ic „Corona ist für mich wie Urlaub“ By www.welt.de Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 06:45:00 GMT Bei Olympia 2016 avancierte Schwimmerin Yusra Mardini zum Gesicht des Flüchtlingsteams. Die junge Syrerin war übers Mittelmeer geflüchtet – ihre neue Heimat damals: Berlin. Wie sie nach dem Krieg die Krise erlebt. Full Article Sport
ic Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:22:00 +0000 A white police officer fired through the window of a black woman's home early Saturday and killed her after responding to a call that a neighbor placed about an open front door, authorities in Fort Worth, Texas, say. Around 2:25 a.m., officers responded to an "open structure call" made by a neighbor to the police department's nonemergency number. Inside the home, Atatiana Jefferson, 28, and her 8-year-old nephew were playing video games. Body camera footage released by the police shows the officer outside the home, looking into Jefferson's bedroom window and shouting, "Put your hands up! Show me your hands!" before firing a single bullet that killed Jefferson. Kyev Tatum, a pastor and community activist who was on the scene shortly after the shooting, told NPR that the neighbor who called the police was worried about the welfare of Jefferson. He said Jefferson may have had her front door open for a reason. "This was probably one of the first days that we had cool weather in Fort Worth. Full Article
ic Former Fort Worth Officer Charged With Murder In Fatal Shooting Of Woman In Her Home By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 01:17:00 +0000 Like a lot of young women her age, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson had a date Friday night — but unlike many of her peers, Jefferson's date was with her 8-year-old nephew. They were enjoying a heated video game that went into the early hours of Saturday when police arrived at the house Jefferson shared with her mother. Officers were responding to a nonemergency call from James Smith, a neighbor who knew Jefferson's mother was not well. (Jefferson, a pre-med graduate of Xavier University, had moved home to care for her ailing parent, who was in the hospital recovering from unspecified injuries.) Smith was worried when he saw doors to the Jefferson home wide open late at night. Despite the nonemergency nature of the call, two police officers crept up to the house unannounced, their flashlights sweeping the yard. Then one spotted Jefferson peering out of a window. In body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department, an officer can be heard shouting, " Put your hands up! Full Article
ic Fort Worth Interim Police Chief 'Deeply Sorry' For Fatal Shooting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:07:00 +0000 Updated at 8:11 p.m. ET The interim chief of the Fort Worth Police Department apologized on Tuesday to the family of Atatiana Jefferson in the aftermath of her fatal shooting by a police officer while she was in her home. "This incident has eroded the trust that we have built with our community and we must now work even harder to ensure that trust is restored," said Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus. Aaron Dean, the officer who shot Jefferson, resigned from the department and has been charged with murder . Kraus said that there is "absolutely no excuse" for the incident and that Dean will be held responsible for his actions. He asked the Fort Worth community to not allow the incident to reflect poorly on the entire police department. "The officers are hurting," he said. "They try hard every day to try to make this city better." Jefferson's family is calling for an independent investigation so that the Fort Worth Police Department is not investigating itself. The mayor told NPR she Full Article
ic Illegal Pot Operations In Public Forests Are Poisoning Wildlife And Water By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 10:03:00 +0000 Water and wildlife in the nation's public forests are slowly being poisoned by insecticides and other chemicals used in illegal marijuana operations, say forest police and researchers. They warn that the potential environmental damage could last generations. Many of the grows are the work of highly organized drug cartels that take advantage of the forests' thick canopy to help hide their operations. Some sites go undetected for years. "The true crime here is the fact that they're killing off basically America's public lands, killing off the wildlife, killing off our water," says Kevin Mayer, a U.S. Forest Service law enforcement assistant special agent in charge. "This is stuff that, you know, it's not gonna repair itself." Now, an unlikely coalition in California — including environmentalists, law enforcement agents, politicians, wildlife ecologists and representatives of the legal cannabis industry — have joined forces to try to reduce these illegal operations and the environmental Full Article
