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Tiger Woods details 'realistic' plans for PGA Tour comeback, would like to 'pick and choose' events played
On Monday, Tiger Woods sat down for an interview for the first time since a car crash in February left him with debilitating injuries to his left leg and either in a hospital bed or in a wheelchair for several months thereafter.
Eight days ago, Woods posted a video of himself swinging a club on a driving range, and of course the "what does this mean for Augusta??" think-pieces rained down for the next few days. However, Tiger, who said there was a "damn near" 50-50 chance he was going to lose his leg after the crash, revealed in his Monday chat with Golf Digest that it means very little for Augusta and that expectations should almost certainly be lower than they currently are as it relates to the rest of his career.
"I think something that is realistic is playing the Tour one day — never full time, ever again — but pick and choose, just like Mr. [Ben] Hogan did," Woods told Digest. "Pick and choose a few events a year and you play around that."
"I don't have to compete and play against the best players in the world to have a great life," he added. "After my back fusion, I had to climb Mt. Everest one more time. I had to do it, and I did [with the 2019 Masters win]. This time around, I don't think I'll have the body to climb Mt. Everest and that's OK. I can still participate in the game of golf. I can still, if my leg gets OK, I can still click off a tournament here or there. But as far as climbing the mountain again and getting all the way to the top, I don't think that's a realistic expectation of me."
Woods, who also reminded everyone of all the surgeries on his back (he had one of those earlier this year as well), was almost melancholy with some of his quotes. Not in a "you should feel sorry for me" kind of way, but more so in a "I'm just happy to be alive after what happened in February" kind of way. Some of his quotes were almost hauntingly beautiful. He said that while he was laid up and even during his time in a wheelchair, he would just stare out the window and, like anyone addicted to the game, ache to connect just one wedge with a single golf ball.
"… I love to go outside and just be outside," he said. "Sometimes I just crutch and lay on the grass for an hour because I want to be outside. Missing the contact of a golf ball hit properly is one of the better feelings."
"It's a tough road," he added. "But I'm just happy to be able to go out there and watch Charlie play, or go in the backyard and have an hour or two by myself with no one talking, no music, no nothing. I just hear the birds chirping. That part I've sorely missed."
All of this is fascinating. Woods' expectations of himself have always been almost comically high. Remember going into the 2008 U.S. Open when he had a broken leg and torn ACL? A few days before that Woods — knowing all of this — said, "I'm good to go. I plan on playing competitive."
That's very different than what he's saying now. Tiger knows his body, and he knows that his completely preposterous 2019 Masters victory was his last major championship win. Otherwise, he would not have said what he said in the Digest interview, and he would not have framed the future like he framed it. Many opined that Tiger may again be able to reach the apex of sport. This is not him throwing in the towel, but it's something tantamount to it as it relates to majors. That's OK. And even better, Tiger seems OK with it.
So while it's aspirational that Woods is aiming to play again — perhaps at the 150th Open Championship at St. Andrews next summer? — and it will be a joy to watch him when we can. These quotes are as official an ending to the chase for Jack Nicklaus' 18 major championships as we may ever get. That's not the story here, though. The truly celebratory narrative is that, after rolling his SUV so many times in Los Angeles 10 months ago, Tiger is healthy enough and able enough to chase anything at all.
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Indian College Basketball League in Bengaluru: St. Joseph's Commerce rule Day 5
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Bengaluru, December 8, 2014: St. Joseph's Commerce College (SJCC) ruled the roost on Day 5 of Indian College Basketball League organized by Basketball Federation of India (BFI) and Karnataka Basketball League in collaboration of IMG Reliance (IMG-R) at St. Joseph's Arts & Science College in Bengaluru on Monday.
First the men's team beat Sindhi College 36-17 followed by some dominating performance of their women counterparts. SJCC women first got the better of Jyoti NIvas College by 31-24 followed by decimation of Mount Carmel by 30-20. The twin wins ensured SJCC women's table top position.
VENUE: St.Joseph Arts & Science College
Team 1 Team 2 Score
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SBM Jain Surana PUC (38 – 20) SBM Jain Kaif (8) – Mufeez (11)
Christ College Presidency (39 – 29) Christ College Charles (10) – Kishen (13)
St.Joseph Commerce Sindhi College (36 – 17) St.Joseph Commerce Prithvi (10) – Rajeshwar (12)
Mount Carmel College Jyoti Nivas College (37 – 25) Mount Carmel College Rithika (30) – Shilpa (8)
Christ College Christ PUC (37 – 26) Christ College Pratiksha (12) – Chandramukhi (18)
St.Joseph Commerce Jyoti Nivas College (31 – 24) St.Joseph Commerce Shanice (12) – Vitustha (10)
St.Joseph Commerce Mount Carmel College (30 – 20) St.Joseph Commerce Aishwarya (14) – Ritika (16)
Christ PUC Jyoti Nivas College (26 – 06) Christ PUC Kruthi (8) –
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India crowned as the champions of division B of the FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017; Winning Bonus Announced for Team India.
Bengaluru, 28th October 2017: In an exciting final day at the FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship, India topped Malaysia to become the champions of division B. The Indian U16 women's basketball team has been elevated to Division A after beating Malaysia in a thrilling finale. BFI President K Govindaraj has announced a cash prize of INR […]
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SABA Qualifiers 2014 for U-18 Men: India steamrolls past Bangladesh in the opener
Sunday – July 6th, 2014 India 98 30 Bangladesh FINAL. INDIA WINS. Venue: Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru. Entry is Free *Box scores are updated very two minutes. Please refresh page for latest scores. FINAL India 37 62 80 98 98 Bangladesh 2 12 21 30 30 An untroubled India breezed past its neighbours Bangladesh to […]
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Karnataka State 'B' division championships for Men to tip off in end September
Karnataka State Basketball Association will be conducting State 'B' Division league championship for Men for M C Srinivasa memorial trophy from 29th sept to 2nd October, both in the morning and evening sessions at Sree Kanteerava courts. Totally 12 teams will be participating in this championship. Sep 22, 2014Gopalakrishnan R
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Quarters and Semis at the Karnataka State Sub Junior Championship
Bengaluru, 19th September, 2016: The Karnataka State Basketball Association is conducting the State Sub Junior (U-13) Championship, also referred to as the Mini Championship. The tournament is being held at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts. Player born on or after 01.01.2003 were considered eligible to play. The tournament will also serve as selection trials for […]
Karnataka State Sub Junior Basketball: Young Orions and DYES Bijapur Crowned Champions
Bengaluru, Nov 25th 2015: The final four games came to an end in the Karnataka State Sub Junior Tournament where the Young Oriens and DYES, Bijapur were crowned as the champs respectively for the boys and girls category. Both the teams went undefeated throughout the league games, as the Young Orions' star player Naman contributed […]
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Karnataka Basketball: Teams enter finals of the State Sub-Junior Championships
The State Sub Junior (U-13) championship for the B S Narayan Memorial Trophy is underway in Bengaluru. Below are the results of matches played at Sree Kanteerava Courts on 31-10-14. The final league matches will be held tomorrow evening from 4.30 pm onwards. Semifinal League Boys: 1. YMMA 45 (Milan 17, Prashant 16) bt Mangalore BC 32 […]

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Brahimi Arrives in Damascus amid Clashes
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi arrives in Damascus for talks with Syrian government officials, amid reports of fierce fighting in and around the capital city.
In his visit, which starts on Monday, Brahimi is expected to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign minister Walid al-Muallem.
Brahimi has been trying to build support for peace talks planned in Geneva next month between the government and the opposition.
The so-called Geneva II peace talks, backed by Russia and the US and due to take place on November 23, have been repeatedly postponed amid wrangling among the Syrian opposition, and a dispute over which countries, including Iran, should participate.
Making the task harder for Brahimi has been the refusal of 19 powerful rebel groups in Syria to take part in the conference, saying that negotiating with the Assad government would be an act of betrayal.
They gave warning in the statement, posted online on Sunday, that anyone who attends such talks would be committing "treason, and ... would have to answer for it before our courts".
Brahimi's visit comes amid heavy fighting between Assad troops and rebel forces in and around Damascus, Al Jazeera reported.


