CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - SpaceX just fired up the rocket that will ferry it's next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station this weekend.
The private spaceflight company conducted a static-fire test on Wednesday (Nov. 11) of its Falcon 9 rocket at Pad 39A here at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The test is one of the last major milestones ahead of a planned launch on Saturday (Nov. 14).
The routine preflight test kicked off the countdown to the highly-anticipated flight of the company's first operational mission of its Dragon crew capsule, called Crew-1. The spacecraft is bound for the International Space Station, carrying with it three NASA astronauts and one Japanese spaceflyer.
The test, which was originally scheduled for Tuesday evening (Nov. 10), was pushed back 24 hours so SpaceX could test and replace a purge valve in the rocket's second stage.
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Falcon 9 rocket roared to life, as smoke billowed from its engines during the preflight test. The brief ignition, You may also like: Autel TPMS sensor. known as a static-fire test, is a standard part of prelaunch procedures and one of the last major milestones before liftoff.
During the test, the Falcon 9 is held down on the pad while its nine first-stage engines are briefly fired. This allows crews to ensure that all systems are working properly and that the rocket is ready to fly. Shortly after the test, SpaceX tweeted that the static-fire test was a success and thpany planned to launch on Saturday at 7:49 p.m. EST (0049 GMT on Sunday Nov. 15).
The flight marks SpaceX's 21st mission of the year and the 1st long-duration mission to launch from Florida. The rocket's first stage is expected to land back at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station approximately 9 minutes after liftoff. If everything goes according to plan, the crew capsule will spend just 8.5-hours trailing the space station before arriving at the orbital outpost early Sunday (Nov. 15).
Both the Dragon capsule and its launcher are brand new for this mission. Following the success of the Demo-2 mission, which launched two NASA astronauts to the space station in May for a two-month stay, NASA has given SpaceX permission to reuse both the crew capsule and the rocket on future missions. In fact, the Crew-2 mission set to launch next year will reuse the Dragon capsule from Demo-2 and the booster from the Crew-1 mission.
Keeping with the precedent set by the Demo-2 mission, the rocket's shiny first stage exterior has been adorned with NASA's iconic worm logo.
With the Dragon capsule perched atop the rocket, the duo rolled out of the hangar and onto the launch pad at complex 39A on Monday evening (Nov. 9). Standing 256.3 feet (78.1 meters) tall, the pair were lifted upright overnight.
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Secured to the launch pad, teams loaded the rocket with super-chilled propellants - kerosene and liquid oxygen - and then briefly ignited the first stage's nine Merlin 1D engines.
The engines briefly fired at 3:52 p.m. EST (2052 GMT), generating 1.7 million pounds of thrust while the booster remained firmly on the ground. Engineers reviewed the data before deciding to proceed with the Falcon 9's planned launch attempt Saturday evening.
"Static fire of Falcon 9 complete - targeting Saturday, November 14 at 7:49 p.m. EST for launch of Crew Dragon's first operational mission to the space station with four astronauts on board," SpaceX tweeted shortly after the test.
The company also said that teams will continue to monitor weather conditions for liftoff and along the flight path closely leading up to launch.
The static fire test comes on the heels of a hardware swap. Originally slated for Oct. 31, the Crew-1 flight was pushed back two weeks to allow SpaceX time to replace one of the booster's nine Merlin 1D engines on its first stage.
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An Amazon driver found he was a few strokes high at a Michigan golf course over the weekend.
Bill Offer spotted something unusual blocking his way through a cart tunnel about 2:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Boulder Pointe Golf Club in Oxford where he works as outside services supervisor.
It was an Amazon delivery truck, wedged about six feet into the tunnel between the Dunes course ninth green and the clubhouse, he said.
He went over to the driver, who told him his GPS had led him there, Offer said.
"I said, ‘You couldn't have been, you're on a cart path,'" Offer said.
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The driver was apologetic and seemingly rather embarrassed, however, Offer said.
The driver apparently took a wrong turn and didn't realize his truck wouldn't fit in the tunnel, which runs under a road, Offer said. To the driver's credit, it was a two-way cart path that looks like the width of a road.
The Oakland County Sheriff's Office and a tow truck was called, along with another Amazon truck, which took on the packages from the crashed vehicle, Offer said.
"I was a little upset and right away I realized this guy felt like there was no rock to crawl under," Offer said.