ic St. Louis Chief Prosecutor Accuses City, Police Union Of Racist Conspiracy In Lawsuit By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 15:06:00 +0000 St. Louis' first black prosecutor, Kim Gardner, has sued the city, its police union and five others for what she calls a racist effort to block her reform agenda. "Gardner was elected in 2016 on a promise to redress the scourge of historical inequality and rebuild trust in the criminal justice system among communities of color," reads the lawsuit filed Monday in federal court. "Unfortunately, entrenched interests in St. Louis ... have mobilized to thwart these efforts through a broad campaign of collusive conduct" to protect the status quo and remove Gardner from office. Jacob Long, a spokesman for Mayor Lyda Krewson, said the city "vehemently denied what it considers to be meritless allegations levied against it" and expected to be "fully vindicated." Jeff Roorda, a police union official named in the suit, called it "the last act of a desperate woman." The suit has its roots in the 2018 prosecution of then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Gardner hired an outside investigator to look into Full Article
ic Police Offering Drug Recovery Help: 'We Can't Arrest Our Way Out Of This Problem' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Emily Ligawiec has to sign in visitors to the recovery program she attends in a grand Victorian house in Holyoke, Mass. She can't bring people to her room. She only recently earned phone and car privileges. "We get 24, 48, 72-hour passes every weekend," she said. But Ligawiec doesn't mind the restrictions. The 29-year-old is grateful she's alive to follow them, after a decade of addiction — first to prescription painkillers, then pills she bought in the street, then heroin. "I had gone down a pretty dark path," she said. What finally turned her around was a 911 call last winter. She had gotten high on heroin and stolen her mother's car. When she returned it a few hours later, Officer John Cacela of Ware, Mass., was waiting in the driveway. In the past, Cacela might have immediately read Ligawiec her rights, "because for the longest time, the whole idea was — arrest, arrest," he said. Instead, he tapped on the car window and assured her she wasn't in trouble. "I closed the window on him Full Article
ic Indian Police Force Tourists Violating Lockdown To Write 'I Am Very Sorry' 500 Times By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:10:00 +0000 Indian police have the unenviable task of enforcing the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown . But last weekend, they handed down a punishment more common in a middle-school classroom than a police station. Ten foreign tourists caught flouting India's coronavirus restrictions Saturday were made to write the phrase "I did not follow the rules of lockdown. I am very sorry" 500 times and submit the paper to police. The incident happened at a sandy beach along the Ganges River near Rishikesh, a tourist hub in northern India famous for yoga retreats and hippie hangouts. It's where the Beatles made a spiritual pilgrimage in 1968. An officer who answered the phone Monday at the Muni Ki Reti police station near Rishikesh confirmed details to NPR, but declined an interview. The tourists were reportedly from Israel, Mexico, Australia and Austria, and were walking along the river when Indian police intervened. Under India's lockdown, all nonessential outings are banned. Video shared online by Full Article
ic How To Nab Suspects While Social Distancing? Indian Police Try Giant Tongs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 19:19:00 +0000 For police, the new coronavirus poses a dilemma: How do you apprehend a suspect in the era of social distancing? In India, they've come up with a way to lengthen the long arms of the law: giant tongs. In what looks more like a scene from a cops-and-robbers cartoon, this week police in the northern city of Chandigarh tweeted a video of an officer demonstrating how to use a 6-foot pole with a two-pronged claw at the end to detain a suspect. The officer, wearing a surgical mask, clamps the device around a man's waist and forces him into a pickup truck. "We call it a 'social distancing clamp' or a 'lockdown-breaker catcher,' " head constable Gurdeep Singh told NPR by phone from Chandigarh Police headquarters. "This is especially used in instances where we suspect that someone has the coronavirus and they are not cooperating with us." Chandigarh, the joint capital of the Indian states of Haryana and Punjab, has been declared a containment zone , with a high concentration of COVID-19 cases. Full Article
