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Monday, January 30, 2017

KEEPING YOU INFORMED: The Federal Register

The Office of the Federal Register
Website: https://www.federalregister.gov/

"The Office of the Federal Register is the one-stop location, whether online or in print, to keep abreast of all of the substantive actions of the executive branch and the Congress. It is an exciting and challenging place to be," said Charley Barth, director of the Federal Register.

The Federal Register provides access to the official text of:

Federal Laws
Presidential Documents
Administrative Regulations and Notices
Descriptions of Federal Organizations, Programs and Activities

For Monday January 30, 2017
USE THIS LINK https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/current
94 documents from 35 agencies (147 Pages)

An extract from some of Today's notices

Executive Order

Defense and National Security:

Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements (EO 13767)

FR Document:: 2017-02095
Citation:: 82 FR 8793

PDF: Pages 8793-8797 (5 pages)
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Immigration and Naturalization:

Immigration Law Reform; United States Public Safety in the Interior, Enhancement (EO 13768)

FR Document:: 2017-02102
Citation:: 82 FR 8799

PDF: Pages 8799-8803 (5 pages)
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Infrastructure Projects of High Priority, Environmental Reviews and Approvals; Efforts To Expedite (EO 13766)

FR Document:: 2017-02029
Citation:: 82 FR 8657

PDF: Pages 8657-8658 (2 pages)
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Administrative Order

American Pipelines; Construction Requirements (Memorandum of January 24, 2017)

FR Document:: 2017-02031
Citation:: 82 FR 8659

PDF: Page 8659 (1 page)
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Dakota Access Pipeline; Construction Guidelines (Memorandum of January 24, 2017)

FR Document:: 2017-02032
Citation:: 82 FR 8661

PDF: Pages 8661-8662 (2 pages)
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Domestic Manufacturing; Streamlining Permitting and Reducing Regulatory Burdens (Memorandum of January 24, 2017)

FR Document:: 2017-02044
Citation:: 82 FR 8667

PDF: Pages 8667-8668 (2 pages)
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Keystone XL Pipeline; Construction (Memorandum of January 24, 2017)

FR Document:: 2017-02035
Citation:: 82 FR 8663

PDF: Pages 8663-8665 (3 pages)
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Sunday, January 29, 2017

LOOKING BACK > State of the City 2015

Giles was excited about most things and felt the pain about some others ....Are you better off now?
Downtown has been part of his whole life and he can visualize it all by talking about his old truck - his most favorite thing

Published on Feb 3, 2015

Mesa Arizona, State of the City Breakfast with Mayor John Giles. Presented by the Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

National Healthcare Headache in Not-So-Jolly Old England

Privatization, mebbe>

Published on Jan 29, 2017

Pie defends the NHS whilst the Tories sell it off.

3rd Wave of Energy Strikes the Earth!

Hit from behind

Published on Jan 29, 2017

Update. Links @ http://www.BPEarthWatch.Com

Saturday, January 28, 2017

DoomsDay / Ready or Not ??

A Reporter at Large

January 30, 2017 Issue

Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich

Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization.

By Evan Ono
Survivalism, the practice of preparing for a crackup of civilization, tends to evoke a certain picture: the woodsman in the tinfoil hat, the hysteric with the hoard of beans, the religious doomsayer. But in recent years survivalism has expanded to more affluent quarters, taking root in Silicon Valley and New York City, among technology executives, hedge-fund managers, and others in their economic cohort. . .

... edging deeper into mainstream culture.

In 2012, National Geographic Channel launched “Doomsday Preppers,” a reality show featuring a series of Americans bracing for what they called S.H.T.F. (when the “shit hits the fan”). The première drew more than four million viewers, and, by the end of the first season, it was the most popular show in the channel’s history. A survey commissioned by National Geographic found that forty per cent of Americans believed that stocking up on supplies or building a bomb shelter was a wiser investment than a 401(k). Online, the prepper discussions run from folksy (“A Mom’s Guide to Preparing for Civil Unrest”) to grim (“How to Eat a Pine Tree to Survive”)...

Link to entire article >> here