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Space Oddity: The legends of the Baikonur Cosmodrome
Ekaterina Turysheva
The Baikonur Cosmodrome is a leading symbol of the space age. Source: RIA Novosti
Constructed in top secret, the remote Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan has been the departure point for Soviet and Russian space missions since the 1950s. However, the history of the space center is also full of surreal stories and legends.
All of the Soviet Union's legendary space odysseys began from a single point on the map: the Baikonur Cosmodrome, lying in the middle of the endless Kazakh steppe. The first artificial Earth satellite, the first craft to approach the Moon, and the first manned orbital craft spacecraft were all launched here, making Baikonur a leading symbol of the space age.
And as so often happens with all things legendary, the history of Baikonur has become so rich in various stories over the decades that it's hard to separate fact from fiction.
A valley rich in history
Baikonur means "Rich Valley" in Kazakh. The valley in question, however, is actually a desert lying to the east of the Aral Sea. The Soviet government considered several different locations for the country's first (and largest) space center, including Dagestan, the Republic of Mari El, and even the Astrakhan Region.
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But the choice was eventually made in favor of a spot in the Kyzylorda Region, Kazakhstan, which was ideally suited for the purpose. The advantages offered by Baikonur included enough space to position the ground radio relay stations at the required distance from each other, proximity to the equator, and a sunny climate.
For centuries, the nomads that lived in the area had passed the Legend of the Black Herder down the generations. According to the story, a long time ago, the Black Herder fashioned a huge sling out of calf hides and used it to hurl red-hot stones into the sky.
The stones would then fall down and strike the herder's foes, who would flee in utter terror. But in the places where the stones fell, no plants would grow, all the animals died, and the land itself remained burnt and barren for a very long time.
The legend, it seems, was an eerie premonition of things to come: the giant "sling" is now hurling "red-hot" rockets into space.
The secret path to the stars
Mankind took its first step to the stars on January 12, 1955. On that day, two carriages that arrived at the small railway station of Tyuratam were detached from the rest of the train and left there. A group of people wearing half-length uniform coats stepped out. These were the advance team that set about preparing for the arrival of the main corps of the builders of Baikonur.
It is said that when the Soviet Union's main space rocket designer, Sergei Korolev, arrived at the site and saw a new railway track leading from the Tyuratam station into the steppe, he gave an order to start building the launch pad right where the track ended.
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That is how the location was chosen for Gagarin's Start, Baikonur's first launch pad. The rails, cast back in the early 20th century, are still being used to transport space rockets to their launch positions.
Incidentally, the cosmodrome itself was initially named Tyuratam, after the railway station. But since the entire construction project was shrouded in utter secrecy, a different name was used in all official documents. What is more, a decoy space center, with empty shells parading as space center facilities, was built not far from the real Baikonur.
Not content with that, the Soviet officials who oversaw the project then went ahead and ordered a whole decoy town to be built near the decoy space center, complete with the shells of schools, shops, and apartment blocks.
Space records instead of sports records
Elaborate secrecy measures were used throughout the entire project. All construction materials were brought to Tyuratam by railway in passenger cars, which were unloaded in the middle of the night. Even the construction workers at the site were not allowed to know the purpose of the project.
Up until the very last moment they were being told that they were building a stadium. Questions such as "Why build a stadium in the middle of a desert?" were strictly discouraged.
The sky's limit for astronomers in the North Caucasus
It is also said that when workers were excavating the foundations of the Gagarin's Start launch pad, they found an ancient fire pit buried 35 meters underground. Archeologists dated it back to 10,000-35,000 BC.
Korolev took the discovery as a good omen and was later quoted as saying: "People lived here before us. This means that the place will be lucky for us, too." It is also said that he collected a piece of coal from the fire pit and carried it with him in a matchbox for luck.
"Palm trees" in a desert
When the Soviet Union announced that it had successfully put a man into space, Western governments were taken completely by surprise. There was huge international interest in the new Soviet space center.
When General Charles de Gaulle paid a visit to Moscow in 1966, the Soviet Union and France signed an agreement on cooperation in peaceful space exploration. That is when the government in Moscow decided to give the French delegation a glimpse of the place from where Soviet spacecraft were being launched into orbit.
The operation to prepare for the visit by foreign dignitaries was code-named Palm Tree, and was overseen by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev himself.
On June 25, 1966, the town of Leninsk, which lies 45 km (28 miles) from Baikonur, turned into Zvezdograd (Star City) for just one day. The entire city was cleaned and polished to a shine; roads were resurfaced, fences were repainted, and every building got a facelift.
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The visit by the French was timed to coincide with the launch of a Vostok rocket carrying a Kosmos-series satellite. Eyewitnesses say de Gaulle was very impressed, and his son, watching the Vostok lift off through binoculars, kept repeating, "Colossale! Colossale!"
According to official records, there has been a total of four "Palm Tree" operations in the history of Baikonur. The last such event was held in 1970, in preparation for the arrival of another French president, Georges Pompidou.
But there may have been more palm trees in the Kazakh steppe – who knows what other secrets one of the Soviet Union's most secretive places might reveal in the future?
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Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Bid Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to announce a White House bid during an event in Minneapolis on Sunday. The three-term lawmaker joins a large and diverse field of candidates.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar Announces 2020 Presidential Bid
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Heard on All Things Considered
Brian Bakst
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the latest Democrat to announce a White House bid during an event in Minneapolis on Sunday. The three-term lawmaker joins a large and diverse field of candidates.
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar declared herself a Democratic candidate for president this afternoon in Minneapolis. Minnesota Public Radio's Brian Bakst reports on Klobuchar's heartland pitch.
BRIAN BAKST, BYLINE: If Amy Klobuchar was going for a tribute to hardy Midwesterners, that's what she got. Fresh snow and low temperatures were undeniable features of a campaign launched along the Mississippi River. Klobuchar drew heavily on the imagery around the river that starts in Minnesota and travels south through middle America.
(SOUNDBITE OF SPEECH)
AMY KLOBUCHAR: Let us cross the river of our divides and walk across our sturdy bridge to higher ground.
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BAKST: Klobuchar's 58. She's had three blowouts and victories, the latest in November. That's one of her selling points, given that President Donald Trump marched through the upper Midwest in 2016. Her national standing isn't as prominent as other Democrats in the race, but Klobuchar seemed to embrace that.
KLOBUCHAR: I don't come from money. But what I do have is this - I have grit.
BAKST: Even before her launch, Klobuchar has had to answer for complaints over her managerial style and high staff turnover. It served notice that the intense scrutiny of a presidential race is on its way. She outlined a platform of fighting climate change, expanding voter protections and tackling income inequality.
KLOBUCHAR: It is time to organize, time to galvanize, time to take back our democracy.
KLOBUCHAR: It's time, America.
BAKST: Klobuchar has a reputation as a moderate in her party and lately, someone looking to put guardrails on big data companies like Facebook. In the rally crowd was Karl Bunday, who says he left the Republican Party because of Donald Trump and says he thinks Klobuchar has the right stuff.
KARL BUNDAY: It's important, you know, to have people that have that sensibility of the flyover country that actually, you know, tips elections rather than just the coasts.
BAKST: Klobuchar's immediate gaze will be in a state just a bit down river. She'll make neighboring Iowa an early stop in her now official 2020 campaign.
For NPR News, I'm Brian Bakst in Minneapolis.