ic Mit dem Rembrandt-Effekt können Münzsammler reich werden By www.welt.de Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 10:27:09 GMT Sachwerte haben in Zeiten billionenschwerer Rettungsprogramme Konjunktur. Dazu zählen auch Münzen – und die müssen nicht mal aus Gold sein. Ein Experte verrät, worauf Sammler achten sollten und welchen Fehler sie unbedingt vermeiden müssen. Full Article Geld
ic Arme Stadt, reiche Stadt – diese Krise teilt das Land By www.welt.de Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 16:07:43 GMT Die Krise reißt vor allem wohlhabenden Gemeinden Löcher in die Kasse. Denn die für Städte so wichtige Gewerbesteuer bricht weg. Doch die größeren Probleme haben die ohnehin schwachen Kommunen. Sie müssen auf einen Faktor hoffen, der nicht in ihrer Hand liegt. Full Article Geld
ic Deutschlands Besserverdiener verschulden sich stärker By www.welt.de Published On :: Sat, 02 May 2020 22:14:36 GMT In der Corona-Krise steigt die Verschuldung vieler Deutscher. Vor allem Menschen mit monatlichem Nettoeinkommen von mehr als 5000 Euro nehmen höhere Kredite auf. Trotzdem verschieben viele Verbraucher größere Investitionen. Eine Branche trifft das besonders. Full Article Geld
ic So befreien sich Wohnungseigentümer aus der Corona-Lähmung By www.welt.de Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 06:20:23 GMT Zehntausende Eigentümerversammlungen fallen zurzeit aus. Denn Wohnungsbesitzer dürfen sich derzeit weder real noch online treffen. Viele Reparaturen bleiben deshalb liegen. Doch in der Krise werden die Regeln für Eigentümer neu definiert. Full Article Immobilien
ic So schützen Sie sich vor Corona-Betrügern By www.welt.de Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 05:44:29 GMT Bürger müssen sich nicht nur das Virus vom Leib halten, sondern auch die vielen Betrüger, die jetzt an ihr Geld wollen. Wie Kriminelle die Lage ausnutzen – und wie Sie sich dagegen wappnen können. Full Article Geld
ic „Immobilien-Footprint“ – wie das Homeoffice unser Arbeitsleben verändert By www.welt.de Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 02:02:36 GMT Zu Beginn des Shutdowns hielten Vermieter von Büroflächen das Homeoffice für ein vorübergehendes Phänomen. Doch jetzt mehren sich Hinweise, dass viele Mitarbeiter auch künftig von Hause arbeiten. Dabei spräche ein Grund ganz klar für ihre Rückkehr. Full Article Immobilien
ic Mit Geld allein lassen sich Südeuropas Probleme nicht lösen By www.welt.de Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 08:46:27 GMT Finanzhilfen für besonders von der Krise getroffene Länder wie Italien? Die Erfahrung mit der deutschen Währungsunion zeigt, dass das allein nicht reichen wird. Es gilt, die Wirtschaftsstruktur anzupassen. Dazu braucht es relative Preisänderungen. Full Article Geld
ic Berliner Mietendeckel muss vors Verfassungsgericht By www.welt.de Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 14:27:00 GMT Seit zwei Monaten sind die Mieten in Berlin eingefroren. Während sich Mieter über die staatlich festgelegten Preise freuen, sind Vermieter sauer und fahren Investitionen zurück. Ob das Gesetz überhaupt gelten darf, wird nun in Karlsruhe geprüft. Full Article Immobilien
ic My Way (Roboticized) by q*ben By music.metafilter.com Published On :: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 22:13:24 -0800 I've always hated this song. But digging through my old sheet music I found a midcentury piano treatment that made it much more melancholy and interesting, so I decided to give the tune a synthesizer treatment and marry it up to the vocals to see if I couldn't do some damage. Also my first attempt at using Ableton, sorry for any production missteps. Full Article robots sinatra
ic cover of Freedom '90 by George Michael by nayantara By music.metafilter.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:16:58 -0800 I've been working on a musical collaboration with a fellow musician friend of mine during these crazy coronavirus times, in hopes of generating something fun and creative while we have all this spare time not working or gigging. Here's the second song from that collaboration. Full Article bewhoyouwanttobe coronamusic cover freedom90 georgemichael pop
ic Wenn der Reiseveranstalter das Geld nicht auszahlt By www.welt.de Published On :: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:31:58 GMT Eigentlich ist die Sache klar: Streicht der Reiseveranstalter den gebuchten Urlaub oder Flug, bekommen Kunden ihr Geld zurück. Doch momentan wartet so mancher vergeblich auf die Rückzahlung. Was können Urlauber tun? Full Article Reise
