The C8 Corvette is a sports car not only General Motors can proud of, but pretty much all of America as a whole. It's also Detroit's very affordable answer to the mid-engine offerings of Europe, and a 495-horsepower rocket you should be able to race against the best of the best in the digital space. Luckily, Forza just announced that it will release the 2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray on the Forza Horizon 4 gaming platform on Jan. 14, 2021, maxisys elite
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One can do a lot in Forza these days, such as drive a Hummer H1 or Master Chief's Warthog, and even turn the whole game into a Lego racing experience. You can even go as far as printing a car magazine using Forza screenshots only, all while keeping items like the Confederate or Rising Sun flags out of the acquisition.
With its mid-mounted 6.2-liter V8 and 470 pound-feet of torque, the 2021 Corvette Stingray joins the game's 1953 and 1960 Corvettes, as well as the '67 Stingray 427, 2002 and 2015 Z06, the 2020 C7 Z51, plus all ZR1s since they first launched in 1970. As we recently learned, the C8 switched platform exactly because at 755 horsepower and 715 pound-feet of torque, the 2019 ZR1 left just no room for further improvement as a front-engine sports car.
Digital or not, the 2021 Corvette has enough grunt (with its performance exhaust system) for a zero-to-60 sprint in under 3 seconds, a quarter-mile in a respectable 11.2 seconds, and a top speed of 194 mph. More to come to the C8 from GM of course, as well as to Forza 4 Horizon in due time, no doubt.
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The good news: you won a Corvette! The bad news: no Corvettes are available. As we reported yesterday, Dennis Kahler won a brand-new C8 plus $250,000 with a lucky Georgia Lottery Corvette and Cash scratch-off ticket. As a result, he was provided with a $107,000 budget by the Georgia Lottery Commission, and all he had to do was walk into a dealership and hand over the money. Wait. Aren't new Corvettes practically impossible to get right now, not to mention a very specific 2LT Z51 model in Rapid Blue? The Internet went to work to help Kahler get his prize.
This fairy tale finally has a happy ending: Jim Ellis Chevrolet in Atlanta showed up to save the day, You may need: diagnostic scanner. Fox Wilmington reported, and Kahler's new Corvette should arrive from Chevrolet's plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky by March.
Chevy's mid-engine Corvette has been a huge hit, and production has been hampered in the last year because of the pandemic and a few issues that created a tangle. That has not seemed to slow demand, and you can even find a few C8s online with low miles as long as you're willing to pay upcharges. The C8 convertible is selling like crazy now, so expect to see those on the market for even more than the $7,500 premium for the folding hardtop.
Initially, CorvetteBlogger reported that lottery officials did find Five Star Chevrolet, which was willing to provide the C8 with one condition: a $10,000 mark-up over MSRP for the sports car. Not so fast, Kahler said. He's a former general sales manager for a car dealership, as it turns out, and he wasn't having it. Can't blame him; the remaining money left over from his $80,465 Corvette would be deposited into his bank account along with the $250,000 cash.
Then an employee of Master Chevrolet in Aiken, South Carolina chimed in on the C8 Corvette Owners and Friends Facebook page to say that they were taking orders for 2021 C8s at MSRP, but with a 9 to 12-month wait time. They couldn't guarantee a delivery date, though, and Kahler wants his ‘Vette now. Don't we all, sir. Don't we all.

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Vauxhallis backing simplicity with the facelifted version of its smallest crossover hatchback,the Crossland . And it has droppedthe slightly embarrassing X suffixfrom the model name, which isn't a bad place to start. Thebigger Grandlandstill has one; but, to me, it always sat like suspiciously fashionable trainers on someone old enough to know better than to wear them.
The car's new all-black, See: obd2 scanner. fully sealed front grille panel is Vauxhall's latest bit of brand design language, which it calls ‘the vizor'. Given that it only displaces the car's cooling apertures downwards, I'm not sure it markedly improves the car's frontal styling, but it might look better on all-electric cars. At least it makes a change, and there are new distinguishing features at the rear as well.
The engine range has swollen slightly, while others seem to be contracting. There are now two 1.5-litre diesels in addition to three 1.2-litre petrols, and both upper-end options can be had with two-pedal automatic gearboxes.
They've resisted the urge to cram in too much digital technology into this car. You do get a touchscreen infotainment system that'll mirror your smartphone as standard, and a bigger one if you order factory navigation.

But the audio and ventilations controls remain a mix of physical, easily found buttons and knobs, and instrumentation is by simple, readable, old-school analogue clocks. You don't have to prod away at a screen in three successive places to turn on the demister or switch off the radio, then; and you won't give yourself thumb fatigue trying to find a conventional set of dials to look at, either. There's even a button for deactivating the default-on lane-keeping system. I can see owners of this kind of car appreciating that.