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Cast your eyes to new horizons. Opt for Britain's favourite cruise line and a world of choice awaits. From six ships to an incredible 225 destinations world-wide, the possibilities for your days away have never been so exciting. There's no holiday quite like it - the fresh sea air, a constantly changing panorama and the feeling of really getting away from it all. Intermingling lazy days with the chance to indulge in new activities both on board and ashore, you can live days at your own pace. Let sociable, spontaneous evenings unfurl and relish exceptional service, life's little luxuries and mouth-watering dining experiences every step of the way.
There's a world out there, and there couldn't be a better way to explore it than with P&O Cruises. The rich and varied culture of southern Europe. The exuberance, sunshine and turquoise waters of the Caribbean. The imperial treasures of the Baltic. The breathtaking beauty of the Norwegian fjords. The charm and natural splendours of the Atlantic Islands. Even the exotic and adventurous destinations of South America. No matter where in the world you wish to explore, P&O Cruises can take you there in effortless style and comfort.
The dining is a big part of a holiday with P&O Cruises, from Gourmet tasting menus to Gala dinners and themed buffet menus to afternoon tea you really will be spoilt for choice.
Evenings are the social highlight of the day. Comedy, theatre and music as the light fades, your ship lights up with no end of options for a great night.
Kick start your day with a trip to the fully-equipped gym and take part in a whole range of classes from Pilates to Tai Chi. Play on some of the world's most famous courses on Aurora and Oceana's golf simulators, challenge friends to a game of cricket and 'tip you hat' to cruising tradition with a game of shuffleboard.
Its smiles all round, with activities designed to engage and enthral. Whatever your children are into, they are sure to make friends, laugh and learn along the way.


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Dining room, originally uploaded by plastolux.
Heart card holder from Avoca, originally uploaded by Lyndar T. Merciless.
Joaquim Tenreiro, originally uploaded by plastolux.
kitchen wall, originally uploaded by misspfui.
good idea for wall decoration by using color wheel.
Feliz Navidad !!!!!!!!!!!!, originally uploaded by parisinita.
17, originally uploaded by escada.
modern-minimalist-white-kitchen, originally uploaded by baliboro.
Day 223 - O Brother, originally uploaded by Aaron Courter.
As a side rant, I can't believe that the modern DSLRs do not have a size crop mode. I would love to look through the view finder and compose to 6x7, 8x10, etc, even if you miss pixels.
**Explored, thank you! For lighting, I used the D90's commander mode and had an SB600 in the corner at 45 degrees up.
***Wow, 3,300 plus views, 400 favs, and over 100 comments. Thanks everyone.
Punchy green bedroom: Black + white bedspread + colorful modern art, by Sheila Bridges, originally uploaded by xJavierx.
Oh, Sheila, how I love thee! I have no idea what paint she used here, but I bet you could get a similar look with Benjamin Moore's Neon Lime or Iguana Green.
Inspiration, originally uploaded by frillie designs.
Redecorando mi dormitorio / Re-decorating my bedroom, originally uploaded by parisinita.
lofted bed, originally uploaded by ooh_food.
with loft bedroom under roof.
toddler bedroom, originally uploaded by Mr_Yuko.
Dreamy white bedroom: Vincente Wolf's Palm Beach makeover + modern four-poster + 'Patriotic White' by Benjamin Moore, originally uploaded by xJavierx.
I'm not one for beds floating haphazardly in the middle of the room (I need the anchoring reassurance of a wall, please), but I love the color palette Vincente Wolf used in this Palm Beach condo.
He designed the bed's powder-coated steel frame, coating it in white enamel "to look like a line drawing" against the pearly blue walls, painted Benjamin Moore's Patriotic White.
Bed curtains are VW Home's Linen Sheer in lime green. Shades are Bergamo's Dunes in ice blue. Anichini bed linens. Tina floor lamps from LightForms.
Photo by Lisa Cregan, House Beautiful, Feb. 2009.
Picture wall, originally uploaded by Solveig Flittiglisene.
using similar size of photo frame can make your wall more interesting.
There are many ways to decorate the interior of your house, none the least of which is with photo frames. Photo frames have the distinctive ability to personalize a house in more ways than one. You can share with friends, family and visitors your memories and cherished moments.
Seaside garden, originally uploaded by *Susie*.
Levande funkis på Gärdet, originally uploaded by plastolux.
bedroom, originally uploaded by reebob.
White Kitchen Dining Room, originally uploaded by BrunchatSaks.
Ace Hotel @ palm Springs, originally uploaded by modernfindings.
Black-bathroom-furniture-Onyx-by-Stemik-Living-5 copy, originally uploaded by cuocsongdep.
Similar cabinet can be found at Index Living Mall.
I think we can adapt it and fit with the rest room.
Lush Designs monkey love bedroom, originally uploaded by credenza.
Lush Designs make home accessories featuring their idiosyncratic prints. They specialise in lampshades, but their products include these LOVE pillowcases, groovy shopping bags, tea towels, cushions, bone china crockery and wooden bird mobiles.
All their products are made in England, many of them in their own studio at cockpit Arts in London. They have recently opened a beautiful little shop in Greenwich.
Clear House Kitchen, originally uploaded by New Zealand Institute of Architects.
This small, simple yet elegant house provides a surprise on a suburban street, through the quality of light, play of reflections and texture in the compact interior.
A large palette of materials has been used, with a pleasing mix of raw and refined materials.
The functional, simple, linear plan extruded to meet the living requirements for the client - a bachelor with a good art collection - but has the flexibility for future expansion.
Mid century time capsule home for sale - Des Moines, originally uploaded by 50s Pam.
walnut cabinet with lime green.