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AppDirect smartly (or luckily, depending on your perspective of the company's prescience) raised a truckload of cash over the past few years and, rather than blowing it all on frivolous things, has seemed to follow a careful strategy. That strategy sees it grow strongly, but appropriately, both through expansion of its own footprint and through acquisitions.
A few weeks ago while in Europe I managed to get myself invited to sit in on an AppDirect customer day in which some big European customers spent time talking with the company, but more importantly each other, about the issues in standing up and managing customer-facing application marketplace. While the stuff I heard was in-confidence, and I probably shouldn't divulge which companies were present, suffice it to say that AppDirect seems to be asking all the right questions, and listening intently to what its customers ask for.


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Our open day that took place on 21st July, 2018 was the best ever attended in recent years. Over 100 guests, members and friends came along to see what we had to offer and were also treated to some of our intra-club finals events at the same time. High quality tennis was showcased - many thanks and congratulations go to those who took part!
The weather this year has been brilliant and this day was no exception. The sun came out and the clouds stayed away for the event but we must give a huge THANK YOU to the LTA and particularly NATURE VALLEY who were very generous in their support for the event. The club was provided with fantastic give-aways, including a photo-booth and props and display goods to promote the event, with t-shirts, fans, grab bags, and protein bars for all those attending to enjoy. Once again, Thank You Nature Valley!
Thanks also go to all those who attended and those who assisted for making the day another success. We hope to see many of you again soon - as members maybe?