The 129bhp upper-level petrol remains a willing and torquey performer. It's a little unrefined when revving hard under load, but then you don't really need to work it beyond 4000rpm to get the car up and going. The manual version is marginally preferable to the auto partly because it just feels torquier when hauling from lowish revs (I suspect the 109bhp version of this engine would be gutsy enough for the car, actually), but also because the two-pedal car tends to shift a little late in the day, only to then seem to rush ratios into engagement a little bit.

You can do a better, smoother job yourself, and if you do, you'll get better fuel economy into the bargain. While the manual gearshift has a curiously long throw, it's reasonably slick and precise and, like the rest of the controls, light and easily managed, making for dependable low-effort progress.
Some damper retuning has firmed up the Crossland's low-speed ride a bit, so it's a touch sproingier-feeling over bigger lumps and bumps, but that's worth tolerating for the enhanced ride stability the car now has on quicker A-roads and motorways. The ride remains slightly coarse and resonant on 17in wheels but isn't bothersome. If you go for an SE-spec car, you get a potentially quieter set of 16s, but you'll also forgo the split, sliding back seats and the widely adjustable and comfortable front ones of higher-trim cars - and both are worth having.
Reasonably appealing pricing gives the Crossland a sub-£20,000 entry point. Active safety provision could be better: you have to pay extra for autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection even on mid- and high-grade cars, which is the kind of system that manufacturers are now including as standard on volume-selling cars. Still, if it would only be one more electronic system you'd switch off anyway, no harm done.
The positioning of the Crossland actually works out pretty well for it, then. It clearly isn't the most fashionable, desirable, practical or tech-laden car in its niche, and it isn't the best to drive. But it would be easy to drive and to use and has a bigger and more versatile boot than plenty of its rivals.
Provided the right version could be had with the right kind of four-figure discount (at the moment Vauxhall's offering £1000 off before you even start haggling), this remains a car worth considering by value- and practicality-savvy buyers.
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A new date has been announced for the first clash between Michigan women's basketball and Michigan State women's basketball this season.
The Spartans will now host their in-state rivals at 7 p.m. Tuesday in East Lansing, according to Michigan. MSU was originally supposed to host U-M on Thursday, but that 7 p.m. matchup has been changed to a home game for the Wolverines.
Each team's schedule was shuffled after their first meeting this season Monday at Crisler Center was postponed.
Michigan swept the annual two-game set last year, but Michigan State took both battles in the 2018-19 season.
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Director Mike Mosallam knows that there are people who will take issue with his new movie sight unseen: Breaking Fast is a romantic comedy about Mo (Haaz Sleiman), a practicing Muslim struggling to navigate single life in L.A. following a breakup. Then he meets Kal (Michael Cassidy), a hunky actor who offers to spend the month breaking fast with him, and Mo must navigate his budding feelings while still honoring the holy holiday of Ramadan.
Mosallam was inspired by years spent swooning over Julia Roberts rom-coms and wanted to make one of his own -- "if, in fact, she was a gay, Muslim, Arab man living in West Hollywood." However, some aren't ready for a story about faith and sexuality where the two aren't mutually exclusive, and Mossalam is OK with that. It's also partially why he made the movie, for those young queer Muslim kids who aren't getting validation elsewhere in their lives. "Let this movie hug their wounded little souls and let them know they are not alone," he says.
Over Zoom, Mosallam talked to ET about making the rom-com he needed to see, while Cassidy discussed straight actors playing gay and falling in love with his co-stars.
ET: Mike, you've said your goal was to create a Julia Roberts rom-com, but in terms of coming up with Mo and the idea of the story that you wanted to tell here, where did you start?
Mike Mosallam: I was having coffee with Michael Lannan, who was the creator of Looking, and he was sort of questioning and probing me about who best represents me or my journey within the landscape of film and TV. And I really could not think of an answer, which was very sad to me. I remember saying to him exactly what I wrote in the movie, which is that most gays don't get down with God and most Muslims don't get down with gays, and he said, "You should write it." So, I wrote a script which became a short that ultimately went to Cannes and my producing partner and I saw the response to it, people were saying, "What happens next? What happened to Mo and Kal? We want to know!" And we hadn't thought about it or thought about writing a feature version, but from there we started developing and writing and here we are.
What were some of the things you were most excited to expand upon from the short?
Mosallam: The short really takes place in their very first night together, from the moment they meet through the end of their night of walking and talking. And it ends sort of ambiguously. Will they be friends? Will it be more romantic? But we also set up this great convention with the short being the first night of Ramadan, and we thought, well, what happens if you slow burn getting to know somebody over the entire month, if you remove the prospect of getting to know them through physical intimacy and really have to invest in talking and asking questions and letting your guard down? When we meet somebody that piques our interest, we all bring forth the best version of ourselves to paint the perfect picture and then slowly but surely the real dude comes out. So, what happens if over 30 days, you couldn't sleep with somebody and you just have to be yourself?
Michael, what was the initial pitch you got for this? And what was it that spoke to you, that made you want to be a part of this?
