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The High Stakes of WTO Reform
James Thuo Gathii, Albany Law SchoolFollow
Behind the Scenes at the WTO definitively exposes how the trade negotiation process makes it possible for a few rich countries to dominate the trade agenda at the expense of all other countries. It is one of the first studies that authoritatively shows how trade negotiations have developed into "a game for high stakes, between unequally matched teams, where much of the game is played with few rules and no referee" (p. 50). The book attributes the deadlocked nature of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations and the recent disruptions of the World Trade Organization's ("WTO") ministerial meetings to the secretive and noninclusive nature of negotiations and decision making at the WT0. Authors Jawara and Kwa base their conclusions on semi structured interviews with a broad cross section of trade officials from all over the world who represent their governments in thirty-three missions at the WTO, on interviews with staffers of the WTO Secretariat, and on their own research. Through numerous examples, the authors show why developing countries in the past have been unable to prevail over the big trading countries at the WTO (pp. 150-83). The authors conclude that to be effective, low-income developing countries must either unite as a bloc (p. 182) or hang on to the hope that they will prevail by virtue of the strength or merits of their arguments (p. 150). By captivating their readers with the intrigues behind the scenes at the WTO, the authors introduce a welcome realism about how trade negotiations actually work5 and how developing countries "find themselves locked in a vicious cycle of political impotence, unfair trading rules and weakening trade performance" (p. 182).
James T. Gathii, The High Stakes of WTO Reform, 104 Mich. L. Rev. 1361 (2006).
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This cowboy chicken recipe is so easy to throw together! Only 10 minutes of your time to toss it in the slow cooker, then the rest of the time you let it cook! The whole family will be asking for this recipe again!
Slow Cooker Cowboy Chicken is an easy chicken recipe your whole family will love! Packed full of corn, potatoes, beans and a zesty taco seasoning!
Is Slow Cooker Cowboy Chicken a stew? A chili perhaps? Maybe you wrap it up like a burrito? Dip it with a tortilla? Pile it onto a bun as a sandwich or top off a hot dog?
It can be all of the above! This recipe is SO versatile, everyone in the family can eat it a different way. Call it whatever you want, it is good stuff!
Slow Cooker Cowboy Chicken follows my strict "set it and forget it 10 minute rule for slow cookers". We are all busy, which is why slow cookers and crock pots have been the saving grace for busy families over the decades.
But does it really save you any time if you have brown meat and do a lot of chopping, or even check on it throughout the cooking process? No!
Therefore I shy away from slow cooker recipes that take too long. Chicken is ideal for quick crock pot recipes because it takes a while to cook, needs to be cooked all the way through and when cooked slow and low, shreds beautifully.
As long as it is in a tenderizing sauce, it is really difficult to hurt it. So even if the slow cooker ends up going an hour past when it is done, chances are, your Cowboy Chicken will be just fine.
, I like that I can set it for later in the day and it automatically turns off. It also has clasps for the lid so when I travel to parties or potlucks, I can take it with me without channeling my inner MacGyver to make some for the lid.
, which is my new favorite thing. Just think, all of those slow cooker recipes ready in just 30 minutes! See instructions on how to make it in the Instant Pot in the notes section below the recipe.
Slow Cooker Cowboy Chicken is an easy chicken recipe your whole family will love packed with corn, potatoes, bean and a zesty taco seasoning!
Place chicken breasts, taco seasoning, black beans, kidney beans, whole corn kernels, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes potatoes and hot sauce into the slow cooker.
Set on high for 3 hours or on low for 6 hours on low.
Remove chicken and shred, then return to the pot. Serve with tortillas.
For Instant Pot: Follow the same directions, but cook for 30 minutes on high.
Where are the instructions for this in the Instant pot? I am still confused about the crock pot timing.
Hi Ann! Just updated, thanks for the heads up!
Basicly just combine all the ingredients at once and leave for 4 or 8hrs?
You got it! It is that easy!
Step 2. above, I think should be "Set on High for 4 hours or low for 8 hours." sounds yummy.