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Winter is coming, so it's worth getting carter's mittens, which even the American senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, is wearing! Małopolska handicrafts and traditional folk crafts are not only an element of culture, but also one of the tourist attractions of the region. 200 artists, representing 24 crafts, in nearly 130 towns are waiting for you to discover them!
Unique mittens saved by women
American Senator Bernie Sanders showed up in thick woollen mittens at the swearing-in of the new president of the United States. Now he has another pair because at the beginning of the year the "black highlanders" from Łomnica-Zdrój and Piwniczna-Zdrój shipped it to him as a gift. The "highlanders", whose nickname comes from their mostly black clothes, highlight that Bernie Sanders comes from Słopnice, a village in Małopolska. He even visited this village in the Limanowa poviat, at the foot of Mogielica, the highest mountain of Beskid Wyspowy, in search of his roots in 2013.
Those who live in the mountains are perfectly familiar with the advantages of carter's mittens. A hint to non-highlanders (called cepry): they were perfect for loading wood onto horse-driven carts in the winter forest. First, the carter carried his gloves tied behind his head so that they wouldn't bother him. And then he would jump on the cart, put them on his hands and: giddy-up, off he went! The wool gets felted with time, making the gloves waterproof.
How are they made? First, a linen warp is stretched onto a specially prepared wooden frame, and then a woollen thread is braided. This process takes two or three days, or even up to a week! And before that, there is still a lot of "scut work": after buying wool from a sheep breeder, you have to wash it many times, dry it, card (untangle the fibres) and then spin the thread! Fewer and fewer craft businesses offer to do it, so the weavers must often handle it on their own.
Only 100% natural wool is used to make these gloves, mostly obtained from local sheep. The gloves are usually black, and the white ones are considered more exclusive. Regardless of the colour, real carter's mittens will serve you for decades! The oldest pair, already 100 years old, is on display in the regional museum in Piwniczna-Zdrój.
When you are there, take also a look at the wooden looms – frames for weaving gloves, which were once operated mainly by... men. Did you know that the secret of their production was almost gone? For some time, the manufacturing technique was considered extinct, and this sad fact was even noted by the Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw. Fortunately, it turned out that Michał Nakielski from Piwniczna-Zdrój was weaving in his free time. Thanks to the determination of the women who asked him to train them, the methods of making carter's mittens survived, and the creation of those mitts has become a female activity as well. Today, when the spatial weaving of black highlanders enjoys its revival, you can also buy a unique woollen hat or wristband. Procedures are underway to include carter's mittens on the UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Beads that inspire envy and admiration
Clad in carter's mittens you will not get cold and you can go in search of real Lemko jewellery – for yourself or as a gift a loved one. In the interwar period, the inhabitants of the so-called Lemko Land (Beskid Niski and part of Beskid Sądecki) created the so-called krywulki. It is a sort of a necklace or ruff made of tiny glass beads. The beads with a diameter of up to 2 millimetres are strung on a thread and form an openwork, intricate whole. The jewellery consists of three parts. The first one, closest to the neck, is "krajka" (about 2 centimetres wide). The finish is called "gondoczok". The most important and decorative widest part (10 to 40 centimetres) is called "polotence".
Krywulka used to be a status indicator: the richer and wider it was, the more respected and wealthy the lady who wore it. The largest necklace can hold up to 25,000 beads, threaded on several meters of thread! It takes about 130 hours of patient work to create it! Perhaps that is why they were once reserved for personal use? Geometric patterns in the shape of circles, squares, rhombuses, hexagons and stripes have their symbolic meaning. Rhombuses mean spring, a flower with eight petals signifies water and sun, and a diagonal grid of three lines – high yield. Currently, krywulka is available to buy. It is worth it, because the ethnic ornament is timeless and delights with its intricate workmanship.
Bobbin lace, the mystery of symbols
Lacemaking in the Polish countryside developed in the mid-19th century. It was mainly due to the patronage of, among others: Tytus Chałubiński, Helena Modrzejewska, and Stanisław Witkiewicz, who encouraged women to make lace. They could take part in courses, schools, trainings and shows.
In Polish folk lacemaking, the distinguished techniques are crochet, bobbin, needle and mesh. Techniques and patterns vary regionally. Crochet laces are the most popular, but bobbin lace was the most acclaimed.
Bobbin lace developed best in the charming town of Bobowa (the Gorlice poviat) and in the surrounding villages – currently the largest and most thriving lacemaking centre in Poland. Actually, the method of weaving the Bobowa lace comes from Italy and Belgium, but it began to be produced in Bobowa in the 16th century and became a real work of art there. In 1899, the National Lace School was established in Bobowa. Its students won a bronze medal at an exhibition in Saint Louis in 1902, and a gold medal in San Francisco in 1905. From 1949, the "Koronka-Bobowa" Labor Cooperative took care of the quality of lace production and the sale of products. In 1995, Stowarzyszenie Twórczości Regionalnej (the Association of Regional Crafts) was established in Bobowa. One of its goals was to protect local lacemaking art from sinking into oblivion. Interestingly, these were mainly custom-made products for the rich – nobility, landowners and bourgeoisie. Churches were also the recipients. Laces were made mainly by women (men and boys were in a definite minority). These people are connected by a special network of family affinities of a clan nature. The multi-generational and large lacemaking families pass down technical skills. If a generation link weakens, the ability to make lace in a given clan may be endangered. The production of lace is strongly related to religious life (for example, weaving on Sundays is forbidden) and the cult of St. Sophia, patron saint of the Bobowa church.
The oldest surviving pieces of Bobowa lace have a tape and circular format and a strong baroque form. The circular format (rosette) is, in this case, the most symbolically bearing. The laces are symmetrical. The patterns are symbolic (for example, three stitches stand for the Holy Trinity and five stitches signify Christ's five wounds). Bobowa's ornaments duplicate symbols and signs that have been known for centuries. Among such ornaments, we can distinguish animals (for example: peacock, rooster, duck, deer), human elements (for example, silhouettes, faces, hands), divine or holy attributes and many others. Historical and artistic collections related to Bobowa lace are collected by the Galeria Koronki Klockowej [the Bobbin Lace Gallery] in Bobowa, and the tradition is promoted by the city as part of the International Festival of Bobbin Lace.
Apart from Bobowa, lacemaking centres in Małopolska also include: Stary Sącz, Krościenko nad Dunajcem (the Nowy Targ poviat) and Wiśniowa (the Myślenice poviat)
Wood-tar burner, glass paintings and wooden eagles
Roman Penkala, the last wood-tar burner from Bielanka in the Gorlice poviat, walks through the forest in search of wood, which is more valuable and harder to find than mushrooms. Selected pieces soaked in resin are piled and burnt for several hours to obtain the wood-tar. In the past, this thick, tarry, and antibacterial substance was used as a medicine, and today it is used in the production of medicines and cosmetics. When visiting Mr. Penkala, make sure that you don't catch his passion! You can learn all about the traditions of wood-tar production in the Zagroda Maziarska (Maziar Farm) in Łosie.
Stanisław Wyrtel, who was hired years ago as a guide at the museum – the Orawa Ethnographic Park in Zubrzyca Górna, found out that passion actually is infectious. Showing tourists pictures on glass, he got excited to copy them, and today... he runs a gallery with his own fairy-like works, a bit in Marc Chagall's style. The technique of glass painting is difficult, because you paint under the surface (on the back), so everything is reversed and you have to create the image "to the mirror".
Józef Lizoń's wife tries to persuade him to paint – not the paintings, though, but sculptures. A respected self-taught man from Podegrodzie (the Nowy Sącz poviat – with an interesting Muzeum Lachów Sądeckich (the Lachs of Sącz Museum) – he claims, however, that he prefers his works to be plain – his wooden eagles were handed over to American senators who spoke about the situation in Poland. He has had many individual exhibitions, including at the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow, as well as in France, Switzerland, Slovakia and Hungary. He has been sculpting since he was 9 years old and considers the monumental figure of Christ on the cross, made of a single piece of oak wood, to be his life's work. Admire that and other works in his garden – although he does not own a gallery, he creates real Art.
200 artists and 24 crafts in 130 towns
In Małopolska, the preservation, cultivation, and sometimes the revival of traditional craftsmanship are of great importance. There are not only shows, but also workshops for people who want to take up the craft of their ancestors. There are also a series of fairs and events promoting the products of folk art and traditional crafts. These include, for example, the Etnomania festival, the Otwarte Pracownie na Szlaku Tradycyjnego Rzemiosła (Open Studios on the Traditional Crafts Trail), Międzynarodowe Targi Sztuki Ludowej (the International Folk Art Fair) in Krakow, Święto chleba (the Bread Festival), and Miodobranie (the Honey Harvesting Festival). Products of this type are almost always showcased at many Christmas or local fairs.
The list of these types of crafts and handicrafts is long. 200 artists, representing 24 crafts, in nearly 130 towns are waiting to be discovered by you!
• Cooperage: one of the disappearing professions – is a technique of manual production of wooden utensils and other utility items.
• Tissue-making: that is, the art of making ornaments from tissue paper, was mainly performed by women, who were eager to decorate their homes and places of worship.
• Lemko jewellery: krywulka is a type of traditional Lemko necklace. It is made of small, glass beads with a diameter of up to 2 mm, hand-strung on a thread, creating an openwork, intricate whole.
• Wood-tar production: this craft on a mass scale developed especially in the Lemko villages – Bielanka and Łosie. The Lemkos were engaged in the production of wood-tar as early as in the 17th century, and thanks to its healing properties, wood-tar was widely used in folk medicine.
• Pottery: the workshop of a potter, i.e. a craftsman who makes pots and other items from clay, consists of a potter's wheel, a special potter's furnace and a place for drying formed and fired dishes.
• Embroidery: "painting" with a needle and thread has a special place in Polish folk culture. The embroidery was the only decorative element which made peasant's linen look somewhat like court fabrics or decorations from noble and gentry houses.
• Icon writing: the icon comes from the Byzantine culture. It took the form of mosaics, frescoes, bas-reliefs and paintings on a wooden board, with which it is most often associated. Icons depict saints.
• Stonemasonry: it is a demanding profession, which requires muscle. The Beskid Niski – and especially the towns of Bartne (description of the village of Bartne) and Jasionki – was the centre of stonework in Poland.
• Wheelwrighting: a wheelwright dealt with the production and repair of carts and parts for carts, mainly wheels – hence the name. This craft – known from the early Middle Ages – changed with the progress of civilization.
• Lace making: i.e. openwork decoration of fabrics and clothing, takes the form of openwork lace, appliqués, collars and shawls. Lace is made of cotton, linen or silk threads.
• Blacksmithing: after the enfranchisement of peasants in Małopolska in 1848, the financial situation of the villagers improved significantly. This resulted in an increased demand for various iron products. Today, it is mainly the production of decorative elements, e.g. gates.
• Lutherie: requires thorough education. A future luthier must have good musical hearing and manual skills. Many luthiers graduate from secondary schools of fine arts.
• Spoon carving: the manufacture of household items from wood (most often spoons – hence the name). In the past it required a lot of work and manual skills.
• Glass painting: folk artists are able to close their own image of the world even in a small piece of glass. When it comes to technology, glass painting is governed by different rules than traditional painting.
• Milling: has been present in man's life for centuries. The first milling tools were flat, split stones, later there were burrs consisting of two stones, one of which was movable.
• Traditional bread-making: baking bread was one of the basic household chores. Professionally, it was only done the servants who baked bread for the needs of the court (hence the place name – for example, Piekary). The bread was usually baked with rye flour.
• Folk arts: today, Christmas decorations are usually bought in shops, hardly anyone has the time and wants to make them on their own. In the past, houses and churches were decorated with handmade ornaments.
• Basket weaving: basketry, willow weaving and braiding are very old jobs. Already in the distant past, hunter-gatherers were doing that. Braiding was a practical skill.
• Ropework: i.e. making ropes.
• Beekeeping: the oldest form of beekeeping in Poland was honey harvesting, i.e. the use of swarms of bees settled in tree hollows. Today, beekeepers restock hives set up in apiaries with swarms of bees.
• Folk sculpture: religious themes dominated in traditional folk sculpture. For many years, no attention was paid to its authors, who usually remained anonymous. It was only in the interwar period that people started to be interested in folk sculpture as a form of art.
• Leatherwork: folk leather-crafting has been preserved mainly in Podhale, thanks to sheep breeding widespread in this area.
• Wood carving: is one of the oldest arts, and an extremely difficult one. It requires great precision, commitment, steady hand and eye from the craftsman.
• Carpentry: one of the most popular wood crafts is carpentry. In the past, almost every village had a carpentry workshop, which produced shingles for roofing, elements of house construction and its equipment.
• Folk costumes: folk costume is a term for peasant clothing of a festive character. Folk costumes were usually worn to church, as well as for special family celebrations.
• Weaving: one of the oldest crafts, in recent years it has become especially trendy. Maybe because it is an activity for persistent people, but also for those who seek rest.
• Papercutting: paper cut-outs as a form of artistic craftsmanship originated in the noble, bourgeois and Jewish culture. The art of paper cutting developed rapidly, already in the second half of the 19th century, in various forms.
• Woodwork: among traditional wooden products, there are numerous everyday items – from cutlery, dishes, butter and cheese moulds, through all kinds of furniture, to more complex structures.
• Folk toy making: it was very popular among rural artists, but it was not a separate branch of the craft. It was most often a by-product of pottery workshops and industry.
You could go on and on about people and their amazing handicraft passions. Creating corsets, instruments, cut-outs, toys, laces... You can find regional treasures and their amazing creators on the website dedicated to the Małopolska Traditional Craft Route (description of the Traditional Craft Route).
You could go on and on about people and their amazing handicraft passions. Creating corsets, instruments, cut-outs, toys, laces... You can find regional treasures and their amazing creators on the website dedicated to the Małopolska Traditional Craft Route.
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A Corporação Espacial Sueca (; também conhecida por SSC, sigla em inglês de Swedish Space Corporation) é uma empresa estatal da Suécia, vocacionada para a execução do programa espacial do país. Lida com tecnologia espacial e de deteção remota desde 1927, colaborando em programas e projetos com organizações espaciais, empresas e organizações de pesquisa com acesso ao espaço. É responsável pela gestão do Centro de pesquisa e lançamento de foguetes de Esrange, localizado a 45 km a leste da cidade de Quiruna, no norte da Suécia.