Michael Cassidy: I read the script first before I ever met Mike. I felt like I understood Kal, but ultimately, it's so funny and it's funny in a way that feels very real to me, that it's grounded in the sort of embarrassing but also high-stakes nature of getting to know someone. And then at the same time, the second half of the script really hits home. Like Mike said, that veneer that you put up, you can only keep it up for so long, and these two men really get to know things about each other very quickly. That just feels like intimacy to me, that you can't get to where you want to go in a relationship without all of the sort of sideway stuff coming in and making itself known, and at the same time, it's very funny and fun to try and hide it for as long as you can. [Laughs]
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -
KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France, on Thursday said it would cut an additional 1,000 jobs in 2021 and voiced its opposition to government plans for all passengers to require a COVID-19 test before flying to the Netherlands.
The airline said the new cuts come on top of 5,000 job losses in 2020. Separately, a coalition of Dutch airlines including KLM issued a statement saying they opposed a requirement for all inbound passengers to take a "fast" COVID-19 test within four hours of boarding a plane bound for the country.
"The Netherlands would be the only country in the world to adopt such far-reaching measures," the companies said in a statement.
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The Nissan GT-R50 was originally created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the GT-R in 2019 and Italdesign in 2018. Sure, the pandemic that we're living through has relieved itself on the excitement of the event, but let's not get bogged down with some of the setbacks. As such, we know only 50 cars will be made, but the design team recently dressed one of its test cars in a special livery to celebrate the occasion.
By now you've likely already seen the first customer example sporting teal paintwork with jet-black front and rear fascias. Much like the GT-R50 and its mechanical similarities with the R35, the display livery keeps the same all-black front and rear ends; the big difference lies in the remaining body panels painted in stark-white with the words test car delicately added on – this example will be used exclusively to complete validation testing of exterior components.
The white from the exterior also bleeds into the cockpit where the center console and seats appear to share the same color palette. Against the striking new design, we'd be remiss not to mention that the GT-R50 is beginning to show signs of age from the inside. Of the many shots in the press release, only three gave a proper look at the interior, AD: obd2 scanner. and we think that says it all.
Aside from the refreshed appearance, keen readers will likely know what lies under the skin of the limited-run special. However, if you're new here, it will use an evolution of the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter V6 engine found in the R35, tuned to produce 710 horsepower (529.4 kilowatts) – an increase of 110 hp (82 kW) over the standard showroom models.
To bridle the added grunt Nissan pulled out all of the stops, adding a reinforced six-speed dual-clutch transmission, heftier Brembo brakes, and reworked Bilstein suspension. Where the rubber meets the road Michelin supplied its ultra-sticky Pilot Super Sport tires – 255/35 R21 at the front and 285/30 R21 at the back.
As news on the R36 shaped elephant in the room remains to be seen, we'll simply have to bask in the beauty of the 50th-anniversary celebration and its €990,000 ($1.08 million) price tag.

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(Bloomberg) -- Singaporean medical services provider Fullerton Healthcare Corp. has chosen Bank of America Corp. to advise it on a sale as the coronavirus pandemic drives increasing interest in health care companies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The potential sale would not include Fullerton Health's operations in Australia, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. The owners of the medical chain, including Singaporean private equity firm SIN Capital Group, are reviving the previously stalled sale because the pandemic has helped boost Fullerton Health's business, said one of the people.
The company's annualized earnings before interest, AD: OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. taxes, depreciation and amortization for 2020 were about S$149 million ($112 million), another person said. The sale process could begin as soon as this quarter, the person said.
Deliberations are ongoing and the owners could choose not to proceed with the sale, the people said. A representative for Bank of America declined to comment. Representatives for Fullerton Health and SIN Capital did not respond to requests for comment.
The owners of the Singaporean firm would join Malaysia's Sunway Group in seeking to sell a health-care business in the region, Bloomberg News has reported. A transaction would add to the $14.4 billion in health-care services deals thpleted in Asia Pacific in the past 12 months, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Fullerton Health was exploring options including a sale of the company or a spinoff of its digital unit in last year, Bloomberg News reported. The Singapore-based hospital operator had also sought an initial public offering back in 2018 in the U.S. after shelving plans to list in the city-state in 2016, people familiar with the matter said at the time.
Fullerton Health, which was founded in 2010, operates medical facilities in nine Asia-Pacific markets from China to Malaysia and Australia, offering general practitioner, screening and diagnostics services, according to its website. Backed by Ping An Insurance Group Co., the company is also working with WeDoctor in China to set up primary care and specialist outpatient clinics.
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Hit period crime drama Peaky Blinders is set to end after the upcoming season six.
The series, which revolves around the dealings of the powerful Shelby crime family in post-World War One Birmingham, recently began production on new episodes after months of delay due to the COVID-19 shutdown, and on Monday creator Steven Knight announced the TV show would end after one more season.
However, he also revealed fans could look forward to more Peaky Blinders antics in the future, although he stopped short of offering up any further details.
"Peaky is back and with a bang, Autel maxisys elite
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"After the enforced production delay due to the COVID pandemic, we find the family in extreme jeopardy and the stakes have never been higher," he went on.