Golf carts were rerouted around the crash, but golfers still stopped to take their phones out to snap a photo, Offer said.
Luckily, a nearby wedding paid no notice to the commotion.
Jokes certainly caught air at the club and online, after he posted his own photo, with one such jest about a missing delivery of golf clubs, Offer said.
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It was a strange day in a few ways, with summer temperatures in November, Offer said. Still, the crash stands out among anything he's handled at the club.
"You don't expect somebody to mistake a golf cart path ... and get a delivery truck stuck in it," he said.
Darcie Moran is a breaking news reporter and podcaster for the Detroit Free Press. Contact Moran: dmoran@freepress.com. Twitter: @darciegmoran.

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Mike Zordich didn't waste any time before addressing the elephant in the room.
To begin his appearance on the "Inside Michigan Football" radio show Monday night, Michigan football's cornerbacks coach acknowledged his unit's struggles during the Wolverines' two-game losing streak - and says both he and his players are focused on eliminating the big plays and penalties seen against Michigan State and Indiana.
"We're just going through a little slump," Zordich said. "Guys are working hard. They're working on their techniques. We're going to get it fixed, for sure. You've got to take the good with the bad. Right now, we're just in a little slump, but we're fighting through it. We will come out. I trust these guys."
After allowing just 197 passing yards in a season-opening 49-24 win at Minnesota, Michigan's defense has allowed 665 combined passing yards over the past two games. One week after the Spartans' Rocky Lombardi and Ricky White bombed the Wolverines' passing defense, Indiana's Michael Penix Jr. (342 yards, You may need: Autel car diagnostic. three touchdowns) and Ty Fryfogle (seven catches, 142 yards and one touchdown) did the same in Michigan's 38-21 loss on Saturday - the Wolverines' first loss to Indiana since 1987.
The cornerbacks have been seen as a common culprit for the Wolverines' inability to defend the pass, with starters Vincent Gray (46.4 overall grade, according to Pro Football Focus) and Gemon Green (71.5) each having their share of struggles.
But those issues seem to be somewhat surprising to Zordich, who says that "there's a disconnect between practice and what has happened on the game field the last two weekends."
"I watch our guys at the top of some of these routes and their body control is not in control," Zordich continued. "We've got to fix that. In practice, it's OK, but on game day, why is it different? That's something I've got to figure out. I've got to get these guys right, and we're going to do some different things in individual (work) to help them fix that problem."
Man coverage is a staple of defensive coordinator Don Brown's scheme, and despite the opt-out decision of former starter Ambry Thomas, the Wolverines entered this season with confidence in their remaining cornerbacks' ability to play press man coverage.
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But in the Week 2 loss at Michigan State, the Spartans immediately targeted Gray and Green on downfield shots, completing deep ball after deep ball - or drawing pass interference and holding penalties. The Hoosiers did the same, completing nine passes of 15-plus yards while drawing one holding and two pass interference calls on Michigan's secondary, including a crucial pass interference penalty on Gray after Penix threw an incompletion on third-and-9. Instead of punting, the Hoosiers continued down the field and eventually scored to push their lead to 17.
"The penalties that are extending drives are hurting us," Jim Harbaugh said Monday night. "You talk about rhythm, you talk about getting stops. That's something that's addressed in practice. Eliminate. Just makes it too hard to get those stops."
According to Zordich, the process for playing good coverage includes winning at the line of scrimmage, mirroring a receiver based on their release and route, and avoiding any urge to get "handsy downfield." He believes in following a certain technique - and he's seen his cornerbacks give up big plays due to missing some parts of that technique, especially at the beginning of the play.
Zordich pointed out a touchdown pass allowed by Green during which Green "was not ready at the snap," and said that on the four explosive plays Gray gave up (one touchdown, two long completions and the pass interference penalty), he was "bad at the line of scrimmage."
Brown has tried lifting some of the pressure on the cornerbacks by calling more zone coverages and playing two high safeties. At the same time, Zordich said it is his duty to "get these guys ready to play."
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For some, home theater begins and ends with a large television. But there are others who want to project movies onto giant screens. The one drawback, historically, is a reduction in picture quality. That's nothing to worry about with these 4K projectors.