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Experian hack exposes 15 million people's personal information
By CDF Staff under Radar
credit agencies, Experian, hacks, PID
Via The Guardian on October 1, 2015: We've created a world where personal data gets passed back and forth between credit agencies, data brokers, and corporations, and we're obviously not doing a great job of designing and safeguarding those pathways. A system out of control!
Online Lender SoFi Seems To Push Back IPO Plans, Raising $1 Billion
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Via Techcrunch on 9/30: SoFi has expanded from Student Loan refinancing to other types of credit, including personal loans and mortgages. It will be interesting to see how the Majors react as these "marketplace" upstarts continue to make noise…
Payday Loans, Installment Loans, the CFPB and a New Alternative
By Debbie Notkin under Advocacy, Policy, Radar
CFPB, credit repair, installment lending, payday lending
written by Dan Leibsohn
The issue of payday lending and other high interest installment loans for mostly low income people with poor credit has become a large issue throughout the country recently. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has brought this issue into even greater focus recently with the announcement of its […]
Can a Post Office Be a Bank?
By John Harrington under Advocacy, Policy
MSBs, Post Office, postal banking
Originally published on The Huffington Post.
There has been lots of controversy over the U.S. Postal Service's plan to sell off dozens of post office properties across the country by a real estate firm chaired by the husband of the Senior U.S. Senator from California, presumably to raise money to save the agency. […]
Financial Parasites Are Still With Us, But Hopefully Not for Long
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Almost four years ago, I wrote about a new non-profit check cashing and payday lender that opened in the Fruitvale area of Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay Area. This alternative to private sector financial parasites, for-profit check cashers and […]
The Post Office and Financial Services for the Unbanked: Some Practical Matters
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Originally published on BankAct.org.
In January of this year, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service published "Providing Non-Bank Financial Services for the Underserved," arguing that that the Post Office (PO) could provide financial services at significantly lower rates than check cashing and pay day lenders charge. These postal banking services, the […]
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Community Perspectives: Community Check Cashing
By Dan Leibsohn under Background
check cashing, money services, Oakland, payday lending
Originally published in Community Investment, San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank, Spring 2011, pages 9-11, archived on the Federal Reserve's Community Development website (PDF).
Rita S. recently walked into a friendly, clean, check cashing store in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, California and began to talk to the teller about cashing her check. […]
Don't Worry About The Bedbugs — Eliminate the Financial Parasites
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All told, $1.6 billion each year of interest, excessive fees, and other exorbitant costs are being charged to poor people every single day, making it almost physically and fiscally impossible for individuals to exit the poverty cycle. Most often, minorities and immigrants, as well as poor whites, are all locked in a financial roundabout in which there is no escape.
Today, the number of private check cashers, payday lenders and pawnshops is more than double the number of McDonald's franchises in the United States. More than 20 million Americans cash more than $60 billion in checks each year at check cashing businesses
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Interzon's best-in-class air ventilation and ozone service AirMaid Service & Support performed annual maintenance services on every AirMaid ozone generator installed at the event and sports arena Tele2 Arena in Stockholm.
The brand-new kitchen ventilation exhaust hood AirMaid Hood, with integrated ozon air cleaning, made its grand debut at the FinnBuild fair in Helsinki on October 10-12.
New milestones are continually being broken for AirMaid in North America. We now have a whopping 119 AirMaid installations with 227 generators represented by 23 distributors across the nation, and innumerable projects underway where AirMaid is written into the specifications.
For the 13th consecutive year the annual AirMaid Sales Conference took place in September. This year it was held in the capital of Estonia, Tallin. The Top Seller Prize was once again awarded to RESCO ENG from South Korea.
AirMaid Sales Conference, den 13 september, 2017 samlade deltagare från Europa, Mellanöstern och Asien. RESCO ENG från Sydkorea blev för andra året i rad Årets bästa återförsäljare. Priset för Bästa tillväxt tilldelades GlobeZone från Portugal.
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CapoVelo.com - | Primož Roglič Wins 2020 Vélo d'Or Prize
Primož Roglič Wins 2020 Vélo d'Or Prize
By Campionissimo - In THE GREAT RACE
Primož Roglič has won the coveted Vélo d'Or for 2020, beating some of the biggest names currently riding in the sport, taking the title away from Julian Alaphilippe who won in 2019.
Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) had an incredible season, especially considering how all over the place it was. While he lost the lead of the Tour de France on the penultimate day, he won Liège-Bastogne-Liège and then his second Vuelta a España. The Jumbo-Visma captain also won the Tour de l'Ain.
"I went through the list of previous winners, it's really a great reward," Roglič told L'Equipe. "I take this opportunity to say a big thank you to the people who voted for me. I understood that it was a jury of journalists from all over the world, and that's why it really touches me."
Others nominated for the award were Tour de France champion, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who was automatically nominated because of his win
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) were both on the list thanks to both riders having another superb season.
Others nominated for the award were Remco Evenepoel and Tour green jersey winner Sam Bennett from Deceuninck – Quick-Step, along with world champion, Julian Alaphilippe.
World time trial champion, Filippo Ganna and surprise Giro d'Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart from the Ineos Grenadiers also made the list after their amazing displays in Italy, while the final four spots went to multiple Tour stage winner Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Il Lombardia winner Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), Flèche Wallonne winner Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) and Dauphiné winner Daniel Martínez (EF Pro Cycling).
The annual prize is selected by a panel of international journalists via the French cycling magazine Vélo, which is considered one of cycling's most prestigious awards.


Is there a link that can be provided to the lab door mod? I feel like this game will never gain any new runners due to the obscurity of this Mod.
Hate to bump my own thread, but can anyone please provide a link to this mod? I would really like to try some runs on this game but only 3 people seem to be able too. If made available more people could run this great game.
Seems like the sole moderator/series moderator El-Nino has been inactive on this website for about a month. His website/Twitch/Youtube also seems like he's heavily inactive on. So no reliable way to contact him. Would suggest following this thread and asking to become moderator of this game/series. Sorry you haven't gotten the information you wanted and hopefully it helps.
Hey there! Sorry, it has been a long time since I've been able to login, so I didn't see your message sitting here. I am sorry for the frustration of having to wait for a response.
This simply means that the game has had the copy protection scheme removed.
For the DosBox version, this is the version you will likely have in your collection. For the ScummVM version, no matter what files you give ScummVM (protected or "deprotected") the ScummVM engine will apply this "Lab Door Mod"
How to tell if you have it? Head up to the 2nd floor and interact with the Steel Security Door at the top of the steps. Open it up. If you can enter any code into the code entry screen and it works, you have the "Lab Door Mod." In the ScummVM version the door will be already open.
Now, why is this the "Lab Door Mod"? -- Well, in the PC version, a copy-protected game will require you to enter in a specific code to open the Inner Lab Door. This code is controlled by the high score on Meteor Mess. In the NES version, you can enter 0000. But in the PC version ,if you try 0000. it won't work. However, when the game has the copy protection removed, any code will work for the inner lab door. "0000", "0001" ... any code!
In the PC version, the game chooses a few random codes for Edna's phone number, the Meteor Police number, and Edna's safe combination. It's not truly random -- the game just chooses one 4 digit code from a set of a few preset codes. That's why you can just try out a few codes for each of these and eventually hit the right number.
After Fred plays Meteor Mess, the lab code in memory is set to the 4 digits that are in his high score.
But, when the copy protection scheme is removed, not only does it allow you to enter in the code for the copy protection door (Steel Security Door at the top of the steps on the 2nd floor), it also allows you to enter in any numbers into the Inner Lab Door!
If you have more questions, feel free to ask here, and if you stream your attempts live please let me know, I'd love to check it out.
is there a way to install it?
Wade, there are different versions of the DOS version of Maniac floating around. The most common version is the one, that when given to ScummVM, will have the lab door able to accept any and all codes.
If you can be more specific of where you acquired this version of Maniac, I might be able to help you out here. I can't provide links to download one of the many versions that are already deprotected (i.e., if run under DOS or DOSBOX, will have a closed-but-any-code-will-work Steel Security Door as well as a any-code-will-work Lab Door) and I would assume it is against the forum rules to ask where you can find them. Sorry.
And please post the VOD, I am very curious.
Please try running this under DOSBox and tell me if the Steel Security Door (the one that you see at 2:50 of your submitted VOD here) will accept any codes or if it blows up after 3 incorrect entries.
If it accepts any codes, then it is cracked, and it seems the crack is different than the V2 "lab door mod" crack. If it doesn't accept any random codes after a few tries, then we can go from there.
Thanks so much for bringing this up -- it would be good for me or someone else to write a comprehensive comparison chart for the vast number of different versions of this game, ha!
Ok, as we expected, there are multiple versions of the first version of Maniac Mansion (V1, 1988) for PC.
There's the completely uncracked version, which under ScummVM will have the Steel Security Door Open, but not the Lab Door Mod. Under DOSBox, the Steel Security Door will be closed and will require a correct code to pass.
There's a cracked version that is similar to the V2 Lab Door Mod where the door Steel Security Door is closed under DosBox but will be opened with any code, as well as the Lab Door.
However, as Wade showed here (and to me), there's a crack for V1 that does not allow any code to be entered in for the Lab Door (i.e. you must fix the wires for the Meteor Mess game in order for a code to appear as well as having the lab door accept the code), but even under DosBox will have the Steel Security Door permanently open.
If you wish to run the V1 (1988) PC version of the game using the current route, you must not have the version that Wade has here.


