The Top 100 Law and Lawyer Blogs
Criminal Justice Degree Guides: The Top 100 Law and Lawyer Blogs Law blogs, also known as blawgs, are plentiful these days. In fact, there are probably thousands to choose from and more appear each week. For that reason, it may be difficult for you to narrow down which ones are worth a regular read. Not only are high-profile general law blogs included, niche blawgs are also offered for your consideration. Since it would be impossible to rank them according to importance, they are categorized according to subject and then alphabetized."
 beSpacific is in great company along with the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, and the International Economic Law and Policy Blog among a wide range of outstanding topical blogs well worth your review.

United States Copyright Office Releases Section 109 Report
News release: "After more than a year of intensive study, the U.S. Copyright Office issued its report on whether to maintain, modify or eliminate Sections 111, 119 and 122 of the Copyright Act. It will serve as the basis for discussion for possible changes to the statutory licenses. Section 109 of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act (SHVERA) of 2004 requires the Copyright Office to examine and compare the statutory licensing systems for the cable and satellite television industries under Sections 111, 119 and 122 of the Copyright Act and recommend any necessary legislative changes no later than June 30, 2008."
 Section 109 Study on the Cable and Satellite Statutory Licenses under the Copyright Act (274 pages, PDF)

A Gas Station for Every 2,500 PeopleSource: U.S. Census Bureau
Texas, California and Florida accounted for more than 20 percent of the nation’s 116,855 gas stations with paid employees in 2006, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That’s about one gas station per 2,500 people.
These economic numbers come from County Business Patterns: 2006, an annual report that contains data covering the more than 7.6 million businesses with paid employees at the national and state levels, and more than 3,100 counties. The report provides data on the number of establishments, number of employees, and quarterly and annual payroll for most of the 1,100 industries according to the North American Industry Classification System.

Business history: Studebaker
In 1736, The Studabecker--later to become Studebaker--family arrived from Germany and settled in Philadelphia. Two generations later, in 1790, John Clement Studebaker was born. He grew up to become a blacksmith and wagon builder.
The economic panic of 1837 forced many families westward. John Clement Studebaker, accompanied by his wife and their ten children joined the migration. In 1851, the family arrived in South Bend, a village originally named Southhold, and settled into a log cabin south of the city.
In 1852, Clement and his brother Henry founded their own blacksmithing and wagon-building business, H & C Studebaker. Henry later sold his share of the business to another of the five brothers, John. The business prospered, helped greatly by the Civil War (1861-1865). During this time, the Studebakers made literally thousands of wagons for the Union Army. When the war ended, the westward expansion of America began, and the business continued to prosper. Another brother, Peter, joined the firm, forming the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company.
http://www.tippe.com/history.html

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Indifference or laziness may be mistaken for patience.

Nationally, circulation of books and other materials at libraries keeps edging up each year, despite the Internet revolution. Currently, many cities are seeing big increases in visitation, as is common during economic downturns. And in many libraries, the public-access computers are in demand from open to close — a reminder that even if the universal library seems closer to reality, universal broadband access is still a long way off.
The new central library in Salt Lake City is now the city's second-most-visited tourist attraction. That's only partly because it's a noteworthy building designed by a famous architect, Moshe Safdie. What's more important is what goes on in and around the building. The library pushes cultural events, lectures and book readings, and turns its outdoor plaza into a front porch for downtown festivals celebrating everything from the arts to jazz to gay pride. Inside, a narrow glass atrium, known as the "urban room," not only houses a popular cafe but also a garden shop, comic-book store and other retailers whose leases require them to host their own events aimed at drawing yet more people to the library.
Ann Arbor, Michigan has converted the library's Web site, aadl.org, into a blog. You can still search the catalog, check library hours and find all the information you'd expect on a library's home page. But the main window changes frequently, highlighting upcoming events, online discussions and posts from Library Director Josie Parker.
http://www.governing.com/articles/0806libraries.htm

roborant (ROB-uhr-uhnt)
adjective: Strengthening.noun: A tonic.
From Latin roborare (to strengthen), from robor- (oak, hardness). Ultimately from the Indo-European root reudh- (red) that also gave us red, rouge, ruby, ruddy, rubella, robust, corroborate, and rambunctious.
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