On behalf of English Lloyd & Armenta posted in Workplace Injuries on Tuesday, September 11, 2018.
Hotel workers nationwide, including in California, are incredibly vulnerable when they work alone in areas such as guest rooms where they are isolated. Too many hotel workers fall victim to sexual assault and harassment in the hospitality industry. Although the state-regulated workers' compensation system covers work-related injuries, proving these incidents to be related to one's job could be challenging. However, victims might have grounds to file third-party claims.
On behalf of English Lloyd & Armenta posted in Workplace Injuries on Tuesday, September 4, 2018.
Truck operators in the construction industry need particular skills to navigate their vehicles in often challenging areas. This was recently underscored by an accident on a construction site of Station 1300 in Menlo Park. According to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health, this accident could have been a lot worse, and the one person that suffered workplace injuries could have been dead had things gone only slightly different.


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By Stephanie Staton
Nuance Springs Internal Speech Applications
Nuance is boosting employee productivity, self-service communications, and business continuity with the release of its suite of speech-enabled enterprise applications. The speech and imaging solutions provider launched SpeechAttendant Large Enterprise Edition (SA-LEE), which is designed for enterprises with 25,000 or more directory listings.
Companies of this size, more often than not, have an internal IT help desk that receives thousands of calls from employees who need to find the telephone number of another employee, reset one of their multiple passwords to various applications, or send out a broadcast message to several key people.
The core technology for the large enterprise solution is a carry-over from Nuance's acquisition of Phonetics Systems; however, the application add-ons and the capabilities therein are brand new. The SA-LEE core solution combines auto attendant and directory services to bypass the need to manually search directories or wait for operator assistance. Using the auto attendant, employees place internal calls by speaking a name of a person or department.
"This demonstrates growth outside of the contact center and this is the prototype for the types of inbound calls that come in through the enterprise front doors," says Dan Miller, senior analyst at Opus Research. "Nuance had a lot of acquisitions over the years from LocusDialog to Phonetics. They have a lot of intellectual property that they have knit together here. Between developments that are going on among the major enterprise infrastructure providers—Cisco, Avaya, and eventually Microsoft—this is capturing a trend towards unified communications."
SA-LEE includes employee password reset, an application that allows an employee to reset his own password via the telephone for over 60 enterprise applications using his voiceprint to confirm identity. The software suite provides employee roll call, which enables an employee to call into the system, say her name, and confirm her status. The release provides call redirects, a voice-controlled application that forwards an employee's call to any eight numbers. SA-LEE offers broadcast messaging, automation of emergency broadcasts to management, response teams, and employees. Employees can also benefit from its self-service information center for around-the-clock access to employee directory information.
Miller, who maintains the suite is like a "rebirth of the virtual personal assistant," sees the effects of technologies such as these as "a tighter bonding of companies with their employees. It grows out of corporate voicemail. Just as it is routine for employees to dial into their voicemail box, given a year or so, employers are going to expect to have the same kind of support of speech as they have of store-and-retrieve voicemail. As a matter of fact, this is an easier way for individuals calling to reach a particular employee to easily leave a message or reach them on a wireless."
The speech-enabled solution eliminates routine, internal help-desk calls by automating directory assistance and password resets, freeing the operator for more complex calls and accomplishing employee tasks more efficiently. The additional SA-LEE applications provide business continuity and emergency/disaster recovery support with 24/7 access to employee information and accurate call routing and reporting.
Commenting on the maturity of the speech technology market, Mark Geremia, Auto Attendant marketing manager with Nuance, says "Speech is now mainstream enough to take to employee pools. Organizations with upwards of 25,000 employees need to have speech applications in place because it enhances the organization's communications."
Miller agrees: "The benefits are how easily you can invoke these commonly used things. It is getting calls steered efficiently to employees according to their instructions. We are seeing a lot more intelligence go into enterprise routing infrastructure, meaning that it is possible for me to indicate when I do or do not want to be interrupted. These capabilities have been around for a fairly long time. That you can invoke these capabilities with spoken instructions means that we are likely to see them more broadly adopted, because they are not as complicated to set up as they once were."


