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Early in the 109th Congress, both S. 6, the Family and Community Protection Act of 2005, and S. 94, the Good Samaritan Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act, have been introduced to encourage gifts of food by businesses for charitable purposes. While current law provides a deduction only to C corporations, these bills would expand the tax break to all business entities. The value of the existing deduction is the corporation’s basis in the donated product plus one half of the amount of appreciation, as long as that amount is less than twice the corporation’s basis in the product.

This report reviews the recent incidence of terrorism in South Asia, concentrating on Pakistan and India, but also including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The existence of international terrorist groups and their supporters in South Asia is identified as a threat to both regional stability and to the attainment of central U.S. policy goals. Al Qaeda forces that fled from Afghanistan with their Taliban supporters remain active on Pakistani territory, and Al Qaeda is believed to have links with indigenous Pakistani terrorist groups that have conducted anti-western attacks and that support separatist militancy in Indian Kashmir. Al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden and his lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are widely believed to be in Pakistan.

This report is on U.S. Taxation of Overseas Investment and Income: Background and Issues in 2005.

The basic science goal in this project identifies structure/affinity relationships for selected radionuclides and existing sorbents. The task will apply this knowledge to the design and synthesis of new sorbents that will exhibit increased cesium, strontium and actinide removal. The target problem focuses on the treatment of high-level nuclear wastes. The general approach can likewise be applied to non-radioactive separations. The project involves a collaboration among four organizations, with each focused on a different aspect of the problem. This document is the final report on the three years of activities conducted at the University of Notre Dame, where the research focus was on the use of molecular modeling to understand ion exchange selectivity in titanosilicates and polyoxoniobate materials.

Progress from the second quarter of activity on the project ''Design and Evaluation of Ionic Liquids as Novel CO2 Absorbents'' is provided. Major activities in three areas are reported: ''compound synthesis, property measurement and molecular modeling''. Two new ionic liquid compounds have been synthesized and characterized. Viscosities, densities and gas solubilities have been measured for several of the ionic liquids synthesized during Q1. Continued progress on computational modeling of the ionic liquids has been made.

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In this final quarter, we have continued to collect more field data. Here, in this report representative data collected in the field with turbine engine are presented. We also made substantial progress in calibration of standard particles using MOUDI. During the 12th quarter of this project, we collected a myriad of field data at our industrial partner's test site. These data verified the system performances. (1) The system could detect light scattering signal for all 9 wavelength lasers under different load conditions--We verified that the ELIS1024 chip could reliably collect light scattering signal from the 9 wavelength lasers, even the weakest wavelength at 355nm, thanks to our effort in improving the signal to noise ratio of the detector. (2) The data collected for each wavelength channel under the same load is consistent and repeatable--Although different wavelength channel has drastically different signal to noise ratio, after certain averages, we are able to repeat the scattering signal under the same engine conditions. (3) The data collected for each channel under different load conditions are qualitatively consistent with prediction--The data collected for each channel under different load conditions change according to the predictions. We are conducting simulation models to simulate the data and …

This month's issue has the following articles: (1) Helping NNSA Managers Chart the Future Stockpile--Commentary by Bruce T. Goodwin; (2) Modeling the Future--Livermore researchers have developed a computational tool that simulates the effects of changing demands on the nuclear weapons complex; (3) A Peculiar Burst of Stars--By combining computer simulations with optical and radio astronomical techniques, astrophysicists can better understand how stars form; (4) Exploring the Link between Diet and Cancer--Scientists combine experiments and simulations to demonstrate how food mutagens could promote hormone-sensitive cancers; and (5) When Lightning Strikes at Site 300--Electrical engineers are certifying that Livermore's Site 300 provides a safe work environment, even during a lightning storm.