ic Diese Städte können Sie auch jetzt besichtigen By www.welt.de Published On :: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:00:00 GMT Vermissen Sie Paris, Wien, Tokio oder Sydney? Das muss nicht sein, denn vielen Metropolen kann man auch jetzt einen Besuch abstatten. Wir stellen zehn Beispiele vor, die sich virtuell entdecken lassen. Full Article Städtereisen
ic Plötzlich bettelt Venedig um Touristen By www.welt.de Published On :: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:48:00 GMT Jahrelang beklagte sich Venedig über die große Anzahl an Touristen – und die damit verbundenen ökologischen Folgen. Doch jetzt, wo der Tourismus brachliegt, bettelt der Bürgermeister um Reisende. Full Article Reise
ic Eine abenteuerliche Odyssee in der Ägäis By www.welt.de Published On :: Sun, 03 May 2020 03:56:32 GMT Die Haare im Wind, salzige Luft in der Nase, immer nah am Wasser: Eine Segelkreuzfahrt durch die Inselwelt der Kykladen ist ein Erlebnis. Zur echten Herausforderung wird sie, wenn der Meltemi in Sturmstärke bläst. Full Article Europa
ic Nichts wie raus, und zwar jeden Tag! By www.welt.de Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 03:54:46 GMT Momentan ist unser aller Bewegungsfreiheit stark eingeschränkt. Doch Gehen ist erlaubt – und hilft. Wer dazu auch gerne lange Wanderungen macht, hat es nach Ansicht unserer Autorin momentan gar noch leichter. Full Article Deutschland
ic iOS Music Apps Roundup: January 2017 By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 15:27:08 +0000 This iOS Music Apps Roundup features five innovative iPad apps from Air Craft, KORG, Reactable Systems, ClubROOM, and Klevgrand./files/2017/01/iOS-Roundup-Jan-2017b-Thumb.pngThe post iOS Music Apps Roundup: January 2017 appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured iOS Music Technology AC Sabre ClubROOM iOS Music Apps iPad Music Apps Korg Moog music production software ROTOR Controllers
ic Logic Pro Tutorial: Binaural Panning By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:04:47 +0000 Rory PQ explains what Binaural Recordings are and demonstrates how to use Logic Pro's Binaural Panner device to place sounds at different spatial positions. /files/2017/01/Binaural-Panning-Thumb.jpgThe post Logic Pro Tutorial: Binaural Panning appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured Logic Pro Binaural Panner Binaural Panning Binaural Recordings mixing and mastering Rory PQ
ic Music Theory Tutorial: Working with Scales By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:32:01 +0000 Multitalented musician Michael Emenau examines some of the benefits and pitfalls of using musical scales and offers some creative practices for using them./files/2013/11/11142013_Scales_thumb1.jpgThe post Music Theory Tutorial: Working with Scales appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured Music Foundations Production Michael Emenau music scales Music Theory
ic Classic Gear Spotlight: Roland TB-303 Bass Line By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:11:33 +0000 Synth guru Ross Kelly investigates the history of Roland's legendary TB-303 Bass Line Synth in this spotlight series exploring classic vintage gear./files/2017/02/Roland-TB-303-Thumb.jpgThe post Classic Gear Spotlight: Roland TB-303 Bass Line appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured Music Technology acid house Bass Synthesizer Electronic Music Production Roland Ross Kelly tb-303
ic iOS Music App Spotlight: Modstep by AppBC By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:57:31 +0000 San Francisco producer Scott Whitehead introduces us to Modstep, a modulation and MIDI sequencer for the iPad./files/2017/02/Modstep-Cover-Thumb.pngThe post iOS Music App Spotlight: Modstep by AppBC appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage iOS AppBC ios music app ipad music app MIDI Sequencer Modstep Modular Synth Software music production software Scott Whitehead
ic Becoming a Music Producer Pt. 2: Music Career Tips By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Feb 2017 16:14:24 +0000 In part two of a three-part series, Michael Emenau explores the job options available for music producers and discusses how to search for opportunities. /files/2013/09/Becoming_a_Producer_Networking_thumb_5.jpgThe post Becoming a Music Producer Pt. 2: Music Career Tips appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured Production Michael Emenau music careers music industry music jobs Music Producer music production tips