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A review of Oak Knoll Fest XVII
From The Hindu comes this very positive review of Oak Knoll Fest XVII by Pradeep Sebastian.
I thought I had seen enough good examples of the finely printed book and knew something about the world of the private press, but nothing prepared me for the sublime beauty, integrity and artistry of the books by the printers and bookmakers exhibiting at this year's Oak Knoll Fine Books Festival at New Castle, Delaware: this is book art at the cutting edge.
Fine press work
Not only tiny print runs of five to 25 copies letterpress-printed on handmade paper, and designed, illustrated and printed by just one printer-artist. In many cases, the paper itself was made from conception by the printer. These master book artists are papermakers, typesetters, engravers, printers and publishers all at once. I was too awestruck at first by such fine press work to pick up and examine them until I heard an exhibitor say, "They won't bite." "This is the best fine press book fair in the country," one of the exhibitors said to me, "which is why I have been coming here since it started."
The Oak Knoll festival and symposia is usually an October affair, and this year's theme was "The Fine Book in the 21st Century". Many distinguished names in book art were present here — designers, printers and scholars whose work I had followed and admired — the festival was giving me and other fine press pilgrims a chance to meet them at last. I have come to love the look and feel of mould-made paper (for their "superior, beautiful surface texture, clear watermarks and stunning deckle edges"), so I set off now around the exhibition looking for bookwork that had used this surface.
The Bicycle Diaries, "one New Yorker's Journey Through September 11th", contains seven multi-coloured wood engravings by Gaylord Schanilec and is "printed on Zerkal mould-made paper."
Schanilec, whom the Grolier Club describes as "the foremost contemporary artist in coloured wood engraving", spoke to me of The River, a work in progress that he had brought to the exhibition. Each morning he gets on his little boat and sails on the river he lives close to. When he returns, some of what he felt and saw that morning is sketched and noted. One time he became interested in how pelicans on the bank prepare to fly; the take-off motions are recorded in a wood engraving which was on a large proof page before me — one of the most stunningly beautiful colour illustrations on paper I have ever seen — and the paper texture further pronounced its brilliance.
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Oak Knoll Fest XVII Pictures
Oak Knoll Fest XVII, which took place last weekend, was a great success. We've heard nothing but positive reviews so far. Below is a sampling of pictures from the weekend. Our facebook album has the rest. We hope to see you all in 2014 for Oak Knoll Fest XVIII!
Meet the Presses, Part 7
Oak Knoll Fest XVII is just a little over a month away. We continue our look at the exhibitors today.
Part 1. Part 2. Part3. Part 4. Part 5. Part 6.
St. Armand Paper Mill
David Carruthers opened the Saint-Armand paper-mill in January 1979. He had difficult first years, but started selling and exporting his paper and pushed sales as far and fast as he could. He came from a family associated with paper. His grandfather was the owner the Interlake Paper Mill and his father was a paper salesman with the family firm. The expected diminution of handmade production didn't happen and the paper mill continues to expand its handmade operation. The Saint-Armand paper-mill is located in Montréal, Canada.
Thomas Parker Williams
Thomas Parker Williams started to make artist books in 1998. Though his primary body of work is painting, he continues to return to the unique book as another form of expression to try out new concepts and structures. Music informs his work as well and he has used his own original music as a source for paintings and several artist book editions that include music CD's. Since 1990 he has been exhibiting in Philadelphia, New York, and elsewhere around the United States. Thomas Parker Williams lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Solmentes Press
David Esslemont studied Fine Art at the Central School of Art and Design in London. From 1985 to 1997 he was managing and artistic director of the Gregynog Press in Wales. At Gregynog he designed and printed several prize-winning books. He has lectured widely in the U.K. and U.S.A., and his work can be found in both private and public collections worldwide. His archive to 2005 is held at the University of Iowa. He has been artist-in-residence with the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, England, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts in Minneapolis. The Solmentes Press is located in Decorah, Iowa.
We continue our look at the exhibitors of Oak Knoll Fest XVII.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4. Part 5.
Cary Graphic Arts Press, RIT
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press and its co-imprint, RIT Press, are scholarly publishing enterprises at Rochester Institute of Technology. The Press is associated with the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, one of the country's premier libraries on the history and practice of printing. Originally focusing on publishing works in the graphic arts field, the Press has expanded into subjects such as RIT institutional history, deaf studies, business, engineering, and science. The Press issues trade editions for mass-market audiences, limited editions with unique aesthetic standards, as well as gift items. Cary Graphic Arts Press is located in Rochester, New York.
Hand Papermaking, Inc.
Hand Papermaking magazine was founded in 1986 by Amanda Degener and Michael Durgin. Two issues of the magazine have been published every year since, resulting in a unique repository of information and inspiration on the art and craft of hand papermaking. Articles are written by experts in the field, many of them practitioners, and each magazine includes at least one unique sample of handmade paper. In addition to its award-winning journal and newsletter, Hand Papermaking is known for its distinctive series of portfolios. These exceptional collections of paper art promote the use and enjoyment of handmade paper, by inspiring an appreciation for the art and encouraging an appetite for the aesthetic appeal unique to handmade paper. Hand Papermaking, Inc. is located in Beltsville, Maryland.
Hesterberg Press
The Hesterberg Press was established in 1984 with a move to Evanston, Illinois, after many years spent with R. Hunter Middleton at his Cherryburn Press in Chicago. The work from the Hesterberg Press includes miscellaneous ephemera, keepsakes on Bewick, Hammer and Middleton for the Typocrafters, three books and a film on Bewick, all sharing time with a busy professional life as an Art & Creative Director in Chicago. Hesterberg Press is located in Evanston, Illinois.
Warwick Press
In 1973, Warwick Press began as a way to bring words into print that delighted and pleased its proprietor, Carol J. Blinn. What began as a small venture blossomed into a thirty-plus year career. She has issued over fifty books, broadsides and pamphlets covering a wide range of subjects from serious world-class poets to homey ducks having adventures. Her books are widely collected and are in many rare book college and university libraries. Warwick Press is located in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Our look at the exhibitors of Oak Knoll Fest XVII continues.
Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Part 4.
Press of Robert LoMascolo
The Press of Robert LoMascolo was established by Robert LoMascolo in 2005 while at Wells College in Aurora, New York, majoring in fine art and minoring in the book arts. Currently, Robert is working full time printing, designing, and binding for a varied array of clients. Works from the Press of Robert LoMascolo have been purchased and collected by many individuals, including other book artists. The Press of Robert LoMascolo is located in Union Springs, New York.
Pied Oxen Printers
Pied Oxen Printers was established by David Sellers in 1981 under the precursor imprint Eleutherian Printers. Their work is primarily focused on contemporary poetry. They design, hand-set, print, and bind each book, while collaborating with an artist in the production of original graphic art. Each book is signed by the poet, artist and printer/binder. Pied Oxen's titles are in the special collections of a number of institutional and university libraries. Pied Oxen Printers is located in Hopewell, New Jersey.
Turkey Press
Harry Reese founded Turkey Press in 1974 when he was a graduate student at Brown University. Turkey Press books are primarily contemporary poetry in a variety of formats and edition sizes, and feature traditional letterpress printing as well as digital imaging techniques. In 1990, they established a second imprint, Edition Reese, to produce artist books in collaboration with other artists, writers and thinkers. The Turkey Press is located in Isla Vista, California.
Sherwin Beach Press
Established in 1984 by Bob McCamant, Sherwin Beach Press is a small fine press specializing in nonfiction prose. Thus far they have completed seven books. Sherwin Beach Press books have been widely exhibited and are held in libraries all over the world. The Sherwin Beach Press in located in Chicago, Illinois.
Our look at the Oak Knoll Fest exhibitors continues this week with Part 4 naturally following Part 1, Part 2, and Part3.
Lead Graffiti
The idea that became Lead Graffiti was born while exploring design in London. Over the years, they have acquired a healthy dose of experience and a great collection of presses. The range of Lead Graffiti equipment is ideal for working on projects both large and small, and they have certainly done both, printing books, posters, and various pieces of ephemera. They also maintain an on-site library with books for inspiration and information on letterpress and bookbinding, as well as an active collection of printing samples. Lead Graffiti is located in Newark, Delaware.
The Lone Oak Press
Abigail Rorer graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design in 1971. She established The Lone Oak Press in 1989. Over two decades and two-dozen publications later (not to mention the many commissions), she and the press have received numerous awards. Her works can be found in libraries throughout the world. The Lone Oak Press is located in Petersham, Massachusetts.
Ninja Press
Named in honor of its first black cat, Ninja Press was inaugurated in 1984 by Carolee Campbell. Turning her photographic sequences into bound books ushered the way into bookbinding, followed by experimental book structures. Eventually, she expanded her work into letterpress printing. The press's abiding interest has mainly been contemporary poetry. Ninja Press's works have been exhibited at numerous libraries and universities, and are collected by many of the world's great libraries. Ninja Press is located in Sherman Oaks, California.
With this post we're about one fourth of the way through our look at the Oak Knoll Fest exhibitors. If you haven't seen them yet, here are Part 1 and Part 2.
Indulgence Press
Wilber H. Schilling, who started his career as a photographer, founded the Indulgence Press in 1992. Named for the medieval indulgences Gutenberg printed to fund the production of his Bible, the books and prints of the press can be found around the world in the collections of the New York Public Library, the British Library, and more. The Indulgence Press is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Kat Ran Press
Since Michael Russem founded it in 1994, the Kat Ran Press has designed books, portfolios, catalogues, and ephemera for 21st Editions, Goshen Editions, The Grolier Club, The Limited Editions Club, Oak Knoll Books, the Veatchs Arts of the Book, and many more. They are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Ladies of Letterpress
Ladies of Letterpress is an international trade organization for letterpress printers and print enthusiasts that aims to promote the art and craft of letterpress printing and to encourage the voice and vision of women printers. It was founded by Jessica C. White, owner of Heroes & Criminals Press, and Kseniya Thomas, owner of Thomas-Printers. The Ladies of Letterpress community is continually growing and offers a place to read about adventures in commercial, fine press, art and zine printing, ask for advice and learn from other printers, share resources, and get inspiration.
Continuing from last week, we now take a look at three more of the exhibitors at Oak Knoll Fest XVII.
Deep Wood Press
While Chad Pastotnik was earning a BFA in printmaking from Grand Valley State University, one of his professors showed his class a book structure. One thing led to the next and in 1992, a few years after graduating, Deep Wood Press was born. Its books and broadsides include some of Chad's own works, stories and poetry from other present-day writers, and literary classics such as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The Deep Wood Press is located on the banks of the Ceder River in Mancelona, Michigan.
Incline Press
As a history teacher in the late eighties, Graham Moss acquired an interest in paper conservation and book repair and in 1990 acquired a small printing press to print labels. Soon after learning about the differences in typefaces and designs, he became inspired to try more. When an Arab press was offered for sale, he bought it, and transformed his backyard shed into a print shop. Since those days, the Incline Press has grown and has published over fifty books. The Inline Press's latest home is a three-story building from the 1820s located on one of the oldest streets in the heart of Oldham England.
Fine Press Book Association
The Fine Press Book Association was formed by a group of individuals sharing common interests in the art of printing, the matching of worthwhile texts with significant images and artistic expression through the structure of a book. It had its genesis at the 1996 Oak Knoll Fest and had its first official meeting in 1998. That year also marked the release of the first issue of Parenthesis, their journal devoted to fine printing and book-making. Today it has a worldwide membership of those interested in the fine book and contemporary fine printing, and continues to promote the appreciation of fine books and encourage their production.
As Oak Knoll Fest XVII draws ever closer, we're going to take a short look at each of the exhibiting presses, covering about three per week. So without further ado…
21st Editions
21ST Editions started in 1998 as 21ST: The Journal of Contemporary Photography, with the idea to broaden the dialogue of contemporary fine art photography by bringing together a wide variety of modern photographic work with the finest international writers. In 2000 the press expanded its offerings to include fine press, handmade monographs on the work of various photographers to complement its Journal anthologies. In 2009 the press established its Legacy Editions imprint, which surveys the broader horizons of history, art, and culture. 21ST Editions titles have been acquired by museums and special collections libraries from all over the world. They are located in South Dennis, Massachusetts.
Boss Dog Press
An interest in fine printing, sparked by the work of Roy A. Squires, led bookbinder Don Rash to do some letterpress printing when he had the time and equipment available. In 2003 he acquired the press of his dreams and soon after founded the Boss Dog Press. A relatively young press, they have produced one book, Rules for Bookbinders by Fritz Eberhardt, and have several others in the works including a catalog of bookbinding tools and equipment previously owned by Loyd Haberly. They are located located just outside of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Caliban Press
After studying letterpress printing with Red Ozier Press and bookbinding with Timothy C. Ely, Los Angeles native Mark McMurray began printing under the Caliban Press imprint in 1985. Among his books are a narrative poem about one of John Coltrane's last concerts, shaped poetry written during WWI, an elegy to jazz great Miles Davis, and a light-hearted look at French and English printers in Paris. He now lives in Canton, New York and, when he's not printing, works as both special collections librarian at St. Lawrence University and as a teacher of book and printing history.
Oak Knoll Fest—Save the Date!
It's not too early to mark your calendars for October 5 through 7 for Oak Knoll Fest XVII. Covering various aspects of the fine book in the 21st century, the fest will consist of fine press printer exhibitions, a special symposium, and educational talks by Jerry Kelly and Carol Grossman. It's sure to be a great time, so we hope you are able to join us!
Registration will open soon. Continue to stay tuned for more information.
Categories: Oak Knoll Books, Oak Knoll Press Tags: Carol Grossman, fine book, fine press, Jerry Kelly, Oak Knoll, Oak Knoll Fest, printers, XVII