Telling fans: "we believe this will be the best series of all" Knight added: "While the TV series will be coming to an end, the story will continue in another form."
Peaky Blinders stars Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby, the head of the family, alongside Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Finn Cole, and Aidan Gillen. The Irishman's Stephen Graham was also previously revealed to be joining the cast of season six.
Earlier seasons of the BBC show, which airs on Netflix for U.S. audiences, have featured stars like Tom Hardy, Adrien Brody, Sam Neill, and Sam Claflin.
A premiere date for the sixth and final run has yet to be set.
Season five debuted in mid-2019.

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Often referred to as the Green Hell, the Nurburgring Nordschleife is a fearsome ribbon of tarmac that snakes its way through the German Forest. As such, many automakers use the circuit to validate its latest and greatest high-performance vehicles. However, Misha Charoudin's latest video is a detour from the normal exhilarating flat out lap, taking a peek at how a Lada Niva tackles the course.
For the uninitiated, the Niva is not a very fast car, but that's actually a good thing for the video – even after taking to the track at just over walking pace, there was plenty of entertainment on offer. We are often desensitized by the speedometer in onboard videos of lap records, See: Topdon obd2 scanner. but seeing other cars scream past the Niva reset our barometer of the speed and commitment required to navigate some of the corners.
It also goes to show the inclusivity of touristenfahrten sessions – where just about anyone can get on track – as it's clear that the closing speeds between the Russian automobile and other cars would have been lethal. However, as long as everyone follows the rules and pays attention, everything is fine.
Apart from the other drivers out on track, we'd be remiss not to mention that the Nurburgring is actually a very beautiful place. While most of us petrolheads are often caught up in apex speeds and sector times, it's great to see an onboard video where those factors don't really matter.
As Misha is one of the Rosetta stones when it comes to Nordschleife knowledge, it was fun seeing him react from the passenger seat.

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Singapore – It appears that the past two weeks of heavy downpour have led to numerous potholes in Singapore roads, resulting in a call by public members for prompt repairs as they pose a danger to motorists.
A Remy Hans took to Complaint Singapore's Facebook page on Thursday (Jan 14) to highlight the a compilation of potholes taken in Singapore.
"I just wanna share some of the ‘holes' collection on SG roads," wrote Mr Hans. He attached 13 photos of potholes in varying conditions and locations such as Shenton Way, North Woodlands Link, and Sims Avenue.
One could even fit an umbrella.
Understandably, the recent period of heavy rains has led to the formation of the potholes. The wet conditions result in water finding its way and accumulating under the pavement. It then washes out layers of stone and dirt supporting the road's surface layer, as explained by pothole.info.
As vehicles pass over such compromised spots, You may also like: TPMS Tool. the top layer collapses or crumbles, resulting in a pothole. They are a safety hazard to road users, especially motorcyclists who need to dodge the crevices or risk losing control and stability of their motorcycles.
In a separate account on Jan 3, Facebook user Kelvin KT also uploaded a video in Complaint Singapore of a pothole located along Kampong Bahru Road. "Accident waiting to happen. Especially those LTA (Land Transport Authority)-compliant e-bikes with tiny wheels," noted the concerned individual.
In response to the posts, members from the online community urged others to report such sightings to LTA for immediate action.
Meanwhile, others confirmed that it was standard for LTA to address the issues a few days after a heavy downpour. "I had once encountered this. I took photos and address of it then sent it to the area Town Council, Member of Parliament, LTA and Minister of Transport. Within two to three days, the work was completed," said Facebook user Candy Hadi.
"Standard, la after a few days of heavy downpour, LTA will patch it up as soon as possible," added Facebook user Ksatria Stoink Nasir.
According to a mothership.sg report, some of the potholes have already been addressed by the authorities.
Motorists can share the responsibility of alerting the authorities of possible road hazards by calling LTA at 1800-225-5582.
Then Minister for Transport Mr Khaw Boon Wan responded to a similar concern raised in Parliament in 2018 by highlighting that LTA typically repairs potholes within 24 hours upon discovery.
"The Land Transport Authority (LTA) maintains more than 100 km of expressways, more than 700 km of arterial roads, and more than 2,000 km of minor roads in Singapore. LTA conducts inspections regularly to ensure their serviceability, looking out for not only potholes, but also defects in lane markings, signs, kerbs, et cetera. The frequency of the inspections ranges from once a week for expressways to once every two weeks for major roads to once every eight weeks for minor roads. Defects such as potholes are typically repaired within 24 hours upon discovery."
"Members of the public who wish to provide feedback on road matters can do so by calling the LTA Hotline," said Mr Khaw.
"LTA also takes additional measures to reduce the frequency of the occurrence of potholes, ranging from patching of localised road sections to resurfacing of entire stretches of roads. LTA is also studying the feasibility of using asphalt preserver and asphalt mix additives to prevent the formations of potholes."

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It was February 2011 when Lamborghini made a noise at the Geneva Motor Show by unveiling a new model, the Aventador. It effectively replaced the Murcielago as the flagship model and would later become one of the most sought-after supercars in the world, before high-riding and powerful SUVs took over.
