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Talk about an unlikely representative. He eats earwax!
Shrek — the lovable, smelly, bright green ogre from the swamp — and his crew are now speaking out against childhood obesity. Unveiled today, the campaign comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Ad...
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Apparently, people fall for this stuff.
A place called Yelo in Manhattan rents private chambers so people can take a 20- to 40 minute nap. Clients may pay $12 to $65 or more (the higher price experience comes with hand and foot massages to lull the body to sleep) for this power nap.
A...
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Now when you post a blog entry, you'll see a little button at the bottom that says Add Location. Click that, throw in a street address, and your entry will show a Google map! This is helpful for content that relates to a specific place.
For example, I've included a map of The Bakersfield...
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Allright, I'm just being a smart-ass regarding how the new blog pages will appear in alphabetical order. WOOF WOOF!!!!!
Really, to tell you the truth, I'm reminded of my sophomore year in high school. This is in the days before you had to show your school ID. This kid...
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Daughter was grounded for leaving in the middle of the night. She told this parent I knew where she was and that it was OK- Not!
At that point I told her I do not like involving the police in my business but will next time this happens unless I get a tip from a responsible adult as to where she...
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My daughter, Catherine, submitted this letter to the newspaper as a rebuttal to Marilee Shrider's column on Roe v Wade. The editor sent it back to her with the directive to shorten the letter to 200 words. Cat felt that she would rather have it go unpublished than...
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By DIANNE HARDISTY, editorial page editor -- The question that hangs heavy in the air: What happens when you are an appointed commissioner who serves at the pleasure of the Bakersfield City Council and you are no longer a "pleasure"?
Stuart Gentry, vice chairman of the city's Fire...
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Sometime columnist for the Californian and coiner of the term "Shrub" for the current resident of the White House, back when he was only a candidate for the third-highest office in Texas. That she didn't live to see his ultimate fall from grace is partly offset by the fact...
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Oh come now! Another one? It seems that whenever a golden child/cause of the left is called into question it is automatically a cover-up or a vast right wing conspiracy. Today it is Global Warming and it's all Dubyas fault! I wasn't aware that it was a subject that was a secret to the masses or...
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PUBLISHED 2-1-2007
Federal Medicare officials must cease their callous attitude about flaws in the Medicare prescription drug program that have resulted in Californians being denied the drug benefits they are entitled.
And state officials should extend an expired emergency program to...
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PUBLISHED 2-1-2007
It’s unsafe for foster children to fend for themselves with no guidance, financial stability or education after they turn 18.
Legislation needs to be passed to help these young adults get on their feet and off the streets after they are too old for foster care....
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From 12 midnight tonight until about 5 a.m. PST tomorrow morning, Thursday, February 1st, blogs, profiles and all other People-related content will be inaccessible due to a server upgrade.
When the site goes back up, however, you'll find a few new surprises. First, the People page, your...
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The government may soon tell us what kind of light bulb we can use.
Under a bill that California Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Los Angeles, plans to introduce, the electricity-wasting incandescent bulb would be banned and replaced by energy efficient compact flourescents.
I like the...
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Jason Leopold has followed PlameGate since its inception. He has gotten burned a couple of times with leading stories that were discounted..but in a trial, the info is out there and its part of the court record..today we get this writeup from him:
But Cheney's notes, which were...
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I have been busy trying to network my two PC's and not obsess about my loss.Today I made the chocolate killer cake that I had promised K's dad for Christmas..no one to lick the beaters and the bowls...
I will miss my boys amazement at how "strong" my arms must be (lol)...
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Reuters has an article up here about it. A short blurb:
"A former Defense Department contractor was sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison and ordered to forfeit $3.6 million for his role in a bribery and fraud scheme involving contracts to reconstruct Iraq, U.S. officials...
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So I've been talking for a little bit about putting together something on swapping out outlets and switches and have hesitated simply because I wanted to include pictures and animations and a YouTube video link and Smell-o-vision and...well, you get the idea.
At some point though, a good plan...
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ExpressJet is launching a new airline carrier and plans to begin service to Bakersfield and 23 other midsized cities, including Fresno, this spring. The new airline, which plans to add routes that currently do not have non-stop service, has not yet released flight schedules and would not confirm...
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This is one of those hard choices.
Do we restrict people in order to preserve national parks such as Yosemite?
And on what information would such a policy be based.
Those are issues raised in a story by Associated Press reporter Garance Burke about a lawsuit to halt development at...
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My wife SMSd me today. She was telling me about her very first meal in America. For breakfast she had cookies and coffee. For lunch she had a burger. She misses the usual Filipino meal of 'dinengdeng' - vegetable stew. She went shopping, too.
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It’s been billed as Indy vs. the Windy City, the high-octane Indianapolis Colts vs. the defensive-driven Chicago Bears -- it’s Super Bowl XLI. The sports staff at the Bakersfield Californian posed 6 questions that need to be asked before Sunday’s big game:
1. The city of...
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Condors coach Marty Raymond effectively called out his goaltenders last Saturday night after Jamie Hodson and Danny Taylor produced a combined .883 save percentage and the Condors went 0-1-1 against the Victoria Salmon Kings.
Can Bakersfield’s offense keep scoring at a good enough clip...
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I love Motocross and Supercross. Most people have no concept of what an exciting form of motorsport it really is. Most have never even seen it on television as it is not a true mainstream sport, even though it is light years ahead of what it was just five years ago. A few of the Supercross...
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PUBLISHED 1-31-07
The cameras were rolling last week as Gov. Schwarzenegger and members of his cabinet met at the Dinuba Vocational Center to discuss the disastrous freeze.
Shafter Sen. Dean Florez took notice. He also used the governor’s visit to wrestle a verbal promise that the...