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FOIA 2015-0202-F contains materials related to communications, letters, emails, phone records and any other type of correspondence of President Bush related to the Duke Lacrosse case, between March 25, 2006, and October 30, 2007.
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Home » Assessments - Talent Assessment Blog » Does Being Busy Mean We're Disorganised?
Are you feeling busy? Very busy? And is it the others who keep you so busy? You would get so many more things done if only they did not keep imposing tasks on you? What if I tell you that busyness is often – SELF-IMPOSED! Think about this for a moment. It is not the others who keep you busy, it is yourself.
This is what Francesca Gino from Harvard Business School and Bradley Staats from Kenan-Flagler Business School argue in their article in Harvard Business Review. The reason for our tendency to keep ourselves busy, according to science, lies in our brain: on the one hand we do not like to be idle, and on the other, particularly when facing problems or ambiguous situations, we prefer to do some kind of action over doing nothing, even if the former is counterproductive. Consequently, in a study the authors found that people feel more productive when actively doing something than when planning, particularly when under time pressure.
Now if busyness is self-imposed there must be something that we can do in order to become more productive – so in order to be less busy, but more productive? Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats suggest that taking time to reflect can help. In a study they divided employees in a tech-support call centre into two groups: one that took, at the end of the day, 15 minutes to reflect on the lessons they had learned during the day, and the other that kept working until the end of the day. The result was that after one month the group that had reflected at the end of the day was almost 23% more productive than the group that hadn't.
were more productive than those who had the opposite management style.
What does this mean for us? Even when there is a lot to do, we should take our time to plan. This also includes planning whom to delegate tasks to, which alone requires some planning. When conducting meetings it makes sense to involve several people at a time, ideally all those that are involved in the same kind of project. So in order to be more productive, try to be less busy, but take your time to plan well!
Gino, F. & Staats, B. (2015). The Remedy for Unproductive Busyness [online]. URL: [27.04.2016].
Sadun, R (2013). Managing Firms in an Emerging Economy: Evidence from the Time Use of Indian CEOs. Working Paper, 2013.


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Q: Store a 2D array in redis I have a 2D array to store in redis and I see two solutions: storing it as a JSON string or storing one hash per line. Which way is better?

