On the August 5, 2022 episode of Bubble Gang...
- The angry mom
- Pak Pak Shorts
- Patibong takes on...someone touching her in the jeepney station.
- Hila Hila Lang
Saturday, August 6, 2022
Friday, August 5, 2022
My FH5 Log: The Extreme Collaboration (PART 3)
The Forza Horizon 5 x Extreme E collaboration continues with the penultimate batch of Extreme E vehicles up for grabs and they're both attainable from the Series 10 Dry Season Playlist. Now that I got my hands on the penultimate batch, let's introduce them one by one, shall we?
First up, the #55 Acciona|Sainz XE Team vehicle driven by Carlos and Laia Sainz. Carlos Sainz Sr. is by no means one of the greatest rally drivers in history and his collaboration with Acciona and QEV Technologies gave rise to this Extreme E that aims to spread the awareness of climate change and the need to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Lastly, the #22 JBXE vehicle was driven by Hedda Hosas and rallycross driver Kevin Hansen, whose brother Timmy was part of the Genesys Andretti United. Like X44 and RXR, JBXE is an Extreme E team that was run by a Formula 1 great. Jenson Buton's in charge of this team.
Now that we are familiarized with the penultimate batch of Extreme E machines, it's time to get things down and dirty with them. Roll the tapes.
I can really feel the earth moving with these electric offroaders.
With only two Extreme E machines left in the party, looks like the FH5 Extreme E collaboration is now on its home stretch. The last spurt is near but the party mood is still kicking up a notch so let's keep this Extreme E party going until it's over for real.
Until then, enjoy your new rides!
My FH5 Log: Stuttgart Classics (PART 3)
The next Porsche prize car in FH5 Series 10 update is another resto-mod and this time, it's the Emory Special 356 that can be won from the Dry Season Playlist. With this resto-modded 356 under my disposal, it's time for a quick dive with the bespoke masterpiece.
The Emory Special is a bespoke 356 made to cater to every customer's desires with Rod Emory's eye for detailing. Because no two Emory Special are the same, the bespoke Special benefits from all of Emory Motorsports' restoration standards with some modifications that will set other clients apart. Every Emory Special is equipped with the Emory-Rothsport Outlaw 4-cylinder engine, which is based on the 3.6L dry-sump engine architecture from the Type 964 but displaces from 2.4 to 2.6-liters, depending on the specific configuration.
With the intro done, it's time to take the Emory Special to the skies and tackle through the Hot Wheels tracks while the competition's making an impression out of it. Ready? Let's roll the tape.
The Emory Special made a lasting impression on the Hot Wheels tracks. Not bad for a bespoke artwork.
Enjoy your new ride!
THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: South Korea’s first lunar orbiter launched by SpaceX
South Korea’s first lunar orbiter successfully launched on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, Seoul said Friday, with the payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space.
Danuri — a portmanteau of the Korean words for “Moon” and “enjoy” — was on a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida by Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX. It aims to reach the Moon by mid-December.
“South Korea’s first lunar orbiter ‘Danuri’ left for space at 8:08 am on August 5, 2022,” Seoul’s science ministry said in a tweet, sharing a video of the rocket blasting off trailing a huge column of smoke and flames.
“Danuri will be the first step towards the Moon and the farther universe,” it said, apparently referring to the country’s ambitious space program, which includes plans for a Moon mission by 2030.
SpaceX tweeted that the launch had been a success.
“Deployment of KPLO confirmed,” it said, referring to Danuri using an acronym of its official name, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter.
During its mission, Danuri will use six different instruments, including a highly sensitive camera provided by NASA, to conduct research, including investigating the lunar surface to identify potential landing sites.
One of the instruments will evaluate disruption-tolerant, network-based space communications, which, according to South Korea’s science ministry, is a world first.
– BTS in space –
Danuri will also try to develop a wireless Internet environment to link satellites or exploration spacecraft, they added.
The lunar orbiter will stream K-pop sensation BTS’ song “Dynamite” to test this wireless network.
Another instrument, ShadowCam, will record images of the permanently shaded regions around the poles of the Moon where no sunlight can reach.
Scientists also hope that Danuri will find hidden sources of water and ice in areas of the Moon, including the permanently dark and cold regions near the poles.
“This is a very significant milestone in the history of Korean space exploration,” said Lee Sang-ryool, head of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, in a video shown before the launch.
“Danuri is just the beginning, and if we are more determined and committed to technology development for space travel, we will be able to reach Mars, asteroids, and so on in the near future.”
South Korean scientists say Danuri — which took seven years to build — will pave the way for the nation’s more ambitious goal of landing on the Moon by 2030.
“South Korea will become the seventh country in the world to have launched an unmanned probe to the Moon,” an official at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute told AFP.
“We hope to continue contributing to the global understanding of the Moon with what Danuri is set to find out.”
– Lunar ambitions –
Danuri was launched by a private company — SpaceX — but South Korea recently became one of a handful of countries to successfully launch a one-tonne payload using their own rockets.
In June, the country’s homegrown three-stage rocket nicknamed Nuri — a decade in development at a cost of 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) — launched successfully and put a satellite into orbit, on its second attempt after a failure last October.
That launch — coupled with Danuri’s launch Friday — helps bring South Korea ever closer to achieving its space ambitions.
In Asia, China, Japan and India all have advanced space programmes — and the South’s nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea has also demonstrated satellite launch capability.
Ballistic missiles and space rockets use similar technology and Pyongyang put a 300-kilogram (660-pound) satellite into orbit in 2012 in what Washington condemned as a disguised missile test.
COVID-19 SITUATION: 8/5/2022
The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:
- Senate issues stricter Covid-19 guidelines; find out here
- Makabayan solons seek House probe on P5.1-B expired Covid-19 vaccines
- North Korea says ‘all recovered’ after Covid outbreak
Let's Do The News! (August 5, 2022)
Your daily round-up of today's news:
- The Commission on Human Rights lauds the PH Department of Justice's move to pursue the probe of drug war deaths from the previous administration.
- The Gabriela women's group condemns the execution of activists in Myanmar.
- The BRP Antonio Luna wins third place in the RIMPAC live fire exercise.
- The death toll from the Abra quake hits 11.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that China's ongoing live-fire exercise on the East China Sea a significant escalation.
- ASEAN condemned the lack of peace progress in Myanmar.
- Shots were fired inside the Mall of America, prompting shoppers to escape.
- The United States declared monkeypox a public health emergency.
- The Taliban has no info about the US slaying of al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri in Afghanistan.
- Honda's 4th-generation Fit received a facelift for the 2023 model year with the return of the RS variant.
- The Mazda 3 and CX-30 range receives the MX-30's e-SKYACTIV G 2.0 mild hybrid powertrain.
TTFN.
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