ic Plugin Spotlight: Boost by Sample Magic By blog.dubspot.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:22:32 +0000 Make your music sound load and polished with Sample Magic's new mix processing plugin called Boost./files/2017/03/Sample-Magic-Boost-Thumb.jpgThe post Plugin Spotlight: Boost by Sample Magic appeared first on Dubspot Blog. Full Article Dubspot Homepage Featured Music Technology Compressor Plugin Dynamics Processor Effect Plugin Limiter Plugin mixing and mastering Mixing VST Sample Magic Boost stereo width
ic From Contamination to Purification By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 00:00:00 GMT 'What should this study tell us about how precious and important the knowledge of biblical truth really is in contrast to human traditions?' Full Article Daniel 2020
ic From Battle to Victory By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sun, 08 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMT 'How often do you think about just how closely tied heaven and earth are? How might you live differently if you always kept this truth alive in your heart and mind?' Full Article Daniel 2020
ic Magical Mefites Group Update By metatalk.metafilter.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:48:32 GMT Long ago we started up a group for magical mefites, it has grown into something that includes mefites and nonmefites alike, and I'd like to welcome polytheists, witches, animists, unidentified flying spiritual practitioners (or nonflying) if interested! Zoom meetings are happening.Currently we have been focusing a lot on how to create resources from the land in connection with spirits and deities in the area. Community preparedness for uncertain times, and just general sharing of our different spiritual practices and growth. There is a zoom meeting tonight (theme of spring and what we are growing) and we might be moving our meetings from monthly to weekly for the next few months. Message me and I'll get you into the group! Currently using facebook as a base but I am trying to move to a website as much as my technically challenged abilities let me. Full Article
ic paywalled article for fpp By metatalk.metafilter.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 19:32:50 GMT I was thinking about making an fpp about how Whole Foods is using a "heat map" of factors to try and prevent unionization. The article is behind a paywall at Business Insider I read it on an archive site. Is there a way to make post that people can read ethically? Full Article
ic silver linings of the pandemic By metatalk.metafilter.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:02:52 GMT There's a venting thread, but maybe you want to share a surprising good thing that has happened despite the terrible situation in the world right now.Let's create a space to recognise the small good things that are happening. It's OK to acknowledge the negative here too- this thread is designed to be a space to share the good stuff that is happening despite the negative. (I felt that posting positives in the Fucking Fuck thread was not fair to that thread.) Full Article
ic By zebra in "Aw poop (COVID-19 and public bathrooms)" on MeFi By www.metafilter.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 16:09:36 GMT Many trans people have never been able to trust or access public toilets, even if they are present and unoccupied, and excluding trans people from bathroom use is currently a mainstream political stance. I was disappointed to see this not addressed in the article. I'll continue to hope (while also cynically doubting, I contain multitudes) that we will use the societal changes required by the pandemic to benefit everyone, rather than re-creating the previous dysfunction. Full Article
ic By mochapickle in "What do you do while waiting for a potentially terminal diagnosis?" on Ask MeFi By ask.metafilter.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 11:09:12 GMT I have a health condition with a high mortality rate, where about one quarter of us die within the first year, and two-thirds of us don't last five years. I'm on Year 4 now and I'm doing okay, and I'm thankful to be receiving excellent care, and I'm generally optimistic that I'll get to stick around for a while.Ramping up to my diagnosis, I thought my life was over. And that was both utterly untrue and completely true at the same time. You can't really know what it's like until you have the actual diagnosis, and even then it's been a world of surprises. You may or may not be able to do some of the things you would like to do.For me to deal with it in a healthy way, I kind of had to create a hard line in the sand. I had to take time to grieve the person I'd been before falling ill, take stock of my accomplishments, and most importantly, I had to REALIZE MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS WERE ENOUGH for my lifetime. If I'd been hit by a bus, my life would have been over