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Follow Aurelien Breeden @aurelienbrd and Benoît Morenne @benmorenne on Twitter. |
Steve Miller is back with his first new studio album in 17 years, featuring the Gangster of Love's re-discovery of his Chicago blues roots. This album showcases the signature Miller Band sound with the addition of former lead singer and showman Sonny Charles, last seen playing Vegas lounge shows with his ’60s group the... |
Charles, with his smooth-soul voice, adds authenticity to these blues tunes. His vocal on "Rock Me Baby" is Chicago roots blues at it's best. When he and Miller share the lead on Lowell Fulsom's "Tramp," it sounds better then the original. And Charles belts out Jesse Hill's classic "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" as good as it gets,... |
There isn't a bad track on the album, and you've got to hand it to Miller for adding oldie-but-goodie Sonny Charles to give us a new reason to buy another one of his albums. |
June 24, 2010 @ 4:20 p.m. |
No Soup for you Space Cowboy. Smooth and Tired in my humble opinion. I was looking for a little more ROCK! Although for hanging out at the beach it has the right stuff. Good effort but not enough edge. |
Brief news items around the Northville community. |
Northville Township Manager Chip Snider announced the appointment of Brent Siegel as deputy director of fire services. The appointment became effective Monday. |
“Brent began his career with the Northville Township Fire Department in 2005," Snider said. "He has been responsible for implementing and managing the Advanced Life Support Program since its inception. Brent’s proven ability to build strong working relationships with township departments has been invaluable. |
"The township’s commitment to excellence is founded within the organization’s culture. The fire department is anxious to gravitate toward an organization that fosters personal growth. Brent Siegel as deputy director of fire services will take his new role of a leader within the organization as more of a coach, teacher,... |
Siegel has been described as intensely dedicated, talented and passionate about the risk and the responsibility of the job. |
Gerdom Realty & Investment recently signed a lease with My Salon Suite in downtown Northville on the southeast corner of Main Street and South Wing Street in 4,200 square feet (formerly Spinergy Fitness and antique store). |
Opening is slated for the first quarter 2017. My Salon Suite brings together a collection of salon, spa and skin care in one luxurious location with highly qualified professionals. |
World champion Geoffrey Kirui and two-time World champion Edna Kiplagat will lead Kenya’s elite athletes at this year’s Boston marathon set to be held Monday afternoon. |
The line-up will feature nine previous winners of the Boston Marathon. Defending champion Yuki Kawauchi, World champion Geoffrey Kirui and two-time Boston Marathon champion Lelisa Desisa leads the men’s field alongside 2016 Boston winner Lemi Berhanu and 2012 Boston champion Wesley Korir. |
The five former champions will line up alongside two-time Amsterdam Marathon champion Lawrence Cherono and Ethiopian duo Sisay Lemma and Solomon Deksisa. |
Eritrea’s 2015 World marathon champion Ghirmay Ghebreslassie and six-time world half marathon champion Zersenay Tadese will also line up in Boston. |
In the women’s race, defending champion Desiree Linden will take on two-time world champion Edna Kiplagat, 2015 Boston Marathon champion Caroline Rotich and 2012 Boston Marathon winner Sharon Cherop. |
The quartet of previous Boston winners will line up against a trio of Ethiopian women with sub-2:20, three-time Dubai Marathon winner Aselefech Mergia, 2015 world champion Mare Dibaba and 2017 Dubai winner Worknesh Degefa. |
Kenya’s 2012 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist Sally Kipyego will also line up in Boston, while Sara Hall and Lindsay Flanagan will lead the US contingent. |
Only citizens of certain countries can visit Vietnam without an entry visa (valid for visit within 30 days). Those countries include: most Asean countries, Korea, Japan & Scandinavians (2005). All other citizens are required to get an entry visa before departure or a pre-approved entry visa (visa is issued on arrival a... |
We recommend that you obtain your entry visa by having a valid passport stamped prior to your departure by applying to any one of the Vietnam Embassies and/or Consulates worldwide. However, if your particular city does not have a Vietnamese embassy, and you wish to avoid procedural delays (anywhere from 4 to 10 days) w... |
In the event that there is no Vietnam embassy or Consulate in your country, or you just want to make Vietnam part of a multi-destination trip, then we recommend Visa on Arrival as your best option. |
What is a 'Visa on Arrival ?': this is most likely the easiest way to obtain your visa without having to chase down embassies, consulates and the like prior to your trip, and is a valid alternative when applying for a tourist visa. The entry visa will be stamped on your passport as you pass through our immigration chec... |
How to get a Visa on Arrival: this is where service at Vietnam Prestige Travel shines over other travel services. We are the first agency to offer this kind of service, whereby we obtain what is called an “Approval Letter” for you from the Viet Nam Immigration Department in Hanoi. After we obtain the approval for you, ... |
Below is our Service fees and Stamping fees - which you will be required to pay directly at the airport. |
