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How the Internet & New Media are Reshaping Tsunami Relief Efforts

I thought I would share this invitation Andy Carvin posted on the Digital Divide Network list today:

Webcast: How the Internet & New Media are Reshaping Tsunami Relief Efforts

Wednesday,  January 12, 10:00 EST/ 15:00 GMT
http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/disaster-relief/

You are cordially invited to participate in a live webcast hosted by the Digital Divide Network this Wednesday, January 12 at 10am EST (15:00 GMT, 7:00 California time) on the role of the Internet  and new media in tsunami relief efforts. The webcast will examine how blogs, RSS feeds, SMS text messaging and other tools are being used in response to the tsunami, their strengths and limitations, and the role these technologies may play in future natural disasters.

Guest Speakers:

Dina Mehta, co-founder of tsunamihelp.blogspot.com, Mumbai, India

Dina Mehta is a qualitative researcher and ethnographer based in Mumbai. In the hours following the tsunami, she and a group of South Asian bloggers created the Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog (http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com), the Internet's largest volunteer-driven portal for tsunami relief news and resources. For the last 16 years she has been a market researcher with a special interest in youth markets and in longitudinal ethnographic research and user-design studies.

Taran Rampersad, Internet activist and coordinator of Alert Retrieval Cache (ARC), Trinidad & Tobago

A former hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, Taran Rampersad is an Internet activist and writer based in Trinidad & Tobago.  Taran serves as editor of the Linux Gazette and contributor to WorldChanging.com, among other blogs and online magazines . As part of the team of volunteers contributing to the tsunamihelp blog, Taran proposed the development of a tool that would allow SMS text messages from mobile phones to be routed to email lists and other SMS users, using key words to connect relief workers on the ground with sources of materials and supplies. This led to the development of Alert Retrieval Cache (ARC), which has been covered by the BBC and other media in the last week.

Moderator: Andy Carvin, Digital Divide Network

Andy Carvin is director of the Digital Divide Network (http://www.digitaldivide.net), the Internet's leading online community for news and information on the digital divide. In late December, Andy published Tsunami-Info.org, a news website that aggregates tsunami-related headlines from blogs and news wire feeds from around the world. On September 11, 2001, Andy created SEPT11INFO, the first online discussion group for sharing resources and information on the terrorist attacks that had occurred that morning. For the first 24 hours, the list processed emails at a rate of one new messages a minute, one of the highest-traffic discussion groups to date.

Instructions. The webcast is free and open to the public. To participate, please visit http://www.digitaldivide.net/community/disaster-relief/ and click on the link "Virtual Meeting Room." You'll then be asked to enter your name; at this point, the website will download the e-conference tool onto your desktop. The process may take several minutes, so participants are advised to enter the virtual meeting room 15 minutes prior to the event. Users experiencing technical problems are encouraged to email help@learningtimes.net for assistance.

Today's Federal Register

Federal Register, vol. 70, No. 7 January 11, 2005

Table of Contents with links to materials in both text and PDF formats.