One thing to know going in is that pixels required to display at a certain resolution are handled differently by projectors than by your TV. Essentially, TVs always have a large surface area to spread out the needed pixels, AD: obd2 scanner. but projectors have to send the pixel information through a reflective chip that often has a much smaller surface area in play. It's advisable to research labels such as Native, e-Shift, 4K Enhancement (4Ke), and the Texas Instruments DLP UHD system to ensure you're getting the best device given your desired projection set-up.
Easiest setup: BenQ TK850 True 4K HDR-PRO Projector
One of the biggest selling points of the BenQ projector is its out-of-the-box factory-calibrated color accuracy. Essentially, you won't have to go through the water torture of adjusting color levels, squinting to see the slight differences or frustrated by your inability to find the right balance. The BenQ also employs the DLP projection technology, used by a large majority of movie theaters and all IMAX theaters.
Value pick: ViewSonic 4K Projector
The ViewSonic is among the most affordable quality projector options on the market. It offers flexible connectivity (it has separate HDMI ports to support HDMI 1.4 and HDMI 2.0) and can work with PC, Mac, or game consoles. One of the other issues that can plague projection set-ups is how light or dark your viewing room is (or, worse, if the brightness fluctuates depending on time of day, etc.) The ViewSonic is designed to project high, clear images regardless of the light situation going on in the rest of the room.
The best: Epson Home Cinema 4010
Combining three processing technologies-4K resolution enhancement, image processing, and HDR processing-the Epson Home Cinema is pricey but delivers exceptional image quality. What those three separate processing technologies represent, essentially, are color fidelity to the source information, smooth transitions from lower-res content, and the use of three individual high-def LCD chips to transfer all of that 4K pixel data to the screen. The only downside, for the price, is the 2400 lumens of brightness, which seems weak compared to other models that boast over 3000. But depending on your viewing space, the slightly dimmer projection may not matter.

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Trenton police found the body of a missing 37-year-old Woodhaven woman, in her car, submerged in the Detroit River, according to a local news source.
The police found the vehicle at the Trenton Rotary Park boat launch on Oct. 30 after receiving a tip, according to the News Herald. The Wayne County Dive Team helped find the car in the 20-foot-deep water. The car was pulled out.
The police confirmed to the News Herald the person found inside was a Woodhaven mother who was reported missing on Oct. 29.
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A cause of death has yet to be determined. Trenton Police Chief Todd Scheffler declined to say if the circumstances were suspicious.
Nisa Khan is a data and Freep Now intern for the Detroit Free Press. Contact her and follow her on Twitter @mnisakhan.

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Hakim Ziyech admits Tottenham "stole" his dream with their crushing late victory over Ajax in the Champions League last year. But the winger, 27, is now hardened by the experience and determined to leave his mark at Chelsea after regaining his fitness.
The first arrival this summer for £36 million in what has since been a lavish outlay from the Blues, the Moroccan boasts a fierce mentality to compliment his desire for "trophies and beautiful football".
"Yes, for a child's dream, you just stole it down to the ground," Ziyech concedes when asked to recall the semi-final loss to Chelsea's London rivals.
"It is hard, it is painful. It is crazy what happened at that time and at that point [of the game]. It is hard to accept.
"For me personally I think we deserved to go to the final [in Madrid], but in the end you don't always get what you deserve.
"So yes, you have to take that as a lesson and I did. Now I know always that the game is not over until after the referee whistles. At that point, it helped me. It helped me improve, to never give up."
The youngest of nine children, Ziyech was forced to endure heartache aged 10 when his father passed away.
While the verve and arrogance to his game can be traced back to the streets of Dutch town Dronten, where he was forced to toughen up to allow his skill to shine through.
"Yeah, things that happened in the past when I was younger, all this stuff when you're playing on the streets, it makes you hard as a person," Ziyech acknowledges. "Especially when you get older you can play that hard as well.
"When I was young and playing on the streets I always played against older guys and they didn't back down, even when you were too good for them they were just kicking and those types of things make you hard as a person.
"It helps you to grow, even on the pitch, and from that mentality it only helps you. I think I learned a lot from my past, it's made me become what I am now at this moment."
Many have become familiar with Ziyech dancing in from the right wing and opening up opponent's with his wand-like left boot.
But Ziyech still maintains an affinity with the hallowed No 10 role that is treasured back in the Netherlands, where he was born, and at former club Ajax, where Johan Cruyff mastered the position.