A: I was faced with the same question when designing an application.  I opted on the side of simplicity.  I'm going to assume your 2d array of data represents a database row.  I would JSON encode it and store it using SET.  This allows me to use MGET and MSET when I want to handle multiple objects using one redis command.  If this data gets updated in my database, I DEL the key.  To me this is easier than trying to update a redis hash.
Hashes in redis has its advantages.  They will usually take up less memory because of "ziplist" encoding redis uses.  You can avoid serialization as well, which could be pretty significant for some apps.
Here's a sample use case for a hash for me.  Let's say I want a look up a username given a user id.  I would do HGET user.usernames 1234.  This would give me the username for user id 1234.  If there is a miss, I will query the DB and set it and since that data never changes, I never expire the hash.  It allows a quick look up for a common piece of data rather than pulling the entire user, unserialize, and return needed field.
For a prospective massive lookup table, I use the algorithm as purposed here: http://redis.io/topics/memory-optimization
It uses multiple hashes as if there were one and utilizes ziplist encoding to save memory.
Whichever method you choose, just stay consistent.

A: How about using Redis lists? There isn't support for lists of lists, but you could either store one row per list entry, or build a list of keys referencing other lists.

A: You can store each element in its own key. Just name keys so that the names contain the element's indices, and maybe the dimensions of the array as well.

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THE EFFECT OF ENVIRONMENT ON CORROSION
In this research project, the various nail were subjected to six environments so as to check the effect of the environments on corrosion of the nails.
Two sets of nails were used; normal nail and concrete nail. Six of each type while the other not coated.
The research was carried out in the physical chemical laboratory of the institute of management and technology.
The environments used are acidic solution, alkaline solution, salt solution, boiled water, air medium and lubricating oil medium, which served as a control medium.
It was observed from the graphs of the weight of metal against time, that acidic environment gave rise to corrosion at a faster rate that other environment. It was also observed that normal nails gave rise to corrosion at a faster rate than concrete nail.
Coating of metals was also concluded to be a method of preventing the rate of corrosion of metals even though it does not stop corrosion.
In its broadest sense the term corrosion applied to the destructive alteration of a metal or alloy by chemical reaction with any substance, solid, liquid, or gas. The pattern of attack will be governed largely by the combined influence of several factors relating to the metal or alloy, to the conditions of service, and to the chemical nature of the environment.
1. The metal may corrode uniformly over its entire surface, as in the resting of iron in the atmosphere.
2. It may suffer only a superficial attack that does not seriously affect the strength of the metal or alloy but does discolour the surface, as in the tarnishing of silver in the atmosphere.
3. Corrosion may develop at local areas on an otherwise unattached surface, leading to pitting that may in some instances result in early failure by perforation.
4. An alloy may be attacked in such a way as to remove one or more of its constituents, leaving a weakened residue of unattached element with poor metallic properties, as in the dezincification of yellow brass or in the graphitization of cast iron.
5. Excessive corrosion may occur in local area where poor design features tend to aggravate the corrosion conditions, as crevices under rivets, bolts and faying surface.
6. Use of dissimilar metals sometimes can lead to severe attack of the more active metal where they are joined together.
7. High tensile stresses plus specific corrosive conditions may result in cracking of a metal because of a corrosion reaction along critical paths in the metal.
In order to provide a quantitative basis for reporting corrosion rates and intensity of attack, the average weight loss of metal per unit area per unit time or the loss in thickness per unit time is usually recorded. Loss in thickness per unit time is more useful in those instances where the engineer is concerned with life of equipment or structure. Average loss is reported in mils per year (MPY) or inches penetration per year (ipy). Where product contamination is vital, the average corrosion rate is expressed in milligrams of metal corroded per square decimeter per day (mdd).
Corrosion process usually occurs because the metal has a tendency to return to its native state, the form in which it is found in nature. This require that the metal atoms relinquish their valence electrons to the environment and because ions in the process. The newly formed ions may then combine with other ions to from compounds. This, when iron corrodes in water, the iron atoms are converted to ferrous ion upon the loss of two electrons.
Fe Fe2++2e-
The ferrous can then combine with hydroxyl ions to from insoluble ferrous hydroxide.
Fe Fe2++20H Fe(0H)
This compound eventually becomes oxidized through content with oxygen the familiar red iron rust, ferric hydroxide. In the electrons from the iron are accepted by oxygen gas molecules and iron oxides are formed.
The objective of this study in based on the fault that corrosion which has been a major problem in our modern industries has to be prevented and curbed to the barest minimum by putting it environment into consideration in selecting material a structure or piece equipment.
The main metallic material that is being used in this work is nail (iron). This material will be subjected to different medium (environment) viz air medium salt solution medium, distilled water medium acid solution medium, alkaline solution medium and a lubricating oil medium. The observable change brought about by the environment reaction to the material under survey was studied. Iron of varied coatings will also be used.
1.3.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
A complete understanding of corrosion phenomena in all fact requires intensive and prolonged study. However, a general knowledge of the subject can be gained by the engineer through a review or survey of the various ways in which corrosion manifest itself, the factors that govern corrosion process, and the means available to the engineer for controlling or preventing corrosion.
This work will provide a survey that will serve to guide the material engineer his consideration of corrosion behaviour of metals and alloys virus, it will enable those in the oil and gas sector to install pipelines in an environment that will be favourable.
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Is it possible to place a newer 1466 logic board in an older 1466?
Faulty Ifixit Battery stuck in MacBook air mid 13! Help!
MacBook Air power button not working swapped top case still same.
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When It's Springtime In Alaska (it's Forty Below) chords - Johnny Cash
WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA (IT'S FORTY BELOW)
T.Franks
Recorded 12/18-19/64, Nashville, TN
Key: A
A                                   D       A
When it's springtime in Alaska it's forty below
A                                 E          A
I mushed from Point Barrow thru a bizzard of snow
Been out prospectin' for two years or so
Pulled into Fairbanks the city was a boom
A                                D        A
So I took a little stroll to the Reddog Saloon
A                                   D        A
(Yes he took a little stroll to the Reddog Saloon)
When I walked in the door the music was clear
The purtiest voice I'd heard in two years
The song she was singin' would make a man's blood run cold
When It's Springtime In Alaska, it's forty below
(When It's Springtime In Alaska, it's forty below)
It was red-headed Lil that was singin' so sweet
I reached down and took the snowpacks off my feet
I reached for the gal that was singin' the tune
We did the Eskimo Hop all around the saloon
(We did the Eskimo Hop all around the saloon)
Where the caribou crawl and the grizzly bear hug
We did our dance on a Kodiak rug
The song she kept singin' would make a man's blood run cold
I was as innocent as I could be
I didn't know Lill was big Ed's wife-to-be
He took out his knife and he gave it a throw
When It's Springtime In Alaska, I'll be six feet below
(When It's Springtime In Alaska, he's six feet below)