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Architect London / United Kingdom
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Dalston House Hardwick Street Ironwood Works
BA(Hons) DipArch RIBA ARB
HUT Principal & owner Andrew has a particular interest in architectural education and practice. He teaches at Degree & Diploma level at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, and Westminster University, is an RIBA Awards judge, and Part 3 Professional examiner. His interest in simple forms of architecture; robust, carefully considered and beautifully detailed buildings drives the strategic direction of the practice. Andrew is married with two children and lives in Blackheath.
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BA(Hons) DipArch RIBA ARB HUT Principal & owner Andrew has a particular interest in architectural education and practice. He teaches at Degree & Diploma level at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, and Westminster University, is an RIBA Awards judge, and Part 3 Professional examiner. His interest in simple forms of architecture; robust, carefully considered and beautifully detailed buildings drives the strategic direction of the practice. Andrew is married with two children and lives in Blackheath. HUT Principal & owner Andrew has a particular interest in architectural education and practice. He teaches at Degree & Diploma level at the Bartlett School of Architecture UCL, and Westminster University, is an RIBA Awards judge, and Part 3 Professional examiner. His interest in simple forms of architecture; robust, carefully considered and beautifully detailed buildings drives the strategic direction of the practice. Andrew is married with two children and lives in Blackheath.


Developer WayForward and D3Publisher delivered a delightful surprise hit in 2012 with the release of Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd you Steal Our Garbage?! The team is now back with a new release for the highly popular animated television show called Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know!, and it's available on nearly every current generation platform for a discounted price. While Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! isn't quite as refined as its predecessor, it's still a game that is plenty fun and features hours of gameplay and the original voice cast that helps make the new release worth a pickup despite some obvious flaws.
Like the name of the game suggests, Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! doesn't offer much in terms of a engaging storyline. Players begin the game by talking with Princess Bubblegum before being given the task of heading into the Royal Dungeon to learn how and why prisoners have been escaping from the prison. Few other parts of the storyline are given to players while battling through floor after floor of the dungeon, but there is still plenty of humor to go around that is sure to excite fans fo the series without offering players too many other reasons to keep exploring.
Most games are created with a simple idea that is later turned into a full fledged release with a storyline, carefully crafted characters and other key element in video game development, but Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! feels much more like a game that was forced into creation for the sake of having a new game added to the franchise. That's not to say that the game is horrible or unenjoyable, but it simply does not capture the same magic of the 2012 release that seemingly came out of nowhere. The new game uses plenty of elements made popular in other games to create a new experience for fans of the Adventure Time show, but it doesn't offer gamers much that they haven't already seen hundreds of times.
Once the introduction of the game has been completed, players will begin spending countless hours collecting treasure and loot by defeating enemies and finding keys to progress deeper into the game's dungeon. Combat in the game is classic hack and slash style with players using mixtures of light and heavy attacks to deal most damage while also using character specific special attacks when things get too difficult. Other typical movements make up the rest of the control scheme that includes seldom used dodges, rolls, blocks and secondary weapon attacks.
There are eight different playable characters included in the default roster in Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! Finn, Jake, Marceline, Ice King, Cinnamon Bun, Flame Princess, Lumpy Space Princess and Lemongrab each have their own strengths and weaknesses such as the ability to fly or special attacks that may deal damage or heal allies. Additional DLC for Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! allows players to take control of Peppermint Butler as well. There are plenty of other characters included in the game that include Princess Bubblegum, NEPTR, Princess Muscles and Mr. Cupcake that offer players some important upgrades.
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! is a game that is never very difficult and can even get monotonously boring to grind through when playing alone at times, but there is a level progression system that allows players to unlock new upgrades and items with treasure found in the game. Character statistic upgrades can be purchased from non-playable characters in the game, and of course, better weapons and items can be purchased in stores or found as random drops. Creating a maxed out character will take a long time though, since players are only allowed to return from the dungeon after every five floors, and Princess Bubblegum takes back any unused treasure as a "candy tax."
Players can team up in local cooperative play with drop in or out action locally in Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! The game is far more entertaining while playing with friends and family members, but it's important to remember to share items found within the dungeon. It's also important to make teams that feature a variety of different special powers and builds to reach the deepest parts of the in-game dungeon.
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! features a solid presentation that includes carefully designed characters and dungeon layouts. The game's characters seem accurately portioned to the same characters from the show, and animations are spot-on for each one. The dungeon layouts aren't always the best from a game design standpoint, but they look pretty good and clearly take some inspirations from the world of Ooo from the television series. The complete, original voice cast is featured in the game to help make the game more immersive luckily, and players can search the game looking for a few hidden easter eggs that fans of the show will really enjoy.
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! isn't the best dungeon crawler around despite having heavy inspirations from other game series such as Diablo, but it's a fun adventure that fans of the show are sure to enjoy and some others may like as well. The game has a nice presentation that represents that world of Ooo and its inhabitants well and also offers hours of gameplay that may be repetitive, but it's a lot more fun in four player sessions. Grab a buddy and get ready to grab some loot in Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! We tested the game on Xbox 360 & Nintendo 3DS and found that the game delivers an intriguing and fun experience on both with the 3DS offering the chance to play while on the go.
Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! is now available from all major retailers and can be purchased for $39.99 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC and Nintendo Wii U and $29.99 on Nintendo 3DS. Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! is rated E by the ESRB for Animated Blood, Cartoon Violence & Comic Mischief. For more information on the game, check out the official Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know! website.


