (January 6, 1730August 25, 1797) was a major figure in the early history of Vermont, and was leader of the territory for nearly two decades. Chittenden was the first and third president of the state of Vermont, serving from 1778 to 1789, when Vermont was a largely ... | 6,129,029 |
441362 | Thomas Chittenden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Chittenden | Thomas Chittenden
The couple had four sons and six daughters while they were living in Connecticut. All the children survived to adulthood. He was a justice of the peace in Salisbury and a member of the Colonial Assembly from 1765 to 1769. He served in Connecticut's 14th Regiment from 1767 to 1773,
rising to the rank ... | 6,129,030 |
441362 | Thomas Chittenden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Chittenden | Thomas Chittenden
Congress to allow Vermont to join the Union. The Congress deferred the matter in order to not antagonize the states of New York and New Hampshire, which had competing claims against Vermont. During the period of the Vermont Republic, Chittenden served as governor from 1778 to 1789 and 1790 to 1791, an... | 6,129,031 |
441362 | Thomas Chittenden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Chittenden | Thomas Chittenden
Cemetery, Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont. Citing Vermont's tumultuous founding, his epitaph reads "Out of storm and manifold perils rose an enduring state, the home of freedom and unity."
# Legacy and honors.
An engraved portrait of Chittenden can be found just outside the entrance to the Exe... | 6,129,032 |
441362 | Thomas Chittenden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas%20Chittenden | Thomas Chittenden
the entrance to the Executive Chamber, the ceremonial office of the governor, at the Vermont State House at Montpelier. A bronze sculpture of Chittenden can also be found on the grounds of the Vermont State House near the building's west entrance. In the 1990s a statue of him was erected in front of t... | 6,129,033 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 – March 14, 1969) was a Lithuanian-born American artist. He is best known for his works of social realism, his left-wing political views, and his series of lectures published as "The Shape of Content".
# Biography.
Shahn was born in Kaunas, Lithuania, then part of th... | 6,129,034 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
of Brooklyn, New York, where two more siblings were born. His younger brother drowned at age 17. Shahn began his path to becoming an artist in New York, where he was first trained as a lithographer. Shahn's early experiences with lithography and graphic design is apparent in his later prints and paintings whi... | 6,129,035 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
where he made "the traditional artist pilgrimage." There he studied great European artists such as Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy, Georges Rouault, Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee. Contemporaries who would make a profound impact on Shahn's work and career include artists Walker Evans, Diego Rivera and Jean Charlot.
S... | 6,129,036 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
academic prescriptions for subject matter. "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti" was exhibited in 1932 and received acclaim from both the public and critics. This series gave Shahn the confidence to cultivate his personal style, regardless of society’s art standards.
# Work during the Great Depression.
Shahn'... | 6,129,037 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
his second wife. Although this marriage was successful, the mural, his 1934 project for the Public Works of Art Projects and proposal for the Municipal Art Commission were all failures. Fortunately, in 1935, Shahn was recommended by Walker Evans, a friend and former roommate, to Roy Stryker to join the photog... | 6,129,038 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
the RA and FSA exposed American living and working conditions. He also worked for these agencies as a graphic artist and painter. Shahn's fresco mural for the school of Jersey Homesteads is among his most famous works, but the government also hired Shahn to execute the Bronx Central Annex Post Office and Soci... | 6,129,039 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
but members of Congress to support federal relief and recovery programs … The art he made for the federal government affirms both his own legacy and that of the New Deal."
# World War II and beyond.
During the war years of 1942–43, Shahn worked for the Office of War Information (OWI), but his pieces lacked ... | 6,129,040 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
called "Lucky Dragon", about the Daigo Fukuryū Maru (literally, "Lucky Dragon No. 5"), the Japanese fishing boat caught in the Bikini Atoll hydrogen bomb blast. As of 2012, an important part of this series is in the collections of Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art.
In 1947 he directed a summer session of t... | 6,129,041 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
on the right hand half of Shahn's 35mm frame was blown up for the display.
From 1961 to 1967, Shahn worked on the stained glass at Temple Beth Zion, a Buffalo, NY synagogue designed by Harrison & Abramovitz.