More importantly, let this be a reminder that that happened a decade ago. That means everyone reading this is 10 years younger then. Let that sink in. Can you even remember what you were doing at that time?
Huber, a relatively new Dubai-based tuner, wants to remind us of that with its latest creation – the Huber Era. Of course, it's based on the Aventador and it aims to pay homage to the first Aventador in 2011, celebrating its 10th year and the end of production of the highly regarded supercar. Feel old yet?
The Huber Era gets a unique front and rear bumper from the tuner, which is completely made of carbon fiber. Customers have the option to get a matching carbon fiber bonnet plus, See: Bluetooth scan tool. you can even order these parts in exposed carbon fiber in various hues.
"While we might be the new kid on the block, we feel that when designing new aero packages for a car, you have to consider both a clean sheet of paper and the North Star of its pre-existing DNA as your guide," said founder Sean-Peter Huber.
While the front and rear bumper from Huber may sound simple, they actually are the start of the company's future projects. In their words: "the Era is just the beginning of a range of designs we wish to bring to fruition." The first Huber Era units have already spoken for, but the company is open to partnerships worldwide.

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For what will most likely be a hefty seven-figure sum, you could buy Carroll Shelby's personal 1965 427 Cobra at Mecum's Kissimmee 2021 auction, which will start running its 3,500-unit lineup Thursday. Several other highly valuable Shelby products will be offered as well, yet if you're on more of a budget these days, the genuine Shelby we'd recommend is the low-milage Dodge Omni GLHS from 1986, estimated by the auctioneer to fetch between $50, You may also like: code reader. 000 to $75,000.
Carroll Shelby may have built his reputation on Cobras and Mustang powered by Ford Performance engines, yet when Lee Iacocca asked him to join the Chrysler club, Shelby gave his name to several beefed up Dodge parts, as well as limited-edition cars modified at Shelby's plant in Whittier, California. One of these was a run of 500 1986 Shelby GLHS hatchbacks, powered by turbocharged and intercooled 2213cc four-cylinders rated at 175 horsepower. Under Bob Lutz, Carroll Shelby became the "Performance Consultant" of the Dodge Viper program.
Following the 1983 Dodge Shelby Charger and the 1984-86 Dodge Omni GLH-short for "Goes Like Hell," the 1986 GLHS came with bigger Bosch injectors and a bigger Garrett turbocharger on the 2.2 SOHC engine. It also featured a tuned intake manifold, a larger radiator and revised engine control module allowing 12psi of turbo boost. Sold with a five-speed manual gearbox only, the hottest Omni came exclusively in black over a grey cabin and Shelby Centurion wheels wrapped in Goodyear's Gatorback VR-rated tires.
Shelby's personal Omni GLH-S is number 86 of the 500 made, titled in the Carroll Hall Shelby Trust name and showing just 8,176 miles on the clock, with all correct stickers in place. With an extensive GLHS reference file included, this might be your ticket into classic hot hatch heaven with an American car designed to beat Volkswagen Golf GTIs all day long.
Zero to 60 mph runs in 6.5 seconds with all the versatility of a four-cylinder hatchback. Carroll Shelby's GLHS is the perfect vintage ride for 2021.
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Singapore may not be on the map of global surfing destinations, but that didn't stop some enthusiastic souls from hitting the waves this gloomy monsoon season.
Despite its lack of high-caliber waves, a squad of board-riders, groms and pros alike, caught some decent crests during yesterday's drizzly afternoon along the coast by Changi.
"It's Cranking," Surfing Association Singapore declared of the good-as-they-can-get conditions to its nearly 700 followers.
Though the meter-or-so waves were not enough to perform water barrel stunts, they were enough for some brief breaking and a good chance for children to give it a try. The surfers told reporters they have been camping there every afternoon since Sunday in hope the waves would swell to meet their dried-up boards.
Singapore is forecast to see on and off rainy days through the rest of monsoon season, with thunderstorms hitting most areas daily. Highs through next week will be pegged at 30C, with lows of 24C.

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An advisory group to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tasked with identifying the causes and scope of food insecurity in Michigan - particularly as the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated the problem - made several recommendations intended to address the issue.
The Food Security Council, which Whitmer created in August, makes recommendations in three broad areas: addressing the food needs of Michiganders, working with partners to improve the infrastructure of food programs and ensuring there's enough of a food supply in the state.
The 24-person council made the recommendations "to inform the state's response to a potential second wave of COVID-19 or future public health emergency," according to a report issued in October. Whitmer released the group's recommendations Monday.
The recommendations arrive as the state's central 2-1-1 dashboard reports food pantries as one of the top reasons people contact the hotline and agencies that deliver meals to homebound seniors in November said they saw a surge in need, but fewer volunteers and funding. Michiganders on federal food assistance stand to get a 15% increase in benefits later this month, through the latest stimulus package.
