Новости за 01.01.2021

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For about $2000, Dave and Brooke Whipple built this lovely cabin at the edge of a meadow. It's so relaxing to watch them work together to create something inexpensive and attainable for many people who may have never done a project like this before. — Read the rest

Louis Weisz tackles an enduring question that has consumed reddit and YouTube, creating several iterations of his Meat Beater 9000 device and his upgraded Poultry Punisher. He's able to raise the temperature of a chicken almost 30 degrees Fahrenheit, but slapping problems start to emerge above those temps. — Read the rest

Here is a tips video with a bunch of useful ideas for using blue masking/painter's tape around the shop. Some of these will likely be familiar, others new. While this video is geared towards woodworking, these tips can apply to other types of making and home maintenance. — Read the rest

These gyrating, mashed potatoing robots might be your answer for a virus-free New Year's date. Robotics pioneers Boston Dynamics have just released a new video featuring four of their remarkably agile robots – including the bipedal Atlas, the dog-shaped Spot, and the box-juggling Handle – tearing it up with a choreographed routine to The Contours' "Do you love me?". — Read the rest

Orchestra conductors all over the world present the music of Beethoven, but even when they are trying hard to reproduce his original work, they almost always slow down the tempo of his written directions. Why did Beethoven want his music played so fast? — Read the rest

Back in the late 19th century German glassblowers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka created these incredibly lifelike models of sea creatures, sending them around the world for schools to use as teaching aids.

The Buccaneers will be without two of their best defensive players for the regular season finale on Sunday — and possibly in the playoff opener as well. Buccaneers inside linebacker Devin White and outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett were both placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Players can go on COVID-19 reserve either because they test positive [more]

Britain reactivated emergency hospitals built at the start of the pandemic and shut primary schools in London on Friday to counter the rapid spread of a much more infectious variant of the...

Chess, Go, curling — is no game safe?

I'm coming a bit late to this one, but as a Canadian I am morbidly fascinated to discover that a group of scientists created a curling robot and trained a neural net to play the game. — Read the rest

The BBC reports that a firm and a university in Japan are designing a satellite made out of wood.

‘Even if Rajini had entered politics, he would not have affected DMK’s prospects’

EASTENDERS viewers are in floods of tears after Mick Carter told wife Linda about Katy Lewis’ abuse – after confronting the rapist. The former pub landlord – who is played by actor Danny Dyer in the BBC soap – found the strength to confront his abuser in emotional scenes tonight. However after Mick forced Katy […]

Astronomers scanning the skies for signals at the Parkes telescope in Australia picked up an unusual radio beam last spring. They've been analyzing it since then, and have not yet found a terrestrial source to attribute it to. The Guardian has more. — Read the rest

The 49ers began the day with 15 players on injured reserve. They since have added two more. The 49ers placed offensive tackle Trent Williams (elbow) and defensive lineman Jordan Willis (ankle) on injured reserve Friday. The team already had ruled out both players for Sunday. Williams may have played his final game for the 49ers [more]

Happy new year to everyone, the golf courses are still here but it seems a little uncertain when we may re-open. The links are in reasonable order but the weather through November and December did not benefit the turf in any way, it has been very wet with ….mm of rain falling and in turn […]

In this installment of Songs that Changed Music, they look at New Order's "Blue Monday," its inspirations (Kraftwerk, Donna Summers/Giorgio Moroder, Ennio Morricone's soundtrack to the Eastwood film, "A Few Dollars More"), and the impact that it had on the pop music that followed it. — Read the rest

No arrests have been announced and police did not provide a possible suspect description but said they don’t think the shooting was random.

1. Ohio police gave Andre Hill no aid for several minutes, bodycam footage shows  NBC News
2. Andre Hill shooting: US officers stood by and failed to help as a black man lay dying  Sky News
3. Hill’s loved ones: ‘It still doesn’t even feel real’  The Detroit News
4. Columbus Police union asks for more medical training, equipment after deadly shooting  ABC6OnYourSide.com
5. Public Memorial set for shooting victim Andre Hill  NBC4 WCMH-TV
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"One of the core values of the Columbus division of police is compassion and the body-worn camera ... shows little of that," Police Chief Tom Quinlan said.

UK's enigmatic avant-techno duo, The KLF, removed all of their online catalog in 1992 and burned £1m of their royalties on a remote Scottish island.

You're held captive in an enclosed space, only able faintly to perceive the outside world. Or you're kept outside, unable to cross the threshold of a space you feel a desperate need to enter. If both of these scenarios sound like dreams, they must do so because they tap into the anxieties and suspicions in the depths of our shared subconscious.

Like most other cities Seattle discouraged people from going out in public on New Year's Eve to ring in 2021 due to the pandemic. Instead of an elaborate outdoor fireworks display or ball drop, at-home viewers were treated to T-Mobile New Year's at the Needle. — Read the rest

Cases and the number of virus-related deaths are rising, prompting concerns for the overstretched NHS.