Shahn also began to act as a commercial artist for CBS, "Time", "Fortune" and "Harper's". His well-k... | 6,129,042 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the Academia dell' Arte e del Disegno in Florence. The Art Directors Club Hall of Fame recognizes him as "one of the greatest masters of the twentieth century. Honors, books, and gallery retrospectives continue to rekind... | 6,129,043 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
influential works in the art world.
After his death, William Schuman composed "In Praise of Shahn", a modern canticle for orchestra, first performed January 29, 1970, by the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein conducting.
# Themes.
Ben Shahn’s social-realist vision informed his approach to art. Shahn’... | 6,129,044 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
an alternative, he proposed an intimate and mutually beneficial relationship between artist and audience.
Shahn defended his choice to employ pictorial realities, rather than abstract forms. According to Shahn, known forms allow the artist "to discover new truths about man and to reaffirm that his life is si... | 6,129,045 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
is vital for progress. His hope for a unity among the diverse peoples of the United States relates to his interest in fusing different visual vocabularies.
# Style.
Shahn mixed different genres of art. His body of art is distinctive for its lack of traditional landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. Shahn u... | 6,129,046 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
In fact, many of his paintings are inventive adaptations of his photography.
Evocative juxtapositions characterize his aesthetic. He intentionally paired contrasting scales, colors, and images together to create tension. One signature example is seen in his play between industrial coolness and warm human por... | 6,129,047 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
made around 1933 just after he took up photography and before his period as a FSA photographer. It has striking symmetry rarely achieved amongst the random events of the street. To make the painting of the scene six years later, Shahn transcribed the positions of the handball players including the photographi... | 6,129,048 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
in the photograph. The line markings on the wall are made to converge to further stretch the space. In a 1957 interview, Shahn described his painting as being about “social relationships”.
Shahn's art is striking but also introspective. He often captured figures engrossed in their own worlds. Many of his pho... | 6,129,049 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
Farm Security Administration commissioned Ben Shahn to paint a mural for the school of Jersey Homesteads (later renamed Roosevelt), a New Jersey town initially planned to be a community for Jewish garment workers. Shahn's move to the settlement demonstrates his dedication to the project as does his mural's co... | 6,129,050 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
the antisemitic and xenophobic obstacles American immigrants faced. During the global Depression, citizens of the United States struggled for their livelihoods. Because foreigners represented competition for employment, they were especially unwelcome. National immigration quotas also reflected the strained fo... | 6,129,051 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
center and the Statue of Liberty. This section demonstrates the immigrants' heroic emergence in the United States.
The middle panel describes the poor living conditions awaiting immigrants after their arrival. On the right, Shahn depicts the inhuman labor situation in the form of "lightless sweatshops ... te... | 6,129,052 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
marked ILGWU symbolizes a new and hopeful path, in the United States, paved by unionized labor.
In the last panel, the unions and the New Deal unite to create the blueprint for the town of the Jersey Homesteads. Various figures of social progress such as Sidney Hillman and Heywood Broun gather around the dra... | 6,129,053 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
the second floor of the US Post Office building at 401 Market St, Camden, NJ. This gallery adjoins the neighboring Mitchell H. Cohen Building and U.S. Courthouse (4th and Cooper Streets).
Shahn’s biographer Soby notes "the composition of the mural at Roosevelt follows the undulant principle Shahn had learned... | 6,129,054 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
Shahn gives his figures a monumental quality through volume and scale. The urban architecture does not dwarf the people; instead, they work with the surroundings to build their own structure. Shahn captured the urgency for activism and reform, by showing gestures and mid-steps and freezing all the subjects in... | 6,129,055 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1931–3", Whitney Museum
- "Untitled (Houston Street Playground, New York City)," 1932, Fogg Art Museum
- "W.C.T.U Parade," 1933-4, Museum of the City of New York
- "Jersey Homesteads Mural," 1937-38, Community Center of the Federal Housing Development, Roosevelt, New Jersey
- "Still... | 6,129,056 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
Anxiety," 1953, The Joseph H. Hirschhorn Foundation, Inc.
# Exhibitions.
- "Ben Shahn: Paintings and Drawings," 1930, Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery in New York, New York
- "57th Annual American Exhibition: Water Colors and Drawings," 1946, Tate Gallery in London, England
- "Ben Shahn: A Retrospective,"... | 6,129,057 |
441346 | Ben Shahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ben%20Shahn | Ben Shahn
in Pennsylvania.