História
A SSC fornece competência especializada em subsistemas espaciais, operações espaciais e satélites, foguetes e sistemas de balão, incluindo equipamentos de experiência, serviços de lançamento, serviços de engenharia aeroespacial, bem como sistemas de bordo de vigilância marítima. Através de suas subsidiárias integrais, a ECAPS e a NanoSpace, a SSC também está envolvida no desenvolvimento de sistemas de propulsão ecológicos e sistemas de micromecânica para aplicações espaciais.

A partir da sua instalação Esrange Space Center no norte da Suécia, a SSC faz os lançamentos de foguetes e balões de alta altitude para a pesquisa nas áreas de microgravidade, astrofísica, astronomia e estudos atmosféricos.

Em 1 de julho de 2011 a SSC vendeu sua divisão de satélite à empresa espacial alemã OHB que formou uma subsidiária sueca chamada de OHB-Sweden.

Em fevereiro de 2013, uma auditoria feita pelo governo foi divulgado pelo Gabinete de Auditoria Nacional da Suécia, que concluiu que "o investimento espacial sueco é distribuído entre várias organizações que funcionam como chaminés sem comunicação real entre elas e nenhuma ambição comum". Enquanto cerca de 1 bilhão SEK (158 milhões USD) são gastos anualmente em iniciativas espaciais suecas, o relatório da auditoria exige um adicional do governo na "supervisão da Agência Espacial Europeia (ESA) e uma revisão da estrutura e missão do Swedish Space Corporation.

Satélites científicos desenvolvidos
 Prisma - lançado em 15 de junho de 2010
 SMART-1 - lançado em 27 de setembro de 2003
 Odin - lançado em 20 de fevereiro de 2001
 Astrid 2 -  lançado em 10 de dezembro de 1998
 Astrid 1 - lançado em 24 de janeiro de 1995
 Freja - lançado em 06 de outubro de 1992
 Viking -  lançado em 22 de fevereiro de 1986

Gerenciamento de projetos de satélites de telecomunicações
 Tele-X
 Sirius W
 Sirius 2
 Sirius 3

Ligações externas
 Swedish Space Corporation - Site oficial
 OHB Sweden - Site oficial

Empresas da Suécia
Programa espacial sueco
Empresas fundadas em 1972
Fundações na Suécia em 1972

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Q: Conversion pdf document which includes tables to csv file using python or any other langaue I tried to convert pdf document (includes tables) into csv file. Unfortunately I failed. I have used the following approaches:

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*Used pdfminer first converted the pdf to text but structure of text file was not same as of pdf file .

*Used pypdf2 first converted the pdf to text but structure of text file was not same as of pdf file.

*Used pdftotext first converted the pdf to text but structure of text file was not same as of pdf file.

*Used slate first converted the pdf to text but structure of text file was not same as of pdf file.
Kindly tell me the appropriate way to convert pdf to csv file. Some people have recommended me to parse the document to xml file and then to csv file. Even then I did not got the solution.
The PDF document looks as follows:

Are there any better tools which can convert pdf document (includes complex tables) to csv file?
Solutions in Python language would be highly appreciated.

A: Might be worth giving PDFTables a try, they've got a Python library/API for PDF to CSV conversions, and you get free pages to try it out.

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Closet is something that is a necessary part of a bedroom, but placing a unique looking closet is a good way of enhancing the beauty of the room. The closets area available in different styles in the furniture store, but the ones created by hand are praiseworthy because of the innovative style and the skill of the person, which is shown by the handmade items. Here we have shown a unique idea of creating reclaimed wood pallet closet, which will surely add grace to the bedroom of any other area where it will be placed.
Have a look at the closet plan, the door is sliding and this area of the closet is for hanging the clothes. It is neat from inside and this view is for those who think that the pallets are not smooth or neat in looks.
Now have a look at the other part of the closet, it contains the drawers to keep the items of daily use. The black color of the repurposed wood pallet closet drawers is for making the closet look awesome and attractive. There is a storage space with the door at the top of the drawers, which is for keeping the sensitive items.
The closet is black and skin colored, the items including the slider and the handle of the door is black in color as well as the drawers. The handles of the drawers are skin in color because they are black, so if the handles are also black it will not appear prominently.
Here you can see a storage space without the door; it is a good area to place the sandals and shoes. It is not an idea which is hectic to copy or takes many days for completion. It is a good idea to copy for the room if someone needs a closet with awesome look.