"I still do [consider myself as a No 10]," Ziyech admits. "Even though I didn't play there a lot in the last two years.
"But I know for myself what I'm capable of, even if it's the No 10, or the left side, or the right side - it doesn't change for me a lot. The way of the game is the same for me."

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Joop A. Donkervoort started out as a Lotus Seven importer, only to find along the way that in order for the lightweight Lotuses to be road legal in continental Europe, he had to modify every last one of them. This tinkering led to him elevating Colin Chapman's concept to such levels that by 1978, he had to market them as Donkervoort S7s. Nowadays, AD: Autel diagnostic scanner. these unique creations are the fastest and possibly wildest-looking packages for Audi's five-cylinder turbocharged engine.
Using Ford power for over two decades in his unique cars, Donkervoort switched to Audi turbos in 1999. Upgraded to the 2.5-liter five-cylinders with 2013's GTOs, Donkervoorts of today use patented Ex-Core carbon fiber bodies over a tubular frame, side pipes for a more visceral experience, a well built and ergonomic cabin, and in case you happen to be Joop Donkervoort, none of the optional power steering or ABS under the green body panels Autocar's Matt Prior got to check out:
While the Donkervoort D8 GTO has been around since 2013, the "regular" Donkervoort D8 GTO-JD70 was created for 2019 as a 70-unit special run celebrating company founder Joop Donkervoort's 70th birthday. In 2002, the wildest Dutch carmaker since reverse-racing pioneer DAF followed up with a track version called the JD70 R, which combines a fire-breathing 2.5-liter Audi five-cylinder tuned to 415 horsepower with a two-seater weighing 1,598 pounds. Using a six-speed sequential gearbox and Nankang racing slicks, the D8 GTO-JD70 R pulls with 1.2 G of longitudinal acceleration from a standing start, and will hit your body with up to 2.25 G of lateral acceleration through the corners.
With this being the road car, the D8 GTO-JD70 R brings such track junkie favorites to the table such as Tarox six-piston brakes with race pads in all corners, a 12-stage racing ABS system, a shorter steering rack with optional power steering, four-way adjustable dampers, stiffer springs, bushes, and anti-roll bars, the six-speed sequential box, racing slicks and an AIM digital color display connected to the SmartyCam system, so the video recordings can also carry telemetry data such as the speed, G forces, and tire temperatures.
The JD70 R also comes with a Bilster Berg roll cage and six-point harnesses, a fire-safety system, a full FIA-homologated bladder-style tank featuring fuel-absorbing foam, or a new Kevlar-carbon-fibre protection "blanket" to add a very strong layer of fuel-spill protection. The latter is not only cheaper than a bladder tank, but also road legal and capable of being retrofitted into any D8 GTO model. Handy!
That's 415 horsepower, 383 pound-feet of torque, a 2.7 second rush to 62 mph, then 2.25 g through the corners and to a top speed of 174 mph, all for a base price of $230,000 (€198,000). Please note that if I say this Dutch one is the fastest package for Audi's five-cylinder turbo, you are encouraged to jump into Austria's 530-horsepower KTM X-Bow GTX and tell us about it afterward.

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We've always known just what an asset Marc-Andre ter Stegen is for Barca, but it was never better evidenced than with his performance against Dynamo Kiev.
The German, just back from three months out injured, ended up with a busier night than surely he'd contemplated as, time and again the visitors were allowed to break en-masse and descend on his goal.
Yes, we could've scored a number of goals of our own if it wasn't for another magnificent performance at the other end from 18-year-old Neshcheret, but it was hugely embarrassing that Ter Stegen was called upon at all.
After all, Dynamo had nine players out with coronavirus symptoms and three more with injuries. Until Gerard Pique's late intervention, it appeared that this game could've swung either way.
The blaugranes clearly like to play the high line, but if there's no pace in defence, You may also like: Launch scanner. what's the point of doing so, as you are going to get marooned upfield time and again.
With the greatest of respect to Neto, what a relief that we have MAtS back at just the right moment.
Barca clearly are struggling in all facets, so to have a keeper on top of his game and pulling out all of the stops so soon after returning has to be good news.
The issue for Ronald Koeman of course is, on that display, particularly if he wants to win trophies, can he afford to keep players in the team - we all know who they are - that are an utter liability.