- "Ben Shahn: A Retrospective Exhibition," 1969, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey.
- "Ben Shahn's New York: The Photography of Modern Times," 2000-2001, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
# Further reading.
"Ben Shahn's New Deal Murals: Jewish Identity in the American ... | 6,129,058 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
Education for Death
Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi is an animated propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released on January 15, 1943, by RKO Radio Pictures, directed by Clyde Geronimi and principally animated by Ward Kimball. The short is based on the non-fictio... | 6,129,059 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
the service of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. They are given a copy of "Mein Kampf" by the judge as a reward for their service to Hitler; their passport contains spaces for 12 more children (a hint that the couple is expected to produce a large family for the Fatherland).
This is followed by the ... | 6,129,060 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
of this story seems to be that Hitler got Germany on her feet, climbed onto the saddle, and took her for a ride.") Thanks to this kind of distorted children's story, Hans becomes fascinated with Hitler as he and the rest of the younger members of the Hitler Youth give the Hitler salute to a portrait... | 6,129,061 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
leave, implying if Hans does not get well, he will be euthanized. He orders her not to do anything more to him that will cause him to lose heart and be weak, explaining that a soldier must show no emotion, mercy, or feelings whatsoever.
Hans eventually recovers and resumes his "education" in a scho... | 6,129,062 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
cap. As Hans sits in the corner, he hears the rest of the classmates "correctly" interpret the cartoon as "weakness has no place in a soldier" and "the strong shall rule the weak". This causes Hans to recant his remark and agree that the weak must be destroyed.
Hans then takes part in a book-burnin... | 6,129,063 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
heiling" until he becomes an adult or "Good Nazi" (now in Wehrmacht uniform) embroiled in hatred towards anyone else who opposes Hitler. With "no seed of laughter, hope, tolerance, or mercy" planted in him, he "sees no more than the party wants him to [see], says nothing but what the party wants him... | 6,129,064 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
was under government contract to produce 32 animated shorts from 1941 to 1945. In 1940, Walt Disney spent four times his budget on the feature film "Fantasia" (1940) which suffered from low box office turnout. Nearing bankruptcy and with half of his employees on strike, Walt Disney was forced to loo... | 6,129,065 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
Smith's lone English language narration. A voice track of Adolf Hitler in full demagogic rant is used in a torchlight rally scene. A sequence follows in which Hans becomes a German soldier along with other Hitler Youth.
Intended as anti-Nazi propaganda during World War II, the film is rarely shown ... | 6,129,066 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
the Nazi schooling of the German youth.
The narrative story focuses around a group of youth that under the guidance of a Nazi storm trooper, Franzen, take a hiking trip into the woods. As night falls, Franzen "lectures the troop on their duty to preserve the purity of the human race, and proposes t... | 6,129,067 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
who douses them with kerosene and lights them on fire. The troop then sings the "Deutschlandlied" (""Deutschland, Deutschland über alles"") and the Horst Wessel anthem around the fire.
The book inspired two different adaptations; "Education for Death" and "Hitler's Children". The former took Ziemer... | 6,129,068 |
441353 | Education for Death | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Education%20for%20Death | Education for Death
s laws about the strong fox having the right to kill the weak rabbit. When Hans does not agree with the teacher, he is punished until he falls in line. The scene involving the book burning is part of the ending compilation of Nazi transformation and destruction. It shows a torch-bearing crowd settin... | 6,129,069 |
441389 | Steve Linford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Linford | Steve Linford
Steve Linford
Stephen John "Steve" Linford (born 12 December 1956) is a British entrepreneur and anti-spam campaigner best known for founding The Spamhaus Project.
# Biography.
Linford was born in London, England, in 1956. His family moved to Rome, Italy, where Steve attended St. George's British Inter... | 6,129,070 |
441389 | Steve Linford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Linford | Steve Linford
Jackson toured Italy, Linford served as their Production Manager.
As computers began to be used in the music industry, Linford developed an interest in computer technology. In 1986 he moved to England, where he set up a software company whose flagship product was a file-searching program called UltraFind... | 6,129,071 |
441389 | Steve Linford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Linford | Steve Linford
became an anti-spam campaigner. In 1998 he founded Spamhaus.
