January 08, 2021
S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs as stimulus hopes outweigh dire jobs report
By Devik Jain and Medha Singh
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq scaled new highs on Friday, as hopes of more economic stimulus to ride out a pandemic-led downturn eclipsed concerns over a significant loss of pace in a labor market recovery.
The U.S. government's employment report showed the economy shed jobs for the first time in eight months in December as the country buckled under an onslaught of COVID-19 infections.
"We have the solution to the virus and as we get that solution out into the country and shots into people's arms, I don't think (jobs report) would be a real headwind," said Ross Mayfield, You may also like: Autel OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. investment strategy analyst at Baird.
A backstop of nearly $900 billion in stimulus approved by the government last week, positive vaccine data and expectations of a bigger fiscal package and infrastructure spending under Democratic-led U.S. Congress have pushed Wall Street's main indexes to all-time highs.
"The party in control is going to want to inject a lot of stimulus and spending into the economy which in the near-term will be good for economic growth and the market is pleased with the result," Mayfield said.
Six of the 11 major S&P sectors rose, with healthcare and consumer discretionary hitting record highs.
Economy-linked financials, materials and industrials which have outperformed their peers and scaled record levels earlier this week, slipped on Friday.
The blue-chip Dow eased from its record level, weighed down by heavyweights Goldman Sachs and 3M Co, but was still set for its fourth straight weekly gain.
The S&P 500 closed above 3,800 points for the first time on Thursday, while the Nasdaq is tracking its best weekly gain in four.
Some Wall Street bankers, however, expect a pullback in the near-term as exuberance from unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus have led to "frothy" asset prices.
Market participants looked past mounting calls among congressional Democrats for impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
At 11:36 a.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 80.08 points, or 0.26%, to 30,961.05, the S&P 500 gained 6.19 points, or 0.16%, to 3,809.89 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 78.76 points, or 0.60%, to 13,146.27.
Electric car-maker Tesla Inc's shares jumped 7%, taking its market capitalization to more than $800 billion for the first time ever.
Micron Technology Inc gained 0.2% after the chipmaker forecast second-quarter revenue above estimates, as a global shift to remote work and a recent uptick in 5G smartphone adoption drove demand for its chips.
U.S.-listed shares of Baidu Inc gained 13% on plans to form a company to make smart electric vehicles, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 82 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 509 new highs and 16 new lows.
(Reporting by Devik Jain and Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Maju Samuel)
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq scaled new highs on Friday, as hopes of more economic stimulus to ride out a pandemic-led downturn eclipsed concerns over a significant loss of pace in a labor market recovery.
The U.S. government's employment report showed the economy shed jobs for the first time in eight months in December as the country buckled under an onslaught of COVID-19 infections.
"We have the solution to the virus and as we get that solution out into the country and shots into people's arms, I don't think (jobs report) would be a real headwind," said Ross Mayfield, You may also like: Autel OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. investment strategy analyst at Baird.
A backstop of nearly $900 billion in stimulus approved by the government last week, positive vaccine data and expectations of a bigger fiscal package and infrastructure spending under Democratic-led U.S. Congress have pushed Wall Street's main indexes to all-time highs.
"The party in control is going to want to inject a lot of stimulus and spending into the economy which in the near-term will be good for economic growth and the market is pleased with the result," Mayfield said.
Six of the 11 major S&P sectors rose, with healthcare and consumer discretionary hitting record highs.
Economy-linked financials, materials and industrials which have outperformed their peers and scaled record levels earlier this week, slipped on Friday.
The blue-chip Dow eased from its record level, weighed down by heavyweights Goldman Sachs and 3M Co, but was still set for its fourth straight weekly gain.
The S&P 500 closed above 3,800 points for the first time on Thursday, while the Nasdaq is tracking its best weekly gain in four.
Some Wall Street bankers, however, expect a pullback in the near-term as exuberance from unprecedented monetary and fiscal stimulus have led to "frothy" asset prices.
Market participants looked past mounting calls among congressional Democrats for impeaching President Donald Trump for a second time, two days after his false claims of election fraud helped encourage a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol.
At 11:36 a.m. ET the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 80.08 points, or 0.26%, to 30,961.05, the S&P 500 gained 6.19 points, or 0.16%, to 3,809.89 and the Nasdaq Composite gained 78.76 points, or 0.60%, to 13,146.27.
Electric car-maker Tesla Inc's shares jumped 7%, taking its market capitalization to more than $800 billion for the first time ever.
Micron Technology Inc gained 0.2% after the chipmaker forecast second-quarter revenue above estimates, as a global shift to remote work and a recent uptick in 5G smartphone adoption drove demand for its chips.
U.S.-listed shares of Baidu Inc gained 13% on plans to form a company to make smart electric vehicles, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Declining issues outnumbered advancers by a 1-to-1 ratio on the NYSE and by a 1-to-1 ratio on the Nasdaq.
The S&P 500 posted 82 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 509 new highs and 16 new lows.
(Reporting by Devik Jain and Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Maju Samuel)
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January 07, 2021
Oakland County executive Dave Coulter: We need more COVID-19 vaccine
Oakland County said it needs more COVID-19 vaccine to meet demand, and Executive Dave Coulter is urging the state to increase the county's allotment and expand the number of providers administering it.
Still in the early stages of the vaccine rollout, Oakland County has received more vaccine than any other county in the state, but the supply remains limited. The health division is vaccinating top priority individuals, such as emergency medical personnel, health care workers and long-term care facility residents.
The health division is looking forward to vaccinating the next priority group - police officers, prison and jail workers, Autel maxisys elite
. K-12 teachers, child care providers and those age 65 and older - but Coulter is asking for "their patience because the number of appointments available is limited to the number of doses we have received from the state."
More: Fact check: How Michigan ranks in giving first doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Coulter said the county's Nurse on Call line is "flooded with questions about appointment availability."
As of Wednesday, the county health division said it has received 5,850 doses of vaccine and administered 1,868 doses, according to its website. The county is receiving the Pfizer vaccine, which requires ultra-cold freezers.
Hospitals in Oakland County are the other locations receiving vaccines.
Overall, the county has received 69,050 doses of vaccine as of Tuesday. That's more than triple neighboring Wayne County's allotment (not including Detroit) of 20,175 doses and more than double Macomb County's 26,725 doses.
More: Michigan to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations, offer doses to teachers, police, more seniors
Each week, local health departments and hospitals put in orders for the following week, Bob Wheaton, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said Wednesday. He said the department examines their current inventory and the unmet need based on their 1A, or top priority, population estimate before allocating additional doses.
Woodward 248 is for residents, visitors and businesses in the communities along the Woodward corridor in southeastern Oakland County.
"We have allocated vaccine to entities based on what they request and what they believe they can administer, and if we find that an entity may not have the capacity to administer vaccines we will provide support so that the county or city still has appropriate access," he said.
Wheaton added: "We have already enrolled over 800 providers (over half of those just in the last week) in the vaccination program and will be looking to quickly engage as many partners as is feasible with our current limited allocation to quickly vaccinate Michiganders, focusing on those who are most vulnerable."
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday the state will start vaccinating more in the fight against the global pandemic, starting next week. She said local health departments are offering appointments through their websites and encouraged people to sign up quickly.
Coulter encouraged people to visit the county's vaccine website for the latest on the county's vaccine supply and scheduling appointments.
This morning, the county's website indicated there are no available vaccine appointments and that appointments will be added based on the vaccine supply received from the state.
A person can register for updates on COVID-19 vaccine appointment information by registering an email address or texting OAKGOV to 28748, according to the county website.
Contact Christina Hall: chall@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @challreporter.
Still in the early stages of the vaccine rollout, Oakland County has received more vaccine than any other county in the state, but the supply remains limited. The health division is vaccinating top priority individuals, such as emergency medical personnel, health care workers and long-term care facility residents.
The health division is looking forward to vaccinating the next priority group - police officers, prison and jail workers, Autel maxisys elite
. K-12 teachers, child care providers and those age 65 and older - but Coulter is asking for "their patience because the number of appointments available is limited to the number of doses we have received from the state."
More: Fact check: How Michigan ranks in giving first doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Coulter said the county's Nurse on Call line is "flooded with questions about appointment availability."
As of Wednesday, the county health division said it has received 5,850 doses of vaccine and administered 1,868 doses, according to its website. The county is receiving the Pfizer vaccine, which requires ultra-cold freezers.
Hospitals in Oakland County are the other locations receiving vaccines.
Overall, the county has received 69,050 doses of vaccine as of Tuesday. That's more than triple neighboring Wayne County's allotment (not including Detroit) of 20,175 doses and more than double Macomb County's 26,725 doses.
More: Michigan to accelerate COVID-19 vaccinations, offer doses to teachers, police, more seniors
Each week, local health departments and hospitals put in orders for the following week, Bob Wheaton, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, said Wednesday. He said the department examines their current inventory and the unmet need based on their 1A, or top priority, population estimate before allocating additional doses.
Woodward 248 is for residents, visitors and businesses in the communities along the Woodward corridor in southeastern Oakland County.
"We have allocated vaccine to entities based on what they request and what they believe they can administer, and if we find that an entity may not have the capacity to administer vaccines we will provide support so that the county or city still has appropriate access," he said.
Wheaton added: "We have already enrolled over 800 providers (over half of those just in the last week) in the vaccination program and will be looking to quickly engage as many partners as is feasible with our current limited allocation to quickly vaccinate Michiganders, focusing on those who are most vulnerable."
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Wednesday the state will start vaccinating more in the fight against the global pandemic, starting next week. She said local health departments are offering appointments through their websites and encouraged people to sign up quickly.
Coulter encouraged people to visit the county's vaccine website for the latest on the county's vaccine supply and scheduling appointments.
This morning, the county's website indicated there are no available vaccine appointments and that appointments will be added based on the vaccine supply received from the state.
A person can register for updates on COVID-19 vaccine appointment information by registering an email address or texting OAKGOV to 28748, according to the county website.
Contact Christina Hall: chall@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @challreporter.
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Welcome to Racing Roundup, our weekly look at a handful of notable and under-covered stories from the wide world of motorsports. In this week's edition, Lewis Hamilton's lack of a contract for 2021 and beyond is the talk of Europe, the Chili Bowl will still be the Chili Bowl this year, You may need: Topdon obd2 scanner. the All-Star Series is a go, TV ratings for racing appear to be down, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona is less than a month away.
GIVE SIR LEWIS HAMILTON A CONTRACT: Multiple sources are speculating that Hamilton wants more than what Mercedes has to offer. Though the success of youngster George Russell (who filled for Hamilton when he had COVID-19) led to speculation that, after four championships, Mercedes might let the just-knighted Hamilton walk, it is unlikely that is really being considered. Both parties know each other, and any other arrangement would not be mutually beneficial.
Still, GiveMeSports of Europe claims that Hamilton has multiple demands that have given Mercedes pause, including a salary of over $48 million a year, plus 10 percent of the earned purse. There's still plenty of time for contract-signing, but you can bet George Russell is watching with interest and so is the rest of Formula 1, which badly needs Hamilton.