in a snap, and whatever I'd accomplished by that point would have had to be enough. Taking that pressure off myself was the kindest thing I could do for myself.I found I had to let a lot of things go and not compare Previous Me to Sick Me. Previous Me was active, enjoyed travel, able to hold down complex and interesting work. Sick Me can't do much of that, but Sick Me does pretty okay for a sick person, and Sick Me does so much more than Dead Me could possibly do! Seriously, compared to Dead Me, Sick Me is a total winner. Sick Me can do a little modest gardening, enough to keep the weeds away. Sick Me can care for my dog and handle the occasional load of laundry. Sick Me finds a lot of joy in my friends and family and internet communities, and has transferred my social life to text, email, and the occasional dining out when the stars align and energy allows. (Metafilter is a lifesaver because I can pick it up whenever my energy level allows and people are so welcoming and understanding.)As you're waiting for news, it's easy to fall to worry. Please be kind to yourself and don't suffer those fears and losses before you need to. Right now, you are there for your children. Don't put yourself through the punishment of losing them multiple times unnecessarily. And don't say you won't ever get to do a painting class -- I took my first painting class last fall and it was a boon to my soul and it renewed my capacity for beauty.In the meantime, take as much control of the situation as you need to. Write down a list of questions to review with your doctors. (I've actually typed them out and distributed copies for them to follow along.) You can google, and it's hard not to, but please never tell a doctor that your questions or concerns are coming from google. Also, do not call yourself a hypochondriac -- what you are feeling is what you are feeling, and your concerns are valid and deserving of respect.Waiting is hard. Please be extra kind to yourself. Full Article
ic By ananci in "ultimate goal: go off grid, live self sufficiently" on Ask MeFi By ask.metafilter.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 03:55:32 GMT I live most of the year in a small, fairly self-contained village of about 8 people. We do use grid power where we can't get micro-hydro. There's not enough sun to make solar workable (we're in a valley). We all have wood stoves to heat and cook, big gardens, forage for food and medicine, and hunt and fish for meat as well as raise chickens and sheep. Our main needs from the outside world are salt, grains, cooking fats, sweeteners, tobacco, and tea/coffee. There is a large vegetable farm our friend owns up the road, and most of us work there during the summer and we get lots of free produce. We have neighbors we visit to harvest from their orchards and wild berries. Being totally self-sufficient all on your own is honestly almost impossible unless you are willing to really, really rough it. The things you need depend on your climate, but outside of a few outlier 'lives in the woods by himself in a cave' folks, this is not easy to achieve.So you need a house. Insulated from heat and cold. This means building a good shelter with air flow and heating. Wood burning stoves are a good solution. If you're in a 4 season climate, you will need between 2 and 4 cords of wood, (60 hours or so of chopping if you know what you're doing) which have to cure for a year before you can use them, even from dead standing. So chainsaw, axes, wedges, and probably a truck. Which means gas. This means money on an ongoing basis.You need water. A well or a spring, or a creek close enough to the source to not need filtering. This all means pipes or tubing and maybe a pump unless your sources is higher than your house. Also costs money, and needs to be replaced eventually. You need food. Most gardens are geared to fruits and veg, and you'll need a lot of space to grow enough to live on without supplementing from stores. Depending on where you are, you might be able to harvest some berries and fruit if you have producing bushes/trees on your land. Or you can plant them and wait until they are mature enough to produce. You will need to freeze, dry or can what you pick or it's gonna go bad before you can eat it all. So you need canning stuff (big pot, grabber tongs, hella mason jars, and those lids have to be replaced every couple years). A root cellar (lots of digging! So much!) will keep your root veggies and apples fresh through the winter if it's deep enough. Wash your cabbages and carrots in bleach water every now and then. You'll add a month to their viability. You'll want a dehydrator for sure. you can build a passive solar one, but we use an electric one as fall fruit