Our Service fees below do not include the STAMPING FEE of about US$25-65/pp to be submitted directly to the Embassy or Consulate (the stamping fee vary from Embassy to Embassy). |
After receiving your information and payment (will be advised upon receipt of your information), we will process the visa immediately. You can expect the process to take 2 to 4 working days, and in urgent cases, only 1 to 2 working days. |
Approval Code Visa: After approval, we will fax or email you a copy of the Approval letter with code as an attachment. You will then have to proceed to the Vietnam Embassy or Consulate to obtain your visa. |
Passport with a validity of at least 6 months. |
2 photos of passport regulation size (see above). |
Visa fee: range of US$45 - 85 if application is sent directly to the Embassy or US$25-55 if your visa has been pre-approved. This fee depends on The Embassy and Type of visa required. |
The visa application form may vary from Embassy to Embassy, so you need to take the form from the specific Embassy where you will obtain your visa. Submit this form filled with your original passport, 2 or 3 photos, accompanied by the visa fee. If you apply directly to The Embassy, your information will then be sent to... |
The Lucas Stock Index (LSI) declined 0.89% during the first period of trading in January 2019. The stocks of three companies were traded, with 20,245 shares changing hands. There were no Climbers and one Tumbler. The stocks of the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (BTI) declined 10.16 % on the sale of 500 shares. In the... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the chemical industry, has delayed release of a study detailing cancer risks from formaldehyde, according to internal communications seen by Reuters, potentially keeping important health information from the public. |
Top EPA officials have declined to review the study or be briefed by its experts on the findings, the internal communications showed. |
The EPA already lists formaldehyde, used in building materials like plywood and foam insulation, as a probable carcinogen. The new report is expected for the first time to detail its links to leukemia. |
The report, an update of the EPA’s existing human health assessment of the widely used chemical, was completed by scientists from the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) late last year and must go through a months-long internal review process before it can be issued to the public for comment. |
The Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy group, said delaying the report fits a broader pattern of the agency’s political leadership interfering with public health research. |
“By sweeping scientific assessments under the rug, EPA fails to fulfill its mission of protecting public health. The public has the right to know about public health threats,” said Yogin Kothari, UCS Washington director. |
The EPA told Congress in early February it expected to start the agency review process for the formaldehyde assessment “shortly,” according to the EPA staff communications. |
But in follow-up communications between agency employees in late April, one career staffer wrote that EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation Bill Wehrum, and Wehrum’s deputy Clint Woods had not given their permission to initiate the review and had refused offers fro... |
“No office in the EPA is interested in formaldehyde,” the staffer wrote. |
The 60-to-90-day agency review and a subsequent inter-agency review of a similar duration must happen before the study can be issued for public comment. |
Prior to the communications, the chemistry industry’s main lobby group, the American Chemistry Council (ACC), had been pressuring the EPA to avoid drawing links between formaldehyde and leukemia in its assessment. |
EPA’s deputy assistant administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, Nancy Beck, previously served as director of regulatory science policy at the ACC. Beck is not named in the communication. |
The lobby group met with EPA political staff, including Deputy Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Research and Development Richard Yamada, on January 24 to make a presentation on the subject, ACC Formaldehyde Panel spokeswoman Sarah Scruggs told Reuters. |
“Any draft assessment that attempts to associate formaldehyde exposure with leukemia is scientifically indefensible,” Scruggs said, adding that the ACC questions the “scientific rigor and methodologies” used by IRIS. |
EPA spokeswoman Molly Block declined to comment on the delays or the ACC’s possible role. |
“We continue to discuss the assessment with our agency program partners and have no further updates to provide at this time,” she said in an email. |
Reuters was able to review the staff communications on condition that the identities of the people involved remained anonymous, given sensitivity of the issue. |
EPA’s last attempt to update its assessment of formaldehyde in 2010 had been criticized by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for failing to draw “clear links” between formaldehyde and leukemia. The new attempt was meant to resolve that. |
The NAS supported the prior EPA assessment’s finding that formaldehyde can, in certain cases, cause cancer in the nose and throat. |
Democratic senators Ed Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse and Tom Carper last week wrote to EPA chief Scott Pruitt to ask about delays to the report and request communications between the EPA and ACC related to the formaldehyde assessment, saying they were concerned the agency was bowing to industry pressure. |
