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OregonLive.com: Oregon Special Election News Elderly people, the disabled, state troopers, school teachers and others are bracing for state funding cuts after Oregon voters rejected an income tax increase. The proposed tax hike, which lawmakers said would have spared the state from having to make $310 million in cuts, was rejected Tuesday. The state already slashed $700 million from the budget last year, and lawmakers have failed in five special sessions to solve the state's budget crisis.

Portland Public Schools will now cut an additional 9 school days, in addition to the 15 they have already cut from the school year....

Library of Congress Sound Registry

heraldtribune.com: Southwest Florida's Information Leader Library of Congress Starts Sound RegistryBy CARL HARTMANAssociated Press WriterClose your eyes and just listen.There's President Theodore Roosevelt denouncing corporate swindles. Robert Frost reading his poetry. Buffalo Bill Cody urging war with Spain over Cuba.They are joined by 2.5 million other voices - some famous, some not - and sounds - the huffing and puffing of a steam locomotive is one - preserved at the Library of Congress.On Monday, Librarian of Congress James Billington was announcing the first 50 sounds to be entered in a National Recording Registry. It seeks to ensure even greater protection for some of the most notable songs, speeches and other utterances.

[By way of...The Shifted Librarian]

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Tim LauerTeacher, Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon

This weblog is mainly a place for me to note and organize information I find relating to education and the use of technology in education. In addition it acts as a platform for discussion with others with similar interests.

NY Times Magazine: Warren Zevon

In His Time of Dying The show's only guest would be Warren Zevon, the songwriter known for the twisted humor of songs like ''Lawyers, Guns and Money,'' ''Werewolves of London'' and ''Poor Poor Pitiful Me'' and for troubled love songs like ''Hasten Down the Wind'' and ''Accidentally Like a Martyr.'' Zevon, 56, is a dying man.

News That Comes to You

J.D. Lasica on RSS news readers: Instead of the hunt and peck of Web surfing, you can download or buy a small program that turns your computer into a voracious media hub, letting you snag headlines and news updates as if you were commanding the anchor desk at CNN. [By way of: Ranchero.com]

Hiptop Nation hits the New York Times

"Hiptop Nation is a place where people share their experiences with the world while wandering around with these little Sidekick devices with cameras," said John Lester, a 35-year-old Boston resident and one of about 300 participants in Hiptop Nation . "It gives you a sense of connectedness because not only are people posting to the blog wirelessly but they're reading it wirelessly." [Smart Mobs]

I'm sitting in a meeting right now... thankfully there is wireless here... but if not... a Hiptop would be very nice...