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Q: chrome extension - show notifications with buttons - Setting button is not working I have the following code, I add a new notification with one button... but actually, I see two buttons one that I have added and the second one "settings"
when I clicked on the "settings" button nothing happened.
chrome.notifications.create(`my-notification-${Date.now()}`, {
            iconUrl: "assets/images/1.png",
            imageUrl: "assets/images/1.png",
            type: "image",
            contextMessage: "ddsdsd",
            message: request.options.message,
            title: "titletitle",
            buttons: [{
                title: "Yes"
            }]
        }, function(context) {
           console.log("Last error:", chrome.runtime.lastError);

            alert(JSON.stringify(chrome.runtime.lastError));
        });

BTW its not working with the following:
chrome.notifications.onButtonClicked.addListener(function (notifId, btnIdx) {

  if (btnIdx === 0) {
            alert('yes');
        } else if (btnIdx === 1) {
            alert('no');

        } else if (btnIdx === 2) {
            alert('12no');
        }
    });

not working also:
chrome.notifications.onShowSettings.addListener(  () =>  {
          alert('settings');
        })


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Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India
The work Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Massey University Library, University of New Zealand. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
The Resource Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India
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by Francis-Vincent Anthony, Chris A.M. Hermans, Carl Sterkens
Anthony, Francis-Vincent
Tamil Nadu (India) -- Religion
Radboud studies in humanities, v. 3
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Radboud Studies in Humanities,
Context of Religion and conflict attribution : an empirical study in the religious meaning system of Christian, Muslim and Hindu students in Tamil Nadu, India
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A few months back, Randy Burnham wrote a piece about post-retirement employment; among other things, he noted that the incredible attrition rate among air traffic controllers was leading to huge bonuses and massively inflated incomes. He suggested that retirees looking to begin the next stage of their lives could do a lot worse than entering the world of air traffic control.
In the ensuing months, the air traffic controller shortfall has become even worse, leading to ever-increasing bonuses and an ever-widening search for the next generation of controllers. In New York City, where the need is particularly acute, the FAA sweetened the pot by offering $102,000 bonuses to trained controllers who are willing to move to the area. $27,000 of this will be paid upfront, and the remaining $75,000 will be paid out over a period of four years. The offer, which expired on July 8, was an attempt to deal with the massive attrition rate among area controllers.
Although air traffic control is a famously stressful job, it also pays very well, and applicants who can handle a lot of stress and aren't inclined toward hypertension may find it a great path to follow after graduation. Besides, with the possibility of $102,000 bonuses flying around, it sure beats flipping burgers!
Bruce Watson is a freelance writer, blogger, and all-around cheapskate. After seeing Airplane! a few hundred times, he decided that he definitely didn't want to be an air traffic controller. Basically, he couldn't handle the glue sniffing.