Green Library loan periods vary based on patrons' library privileges and what materials they are borrowing. Loan periods are described in detail under Borrow, renew, return. |
Patrons can renew Green Library books at Green Library, as well as materials from most other campus libraries. The Hoover Library and Lane Medical Library ask that patrons contact them directly to renew their materials. |
Patrons may renew items with loan periods longer than three days. Faculty are an exception: they may renew materials with shorter loan periods. Course reserve items from other libraries cannot be renewed at Green Library. |
Email the Green Circulation Desk. Please forward your email notice or send a list of barcodes to renew. Include your Stanford or library card ID number. Staff will email you a receipt or explain why they can’t renew your books. |
Call the Green Circulation Desk at (650) 723-1493. Have your Stanford or library ID card ready; you must verify your card number. Staff will renew your items, if possible, or explain why they can’t be renewed. |
After we close, return items in the outside book return bins overnight. Items are discharged the next day and backdated to the last time the bin was emptied. However, email overdue notices are sent overnight. If you receive one – please be patient. We will discharge your books shortly after we open. |
Short term items (course reserves, media reserves, and Media & Microtext materials) should be returned only in the Media & Reserves overnight return bin. |
Return course reserves, media reserves, and Media & Microtext materials to the desk where you borrowed them. After those desks close, you may return items in the Media & Reserves overnight return bin. |
Return Green items to any library or book return bin on campus. Green also accepts books from other libraries. However, to expedite returns we recommend that you bring items back to the library from which you borrowed them. |
However, some reference books are shelved in the stacks. Many are marked as reference inside the back cover, but some are not. Please ask Circulation staff to determine if you can borrow the book or not. |
You may photocopy or scan reference books, pursuant to fair use copyright. |
An independent Palestinian State is not a possibility in the next two years, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said following a meeting with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Jerusalem on Tuesday. |
An apparent disagreement broke out between Lieberman and Lavrov during their meeting in Jerusalem over Moscow’s increased efforts to include Hamas in Mideast peace talks. |
Last Month, the Foreign Ministry criticized Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s call to involve Hamas in the Mideast peace process, likening the organization to the Islamist Chechen rebels. |
“Hamas is exactly like the Chechen terrorists and [Hamas chief Khaled] Meshal is exactly like Chechen leader Shamil Basayev,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. |
“Developed countries cannot separate terrorists into good ones and bad ones based on their geographic location,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. |
In Tuesday’s meeting, Lieberman reportedly told Lavrov, who arrived in Israel on an official visit, that Israel opposed Russia’s recent advances toward Hamas. Lavrov responded that it was impossible to ignore the Islamist organization’s popularity amongst Palestinians, particularly in Gaza. |
“In all our talks with Hamas we have tried to convince them to switch to the political track, and support the Arab peace initiative,” Lavrov said. Lieberman, in turn, dismissed the disagreement, saying that the fact that the two nations were conducting dialogue in the matter was no secret. |
Also on the subject of future peace talks, Lavrov said that despite obvious obstacles it is necessary to advance the peace process, adding that that solutions to facilitate the process have arrived. |
“In the absence of progress in the political track extremist elements in the Palestinian nation will be strengthened,” warned the Russian FM. |
Responding to Lavrov’s comments, Lieberman defended Israel’s efforts to conduct indirect negotiations with the Palestinians as a prelude to direct negotiations. However, he was pessimistic regarding the ability to reach an agreement. |
At the close of the meeting Lieberman stated that there is no Israeli intent to continue the 10-month freeze on settlement construction after it expires in September, pointing out that Israel has made countless overtures to the Palestinians and now it is their turn to reciprocate. . |
This story "F.M. Lieberman: No Chance for Palestinian State by 2012" was written by Barak Ravid (Haaretz). |
DRIVING THE CONVO -- Defying pleas from European allies, President Donald Trump announced the U.S. will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and reinstate “the highest level of economic sanctions” on the Iranian regime. “The Iran deal is defective at its core,” Trump said, pointing to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's... |
Democrats, including those who opposed the deal in 2015, blasted Trump's decision, while most Republicans applauded the move. However, Republican Governor John Kasich of Ohio called the decision a "mistake." Former President Barack Obama blasted Trump's announcement as "so misguided" and "a serious mistake." |
Jewish Insider's Jacob Kornbluh spent some time on Capitol Hill yesterday and received reactions from several Senators and members of the House. |