CHILI BOWL TOPS 300: Entries are down slightly for the indoor Chili Bowl midget race scheduled to begin January 11, but are still over 300. Those cars will be pared down over the week to the top 24 for the 55-lap main event the night of Jan. 16. Once again, the race will be aired on cable's MAV-TV. Entries include NASCAR's Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Kasey Kahne, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Newman, and IndyCar's Santino Ferrucci. Grandstands and indoor tickets will be limited to 25 percent of capacity.
ALL-STAR SERIES SETS SCHEDULE: The all-star series created by NASCAR's Tony Stewart and former NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham will start a six-race run on June 12 at Stafford Springs in Connecticut, and continue weekly at Knoxville, Iowa; Eldora, Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis; Slinger Speedway, Wisconsin, and the finale July 17 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Essentially a made-for-TV event, the all-star SRX series will feature top drivers from various series in identical cars, much like the defunct International Race of Champions.
TOUGH YEAR FOR TV RACING: According to Sports Media Watch, football generated the 85 most-watched sporting events in 2020. Game six of the World Series was 86th. In "other sports," besides football, the Daytona 500 ranked 22st, Darlington-NASCAR's post-COVID return to racing months after Daytona, was 31st, and Las Vegas was 43th.
RACING IS JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY: The 2021 racing season officially takes the green flag on Jan. 22, with the three-day Roar Before the 24, a mandatory test for cars that plan to enter the Rolex 24 at Daytona. That race is scheduled for January 30-31. The next week, NASCAR haulers invade Daytona.
GIVE SIR LEWIS HAMILTON A CONTRACT: Multiple sources are speculating that Hamilton wants more than what Mercedes has to offer. Though the success of youngster George Russell (who filled for Hamilton when he had COVID-19) led to speculation that, after four championships, Mercedes might let the just-knighted Hamilton walk, it is unlikely that is really being considered. Both parties know each other, and any other arrangement would not be mutually beneficial.
Still, GiveMeSports of Europe claims that Hamilton has multiple demands that have given Mercedes pause, including a salary of over $48 million a year, plus 10 percent of the earned purse. There's still plenty of time for contract-signing, but you can bet George Russell is watching with interest and so is the rest of Formula 1, which badly needs Hamilton.
CHILI BOWL TOPS 300: Entries are down slightly for the indoor Chili Bowl midget race scheduled to begin January 11, but are still over 300. Those cars will be pared down over the week to the top 24 for the 55-lap main event the night of Jan. 16. Once again, the race will be aired on cable's MAV-TV. Entries include NASCAR's Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Kasey Kahne, Justin Allgaier, Ryan Newman, and IndyCar's Santino Ferrucci. Grandstands and indoor tickets will be limited to 25 percent of capacity.
ALL-STAR SERIES SETS SCHEDULE: The all-star series created by NASCAR's Tony Stewart and former NASCAR crew chief Ray Evernham will start a six-race run on June 12 at Stafford Springs in Connecticut, and continue weekly at Knoxville, Iowa; Eldora, Ohio; Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis; Slinger Speedway, Wisconsin, and the finale July 17 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. Essentially a made-for-TV event, the all-star SRX series will feature top drivers from various series in identical cars, much like the defunct International Race of Champions.
TOUGH YEAR FOR TV RACING: According to Sports Media Watch, football generated the 85 most-watched sporting events in 2020. Game six of the World Series was 86th. In "other sports," besides football, the Daytona 500 ranked 22st, Darlington-NASCAR's post-COVID return to racing months after Daytona, was 31st, and Las Vegas was 43th.
RACING IS JUST THREE WEEKS AWAY: The 2021 racing season officially takes the green flag on Jan. 22, with the three-day Roar Before the 24, a mandatory test for cars that plan to enter the Rolex 24 at Daytona. That race is scheduled for January 30-31. The next week, NASCAR haulers invade Daytona.
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January 06, 2021
Carousell shuts down trolls who put up Singapore ‘for sale’
Buy-and-sell platform Carousell has shut down troll accounts that had listed Singapore, the Prime Minister, the Parliament House, and more for millions of dollars online.
The homegrown startup told reporters yesterday it had already removed the fake listings, which had been up since last month, for violating its policy. Screenshots of the Carousell listings have also been circulating on Instagram.
"While we enjoy Singaporeans' sense of humour, we'd like to take this chance to remind our users that in accordance with our listing rules, such listings are not allowed on our marketplace and have since been taken down," the platform said. Users are not allowed to sell people, put up fake ads, or misprice their items, according to Carousell, which uses AI to detect offenders.
The company did not mention when they cleaned up its platform.
Among those listed was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for S$5 million and the Parliament House for S$900 trillion. The Singapore Zoo was listed as S$600,000, Jewel Changi Airport for S$8 million, and even disgraced radio DJ Dee Kosh for S$100. Singapore was going at S$50 million.
"Selling Singapore jewel Airport. Used for a few months, bought $10000000. Can [negotiate] but not too much," a troll known as "j___ayden" wrote in the description. Other trolls called themselves "demolotis," "skleam," "thicchonkycat" and "lord_gaben12345."
Screenshots of the various listings were also compiled on the @sell.singapore Instagram page.
Carousell did not immediately respond to Coconuts' request for further comment.
The homegrown startup told reporters yesterday it had already removed the fake listings, which had been up since last month, for violating its policy. Screenshots of the Carousell listings have also been circulating on Instagram.
"While we enjoy Singaporeans' sense of humour, we'd like to take this chance to remind our users that in accordance with our listing rules, such listings are not allowed on our marketplace and have since been taken down," the platform said. Users are not allowed to sell people, put up fake ads, or misprice their items, according to Carousell, which uses AI to detect offenders.
The company did not mention when they cleaned up its platform.
Among those listed was Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for S$5 million and the Parliament House for S$900 trillion. The Singapore Zoo was listed as S$600,000, Jewel Changi Airport for S$8 million, and even disgraced radio DJ Dee Kosh for S$100. Singapore was going at S$50 million.
"Selling Singapore jewel Airport. Used for a few months, bought $10000000. Can [negotiate] but not too much," a troll known as "j___ayden" wrote in the description. Other trolls called themselves "demolotis," "skleam," "thicchonkycat" and "lord_gaben12345."
Screenshots of the various listings were also compiled on the @sell.singapore Instagram page.
Carousell did not immediately respond to Coconuts' request for further comment.
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January 05, 2021
As Fiat Chrysler's "merger of equals" with Groupe PSA becomes officially approved by shareholders, industry experts are weighing in on what it will mean in terms of the products available at FCA dealerships. If some rumors are to be believed, it could mean that the slow-selling yet storied Chrysler brand's days may be numbered, per the Associated Press.
When the two auto giants join together to form Stellantis, they'll be headed up by current PSA CEO Carlos Tavares, an executive who has been known to cut poor-performing brands and products with extreme prejudice. According to experts and analysts speaking to the AP, this puts any and all slow-selling Fiat Chrysler products on deathwatch, including the entire Chrysler brand.
As drastic as ending one of America's oldest and most famous marques (in any industry) might seem, You may need: TPMS Sensor. Chrysler's possible demise shouldn't actually come as that big of a surprise when you look at it purely from a business perspective. The brand essentially sells two cars these days: the Pacifica minivan and the 10-year-old 300 sedan. (Chrysler technically lists the Pacifica Hybrid and Voyager as their own, separate models but those are just greener and cheaper variants of the Pacifica, respectively.)
A minivan and an old sedan; not exactly the money-printing lineup in today's truck and crossover-obsessed market. In the third quarter of 2020, Chrysler accounted for just 6 percent of Fiat Chrysler's U.S. sales.
Couple that with Tavares' previously-expressed desire to sell PSA cars in the U.S. and the death of at least some FCA slow sellers seems almost inevitable, something that would spell job losses across Italy, Germany, and Michigan, according to the report.
"You can't be cost-efficient if you keep the entire scale of both companies," said iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer. "We've seen this show before, and we're going to see it again where they economize these platforms across continents, across multiple markets."
Conversely, don't expect things at Ram or Jeep to change much under the new management given their profitability and popularity in the U.S.
Tavares previously worked under Carlos Ghosn at Nissan, another notoriously ruthless cost-cutter. At the earliest, Tavares will have control over Stellantis in late January. In addition to serving as Stellantis CEO, Tavares will also serve as the tie-breaker on the company's board, occupying the sixth PSA seat to FCA's five.
We've reached out to Chrysler for comment and will update this story when we hear back.
Update 1:52 p.m. ET: An FCA spokesperson responded with the following statement:
"One of the greatest strengths of Stellantis will lie in its unmatched portfolio of iconic and storied brands. This merger and the resources it will release are great news for those brands and their plans to develop ever more outstanding and innovative products for their customers worldwide. And as we have said previously, there will be no plant closures resulting from the transaction."
When the two auto giants join together to form Stellantis, they'll be headed up by current PSA CEO Carlos Tavares, an executive who has been known to cut poor-performing brands and products with extreme prejudice. According to experts and analysts speaking to the AP, this puts any and all slow-selling Fiat Chrysler products on deathwatch, including the entire Chrysler brand.
As drastic as ending one of America's oldest and most famous marques (in any industry) might seem, You may need: TPMS Sensor. Chrysler's possible demise shouldn't actually come as that big of a surprise when you look at it purely from a business perspective. The brand essentially sells two cars these days: the Pacifica minivan and the 10-year-old 300 sedan. (Chrysler technically lists the Pacifica Hybrid and Voyager as their own, separate models but those are just greener and cheaper variants of the Pacifica, respectively.)
A minivan and an old sedan; not exactly the money-printing lineup in today's truck and crossover-obsessed market. In the third quarter of 2020, Chrysler accounted for just 6 percent of Fiat Chrysler's U.S. sales.
Couple that with Tavares' previously-expressed desire to sell PSA cars in the U.S. and the death of at least some FCA slow sellers seems almost inevitable, something that would spell job losses across Italy, Germany, and Michigan, according to the report.
"You can't be cost-efficient if you keep the entire scale of both companies," said iSeeCars executive analyst Karl Brauer. "We've seen this show before, and we're going to see it again where they economize these platforms across continents, across multiple markets."
Conversely, don't expect things at Ram or Jeep to change much under the new management given their profitability and popularity in the U.S.
Tavares previously worked under Carlos Ghosn at Nissan, another notoriously ruthless cost-cutter. At the earliest, Tavares will have control over Stellantis in late January. In addition to serving as Stellantis CEO, Tavares will also serve as the tie-breaker on the company's board, occupying the sixth PSA seat to FCA's five.
We've reached out to Chrysler for comment and will update this story when we hear back.
Update 1:52 p.m. ET: An FCA spokesperson responded with the following statement:
"One of the greatest strengths of Stellantis will lie in its unmatched portfolio of iconic and storied brands. This merger and the resources it will release are great news for those brands and their plans to develop ever more outstanding and innovative products for their customers worldwide. And as we have said previously, there will be no plant closures resulting from the transaction."
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January 04, 2021
Singapore begins livestreaming parliament sessions today
Singapore's parliamentary proceedings will be streamed online starting today.
