Mr Celine
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Combined with a NAD receiver and a pair of Kef Coda speakers accounted for most of the proceeds of an eight week summer job.
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Combined with a NAD receiver and a pair of Kef Coda speakers accounted for most of the proceeds of an eight week summer job.
Pblakeney
Shaman
I am currently listening to a 1982 Technics SL-Q202 fitted with an Audio Technica Shibata cartridge.
Not the first choice amongst audiophiles but the specs are upper end. Most importantly, I like the sound.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
It's really all they've got now: as Brexit turns to shit, as America turns into a backwards pariah state, as the world burns, all the right wing loons can do is to claim that the non-loon people who now can fairly say "Well, we did try telling you" contributed to or even caused all these catastrophes.
Pross
Guru
They've got a point, if you get rid of trees and grassland then you can't have wildfires. Common sense innit.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
This is an interesting post-forest-fire FB post:
View: https://www.facebook.com/PermacultureLab/posts/pfbid02WXEyHqJHoivSWxx88h5TZ1WhQK8q9srHnLqMjuTNDGRpkuTho7nSXqxpdfaiUDQQl
It's all in French, and is about how to adapt fragile soil systems post-fire, using stuff that's already there, but the photos tell most of the story.
But here's how (translated into English by DeepL), on a small scale, sites can be adapted to be more resilient:
On this particularly unstable marl soil, there is a high risk of erosion on the hillsides and in the thalwegs. The first few months following a fire are a crucial period: this is a short window of opportunity to retain the fine, particularly fertile sediments before they are washed away downstream.
Our approach is based on low-tech measures that draw on natural processes. Four valley floors have been managed using 22 structures, mainly made of wood;
* through-flow weirs to slow down water flow, trap sediment and encourage vegetation to re-establish itself;
* the filling of gullies using the ‘gully stuffing’ technique to halt incision and the process of regressive erosion;
* cross-channel structures to disperse flows upstream of sensitive areas, thereby limiting their acceleration towards the gullies.
The aim is threefold: to retain the most fertile soils, gradually restore forest ‘sponges’ capable of storing water, slow down runoff and create conditions conducive to natural regeneration.
An interesting field observation: after a fire had passed through, certain pockets of moisture (sometimes a carpet of moss) were sufficient to halt the spread of the flames locally.
By replenishing the thalwegs with water and sediment, we are therefore not only enhancing their capacity for ecological regeneration, but also their potential role as natural firebreaks. Our work thus has a dual regenerative effect
View: https://www.facebook.com/PermacultureLab/posts/pfbid02WXEyHqJHoivSWxx88h5TZ1WhQK8q9srHnLqMjuTNDGRpkuTho7nSXqxpdfaiUDQQl
It's all in French, and is about how to adapt fragile soil systems post-fire, using stuff that's already there, but the photos tell most of the story.
But here's how (translated into English by DeepL), on a small scale, sites can be adapted to be more resilient:
On this particularly unstable marl soil, there is a high risk of erosion on the hillsides and in the thalwegs. The first few months following a fire are a crucial period: this is a short window of opportunity to retain the fine, particularly fertile sediments before they are washed away downstream.
Our approach is based on low-tech measures that draw on natural processes. Four valley floors have been managed using 22 structures, mainly made of wood;
* through-flow weirs to slow down water flow, trap sediment and encourage vegetation to re-establish itself;
* the filling of gullies using the ‘gully stuffing’ technique to halt incision and the process of regressive erosion;
* cross-channel structures to disperse flows upstream of sensitive areas, thereby limiting their acceleration towards the gullies.
The aim is threefold: to retain the most fertile soils, gradually restore forest ‘sponges’ capable of storing water, slow down runoff and create conditions conducive to natural regeneration.
An interesting field observation: after a fire had passed through, certain pockets of moisture (sometimes a carpet of moss) were sufficient to halt the spread of the flames locally.
By replenishing the thalwegs with water and sediment, we are therefore not only enhancing their capacity for ecological regeneration, but also their potential role as natural firebreaks. Our work thus has a dual regenerative effect
C R
Squire
It is crucial work that needs to be undertaken quickly, otherwise the rain will wash away the top soil and complete the destruction that the fire started.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
Rusty Nails
Country Member
I have a Technics set bought from Richer Sounds somewhere in a box in the house, along with a hundred or more LPs from the 60s and 70s. I'll have to find them and blow the dust off before trying them out again.
Pblakeney
Shaman
Good luck! I've been going through mine and it is a mixed bag. Some are pristine while others are scratch central.
I'd like to blame my brother while I was working abroad as someone else has to get the blame.
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
Good luck! I've been going through mine and it is a mixed bag. Some are pristine while others are scratch central.
I'd like to blame my brother while I was working abroad as someone else has to get the blame.
I must admit I still remember the joy of CDs not having all those annoying clicks in unfortunate places (particularly noticeable on classical LPs ... "What's an LP, Daddy?"). I reckon I ended up taking about 20% of my new LPs back to change because of random scratches.
Beebo
Legendary Member
60,000 people on 24 hours cross from Morocco into Spanish territory. Fortunately it isn’t main land Europe. But it does show a weakness in the system.
Expect Reform and Trump to be all over this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kp639yx4o
Expect Reform and Trump to be all over this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2kp639yx4o
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briantrumpet
Timewaster
Oh no, Beebo is part of a treasonous network!
It does rather have the feel of an orchestrated thing. All we're missing is Trump saying they've all come from mental asylums.
secretsqirrel
spiteful class warrior
C R
Squire
Morocco will likely have a part in it. They have form for using immigrants as fodder for their ulterior motives, like Russia did via Belarus at the Polish border.
Having said that, most of those people will be looking for a better life, and are a symptom of the inequality that is callously ignored by all of Europe.