The Dutchman can't rely on Ter Stegen every single week to get them out of a hole, and there's even been suggestions in the media that the club may try and sell him to Bayern Munich in January in order to bank funds that they clearly don't yet have at this point in time.
The performance that the money men at the Camp Nou have just witnessed will hopefully raise them from whatever slumber it is they're in, and ensure they rebuff any and all offers for their custodian.
As important as Messi is up front for Barca, Ter Stegen is as the last line of defence. Yes, he's that good.
To think that the Catalans acquired him for only €12m has to go down as one of the football bargains of the century.
And rather than sell him for a quick profit now, Barca will do well just to allow him to settle back in the role he knows so well.
They need him. They really need him.

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"Come Play" is a horror movie whose ideas are better than their execution.
That doesn't make the ideas any less worthy. In his feature debut, writer and director Jacob Chase expands on his short film "Larry," which was scary enough but mostly an exercise in creepy atmosphere and gotcha! scares. He's incorporated the loneliness born of so much time spent looking at screens – smart phones, TVs, You may need: Car Battery Tester. computers, whatever – into a physical manifestation: Larry, a monster who lives behind those screens, looking for a companion.
Which doesn't work out so great for the companion.
It's a brilliant notion, and Chase knows his way around the tropes of horror films.
What's lacking is the story itself – he takes shortcuts with the narrative. Stuff just kind of happens at various points, important stuff, like the dissolution of a marriage. In a movie about loneliness, which is what "Come Play" is at its core, that would seem like a topic worthy of further exploration.
The film, which opens in theaters Friday, centers on Oliver (Azhy Robertson), a non-verbal autistic boy who uses an app on his phone to communicate. He loves "Spongebob Squarepants" but struggles socially at school. He's bullied by a group of boys led by Byron (Winslow Fegley), with whom Oliver evidently was once friends.
One night Oliver's phone lights up loaded with an e-book about a creature named Larry, who looks in the drawings kind of like the little brother of the monster from "Alien," only modestly more humanoid. As Oliver pages through the story, we learn that Larry was once made fun of because he is different, and he is seeking a friend.
Of course Oliver is lonely and intrigued. But there are lights blinking on and off and things going bump in the night that scare him.
His mother, Sarah (Gillian Jacobs), comforts him. There are intimations that things are not going swimmingly with her and Oliver's father, Marty (John Gallagher Jr.). These prove accurate when one night Marty leaves.
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Wait, what?
Off he goes, in an arrangement worked out with Sarah previously, it seems, a development that typically would disturb Oliver. But he's got even worse things to worry about at the moment – namely a scary monster that only he can see, and then only if he uses camera functions on his phone or tablet (a good use that allows Chase to frame the action in different ways).
That last is something Marty found at his job, working as a toll collector at a parking garage. After he brought the old tablet home from the lost and found, Oliver immediately commandeers it. Larry's story shows up there, too, and grows more detailed – and darker.
This is all effective – Chase has worked mostly as an editor, and he is good at setting the audience up.
He's less effective working with actors – the adult ones, anyway. It's not fair to say that Jacobs and Gallagher don't have much chemistry together; their characters are having problems, after all. But they're not given much to work with. He's distant for much of the film (if not absent). Jacobs, meanwhile, is left to navigate Sarah's complicated emotions and reactions. She's not bad. She just has to play an arc that is not fully developed, and scream a lot.
But Robertson, who played the boy in "Marriage Story," manages perfectly the tricky business of communicating without words in even the most horrific circumstances – and the sometimes heartening, sometimes heartbreaking relationship with Byron. The kids are great.
Horror movies are notoriously tough to end well – how can the last act match the lead-up? But credit Chase with coming up with an ending that fits the mood of the rest of the film without selling out the audience emotionally.
"Come Play" is a promising debut, one that makes you interested in whes up with next.
Three stars
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Rated PG-13; terror, frightening images, language

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British Racing Motors (BRM) has become the latest historic racing marque to be revived for the modern age, with plans to build three new examples of its 1950 Type 15 V16 F1 racer.
Following the likes ofAllard , which recently produced its first car in over 60 years in theform of a 1953 JR continuation model , BRM is resurrecting one of its most recognisable designs, partnering with classic car restorers Hall and Hall to recreate the Type 15.