Agricultural Marketing Service
PROPOSED RULES
Grapes grown in—
	Southeastern California,
	1837–1839 [05–470]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Hazelnuts grown in—
	Oregon and Washington,
	1839–1840 [05–471]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Plant Variety and Protection Office; supplemental fees,
1835–1837 [05–472]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Agriculture Department
See  Agricultural Marketing Service
See  Commodity Credit Corporation
See  Energy Office, Agriculture Department
See  Forest Service
See  Natural Resources Conservation Service
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
NOTICES
Organization, functions, and authority delegations:
	Assistant Director (Management)/CFO, et al.,
	1903–1904 [05–517]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	1904 [05–518]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Children and Families Administration
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1896–1897 [05–449]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1897 [05–450]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	People with Intellectual Disabilities, President's Committee,
	1898 [05–451]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Coast Guard
NOTICES
Waterfront facilities; letters of recommendation:
	Keyspan LNG Facility, Providence, R.I.; public meeting,
	1900 [05–531]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
See  Patent and Trademark Office
Commodity Credit Corporation
RULES
Loan and purchase programs:
	Environmental Quality Incentives Program—
		Conservation Innovation Grants,
		1789–1792 [05–511]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Defense Department
NOTICES
Manual for Courts-Martial; amendments,
1877–1881 [05–457]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Education Department
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
	Indian Education Formula Grants,
	1881–1882 [05–522]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Energy Office, Agriculture Department
RULES
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002:
	Biobased products; designation guidance for federal procurement,
	1792–1812 [05–399]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air programs:
	Stratospheric ozone protection—
		Appliances using substitute refrigerants; leak repair requirements,
		1971–1993 [05–429]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
	Illinois,
	1824–1825 [05–600]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
	New York,
	1825–1830 [05–504]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Hazardous waste program authorizations:
	New York,
	1842–1843 [05–503]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Science Advisory Board,
	1888–1889 [05–500]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	1889–1890 [05–502]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Scientific Counselors Board Executive Committee,
	1890–1891 [05–497]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Superfund; response and remedial actions, proposed settlements, etc.:
	Camelot Cleaners Site, ND,
	1891–1892 [05–498]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Water supply:
	Safe Drinking Water Act—
		Water conservation promotion; water metering and billing systems,
		1892–1893 [05–499]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Export-Import Bank
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Advisory Committee,
	1893 [05–454]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
	Bombardier-Rotax GmbH,
	1815–1817 [05–486]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Procedural rules:
	Investigative and enforcement procedures; civil penalty assessment procedures; correction,
	1812–1815 [05–528]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Exemption petitions; summary and disposition,
1931–1932 [05–474]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Communications Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1893–1894 [05–468]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Declaratory ruling petitions:
	Ultratec, Inc., et al.,
	1894–1895 [05–469]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
1895–1896 [05–650]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Electric rate and corporate regulation filings,
1884–1886 [E5–55]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
	Duke Power Co.,
	1886 [E5–44]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Hydroelectric applications,
1886–1887 [E5–54]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	Connecticut Transmission Infrastructure et al.; technical conference,
	1887–1888 [E5–45]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Enogex, Inc.; technical conference,
	1888 [E5–51]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Gulfterra Texas Pipeline, LP; technical conference canceled,
	1888 [E5–46]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
	Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.,
	1882 [E5–52]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Gas Transmission Northwest Corp.,
	1882–1883 [E5–43]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Questar Pipeline Co.,
	1883 [E5–53]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Wisconsin Public Service Corp.,
	1883 [E5–60]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
	Change in bank control,
	1896 [05–519]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Formations, acquisitions, and mergers,
	1896 [05–462]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Open Market Committee:
	Domestic policy directives,
	1896 [05–494]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Fish and Wildlife Service
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
	Critical habitat designations—
		Colorado butterfly plant,
		1939–1970 [05–239]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
	Arizona agave,
	1858–1862 [05–442]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Endangered and threatened species:
	Recovery plans—
		Whooping crane,
		1902–1903 [05–31]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Endangered and threatened species permit applications,
1901–1902 [05–481]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Food and Drug Administration
RULES
Animal drugs, feeds, and related products:
	Invermectin meal,
	1817–1818 [05–523]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Lincomycin hydrochloride soluble powder,
	1818 [05–524]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Forest Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
	Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, WI,
	1863–1864 [05–482]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	Resource Advisory Committees—
		Trinity County,
		1864 [05–487]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Health and Human Services Department