in an outdoor space is a bear fun time pantry. You need garden tools. They cost money and need to be replaced periodically.You still need protein. Say you live in a place where you can fish and hunt (in season). You need to pay for licenses for these things. You can trap smaller game, but that's much more challenging. If you are hunting larger game you will need a deep freezer to store (electricity!) or be content with a massive salting / smoking process that will allow you to store meat long term.You also need carbs. Grains need a lot of land space, and the right climate. Getting them to an edible state means you'll need to thresh, winnow, and grind your wheat/oats/spelt etc. Grinding means you need a stone mill. A hand crank meat grinder isnt going to cut it (literally) but you'll want one anyway for other stuff. Potatoes are a good source, and are easy to grow in the right climate. These need to be stored in a cool dry place away from rodents and insects to last all year.You need fats. Wild crafted diets are low in fat, which is not always a good thing. Game meat is low in fat, and you can't make cooking oil from it. Deer tallow will make soap and icky candles. You need bees for good candle wax (and honey!) Raising chickens can get you both fat and eggs. But they need a place to roost that keeps them safe from predators. You'll need fencing to protect your garden from deer and bears. Without an electric fence, your garden and chickens are going to get eaten or trampled. Dogs help with this, as do shotguns.So you need micro hydro (only if you have an accessible, appropriate water source that has enough flow rate) or solar (if you live in a place that gets enough sun all year round.You need medicine. Our mainstays are tinctures and teas. A very small sampling: nettle, mint, mullein, poppy, willow bark, chamomile, chaga, lions mane, spruce tips, elecampane, milky oat, pearly everlasting, ghost pipe, pine pollen, raspberry leaf, and red clover. If you really want to go all out, you need clothing and cleaning cloth, so you'll need to tan leather or weave flax or cotton. We have alpacas we shear for fiber. They are cute and less trouble than llamas, but won't haul anything, so sometimes we have to borrow a donkey if we're pulling things up a steep path. You'll need soap, so save your tallow. I could go on. But really, this is a massive, MASSIVE effort for a single person. Without access to money or the outside world it is going to be a slog. But wow, if you're into it, go try it! I don't recommend you buy some remote property and cut yourself off from the world to see if you can hack it. One bad winter where you run through your firewood? One bad frost or dry summer that kills your crops? There's a reason people tend to settle together.So yeah, you need good land, good water, good equipment, many years to get established, some friendly neighbors, and some way to get money when you need it. Or a bunch of people already doing this that like you and want your help.Go look up a victorian household guide on Project Gutenberg. So many good ideas! They have instructions for making everything from soap to paint.Good luck! Full Article
ic By aramaic in "Bye, Amazon" on MeFi By www.metafilter.com Published On :: Mon, 04 May 2020 18:41:01 GMT Good must always be ditched in favor of a theoretical Perfect. Full Article
ic Steve Martin On His Years As A Comic — And Walking Away From Stand-Up By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:52:00 +0000 DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, editor of the website TV Worth Watching, sitting in for Terry Gross. Today on FRESH AIR, one of our favorite interviews from our archive - Terry's conversation with comedian, actor and writer Steve Martin. He's also an accomplished bluegrass musician and has been posting occasional videos on social media playing banjo in the woods. Last month he visited CBS's "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert in a special socially distanced comedy bit with Colbert sequestered inside his house and Martin with his guitar, strolling in a forest, determined to sing a song that Colbert is just as determined not to hear. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE LATE SHOW") STEPHEN COLBERT: So we go now live to Steve Martin in the middle of the woods. Hi, Steve. STEVE MARTIN: Hey, Stephen. Thanks for having me on. COLBERT: Well, Steve, you're certainly welcome. MARTIN: You know, Stephen, I was thinking that something we as people need to remember right now Full Article