The Ministry of Communications and Information, or MCI, revealed this today, just hours ahead of the start of sitting at 1:30pm. The livestream was made available from its YouTube channel.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education Minister Lawrence Wong were expected to deliver ministerial statements on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore. Other topics on today's agenda include coronavirus vaccination processes, keeping Singapore's coastal areas clean and the problem with QR code scams.
Parliament goes live months after the government said in September that it had agreed in-principle to allow proceedings to be livestreamed. That came on the back of a statement by former leader of the house Grace Fu, who had originally dismissed the idea of streaming the sessions. Fu had cited other ways of keeping up to date on parliamentary debates, such as checking out videos of speeches and statements uploaded online after sessions conclude.
The Ministry of Communications and Information, or MCI, revealed this today, just hours ahead of the start of sitting at 1:30pm. The livestream was made available from its YouTube channel.
Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Education Minister Lawrence Wong were expected to deliver ministerial statements on the COVID-19 situation in Singapore. Other topics on today's agenda include coronavirus vaccination processes, keeping Singapore's coastal areas clean and the problem with QR code scams.
Parliament goes live months after the government said in September that it had agreed in-principle to allow proceedings to be livestreamed. That came on the back of a statement by former leader of the house Grace Fu, who had originally dismissed the idea of streaming the sessions. Fu had cited other ways of keeping up to date on parliamentary debates, such as checking out videos of speeches and statements uploaded online after sessions conclude.
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January 03, 2021
Detroit Lions game vs. Minnesota Vikings: TV channel info, updates
Want to know what channel TV theDetroit Lions are playing on? When the Lions and Minnesota Vikings clash in Week 17?
No worries: The NFC North rivals kick off at 1 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
Follow along below with the Free Press as Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell looks to end a disappointing 2021 season on a high note.
Detroit enters the game with an injured Matthew Stafford, but faces a Minnesota team missing its most dynamic player in running back Dalvin Cook.
It's one of the few games in the final week of the regular season free of playoff implications: the Vikings and Lions have each lost three in a row, with Detroit sagging out of playoff contention by dropping five of its last six.
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Stay up to date on all the action:
When: 1 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Ford Field.
TV: Fox.
Radio: WJR-AM (760).
Line: Vikings by 7.
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Dylan Larkin's offseason with Bobby Ryan are a good example of why the forward is on track to be named Detroit Red Wings captain soon.
Bills' S Jordan Poyer needs one interception today against the Dolphins to collect on a $250,000 incentive. Poyer has a $250,000 incentive for three interceptions this season and currently has two.
Should the #Lions take a QB in the first round?@alex_reno explains why he's open to it:
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It might be time to prep for a future francise QB.
Report: #Lions interviewed Marvin Lewis for head coaching job https://www.prideofdetroit.com/2021/1/3/22211283/marvin-lewis-interviews-detroit-lions-head-coach-job?utm_campaign=prideofdetroit&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter ...
The Lions' first-known head coaching interview has taken place.
https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1345703809306136576
Oh. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1345702823267336195
A comprehensive look at all the active searches - coaches and GMs - as things ramp up on Monday.
A story from me, @TomPelissero and @MikeGarafolo: https://www.nfl.com/news/a-look-at-all-ongoing-head-coach-and-gm-searches ...
The regular season ends on Sunday, and there are already vacancies for three head coaches and six general managers. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport breaks down where things stand as teams begin to...
It certainly wouldn't hurt. https://twitter.com/BPLions4Life/status/1345702384991752192
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Once their game Sunday is wrapped up, the Detroit Lions will begin interviewing head coach and GM candidates employed by othe...
No worries: The NFC North rivals kick off at 1 p.m. Sunday on Fox.
Follow along below with the Free Press as Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell looks to end a disappointing 2021 season on a high note.
Detroit enters the game with an injured Matthew Stafford, but faces a Minnesota team missing its most dynamic player in running back Dalvin Cook.
It's one of the few games in the final week of the regular season free of playoff implications: the Vikings and Lions have each lost three in a row, with Detroit sagging out of playoff contention by dropping five of its last six.
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When: 1 p.m. Sunday.
Where: Ford Field.
TV: Fox.
Radio: WJR-AM (760).
Line: Vikings by 7.
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Dylan Larkin's offseason with Bobby Ryan are a good example of why the forward is on track to be named Detroit Red Wings captain soon.
Bills' S Jordan Poyer needs one interception today against the Dolphins to collect on a $250,000 incentive. Poyer has a $250,000 incentive for three interceptions this season and currently has two.
Should the #Lions take a QB in the first round?@alex_reno explains why he's open to it:
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It might be time to prep for a future francise QB.
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The Lions' first-known head coaching interview has taken place.
https://twitter.com/AroundTheNFL/status/1345703809306136576
Oh. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1345702823267336195
A comprehensive look at all the active searches - coaches and GMs - as things ramp up on Monday.
A story from me, @TomPelissero and @MikeGarafolo: https://www.nfl.com/news/a-look-at-all-ongoing-head-coach-and-gm-searches ...
The regular season ends on Sunday, and there are already vacancies for three head coaches and six general managers. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport breaks down where things stand as teams begin to...
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January 02, 2021
BMW 2 Series Active Tourer Spy Video Captures Spunky Exhaust Note
The next-generation BMW 2 Series Active Tourer isn't the most exciting BMW coming down the pipe. It's a boxy family hauler better suited for cruising around town instead of tackling the Nurburgring, though it has shown promise at the famous track. A new video has again captured the 2 Series AT out testing, though it's still covered in camouflage. However, the video does capture the car's surprisingly spunky exhaust note.
It's not a grand chorus of combustion from eight or twelve cylinders, though it is a throaty, raspy buzz one wouldn't normally expect from such a vehicle. But don't let the noise fool you. BMW is expected to use the family of engines it offers in the 1 Series, which means we'll see the 2 Series AT receive three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines. There should also be a plug-in hybrid offered as well, though it'll arrive later.
The new 2 Series AT will ride on BMW's UKL front- and all-wheel-drive platform, which has been in use since 2014, the Active Tourer's first year. BMW is tweaking the model's proportions to help give it a sportier stance. Small changes, See: Car Battery Tester. like moving the side mirrors to the door, enhance the styling. Camouflage covers the car, though it doesn't hide a massive grille. Instead, it looks smaller than M3/M4's controversial face.
Photos of inside the car have shown a reworked and updated interior, though felt covers hid most of it. However, it does appear the next-gen model will receive a digital instrument cluster alongside the infotainment screen. The center console also featured a new look, though the photos indicated that it was far from production-ready. We expect BMW to reveal the new 2 Series Active Tourer sometime next year, with it going on sale as a 2022 model before the end of next year.
It's not a grand chorus of combustion from eight or twelve cylinders, though it is a throaty, raspy buzz one wouldn't normally expect from such a vehicle. But don't let the noise fool you. BMW is expected to use the family of engines it offers in the 1 Series, which means we'll see the 2 Series AT receive three-cylinder turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines. There should also be a plug-in hybrid offered as well, though it'll arrive later.
The new 2 Series AT will ride on BMW's UKL front- and all-wheel-drive platform, which has been in use since 2014, the Active Tourer's first year. BMW is tweaking the model's proportions to help give it a sportier stance. Small changes, See: Car Battery Tester. like moving the side mirrors to the door, enhance the styling. Camouflage covers the car, though it doesn't hide a massive grille. Instead, it looks smaller than M3/M4's controversial face.
Photos of inside the car have shown a reworked and updated interior, though felt covers hid most of it. However, it does appear the next-gen model will receive a digital instrument cluster alongside the infotainment screen. The center console also featured a new look, though the photos indicated that it was far from production-ready. We expect BMW to reveal the new 2 Series Active Tourer sometime next year, with it going on sale as a 2022 model before the end of next year.
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January 01, 2021
50 best Netflix shows in January 2021: 'Bridgerton,' 'Cobra Kai'
Every month Netflix giveth, and every month Netflix taketh away.
The streaming giant regularly updates its vast library, adding TV shows and films for your binge-watching pleasure and removing those it no longer has the rights
to stream. Mix in the huge number of original series and films Netflix debuts each weekend, and there's a ton of programming to sort through if you're just looking for something new to offer distraction and calm amid a crazy world.
We have curated the best of the TV shows Netflix has available to stream as of January 2021 (in alphabetical order), from its smart new originals to absolute TV classics.
Don't have Netflix?The 50 best TV shows to watch on Hulu right now
1. "Alias Grace"
Starring Sarah Gadon and Anna Paquin, this dizzyingly beautiful adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel about a historical murderess is haunting in its storytelling. The miniseries far outpaces, See: OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. in both style and substance, the more famous Atwood adaptation on Hulu.
2. "American Crime Story"
Between "The People v. O.J. Simpson" and "The Assassination of Gianni Versace," Ryan Murphy's true-crime anthology has delivered narratives that lack the seedy exploitation so often associated with the genre. Instead, each season is a historical reckoning with huge cultural moments, portrayed with impeccable acting and writing.
3. "American Vandal"
A hilarious mockumentary poking at true-crime documentaries like Netflix's own "Making a Murderer," this series treats teen problems with the gravitas of a murder investigation. And considering most emotions and dramas feel like life or death in adolescence, "Vandal" is deeply moving in how it brings high school to life.
4. "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra"
A Nickelodeon animated series with a devoted adult following, "Airbender" is a fantasy epic in kid's clothing with drama to rival "Game of Thrones." The gorgeously drawn series takes place in a world torn apart by war and genocide, where a pint-size chosen one might be able to save lives, if he can train hard enough and face his greatest fears. A follow up series set a generation in the future and aimed at an older audience, "Korra," surpasses its source material in maturity and storytelling complexity, becoming a modern classic.
5. "Better Call Saul"
A rare spin-off to outpace its source material in quality and complexity, Bob Odenkirk's "Breaking Bad" prequel continues to reach new heights in every season, and has long since stepped out of its parent show's shadow.
The full list:Everything coming to Netflix in January 2021, and what's leaving
6. "Big Mouth"
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Nick Kroll's animated celebration of preteen debauchery is one of the most reliably funny series on TV (and definitely the most
cringe-worthy). The animated middle schoolers navigate first periods, crushes, and every other pubescent nightmare, along with actual Hormone Monsters (and a monstress) causing problems along the way. No series will make you happier that you've already lived
through adolescence. Season 4 arrives Dec. 4.
7. "Blown Away"
Netflix's little reality series about competitive glass blowing is mesmerizing to watch, as its highly talented contestants stretch molten materials into stunning works of art. Breezy, funny and surprising, it's a supremely satisfying series to binge-watch. Season 2 blows in on Jan. 22.
8. "BoJack Horseman"
A misanthropic Hollywood horse (Will Arnett) leads this animated satire series that is deeper, more clever and more thought-provoking than most live-action series even aspire to be.
9. "Bridgerton"
A bodice ripper taken seriously by its writers and stars, "Bridgerton" is a marvelous first entry in power producer Shonda Rhimes' Netflix deal. The series follows a group of pretty upper class Brits navigating the marriage market in Regency-era England. The resplendent ser...