The cars, You may also like: Autel diagnostic scanner. BRM'sfirst since the 1970s, are being built at Hall and Hall's headquarters in Bourne, Lincolnshire, to the exact specifications of the 1950 originals, only one of which survives as "a cherished museum piece". The engineers will work from around 20,000 original drawings, including 5000 blueprints.
BRM says that this sets them apart from other continuations, whose reconstructions tend to include elements of educated guesswork. Because the the Type 15 blueprints are so unusually comprehensive, BRM said, there "will be no modern interpretation. It will be exactly as it was".
The extremely limited-run Type 15 continuations each use original chassis numbers set aside in 1950, which had been allocated to the BRM team but never built due to a change in F1 technical regulations.
Following the specifications of the original, the new Type 15s will be powered by a bespoke 1.5-litre supercharged V16 engine which produces 591bhp and revs to at least 12,000rpm, with drive delivered to the wheels through a BRM-built five-speed gearbox.
Structured around a historically authentic steel box-section ladder chassis, each Type 15 will weigh just 736.6kg. They also benefit fromPorsche -style front trailing arms and de Dion tube rear suspension. As with the original, the continuation models roll on Dunlop tyres.
The first continuation Type 15 has been allocated to John Owen, son of late BRM team principal, Sir Alfred Owen. "Watching the likes of the Pampas Bull (Gonzalez) and, in particular, Fangio, master the power of the V16 was very special", said John Owen. "And the fabulous noise of the engine still rings in my ears 70 years on!
"In a selfish way, I have always dreamed of hearing that sound again but now I'd also love to share that sensation with others. To hear the V16 screaming at full tilt for the first time is something special – something you never forget."
BRM is currently inviting applications from buyers for the remaining two cars, but stipulates that the buyer must intend to actually use it. "The ownership and allocation of the other two cars will be discussed very closely with BRM and the Owen family because their stipulation is that the car gets used," said a spokesperson.
"They want the legacy of BRM to be defined by [the Type 15's] amazing sound, which won't happen if it gets put in a shed and is never seen again."
While BRM would not reveal details of pricing, the fact that only one original Type 15 survives and is priceless, and that the continuations use original chassis numbers, means only the wealthiest buyers need apply.
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Jeff Pollock has spent more than a decade working in museums so he is used to "weird and creepy" old stuff such as jewelry made out of human hair, he said.
It's partly why he refuses to believe in ghosts.
But a couple of years ago, something happened in the early morning hours at the Ford Piquette Avenue plant - where he is the event manager - that he can't explain.
He was alone on the third floor turning off all the lights after a wedding reception. The rest of his team was downstairs. Suddenly, he startled at the sound of a loud slam. One of the huge, steel fire doors, held open by a rope, had somehow come loose and then crashed shut - all by itself.
"I honestly thought it was one of my guys slamming the door," Pollock said. "We didn't have a security system then where I could look back on video camera. So I asked if any of my guys were playing a trick on me. They swore no."
He checked the knot on the rope used to hold the door open. It was intact. He did not see any other malfunctions to explain how the heavy door, weighing about 500 pounds, You may need: Autel OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. had shut on its own.
"If I wasn't such a skeptical person, I could put together a paranormal explanation, but I think that maybe the weight of the door threw it off kilter and it slammed." But, he admits, "It was a very intriguing experience."
That mysterious incident is just one of some pretty bizarre tales that museum staff and guests have recounted over the last 20 years since the old factory converted to a museum and event venue.
So this summer, a Detroit history tour company decided to
focus on the baffling occurrences there, seeing an opportunity for ghoulish tourism to draw in some ghost-hungry customers at the scariest time of the year.
For $70 on Halloween night you can potentially have the crap scared out of you, or be bored senseless depending on what they don't find, by joining one of two 90-minute tours along with Detroit Paranormal Expeditions - real professional ghost hunters! - through the dim, creeky, old factory in search of ghostly guests. While these aren't the first creepy tours offered at the plant, the organizers say it's the first time a team of ghost hunters will lead the way.
The paranormal investigation is the brainchild of the Detroit History Tours company. Normally, this outfit offers packed bus expeditions around the city. One of the especially popular ones has been the haunted tours at Halloween. But the coronavirus pandemic brought those to a halt. So the staff had to come up with a new idea, said Bailey Sisoy-Moore, executive director for Detroit History Tours.
"We started talking in June. ... What would be something interesting, fun and exciting, in a large enough space where we can have social distancing?" Sisoy-Moore said. "We knew that this is the year to talk about factories and ghosts and what lingers long after the machines are turned off."
