![]() The F-Type in this form will sprint to sixty in the low five-second region. For the sake of comparison, we'll only mention the turbocharged four-cylinder version, which produces 296 hp and 295 lb-ft of torque significantly more than what you get in the 4C Spider. Under the skin of the F-Type lies an accomplished chassis and a range of impressive powertrains. So it's just a pretty face then? Not quite. When Jaguar first released the F-Type, we were blown away by its good looks, which is exactly the point, as this British bombshell is supposed to pay tribute to the all-time classic Jaguar E-Type. For every other day of the year, the Boxster is better. However, if you have any warm blood coursing through your veins, you'd get the flawed, but beautiful Alfa Romeo 4C Spider for the one day a year when the stars align and the perfect drive beckons. Sounds boring right? It's actually the polar opposite what the Boxster represents is sports car driving at its best blended with daily usability. So the Porsche might lack the outright pace but makes up for it with a more balanced ride, a more refined interior, and more practical storage space. The Boxster in this state of tune will dip below the five-second zero to sixty mark but will be outgunned by the Alfa Romeo. It's no less capable with its 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine which produces a healthy 300 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque. ![]() The latest iteration of the Boxster, the 718, is the best one yet, and once again sets the standard for two-door convertible sports cars. The Boxster has gone from the poor man's 911 to a respected performance car in the past two decades and is arguably one of the best entry-level sports cars in the business. When driving the 4C close to its limits, all its faults seem to melt away. Steering feel isn't great, especially at the limit, but with lots of grip on offer, launching out of corners becomes almost as addictive as just staring at it when parked. It should be noted that city and low-speed driving reveals the 4C's harshness, but all is forgiven when pushing on, and beware the spines of those who go for the optional race-tuned suspension. With a suspension setup that's perfectly tuned to carve corners and some relatively beefy tires, the 4C decimates corners in a way that we imagine a 1960s F1 cars would. With a full carbon fiber monocoque and lightweight aluminum parts scattered around the body, the Alfa Romeo 4C takes full advantage of its light weight when it comes to hitting the bendy stuff. This basic universal truth is at the core of the Alfa Romeo 4C. This is even common knowledge to most who have even the slightest interest in sports cars. Any racecar driver will tell you that the lower the weight, the better the car will handle.
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![]() Before the accident, Columbia had been assigned to missions STS-118 and STS-121. ![]() It also delivered more supplies and cargo for future ISS expansion.Īfter the Columbia accident, NASA decided that two test flights would be required and that activities that were originally assigned to STS-114 would need to be divided into two missions because of the addition of post- Columbia safety tests. Solid Rocket Boosters: BI-126 & RSRM-93ĭuring the STS-121 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the crew of Space Shuttle Discovery continued to test new equipment and procedures for the inspection and repair of the thermal protection system that is designed to increase the safety of the Space Shuttles.After the loss of Columbia and the grounding of the Shuttle fleet, only two people had been residing on the ISS. The transfer of Reiter to the ISS returned the station to a three crew member staffing level. This was due to an undisclosed, temporary medical condition. Thomas Reiter's position was previously planned to be filled by Sergey Volkov (Russia) before the launch of STS-121 was postponed until July 2006.īritish-born astronaut Piers Sellers replaced Carlos Noriega who was originally scheduled to be on the STS-121 mission NASA announced on Thursday, July 15, 2004. Its successful launch and landing led NASA to fully resume regular Space Shuttle launches in the construction of the ISS. As the mission followed on from STS-114 in carrying out the recommendations made in response to the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report, it was considered a Return to Flight test mission. STS-121 was also designated the ISS Assembly Mission ULF 1.1. The mission lasted for 13 days before landing at the Kennedy Space Center on July 17, 2006, at 09:14:43 EDT. It was the first and only shuttle launch on the