See  Children and Families Administration
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  National Institutes of Health
PROPOSED RULES
Chimpanzee sanctuary system:
	Chimpanzees held in federally funded facilities; standards of care,
	1843–1858 [05–394]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Homeland Security Department
See  Coast Guard
Housing and Urban Development Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee,
	1901 [E5–48]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
See  National Indian Gaming Commission
See  National Park Service
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
Antidumping:
	Cut-to-length carbon steel plate—
		Russian Federation,
		1868 [E5–40]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Cut-to-length carbon steel plate from—
		Romania,
		1867 [05–520]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Porcelain-on-steel cooking ware from—
		China,
		1868–1869 [E5–39]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from—
		Romania,
		1869–1870 [E5–61]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from—
		Taiwan,
		1870–1871 [E5–62]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Antidumping and countervailing duties:
	Administrative review requests; correction, Z4–3911
Justice Department
See  Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Bureau
See  Justice Programs Office
See  National Institute of Corrections
Justice Programs Office
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1904 [05–480]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Survey plat filings:
	Montana,
	1903 [05–483]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Indian Gaming Commission
PROPOSED RULES
Management contract provisions:
	Minimum internal control standards,
	1840–1841 [05–448]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Institute for Literacy
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Advisory Board,
	1905 [05–601]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Institute of Corrections
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Advisory Board,
	1905 [05–452]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1898–1899 [05–465]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1899–1900 [05–466]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RULES
Endangered and threatened species:
	Critical habitat designations—
		Right whale nomenclature and taxonomy; technical revision,
		1830–1832 [05–527]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
	Endangered fish and wildlife; meeting and comment request,
	1871–1875 [05–525]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	North Pacific Fishery Management Council,
	1875 [E5–57]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Pacific Fishery Management Council,
	1876 [E5–58]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Permits:
	Endangered and threatened species,
	1876 [05–529]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Marine mammals,
	1876–1877 [05–526]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Park Service
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
	Colorado River Management Plan,
	1903 [05–609]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Natural Resources Conservation Service
NOTICES
Agents designated to accept legal process; list,
1864–1865 [05–512]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
	Conservation Security Program,
	1865–1866 [05–510]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Lower Payette River ditch diversion, ID,
	1866–1867 [05–509]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Field office technical guides; changes:
	Idaho,
	1867 [05–508]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
	Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
	1911–1912 [05–479]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
1912–1913 [05–588]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
	KTL Roudebush Testing,
	1905–1908 [05–477]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	1908–1911 [05–478]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Patent and Trademark Office
RULES
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement Act; implementation,
1818–1824 [05–461]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Personnel Management Office
PROPOSED RULES
Excepted service:
	Persons with disabilities; career and career-conditional employment,
	1833–1835 [05–456]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1913 [05–455]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Hazardous materials:
	Exemption applications delayed; list,
	1932–1933 [05–473]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1914 [E5–50]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1913–1914 [05–463]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Investment Company Act of 1940:
	IDS Life Insurance Co., et al.,
	1914–1925 [E5–42]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 filings,
1925–1926 [E5–59]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
	Depository Trust Co.,
	1927 [E5–47]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	New York Stock Exchange, Inc.,
	1928–1929 [E5–56]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.,
	1929–1931 [E5–41]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
State Department
NOTICES
Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:
	Recarving China's Past: The Art, Archaeology and Architecture of the Wu Family Shrines,
	1931 [05–507]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
See  Research and Special Programs Administration
NOTICES
Aviation proceedings:
	Certificates of public convenience and necessity and foreign air carrier permits; weekly applications,
	1931 [05–476]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
United States Institute of Peace
NOTICES
Grants and cooperative agreements; availability, etc.:
	Spring competition program—
		Solicited grants,
		1933 [05–459]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
		Unsolicited grants,
		1933 [05–460]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Veterans Affairs Department
PROPOSED RULES
Medical benefits:
	Filipino veterans; eligibility,
	1841–1842 [05–493]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1934 [05–489]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1934–1935 [05–490]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1935 [05–491]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1935–1936 [05–492]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service,
1939–1970 [05–239]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Part III
Environmental Protection Agency,
1971–1993 [05–429]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
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Legislative History of the Rome Statute