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PUBLISHED 1-31-07
Kern County Superior Court Judge Michael Bush made a difficult, but correct decision to keep the Vincent Brothers trial in Kern County.
Brothers is accused of the 2003 murder of his wife, mother-in-law, and three children, ages 4 years, 2 years and 6 weeks.
There is...
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1/30/07
I finally found my diary again. I still know what day it is, my wife's name, my own name, and I still know who the President of the United States is---George W. Bush. I even remember that we're at war with Iraq and that his popularity has slipped a little in the polls.
I've...
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Let us try this on for size.
We know that right after the Big Bang the universe expanded quickly. Then for some reason, most likely gravity waves, began to slow down. Now recent observations have revealed that for the last 6 billion years or so the expansion of the universe has been...
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I'm writing about the rise in popularity of "mommy makeovers."
Much more than the massage and hair cut of days gone by, these usually include a breast augmentation, tummy tuck and maybe even lipo.
Women are getting this combination to erase the effects of child bearing, say area...
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Our drug will not only fix your acid reflux, but it will also make you a more loving father, get you laid, get you the promotion and allow you to take that vacation of your dreams.
Well, that's what a new study is claiming pharmaceutical commercials say.
A study in the Annals of Family...
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For all the posturing and politicking that goes on inside and outside the beltway, the recent visit to Iraq by Nancy Pelosi and a group of democrats seems to bear out what many on the left have been saying for awhile...the Iraqi's want us out sooner than later.
This article in the LAT has...
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Of the many responses I have had to my articles about UFOs one that really touched me was "A ‘high five’ to the little green men from the blonde chick! I’d vote for them." Hey, given the present crop of politicians we can be excused if any of us think our options...
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First off, I'm a longtime Indianapolis Colts fan. Born and raised in Anderson, Ind., which was home to the Colts training camp from 1984 through 1998. Twenty-three years of Super Bowl frustration for me and a few thousand Indianapolis Colts fans ended a few weeks back.
On the other side of...
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Reporter John Russell of The Indianapolis Star has written a story about the growing possibility that drug ads will be curbed or banned.
You know, the ones about insomnia, allergies, high cholesterol, irritable bowels, restless leg syndrome (who even knew about that before the ads), ...
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I just got an update from the team that was in Haiti last week. Here are some additional items we're needing for our upcoming trip on Friday. Keep in mind that our group treats patients in our clinic, but we also send out teams to visit orphanages with disabled children in...
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This is the year that if you fly out of the country, you need a passport. Next year you need one if traveling by land or sea (including ferries).
Get it early — I mean a month or two early — or you may find yourself unable to get it in time.
We have a trip to Mexico planned in...
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Teachers who participated in my informal survey on school apathy, the results of which ran in my Saturday column, cited too many tests and too few parents as the cause.
Those who wrote or called in are men and women who work at elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the county....
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I just saw this on Leno....OMG can you believe there was an ad touting Lysol, for that "not so fresh feelin" back in the 50's? Whoa!
Here it is: Lysol ad
WOOF!
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I got a call from my wife this morning (it was three in the afternoon in CA). I was happy she completed the first leg of her adventure without incident. Her employer picked her up at LAX and proceeded to Bakersfield.
" You'll like it here!", she told me over the phone....
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My sister sent this and I cracked up.
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Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and Al Gore were in an plane crash.
They're up in Heaven, and God's sitting on the great white throne.
God addresses Al first. "Al, what do you believe...
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I am trying to post about last weekends race, but the site won't load any pix...Is there a problem with that right now, oh wonderous wizards of the site?
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So I'm sure everyone knows this Sunday is the Super Bowl. I know its a popular gathering for my family. I have to be honest though, I only attend for the food. We mainly serve the basics chips & dip, lil' smokies, bbq wings, vegetable trays, sandwich trays, along with ribs...
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My Mom(SurferGrandma)and I were invited by the Californian to do a spot on the blogs and the generalities of why we do it. It was pretty cool and we had some good laughs, met some fine people and got our 15 minutes. As I was driving home I got to thinking a little more about all this blogging...
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So, I came up with this as a light fun way to get to know eachother and I think it will be interesting to see the responses on these. Basically, use your first instinct and you have to choose one or the other. Then give your reason why!
We will start this off with a very simple one..........
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In the paper each Saturday morning, you will see a section called Applause! It is where local residents place their announcements for weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, engagements and much more! We now have the weddings, anniversary and engagement announcements online at...
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We got into a discussion this morning about whether people spit more in Bakersfield than most places.
Who says we aren't in touch with the issues of the day?
But the premise was made that it appears more people, including girls and women, spit in Bakersfield than other towns we have...
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Sound Off for Jan. 28, 2007
Batch Data Processor | Saturday, Jan 27 2007 10:55 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, Jan 27 2007 10:58 PM
Reader: I would like to ask you about the crime report map and data that appears in the paper weekly.
I think...
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We leave for Haiti on Friday night. We're taking the red-eye to Miami and Saturday morning we'll fly into Haiti. We're getting excited, although we're still going to be looking for more donations of supplies and equipment this. We're still looking for the...
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For those unacquainted with doctoral programs in Human Behavior it may come as a surprise we behavioral scientists delve into many areas that impinge on the hard sciences and we must study these in conjunction with the behavioral sciences. In many cases it is an apple and oranges kind of thing....
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Everyone in the video is a veteran. You can visit their website here. From their website:
"VoteVets.org, with Americans Against Escalation in Iraq, is leading the charge against the President’s escalation of the war in Iraq with a new television advertisement today. ...
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Salon.com has a good writeup about the "March on DC" here. It points out many of the groups that engaged in the march Saturday were not the usual left "wingnuts" and hippies:
"Regardless of size, the protest felt different. The demographics of the crowd had changed....
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