United States' Independence Day. Īfter two weather-related delays, the shuttle successfully launched on Tuesday, July 4, 2006, at 14:37:55 EDT. The main purposes of the mission were to test new safety and repair techniques introduced following the Columbia disaster of February 2003 as well as to deliver supplies, equipment and German European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Reiter to the ISS. STS-121 was a 2006 NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Discovery. ![]() Waste Management says it actively working to service as soon possible – and they're hoping to do so by the end of the week. “If this is Waste Management’s best – I would rather not have it,” Middlebrook said. Waste Management says it might not be until February until customers will be fully apart of its system – Dane is just hoping until then that his trash doesn’t keep piling up in front of his home. “I don’t believe everything that I’ve been told – you don’t stop service just because you say you don’t have equipment that was maintained properly,” Middlebrook said. Middlebrook and Torres say that’s not good enough. To help with the ongoing issue right now – Waste Management said more than 20 additional drivers have been sent out to clean up areas. Several people have reached out to WRTV saying Waste Management has missed several pickups. We shouldn’t have to do that we pay for a service,” Middlebrook said. The neighbors came out and repicked it back up put it back in the containers. “When the wind picked up there was trash all up and down the street. Waste Management said its working to replace 30% of the Ray’s Trash Service fleet because it didn’t meet safety standards. “Today’s is my pickup day – they got today to come get it, otherwise we are going to have to come up with alternatives,” Middlebrook said. ![]() “They haven't picked up our trash in three weeks,” Ramiro Torres said.ĭane Middlebrook says their trash service is Waste Management, which bought Ray’s Trash Service back in the fall. It’s a problem those who live in the area say have been going on for weeks. HENDRICKS COUNTY - Throughout Hendricks County, you will see overflowing trash bins with bag pilling up on many streets. So far this year, Doncic and Young are the only two players who spend more than a third of their off-ball time 35 or more feet away. But there is a distinction to be made between what might be called “productive standing” and taking oneself out of the play. Now, players can still be a threat when they aren’t “active.” Curry and Damian Lillard just need to be somewhere in the offensive frontcourt. These players have the ball so much, are so responsible for their teams’ respective shot creation and work so hard to do so, that they don’t have much to offer when they do give the ball up. This is perhaps best illustrated by the two players with the highest Time of Possession Percentage in the league: Luka Doncic (in possession 49.87 percent of the time he is on offense) and Trae Young (47.1 percent). A possible downside of squeezing every possible bit of offense creation from a single star, as some teams do, is that there is very little in the way of latent threat left for the defense to account for. Even when they aren’t part of the primary action the offense is running, they should be on the defense’s mind. Part of the power of having a Kevin Durant or Steph Curry on the floor is that the defense is forced to account for and react to their movements off the ball as much as their actions with it. Similar to the idea of using the threat of the floater to force defensive reaction, but not overly relying on the floater as a primary weapon, there is perhaps too much of a good thing with running offense through a heliocentric star. The offense wants to take this shot - run this bluff - often enough to sow that confusion, but not so often that they are left taking a huge proportion of their shots from low percentage areas. Forcing that decision in a moment of uncertainty is why the bluff has power. Even if on aggregate the percentages suggest making him hit the runner over and over again, if he makes one or two, there is enough doubt that by leaving him completely uncontested, the shot is going from a marginally bad and lower than average efficiency shot to becoming marginally above average. However, just knowing that, in this case, Darius Garland will take that shot, now defenses have a decision to make. Players on the perimeter stay attached to shooters and dare the player to run smack into one of the best rim protectors in the league. Have the big drop and wall up in front of the rim. If the guard is never going to shoot this floater, the defense has it easy. Much as