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Q: Describe typescript object where some keys are known How can I define a type for my typescript object where some of the keys are known, others are either unknown or defined as a separate type.
Take the following object:
{
  foo: 1,
  bar: "abc",
  baz: {
    foobar: 2
  },
  foobaz: {
    foobar: 1
  }
}

I know the object will always have the properties foo and bar as defined in this type:
type MyObject = {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
}

But I know that the object may have other properties and if they do, they will always have the same structure of an object with a property foobar and a value of the type number.
How do I defined this type?
I tried:
type MyObject = {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
  [key: string]?: {
    foobar: number;
  }
}

But it appears you can't declare a generic key like that when you have explicit keys in the same type.
I actually know the possible values of the "unknown" properties. So I tried this:
type MyList = 'baz'|'foobaz';

type MyObject = {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
  [key in MyList]?: {
    foobar: number;
  }
}

The [key in MyList] part works alone, but as soon as I combine it with the explicit properties I get an error: "'MyList' only refers to a type, but is being used as a value here". I tried the same with an Enum and got the same result.

A: In this case, since you know the value of the properties, they should just be optional and hardcoded to the same type.

A mapped type may not declare properties or methods.

type Inner = {
    foobar: number;
};

type MyObject = {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
  baz?: Inner;
  foobaz?: Inner;
}

See an example of an alternative that still uses mapped types is to AND (&)two types:
type MyList = 'baz'|'foobaz';

type MyObject = {
  [key in MyList]?: {
    foobar: number;
  }
}

type MyObject2 = {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
}

type MyObject3 = MyObject2 & MyObject;

// Alternatively

type MyObject =  {
  [key in MyList]?: {
    foobar: number;
  }
} & {
  foo: number;
  bar: string;
};