Sandbox is a story of personal memory. The accidental discovery of a forgotten briefcase leads Navdha Malhotra to discover the lost identity of her grandfather, a refugee from the partition of India. What she unravels is a treasure trove of identity. His refugee documents, degree certificates, and personal journal entries reveal to her the man he was during India under British colonial rule, and his eventual status as a "political sufferer" from partition.
This virtual reality piece offers viewers an immersive experience of the life of Malhotra's grandfather, as reflected in the refugee documents he left behind. The viewers interact and play in the environment, embarking on an experiential journey that leads them to audio narratives from the granddaughter, recounting her thoughts as she discovered her grandfather's history for the first time.
Parul Wadhwa is a new media artist and documentarian. Her work blurs the boundaries between film and digital technology to create immersive environments. Her research interests include interactive digital storytelling, virtual reality, and she is committed to the use of new technologies for social impact.


Retirement is something to look forward to if you plan, save and invest properly, and you are never too young to plan for your future. If you haven't begun saving for retirement yet, it's time to start, and the more money you have saved, the more interest it will collect. In other words, a penny saved is truly a penny earned.
When you stop working you will require approximately 70 to 90 percent of your annual pre-retirement earnings multiplied by the number of years you plan to spend in retirement (EBSA). You may require more than this amount depending on various factors, such as medical costs, the status of your mortgage, and if you qualify for Medicare at the age you wish to retire. Lastly, don't forget to factor in inflation. Once you have calculated the savings you will need, find out how your social security, pensions and annuities stack up. If you find that you still don't have enough for retirement after combining all of your savings, then it is time to consider different ways of growing your money, such as investing.
Find out if your employer offers a retirement savings plan. By participating in a company-led retirement plan, you will reduce the amount of taxes you pay, and saving will become easier with automatic transfers into your retirement fund. Your employer may also have a pension plan available. A pension plan guarantees a monthly stipend for the retiree and puts the burden of investment on the plan provider. If a retirement plan is not offered by your place of work, then suggest they start one. Retirement plans can be mutually beneficial for you and your employer.
When looking into additional ways of saving, it's important to recognize that retirement plans are not one-size-fits-all. A 401(k) is a retirement plan offered by employers, and employees have the option of putting a portion of their pay into the account. The ideal 401(k) is one in which your employer matches your contribution and contributes the same percentage to your account as you do. On the other hand, IRAs are individual accounts without any ties to employers. Therefore, IRAs allow individuals to periodically contribute a portion of their earned income.
The more you know about saving for retirement, the better prepared you will be when the time comes. Utilize retirement plans that may already be available to you through your employer or reach out to a financial advisor if you're unsure of where to start. Remember that your contributions add up over time, so the earlier you start saving, the sooner you can comfortably retire. By taking care of yourself now, you're also taking care of your future self.


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The past weekend's Investchem Formula 1600 races at Kyalami's Festival of Motoring were all about one man. Bloemfontein youngster Stuart White utterly dominated, delivering a crushing qualifying performance before driving into the distance to win both races at ease over Scott Temple each time. Alex Gillespie and another young gun, Tiago Rebelo shared out the third places, while championship contender Nicholas van Weely ran into electrical trouble in the first race before bouncing back to fourth in the second.
White started the weekend with a qualifying warning of things to come as he delivered a mesmerising 1 minute 52.6 lap to plant his Fantastic Racing Mygale on an emphatic pole position to nab that bonus point up front, a full 1.3 seconds clear of Scott Temple (Road to Race Mygale). He was two tenths clear of the impressive Tiago Rebelo (TRMS Mygale), Class B pole man David Jermy (Fantastic Racing Mygale), Andrew Schofield (Investchem Mygale) and Alex Gillespie (ERP Trucking Components Mygale) in sixth.
Ian Schofield (Class B Investchem Mygale) lined up next ahead of van Weely (Magnificent Paints & Hardware van Diemen) and Siyabonga Mankonkwana (Cervinia Investments/Max Q Mygale), as Gerard Geldenhuys (Abacus Divisions Mygale) closed off the top ten ahead of Allen Meyer (Investchem Mygale), Gerald Wright (Fantastic Racing Mygale), Brendan Tracey (Investchem Mygale) and Andrew Rackstraw (Investchem/RDSA Mygale).
There was high drama in qualifying after Canadian visitor Jeff Gable (Fantastic Racing Mygale) and Gerard Geldenhuys made contact and Jeff made heavy contact with the barriers on the outside of turn 2. Gable visited the local hospital for a check-up before being released with bruising and a broken thumb, missing Friday afternoon's opening race.
Stuart White made no mistakes, blasting to a crushing 14 second race 1 victory over Scott Temple, with Alex Gillespie and Tiago Rebelo keeping the crowd content in their dice for third, resolved Gillespie's way by just half a second. Andrew Schofield similarly held off Gerald Wright's close attention, while Andrew Rackstraw fought back to beat duelling Class B frontrunners Ian Schofield and Allen Meyer with that trio covered by 1.3 seconds at the flag.
Brendan Tracey was next up with Gerard Geldenhuys the last finisher some way behind after David Jermy's race came to a dramatic end when a stuck throttle cable saw him leave the track and plough into the Clubhouse corner tyre barriers. But perhaps the biggest news besides Stuart White's dominance, was Nicholas van Weely grinding to a halt with alternator failure, while Siyabonga Mankonkwana joined Jeff Gable as a non-starter.
Stuart White once again dominated the second race, easily setting the fastest lap as he cruised off to a six-second win over Scott Temple with Tiago Rebelo a further six seconds adrift. Temple had started fourth behind White, Rebelo and Jermy and by the time he had made it through the traffic, White was long gone, but Temple duly opened up a sizeable gap to a delighted Rebelo, who raced to his first ever in Formula 1600 podium.
Nicholas van Weely brought it home in fourth albeit under pressure from Class B winner David Jermy after the two swapped places a few times along the way, with Alex Gillespie, Andrew Rackstraw and Siyabonga Mankonkwana enjoying an entertaining five-way scrap, the lot of them split by just 2.5 seconds at the flag. Gerald Wright was next up in ninth, comfortably clear of a battle between Brendan Tracey, Andrew Schofield, Gerard Geldenhuys and Class B man Allen Meyer after Ian Schofield stopped with a loose battery terminal and Jeff Gable opted not to race after his Friday crash.
So White took the day overall from Temple, Rebelo, Gillespie, Rackstraw and Wright, while Allen Meyer took Class B from David Jermy. White scored maximum points with two wins along with the bonus points for pole position and fastest lap to open up the championship lead over van Weely to 16 points as he placed a firm hand on that Road to Indy prize. Scott Temple and Alex Gillespie meanwhile continue their fight over the championship third with just three points between them.


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Studio Alchimia was a post-radical avant-garde group founded in Milan in 1976 by Alessandro Guerriero and his sister Adriana with the stated mission of "materializing a non-existent thing into being."

History
Studio Alchimia was an interdisciplinary and multiform group whose activities included seminars, production of experimental video, clothing design, theatrical set design, product design, decorative arts, performance art, and architecture. Alchimia presented their first group of furniture in the exhibition "Bau.Haus uno" in 1978. "Bau.Haus uno" included work by Ettore Sottsass Jr., Alessandro Mendini, Andrea Branzi, Trix & Robert Haussmann, U.F.O., Michele De Lucchi and Paola Navone. Alchimia's 1980 exhibition "Bau.Haus due" included textile work by Daniela Puppa.