The Piquette plant had been on Sisoy-Moore's radar for a while. She and some of the museum's team of history buffs were regular beer buddies. Often, after a few beverages, tales would tumble out.
"We'd hear stories of, ‘Yeah we had some weird things happen last night,' " Sisoy-Moore said.
"Ghost stories are so hard because we can't prove them, but to say they don't matter is a mistake. They give the building soul," Sisoy-Moore said. "They give us that moment to remember the people who made that building important."
The Detroit History Tours team put together some haunted history tours at the plant for the last two weekends of the month. On Halloween evening, there are two tours that cost $70 a person. The first starts at 5:30 p.m. and tickets were still available; the second is sold out.
Pollock said
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"quattro" means "Audi," and "Audi" often means "quattro": The principle of four-wheel drive is a cornerstone of the brand and has been for 40 years. Since the original quattro made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in 1980, Audi has produced almost eleven million cars with quattro drive systems while always advancing all-wheel drive technology. The latest state of development is the electric quattro with electric torque vectoring.
40 years of quattro: the track record and the model range
The quattro has built up an impressive track record over 40 years. By September 30, 2020, Audi had produced 10,947,790 cars with all-wheel drive, including 499,379 in the first months of 2020 alone. Just over 44 percent of these cars were equipped with a quattro drive system – it is a cornerstone of the brand with the four rings. It is available in every model series except the compact A1. All large and particularly powerful vehicle versions, as well as all S and RS models, You may also like: Topdon scan tool. transfer their horsepower to the road through all four wheels.
quattro 2.0: electric all-wheel drive and electric torque vectoring
With the e-tron* and the e-tron Sportback*, Audi entered not only the age of sustainable electric mobility in 2019 but also the era of electric all-wheel drive. Electric motors drive the front and rear axles in both SUV models. The suspension and drive control units work closely together to regulate the ideal distribution of drive torque between them – continuously, fully variably and within fractions of a second.
For reasons of efficiency, the electric SUVs use only the rear electric motor in most situations. If the driver requests more output than it can provide, the front unit will instantly be activated. This also happens predictively before slip occurs in icy conditions or during fast cornering, or if the car understeers or oversteers. The result is extremely precise handling that can be adjusted to a large extent via the suspension control systems, from supremely stable to sporty.
At the beginning of 2020, Audi upped the ante with the first expansion stage of the electric all- wheel drive: electric torque vectoring in the Audi e-tron S* and the Audi e-tron S Sportback*, i.e. shifting the forces between the rear wheels, which are each powered by separate motors. It takes just milliseconds to engage extremely high torque, allowing the car to be driven into curves as energetically as a sports car. Audi is the first manufacturer in the premium segment to mass-produce the technology using three electric motors.
An all-star line-up: the variants of the mechanical quattro drive
The Audi quattro technology is versatile and tailored precisely to suit the specific vehicle concept. One thing that all models do share is the way the system works in concert with wheel- selective torque control – a function of Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) that assists handling at the limits of adhesion by gently applying the brakes at appropriate moments.
There are two technologies available for models with longitudinal front-mounted engines, depending on transmission. The quattro permanent all-wheel drive, which cooperates with the tiptronic torque-converter automatic transmission, centers on a purely mechanical self-locking center differential. In regular driving, it distributes 40 percent of the torque to the front axle and 60 percent to the rear axle, creating a slight rear bias for a sporty driving style. If necessary, it will transfer up to 70 percent to the front axle or up to 85 percent to the rear.
However, quattro with ultra technology – which has been optimized for efficiency and can be found in Audi models with S tronic or with manual transmissions – uses a dual-clutch arrangement. When the system changes to efficient front-wheel drive, the front clutch – a multi-plate clutch at the transmission output – disconnects the propshaft. An integrated decoupling clutch also opens in the rear differential. This shuts down the primary cause of drag
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What produces more than 830 horsepower, features a next-generation carbon-fiber monocoque chassis and is equipped with custom-made, two-way adjustable Ӧhlins TTX 36 Advanced Trackday suspension dampers? That would be the newly introduced Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 hyper car, which will be limited to just 40 production units engineered specifically for use on many of the world's most exclusive racing circuits. Öhlins Racing, a Tenneco business, was selected to provide suspension dampers for this exciting new vehicle.