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Article March 27, 2011
The New York Times Starts Charging For Content
Following the lead of The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, The New York Times will begin charging the most frequent readers of its Web site for subscriptions to news they previously read for free.
Visitors to NYTimes.com will be able to read 20 articles per month without a fee, which is a limit that was intended to bring in subscription revenue from the most loyal readers without driving away casual visitors who make up the overwhelming majority of the website's traffic. Yet on their 21st article, readers will have the option of purchasing one of three digital packages. Choices include $15 for four weeks of Web site access and a mobile phone app (or $195 for a full year), $20 for Web access and an iPad app ($260 a year) or $35 for an all-access plan ($455 a year). Subscribers who receive home delivery of the newspaper will have free and unlimited access across all Times digital platforms except e-readers. In addition, subscribers to The International Herald Tribune, which is The Times' global edition, will also enjoy free digital access.
In order to reduce losses among the Web site's more than 30 million monthly readers, not all visits will count toward the 20-article limit. NYTimes.com will allow access to visitors who arrive through search engines like Google and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. However, there will be a daily five-article limit for people who visit from Google.
The Times is the largest American news organization to put its content behind a pay wall after allowing unrestricted access. The bold move is being closely watched by wary publishers who have struggled with turning online journalism into a profitable business.
"This move is an investment in our future," said Arthur Sulzberger Jr., chairman of The New York Times Co. "It will allow us to develop new sources of revenue to support the continuation of our journalistic mission and digital innovation, while maintaining our large and growing audience to support our robust advertising business. And this system is our latest, and best, demonstration of where we believe the future of valued content — be it news, music, games or more — is going."
For years, newspapers have been providing Web access for free with the idea that online advertising would cover their costs. Unfortunately, online advertising has not increased quickly enough to make up for the decline in traditional print advertising. As a result, numerous publications have begun to charge online consumers the same way they do for print.
While some media analysts express great doubt that readers will be willing to pay for news, the model that The Times is presenting represents an awareness that a successful online business model rests on a small proportion of highly engaged readers. If readers resist paying, the newspaper risks losing its stature as the most-visited newspaper Web site in the country, which is important to many advertisers. Still, revenue losses from any declines in traffic could be offset by advertisers willing to pay a premium for a highly-engaged audience.
Unfortunately, the gloomy outlook for the industry has left newspapers with few options. Newspapers have experienced little gains from the end of the recession and analysts predict greater declines. Some smaller newspapers have started using a measured or "freemium" system similar to the The Times' model. Others only charge for select content. Regardless, the real measure of success will be whether readers are willing to pay for their news. With this new subscription service, The Times is simply taking charge of the issue at hand.
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Real Name: Kavita Radheshyam
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Date of Birth: 31-Dec-85
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Age As of 2022 36
Net Worth in INR 2.5 Crore
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Affairs/Boyfriends NA
Husband/Spouse Unmarried
Debut Paanch Ghantey Mein Paanch Crore (2012)
Residence Mumbai
Year Active May 2010 - Present
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Yearly Salary In Indian Rupees Rs. 80lakhs +
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Net Worth in 2020 $1.5 Million US Dollars
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Breast Size 36 Inches
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Weight (in kilograms) 57 Kg | 127lbs
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She is recognized for playing the role of Kavita Bhabhi in the ULLU web series 'Kavita Bhabhi'.
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As the partial government shutdown drags on, its effects are being felt acutely by some of the most vulnerable Illinoisans.
Land of Lincoln Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to low-income individuals in 65 counties in Illinois. Some of Land of Lincoln's clients are federal workers who are deeply impacted by this shutdown.
For example, Ramona Wilson (not her real name) and her three kids are a family who have been assisted by us in the past and who achieved financial stability as a result, but who are at risk of homelessness if the shutdown continues. You see, Ms. Wilson works at a federal agency. She started as a seasonal contract worker and didn't earn a lot, particularly for a family of four. We helped her with a bankruptcy to prevent her limited income from being garnished by a creditor. After her bankruptcy was finished, Ms. Wilson was debt-free and hired as a full-time employee at the federal agency.
As a result, she no longer qualified for our assistance.
But today, Ms. Wilson's family's stability is uncertain. Since she has been furloughed by the federal agency for nearly a month, she missed her January car payment and couldn't pay her insurance. She has no money to pay her February rent. She has applied for SNAP benefits (formerly food stamps) which haven't been approved and likely won't be at this time. She's behind on her utilities. She's going without trash bags and laundry detergent, to name just a few things we take for granted. She's been told she may need to return to work at the agency without pay, but she doesn't have the $5 a day necessary for parking and has only 131 miles left in her gas tank. She's considering selling her plasma twice a week to pay for parking and food.
Federal workers aren't the only ones impacted. More than 1.8 million of our friends and neighbors in Illinois receive SNAP benefits. Next week, they will receive the last round of benefits until the government shutdown ends — if it ends. Otherwise, once their benefits run out, they will go hungry, including many, many children.
It wasn't supposed to be this way. As we approach Martin Luther King Day, I am reminded that at the time of his death, Dr. King had launched his Poor People's Campaign, which was motivated by a desire for economic justice — the idea that all people should have what they need to live, specifically income and housing.
Ms. Wilson isn't asking for much. She wants to return to work, pay her bills, and take care of her family. Our friends and neighbors in need just want to be able to be assured that the next time they go to the grocery store with their SNAP benefits, it won't be their last trip there for months.
With the government shutdown continuing, we hope you will consider donating to food pantries and organizations that help with rent and utility assistance. Not only will Ms. Wilson, and many, many other Illinoisans appreciate it, but together we can be true to the promissory note signed years ago.
Clarissa Gaff is the executive director of Land of Lincoln Legal Aid.
[thumbdown][thumbdown] Yet another white author making a lame attempt to write a story for ML King's birthday. Pathetic attempt!
Why not try judging her by her character instead of the color of her skin?