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Phillip Knight, executive director of the Food Bank Council of Michigan, who chairs the Food Security Council, said the group set out to address "root causes as to why people are food insecure," adding that "the biggest tool in the anti-hunger toolbox would be a job and particularly one that pays a living wage."
Food insecurity, or not having access to enough affordable and nutritious food, is an ongoing problem that has only heightened during the pandemic, the advisory council's report found. Before March, about 1.3 million Michigan residents faced food insecurity and now it's about 1.9 million - up by 600,000 and most are children, according to Feeding America.
"The needs are especially recognizable and critical during a pandemic but must continue to be addressed when the current crisis is over," Whitmer said in a news release.
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The report notes that "high food insecurity rates correlate with pronounced racial disparities, in areas such as the metro Detroit area as well as several counties in Northern Michigan in which Tribal reservations are located," citing research conducted in 2018.
Hey Y'all Detroit, a grassroots organization formed last summer, has been delivering free food boxes to Detroit neighborhoods since September. Its founder Charmane Neal sees the crisis unfold every day.
"The need for food has gotten worse," Neal said. Hey Y'all Detroit's two person organization delivers boxes to 63 households, and recently neighbors have been asking for double the portions. "...I've had families reach out to me and say they haven't really had a full meal in the last two weeks which is breaking my heart. I don't know how it got bad again, but it's pretty bad."
Too many Detroit neighborhoods lack grocery stores with nutritious food, she said, leaving residents to rely on unhealthy options. That was a problem before the pandemic, and has been made worse by the economic upheaval families are now facing.
"People are filing unemployment, not getting their unemployment, they're literally choosing between eating and paying their rent and so food insecurity has become a more prevalent issue," she said.
"There is much work that remains," said MDHHS director Robert Gordon in a news release, adding that the council's recommendations "provide a blueprint for building upon the successes that we have achieved. No one should have to worry about having enough food during a pandemic."
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If there was anyone who wasn't already sold on Michigan basketball, Tuesday night at Crisler Center would have changed their mind.
The fifth-ranked Wolverines put together one of the most impressive performances in all of college basketball this season in a startling 77-54 blowout win over No. 9 Wisconsin.
Michigan stifled the Badgers' offense, ending the first half with a 14-0 run over the final 5:27 to take a 17-point lead into halftime. And the beatdown didn't stop there: The Wolverines opened the second half with a 29-3 run to extend their lead to 40.
Four different players reached double digits, led by Mike Smith, who scored 16 points on 6 of 9 shooting with six assists. Franz Wagner added 15 on 7 of 10 shooting, See: scan tool. while Isaiah Livers scored 13.
With the win, Michigan remained undefeated and created even more breathing room at the top of the Big Ten standings between itself and Wisconsin, which won a share of the conference title last season and returned nearly every key contributor from that team.
The Wolverines have now won their last four games by an average of ___ points - and show no signs of slowing down. This is a team that is deep, talented and playing its best basketball every time it steps on the court.
Michigan's defense has improved by leaps and bounds since the start of this season, and the Wolverines saved their best for the nation's 10th-most efficient offense.
Wisconsin, a veteran-laden team, looked shell-shocked at times as it tried to score against a confident and aggressive Michigan team. The Badgers entered the game with the third-lowest turnover percentage in the nation, but had seven turnovers alone in the first half, including several 'pick-sixes' that turned into breakaway dunks or layups for the Wolverines.
Wagner alone had four steals, disrupting passing lanes and poking the ball loose. U-M also set the tone early with six blocks in the first half alone.
It was surprising to watch experienced players like guard Brad Davison and forward Nate Reuvers toss up wild shots that had no chance of going in; the senior duo combined to shoot just 3 of 14 in the first half.
One remarkable stat: Between the 5:27 mark of the first half and the 12:16 mark of the second half, Wisconsin made just one field goal and scored three points.
The Badgers are one of the nation's most experienced teams and their offense usually runs smoothly and efficiently. Yet they found themselves resigned to chucking up bad shots as Michigan's lead ballooned in the second half.
Livers has played a lot of basketball in his four years at Michigan. Yet it wouldn't be unreasonable to consider Tuesday's performance as the best game of his career.
In a high-stakes matchup, the senior was locked in from the opening tip. Wisconsin tried posting up Reuvers on Livers on the first possession, only for Livers - who gives up four inches in height - to block the shot.
Livers was simply everywhere. He scored Michigan's first four points, then hit two big 3s as the Wolverines established their first-half lead. He shut down whoever he was guarding and his second block of the game came at the rim. He pulled down five rebounds.
And he also had two crucial assists: One to Chaundee Brown to a 3, and another to Brandon Johns for a corner 3 after Livers crossed over his defender and made him fall down. The game clearly meant a lot to Livers, and his energy and passion carried over to his teammates.
Michigan's non-conference schedule was not as strong as other teams', but the Wolverines have ended any questions about the validity of their strong start. They have now played three consecutive ranked opponents, with each team ranked higher than the last, and have won by an increasingly more decisive fashion. Michigan beat Northwestern by 19, then blew out Minnesota by 25 and on Tuesday night, dismantled the Badgers, who should still be considered one of the better teams in the Big Ten and in the nation.