in poker, bluffing is a vital part of offensive repertoire. ![]() He ran a WCW stable called the No Limit Soldiers, where his crew feuded against the West Texas Rednecks. He played in minor leagues successfully though. He was over 30 at the time, however, and his contract was never extended. Trivia: Percy had a contract to play for both the Charlotte Hornets and Toronto Raptors in the 1999 pre-season. See our deep dive on Master P’s net worth. He managed to do all of this without winning any major music awards. He has broken into television, movies, and professional wrestling, and can boast a portfolio that includes travel, real estate, stocks, toys, sports, cars, and other industries. ![]() He signed Snoop Dogg for a three-album deal in the late ’90s. He launched countless stars in that time, striking while the iron was hot and releasing as many as 10 times the number of albums as in previous years. #9 – Master P Net Worth: $210 MillionĬhange: +$10M & ↓3 – Percy Miller made unbelievable amounts of money while his record label No Limit Records was owning the rap scene. Among his many tattoos is a portion of Jay Z lyrics on his leg. At the age of 12, Wayne survived a gun shot wound to the chest, which he revealed decades later was an act of self-harm. Trivia: His real name is Dwayne, but he dropped the ‘D’ out of disappointment with his absentee father. Read more about Lil Wayne’s net worth here. He’s earned his spot as one of the bestselling artists of all time and his finances will continue to soar as he keeps launching superstars like Drake and Nicki Minaj. He’s the first male to surpass Elvis Presley with the most Billboard Hot 100 songs, with 109 so far. He also had a stint as the go-to guy for guest appearances, netting him tons of royalties. As a former member of the Hot Boys, he became the hottest act on Cash Money once Juvenile left the label. Many spit rhymes for decades and never break through, but those who do have a great chance to join the following list of the top 10 richest rappers in the world… #10 – Lil Wayne Net Worth: $170 MillionĬhange: +$17M & ↓1 – Weezy was doing just fine as a Cash Money rap artist, but once he broke off from Birdman (also on this list!) and started his own label Young Money, things really took off. The career of a hip-hop artist, while a huge grind, it’s often not even about skill, but rather, about connections. As you grow in popularity and income, you can break into Hollywood, launch other businesses, like clothing lines, and make all kinds of investments to increase your wealth drastically.Ĭomparing this list to the most-streamed artists of all time is also quite insightful with two rappers featured in both.It is possible to become extremely wealthy as a rapper or hip-hop artist.What you’ll notice as you read along - and find inspiring as an upcoming rapper - is that… It may not be perfectly accurate, but it’s pretty darned close. Though it’s usually the same players moving up or down one or two places based on recent investments, we include all of the data we can get from publicly available sources. Nothing is more fun than updating this list every six months when new data comes out. The spam filter works pretty well, hit us up if you think your post got stuck. Have a question for us? Check our wiki first! ![]() Please report any posts that fail to match these guidelines. Obvious karmafarming or brigading crossposts will be removed, and repeat offenders will be banned. If the video is entirely in Sign Language, please post a Written English summary in the comments for those who don't know Sign Language.Ĭrossposts from other subreddits should be limited to positive topics or issues related to the deaf/HoH community. The Bay Area Premiere of Audism Unveiled The best videos in American Sign Language for receptive practice. YouTube's auto-generated captions are not a suitable substitution for manually provided subtitles. Videos without proper captioning may be removed. Your guess is as good as ours as to what they're saying. Requests to lipread / speechread will be removed. For example, questions about what forms deaf people's thought take in are rather common. ![]() If you wish to practice your Sign Language and want to video chat, try /r/DeafSkype.īefore posting a question, please use the search engine to make sure that it hasn't already been asked. 