Studio Alchimia's core membership included the Designers Alessandro Guerriero, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Gregori Giorgio Gregori (†), Arturo Reboldi, Pier Carlo Bontempi and Carla Ceccariglia. The Studio was organized by Adriana Guerriero-Reali, Tina Corti and Donatella Biffi. On the website Alchimia Milano you can find a list of all people who worked at or with Alchimia.

Exhibitions
Studio Alchimia exhibited their work at the Milan Triennial, The Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, and the 1980 Venice Biennale. In 2011 their work was featured in the "Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Awards
Studio Alchimia was awarded the Compasso d'Oro in the Design Studio category in 1981 for design research

References

External links
 Alchimia Milano – Official Website for Alchimia
 Alchimia del verbo - Official Website for poesia and alchimia
 Official Website for Alessandro Guerriero
 Santa Alchimia. Production: Metamorphosi. YouTube, 56:17 min.
 Al Diavolo Alchimia Exhibition in Lecce, Italy, 23 June till 31 October 2017. Production: Metamorphosi. YouTube, 25:11 min.

Italian designers
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In 2002, Telecom Plus has launched Utility Warehouse as a single brand to comprise the company's home services. Four years after, the two companies assigned NPower to be the energy supplier for the Utility Warehouse customers. Afterward, NPower bought Utility Warehouse's subsidiaries, the Electricity Plus and Gas Plus.
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Kasabian are an English rock band formed in Leicester in 1997. The band's original members consisted of vocalist Tom Meighan, guitarist and vocalist Sergio Pizzorno, guitarist Chris Karloff, and bassist Chris Edwards. The band's line-up was completed by drummer Ian Matthews in 2004 after a string of session drummers. Karloff left the band in 2006 and founded a new band called Black Onassis. Jay Mehler joined as touring lead guitarist in 2006. Mehler left the band for Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye in 2013. In 2010 and 2014, Kasabian won the Q Awards for 'Best Act in the World Today', while they were also named "Best Live Act" at the 2014 Q Awards and the 2007 NME Awards. The band's music is often described as "indie rock", but Pizzorno has said he "hates indie bands" and does not feel Kasabian fit into that category.
Kasabian have released five studio albums – Kasabian (2004), Empire (2006), West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009), Velociraptor! (2011), and 48:13 (2014). The band's music has been described as a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of Oasis.[2] Their music has won them several awards and recognition in the media, including a Brit Award in 2010 for Best British Group,and their live performances have received praise, the most notable of which was their appearance as headliners at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival.
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Blades closing on Callum Robinson
Callum Robinson at Turner's Cross this week for the Cork Airport Friendly between Preston North End and Cork City. Picture: Inpho/Laszlo Geczo.
Friday, July 12, 2019 - 05:30 AM
By Stephen Barry and Martin Claffey
Newly-promoted Sheffield United are closing on a €6.6m move for Ireland international striker Callum Robinson.
Preston, who have been training at Fota Island in Cork this week, confirmed yesterday they have accepted a bid from a Premier League club for striker Robinson. The Championship side did not name the club involved.
Robinson, 24, scored 13 goals in 36 appearances for Preston last season.
A statement on their website read:
"The player has been given permission to leave the team's Irish training camp in order to discuss personal terms and undertake a medical ahead of a proposed move. There will be no further comment at this time."
It is believed the Blades are the side leading the chase for Robinson. Speaking from the Sheffield club's training camp in the Algarve, Blades boss Chris Wilder told Sheffield's The Star newspaper: "We're deep in negotiation with four or five players. It has ramped-up. It's been tireless. If we get them great. If not, we move on.
I know people want to see new players in the shirt but the situation is we're working really hard and we're really confident we can add to the group. We know we have to. We're close.
Sheffield United's squad already contains Irish senior internationals David McGoldrick and John Egan.
Meanwhile Ireland U21 boss Stephen Kenny has said Jack Grealish and Declan Rice would still be playing for the Republic of Ireland but for weak relationships between former manager Martin O'Neill and underage coaches.
The current Ireland U21 manager, who will take over from Mick McCarthy as senior manager after the Euro 2020 campaign, has criticised the failure to integrate the best young players, including those of dual nationality, into the senior squad much earlier.
Grealish and Rice, who both represented Ireland at various levels, decided to turn down the green jersey during O'Neill's time in charge.
"I know this is subjective and slightly controversial but if there was a better relationship at the time between under-15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and senior managers, you'd feel that both Jack Grealish and Declan Rice would definitely be playing for Ireland now because they would have been fast-tracked earlier and into the first-team," Kenny told Eamon Dunphy on The Stand podcast.
"[We should've integrated them] earlier. Jack Grealish is an outstanding player, you wouldn't have had to be a genius to work that out. It needs a coordinated approach between the managers.
"We must be one unit rather than a series of individuals. To be fair to Mick McCarthy, we meet once a month with all the managers and he's in contact with myself, Tom Mohan, Colin O'Brien, Andy Reid, Paul Osam, and Jason O'Donoghue, and Ruud Dokter, the technical director."
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Farewell to the greatest one!
We knew he was ill, we stood by him and supported him all these years as he was battling this gruesome disease. We hoped he would win this battle, we hoped for more amusing stories from 791 official appearances for his beloved club, but the cancer was too strong. Momcilo Moca Vukotic died on 3rd of December 2021, the same date another Partizan great Stjepan Bobek was born 98 years ago.
Momcilo Vukotic got his Partizan membership card at the age of 2, started training at Partizan youths as a 12-year-old and debuted for Partizan seniors at the age of 18. Until recently, Vukotic was record holder regarding number of appearances for the club, winning three titles and scoring 339 goals for Partizan during his career.
Momcilo Vukotic is simply known as Moca, great man and best ever Partizan player, someone who showed his love for the club with his performances on the pitch and gentlemanly behaviour off it, someone who terminated his lucrative contract abroad to come back to Partizan and help the club beat the drop in 1979.
Upon hanging his boots, Moca was Partizan coach and later on Youth Academy Director, always placing honour and dignity of himself, his family and his beloved club above everything else.
Football maestro of whose artful performances people still talk about.
Farewell to the greatest one, thank you for everything and rest in peace!


Actually, that would be 5Kg, and I really doubt that all added up to 11 pounds.
If you use a doubled figure-8 knot instead of a slip knot it can't tighten up on you, and it can also be tied in the middle of a line. Otherwise, is a great knot-system. I learned it for tying down rolls of fiberglass insulation on a truck.


