Black Watch

Blackwatch to Provide Engineering and Manufacturing Sustainment Services for DMEA

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Monday, September 18, 2023

As part of the initial award, Blackwatch received a $34.6 million task order.

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  • As part of the initial award, Blackwatch received a $34.6 million task order.
  • "We are excited to build on our longstanding and successful commitment with the DMEA to provide high quality support for their one-of-a-kind semiconductor foundry," said Blackwatch Senior Vice President of Strategic Growth Lee Tanner.
  • "This contract presents a significant opportunity for Blackwatch to enhance the types of services we can provide to Federal organizations to help achieve their strategic national security objectives."
  • The DMEA is at the forefront of microelectronics technology and is composed of more than 200 advanced technology specialists and engineering facilities.

Tartan at V&A Dundee: a celebration of the pattern’s disruptive power

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Friday, May 12, 2023

Following radiocarbon dating and extensive dye analysis, the Glen Affric tartan – first discovered in a peat bog in the 1980s – has been dated to between 1500 and 1600.

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  • Following radiocarbon dating and extensive dye analysis, the Glen Affric tartan – first discovered in a peat bog in the 1980s – has been dated to between 1500 and 1600.
  • There are examples of 1960s ecclesiastical architecture by Dutch Benedictine monk Hans van der Laan, based on the Grey Douglas tartan pattern.
  • This includes Shuka cloth from west Africa and Bhutanese fabric that shares a visual affinity with Scottish tartan.
  • Visitors are encouraged to understand tartan in four interlinked spaces: Innovating Tartan, Tartan and Identity, Tartan and Power, and Transcendental Tartan.

Moments of rupture and discontinuity

    • We rejected a chronological narrative for this exhibition because of tartan’s unique history, which is complex, multilayered, and full of moments of rupture and discontinuity.
    • Possibly the most significant of these ruptures occurred following the final defeat of the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Culloden.

Tartan and the establishment

    • In this sequence, a soldier of the Black Watch regiment serving in Iraq is repeatedly dressed and undressed in successive variants of the regimental tartan uniform.
    • Here, tartan is used to represent a choreographed collapsing of military history.
    • That collection catapulted tartan into the 21st century, reclaiming its potential for resistance and revolt.

Blackwatch International to Provide Enterprise Infrastructure Services for USPTO

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

MCLEAN, Va., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackwatch International Corporation has been awarded a 5-year, $68 million contract with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to provide Enterprise Infrastructure Product Line Rapid Phase Production engineering, operations, and maintenance support for more than 13,000 Linux, Windows, and Virtual servers across two data centers and multiple cloud environments.

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  • MCLEAN, Va., May 3, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Blackwatch International Corporation has been awarded a 5-year, $68 million contract with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to provide Enterprise Infrastructure Product Line Rapid Phase Production engineering, operations, and maintenance support for more than 13,000 Linux, Windows, and Virtual servers across two data centers and multiple cloud environments.
  • We are excited to implement agile processes and procedures as part of the USPTO New Ways of Working to deliver and measure business value," Blackwatch President Cliff Webster said.
  • The USPTO furthers effective IP protection for U.S. innovators and entrepreneurs worldwide by working with other agencies to secure strong IP provisions in free trade and other international agreements.
  • "We look forward to working collaboratively with USPTO to help deliver safe, secure, and agile infrastructure services by engineering, implementing, and transitioning to automated server provisioning, containers, and cloud capabilities.

A BEAUTIFUL NOISE, THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL Original Broadway Cast Recording to be Released on UMe

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With his first break into songwriting in the 1960s, his meteoric rise in the 1970s, and plenty of crushing disappointments and heart-stopping triumphs along the way, Neil Diamond has maintained an almost unthinkable level of superstardom for five straight decades. So how did a poor Jewish kid from Brooklyn become one of the most universally adored showmen of all time? There's only one way to tell it: a Broadway musical set to his era-defining smash hits that entranced the world. A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical begins preview performances on Wednesday, November 2, with an official opening night set for Sunday, December 4, at the Broadhurst Theatre. Tickets for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, are available HERE.

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  • Tickets for A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, are available HERE .
  • To complement the launch of the show in New York, the Original Broadway Cast Recording of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical will be released on all streaming platforms via UMe on November 2, 2022, and on CD and December 2, 2022, just ahead of the official opening night.
  • To preorder the Original Broadway Cast Recording of A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, click HERE.
  • All songs from A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical, are written or co-written by Neil Diamond.

Digitized Photos and Newsreels Offer Glimpse Into Lives of Canadians During WWII

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Wednesday, November 3, 2021

The resulting material created by these units available in these collections on Ancestry was circulated by a variety of local and international newspapers and newsreels.

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  • The resulting material created by these units available in these collections on Ancestry was circulated by a variety of local and international newspapers and newsreels.
  • Simon Pearce, military family history expert from Ancestry says, "Canada's military and civilians played a key role during WWII.
  • Ancestry, the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, empowers journeys of personal discovery to enrich lives.
  • With our unparalleled collection of over 30 billion records and over 20 million AncestryDNA kits to date, customers can discover their family story.

Fortune Minerals Announces the Passing of Carl Clouter

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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Carl Clouter was born in Catalina, Newfoundland, and raised in Gander, an important hub for trans-Atlantic aviation refueling.

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  • Carl Clouter was born in Catalina, Newfoundland, and raised in Gander, an important hub for trans-Atlantic aviation refueling.
  • Carl Clouter earned his pilots license and twin engine endorsement while working as a maintenance worker for Eastern Provincial Airways in Gander.
  • While living in Behchoko, Carl Clouter was approached by the RCMP to become a Sentencing Justice of the Peace.
  • Fortune Minerals is profoundly saddened by Carls passing and this premature conclusion to an epic journey.