No one would dispute Professor M. Cherif Bassiouni's (DePaul Law) expertise in international criminal law, particularly when the topic is the International Criminal Court. See e.g., Webcast of the Conference on the Establishment and Role of the International Criminal Court (Nov. 10, 2001) conducted by the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights at the University of Cincinnati College of Law

Professor Bassiouni was a driving force behind the establishment of the ICC, having advocated it worldwide for the last 30 years. In 1998, he served as Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the United Nations Diplomatic Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court. Prior to that, from 1996 to 1998, he served as Vice-Chairman of the Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court and, in 1995, as Vice Chairman of the ad hoc Committee on an International Criminal Court.

Now comes Bassiouni's The Statute of the International Criminal Court and Related Instruments: Legislative History 1994-2000.

From the publisher's blurb:

This unique work is an article-by-article drafting history of the ICC Statute containing all versions of every article in the Statute as it evolved from 1994 to 1998. It also integrates in the Statute's provisions the "Elements of the Crimes" and the "Rules of Procedure and Evidence" adopted by the preparatory Commission (1998-2000). Other relevant documents are also included, such as those concerning the privileges and immunities and financial regulations of the Court, as well as its relationship with the United Nations.

This documentation constitutes the most comprehensive treatment available of the ICC's applicable law. It also offers an insightful first-hand account of the drafting process both prior to and during the Rome Diplomatic Conference, along with a detailed historical survey of the efforts to establish the ICC.

Each article of the Rome Statute is presented chronologically, along with all its prior versions. These versions comprise the texts transmitted between the Drafting Committee and the Committee of the Whole at the Rome Diplomatic Conference; the text proposed by the 1998 Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an ICC; the text completed by the Intersessional meeting in Zutphen; the text proposed by the 1995 Ad Hoc Committee on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court; the text proposed by the International Law Commission in 1994. It also contains government proposals made during the 1995-1998 sessions of the Ad Hoc and Preparatory Committees, most of which have not been made public documents. This organization of the legislative history permits the reader to see the complete textual evolution of each article.

A description of the ICC mechanisms and institutions precedes this article-by-article legislative history.

This is a must buy for everyone practicing in the area of international criminal law. Certainly, no academic law library should be without a copy.

Transnational Publishers
ISBN: 1-57105-148-1 (hardcover)
Price: $275.00

Live Audio Webcast on CAM

Current Awareness Alert

Millions of Americans use complementary and alternative therapies such as acupuncture, massage, and dietary supplements -- often in conjunction with conventional medical treatments.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a new report from the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, looks at what patients and health care providers need to know about both conventional treatments and complementary and alternative therapies to make the best decisions about their use. The report examines issues of safety, effectiveness, and regulatory oversight, as well as the impact of new therapies on the evolution of health care.

Live Webcast. The report will be released at a one-hour public briefing starting at 11 a.m. EST, Wednesday, January 12.

Participate by listening to a live audio webcast (requires free RealPlayer) and by submitting questions using an e-mail form, both accessible on the National Academies home page during the event

• Project Information
• View Webcast
• Additional Information

Future of Law Libraries - Questions for the Panelists

Maryellen O'Brien (Reference Librarian, Florida Coastal School of Law) is soliciting comments and questions for the panelists of the March 10-11, 2005 symposium, "The Future of Law Libraries". See my earlier post about the symposium. Your can direct your questions to her at mobrien@fcsl.edu.

New National Women's Health Database

"The Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services and the National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) has launch a free and comprehensive National Women's Health Indicators Database (NWHID). This system permits those interested in the health status of women, and, in fact, the entire population of the US, to have access to comparative, county-level data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories and possessions."

Submitted by Ron Jones, U Cincinnati Law Library

Case Western Law Library Getting a Makeover

From the Case Western press release:

The law library at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is getting a face lift—and a new name.

The law school recently began a $5.5 million renovation to its law library, which will result in more open space, additional areas for group study and enhanced computer facilities. The law library is also being named in honor of the late Judge Ben C. Green, a 1930 graduate of the school, whose family gave a $2 million gift towards the project. It is the largest single gift the school has ever received.

Among the major changes to the law library will be:

• Creating a new, welcoming entryway by removing the service desk now at the library entrance and replacing it with a seating area and adding upgraded turnstiles.
• Creating new circulation and reference desks to provide enhanced services to students and patrons.
• Replacing the full stacks near the entrance with half stacks, so that people entering the law library will be able to see straight through to the windows.
• Creating a second reading area on the first floor.
• Moving staff offices from the first to the second floor, enhancing staff services.
• Adding group study rooms, including some with audio/visual equipment and technological enhancements.
• Enlarging the windows on the third floor to let in more natural light and replacing some of the full stacks with half stacks.
• Creating additional reading areas on the third floor and upgrading independent study carrels.