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A new study, published January 6 in the journal Science, provides a compelling, and encouraging, counter-argument to recent reports that COVID-19 antibody levels drop at an alarming rate.
The study provides a comprehensive overview of the immune response to COVID-19 in humans, a process that does not rely solely on antibodies, the authors emphasize.
Ultimately, You may need: Car Battery Tester. the paper says that COVID-19 patients who recovered from the disease still have a robust immune response 8 months after infection - a sign that immunity likely lasts for years, the researchers say.
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It might feel like COVID-19 has been around for years at this point - the truth is that data collection is still in its infancy, relatively speaking.
A lack of data has led to contradictory reports regarding immunity to the disease, which in turn has instigated u-turns by governments who based their initial strategy on herd immunity.
Now, a new study has provided what is to date the most comprehensive analysis of the immune response to COVID-19, and the results provide great encouragement.
"There was a lot of concern originally that this virus might not induce much memory," says Shane Crotty, a researcher at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in California and a co-author of the new paper, via MIT Technology Review.
"Instead, the immune memory looks quite good," Crotty continues.
Earlier reports of the antibody count waning led to fears that COVID-19 immunity was short-lived. Occasional reports of reinfection only served to bolster this fear.
However, the new study suggests that reinfection should only be a problem for a very small percentage of the population, whether they have developed immunity through an initial infection or via vaccination.
For the small percentage of people who do not develop effective immunity against COVID-19, the paper claims that vaccination should offset the problem by ensuring herd immunity.
For their study, the researchers analyzed blood samples from 185 men and women who had recovered from COVID-19 - seven percent of these were hospitalized while the rest had recovered from a "mild" infection.
Each individual provided at least one blood sample between six days and eight months after their initial symptoms, and 43 of the samples were taken after six months.
The researchers measured the levels of four different components of immune memory: antibodies (which tag diseases for destruction by the immune system), B cells (which make antibodies), and T cells (which kill infected cells).
"As far as we know, this is the largest study ever, for any acute infection, that has measured all four of those components of immune memory," Crotty explains in a report by SciTech Daily.
The team found that antibodies in the body did decline after eight months, though levels varied greatly depending on the individual.
However, importantly, T-cell numbers dropped very slightly, and B-cell numbers stayed steady or even surprisingly grew in some instances.
As B-cells can produce COVID-19 antibodies, and T-cells attack cells infected by the disease, this is a strong indication that humans retain the components to fight the coronavirus for a long time.
As Crotty points out, vaccinations trigger the same mechanisms as our natural immune response, meaning that the findings should also apply to vaccinated people as well.
The scientists also point to a recent study that highlighted the fact that T-cells specific to SARS, a close cousin of COVID-19, can remain in the blood for at least 17 years after infection.
The signs are undoubtedly encouraging, but the scientists behind the study still advise caution: "immunity varies from person to person, and uncommon individuals with weak immune memory still may be susceptible to reinfection," Crotty explains.
Though it might be too early to make any conclusive statement regarding COVID-19 immunity, this latest study does suggest the vaccination won't have to be reapplied every few months and that an end to COVID-19 restrictions may finally be in sight.

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When Twitter banned President Trump from its platform permanently on Friday, the thousands of tweets he put forth from his realDonaldTrump account over the past decade were wiped out. Retweets of realDonaldTrump tweets from other accounts now show a "this tweet is unavailable" message instead.
But embeds of Trump's original tweets are now displaying in articles across the internet as shadows of their former selves, some with just the text of the former tweet included, others as empty gray boxes.
This effect, known as link rot, happens when images or content are deleted or otherwise broken, so links don't point back to the original target, whether that's a tweet, a video, or a web page. In most instances, a dead link is a visually unappealing annoyance, but link rot can pose problems when it comes to legal citations. A 2013 study by Harvard University found that nearly half of the hyperlinks cited in Supreme Court decisions were broken.
For context, here's an embed of the tweet by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey that started it all. If you click on it, it takes you to his page on Twitter.
Trump's tweets aren't completely gone from the internet; some of the president's tweets must be preserved under the Presidential Records Act (which predates Twitter by 40-plus years), and there's a sortable archive of his tweets built by an independent developer. And most internet users are familiar with the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, a library of millions of snapshots of websites as they exist at a given moment in time, which can help when looking for old, updated, or deleted content. There's also Politwoops, the site that preserves politicians' deleted tweets for posterity, in case you really want to remind yourself about such highlights as the covfefe moment of 2017.
Twitter first introduced embeddable tweets in 2012, allowing users to display tweets within blog posts and articles as they appear on the site itself. Facebook, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram also have allowed embeddable posts and content for some time. But as with anything on the internet, content links only live as long as the content itself. And as more and more platforms eject or otherwise restrict the outgoing president's presence on the internet we'll see more dead links where his content used to be.