ic LA Radio DJ Nic Harcourt On 5 Recent Local Music Discoveries By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 20:13:00 +0000 You might not be able to pack your bag, get on an airplane and jet off to some new exciting place right now, but don't worry, you can still travel and explore here with World Cafe Sense of Place. In this series, we take you deep into one city's music scene, and today, we're kicking off our sessions from Los Angeles, with more to come every Friday in May. We start with a bit of an overview from someone who really knows what he's talking about. Nic Harcourt is a legendary name in LA radio. He hosted Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW for many years, and now he's a host at our affiliate station, 88.5 KCSN/KSBR. We recently connected with Nic via video chat to find out what's going on right now, the new LA bands you need to be listening to: Freedom Fry, The Buttertones, Los Abandoned, Pure Protein and Brad Byrd. Hear songs from each of them at the top of the playlist below, which also features artists and songs you'll be hearing in the coming weeks. Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit Full Article
ic How The Nature Of The Music Industry Has Changed During The Pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 00:12:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
ic COMIC: Hospitals Turn To Alicia Keys, U2 And The Beatles To Sing Patients Home By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Dr. Grace Farris is chief of hospital medicine at Mount Sinai West in Manhattan. She also writes a monthly comics column in the Annals of Internal Medicine called "Dr Mom." You can find her on Instagram @coupdegracefarris . Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
ic Heavy Rotation: 8 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:03:00 +0000 Full Article
ic Writer Caitlin Flanagan On Having Stage IV Cancer During The Pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:59:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
ic Director Alice Wu On Her New Film 'The Half Of It' By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:59:00 +0000 Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. Full Article
ic Pandemic Gardens Satisfy A Hunger For More Than Just Good Tomatoes By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 11:59:00 +0000 In this time of fear and uncertainty, people are going back to the land — more or less. Gardening might just be overtaking sourdough baking, TV binging and playing Animal Crossing as our favorite pandemic coping mechanism So here I am in my back yard, where I've got this lovely four foot by eight food raised garden bed — brand new this year, because yes, I'm one of those people who are trying their hand at gardening. I've got tomatoes, I've got cucumbers, I've got radishes, I've got beets sprouting up, I've got what I think might be a zucchini and a spaghetti squash, but the markers washed away in a storm. And I had some watermelon seedlings, but they died in the last cold snap. So that's why I'm out here today — driving in stakes and draping plastic wrap for the next cold snap. I have to be extra careful now, because I couldn't actually replace my watermelon seedlings — garden centers and hardware stores have been picked clean. Jennifer Atkinson is a senior lecturer in environmental Full Article
ic Little Richard, The 'King And Queen' Of Rock And Roll, Dead At 87 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 16:27:00 +0000 Updated at 1:55 p.m. ET Little Richard, the self-described "king and queen" of rock and roll and an outsize influence on everyone from David Bowie to Prince, died Saturday. He was 87 years old. Wayne Chaney, his longtime bandleader and tour manager, tells NPR that Little Richard died at his brother's home in Tullahoma, Tenn., after a battle with cancer. Rolling Stone was the first to report on his death. With his ferocious piano playing, growling and gospel-strong vocals, pancake makeup and outlandish costumes, Little Richard tore down barriers starting in the 1950s. That is no small feat for any artist — let alone a black, openly gay man who grew up in the South. He was a force of nature who outlived many of the musicians he inspired, from Otis Redding to the late Prince and Michael Jackson. His peers James Brown and Otis Redding idolized him. Jimi Hendrix, who once played in Little Richard's band, said he wanted his guitar to sound like Richard's voice. The late David Bowie was 9 Full Article
ic Das könnte hinter Russlands erstaunlichen Corona-Zahlen stecken By www.welt.de Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 16:49:30 GMT Die Sterberate Corona-Infizierter in Russland ist extrem niedrig. Die Regierung verweist bei der Frage nach den Gründen auf den Erfolg der russischen Strategie – einige Bürger dagegen trauen der Zählweise der Toten nicht. Full Article Ausland