Additional information.

Good luck!

President's Tax Reform Commission

TaxProf Paul Caron has posted the bios of the members of President's Tax Reform Commission on TaxProf Blog, a member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.

Today's Federal Register

Contents	Federal Register Vol. 70, No. 6 Monday, January 10, 2005

Agriculture Department
See  Food and Nutrition Service
See  Forest Service
Army Department
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Army Education Advisory Committee,
	1695 [05–434]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1718–1719 [05–410]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
NOTICES
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
	Indiana Medicaid State plan amendment; disapproval reconsideration,
	1719–1721 [05–445]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Commerce Department
See  International Trade Administration
See  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
NOTICES
Textile and apparel categories:
	African Growth and Opportunity Act et al.; commercial availability—
		Anti-microbial elastomeric filament yarn incorporated in knit fabric,
		1694–1695 [05–521]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Customs and Border Protection Bureau
NOTICES
Automatic program test:
	Reconciliation,
	1730–1732 [05–402]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
General program test:
	Quota processing,
	1732–1733 [05–403]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Defense Department
See  Army Department
See  Navy Department
Education Department
PROPOSED RULES
Special education and rehabilitative services:
	Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)—
		Regulatory issues; correction,
		1673 [05–446]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1695–1696 [05–435]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Energy Department
See  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board—
		Northern New Mexico,
		1696–1697 [05–432]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Environmental Protection Agency
RULES
Air pollutants, hazardous; national emission standards:
	Coke ovens; pushing, quenching, and battery stacks; partial withdrawal,
	1670–1671 [05–423]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:
	New Mexico,
	1668–1670 [05–342]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
	West Virginia,
	1664–1668 [05–418]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States:
	Wisconsin; withdrawn,
	1663–1664 [05–427]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
PROPOSED RULES
Air programs; approval and promulgation; State plans for designated facilities and pollutants:
	New Mexico,
	1674 [05–341]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Air quality implementation plans; approval and promulgation; various States; air quality planning purposes; designation of areas:
	West Virginia,
	1673–1674 [05–417]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Toxic substances:
	Inventory reporting forms; modification,
	1674–1686 [05–430]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1697–1699 [05–419]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1699–1700 [05–420]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1700–1701 [05–421]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1701–1702 [05–422]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1702–1704 [05–426]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1704–1707 [05–428]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	National Drinking Water Advisory Council,
	1707–1708 [05–425]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Pesticide programs:
	Pesticide applicator certifications; State plans—
		Utah,
		1708–1710 [05–513]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Water pollution control:
	Clean Water Act—
		Section 303(d): Availability for comment,
		1710–1711 [05–424]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Executive Office of the President
See  National Drug Control Policy Office
See  Presidential Documents
Export-Import Bank
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1711–1716 [05–397]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Aviation Administration
RULES
Airworthiness directives:
	Boeing,
	1655–1659 [05–281]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1717 [05–439]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Election Commission
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
1717 [05–540]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Complaints filed:
	Neptune Regional Transmission System, LLC, et al.,
	1697 [E5–34]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:
	Pacific Gas and Electric Co.,
	1697 [E5–35]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Southern California Edison Co.,
	1697 [E5–36]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Federal Reserve System
NOTICES
Banks and bank holding companies:
	Formations, acquisitions, and mergers,
	1717–1718 [05–392]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICES
Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
	Assabet River, Great Meadows, and Oxbow National Wildlife Refuges,
	1734–1735 [05–407]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Endangered and threatened species:
	Recovery plans—
		Sentry milk-vetch,
		1736–1737 [05–409]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Endangered and threatened species permit applications,
1735–1736 [05–412]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Environmental statements; notice of intent:
	Incidental take permits—
		Riverside County, CA; Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians habitat conservation plan,
		1737–1738 [05–406]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Food and Drug Administration
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Pediatric Advisory Committee,
	1721 [05–382]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:
	Labeling for topically applied cosmetic products containing alpha hydroxy acids,
	1721–1724 [05–381]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1693 [05–440]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Forest Service
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Resource Advisory Committees—
		Madera County,
		1693–1694 [05–405]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Health and Human Services Department