The streaming giant regularly updates its vast library, adding TV shows and films for your binge-watching pleasure and removing those it no longer has the rights
to stream. Mix in the huge number of original series and films Netflix debuts each weekend, and there's a ton of programming to sort through if you're just looking for something new to offer distraction and calm amid a crazy world.
We have curated the best of the TV shows Netflix has available to stream as of January 2021 (in alphabetical order), from its smart new originals to absolute TV classics.
Don't have Netflix?The 50 best TV shows to watch on Hulu right now
1. "Alias Grace"
Starring Sarah Gadon and Anna Paquin, this dizzyingly beautiful adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel about a historical murderess is haunting in its storytelling. The miniseries far outpaces, See: OBD2 Diagnostic Tool. in both style and substance, the more famous Atwood adaptation on Hulu.
2. "American Crime Story"
Between "The People v. O.J. Simpson" and "The Assassination of Gianni Versace," Ryan Murphy's true-crime anthology has delivered narratives that lack the seedy exploitation so often associated with the genre. Instead, each season is a historical reckoning with huge cultural moments, portrayed with impeccable acting and writing.
3. "American Vandal"
A hilarious mockumentary poking at true-crime documentaries like Netflix's own "Making a Murderer," this series treats teen problems with the gravitas of a murder investigation. And considering most emotions and dramas feel like life or death in adolescence, "Vandal" is deeply moving in how it brings high school to life.
4. "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "The Legend of Korra"
A Nickelodeon animated series with a devoted adult following, "Airbender" is a fantasy epic in kid's clothing with drama to rival "Game of Thrones." The gorgeously drawn series takes place in a world torn apart by war and genocide, where a pint-size chosen one might be able to save lives, if he can train hard enough and face his greatest fears. A follow up series set a generation in the future and aimed at an older audience, "Korra," surpasses its source material in maturity and storytelling complexity, becoming a modern classic.
5. "Better Call Saul"
A rare spin-off to outpace its source material in quality and complexity, Bob Odenkirk's "Breaking Bad" prequel continues to reach new heights in every season, and has long since stepped out of its parent show's shadow.
The full list:Everything coming to Netflix in January 2021, and what's leaving
6. "Big Mouth"
Updates on how the coronavirus is affecting your community and the nation
Nick Kroll's animated celebration of preteen debauchery is one of the most reliably funny series on TV (and definitely the most
cringe-worthy). The animated middle schoolers navigate first periods, crushes, and every other pubescent nightmare, along with actual Hormone Monsters (and a monstress) causing problems along the way. No series will make you happier that you've already lived
through adolescence. Season 4 arrives Dec. 4.
7. "Blown Away"
Netflix's little reality series about competitive glass blowing is mesmerizing to watch, as its highly talented contestants stretch molten materials into stunning works of art. Breezy, funny and surprising, it's a supremely satisfying series to binge-watch. Season 2 blows in on Jan. 22.
8. "BoJack Horseman"
A misanthropic Hollywood horse (Will Arnett) leads this animated satire series that is deeper, more clever and more thought-provoking than most live-action series even aspire to be.
9. "Bridgerton"
A bodice ripper taken seriously by its writers and stars, "Bridgerton" is a marvelous first entry in power producer Shonda Rhimes' Netflix deal. The series follows a group of pretty upper class Brits navigating the marriage market in Regency-era England. The resplendent ser...
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December 31, 2020
US vaccine roll-out falls short of 20 million jabs by end of 2020
The race to vaccinate millions of Americans against COVID-19 is off to a slow start, with only about 2.8 million Americans having received a vaccine going into the last day of 2020, putting the United States far short of the government's target to vaccinate 20 million people this month.
About 14 million doses of Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines have been distributed to states so far, federal officials told reporters on Wednesday.
Shots are reaching nursing home residents at an even slower pace than others first in line even though they are most at risk of dying of the virus.
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. 000 people in long-term care facilities received a shot as of December 30, even though 2.2 million doses were distributed for residents, according to data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Terry Beth Hadler was so eager to get a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination that the 69-year-old piano teacher stood in line overnight in a parking lot with hundreds of other senior citizens for.
Hadler told The Associated Press news agency she would not do it again.
Hadler said she waited 14 hours and a brawl nearly erupted before dawn on Tuesday when people cut in line outside the library in Bonita Springs, Florida, where officials were offering shots on a first-come, first-served basis to those 65 or older.
"I'm afraid that the event was a super-spreader," she said. "I was petrified."
Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Counties and hospitals have taken different approaches, leading to long lines, confusion, frustration and jammed phone lines.
On December 4, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn told the Reuters news agency that vaccinating 20 million Americans by year-end was realistic, depending on the vaccination campaign.
Since then, officials have said they are committed to making enough doses available without commenting on targets for actual vaccinations as it has become clear that inoculations are falling short of the number of doses distributed.
A multitude of logistical concerns has complicated the process of trying to beat back the scourge that has killed more than 340,000 people in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
Dr Ashish Jha, a health policy researcher and dean of the Brown University School of Public Health said the main problem is that states are not getting adequate financial or technical support from the federal government.
Jha told the AP news athe Trump administration, principally the Department of Health and Human Services, has set states up to fail.
"There's a lot states still need to do," he said, "but you need a much more active role from the federal government than what they have been willing to do. They've largely said to states, ‘This is your responsibility. Figure it out.'"
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked for patience on Wednesday, noting the vaccine supply is limited.
"It may not be today for everyone, may not be next week. But over the next many weeks, as long as we continue getting the supply, you're going to have the opportunity to get this," DeSantis said.
A US Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said in a statement the "rapid availability and distribution of so many doses – with 20 million first doses allocated for distribution just 18 days after the first vaccine was granted emergency use authorization – is a testament to the success of Operation Warp Speed".
Doses that have been allocated but not distributed will ship in January.
The government said that for every dose shipped, it is keeping a second dose in reserve as well as a safety stock, which would bring the total number of vaccine doses closer to 40 million.
US vaccinations of the country's 21 million healthcare workers began on December 14. Inoculations of the country's three million nursing home residents, who are also in the first priority group, started shortly afterwards.
Some 51 million US front-line essential workers, like firefighters, police, and teachers, as well as people older than 75 should be next to receive a vaccine, a CDC advisory pan...
About 14 million doses of Pfizer's and Moderna's vaccines have been distributed to states so far, federal officials told reporters on Wednesday.
Shots are reaching nursing home residents at an even slower pace than others first in line even though they are most at risk of dying of the virus.
Only 170, autel maxisys elite $2399
. 000 people in long-term care facilities received a shot as of December 30, even though 2.2 million doses were distributed for residents, according to data released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Terry Beth Hadler was so eager to get a lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination that the 69-year-old piano teacher stood in line overnight in a parking lot with hundreds of other senior citizens for.
Hadler told The Associated Press news agency she would not do it again.
Hadler said she waited 14 hours and a brawl nearly erupted before dawn on Tuesday when people cut in line outside the library in Bonita Springs, Florida, where officials were offering shots on a first-come, first-served basis to those 65 or older.
"I'm afraid that the event was a super-spreader," she said. "I was petrified."
Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Counties and hospitals have taken different approaches, leading to long lines, confusion, frustration and jammed phone lines.
On December 4, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn told the Reuters news agency that vaccinating 20 million Americans by year-end was realistic, depending on the vaccination campaign.
Since then, officials have said they are committed to making enough doses available without commenting on targets for actual vaccinations as it has become clear that inoculations are falling short of the number of doses distributed.
A multitude of logistical concerns has complicated the process of trying to beat back the scourge that has killed more than 340,000 people in the US, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
Dr Ashish Jha, a health policy researcher and dean of the Brown University School of Public Health said the main problem is that states are not getting adequate financial or technical support from the federal government.
Jha told the AP news athe Trump administration, principally the Department of Health and Human Services, has set states up to fail.
"There's a lot states still need to do," he said, "but you need a much more active role from the federal government than what they have been willing to do. They've largely said to states, ‘This is your responsibility. Figure it out.'"
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked for patience on Wednesday, noting the vaccine supply is limited.
"It may not be today for everyone, may not be next week. But over the next many weeks, as long as we continue getting the supply, you're going to have the opportunity to get this," DeSantis said.
A US Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said in a statement the "rapid availability and distribution of so many doses – with 20 million first doses allocated for distribution just 18 days after the first vaccine was granted emergency use authorization – is a testament to the success of Operation Warp Speed".
Doses that have been allocated but not distributed will ship in January.
The government said that for every dose shipped, it is keeping a second dose in reserve as well as a safety stock, which would bring the total number of vaccine doses closer to 40 million.
US vaccinations of the country's 21 million healthcare workers began on December 14. Inoculations of the country's three million nursing home residents, who are also in the first priority group, started shortly afterwards.
Some 51 million US front-line essential workers, like firefighters, police, and teachers, as well as people older than 75 should be next to receive a vaccine, a CDC advisory pan...
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Dick Kernen, guru to Detroit radio and TV stars, dies at 82
Dick Kernen, a giant of Michigan broadcasting who boosted the careers of countless familiar on-air voices and faces, died of natural causes Friday at home in Dearborn, his family confirmed. He was 82.
Kernen, who started with WXYZ-AM in the '50s and helped form WRIF-FM in the '70s, was vice president of industry relations at the Specs Howard School of Media Arts in Southfield, where he had worked since 1972.
A 2003 Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee, Kernen was a guiding hand - both inside and outside Specs Howard - to some of the best-known names on the local airwaves in recent decades, having worked closely with the likes of Arthur Penhallow, Glenda Lewis, Autel maxisys elite
. Carmen Harlan, Charlie Langton, Amy Andrews, Joe Wade Formicola and more.
"He was a mentor to so, so many personalities now all over the world, and certainly here in Detroit," said Doug Podell, a longtime disc jockey and programmer now on the air at WLLZ-FM (106.7). "I don't think there's a person on the air here that didn't have some sort of relationship with him."
More: Founder of Detroit-style Pizza Company, Shawn Randazzo, dies at 44
More: WJR news director Dick Haefner says goodbye to listeners after 51 years on Detroit radio
Tom Bender, who retired in 2016 as vice president of Greater Media, was a friend for more than 50 years. He said Kernen remained an important sounding board and source of counsel through his professional life.
"It's a terrible loss for all of the people, including me, who owe a lot of their livelihood and careers to Dick's mentorship," Bender said. "I had a million questions about how radio worked, and he had a million answers. He was a great human being and a great student of the industry - your proverbial wise man."
At Specs Howard, friends and colleagues said, Kernen was more than a trade-school executive, using personal connections to help graduates land jobs, particularly across the Midwest.
"Dick Kernen was the heart and soul of Specs Howard. That's really who you dealt with when you were there," said Podell. "He always took the time out to try and help these kids find jobs. He'd call Toledo, he'd call Peoria, wherever, whenever, however, to try to help."
Updates on how the coronavirus is affecting your community and the nation
Kernen got his own foot in the radio door in the 1950s, working at Walled Lake Casino dancehall spinning records before landing a job with WXYZ-AM in 1956. He was with the station for 12 years, doing stints as music director and assistant program director during its Top 40 heyday.