I went to a seminar last night, and it was possibly one of the most bizarre things I have ever done. I don't know what I expected, I thought it would be me, Susan, and a couple of older single ladies and maybe some people who wandered in by mistake looking for an AA meeting, who then felt too self-conscious to get up and walk out so they stayed. In fact, there were probably over 70 people there, everyone looked totally normal, was around our age, and were there absolutely on purpose. The title of the thing is "Have We Lost Our Ability to Mate? Or Relate?" and we were woefully unprepared. Turns out, this is not some random seminar, most of the people in the room come every week, like a support group. They were literally speaking a different, common language – based on this woman's research and published findings and it was… just really weird.
Honestly, I don't want to say anything negative about the people who attended, because they are "in the arena" to borrow a phrase from Teddy Roosevelt, and they are working really hard for – well, for something. To change their lives, to make things better, the same things we all are doing when we are at our best. It was strange, and felt weirdly foreign, they had these phrases and truths that we did not understand and the woman giving the talk would go off on these odd tangents that everyone in the room seemed to get except us, and we were very lost most of the time. It felt like we wandered into the wrong room, and it clearly was not going to be something that we related to or wanted to do much more work to understand. But obviously this is important and helpful to a lot of people so… that's nice I think.
She spent a lot of time asking people what "type" they were – are you a Peter Pan (most of the men), a gold digger, etc – and Susan and I never actually fit into any of her explanations. Even in this weirdo setting, we said, we are too weird to fit in. Or not weird enough? Who knows. The only thing that came close to describing us, was when she said "you are a woman who wants to be equal to a man, you want to make your own money, you want to be respected more than you want to be cherished." Well, yep, that sounds right, we got slightly excited and sat up straight hoping that she was nearing our type – and then she gave us the punchline – "You are a Narcissist. Stay single." Really??? Fuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkkk. Okay, if you say so, you're the scientist. So, for obvious reasons… we felt fine about not fitting in, and at this point I just really wanted to go sit in my bathtub and read – absolutely narcissistic behavior – which I did. I will probably just stay with the things I am doing to help me grow and change and not go back to this gathering, but it was definitely an adventure.


The crowd held its breath. Something had stuck in Mrs May's throat, something that required more than a lozenge to clear, even if such was gratefully received from an otherwise parsimonious Chancellor.
The final speech at Tory Party conferences have always had an air of, well, conservatism. Only very occasionally does a Party leader allow a modicum of humour and comic relief to puncture the staid ambience.
So it is of no surprise that Mrs May's eventful speech should cause such a stir.
It is, however, to her key announcement on housing that we must affix our attention.
The build up to her important announcement on housing included some oft-heard statistics of an ailing housing market. She spoke of stagnating wages, of a broken housing market, of housing now costing on average eight times the average salary, of the fact that in the span of a decade home ownership of the 25 to 34 year olds has plummeted from 59% to 38% today.
The British Dream of home ownership, May said, is increasingly out of reach.
At its most rudimentary, the UK housing market is not suffering from lack of demand. It is the lack of supply that has been the main driver causing house prices to reach unaffordable levels.
We are simply not building enough homes.
The government's official target is to build a million new homes in the five years to 2020, or 200,000 new homes a year. Even that target is predicated on very optimistic business-as-usual assumptions.
Local councils have created their own Objectively Assessed Needs, taking into account more robust data and assumptions, which forecasts a more realistic requirement of 300,000 new homes each year.
We are nowhere near that figure today. House building collapsed in the wake of the financial crisis and is yet to reach pre-crisis levels, from 215,000 homes a year in 2007/8 to 140,000 last year.
What therefore caused such consternation among industry stakeholders was May's announcement which, rather than relieve the supply shortfall, chose to exacerbate an already dysfunctional housing market by encouraging yet more demand.
The Prime Minister pledged new government funding in two areas: affordable housing and the Help to Buy scheme.
On the former, she said that an additional £2bn funding be allocated for councils and housing associations towards building more affordable housing, taking the total to nearly £9bn.
Mrs May stated it was time the government got back into the business of building houses, quite a statement from a Tory leader.
The new housing drive is considered essential to meet the government target of building a million new homes within five years, and is one tactic aimed at winning back the youth vote from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
However, the biggest surprise was May's announcement to revive and support the controversial Help to Buy scheme with an additional £10bn.
The government claims this new injection will enable 135,000 additional homeowners to get on the property ladder, with as little as a 5% deposit on a newly built home.
The market movements of the main housebuilders following the speech tell you all you need to know about who will be a major beneficiary of this scheme. Money for old rope.
Rather than stumping up more taxpayer cash into an already overheated housing sector, the government would be better served by loosening restrictions on planning – although not building regulations, as the Grenfell episode so tragically taught us – and allowing the construction of more homes in high demand areas, including in May's greenbelt constituency.
There is scant danger of this happening anytime soon.
Getting such changes through parliament would require a clear strategy and substantial political capital, neither of which is in ample supply within a party currently at war with itself.
At the very least it's a question of picking the right priorities. It would seem, on the evidence of the Tory party speech, that Mrs May choked.


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A cooperative approach to platforms
I was yesterday at a nice and interesting conference in Brussels on "How to coop the collaborative economy", organized by major actors of the Belgian cooperative movement and building on the experience of a growing network of persons and organizations to enhance a cooperative view of the internet. Several themes in connection with my studies of the collaborative economy emerged, and I'd like to summarize here what were, in my view, the main lessons learned of the day.
A consensus is emerging on the distinction between "platform capitalism" and "platform cooperativism". The former is just old capitalism – private ownership of means of production and their operation for profit – though applied to state-of-the-art digital platforms rather than classical firms. The latter is an attempt to bring to the world of the platform the principles of the traditional cooperative movement – shared, collective ownership. All agree that two of the most high-profile platforms of the day – Airbnb and Uber – belong to platform capitalism.
A curious terminological divide: while Dutch- and English-speakers talk about the "sharing economy" and start from consumers (and their changing behaviors) to define it, French speakers rather talk about "collaborative economy" and take producers / workers as starting points in their definitions. Just a coincidence or a more fundamental disagreement? Not sure yet. Be that as it may, all converge on excluding Airbnb and Uber from their definitions – whether they focus on "sharing" or "collaboration".
Whether we call it "sharing" or "collaborative" economy, its global impact is not always as positive as its promoters claim. Koen Frenken of the University of Utrecht showed that if its economic effects are overall positive, environmental ones are mixed and social effects are rather negative.
Cities, not states, are the relevant level of governance for the sharing/collaborative economy (however defined). "Sharing cities" are the new hype and have almost replaced the "smart cities" in public discourse. This raises new hopes: Michel Bawens, leader of the P2P foundation, fascinatingly talked of alliances of cities as the new solution to bridge the local and the global, by-passing the return of the nation-state that is at the heart of recent populism, both right-wing and left-wing. Yet focus on cities risks exacerbating the urban – rural divide, noticed philosopher Edouard Delruelle of the University of Liège – all the more worrying as geographical inequalities seem to have played a major role precisely in the emergence of populism (Brexit vote, Trump's election).
For platform cooperativism to emerge in this world, Trebor Scholz of the New School and one of the initiators of the movement, insists on the importance of developing new narratives – telling convincing stories, just as Airbnb (the common "enemy"?) has done to impose itself.
The Twitter network (ties = retweets and mentions) of participants to the event (hashtag "#howtocoop").
Most of today's digital platforms, whether capitalist or not, are unprofitable today. Think of Twitter, which after over ten years of activity, is still making huge losses; and so do others. Yet major capitalist platforms have managed to attract sufficient venture capital to stay afloat; this is often more difficult for platforms in the cooperative mode, which struggle more to attract funding. Several representatives of cooperatives shared their experience with the audience: public money is increasingly scarce and private investors often want them to provide evidence of sustainability too early, while real results are more likely to be visible in the longer run.
The new notion of an "open coop" is exciting, and seems most adapted to the world of the platform: but it is still very unclear. The basic idea is to go beyond the basic notion of shared ownership within a group, and develop a true culture of the commons, with an opening to outsiders. So for example, the assets of the cooperative would be the property of its members, but some of them (especially immaterial ones such as code and data) can be made available openly to all. But this is often difficult to do, for example to maintain the privacy of data subjects. More seriously, it is sometimes difficult to draw a dividing line between what can and what cannot be shared, and the boundaries between the "open" and "classical" coop are often blurred.
There are challenges for both capitalist and cooperative platforms. Transformations of labor (prevalence of piecemeal work, freelancing, multiplicity of employers) are a distinctive characteristic of the digital world and concern all its actors. So do issues related to data (privacy, confidentiality, transparency…).
A lot still needs to be done – in definitional, theoretical terms as well as in terms of concrete experiences and collection of empirical evidence. This was anyway a good first step in this direction.
Update (30 March 2016): This post has been republished on the blog of the P2P Foundation.
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Q: What do Unix timestamps actually track? I know that the Unix timestamp is defined as the number of seconds passed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00Z. However, I could not find a clear source that gives this definition. I've also read various different statements about the relationship between UTC and the Unix Timestamp in regards to leap seconds.
This wikipedia page contains a list of all leap seconds. The first one is
1972-06-30 23:59:60