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH): "It's a wrong decision. First of all, it can spark an arms race in the Middle East where Iran is going to move towards nuclear weapons. I don't understand why our country would run counter to what our allies think about this, and how do you convince the North Koreans that Americans live by th... |
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI): "It may feel satisfying to those who feel that America didn't strike a tough enough deal. But the simple fact of the matter is, we are now giving Iran everything they wanted. They get their financial relief and their nuclear program soon. Israel is absolutely worse off and less safe as a resul... |
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH): "I am very disappointed. I think this makes the Middle East more dangerous, not less, and I think it makes Iran become more dangerous. It could lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, which doesn't benefit Israel or America." |
Rep. John Faso (R-NY): "Obviously, Iran is not a willing partner or a good partner in this deal and some changes need to be made to the deal. The thing that concerns me is that I hate to see the U.S. act without having the agreement of our allies. I'm most concerned about the safety and security of the people in Israel... |
Question: What's the effect of having President Trump as the face of the opposition to the Iran deal? Does it matter? |
Menashe Shapiro, founder of the Shapiro Consulting Group: "It’s certainly not going to help keep those on the left in the pro-Israel fold. The more Trump becomes the face of pro-Israel policies, the more the radical left can play the “Trump card” to silence the left of center pro-Israel Democrats Israel needs to mainta... |
NYC-based communications guru Stu Loeser: "The overwhelming majority of people who oppose Trump from the left were probably for the deal or gave President Obama the benefit of the doubt. From a political perspective, this will certainly help him lock down right-of-center Jewish voters and more religiously traditional J... |
Democratic campaign consultant Hank Sheinkopf: "Democrats who dislike the President are unlikely to change their opinions ever. Trump was simply keeping a campaign promise. The clear strategy is to prove he kept his word to those who voted for him. It’s the place where policy and politics meet. Scuttling the Iran deal ... |
JERUSALEM EMBASSY WATCH -- The White House will host a live viewing ceremony for the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday morning, according to an invitation sent out by the White House Office of Public Liaison to Jewish leaders and supporters. |
MEDIA WATCH: "How Two Persian Gulf Nations Turned The US Media Into Their Battleground" by Kevin Collier: "The leaks often have set the news agenda in Washington, leading to dozens of news stories. But there’s been little attention paid to the regional rivalry behind them... Ironically, both the UAE and Qatar are US al... |
SCENE LAST NIGHT -- in NYC: The Paul E. Singer Foundation hosted a book launch for Yossi Klein Halevi's new book, Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor, at Campbell Brown and Dan Senor’s TriBeCa apartment. Bari Weiss and Senor led a conversation with the author in front of 100 guests, during which Klein Halevi argued that... |
SPOTTED: Rabbi David Wolpe, Richard Cohen, Paul Singer, Terry Kassel, Campbell Brown, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, Boaz Weinstein, Jodi Rudoren, Gregory Zuckerman, Tal Keinan, Sender Cohen, Liel Leibowitz, Alex Pelosi, Gary Rosenblatt, Noah Pollak, Andy Silow-Carroll, Marc Tracy, Thea Wieseltier, Jason Willick, Jordan Hir... |
City Repertory Theatre will present a staged reading of the Garson Kanin play “Born Yesterday” as a benefit for the Palm Coast Arts Foundation. The play stars, from left: Robert Dimsey as Harry Brock, Terence Van Auken as Paul Verrall and Annie Gaybis as Billie Dawn. The benefit will be at 6 p.m. Friday Nov. 13 in the ... |
A bimbo will help the Palm Coast Arts Foundation raise the roof. |
City Repertory Theatre will present a staged reading of the surprisingly still-relevant — and surprisingly gritty — romantic comedy as a benefit for arts foundation’s Raise the Roof campaign. The organization is raising money to build an arts and cultural pavilion in Palm Coast’s Town Center. That would be just the fir... |
The benefit performance will be at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Lohman Auditorium in Marineland–a one-night only engagement, with tickets priced at $75 and $85. |
“The politics of the late ’40s could be the politics of 2015 or 2016,” said Annie Gaybis, a City Rep veteran who stars as the Betty Boop-voiced Billie. “Listen to what’s going on with the Benghazi hearings and the Republican and Democratic debates. It’s amazing — Garson Kanin could have been writing this play about tod... |
And what better metaphor for an arts foundation to present as a fund-raising performance? |
In “Born Yesterday,” Billie is the arm candy of the sleazy, brutish but sly scrap metal importer Harry Brock (played by veteran area actor Robert Dimsey). The Jersey-bred Brock unabashedly proclaims he’s a “junk man” instead of an importer, and plots with his lawyer (Robert Weaver) to bribe senators into passing legisl... |
But Brock, a man who pulls no punches in his relationship with Billie, has come to view her lack of smarts as a liability (she doesn’t even know what the Supreme Court is, though that’s generally indicative of being a citizen in good standing of the United States of Amnesia rather than a necessarily unintelligent perso... |
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