Detroit, then the nation's fifth-biggest media market, was crucial to the record industry, breaking hits ahead of the curve and developing audience-research innovations, Kernen recalled in a 2003 Free Press interview.
At WXYZ-AM, he said, "We'd be all over a song, and we would be looking at Billboard, and the thing would be like No. 55 (nationally), with no bullet. And we're going ‘Where the hell is everybody on this thing?' And by the time the thing finally broke into the Top 10, we were on to something else.''
In 1968, Kernen was tapped by ABC Radio as program director at WXYZ-FM, where he battled WABX and WWWW for the ears of hip, young rock fans during a revolutionary period in the radio world.
"What we were basically in the business of doing - and I'm saying us, 'ABX, W4 - was still trying to sort of figure who they were at the time. The idea was to out-hip each other," Kernen said. "Who could be hipper? Who could get the sanction of (hippie luminary) John Sinclair?"
His on-air hires included Jerry Lubin, Dan Carlisle and Peter Werbe, and Kernen ventured to Howell to enlist the services of a young Penhallow, who would go on to one of the most storied careers in Detroit rock radio.
In 1971, Kernen led the station's transformation into WRIF-FM, ceding the bohemian battle to WABX and aiming for a more commercial approach.
"Here's a concept: Why don't we try to find out what the people listening would like to hear, as opposed to what six nitwits want to hear," he recalled of his thinking at the time. "So we began d...
Kernen, who started with WXYZ-AM in the '50s and helped form WRIF-FM in the '70s, was vice president of industry relations at the Specs Howard School of Media Arts in Southfield, where he had worked since 1972.
A 2003 Michigan Broadcasting Hall of Fame inductee, Kernen was a guiding hand - both inside and outside Specs Howard - to some of the best-known names on the local airwaves in recent decades, having worked closely with the likes of Arthur Penhallow, Glenda Lewis, Autel maxisys elite
. Carmen Harlan, Charlie Langton, Amy Andrews, Joe Wade Formicola and more.
"He was a mentor to so, so many personalities now all over the world, and certainly here in Detroit," said Doug Podell, a longtime disc jockey and programmer now on the air at WLLZ-FM (106.7). "I don't think there's a person on the air here that didn't have some sort of relationship with him."
More: Founder of Detroit-style Pizza Company, Shawn Randazzo, dies at 44
More: WJR news director Dick Haefner says goodbye to listeners after 51 years on Detroit radio
Tom Bender, who retired in 2016 as vice president of Greater Media, was a friend for more than 50 years. He said Kernen remained an important sounding board and source of counsel through his professional life.
"It's a terrible loss for all of the people, including me, who owe a lot of their livelihood and careers to Dick's mentorship," Bender said. "I had a million questions about how radio worked, and he had a million answers. He was a great human being and a great student of the industry - your proverbial wise man."
At Specs Howard, friends and colleagues said, Kernen was more than a trade-school executive, using personal connections to help graduates land jobs, particularly across the Midwest.
"Dick Kernen was the heart and soul of Specs Howard. That's really who you dealt with when you were there," said Podell. "He always took the time out to try and help these kids find jobs. He'd call Toledo, he'd call Peoria, wherever, whenever, however, to try to help."
Updates on how the coronavirus is affecting your community and the nation
Kernen got his own foot in the radio door in the 1950s, working at Walled Lake Casino dancehall spinning records before landing a job with WXYZ-AM in 1956. He was with the station for 12 years, doing stints as music director and assistant program director during its Top 40 heyday.
Detroit, then the nation's fifth-biggest media market, was crucial to the record industry, breaking hits ahead of the curve and developing audience-research innovations, Kernen recalled in a 2003 Free Press interview.
At WXYZ-AM, he said, "We'd be all over a song, and we would be looking at Billboard, and the thing would be like No. 55 (nationally), with no bullet. And we're going ‘Where the hell is everybody on this thing?' And by the time the thing finally broke into the Top 10, we were on to something else.''
In 1968, Kernen was tapped by ABC Radio as program director at WXYZ-FM, where he battled WABX and WWWW for the ears of hip, young rock fans during a revolutionary period in the radio world.
"What we were basically in the business of doing - and I'm saying us, 'ABX, W4 - was still trying to sort of figure who they were at the time. The idea was to out-hip each other," Kernen said. "Who could be hipper? Who could get the sanction of (hippie luminary) John Sinclair?"
His on-air hires included Jerry Lubin, Dan Carlisle and Peter Werbe, and Kernen ventured to Howell to enlist the services of a young Penhallow, who would go on to one of the most storied careers in Detroit rock radio.
In 1971, Kernen led the station's transformation into WRIF-FM, ceding the bohemian battle to WABX and aiming for a more commercial approach.
"Here's a concept: Why don't we try to find out what the people listening would like to hear, as opposed to what six nitwits want to hear," he recalled of his thinking at the time. "So we began d...
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December 29, 2020
UK hospitals struggle; tougher rules eyed to fight variant
LONDON (AP) - British officials are considering tougher coronavirus restrictions as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients surpasses the first peak of the outbreak in the spring.
Authorities are blaming a new, more transmissible variant of the virus, first identified in southeast England, for the soaring infection rates. An area home to almost half of the people in England is under tight restrictions on movement and everyday life in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. Nonessential shops are shut along with gyms and swimming pools, autel maxisys elite $2399
. indoor socializing is barred and restaurants and pubs can only offer takeout.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to hold a meeting of his COVID-19 crisis committee later Tuesday. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is scheduled to update Parliament on Wednesday on whether more areas will be put into Tier 4 - the top level of lockdown measures - and whether the restrictions could be tightened even further.
Hospitals in the worst-hit areas of London and southern England are becoming increasingly overstretched, with ambulances unable to unload patients at some hospitals because all beds are full. A growing number of National Health Service staff are off work because they are sick with the virus or self-isolating.
England had 20,426 coronavirus patients in hospitals as of Monday morning - the last day for which figures are available - compared to its previous high of 18,974 on April 12. Britain has recorded more than 71,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, the second-highest death toll in Europe after Italy.
A further 414 deaths were reported Tuesday, along with a record 53,135 new cases, although that figure may include a backlog from the Christmas holiday period.
Steve Hams, a chief nurse at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in western England, said medical staff were becoming "increasingly exhausted."
"We felt during April that there would be an end to this. But actually, we're now seeing a third peak so trying to keep our colleagues and our teams going through this time is just incredibly difficult," he told the BBC.
Dr. Sonia Adesara, an emergency-room doctor in London, said "doctors and nurses are having leave cancelled, they're doing extra shifts, they're working extra long hours but its an extremely serious situation."
"The situation is untenable and I think we are very close to becoming overwhelmed," she said.
Some scientists are urging Johnson's Conservative government to postpone plans to reopen schools next week after the Christmas break. The government plans to test students regularly for the virus and 1,500 armed forces personnel have been called in to support schools as they organize the testing.
Andrew Hayward, a professor of infectious diseases epidemiology at University College London, said the fast-spreading virus variant meant that for U.K. schools to reopen, other sectors would have to close.
"We're going to have to have increased, strict restrictions in other areas of society to pay for that," he said.
Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, said health care workers were back in "the eye of the storm" as they had been in the spring.
Stevens said the coronavirus vaccines provided hope, and estimated that all vulnerable people in Britain could be inoculated against the virus by late spring 2021. So far, more than 600,000 people in the U.K. have been given a shot of a vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, out of a population of 67 million.
On Tuesday some of the first people in the U.K. to be inoculated received their second and final injection.
Margaret Keenan, 91, who on Dec. 8 became the first person in the world to receive a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, had the follow-up shot at a hospital in the central England city of Coventry.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is given in two doses three weeks apart. Its developers say it conferred 95% immunity in clinical trials.
Officials and medics hope U.K. regulators will soon authorize a second coronavirus vaccine for use in Britain. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is assessing a vaccine made by AstraZeneca ...
Authorities are blaming a new, more transmissible variant of the virus, first identified in southeast England, for the soaring infection rates. An area home to almost half of the people in England is under tight restrictions on movement and everyday life in an attempt to curb the spread of the virus. Nonessential shops are shut along with gyms and swimming pools, autel maxisys elite $2399
. indoor socializing is barred and restaurants and pubs can only offer takeout.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to hold a meeting of his COVID-19 crisis committee later Tuesday. Health Secretary Matt Hancock is scheduled to update Parliament on Wednesday on whether more areas will be put into Tier 4 - the top level of lockdown measures - and whether the restrictions could be tightened even further.
Hospitals in the worst-hit areas of London and southern England are becoming increasingly overstretched, with ambulances unable to unload patients at some hospitals because all beds are full. A growing number of National Health Service staff are off work because they are sick with the virus or self-isolating.
England had 20,426 coronavirus patients in hospitals as of Monday morning - the last day for which figures are available - compared to its previous high of 18,974 on April 12. Britain has recorded more than 71,000 confirmed coronavirus deaths, the second-highest death toll in Europe after Italy.
A further 414 deaths were reported Tuesday, along with a record 53,135 new cases, although that figure may include a backlog from the Christmas holiday period.
Steve Hams, a chief nurse at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in western England, said medical staff were becoming "increasingly exhausted."
"We felt during April that there would be an end to this. But actually, we're now seeing a third peak so trying to keep our colleagues and our teams going through this time is just incredibly difficult," he told the BBC.
Dr. Sonia Adesara, an emergency-room doctor in London, said "doctors and nurses are having leave cancelled, they're doing extra shifts, they're working extra long hours but its an extremely serious situation."
"The situation is untenable and I think we are very close to becoming overwhelmed," she said.
Some scientists are urging Johnson's Conservative government to postpone plans to reopen schools next week after the Christmas break. The government plans to test students regularly for the virus and 1,500 armed forces personnel have been called in to support schools as they organize the testing.
Andrew Hayward, a professor of infectious diseases epidemiology at University College London, said the fast-spreading virus variant meant that for U.K. schools to reopen, other sectors would have to close.
"We're going to have to have increased, strict restrictions in other areas of society to pay for that," he said.
Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS, said health care workers were back in "the eye of the storm" as they had been in the spring.
Stevens said the coronavirus vaccines provided hope, and estimated that all vulnerable people in Britain could be inoculated against the virus by late spring 2021. So far, more than 600,000 people in the U.K. have been given a shot of a vaccine developed by U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech, out of a population of 67 million.
On Tuesday some of the first people in the U.K. to be inoculated received their second and final injection.
Margaret Keenan, 91, who on Dec. 8 became the first person in the world to receive a rigorously tested COVID-19 vaccine, had the follow-up shot at a hospital in the central England city of Coventry.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is given in two doses three weeks apart. Its developers say it conferred 95% immunity in clinical trials.
Officials and medics hope U.K. regulators will soon authorize a second coronavirus vaccine for use in Britain. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is assessing a vaccine made by AstraZeneca ...
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December 28, 2020
Used car buying guide: Toyota Land Cruiser
Would you pay £11,500 for a 14-year-oldJapanese 4x4with 260,000 miles on the clock? People do. Said 4x4 is theToyota Land Cruiser Amazon , the supersizeLand Cruiser J100of 1998 to 2007. That price is of the ‘asking' variety, of course. We're not sure what it and others like it actually go for, but with rust establishing a toehold (especially on pre-facelift models), See: TPMS Programming Tool. the automatic height control (AHC) suspension showing its age and electrical gremlins rife, it has to be lower.