Statements about Unix timestamps

As for "all modern computer systems", Unix time is completely ignorant about anything except seconds.

Source: HackerNews, brazzy

UNIX time tracks UTC instead of TAI meaning it "corrects" for leap seconds. As a result, UNIX time is not "the number of seconds since epoch" but "86400 * (number of whole days since epoch) + (number of seconds since midnight)", and UNIX time will go forwards (never so far) and backwards on leap seconds (a second will repeat in most implementations as the day goes from 23:59:60 to 00:00:00, as they have the same timestamp).

Source: Hacker News, masklinn
I've also read (but I can't find it again - somewhere on Stack Overflow) that Unix Timestamps assume each day has exactly 24*60*60 seconds. The poster implied that days are still somehow kept synchronously while the leap seconds simply "slows down" the real second. Hence a "unix timestamp second" might not be a SI second.
Possible answers
I can see three possible answers:
A1: Unix Timestamps track SI seconds since 1970-01-01 00:00:00Z. This means they are 27 seconds off from the UTC.
A2: Unix Timestamps track "passed seconds in TAI". This means a library that converts Unix timestamps to UTC has to deal with leap seconds.
A3: Unix Timestamps track "passed seconds in UTC". This means that a difference between two Unix timestamps of 1 might be 1 SI-second in most cases, but not in all.
Please add a source to your answer.
Python
Pythons datetime seems not to be aware of leap seconds (?).
>>> import datetime
>>> a = datetime.datetime(1972, 6, 30, 23, 59, 59)
>>> b = datetime.datetime(1972, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0)
>>> b-a
datetime.timedelta(0, 1)

and the time module seems to map the actual leap second on the second before:
>>> import time
>>> t3 = time.mktime((1972, 6, 30, 23, 59, 59, -1, -1, -1))
>>> t4 = time.mktime((1972, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1))
>>> t4 - t3
1.0
>>> t4 = time.mktime((1972, 6, 30, 23, 59, 60, -1, -1, -1))
>>> t4 - t3
1.0

This impression is supported by issue23574.

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A.4.16 Seconds Since the Epoch
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) includes leap seconds. However, in POSIX time (seconds since the Epoch), leap seconds are ignored (not applied) to provide an easy and compatible method of computing time differences. Broken-down POSIX time is therefore not necessarily UTC, despite its appearance.
[...]
Most systems' notion of "time" is that of a continuously increasing value, so this value should increase even during leap seconds. However, not only do most systems not keep track of leap seconds, but most systems are probably not synchronized to any standard time reference. Therefore, it is inappropriate to require that a time represented as seconds since the Epoch precisely represent the number of seconds between the referenced time and the Epoch.
It is sufficient to require that applications be allowed to treat this time as if it represented the number of seconds between the referenced time and the Epoch. It is the responsibility of the vendor of the system, and the administrator of the system, to ensure that this value represents the number of seconds between the referenced time and the Epoch as closely as necessary for the application being run on that system.

Source: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xbd_chap04.html#tag_21_04_16

A: Unix time tracks the SI seconds elapsed since 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC minus the leap seconds of UTC. Positive leap seconds are not counted and negative leap seconds are counted twice. In other words, it counts as if each day lasted 86,400 SI seconds, so a Unix time which is a multiple of 86,400 corresponds to midnight UTC.
Midnight transition without leap second (UTC day lasts 86,400 SI seconds):
UTC       Second #  Unix time (mod 86,400)
--------  --------  ----------------------
23:59:58  86,398th  86,398
23:59:59  86,399th  86,399
00:00:00  86,400th  86,400

Midnight transition with positive leap second (UTC day lasts 86,401 SI seconds); it has happened on 27 days so far:
UTC       Second #  Unix time (mod 86,400)
--------  --------  ----------------------
23:59:59  86,399th  86,399
23:59:60  86,400th  86,399 <- positive leap second: not counted in Unix time
00:00:00  86,401th  86,400

Midnight transition with negative leap second (UTC day lasts 86,399 SI seconds); it has never happened so far:
UTC       Second #  Unix time (mod 86,400)
--------  --------  ----------------------
23:59:57  86,397th  86,397
23:59:58  86,398th  86,398 86,399 <- negative leap second: counted twice in
00:00:00  86,399th  86,400           Unix time

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Michael Crummey is one of Newfoundland's most acclaimed poets and novelists. His novel, Galore, won the Canadian Authors' Association Fiction Award, the Commonwealth Prize for Best Book (Canada & Caribbean Region), and was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Award and the Governor-General's Award. His most recent novel is Sweetland. He lives in St. John's.
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Perched high on Reabold Hill in Floreat, the Quarry is set in natural bushland surrounds and enjoys wonderful views across the City and beyond. The open air setting and soaring limestone walls of the Quarry create an intimate, informal atmosphere - the perfect place to sit back, relax and enjoy the many events staged during the performance season that runs from November to April each year.
With seating for up to 557 people on grass covered limestone terraces, the Quarry is a licensed BYO facility where you can bring your own picnic or order one of our delicious hampers. The Quarry Amphitheatre is also available for hire for corporate and social events including weddings. To find out 'What's On at the Quarry' and for more information about hiring this wonderful venue, contact the Quarry Amphitheatre today!
To ensure patron safety and minimise the risk of Bushfire the Town of Cambridge is pleased to advise that the Quarry Amphitheatre is a SMOKE FREE VENUE. This includes the car parks and surrounding bushland. Your safety and enjoyment is our priority.
With limited parking available at the Quarry Amphitheatre, car pooling is the way to go. Not only will you be doing the environment a favour if you plan ahead and choose a skipper you can enjoy a few responisble drinks.
For more information about environmentally friendly transport options visit the Town's TravelSmart page.