Developed by Lamborghini Squadra Corse and designed by Lamborghini Centro Stile, the Essenza SCV12 combines a naturally aspirated V12 engine, You may also like: Car Battery Tester. highly efficient body styling that produces greater downforce than a GT3 racecar, and an innovative suspension featuring twin-tube TTX 36 ILX inline damper technology with a proven heritage of success in GT racing. The shocks can be easily adjusted through two external controls in compression and rebound so the driver can dial in the best performance for each track and condition.
"The SCV12 has been described as offering the ‘purest track driving experience' ever produced by Lamborghini, so it was with great pride that we learned that Öhlins TTX 36 technology had been selected for all 40 units," said Henrik Johansson, managing director, Ӧhlins Racing.
In addition to a world-class driving experience, Essenza SCV12 buyers will enjoy an all-inclusive ownership package featuring access to several of the world's premier racing circuits, dedicated services and a new hangar built in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy for the Essenza SV12 club.

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If there's one constant that you can be assured of in these hectic times, it's that Apple never ceases to disappoint us when it comes to rolling out a new iPhone annually. And despite all that's been happening around the globe, the company has managed to come up with it's biggest step-up in a while with the new iPhone 12 series.
The iPhone 12 is actually one of four devices the tech giant is launching at the end of 2020 and despite its plain moniker, is not the leading device, as that is the Pro series. The iPhone 12, together with the iPhone 12 mini, Autel MaxiIM IM608 $2899
. has been crafted for those who prefer a smaller screen size, which in this case, is the 6.1-inch display. So what sets the iPhone 12 apart from its recent predecessors? The biggest is the new 5G capabilities, followed by improved cameras and internals powered by a new processor, and a new display and design with a phenomenal range of colours: black, white, red, green, and blue.
The first thing that catches your eyes is the striking design of the iPhone 12, which is a throwback to a former aesthetic. The new phone takes a step back from the curved edged design and goes back to the flat-edge aesthetics reminiscent of the iPhone 5 era. Those who have used older iterations of the iPhone will find themselves experiencing a nostalgia trip with this.
The straight-edged matte aluminium band gives the iPhone a more sophisticated feel and a nicer grip, which makes the phone also feel lighter and more compact. And we're glad to see the squared off side returning as it allows for the iPhone 12 to stand on its own for filming purposes! The phone also boasts a new edge-to-edge OLED screen with a 6.1-inch (diagonal) Super Retina XDR display.
This means much more vibrant colours, a wide colour display P3 (or a cinema standard wide color gamut) and a brighter display with a high 2,000,000 : 1 contrast ratio for true blacks. It even allows users to experience immersive HDR viewing for high-definition videos.
iPhones, and most smartphones essentially, have also been famously plagued by the low durability of the screen, especially in terms of being drop or knock proof and thus, Apple has concerted a new formula for its iPhone 12 screens using Ceramic Shield, a new material consisting of glass infused with nano-ceramic crystals made in partnership with Corning
This new material is said to give four times the protection of previous screen glasses. Speaking of durability, the iPhone 12 is rated IP68 for water and dust-resistance and can withstand being submerged in water to a depth of 6 meters for 30 minutes. (We have yet to truly test that out for ourselves though.)
A downside to the screen is that the phone is still locked into that same 60Hz refresh rate, while some mid-range Android phones are already pushing 90Hz. However, this doesn't seem to affect the performance of the phone and the iPhone 12 has improved its display in another way, by finally upping the resolution to 2532 x 1170 pixels at 460 PPI (Pixel Per Inch), which means that any previous complaints about the phone screens not even reaching 1080p can finally be abated.
Flipping the phone around, we see that the backing is made of glossy glass and is no longer the matte metallic shades of the iPhone 11. While we love the shinier design, the rear glass being super glossy also means it's super prone to picking up fingerprints. And it seems that even with the new backing, the phone casing is still susceptible to picking up tiny micro-abrasions, though that won't pose as much of a problem since most people will use their iPhone 12 with a cover.
Also on the rear are two cameras – a wide and ultra-wide. While this is nothing new for the iPhone, we have to say that as users of the iPhone XR and 11, there have been serious leaps in terms of camera performance for the new iPhone 12. The quality of the camera work for the new iPhone is undeniable, providing more dynamic range and detail for every picture.
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