Not by much, though. The Land Cruiser Amazon J100 and its smaller relative, the Land Cruiser J120 of 2002-'09, are admired the world over for their reliability and comfort. They're among the slowest-depreciating cars on the market, the smaller J120 especially so. Being more expensive, less economical and, frankly, a little unnecessary, the larger Amazon depreciated faster from new, but today prices have levelled out. Most people want the diesel version, but if you can afford the fuel bills, the petrol model is better value. Prices for tidy petrols with reasonable mileage and a good history start at around £8000; equivalent diesels cost twice that. An obvious rival is the Range Rover, but how many 14-year-old ones are going strong after 200,000 miles?
Apart from an uprated automatic gearbox, some discreet remapping and in-service technical improvements, the Amazon J100 remained largely unchanged during its near 10-year run. There was a last-minute facelift in 2006, chief among the changes being a new grille; otherwise, a 1998 Amazon isn't much different from one registered six years later. There's the same AHC suspension system, an automatic, self-levelling affair ideal for towing and which also offers a choice of ride-height modes from low to high.
Power outputs are the same, too: 228bhp from the 4.7 V8 petrol and 201bhp from the 4.2 straight-six diesel. In support, the petrol can muster 302lb ft from 3400rpm and the diesel 317lb ft from just 1400rpm. On the road, then, a 2300kg Amazon is satisfyingly quick.
Automatic gearboxes were standard. Initially, it was a three-speed unit with overdrive but from 2004 it grew an extra gear. The diesel was also available with an optional five-speed manual 'box. Today, a manual Amazon diesel is rare and sought after. Inside, seven seats are standard (the rear pair are individual and removable), as are air-con (the higher-grade VX has climate control), cruise control and side steps. Classy touches include heated side windows and powered rear-quarter vents.
Naturally, the Amazon has its problems, detailed on the right, but it is fundamentally a solidly engineered beast built for some of the harshest conditions the planet can throw at it. Fortunately, while it can venture into the loneliest places on earth, thanks to an active and helpful club scene and some great specialist garages, you'll never feel abandoned.
Toyota's rough-and-ready, old-school, unstoppable 4x4 gets a bit less rough-and-ready. Likeably simple and functional, and worth considering if you need a genuine dual-purpose SUV
Julian Voelcker, Overland Cruisers:"You don't buy an Amazon for its economy. It's a comfortable, powerful and reliable workhorse. If it's been serviced properly, the engines take high mileages in their stride, but the transmission and suspension get tired. It's not immune to rust, especially at the back along the sills, but if it's not terminal, you shouldn't be put off. You could buy a mechanically sound one for £6000, spend £2000 getting the rust fixed and you'd have an £8000 4x4 that's good for another 10 years. Facelift cars are usefully improved and corrosion should be less advanced."
â– Engine:Beware shonky V8 LPG conversions. A smoky diesel will fail its MOT; check its EGR valve hasn't been blanked off. Inspect injector pump for leaks. Petrol and diesel timing belts need changing every 100,000 miles or six years, with the water pump. Oil changes are every 6000. Diesels are noisy from cold but should quieten once warm.
â– Transmission
re-facelift auto can suffer torque converter failure. Noises from the front axles as you pull away could be front outer CV joints wearing.
â– Air conditioning:Rumbling ...
Not by much, though. The Land Cruiser Amazon J100 and its smaller relative, the Land Cruiser J120 of 2002-'09, are admired the world over for their reliability and comfort. They're among the slowest-depreciating cars on the market, the smaller J120 especially so. Being more expensive, less economical and, frankly, a little unnecessary, the larger Amazon depreciated faster from new, but today prices have levelled out. Most people want the diesel version, but if you can afford the fuel bills, the petrol model is better value. Prices for tidy petrols with reasonable mileage and a good history start at around £8000; equivalent diesels cost twice that. An obvious rival is the Range Rover, but how many 14-year-old ones are going strong after 200,000 miles?
Apart from an uprated automatic gearbox, some discreet remapping and in-service technical improvements, the Amazon J100 remained largely unchanged during its near 10-year run. There was a last-minute facelift in 2006, chief among the changes being a new grille; otherwise, a 1998 Amazon isn't much different from one registered six years later. There's the same AHC suspension system, an automatic, self-levelling affair ideal for towing and which also offers a choice of ride-height modes from low to high.
Power outputs are the same, too: 228bhp from the 4.7 V8 petrol and 201bhp from the 4.2 straight-six diesel. In support, the petrol can muster 302lb ft from 3400rpm and the diesel 317lb ft from just 1400rpm. On the road, then, a 2300kg Amazon is satisfyingly quick.
Automatic gearboxes were standard. Initially, it was a three-speed unit with overdrive but from 2004 it grew an extra gear. The diesel was also available with an optional five-speed manual 'box. Today, a manual Amazon diesel is rare and sought after. Inside, seven seats are standard (the rear pair are individual and removable), as are air-con (the higher-grade VX has climate control), cruise control and side steps. Classy touches include heated side windows and powered rear-quarter vents.
Naturally, the Amazon has its problems, detailed on the right, but it is fundamentally a solidly engineered beast built for some of the harshest conditions the planet can throw at it. Fortunately, while it can venture into the loneliest places on earth, thanks to an active and helpful club scene and some great specialist garages, you'll never feel abandoned.
Toyota's rough-and-ready, old-school, unstoppable 4x4 gets a bit less rough-and-ready. Likeably simple and functional, and worth considering if you need a genuine dual-purpose SUV
Julian Voelcker, Overland Cruisers:"You don't buy an Amazon for its economy. It's a comfortable, powerful and reliable workhorse. If it's been serviced properly, the engines take high mileages in their stride, but the transmission and suspension get tired. It's not immune to rust, especially at the back along the sills, but if it's not terminal, you shouldn't be put off. You could buy a mechanically sound one for £6000, spend £2000 getting the rust fixed and you'd have an £8000 4x4 that's good for another 10 years. Facelift cars are usefully improved and corrosion should be less advanced."
â– Engine:Beware shonky V8 LPG conversions. A smoky diesel will fail its MOT; check its EGR valve hasn't been blanked off. Inspect injector pump for leaks. Petrol and diesel timing belts need changing every 100,000 miles or six years, with the water pump. Oil changes are every 6000. Diesels are noisy from cold but should quieten once warm.
â– Transmission
re-facelift auto can suffer torque converter failure. Noises from the front axles as you pull away could be front outer CV joints wearing.â– Air conditioning:Rumbling ...
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'Bridgerton': Here Are All the Modern Songs That Get Classical Covers
Netflix's glamorous period series "Bridgerton" dropped Christmas Day, giving romance fans a gorgeous eight-episode escape from the pandemic. And if you've already begun to binge the series, you probably noticed thpanying the stunning costumes, lavish ballroom scenes and witty dialogue is a soundtrack filled with classical covers of modern songs.
It might be a little hard to put your finger on exactly what song you're listening to, You may also like: Autel diagnostic scanner. as the "Bridgerton" covers truly make these pop tracks sound like they were made for string quartets. But don't worry, because TheWrap has the complete soundtrack listing for all the covers below.
Based on Julia Quinn's romance novel series of the same name, "Bridgerton" follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family as she makes her debut onto Regency London's competitive marriage market. Hoping to follow in her parents' footsteps and find a match sparked by true love, Daphne's prospects initially seem to be unrivaled. But as her older brother begins to rule out her potential suitors, the high society scandal sheet written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) casts aspersions on Daphne. Enter the highly desirable and rebellious Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), committed bachelor and the catch of the season for the debutantes' mamas. Despite proclaiming that they want nothing the other has to offer, their attraction is undeniable, and sparks fly as they find themselves engaged in an increasing battle of wits while navigating society's expectations for their future.
"Bridgerton" also stars Golda Rosheuvel, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Nicola Coughlan, Ruby Barker, Sabrina Bartlett, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Polly Walker, Ben Miller, Bessie Carter and Harriet Cains.
The series was created by Chris Van Dusen who also serves as showrunner on the eight-episode drama. Van Dusen executive produces along with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, under their Shondaland banner for Netflix. Directors include Julie Ann Robinson, Sheree Folkson, Tom Verica and Alrick Riley.
Here are all the songs that get classical covers in "Bridgerton":
Ariana Grande's "thank u, next"
Maroon 5's "Girls Like You"
Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood"
Billie Eilish's "bad guy"
Celeste's "Strange (feat. Hillary Smith)"
Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams"
If you want to own any of these, you're in luck: Lakeshore Records has released two soundtracks for the show, one for the covers, which you can find here, and the other for its original music, written by composer Kris Bowers, which you can purchase here.
It might be a little hard to put your finger on exactly what song you're listening to, You may also like: Autel diagnostic scanner. as the "Bridgerton" covers truly make these pop tracks sound like they were made for string quartets. But don't worry, because TheWrap has the complete soundtrack listing for all the covers below.
Based on Julia Quinn's romance novel series of the same name, "Bridgerton" follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family as she makes her debut onto Regency London's competitive marriage market. Hoping to follow in her parents' footsteps and find a match sparked by true love, Daphne's prospects initially seem to be unrivaled. But as her older brother begins to rule out her potential suitors, the high society scandal sheet written by the mysterious Lady Whistledown (voiced by Julie Andrews) casts aspersions on Daphne. Enter the highly desirable and rebellious Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), committed bachelor and the catch of the season for the debutantes' mamas. Despite proclaiming that they want nothing the other has to offer, their attraction is undeniable, and sparks fly as they find themselves engaged in an increasing battle of wits while navigating society's expectations for their future.
"Bridgerton" also stars Golda Rosheuvel, Jonathan Bailey, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Nicola Coughlan, Ruby Barker, Sabrina Bartlett, Ruth Gemmell, Adjoa Andoh, Polly Walker, Ben Miller, Bessie Carter and Harriet Cains.
The series was created by Chris Van Dusen who also serves as showrunner on the eight-episode drama. Van Dusen executive produces along with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers, under their Shondaland banner for Netflix. Directors include Julie Ann Robinson, Sheree Folkson, Tom Verica and Alrick Riley.
Here are all the songs that get classical covers in "Bridgerton":
Ariana Grande's "thank u, next"
Maroon 5's "Girls Like You"
Shawn Mendes' "In My Blood"
Billie Eilish's "bad guy"
Celeste's "Strange (feat. Hillary Smith)"
Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams"
If you want to own any of these, you're in luck: Lakeshore Records has released two soundtracks for the show, one for the covers, which you can find here, and the other for its original music, written by composer Kris Bowers, which you can purchase here.
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December 27, 2020
Ferrari ranks among sustainability leaders according to CDP report
Ferrari N.V. ("Ferrari" or "the Company") ranked among the global leaders in environmental performance and transparency in the annual report published by CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project), the independent non-profit organisation specialising in environmental reporting and in the evaluation of corporate sustainability strategies. The Maranello-based company was awarded an A- rating, ranking significantly above both the European regional average and the sector's average, for actions implemented to combat climate change.