With the support of the internet's major networks, Spamhaus started a real-time spam-blacklisting database which was then used by internet service providers, governments and military networks to block billions of junk and virus emails from reac... | 6,129,072 |
441389 | Steve Linford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Linford | Steve Linford
England to return to live by the Mediterranean and currently resides near Monaco. He is CEO of the Spamhaus organization, a group of several companies based in Geneva, Switzerland. The companies work in communications filter technology and internet security.
# Awards.
In 2003 the "New York Times" dedica... | 6,129,073 |
441389 | Steve Linford | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve%20Linford | Steve Linford
tly resides near Monaco. He is CEO of the Spamhaus organization, a group of several companies based in Geneva, Switzerland. The companies work in communications filter technology and internet security.
# Awards.
In 2003 the "New York Times" dedicated the front page of its Business section to an article ... | 6,129,074 |
441379 | Viva La Bam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viva%20La%20Bam | Viva La Bam
Viva La Bam
Viva La Bam is an American reality television series that starred Bam Margera and his friends and family. The show was a spin-off from MTV's "Jackass", in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared. Each episode had a specific theme, mission, or challenge which was normally accomplish... | 6,129,075 |
441379 | Viva La Bam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viva%20La%20Bam | Viva La Bam
uncle Don Vito. The show was mostly filmed in and around West Chester, Pennsylvania and also visited Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Mexico, Brazil, and Europe. Bam and his friends also went to Miami in 2006 for "Viva La Spring Break".
The show debuted on October 26, 2003, ... | 6,129,076 |
441379 | Viva La Bam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viva%20La%20Bam | Viva La Bam
"Last Call with Carson Daly". His comment was that there would be no sixth season, but there would be occasional MTV specials and he and Johnny Knoxville were planning things for possible "Jackass" stunts.
## Featured music and guests.
The show also often featured music from some of Margera's favorite ban... | 6,129,077 |
441379 | Viva La Bam | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Viva%20La%20Bam | Viva La Bam
atured music from some of Margera's favorite bands, such as HIM, CKY, The Bloodhound Gang, Cradle of Filth, Clutch, Turbonegro, Dimmu Borgir, Carnal Forge, Slayer, Gwar, Children of Bodom, The Bled, The 69 Eyes, and skate rock legends Free Beer. Many of Margera's friends also appear on the show, including J... | 6,129,078 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
Wildboyz
Wildboyz is an American television series. It is a spin-off and follow-up to "Jackass". "Wildboyz" debuted in 2003 on MTV, and moved to MTV2 in its third season. Steve-O and Chris Pontius are the stars of the show, who perform stunts and acts with animals, often putting themselves in situations for w... | 6,129,079 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
seasons, Pontius and Steve-O have traveled to 19 different locations. At each location, the pair would both interact with the wild as well as learn the culture of the natives. Some of their antics include dressing up and running with the animals they encounter, subjecting themselves to the defense mechanisms o... | 6,129,080 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
been bitten by a black bear. One of their most dangerous stunts showed the boys attracting a great white shark while disguised as seals, then later jumping into the open water just 10m away, as well as placing dangling meat attached to a hammock to attract wild lions. In another dangerous stunt, the pair dress... | 6,129,081 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
narrations of various animals and indigenous cultures. What separates Steve-O and Chris Pontius from their animal show-host colleagues is their complete fearlessness despite their lack of training. This recklessness is also seen in their willingness to interact with the various cultures that they come in conta... | 6,129,082 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
Elyashkevich also serves as the Director of Photography as well as executive producer for the show. Manny Puig, a wild animal expert who appeared on "Jackass" several times, occasionally joins the Wildboyz on their adventures. Fellow "Jackass" cast members Johnny Knoxville and Wee-Man also make occasional appe... | 6,129,083 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
leading to the end of "Wildboyz". Steve-O writes instead that,
In all 32 episodes were produced, more than its predecessor "Jackass".
Though no proper series finale was created, the concept of "Wildboyz" was somewhat revisited during "Jackass Number Two", which was filmed after "Wildboyz" had ended. Director... | 6,129,084 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
sharks in the Gulf of Mexico. The sketch involved Pontius fishing with Steve-O as his bait, and in order to attach himself to Pontius' fishing line, Steve-O put a fish hook through his cheek. The sketch ended after Steve-O kicked a mako shark in the head. During the commentary for "Jackass Number Two", "Jackas... | 6,129,085 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
Tremaine said that it would never have aired on MTV.
