1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Як зробити добриво для городу з яєчної шкаралупи
Зробити ґрунт родючим, підвищити врожайність — основне прагнення кожного городника. Саме тому в арсеналі завжди є різноманітні добрива. Одне з органічних джерел — яєчна шкаралупа. Не поспішайте її викидати. В ній високий вміст кальцію, а він потрібен для багатьох садових та городніх культур. Склад та користь шкаралупи від яєць Карбонат кальцію складає 90% шкаралупи. […]
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on I bought Homes Under the Hammer’s longest-ever project – it’s finally finished after 16 YEARS and spending over £500k
A MAN who snapped up a Homes Under the Hammer property without even stepping inside has forked out £500,000 in the show’s longest ever project.
But the 17th-century pub which was once an absolute wreck, could finally reopen this year.
FacebookThe project dubbed the longest Homes Under the Hammer project ever could finally reopen by summer[/caption]
FacebookThe Ex-fireman spent £500,000 on the renovation but he has found a trove of historical treasures along the way[/caption]
FacebookHaving taken over the site 16 years ago in 2009, David had expected to reopen it within a couple of years[/caption]
David Gorton bought The Old Cottage Pub, in Margate, at auction for £90,000 on his credit card after spotting an advert on his computer.
Having taken over the site 16 years ago in 2009, David had expected to reopen it within a couple of years.
But the ex-fireman, 69, has been renovating his pub which he renamed Gorton’s in honour of his late father Bob Gorton, ever since.
A Victorian archway in the cellar collapsed causing David huge planning issues and he now claims it must be Homes under the Hammer’s longest running project.
“It cost me £155,000 for a block and beam system and I totally replaced the roof of the cellar and made it 100 per cent safe,” explained David.
David also discovered a hoard of historical artefacts, including a stash of silver tableware stuffed up the chimney and a filled-in smugglers tunnel leading up to the nearby church as they worked on the restoration.
However, speaking to KentOnline, David said they were finally reaching the end of the project with just one more planning application for signage to be approved.
“We do expect to be open later on this year now, hopefully in the summertime,” explained David.
“Obviously we don’t want to open without proper signage so we need to get that sorted out.
“We’ve got all the main applications we need all passed and approved, this is just for business signs as it’s a listed building.”
The newly renovated pub is set to include its own brewery in the basement, an upstairs restaurant and some Airbnb rooms.
Originally built as a home in 1650 it didn’t become a proper pub until 1760.
He previously told KentOnline: “We’ve had a few issues and delays because I’m paying particular attention to the quality of the work and conserving everything I possibly can.
“If I looked at the final figures I could expect on day one – I probably never would have done it.
1 week agoLatest NewsComments Off on Chilling graphic shows ‘Christmas asteroid’ the size of a football pitch on trajectory to hit Earth in seven years
A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size of a football pitch is on course to smash into Earth at Christmas time in seven years.
Scientists say the enormous space rock is between 40 and 100 metres wide and would wipe out humanity it if hits.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 will circle back around the sun and could smash into EarthGettyThe asteroid could plunge through the Earth’s atmosphere[/caption]
Daniel BambergerThe red line shows the ‘risk corridor’ where the strike could happen[/caption]
The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, has been rated as the highest risk ever recorded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
If it smashed into Earth, it would leave a crater the size of Manchester and wreak mass death and global destruction.
An impact this size coild even cause the collapse of human society, according to experts.
Astronomers have calculated there is a 1 in 83 chance of the space rock smashing into Earth – or 1.2 per cent.
It is currently speeding away from our planet at 38,000mph, but will circle back around the sun when its path could intersect Earth’s.
The asteroid was spotted by a special monitoring telescope in Chile, South American, on Christmas Day.
Projections show its path could cross over with earth’s orbit around Christmas time in 2032 – specifically 5:25am on Wednesday, December 22.
The collision has been rated level three on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale – the highest for any rock currently being monitored.
The second-most risky asteroid has just a 0.68 chance per cent of hitting earth – about half of YR4.
Level three on the Torino scale is described by Nasa as: “Current calculations give a 1% or greater chance of collision capable of localized destruction.”
“Most likely, new telescopic observations will lead to re-assignment to Level 0.
“Attention by public and by public officials is merited if the encounter is less than a decade away.”
David Rankin, an engineer at the Catalina Sky Survey, wrote on BlueSky: “This is one of the highest probabilities of an impact from a significantly sized rock ever, making it a Torino scale 3.
“Most likely outcome is still a near miss. We continue to track it!”
GettyAsteroid approaching Earth, computer artwork.[/caption]
NASA/Goddard/Arizona State UniversityThe devastating impact would create a crater the size of Manchester[/caption]
The ESA said it is not currently possible to predict whether the asteroid will strike the Earth, but that more observations would give us a better idea of the trajectory.
A rock of this size hits the our planet just once every 700,000 years.
The International Asteroid Warning Network said it was already planning for what action might be needed as the asteroid nears.
This could involve creating a model to project the level of devastation an impact would cause, and figuring out a way to knock it off course.
The options for diverting an asteroid include firing a nuclear bomb or driving a rocket into it.
Mathematicians have calculated that crashing a “sacrificial” spacecraft into the side of a speeding asteroid less than one kilometre across would be powerful enough to push it away.
The most dangerous asteroids Nasa is currently tracking
Ian Carnelli, a planet defence expert at the ESA, told The Telegraph: “It is a lot more complex with a nuclear device, and that is before you get into the political discussion because nuclear explosions in space are banned by UN treaties.
“A kinetic impactor, a spacecraft, will be a lot more precise [than a nuclear bomb] because you can select the mass, the velocity and the direction of the impact; you can really control the deflection.
“But even so, the nuclear device is not like you see in Armageddon where you send drillers to put the bomb in the core of the asteroid and destroy it – the idea is to detonate it at a certain distance from the asteroid.
“Triggering an explosion a certain distance away from an asteroid is extremely complex and nobody would agree to test it before a real threat is identified so you really would have a total lack of knowledge of how to do it.”
Past Earth-threatening asteroids
MANY asteroids have been spotted in the past and deemed a risk to Earth.
But only one has ever been diverted by human intervention.
In 2022, Nasa’s DART spacecraft was deliberately driven into the side of Dimorphos – a small asteroid “moonlet”.
The mission was mainly to test Nasa’s planet defence systems, and was deemed a big success.
There have been a number of other asteroids that have threatened the Earth, including:
Chicxulub Impactor: This asteroid smashed into the Earth around 66 million years ago and is believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs
2004 FU162: In March 2004, this 10m-wide meteoroid passed 6,500 km above Earth
1996 JA1: In May 1996, this space rock passed Earth at a distance of 450,000 km
99942 Apophis: This 1,100ft-wide asteroid was considered one of the most dangerous asteroids that could impact Earth. However, a radar observation campaign in 2021 concluded that it poses no risk to Earth for at least 100 years
1979 XB: This 2,165ft-wide asteroid had an estimated 1 in 1.8 million chance of impact
2007 FT3: This 0.6-mile-wide asteroid had an estimated 1 in 10 million chance of impact on March 3, 2030
7482 (1994 PC1): This 3,609ft-wide asteroid had its closest approach on January 18, 2022
Зробити ґрунт родючим, підвищити врожайність — основне прагнення кожного городника. Саме тому в арсеналі завжди є різноманітні добрива. Одне з органічних джерел — яєчна шкаралупа. Не поспішайте її викидати. В ній високий вміст кальцію, а він потрібен для багатьох садових та городніх культур. Склад та користь шкаралупи від яєць Карбонат кальцію складає 90% шкаралупи. […]