The CDP evaluation fully acknowledged Ferrari's efforts and progress to mitigate global warming. In the CDP Climate Change questionnaire the Company particularly distinguished itself in the Governance, Risk Management & Business Strategy categories, as well as for its accurate reporting on emissions of Scope 1 and Scope 2.
The journey towards sustainability started by the Prancing Horse has resulted in recent years in a constant emission reduction from production plants and vehicles. Ferrari's commitment will intensify over the next years with the objective to become "carbon-neutral", through a series of actions aimed at reducing the emissions produced and offsetting the residual emissions.
CDP evaluates companies by applying an independent methodology and assigning a score ranging from A to D, based on completeness of information, awareness gained on environmental issues and evidence of the progress made in the fight against climate change.
The main developments and results achieved by Ferrari in these key areas are presented in the Sustainability Report.
The CDP evaluation fully acknowledged Ferrari's efforts and progress to mitigate global warming. In the CDP Climate Change questionnaire the Company particularly distinguished itself in the Governance, Risk Management & Business Strategy categories, as well as for its accurate reporting on emissions of Scope 1 and Scope 2.
The journey towards sustainability started by the Prancing Horse has resulted in recent years in a constant emission reduction from production plants and vehicles. Ferrari's commitment will intensify over the next years with the objective to become "carbon-neutral", through a series of actions aimed at reducing the emissions produced and offsetting the residual emissions.
CDP evaluates companies by applying an independent methodology and assigning a score ranging from A to D, based on completeness of information, awareness gained on environmental issues and evidence of the progress made in the fight against climate change.
The main developments and results achieved by Ferrari in these key areas are presented in the Sustainability Report.
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December 26, 2020
Big Sean has words to inspire in mentorship with young Detroit artist
Big Sean has talked frequently throughout his career about the value of staying true to yourself.
So it's no surprise that theme was underscored when the star rapper met with an aspiring teen musician from Detroit for a recent career mentoring session.
Nyla Lewis, a 19-year-old rapper-singer, landed the opportunity as part of a new McDonald's initiative - Black & Positively Golden Mentors - that also earns her one-on-one time with marketing and digital execs at Roc Nation.
Excerpts of their virtual meeting debuted Wednesday on Instagram, as 32-year-old Big Sean offered advice and took questions from the high-spirited young Lewis. He reflected on his own early days in the hip-hop game.
"I used to try and be like so many other people," he said. "Then I realized that I can maybe be inspired by those people and take from things they've done - but make it my own. Because I'm the best at being me."
Big Sean pointed to a pivotal bit of support he got as a kid: He recounted his first go at writing a rap piece as an 11-year-old and performing for his mom, Myra Anderson, You may need: Car Battery Tester. now director of his Sean Anderson Foundation.
"That was a crucial moment for me. She could have definitely shut me down right there on the spot," he told Lewis. "But she didn't – she encouraged it and kept me motivated and kept me going."
Their segment is second in a Black & Positively Golden series that kicked off last month with computer whiz and Dream Hustle Code founder Ian Michael Brock.
Wednesday also brought the latest music video from Sean's "Detroit 2" album, an at-times steamy clip for "Body Language" with Jhené Aiko and featuring guest Ty Dolla Sign.
The album, released in September after a pandemic-prompted delay, has netted Big Sean a best rap performance Grammy nomination for the track "Deep Reverence," featuring Nipsey Hussle.
During a Monday media event to talk about the mentoring program, Sean cited the late L.A. rapper as he offered another chestnut of career wisdom to Lewis.
"It's a marathon," Big Sean said in a nod to the artistic and entrepreneurial approach that was core to Hussle's identity.
"When you're doing things for the right reason," he added, "you're going to get your opportunity. "It's going to fall into place. You're going to get that time to prove yourself, whatever way that is."
Big Sean also looked back on 2020, a year marked by anxiety, turbulence and loss. But he said for those willing to seize the moment, it's also a time to be thoughtful and take stock - to "explore inner space."
"When you go through these moments, a time like this, you've got to wonder: Is this a cocoon?" he said. "Are we ready to come out of it and be bigger, brighter and greater, an elevated version of ourselves?"
More: Beyoncé leads Grammy nominations; Big Sean, Royce da 5'9", Kiki Sheard among Detroit noms
More: Big Sean says 'Detroit 2' is a salute to his city's 'undeniable soul,' with aim to inspire
McDonald's has touted the Black & Positively Golden program as part of a broader push to support achievement and leadership in the Black community. Earlier this year, for instance, the company launched a $500,000 scholarship fund for students at historically Black colleges and universities.
Detroit gospel singer Kierra Sheard, journalist Jamila Lemieux and NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace are among the figures on deck as Black & Positively Golden Mentors in 2021.
So it's no surprise that theme was underscored when the star rapper met with an aspiring teen musician from Detroit for a recent career mentoring session.
Nyla Lewis, a 19-year-old rapper-singer, landed the opportunity as part of a new McDonald's initiative - Black & Positively Golden Mentors - that also earns her one-on-one time with marketing and digital execs at Roc Nation.
Excerpts of their virtual meeting debuted Wednesday on Instagram, as 32-year-old Big Sean offered advice and took questions from the high-spirited young Lewis. He reflected on his own early days in the hip-hop game.
"I used to try and be like so many other people," he said. "Then I realized that I can maybe be inspired by those people and take from things they've done - but make it my own. Because I'm the best at being me."
Big Sean pointed to a pivotal bit of support he got as a kid: He recounted his first go at writing a rap piece as an 11-year-old and performing for his mom, Myra Anderson, You may need: Car Battery Tester. now director of his Sean Anderson Foundation.
"That was a crucial moment for me. She could have definitely shut me down right there on the spot," he told Lewis. "But she didn't – she encouraged it and kept me motivated and kept me going."
Their segment is second in a Black & Positively Golden series that kicked off last month with computer whiz and Dream Hustle Code founder Ian Michael Brock.
Wednesday also brought the latest music video from Sean's "Detroit 2" album, an at-times steamy clip for "Body Language" with Jhené Aiko and featuring guest Ty Dolla Sign.
The album, released in September after a pandemic-prompted delay, has netted Big Sean a best rap performance Grammy nomination for the track "Deep Reverence," featuring Nipsey Hussle.
During a Monday media event to talk about the mentoring program, Sean cited the late L.A. rapper as he offered another chestnut of career wisdom to Lewis.
"It's a marathon," Big Sean said in a nod to the artistic and entrepreneurial approach that was core to Hussle's identity.
"When you're doing things for the right reason," he added, "you're going to get your opportunity. "It's going to fall into place. You're going to get that time to prove yourself, whatever way that is."
Big Sean also looked back on 2020, a year marked by anxiety, turbulence and loss. But he said for those willing to seize the moment, it's also a time to be thoughtful and take stock - to "explore inner space."
"When you go through these moments, a time like this, you've got to wonder: Is this a cocoon?" he said. "Are we ready to come out of it and be bigger, brighter and greater, an elevated version of ourselves?"
More: Beyoncé leads Grammy nominations; Big Sean, Royce da 5'9", Kiki Sheard among Detroit noms
More: Big Sean says 'Detroit 2' is a salute to his city's 'undeniable soul,' with aim to inspire
McDonald's has touted the Black & Positively Golden program as part of a broader push to support achievement and leadership in the Black community. Earlier this year, for instance, the company launched a $500,000 scholarship fund for students at historically Black colleges and universities.
Detroit gospel singer Kierra Sheard, journalist Jamila Lemieux and NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace are among the figures on deck as Black & Positively Golden Mentors in 2021.
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December 25, 2020
Oldsmobile Aerotech Go Kart For Sale Would Make Great Last-Minute Gift
Back in the last 1980s and early 1990s, Oldsmobile focused on its technological innovations and produced the Aerotech. It was an experimental high-speed car that set a closed-course speed record in 1987. Oldsmobile celebrated the run by ordering up Aerotech go-karts, and one of those go-karts has popped up for sale on Facebook Marketplace. This would make a great last-minute holiday gift for the family car enthusiast.
The 1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech Quad 4 go-kart, one of approximately 70 Oldsmobile had ordered, is listed for a reduced price of $1,200. It did have a $1,500 asking price when it was first listed, See: TPMS Sensor. though. Oldsmobile had Bird Manufacturing build the heavy-duty one-passenger go-kart, which features a fiberglass body and robust metal frame. Powering the styling go-kart is a Briggs and Stratton one-cylinder engine making a robust 3 horsepower (2.2 kilowatts). The go-kart appears to be in exceptional condition without any substantial blemishes. It looks like it has been used, enjoyed, and taken care of.
According to the listing, the go-kart "is a blast to drive," though it probably isn't nearly as thrilling as driving the real Oldsmobile Aerotech. The automaker used the Aerotech prototypes to showcase the brand's Quad 4 engine capabilities, with the engineers convincing the bosses to develop a research vehicle to showcase them. The first car had the Indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt behind the wheel, which led to him setting a world closed-course speed record in, hitting 257.123 miles per hour (413.788 kilometers per hour). That happened after the car hit a top speed of 267.88 mph (431.10 kph).
The Aerotech go-kart won't hit that extreme of a speed, though it shouldn't be that much less fun to drive. The low aerodynamic body does little to shield the driver from the sensation of speed and should be quite the hoot to hoon. It's also crazy to think that 30 years ago that 250 mph required a high-speed automotive research vehicle to reach.
The 1987 Oldsmobile Aerotech Quad 4 go-kart, one of approximately 70 Oldsmobile had ordered, is listed for a reduced price of $1,200. It did have a $1,500 asking price when it was first listed, See: TPMS Sensor. though. Oldsmobile had Bird Manufacturing build the heavy-duty one-passenger go-kart, which features a fiberglass body and robust metal frame. Powering the styling go-kart is a Briggs and Stratton one-cylinder engine making a robust 3 horsepower (2.2 kilowatts). The go-kart appears to be in exceptional condition without any substantial blemishes. It looks like it has been used, enjoyed, and taken care of.
According to the listing, the go-kart "is a blast to drive," though it probably isn't nearly as thrilling as driving the real Oldsmobile Aerotech. The automaker used the Aerotech prototypes to showcase the brand's Quad 4 engine capabilities, with the engineers convincing the bosses to develop a research vehicle to showcase them. The first car had the Indianapolis 500 winner A. J. Foyt behind the wheel, which led to him setting a world closed-course speed record in, hitting 257.123 miles per hour (413.788 kilometers per hour). That happened after the car hit a top speed of 267.88 mph (431.10 kph).
The Aerotech go-kart won't hit that extreme of a speed, though it shouldn't be that much less fun to drive. The low aerodynamic body does little to shield the driver from the sensation of speed and should be quite the hoot to hoon. It's also crazy to think that 30 years ago that 250 mph required a high-speed automotive research vehicle to reach.
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December 24, 2020
Lada Samara Eva - YouTube
The heyday of Group B rallying was brief, brutal and above all, brilliant. Major developments in turbocharging technology and the introduction of all-wheel drive made cars of this era faster than any that came before. For a short period, Group B made the World Rally Championship a true rival to Formula 1.
