AP Wire — When Finished, Turn Off Your Computer
We get this question all the time at the library and it is nice to have a nice concrete answer that I can use with patrons. So the answer is, turn your computer off when not in use. There is no reason to leave it on 24/7 the way some of us were told years ago.
Right Wing News (Conservative News and Views)
Republican blog with daily news, recommended links, and an RSS feed.
Steven Seagal
Official site for Seagal with sections on Aikido, spirituality, movies, music, and news. The site also offers both a message board and a chat room.
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here
This blog is dedicated to “Models, Tools and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future.” In other words it links to technology and ideas that lead to positive change in the world. RSS Feeds available.
NBCOlympics
NBC will be broadcasting the Olympics for more hours than any other network in history. They are using many of the stations in their broadcasting family, including Bravo, MSNBC, and CNBC to provide 24 hour coverage. To find out what events will be broadcast when, click on the TV Listings section.
Into the Blogosphere
This site offers a collection of research papers on weblogs or blogs from a variety of fields and perspectives. It is definitely a link that will be useful for people who give talks on blogs, since some of the recent papers cover subjects like virtual communities, teaching weblogs, and the clash with journalism. All of these are subjects that I touch on when speaking about blogging.
C-SPAN
C-Span offers a great service, video and audio of politics in action. This week, they have offered videos of all of the featured speakers at the Democratic Convention. Next month, they will do the same for the Republicans. This is definitely the site to come to for first-hand politics. They also maintain a video library sorted by subject and have a search engine.
There will be no constitutional amendment up for general election in 2006, because the senate republicans could not get enough votes to get TABOR on the ballot.
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TABOR amendment fate remains uncertain today
TABOR returns in a last-minute effort to get the legislation passed this session. The GOP is pushing the Tax Payer’s Bill of Rights which would place limits on local government spending, hindering growth of public services like libraries.
This final effort has been done in secrecy, and during the Democratic National Convention.