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We reserve the right to remove any posts there that lack obvious effort/insight, and here's why. ![]() Research requests, homework interview requests, and questions on how to write deaf/HoH characters should go in the bi-weekly research/promoted content thread. All are welcome here regardless of your personal hearing circumstances. The range of Deaf experience can vary from the late-deafened to the deaf from birth, from being a bit hard of hearing to totally d/Deaf, from being a member of the Deaf community to those who are immersed in the hearing world, and from personal experience to friends/family of Deaf/HoH. Deaf culture intersects with nationality, education, race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexual orientation, and other identity markers, leading to a culture that is at once quite small and also tremendously diverse. Deaf identity also intersects with other kinds of cultural identity. There are many distinct Deaf communities around the world, which communicate using different sign languages and exhibit different cultural norms. ![]() A movie about those left behind in the global humanitarian crisis, Atlantics cleverly subverts a realist aesthetic to draw viewers into a supernatural story about class, grief and belief. Mama Sané plays a young, lower-class Senegalese woman whose lover drowns at sea while attempting to migrate to Spain, and her ensuing emotional disarray manifests in a series of strange happenings. Atlanticsĭirector Mati Diop’s Cannes-winning feature debut is a dystopian gothic romance full of elegant, unforgettable imagery. Though the lead character is highly cynical, the movie takes a refreshingly uncynical view of the generation gap. Shot in romantic and intimate black-and-white, The 40-Year-Old Version is packed with one-liners and great musical sequences. ![]() Blank plays a once-buzzy playwright who starts rapping to rekindle her creative spark while selling out on Broadway. ![]() Radha Blank wrote, directed and starred in this cringe-comedy about an artist reaching a point in life where the need to make money brushes up against a desire for creative fulfillment. Update (February 1, 2022): This post was updated with The Sparks Brothers. And we’ll update this post regularly as titles leave and join Netflix Canada. So as a public service (and to get around the algorithm), NOW’s writers have gone deep into the tiles to recommend some recent favourites, overlooked classics and essential titles available to watch right now. No judgment here, we’ve all done it… and, if we’re being honest, some of us can’t stop doing it. The greatest selling point of streaming services – a near-infinite choice of entertainment, instantly available to anyone anywhere – is also its greatest drawback: if you don’t have a clear plan, you can spend an hour or more just scrolling through the various categories before giving up and going to bed. Only one engine was available, a new 300-bhp, 352-cid big-block V-8, linked to Ford Division's three-speed Cruise-O-Matic self-shift transmission, also new that year. A dramatic design with unibody construction all-coil suspension and a low, rakish stance, the second-generation Thunderbird rode a compact 113-inch wheelbase, yet had ample interior room. The 1959 Ford Thunderbird convertible was part of the "squarebird" styling cycle.Īs expected, the all-new Ford Thunderbird four-seater arrived for 1958 (though Ford briefly considered retaining a two-seater with updated styling). Production ran through the end of the calendar year, so production was the highest for the three two-seater years at 21,380. With a base price still under $35, the T-Bird remained an attractive buy. Then the Automobile Manufacturers Association issued its infamous racing "ban" and development stopped. Daigh returned in '57 to score 93.312 mph, and a privately entered T-Bird ran the flying-mile at 146.282 mph one way, 138.775 mph both ways. A '55 sponsored by Mechanix Illustrated magazine's Tom McCahill swept the production sports-car class at that year's Daytona Speed Weeks, Joe Ferguson clocking a two-way average of 124.633 mph to best every Austin-Healey, Porsche, and all but one Jaguar XK-120.Ĭhuck Daigh did even better in '56 with a T-Bird prepped by Pete DePaolo he did 88.779 mph in the standing mile, though a 'Vette modified by Zora Arkus-Duntov proved faster (at 89.735 mph). Ford also built 208 supercharged "F-Birds" with 300/340 bhp courtesy of Paxton-McCulloch blowers, mainly for racing.