Participation from carmakers was plentiful, featuring iconic race cars from Audi, Lancia and Peugeot, You may need: launch code reader. as well as more obscure entries from Citroën, MG and Toyota. Were it not for Group B's poorly timed string of fatal accidents and the category's subsequent cancellation, these cars would've been joined by Soviet marque Lada, which made a serious effort to race on the international stage with a prototype called the Samara EVA.
Lada Samara EVA
This story starts in 1984, in Estonia's motorsport mecca of Tallinn, where according to Rally Group B Shrine, workers at a truck factory repurposed a side room for the secret development of a race car. Codenamed the "Lada Turbo" according to some sources, this car was a silhouette racer modeled after the Lada Samara (or VAZ-210
. It borrowed only its doors, headlights, and windshield from the production car.
Beneath its fiberglass skin lay a skeletal, but stiff tubular chassis, which combined with its lightweight body to keep weight down to somewhere around 2,100 pounds, per World Rally World. Unlike the front-wheel-drive road car, the Lada Turbo was rear-drive, with an engine mounted midship to improve its weight distribution.
Lada Samara EVA
Its engine was a heavily modified version of the VAZ-2106's 1.6-liter four-cylinder that was bored out almost 300cc to reach just shy of 1.9 liters, per Superrally. The engine featured a twin-cam 16-valve head, as opposed to the stock, eight-valve single-cam design.
As with all successful rally cars of the era (sorry, MG Metro 6R4), it was turbocharged and intercooled, and unusually for a Soviet vehicle of the era, it featured electronic fuel injection. The Samara road car didn't get fuel injection until 1996. Together, these resulted in an output of 300 horsepower and 282 pound-feet of torque, according to Superrally. While far from competitive in boost-crazed Group B, those stats were damn impressive for a race car built under but not sanctioned by the Soviet government.
When the project came to Soviet officials' attention in 1986, surprisingly, the powers-that-be were pleased enough with the workers' side project that they turned it into a government-backed motorsport program. The Lada Turbo was put under the direction of Lithuanian rally driver Stasys Brundza, who had won one ADAC rally and several domestic events in the USSR.
Under Brundza, the Lada Turbo program was moved to the factory in Vilnius, Lithuania, that built the Lada 2105 VFTS rally car. There, the Lada Turbo was renamed the Samara EVA, where EVA was short for "Experimental Vilnius Auto-plant." With funds earmarked for 200 production cars-a requirement for Group B homologation-it looked like the Soviets were about to be represented in the World Rally Championship.
Shortly into the Samara EVA's production run, with somewhere between three and 30 cars built, Group B endured a string of fatal crashes that claimed the lives of competitors and spectators alike. The WRC's sanctioning body FISA (predecessor of the FIA) pulled the plug on Group B, leaving not only the Samara EVA with nowhere to race, but its competitiveness as a race car a mystery. Given its horsepower deficit to the winning cars of the day and lack of all-wheel drive, it's likely the Samara EVA would have performed at best like the Lancia 037, which was obsolete before the Samara EVA even entered development.
The Samara EVA wasn't the only Lada-shaped loose end left by Group B's end, either. With its discontinuation, FISA also hastily scrapped the category's safer, slower replacement Group S, for which Audi, Toyota and yes, Lada, had prepared entries. According to Rally Group B Shrine, Lada planned to race a second Samara silhouette prototype called the Samara S-Proto in Group S, whose racing career appears to be limited to an exhibition run at Rally Finland 198...
Participation from carmakers was plentiful, featuring iconic race cars from Audi, Lancia and Peugeot, You may need: launch code reader. as well as more obscure entries from Citroën, MG and Toyota. Were it not for Group B's poorly timed string of fatal accidents and the category's subsequent cancellation, these cars would've been joined by Soviet marque Lada, which made a serious effort to race on the international stage with a prototype called the Samara EVA.
Lada Samara EVA
This story starts in 1984, in Estonia's motorsport mecca of Tallinn, where according to Rally Group B Shrine, workers at a truck factory repurposed a side room for the secret development of a race car. Codenamed the "Lada Turbo" according to some sources, this car was a silhouette racer modeled after the Lada Samara (or VAZ-210
. It borrowed only its doors, headlights, and windshield from the production car. Beneath its fiberglass skin lay a skeletal, but stiff tubular chassis, which combined with its lightweight body to keep weight down to somewhere around 2,100 pounds, per World Rally World. Unlike the front-wheel-drive road car, the Lada Turbo was rear-drive, with an engine mounted midship to improve its weight distribution.
Lada Samara EVA
Its engine was a heavily modified version of the VAZ-2106's 1.6-liter four-cylinder that was bored out almost 300cc to reach just shy of 1.9 liters, per Superrally. The engine featured a twin-cam 16-valve head, as opposed to the stock, eight-valve single-cam design.
As with all successful rally cars of the era (sorry, MG Metro 6R4), it was turbocharged and intercooled, and unusually for a Soviet vehicle of the era, it featured electronic fuel injection. The Samara road car didn't get fuel injection until 1996. Together, these resulted in an output of 300 horsepower and 282 pound-feet of torque, according to Superrally. While far from competitive in boost-crazed Group B, those stats were damn impressive for a race car built under but not sanctioned by the Soviet government.
When the project came to Soviet officials' attention in 1986, surprisingly, the powers-that-be were pleased enough with the workers' side project that they turned it into a government-backed motorsport program. The Lada Turbo was put under the direction of Lithuanian rally driver Stasys Brundza, who had won one ADAC rally and several domestic events in the USSR.
Under Brundza, the Lada Turbo program was moved to the factory in Vilnius, Lithuania, that built the Lada 2105 VFTS rally car. There, the Lada Turbo was renamed the Samara EVA, where EVA was short for "Experimental Vilnius Auto-plant." With funds earmarked for 200 production cars-a requirement for Group B homologation-it looked like the Soviets were about to be represented in the World Rally Championship.
Shortly into the Samara EVA's production run, with somewhere between three and 30 cars built, Group B endured a string of fatal crashes that claimed the lives of competitors and spectators alike. The WRC's sanctioning body FISA (predecessor of the FIA) pulled the plug on Group B, leaving not only the Samara EVA with nowhere to race, but its competitiveness as a race car a mystery. Given its horsepower deficit to the winning cars of the day and lack of all-wheel drive, it's likely the Samara EVA would have performed at best like the Lancia 037, which was obsolete before the Samara EVA even entered development.
The Samara EVA wasn't the only Lada-shaped loose end left by Group B's end, either. With its discontinuation, FISA also hastily scrapped the category's safer, slower replacement Group S, for which Audi, Toyota and yes, Lada, had prepared entries. According to Rally Group B Shrine, Lada planned to race a second Samara silhouette prototype called the Samara S-Proto in Group S, whose racing career appears to be limited to an exhibition run at Rally Finland 198...
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December 23, 2020
Eminem offers new round of 'Music to Be Murdered By' on surprise album
Eminem is wrapping up 2020 the same way he started it - gifting fans with a midnight surprise.
"Music to Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition)" landed early Friday morning, providing a 16-track bookend to January's "Music to Be Murdered By."
It marks the second-shortest gap between studio albums in Eminem's career, bested only by the eight-month turnaround of "Revival" and "Kamikaze" in 2017-18.
Guests on the new album include go-to Eminem collaborators Skylar Grey and Dr. Dre, along with Ty Dolla Sign and Dallas rapper MAJ.
More: Eminem's 'Slim Shady LP' turns 20: An oral history of the album that created a superstar
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Like the January release, the new album draws inspiration from 1958's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Music to Be Murdered By," which featured macabre readings by the late master of suspense. "Alfred's Theme" finds Eminem, who turned 48 in October, rhyming atop the distinctive theme tune to the vintage TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."
"Music to Be Murdered By – Side B (Deluxe Edition)" landed early Friday morning, providing a 16-track bookend to January's "Music to Be Murdered By."
It marks the second-shortest gap between studio albums in Eminem's career, bested only by the eight-month turnaround of "Revival" and "Kamikaze" in 2017-18.
Guests on the new album include go-to Eminem collaborators Skylar Grey and Dr. Dre, along with Ty Dolla Sign and Dallas rapper MAJ.
More: Eminem's 'Slim Shady LP' turns 20: An oral history of the album that created a superstar
More: Eminem talks football, quarantine, See: launch code reader. hip-hop favorites and 'The Marshall Mathers LP'
Like the January release, the new album draws inspiration from 1958's "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Music to Be Murdered By," which featured macabre readings by the late master of suspense. "Alfred's Theme" finds Eminem, who turned 48 in October, rhyming atop the distinctive theme tune to the vintage TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."
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Dealing with the general public in crowded stores running low on stock is hellish in the best of times, and we can't exactly call 2020 that. Holiday shopping this year is a nightmare like no year in living memory, and what most people want more than anything is a way to speed through it. And I may have just found a way to do so with a contraption for sale on Facebook Marketplace in Centennial, Colorado: A shopping go-kart.
This mall-terrorizing machine appears to be built from a combination of metal tubing, a miniature shopping cart basket, and a mishmash of normal kart components. Its construction doesn't even distantly resemble that of a Sodikart or Tony Kart chassis, and those narrow tires are nowhere near racing kart spec. Suffice to say, mk908p $2000
. this thing probably corners like... Well, a shopping cart with an adult sitting in it.
That's not to say it's slow, though. Open that hand paddle throttle attached to the wheel, and the seller says its 250cc Briggs & Stratton XR1150 Professional motor with its nine horsepower and 11.5 pound-feet of gross torque can push the kart up to 40 mph. It's definitely fast enough to get you kicked out of Walmart, but only if the employees can be bothered to chase you down. Odds are, the joyride will only come to an end when you slide into a display after messing up a drift with that handbrake.
If a vehicle like this suddenly tops your Christmas shortlist, you'll have to send the seller your best offer, as they don't specify a price, and call the listing more of a "feeler post" than anything. The worst they can do, after all, is decline you with a Grinchy "ho-ho-no."
h/t Rafi Ward
This mall-terrorizing machine appears to be built from a combination of metal tubing, a miniature shopping cart basket, and a mishmash of normal kart components. Its construction doesn't even distantly resemble that of a Sodikart or Tony Kart chassis, and those narrow tires are nowhere near racing kart spec. Suffice to say, mk908p $2000
. this thing probably corners like... Well, a shopping cart with an adult sitting in it.
That's not to say it's slow, though. Open that hand paddle throttle attached to the wheel, and the seller says its 250cc Briggs & Stratton XR1150 Professional motor with its nine horsepower and 11.5 pound-feet of gross torque can push the kart up to 40 mph. It's definitely fast enough to get you kicked out of Walmart, but only if the employees can be bothered to chase you down. Odds are, the joyride will only come to an end when you slide into a display after messing up a drift with that handbrake.
If a vehicle like this suddenly tops your Christmas shortlist, you'll have to send the seller your best offer, as they don't specify a price, and call the listing more of a "feeler post" than anything. The worst they can do, after all, is decline you with a Grinchy "ho-ho-no."
h/t Rafi Ward
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