The Dakar Rally or simply “The Dakar” (Le Dakar), formerly known as the Paris–Dakar Rally (Le Rallye Paris-Dakar), is an annual rally raid organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). It is an off-road endurance event traversing terrain much tougher than conventional rallying, and the vehicles used are typically true off-road vehicles and motorcycles, rather than modified on-road vehicles. Most of the competitive special sections are off-road, crossing dunes,…
Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a South Korean-born American actress. She is best known for playing communications officer Hoshi Sato in the science-fiction series Star Trek: Enterprise. Also in 2001, less than a year after graduation, she was cast as Hoshi Sato in Star Trek: Enterprise, the sixth series of the Star…
The rainbow flag or pride flag (formerly gay pride flag) is a symbol of LGBTQ pride and LGBTQ social movements. The colours reflect the diversity of the LGBTQ community and the spectrum of human sexuality and gender. Using a rainbow flag as a symbol of LGBTQ pride began in San Francisco, California, but eventually…
Budd unveiled the first SPV-2000, a self-propelled diesel multiple unit railcar, in Philadelphia on February 9th, 1978, and then sent it on a demonstration tour around the United States. The design was a successor to Budd’s popular Rail Diesel Car (RDC) but based on the body of the Amfleet passenger car. Budd eventually sold…