See  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
See  Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
See  Food and Drug Administration
See  Health Resources and Services Administration
See  National Institutes of Health
Health Resources and Services Administration
NOTICES
Privacy Act:
	Systems of records,
	1724–1726 [05–447]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Homeland Security Department
See  Customs and Border Protection Bureau
See  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Housing and Urban Development Department
PROPOSED RULES
Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
	Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)—
		Proprietary information use,
		1773–1779 [05–316]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program,
	1749–1771 [05–49]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Interior Department
See  Fish and Wildlife Service
See  Land Management Bureau
International Trade Administration
NOTICES
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); binational panel reviews:
	Gray Portland cement and clinker from—
		Mexico,
		1694 [E5–37]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
International Trade Commission
NOTICES
Import investigations:
	Outboard engines from—
		Japan,
		1739–1740 [05–496]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
	Purified carboxymethyulcellulose from—
		Various countries,
		1740–1741 [05–431]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Justice Department
See  Prisons Bureau
NOTICES
Pollution control; consent judgments:
	Knoxville Utilities Board; correction,
	1741 [05–395]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Land Management Bureau
NOTICES
Survey plat filings:
	Idaho,
	1738–1739 [05–408]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
NOTICES
Meetings,
1741 [05–401]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Credit Union Administration
NOTICES
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
1741 [05–561]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Drug Control Policy Office
NOTICES
Meetings:
	Drug Free Communities Advisory Commission,
	1741–1742 [05–438]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Institutes of Health
NOTICES
Inventions, Government-owned; availability for licensing,
1726–1728 [05–391]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings:
	National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
	1728 [05–386]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	National Center for Research Resources,
	1728 [05–389]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	National Eye Institute,
	1728–1729 [05–390]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,
	1729 [05–383]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering,
	1730 [05–387]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	1730 [05–388]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,
	1729–1730 [05–384]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
	1730 [05–385]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
PROPOSED RULES
Fishery conservation and management:
	Northeastern United States fisheries—
		Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish,
		1686–1692 [05–437]	[TEXT]  [PDF]
Navy Department
RULES
Prisoners of war during World War II; implementation of instruction back pay for members of Navy and Marine Corps selected for promotion while interned,
1671–1672 [05–411]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NOTICES
Environmental statements; availability, etc.:
	South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.,
	1742–1743 [05–400]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Office of National Drug Control Policy
See  National Drug Control Policy Office
Presidential Documents
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS
Asian tsunami; emergency disaster relief assistance and drawdown authorization (Presidential Determination No. 2005-16 of January 4, 2005),
1787 [05–516]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Libya; intention to grant waiver of application of the Internal Revenue Code (Presidential Determination No. 2004-48 of September 20, 2004),
1781–1783 [05–514]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Libya; waiver of application of the Internal Revenue Code (Presidential Determination No. 2005-12 of December 10, 2004),
1785 [05–515]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Prisons Bureau
RULES
Inmate control, custody, care, etc.:
	Community confinement,
	1659–1663 [05–398]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Securities and Exchange Commission
NOTICES
Investment Company Act of 1940:
	Neuberger Berman Equity Funds et al.,
	1743–1746 [E5–38]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Meetings; Sunshine Act,
1746 [05–464]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:
	National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
	1746–1748 [05–396]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Small Business Administration
RULES
Government contracting programs:
	Subcontracting; correction,
	1655 [05–414]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
NOTICES
Disaster loan areas:
	Texas,
	1748 [05–413]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
State Department
NOTICES
Culturally significant objects imported for exhibition:
	From Filippo Lippi to Piero della Francesca: Fra Carnevale and the making of a Renaissance Master,
	1748 [05–433]		[TEXT]  [PDF]
Textile Agreements Implementation Committee
See  Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements
Transportation Department
See  Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
NOTICES
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
1733 [05–443]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1733–1734 [05–444]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Separate Parts In This Issue
Part II
Housing and Urban Development Department,
1749–1771 [05–49]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Part III
Housing and Urban Development Department,
1773–1779 [05–316]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
Part IV
Executive Office of the President, Presidential Documents,
1781–1783 [05–514]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1785 [05–515]			[TEXT]  [PDF]
1787 [05–516]			[TEXT]  [PDF]