Additional footage captured during the filming of "Jackass Number Two" also followed a "Wildboyz"-style format. These sketches can be seen in "Jackass 2.5":
- A balloon is placed between Steve-O's butt and is popped by the bite of an eastern diamondback ra... | 6,129,086 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
in the world. Steve-o throws up repeatedly, upsetting the many Indian actresses on set.
- One sketch was designed to display all Indian stereotypes in one scene. After much searching for a talent to perform this skit, Ehren McGhehey agrees reluctantly. He lies on a bed of nails wearing a turban with a cobra i... | 6,129,087 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
to "Wildboyz" include:
- Steve-O getting bitten on the buttocks by an alligator snapping turtle. Steve-O claimed numerous times throughout "Wildboyz" his dislike for alligator snapping turtles. Once the turtle bit, it refused to let go as Steve-O screamed and writhed in pain.
- During the filming of "Jackass... | 6,129,088 |
441382 | Wildboyz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wildboyz | Wildboyz
e funniest thing he had ever filmed." The "Jackass" crew made an unsuccessful attempt to replicate this with a donkey and a costume of one with clearly defined orifices. Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville manned the costume. Even after coating the orifices with female donkey urine, the donkey failed to become arouse... | 6,129,089 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
Somali language
Somali ( ) is an Afroasiatic language belonging to the Cushitic branch. It is spoken as a mother tongue by Somalis in Greater Somalia and the Somali diaspora. Somali is an official language of Somalia, a national language in Djibouti, and a working language in the Somali Region of Ethio... | 6,129,090 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
of the language dating back to the late 19th century.
# Geographic distribution.
Somali is spoken by Somalis in Somalia, Somaliland, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Yemen, Kenya, and by the Somali diaspora. It is also spoken as an adoptive language by a few ethnic minority groups and individuals in these areas.
... | 6,129,091 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
diaspora increased in size, with newer Somali speech communities forming in parts of the Middle East, North America and Europe.
## Official status.
Constitutionally, Somali and Arabic are the two official languages of Somalia. Somali has been an official national language since January 1973, when the ... | 6,129,092 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
orthography as the official national alphabet over several other writing scripts that were then in use. Concurrently, the Italian-language daily newspaper "Stella d'Ottobre" ("The October Star") was nationalized, renamed to "Xiddigta Oktoobar", and began publishing in Somali. The state-run Radio Mogadis... | 6,129,093 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
it constitutes a major national language there. Somali is used in television and radio broadcasts, with the government-operated Radio Djibouti transmitting programs in the language from 1943 onwards.
The Somali language is regulated by the Regional Somali Language Academy, an intergovernmental institut... | 6,129,094 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
the basis for Standard Somali. It is spoken by more than 60% of the entire Somali population, with its speech area stretching from northern Somalia to parts of the eastern and southwestern sections of the country. This widespread modern distribution is a result of a long series of southward population m... | 6,129,095 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
by northern Somali settlers in the southern riverine areas).
Benadir (also known as Coastal Somali) is spoken on the central Indian Ocean seaboard, including Mogadishu. It forms a relatively large group. The dialect is fairly mutually intelligible with Northern Somali.
Maay is principally spoken by th... | 6,129,096 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
or media. However, Maay speakers often use Standard Somali as a lingua franca, which is learned via mass communications, internal migration and urbanization.
Maay is closely related with the Jiddu, Dabarre, Garre and Tunni varieties that are also spoken by smaller Rahanweyn communities. Collectively, t... | 6,129,097 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
Maay, constitute separate Cushitic languages. The degree of divergence is comparable to that between Spanish and Portuguese. Of the Digil varieties, Jiddu is the most incomprehensible to Benadir and Northern speakers. Despite these linguistic differences, Somali speakers collectively view themselves as ... | 6,129,098 |
441357 | Somali language | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Somali%20language | Somali language
as well as long or short versions. This gives a distinct 20 pure vowel sounds. It also exhibits three tones: high, low and falling. Vowels harmonize within a harmonic group, so all vowels within the group must either be front or back. The Somali orthography does not distinguish between the front and bac... | 6,129,099 |
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