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Alto Reed, the saxophonist whose signature hooks and swashbuckling stage moves made him a star of Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band, died Wednesday morning of colon cancer. He was 72.
Reed, born Thomas Cartmell in Detroit, was an original Silver Bullet member, enlisted by Seger in 1974 as the Detroit rocker sat on the cusp of a national breakout. Along with bassist Chris Campbell, he was the group's longest-serving player, touring with Seger and Silver Bullet through late 2019.
He had linked up with Seger two years prior, playing as part of the "Back in '72" album sessions - including his trademark intro to "Turn the Page."
Alongside Seger, See: Car Battery Tester. Reed became a familiar rock 'n' roll character in the wake of 1976's "Live Bullet," his bounding stage moves and stylish presence lending a visual punch to Seger's live shows.
"I loved him like a brother," Seger said in a statement. "I may have been the leader, but he was our rock star. He was the audience favorite, hands down. He was bold and worldly. I learned so much from the guy. And he was a great ambassador to the fans. He took time for everybody, any picture, anywhere. I can't say enough good things about him."
Reed's sax lines were some of the most distinctive musical features of Seger's work - from the famous plaintive opening of "Turn the Page" to the sizzling, wailing solos on numbers such as "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets."
Reed's final hometown show with the Silver Bullet Band was June 21, 2019, at a sold-out DTE Energy Music Theatre, as Seger wrapped up a six-show stand at the former Pine Knob.
Motor City Horns trombonist John Rutherford, part of Seger's live ensemble for the past 15 years, said Reed was a friendly, guiding figure on the road.
"He certainly was a showman, but he did a great job of (balancing) the showmanship with the musicality - never sacrificing the music," Rutherford said. "He was a mentor. Obviously, for us, joining a band that had been together for 35 years was sort of like being adopted into a family, and he always went out of his way to meet friends of mine."
Reed's credits extended well beyond the Seger catalog: From the '70s onward, Reed also worked with acts such as Ted Nugent, Robin Gibb, Enchantment, Foghat, Grand Funk Railroad and more.
With singer-songwriter Steve Dickinson, he released the Reed & Dickinson Band album "Tonight We Ride," following the 1997 solo effort "Cool Breeze."
Reed also composed music for a pair of film projects by actor Jeff Daniels: "Escanaba in Da Moonlight" and "Super Sucker."
Perhaps his most-loved piece of work with Seger came with "Turn the Page," where his mood-setting sax, performed by Reed solo in a spotlight, would instantly spark roars from concert audiences. The solo part - which has endured as one of the most recognizable sax lines in rock history - was crafted by Reed with an assist from road manager Tom Weschler, who encouraged him to envision a cinematic scene: a misty late-night alley under a street lamp.
His performance on the song "helped lift us to another level," Seger said in a statement.
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Jim O'Brien of classic-rock station WCSX-FM (94.7), a weekday morning host who also stages a regular "Seger Saturdays" program, said he's cutting short his holiday vacation to be in the studio 6-10 a.m. Thursday to pay tribute to Reed's life and his work with Seger.
O'Brien came to know the sax man well through the years as he traveled the country catching Seger and the Silver Bullet Band on tour.
"It was just fun talking to him - he was always so excited about what was going on. He loved it," O'Brien said. "He was so proud of fans and family. That's all he talked about. He did so much for people in Detroit that people didn't know about. Just a great guy. You loved hearing the joy in his voice."
O'Brien also recalled a memorable moment from early in his WCSX career: Reed coming into the station on Sept. 11, 2002 - the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks - to perform "The Star-Sp...

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Have you ever wondered where automakers get pristine examples of their old cars to display in exhibits? Well, here's a story.
Just over a week ago, a clean 1990 Subaru Legacy was posted for sale on Craigslist. Given the reputation of the listings site, Jalopnik took notice of the very detailed information that came with the ad, and of course, the impossibly mint condition of the long-roof Subaru Legacy with just 216,000 miles on the clock.
People took notice, as the owner of the listing, You may need: Autel diagnostic scanner. Aaron, recounts on his Facebook post the bevy of emails he received after the Jalopnik story. He received nine emails in total – three of them were solid offers. But you know what else took notice of the ad? Subaru of America.
According to Aaron, the Legacy Wagon has now been sold to Subaru of America and will go to its private collection in Camden, New Jersey. Aaron was glad about the fact that his precious ride, which for a 30-year-old example could pass museum quality (see the photos), will be given with a well-deserved T.L.C. while sitting in a climate-controlled environment, moving forward.
Browsing through the images of this 1990 Legacy Wagon above, I can't help but be amazed at how well-preserved it is, considering the age and miles it already has racked up. Even the light-colored cabin's looking quite neat. Kudos to Aaron and the previous owner who sold it to him. This is a job well done.
In case you're finding reasons why it's better to always keep your car in tip-top shape, here's a perfect one. Who knows, maybe decades down the line, the automaker could buy the vehicle back from you and be immortalized as a museum piece – a full circle and a great story for your precious ride.

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