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Platinum Equity Portfolio Company PAE Announces Merger Agreement With Gores Holdings III, Inc.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 1, 2019--
Platinum Equity portfolio company PAE ("PAE" or the "Company"), trusted provider of outsourced solutions for enduring missions of the United States government and international partners for over 60 years, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger with Gores Holdings III, Inc. ("Gores Holdings III") (NASDAQ CM: GRSH, GRSHU, and GRSHW), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, LLC ("The Gores Group" or "Gores"). Upon closing, this transaction will introduce PAE as a publicly listed company, with an anticipated initial enterprise value of approximately $1.55 billion or 8.9x the Company's estimated 2020 pro forma Adjusted EBITDA of approximately $174 million.
The consideration payable to the stockholders of PAE will consist of a combination of cash and shares of Gores Holdings III common stock. In addition to the $400 million of cash held in Gores Holdings III's trust account, additional investors have committed to participate in the transaction through a $220 million private placement, led by Alec Gores, Chairman and CEO of The Gores Group. Upon completion of the transaction, including the private placement, Platinum Equity and other minority owners of PAE are expected to hold approximately 28 percent of the newly public PAE, subject to various purchase price adjustments.
Founded in 1955, PAE is a leading provider of mission-critical services to the U.S. government, armed forces and international customers, including the U.S. Department of State, Army, Navy, Air Force, NASA and others. Headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, PAE operates in approximately 60 countries across all seven continents.
"Thanks to Platinum Equity and the hard work of our employees around the world, PAE has accomplished a lot over the past three years and is well prepared to take advantage of the opportunities ahead. With this next chapter, we will have the clear ability to accelerate our strategic plan and invest in our continued growth," said PAE CEO John Heller. "This transaction will strengthen our capacity to deliver the most valuable, innovative services to our customers and expand into new national security markets."
"John and the management team have been outstanding partners and I'm proud of the work we have done together since acquiring the business in 2016, deploying the full range of Platinum's tool kit to optimize the performance of the enterprise," said Platinum Equity Partner Louis Samson, who will become a board member of the publicly traded company. "This transaction combines PAE's strong track record of successful M&A and a de-levered balance sheet with the public company currency of a newly listed business, which will position the company to participate in the ongoing consolidation taking place in the government services sector. We are excited to participate in the company's continued value creation through a meaningful remaining equity stake in the business."
Mark Stone, CEO of Gores Holdings III, said, "PAE is an industry leader given its long history and extensive portfolio of mission-critical services. At Gores, we pride ourselves in maintaining high standards for our investments and this transaction is well aligned with our business objectives. We are excited to partner with the management team and Platinum as we embark on the next chapter. Not only is PAE a differentiated leader, but the overall government services sector continues to experience positive momentum and PAE is well positioned to accelerate its growth and margin expansion."
Key Transaction Terms
The transaction will be effected pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), entered into by and among Gores Holdings III, Shay Holding Corporation (PAE's parent) and the other parties thereto. Concurrently with the consummation of the transaction, additional investors will purchase shares of common stock of Gores Holdings III in a private placement. After giving effect to any redemptions by the public stockholders of Gores Holdings III, the balance of the approximately $400 million in cash held in Gores Holdings III's trust account, together with the $220 million in private placement proceeds, will be used to pay cash consideration to the stockholders of the Company, pay transaction expenses and reduce PAE's existing indebtedness to 3.4x 2019 estimated Adjusted EBITDA. The remainder of the consideration payable to the stockholders of PAE will consist of shares of Gores Holdings III common stock.
The transaction has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both Gores Holdings III and the Company, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approval, and approval of the stockholders of Gores Holdings III. Upon closing of the transaction, the name of Gores Holdings III will be changed to PAE Incorporated.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Evercore acted as lead financial advisors to Gores Holdings III. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. also acted as lead capital markets advisor, while Evercore, BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC acted as capital markets advisors and Moelis & Company LLC as financial advisor. Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as legal advisor to Gores Holdings III. Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor to Platinum Equity and PAE.
Investors may listen to a presentation regarding the proposed transaction on Friday, November 1, 2019, starting at 10:00 a.m. ET. The call can be accessed by dialing +1 470 279 3876 and providing the conference ID: 275056, or asking for the Gores transaction announcement call.
A replay of the teleconference and webcast will also be available from November 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. ET to November 30, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. ET. The replay can be accessed by dialing +1 571 982 7683 and providing the conference ID: 275056#.
About PAE
For more than 60 years, PAE has tackled the world's toughest challenges to deliver agile and steadfast solutions to the U.S. government and its allies. With a global workforce of more than 20,000 on all seven continents and in approximately 60 countries, PAE delivers a broad range of operational support services to meet the critical needs of our clients. Our headquarters is in Falls Church, Virginia. Find us online at pae.com, on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Platinum Equity
Founded in 1995 by Tom Gores, Platinum Equity is a global investment firm with more than $19 billion of assets under management and a portfolio of approximately 40 operating companies that serve customers around the world. Platinum Equity specializes in mergers, acquisitions and operations – a trademarked strategy it calls M&A&O® – acquiring and operating companies in a broad range of business markets, including manufacturing, distribution, transportation and logistics, equipment rental, metals services, media and entertainment, technology, telecommunications and other industries. Over the past 24 years Platinum Equity has completed more than 250 acquisitions.
About Gores Holdings III, Inc.
Gores Holdings III is a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of The Gores Group, for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Gores Holdings III completed its initial public offering in September 2018, raising approximately $400 million in cash proceeds. Gores Holdings III's officers and certain of its directors are affiliated with The Gores Group. Founded in 1987 by Alec Gores, The Gores Group is a global investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in mature and growing businesses which can benefit from the firm's operating experience and flexible capital base. Over its 31-year history, The Gores Group has become a leading investor having demonstrated a reliable track record of creating value in its portfolio companies alongside management. Headquartered in Los Angeles, The Gores Group maintains offices in Boulder, CO, and London. For more information, please visit www.gores.com.
This press release may contain a number of "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include information concerning Gores Holdings III's or the Company's possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, debt levels, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities and the effects of regulation, including whether this transaction will generate returns for stockholders. These forward-looking statements are based on Gores Holdings III's or the Company's management's current expectations, estimates, projections and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions concerning future events. When used in this press release, the words "estimates," "projected," "expects," "anticipates," "forecasts," "plans," "intends," "believes," "seeks," "may," "will," "should," "future," "propose" and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Gores Holdings III's or the Company's management's control, that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement and the proposed transaction contemplated thereby; (2) the inability to complete the transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement due to the failure to obtain approval of the stockholders of Gores Holdings III or other conditions to closing in the Merger Agreement; (3) the ability to meet NASDAQ's listing standards following the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement; (4) the inability to complete the private placement; (5) the risk that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of the Company as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transaction described herein; (6) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (7) costs related to the proposed transaction; (8) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (9) the possibility that the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (10) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in the final prospectus of Gores Holdings III, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") by Gores Holdings III.
Forward-looking statements included in this release speak only as of the date of this release. Neither Gores Holdings III nor the Company undertakes any obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in Gores Holdings III's reports filed with the SEC and available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Pro forma Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be construed as an alternative to net income as an indicator of operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow provided by operating activities as a measure of liquidity (each as determined in accordance with GAAP).
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find It
Gores Holdings III intends to file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement of Gores Holdings III in connection with the proposed transaction and will mail a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders. This press release does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed transaction and the other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or any other decision in respect of such matters. Gores Holdings III's stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, the preliminary proxy statement, the amendments thereto, and the definitive proxy statement in connection with Gores Holdings III's solicitation of proxies for the special meeting to be held to approve the proposed transaction and other related matters, as these materials will contain important information about the Company and Gores Holdings III and the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement will be mailed to the stockholders of Gores Holdings III as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed transaction and the other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting. Such stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy statement, without charge, once available, at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: Gores Holdings III, 9800 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90212, attention: Jennifer Kwon Chou ( jchou@gores.com ).
Gores Holdings III and its directors and officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of Gores Holdings III stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Gores Holdings III stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of Gores Holdings III in Gores Holdings III's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2019.
Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Gores Holdings III stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction will be set forth in the proxy statement for the transaction when available. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed transaction and the other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting will be included in the proxy statement that Gores Holdings III intends to file with the SEC.
CONTACT: For investor inquiries regarding PAE, please contact:Regina Galvin
Vice President Marketing & Communications
Regina.Galvin@pae.comFor inquiries regarding Platinum Equity, please contact:Dan Whelan
Platinum Equity
dwhelan@platinumequity.comFor inquiries regarding The Gores Group and affiliates, please contact:Jennifer Kwon Chou
The Gores Group
jchou@gores.comMichael Sitrick
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Patients to benefit from Oxford city's community hospital move
Ward manager Carl Boast talks to patient Delia Hemingway in front of the new wall art
Patients at Oxford City's community hospital are to enjoy an enhanced environment and better access to treatments, as the facility moves to a new home on the site of the Churchill hospital.
The newly refurbished unit run by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust was previously located on the seventh floor of the John Radcliffe hospital but is now based at the Fulbrook Centre on the grounds of the Churchill hospital, following a move last weekend. Patients are now able to enjoy the privacy of a single bedroom with views of a garden backing onto a golf course, as well as easier access to specialist therapy services.
Artwork throughout the unit has been specially commissioned to enhance the wellbeing of patients, who are largely elderly and referred to the hospital for rehabilitation or end-of-life care. The facility has been designed and decorated in line with the principles of 'Dignity Plus', as part of a Department of Health national project to deliver improvements in caring and healing environments for people living with dementia in Oxfordshire.
The new City hospital is also located next to specialist older adult mental health teams operating from the Fulbrook centre. This will increase the opportunities for older people's mental and physical health teams to share expertise and resources.
Karen Campbell, Head of Community Hospitals for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are excited to be moving our City hospital into this new environment, which will offer many benefits for patients. Not only are the surroundings more pleasant, and more likely to help people on the way to recovery, but the co-location of these services with older adult mental health services means that we will be able to exchange knowledge that will benefit patients under the care of both teams."
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