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SIOUX FALLS – Augustana College's Center for Western Studies is the recipient of a $300,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The grant provides a 4:1 match for gifts to the Center's $1.2 million endowment campaign.
The goal of the campaign is to create ongoing funds to support the Center's Archives and Library Program; the annual Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains; Art Programs and Exhibits; the Publications Program and the Fantle Building Fund. To date, the Center has received more than $429,000 in gifts and pledges.
The NEH announced $15.7 million in grants to 248 organizations in December 2008. The Center is one of only two organizations in South Dakota awarded a grant. By offering diverse and competitive grant opportunities to scholars and museum curators as well as to libraries and cultural organizations, NEH strives to promote excellence and lifelong learning in the humanities.
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The mission of the Center for Western Studies is preserving and interpreting the history and cultures of the Northern Plains. The Center is located in the Fantle Building at 2121 S. Summit Avenue. It includes an archive, research library, permanent exhibits, and three galleries featuring regional art exhibits. Admission is free. The Center hosts annual events, including the Artists of the Plains Art Show & Sale, the Dakota Conference on the Northern Plains, and a historical dinner-theater event. A signature event is the Boe Forum on Public Affairs, bringing national and international speakers to the region.
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Tekla is a former intern for Commercial Theatre Institute and Scorpio Entertainment. She is an alumna of Cincinnati's School of Creative & Performing Arts and Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance. She is thankful for the ability to speak her mind, her partner and their family.
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El-Zakzaky: When Will the Rule of Law Prevail?
The continuous detention of the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenat, for almost two years without trial is a sour point in the human rights rating of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration, writes John Shiklam
By December 14, it would be two years since the Muhammadu Buhari administration detained the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat without trial even against court orders. Unfortunately, the case of El-Zakzaky and wife has however become one of the worst cases of human right abuses being recorded against the administration of President Buhari.
Zakzaky and Zeenat had been in detention since December 14, 2015, following a clash between his followers and the Nigerian Army in Zaria, Kaduna State. Many of his followers, who were equally arrested during the incident, are also in prison custody facing different charges.
By next month, the Islamic leader and his wife would have spent two years in detention without trial despite a court order for their release.
An Abuja Federal High Court had on December 2, 2016, declared their continuous detention without trial illegal.
Counsel to the Shiite leader, Femi Falana, had approached the court to demand the release of the duo several months after their arrest without being charged to Court, arguing that their continuous detention was unlawful and a violation of their fundamental rights.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who presided over the case, had rejected submissions of the counsel to the State Security Service (SSS), Tijjani Gazali, that El-Zakzaky was being held in protective custody of the SSS, noting that, "I have not been shown any incident report or any complaint lodged by residents around the neighbourhood that the applicant has become a nuisance to his neigbourhood," as claimed by the SSS.
The judge had declared that the decision of the government to hold the Shiite leader for so long amounted to great danger.
Citing the death of a former leader of the Boko Haram leader, Mohammed Yusuf, the judge had observed that, "If the applicant dies in custody which I do not pray for, it could result in many needless deaths."
He however ruled that the continued detention of the couple violated their rights under Section 35 (1) of the Constitution and provisions of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.
Consequently, he ordered that the Shi'ite leader and his wife be released within 45 days and must be provided with a suitable accommodation and security. The court also ordered the federal government to pay a fine of 50 million to El-Zakzaky and his wife.
Dissatisfied with the decision of the court, the federal government filed an appeal on January 27, 2017, on the grounds that the trial judge erred when he ordered that a suitable accommodation and security be provided for the duo.
The government also challenged the jurisdiction of the Abuja court, saying the alleged destruction of the Shi'ite's leader's property occurred in Kaduna.
The appellant stated further that the judge erred in law when he lumped two cases together in his judgment stressing, that two separate judgments ought to have been delivered by the trial judge.
Almost one year after the appeal, it is still pending as the Islamic leader languishes in detention. Several human rights groups had condemned El-Zakzaky's detention without trial and described it as one of the worst human rights abuses. His followers have also not relented in demanding for his unconditional release.
Ibrahim Musa, President of IMN media forum, in a recent statement said the federal government's refusal to release El-Zakzaky despite the court order is the "height of impunity that had ever been committed by a democratic government in this country. It is even worse when a court has ordered the release of such a person, and the government contemptuously holds him.
"Even previously under a military dictatorship headed by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, nobody was detained without an order made, pursuant to a decree, the States Security Detention of Persons Decree Number 2 of 1984.
"Nobody was detained without an order made by the detaining authority. Today, there is no such law. So, our case cannot be worse under a democratic dispensation as against what occurred in that military junta.
How can you detain somebody for about two years, without trial! This is illegal and undemocratic," Musa said.
Falana has also written many letters to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding the release of the IMN leader. The latest of such letters was dated November 6, (last Tuesday), in which he urged the president to stop the physical and mental agony that has been inflicted on the duo by releasing them to travel abroad for urgent medical attention.
He noted that the refusal of the federal government to release them, despite the order of an Abuja Federal High Court has created a "dangerous impression that the federal government does not operate under the rule of law.
"We urge Your Excellency to terminate forthwith the physical and mental agony that has been inflicted on our clients by releasing them from illegal custody and allowing them to travel abroad for urgent medical attention," Falana wrote.
The human right lawyer also lamented the deteriorating health condition of El-Zakzaky, who, according to him, "was at a risk of total blindness" while his wife is still going through "excruciating pain and agony" as a result of bullets still lodged in her body.
"In case the federal government is not prepared to direct the State Security Service to comply with the orders of the Federal High Court, we are compelled to urge Your Excellency to order the release of the couple on health grounds.
"Although Sheikh El-Zakzaky lost his left eye while he is on the verge of losing the right eye sequel to the brutal treatment meted out to him by the armed soldiers, the State Security Service has denied him foreign medical treatment recommended by the local specialists, who had attended to him.
"Even the alternative arrangement put in place by the family of the Sheikh to bring eye specialists from abroad to treat him in custody has equally been rejected without any legal justification. It may interest Your Excellency to know that the medical condition of Mrs, Zeenat Elzakzaky is by far worse than that of her husband.
"For reasons best known to the State Security Service, some of the bullets lodged in her body during the brutal attack of December 14, 2015 have not been extracted up till now. In the circumstances, she has been subjected to excruciating pain and agony on a daily basis. Her life which is currently in danger may be saved and prolonged if she is allowed to receive adequate medical attention without any further delay," the letter read.
El-Zakzaky's travails started on December 12 and 14, 2015, when his followers clashed with the Nigerian Army in Zaria. The IMN members, were reported to be conducting a "hoisting of flag ceremony" at their Hussainiyya Baqiyyatillah centre and decided to block strategic locations on the highway from Samaru and at PZ railway junctions.