Īnd race the early T-Birds did, though with limited success. Stickshift models still had a 292, but uprated to 212 bhp, and there was now a trio of 312s offering 245, 270, or 285 bhp, the last being a twin-four-barrel version with 10.0:1 compression. A handsome facelift brought a prominent bumper/grille and a longer deck (again enclosing the spare) wearing modest bladelike tailfins. The '57 was thus the last two-seat T-Bird - and arguably the best. So for 1958 and beyond, that's what the T-Bird would be. ![]() Also, market surveys indicated much greater demand for a four-seater. McNamara, who'd replaced Crusoe as head of Ford Division, wanted much higher volume. Production eased to 15,631, but was still five times Corvette's. Porthole hardtops heavily outsold the nonporthole kind in 1956, and virtually all '57 Thunderbirds had them. Changes were limited to a larger 312 V-8 option with 215/225 bhp (nonoverdrive stickshift cars retained the 292, now up to 202 bhp), plus exterior-mounted spare (answering cries for more trunk space), softer suspension (for a smoother ride), and no-cost portholes for the hardtop (a Boyer idea inspired by vintage coachwork). You don't mess with success in Detroit, and Ford didn't with the '56 T-Bird. ![]() It whipped the rival Chevy in 1955 production by nearly 24-to-1 - 16,155 for the model year. With European style and American comfort, convenience, and go, the Thunderbird proved well-nigh irresistible at just under $3000 without options. Styling, conceived by Walker lieutenant Hershey and executed by a young Bill Boyer, couldn't have been better: simple and smooth yet clearly Ford, with rakish long-hood/short-deck proportions recalling the classic early-'40s Lincoln Continental. And there was no plodding six-cylinder engine but a burly 292-cubic-inch Mercury V-8 delivering 193 bhp with stickshift or 198 bhp with optional self-shift Ford-O-Matic.īill Burnett supervised the engineering, which relied heavily on passenger-Ford components. Instead of an ill-fitting soft top was a snug convertible top, a detachable hardtop, or both. In place of creaking fiberglass and clumsy side curtains was a sturdy steel body with convenient roll-up windows. ![]() It rode the same wheelbase as the first-generation Corvette - 102 inches - but was far more luxurious and practical. Barely a month later, Ford was hard at work on the car that would ultimately be named for the god worshiped by America's Southwest Native Americans as the bringer of rain and prosperity.First displayed as a wood mock-up at the Detroit show in early 1954, the Thunderbird was a "personal" car, not a pure sports car. ![]() But in January 1953, GM threw down a gauntlet Ford couldn't ignore: the Chevrolet Corvette. ![]() One of the Nair children, Naveen (Karthik Kumar), returns from Vienna to try and reconcile the harsh, lonely reality of his brother Keshi's (Shayan Munshi) death with his own inability to connect with his personal and familial history in India and his present predicament of having to feign a relationship with a woman to conceal his love for a man in Europe. The movie explores the love story of two men, Aryan and Ashley, who fall in love despite societal pressures and taboos. Bose simultaneously self-destructs his nascent, doomed affair.\n\nThe third and final story occurs in the south Indian city of Kochi where the Nair family confronts the sudden loss of a nuclear family member who died serving in the Indian military. Na Jaane Kyon is an Indian drama film released in 2010. Bose and his wife (Roopa Ganguly) to repair their relationship while Dr. ![]() Their passionate yet tormented romance lays the groundwork for Dr. Star Cast: Kabir Bedi, Parikshit Sahni, Helen, Rituparna Sengupta, Zeenat Aman, Asha Sachdev, Hazel Croney, Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, Yuvraaj Parashar, Maradona Rebello, Kapil Kaustubh Sharma, Aryan Vaid, Released In 2010. His lover, Lea (Keira Chaplin), is a German on her own journey to discover India, and to some extent herself. Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun (2010) MP3 Songs Download PagalWorld. ![]() Bose's is stuck in the rut of a loveless, pitiful, and seemingly pointless marriage which he attempts to rattle by embarking on a quick, nervous and uncomfortable affair with a much younger woman. Siddharth Bose (Victor Banerjee), a wealthy Calcutta surgeon in his fifties. So deeply ensconced in being haunted by his own past, Farooq appears incapable of fully living in the present, to the extent to which he proves powerless in responding to the possibility of sharing true love with Ira.\n\nIn Kolkatta, the second vignette revolves around Dr. Farooq remains troubled by his own inability to let go of the memories of his dead parents in his ancestral which he continues to occupy and use as the disturbing muse for his own writing. Kapil Sharma and Yuvraaj Parasher - Directed by Sanjay Sharma and written by his brother Kapil Sharma who also plays the main lead in the film Dunno Y.Na Jaane Kyun is a film that talks about. Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun - Bhaarat Ratna & Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar Sings Again. The first story enters straight into the heart of Farooq (Ankur Khanna) and Ira's (Soha Ali Khan) relationship in Mumbai. Each revolves around love, life, and loss. It premiered in April 2010 at Indias first mainstream gay film festival, the Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival. It was directed by Sanjay Sharma and written by his brother Kapil Sharma who also played the lead. Chaurahen - Crossroads is an evocative and poignant composition consisting of three separate stories set in three different cities in contemporary India. Na Jaane Kyon (transl. Dont know why) is a 2010 bilingual Indian film. ![]() He was quoted as saying, “This led us to fashion, with the Metajacket for example, or our Decentraland wearables, to creating Forging events, where you could forge your NFT to get unique physical sneakers or extra items. In an interview with Forbes, the project’s co-founder Benoit Pagotto mentioned how they have further evolved from sneakers to other items. Moreover, they go very well with avatar customization in games, such as streetwear. The idea behind starting with sneakers was because sneakers traditionally have been a collectible item in themselves. RTFKT, which was launched in January 2020 by three friends, uses NFT, blockchain authentication, augmented reality, and in-game engines to create one-of-its-kind digital sneakers and other artifacts. What is RTKFT?: The Company Behind Clone X These clones have the ability to search for places that are habitable in the universe, aligning with a human’s desire for exploration. The message is that while humans don’t exist in the future, there are their clones in the advanced world. These objects were then introduced to human characteristics and behavior patterns to develop the final metaverse clones. ![]() They belong to a world that is located in proximity to the Draco galaxy and is referred to as ‘Orbitar’. The Clone X NFT project is driven by three extraterrestrial objects. When it comes to the perks attached with the Clone X collection, it gives access to the RTFKT ecosystem as well as exclusive Clone X experiences. Moreover, a dedicated Clone inventory, called the Clone Wearables allows the users to customize their avatars on the platform, with unique wearables from the RTFK platform. The RTKFT team has made these avatars metaverse ready by attaching a Clone meta vault allowing the users to access the 3D avatars across all platforms. These were sold in two formats- a presale and a public sale. A total of 20,000 Clone X avatars were released in November 2021. The project is focused on developing avatars that are high-quality and well-equipped for the metaverse too. The cap was kept at 3 avatars per wallet for the public sale. The collection was launched through a Dutch Auction, where prices of these collectibles went down until all of them were sold. By utilizing Daz 3D’s PFP utility kit, RTFKT has pulled off creating a diverse set of collectibles.Ĭlone X has been able to keep the hype around it quite well-placed since its launch. Takashi’s design language brings in a distinct personality to these collectibles and gives them special personalities like eyes, mouth, clothes, etc, that are defined on the blockchain.Īnother primary collaborator in the Clone X project is Daz 3D. As mentioned above, these collectibles were designed by well-renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. The Clone X NFTs from the house of RTKFT is the first portable NFTs ever designed. The Clone X NFT collections were developed keeping one thing in mind- take your avatar, wherever you go. So, will Clone X be able to clone its success down the line in 2022? Let’s find out more about the collection, its price prediction for the year, and the curiosity behind its value. In January 2022, more than 2,700 buyers engaged with Clone X, leading to a $165 million in sales volume. And it isn’t just about the collection is distinctive, but it’s been equally popular as well. The Clone X collection has been designed in collaboration with Takashi Murakami, who brought in his traditional art tonality to the final set of collectibles. One such project is- Clone X from the house of digitized sneaker manufacturer RTFKT (pronounced as ‘artifact’). With brands and various NFT projects collaborating with renowned artists, the traditional art form is staying put but is getting a digital makeover. ![]() There have been certain inhibitions about traditional art forms fading into oblivion, with the onset of digital art forms and styles taking the front seat.īut as the Non-Fungible Token ecosystem world evolves, and newer projects come in, those inhibitions certainly don’t seem true. |
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