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New SCOTUS Info on LII

The Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School is now offering free previews of high-profile Supreme Court cases before they are argued and ruled on.

Here's the editors' remarks:

The liibulletin is a Cornell Law School electronic journal. Its editorial board comprises second- and third-year law students, who are responsible for every aspect of the journal's management, from selecting decisions for commentary to researching, writing, editing, and producing the journal content in HTML. The 2004-05 bulletin will explore cases currently before the US Supreme Court. Bulletin content is available on this site and by (free) email subscription

Sounds to me like Cornell 2- and 3-Ls mean to give US Law Week some competition. I wouldn't cancel my USLW subscription yet but for those who don't subscribe.... why not give the liibulletin-cert a test drive.

Webcast on Perchlorate in Drinking Water

Current awaress alert

Perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel and fireworks, has been found in drinking water supplies across the nation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has be assessing the need for a standard for allowable amounts of this substance in drinking water.

On Tuesday, January 11, the National Academies will release Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion at a one-hour public briefing starting at 2 p.m. EST

Live Webcast. Participate by listening to a live audio webcast (requires free RealPlayer) and submitting questions using an e-mail form, both accessible on the National Academies home page during the event.

• Additional information
• Webcast
• Project Information

Next Generation Librarians

The theme of the January issue of Infor Career Trends is "next generation librarianship."  The editor's note states

"[The January issue's] contributors discuss ways next generation librarians can move ahead, as well as ways different generations can work together effectively in today's library. Their varieties of attitudes and approaches parallel the variety inherent in our multigenerational, multifaceted profession, and provide food for thought for anyone interested in our field's future."

If you are not familiar with Infor Career Trends, it is Lisjobs.com's professional development e-mail newsletter. You can read the issue online and subscribe to the newsletter's RSS feed.

If NextGen librarians want to start looking for a job, the places to go are Lisjob.com and Library Job Postings. You can view new job listings directly in your news reader from this RSS feed.

And after being hire, NextGen librarians will want to advance their career. The place to go is Beyond the Job, a career development blog.

Sounds to me like NextGen librarians are a lot like CurrentGen and PastGen librarians. Does Rachael Holt's article, Musings of a NextGen Librarian, remind you of anyone?

What does Ken Lay's website, Google and Yahoo Have in Common?

Is this a first? Many a celebrity defendant has used the web to tell his or her story but no one has paid search engines for preferential placement. Until now, that is.

Ken Lay, former CEO of Enron, is using paid search engine listings on Yahoo and Google to get people to visit his web site so his legal team can plead his case to the general public. Talk about being a "21st century defendant!"

Kay Flood of the Houston Chronicle reports:

"Put the search words "Enron scandal" or "Ken Lay," or even this Enron reporter's name, "Mary Flood," into any of the above search engines and one of the first things you will see is www.kenlayinfo.com. If you hit on Lay's Web site from there, then Lay pays between roughly 5 cents and 12 cents."

So I followed Kay's instructions and sure enough the URL for Ken Lay's site pops up first. To confirm this I clicked on the link which, dagnabit, took me straight to the site. Recalling what I learned about the scientific method, I repeated this experiment several times on Yahoo and Google to prove to myself that none of this was a fluke.

Ken Lay's website includes everything that would be characteristic of Everyman's site: articles, interviews, op-eds, press conferences, videos, court files and biography information.

Alas, it is not a well-rounded, balanced collection of materials.