Incidentally, the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, who was in Zaria to attend the Passing out Parade (PoP) ceremony of the Army Depot, was caught up in the blockade.
Senior army officers on the COAS entourage were said to have made frantic efforts to persuade the IMN members to remove the barricade for the convoy to pass, but they allegedly refused to open the road, which led to the forceful clearance of the roadblocks by soldiers as they allegedly opened fire to disperse the crowd.
Unfortunately, this led to the clashes that claimed the lives of 349 members of the IMN, who were buried in a mass grave in Mando area of Kaduna metropolis.
Suffice it to say that the IMN members had always been accused of lawlessness and lack of respect to constituted authorities, including the Nigerian state. They have been accused on many occasions of operating a state within a state.
In Zaria and elsewhere, residents accused IMN members of illegal road blocks, imposition of illegal curfews and checkpoints in and around Gyallesu area, where El-Zakzaky resides.
They were alleged to have once stopped the convoy of the former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Mukhtar Yero, and ordered him out of his car to walk.
The IMN worship places and other structures in Zaria including Zakzaky's Gyelesu residence were demolished by the Kaduna State government on the grounds that they were constructed without due process and in contravention of the Kaduna State Urban Planning and Development Agency (KASUPDA) Law.
A judicial commission of inquiry set up by the state government to look into the remote and immediate causes of the crisis, said "the IMN members should primarily be responsible for the clash and its liabilities".
The commission also said the group was as an illegal organisation as it was not registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). Though the group refused to appear before the panel, it dismissed the report, describing it as a sham.
But acting on the pronouncement of the panel, the Kaduna State, government, declared the group an illegal association and banned it from operating in the state.
According to the report of the panel headed by Hon. Mohammed Lawal Garba, Justice of the Court of Appeal (JCA), the commission conducted a research and discovered that the IMN was not registered with the CAC.
"In view of this, one can safely come to the conclusion that IMN is not a registered entity under the Nigerian laws. The conclusion above should not be surprising because of the oral and documentary evidence that abound before the commission that the leadership of IMN treats the Nigerian Constitution, its laws and authorities with disdain and lack of recognition.
"It is therefore the conclusion of the commission that the IMN is an unregistered body under the law and cannot legally sue or be sued nor be proceeded against in that name. The Nigerian Constitution however allows citizens the freedom of association and movement and members of IMN are free to associate as long as they respect the laws of the country and do not infringe on the rights of others," the report said.
Nevertheless, El-Zakzaky's long detention without trial and similar other cases like the one involving the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, are a serious minus to the human rights record of the Buhari government, which it must consider a challenge to be addressed, indeed with urgency.
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Michael Rakowitz
Beneath the Date Palms
Artist's Website
Michael Rakowitz is an artist living and working in Chicago. His work has appeared in venues including dOCUMENTA 13 (Kassel, Germany), MoMA PS1 (Long Island City, New York), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (North Adams), Castello di Rivoli (Italy), the Biennale of Sydney, the 10th and 14th Istanbul Biennials, Sharjah Biennial 8 (United Arab Emirates), Tirana Biennale (Albania), the Cooper-Hewitt Design Triennial (New York), and transmediale.05 (Berlin). Rakowitz has had solo projects and exhibitions with Creative Time (New York), Tate Modern (London), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), Lombard Freid Gallery (New York), Galerie Barbara Wien (Berlin), Rhona Hoffman Gallery (Chicago), and Kunstraum Innsbruck (Switzerland). In 2018, he received the Herb Alpert Award in the Arts and was awarded the Fourth Plinth commission in London's Trafalgar Square, on view through 2020. A traveling survey of Rakowitz's work was recently on view at Whitechapel Gallery in London through August 2019. Rakowitz is professor of art theory and practice at Northwestern University.
Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz's ongoing project The invisible enemy should not exist focuses on the movement and provenance of cultural artifacts and artworks as a complication of war. Rakowitz reconstructed objects taken from the National Museum of Iraq—some which have since resurfaced in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003—using recycled materials, such as newspapers and food packaging from various Arab communities across the US, to mark the relics' sites of origin with culturally specific points of references. Rakowitz's research-based practice highlights the impact that exploration, colonization, and occupation have on a place's cultural history, how information and objects circulate, what is revealed or remains hidden.
In 2015, the Islamic State destroyed a number of Iraqi heritage sites, including the Northwest Palace of Nimrud. For Beneath the Date Palms, his contribution to CURRENT:LA FOOD, Rakowitz has reconstructed the exact architectural footprint of Room F of the Palace with panels in their original placements as it had existed since antiquity and prior to the West's plunder in the mid-1800s. All of the panels feature Assyrian iconography and decorative elements that resemble date palms, considered a symbol of prosperity. Missing panels spaces in Room F represent reliefs that have found themselves in global museum collections; one of them being the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Beneath the Date Palms is a work about removals and displacements.
Rakowitz stages Room F as a communal gathering place in Pan Pacific Park and invites members of LA's Iraqi community and Iraq War veterans, to use dates to create and enjoy special meals on-site. The dates are harvested from date palms grown in the Coachella Valley, the center of the date industry in the United States.
Iraqi dates were once considered the best in the world, with the date industry serving as the country's second-largest export, next to oil. Dates are now widely available in the United States, with California being the country's largest producer. In the early twentieth century, Bernard G. Johnson, deemed the "father of the California date industry," established a USDA experimental station and planted date seeds, some of which were acquired from Iraq. The successful endeavor marked the birth of the industry; today, over one-quarter of a million trees in the interior California desert produce four varieties native to Iraq, including the barhi, halawi, khedrawi, and zahidi. For Rakowitz, the date becomes an enduring symbol of the fraught history between the United States and Iraq and asks viewers to contemplate how geopolitics impact our everyday lives, including the food we eat.
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Drawbridge Operation Regulations: Harlem River, NY
A Rule by the Coast Guard on 06/01/2004
This rule is effective from June 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005.
33 CFR 117
CGD01-04-021
RIN:
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Background and Purpose
Discussion of Comments and Changes
Regulatory Evaluation
Small Entities
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
Taking of Private Property
Civil Justice Reform
Indian Tribal Governments
List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 117
PART 117—DRAWBRIDGE OPERATION REGULATIONS
Coast Guard, DHS.
Temporary final rule.
The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary final rule governing the operation of the Triborough (125th Street) Bridge, mile 1.3, across the Harlem River at New York City, New York. This temporary final rule allows the bridge owner to require a forty-eight hour notice for bridge openings from June 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. This action is necessary to facilitate structural rehabilitation at the bridge.
Comments and material received from the public, as well as documents indicated in this preamble as being available in the docket, are part of docket (CGD01-04-021) and are available for inspection or copying the First Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch Office, One South Street, New York, New York, 10004, between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. The telephone number is (212) 668-7165. The First Coast Guard District, Bridge Branch, maintains the public docket for this rulemaking.
Mr. Joe Arca, Project Officer, First Coast Guard District, (212) 668-7069.
