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There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend Ars TechnicaJapan's Hayabusa2 probe captures remarkable photo of a two-headed asteroid 62 million miles away SpaceJapan space probe skims asteroid in test for planetary defense Phys.orgHayabusa2 captures images of asteroid Torifune Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJAXA's Hayabusa 2 Space Probe Successfully Conducts Close-Range Flyby of Asteroid Torifune The Japan Ne
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‘I'm Now Broke': Meet The Investors Who Lost Billions Buying Trump Stocks And Crypto ForbesHow Trump made more than $1B on crypto when most of his coin's investors lost money 6abc PhiladelphiaWes Moore: There is ‘something fundamentally wrong' with Trump making $1B in crypto money The HillThe Unprecedented Profiteering Revealed by Donald Trump's Financial Disclosure The New Yorker
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If a car dealer lets you take a car out for a test drive and it suffers catastrophic engine and transmission damage, are you responsible for the repair charges?
Note, I didn't say, "Because of something that you did wrong," rather, that it experienced a breakdown that occurred while you were driving the vehicle.
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Confused? So, too was my reader, "Alissa" who lives in a suburb of Los Angeles, not far from one of most picturesque and yet dangerous sections of freeway on Interstate 5, which connects Southern California with the Central Valley.
Known as the Tejon Pass, often called the Grapevine, it is a steep 5½ mile, 6% grade at the northern end of the pass that makes national news every winter when it is shut down due to ice and snow, stranding thousands of motorists and big rig drivers.
In summer, it can destroy a vehicle's engine and transmission if they are in poor condition. It has two runaway truck ramps. All of that said, coming down I-5 is one of the most dramatic drives I know of and never tire of the experience.
Found the ‘Ideal' Used Compact Sporty Car
"I was looking for a low-mileage, automatic, sporty car from Detroit and found a 2013 model year that I thought was ideally priced at $15,000 at a car dealership in Los Angeles. They photocopied my ID and driver's license, handed me the keys and said, ‘While this particular model is no longer being manufactured, it was seen as Detroit's answer to BMW and Mercedes. Take it anywhere you like.'
"I have family who live in the Central Valley and know the Grapevine like the back of my hand. After reaching the summit at about 4,000 feet, I began my descent, and shifted into a lower gear as I have always done. This is called ‘engine breaking'
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Microsoft has announced the launch of Viva Sales, a new sales tool that marks the first job-specific module of the company's Viva Insights recommendation tool.
Launched last year, Viva Insights surfaces personalized news, analytics, and knowledge for employees. Jared Spataro, corporate vice president for modern work at Microsoft, said that until now, every module available in Viva has been broadly applicable to every employee in the company. "Viva Sales is the first module that takes a different dimensional tack. It is focused on helping people, specifically salespeople, to get their job done."
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