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On April 5, 2004, we published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) entitled Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Harlem River, New York, in the Federal Register (69 FR 17616). Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast Guard finds that good cause exists for making this rule effective in less than 30 days after publication in the Federal Register. Making this rule effective in less than 30 days is necessary in order to allow bridge repairs to start on June 1, 2004. The Coast Guard believes this is reasonable since the bridge has not received an opening request in over three years.
The Triborough (125th Street) Bridge has a vertical clearance of 54 feet at mean high water and 59 feet at mean low water in the closed position.
The existing drawbridge operation regulations listed at 33 CFR 117.789(d) require the bridge to open on signal from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. after at least a four-hour notice is given.
The owner of the bridge, the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), requested a temporary change to the drawbridge operation regulations to allow the bridge owner to require a forty-eight hour notice for bridge openings from June 1, 2004, through January 31, 2004, to facilitate structural rehabilitation of the bridge. The Triborough (125th Street) Bridge has not received any requests to open for the past three years.
The bridge owner plans to replace the structural steel deck system at the bridge between June 1, 2004, and January 31, 2005. Temporary concrete roadway barriers will be used to redirect vehicular traffic over the bridge to facilitate lane closures required to structurally rehabilitate sections of the bridge roadway steel decking.
Under the existing drawbridge operation regulations, which require a four-hour advance notice, unscheduled bridge opening requests would be impossible to grant. Such openings would be impossible because of the time needed to safely remove construction equipment, concrete barriers, and construction workers from the lift span. The additional advanced notice will allow time for the bridge operators to properly remove construction materials so that the bridge may operate safely upon request for an opening. Additionally, the Coast Guard believes the requested forty-eight hour advance notice requirement is reasonable based upon the lack of bridge opening requests over the past three years.
We received no comment letters in response to the notice of proposed rulemaking. No changes were made to this final rule.
This rule is not a "significant regulatory action" under section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, Regulatory Planning and Review, and does not require an assessment of potential costs and benefits under section 6(a)(3), of that Order. The Office of Management and Budget has not reviewed it under that Order. It is not "significant" under the regulatory policies and procedures of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This conclusion is based on the fact that the bridge has received no vessel traffic for the past three years, thus there will be little, if any, impact on vessel traffic by the increased advance notice requirement. The bridge will continue to open for vessel traffic with 48 hours advance notice.
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612), we have considered whether this rule would have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The term "small entities" comprises small businesses, not-for profit organizations that are independently owned and operated and are not dominant in their fields, and governmental jurisdictions with populations less than 50,000. The Coast Guard certifies under 5 U.S.C. 605(b), that this rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The reasoning for this conclusion is the same as that found under the "Regulatory Evaluation" section.
Under section 213(a) of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-121), we offered to assist small entities in understanding the rule so that they could better evaluate its effects on them and participate in the rulemaking process.
Small businesses may send comments on the actions of Federal employees who enforce, or otherwise determine compliance with, Federal regulations to the Small Business and Agriculture Regulatory Enforcement Ombudsman and the Regional Small Business Regulatory Fairness Boards. The Ombudsman evaluates these actions annually and rates each agency's responsiveness to small business. If you wish to comment on actions by employees of the Coast Guard, call 1-888-REG-FAIR (1-888-734-3247).
This rule calls for no new collection of information under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520). Start Printed Page 30828
A rule has implications for federalism under Executive Order 13132, Federalism, if it has a substantial direct effect on State or local governments and would either preempt State law or impose a substantial direct cost of compliance on them. We have analyzed this rule under that Order and have determined that it does not have implications for federalism.
The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531-1538) requires Federal agencies to assess the effects of their discretionary regulatory actions. In particular, the Act addresses actions that may result in the expenditure by State, local, or tribal government, in the aggregate, or by the private sector of $100,000,000 or more in any one year. Though this rule will not result in such an expenditure, we do discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere in this preamble.
This rule will not effect a taking of private property or otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630, Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights.
This rule meets applicable standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice Reform, to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden.
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13045, Protection of Children from Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks. This rule is not an economically significant rule and does not concern an environmental risk to health or risk to safety that may disproportionately affect children.
This final rule does not have tribal implications under Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments, because it does not have substantial direct effect on one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.
We have analyzed this rule under Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use. We have determined that it is not a "significant energy action" under that order because it is not a "significant regulatory action" under Executive Order 12866 and is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of energy. It has not been designated by the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs as a significant energy action. Therefore, it does not require a Statement of Energy Effects under Executive Order 13211.
The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use voluntary consensus standards in their regulatory activities unless the agency provides Congress, through the Office of Management and Budget, with an explanation of why using these standards would be inconsistent with applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards are technical standards (e.g., specifications of materials, performance, design, or operation; test methods; sampling procedures; and related management systems practices) that are developed or adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. This rule does not use technical standards. Therefore, we did not consider the use of voluntary consensus standards.
We have analyzed this final rule under Commandant Instruction M16475.1D, which guides the Coast Guard in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370f), and have concluded that there are no factors in this case that would limit the use of a categorical exclusion under section 2.B.2 of the Instruction. Therefore, this rule is categorically excluded, under figure 2-1, paragraph (32)(e), of the Instruction, from further environmental documentation. It has been determined that this final rule does not significantly impact the environment. Under figure 2-1, paragraph (34)(e) of the Instruction, an "Environmental Analysis Check List" and a "Categorical Exclusion Determination" are not required for this rule.
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For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Coast Guard amends 33 CFR part 117 as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 117 continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 33 U.S.C. 499; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1; 33 CFR 1.05-1(g); section 117.255 also issued under the authority of Pub. L. 102-587, 106 Stat. 5039.
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2. In § 117.789, from June 1, 2004 through January 31,2005, paragraph (d) is temporarily suspended and a new temporary paragraph (h) is added to read as follows:
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§ 117.789
Harlem River.
(h) The draw of the Triborough (125th Street) Bridge, mile 1.3, shall open on signal from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. if at least a forty-eight hour notice is given.
John L. Grenier,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Commander, First Coast Guard District.
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