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Today I had the honor of representing Bakersfield.com, along with newsroom blogger Steve Swenson and interactive media marketing manager Mary Russo, at the United Way of Kern County's 17th annual Professional Development Conference for Nonprofits. Steve was on a panel about how nonprofit...
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Just wanted to give a little background information before I discuss the topic. My wife, newborn son and I moved here from Gastonia, N.C., a suburb of Charlotte, in December. During my time in the area, I attended a few Charlotte Bobcats games and I'm still on the team's e-mail list. Charlotte...
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Sam Clemens believed his friend Bret Harte the only writer who had truly mastered the art of dialect. It is without question one of the most difficult things for any writer that makes such an attempt, but no less so when it comes to making speeches as Ms. Clinton not only embarrassed herself in...
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Bush/Cheney Regime lied.
Libby Guilty of perjury..
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Patients have one more way to check up on local hospitals before the hospitals are doing a check-up on them.
CalHospitalCompare.org launches today. The Web report card, which was developed by a group of health industry members, evaluated more than 200 hospitals in the state on overall patient...
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Libby found guilty of perjury…
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We all have people in our lives who hang onto their misery.
They tell you about it every chance they get. Maybe you are one of those people. Get over it.
That's the idea behind Get Over It Day to be celebrated on March 9. Of course, it has it's own website, www.GetOverItDay.com
It's the...
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A key element of the Vincent Brothers trial is how many miles he put on his rental car during his visit to Ohio in July 2003.
Should be simple. The mileage listed on the paperwork to take out the car and the mileage listed on its return.
But apparently it isn't. Because the prosecution is...
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I don't know if many of you know this but we have a real-live hero and celebrity here in our midst.
Dave Barr author of "Riding the Edge" and "Riding the Ice" lost both of his legs in combat and went on to set two seperate motorcycling records. He is the only person to...
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Alice’s Restaurant…
Just a half a mile from the railroad tracks..
http://www.youtube.com/watc...
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GOD is on our Side… No need to ask questions. No need to count the Dead…
GOD is on our side. He’ll stop the NEXT WAR…
In order for a country to succeed. It must first be at peace with itself..
Not even war can be accomplished, when it’s purpose is...
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We spoke with Dave Culp, who is the Developer of Kite Ship, a company in Northern California that is using kites to pull ships. They are very interested in helping us with the development of energy kites, and the energy kite contest, using videos to teach about the potential and...
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If it weren’t for bad luck- Let him Roll.
Can you imagine. Even the Whore told him no!
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Checkpoint nets 49 people driving without a license
Police cited 49 of 62 screened drivers for being unlicensed at a checkpoint between 8 a.m. and noon at East Truxtun Avenue and Washington Street.
Article continues latter:
Asked if driving without a license triggers an...
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Many of the long-time regulars here may remember "Bakosphere," from our Typepad-hosted staff-blog days. Started under the radar in December of 2005 by a team of staffers from TBC's interactive media department and the newsroom webteam, Bakosphere was a bunch of different...
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YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA BE, RIGHT???
AIN'T NO PARTY LIKE A MENTO BURU/ BAKOTOPIA PARTY!!
PICK UP A COPY OF THE BAKOTOPIA MUSIC COMPILATION AT THE SHOW FOR ONLY $5.00!!!
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!!
TO HEAR THE BANDS, VISIT OUR BANDLISTING:
www.bakersfieldbands.com
PLEASE DON'T DRINK...
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Shrider, get your bags together..
You, and the likes of you, could be leaders. You could preside over a meeting of a hopeful America .
In order for a country to succeed. It must first be at peace with itself..
You have to stop being so divisive in your speech…
Shrider, get...
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I am wondering why a emt and paramedic from the mayors ambulance company are getting an award for "doing their job" I have been in the ems field as a paramedic for 10 years and saved many lives and done more heroic acts than that of these individuals. I do not believe you should get an...
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Listen up Shrider, Coulter, Rush, Hannity and the likes of those that are obsessed with hate.
Not even war can be accomplished, when it’s purpose is driven by hate..
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
Words & Music by Melanie Safka
Lay down lay down lay it all down
Let your white...
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GOPUSA has a lead today expressing the thought Ann Coulter may have had a Britney Spears moment at the CPAC meeting, or that Ann’s “faggot” comment may lead some to believe she is actually a liberal infiltrator attempting to give conservatives a bad name. Bill Maher says in...
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Thanks, Ann, for putting, Democratic Sen. John Edwards back in the limelight of the presidential campaign.
And all you had to do was to make a stupid remark which was condemned by Republicans.
Coulter, a conservative commentator said Friday, ""I was going to have a few...
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Sound Off for March 4, 2007
Batch Data Processor | Saturday, Mar 3 2007 9:40 PM
Last Updated: Saturday, Mar 3 2007 9:45 PM
Reader: Our family has known Dr. Charles David Fritch for over 25 years. We were dismayed to see the article in your Feb. 23 edition with its inflammatory...
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There's a cat stuck on a power pole in my back yard and has been there for at least 24 hours (that I'm aware of). Any ideas who to call for help?
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One of the things I liked about Bakersfield was you could get around relatively easily on its roads.
That's coming to an end and a story in Sunday's paper by reporter James Burger says the worst is yet to come.
The story says at a critical juncture 15 years ago, the City Council didn't...
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PUBLISHED 3-6-2007
Tejon Ranch Company’s ban on the use of lead bullets on its land justifiably has more than just local impact, as important as that is.
Tejon’s decision should be a model for other landowners in the state and the nation to follow voluntarily.
It could...
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PUBLISHED 3-6-2007
The drums of election reform have been beating for years, and they’re beating even louder this year. But beware: Bad reform can be worse than none.
Reform is vital. The only way to ensure that Californians get the government they really want — not what...
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Though it is a highly complex phenomenon,
http://neuro-conservative.b...
recent studies seem to demonstrate a clear role of genetics in determining a person's political predilections.
Just suppose we juxtapose the terms genetics and...
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How do we keep Bakersfield's road system from turning into a copy of Los Angeles' dysfunctional, unpleasant spiderweb of streets?
I spent the last three months looking for the answer to that question.
http://www.bakersfield.com/...
I still haven't found a good answer....
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stabbing a grapefruit after pulling it off a tree
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(This was sent to me and I want to share it with all of you.)
ANNOUNCEMENT:
In an unprecedented partnership, Join Together, Community Anti-Drug
Coalitions of America (CADCA), and Faces & Voices of Recovery are
uniting to help communities make the most of a powerful opportunity to
bring...
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Like Clara Bow in respect to God and the “hereafter” I have the same question: “Why can’t we know?” I smile at the question Clara Bow in her interview with Liberty Magazine phrased so succinctly and eloquently, so seemingly ingenuously, the haunting question from...
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Mel Tillis wrote it. Kenny Rogers made a big hit out of it. Now, as a tribute to Mel Tillis, and as a way of honoring all of the injured veterans and the ones who paid the ultimate sacrifice (especially the ones from Bakersfield), I've released it again as a cover. I hope...
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Senile... Like a FOX!
One sunny day in 2008, an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he''''d been sitting on a park bench.
He spoke to the Marine standing guard and said, "I would like to go in and meet with President Hillary Clinton."
The...
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Once again we have passed that monument to efficiency called Presidents Day. Not only do most holidays now occur on Monday or Friday, some also must do double duty so we celebrate simultaneously the lives of two men born almost 100 years apart.
And it isn't just...
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Q: I’ve read all kinds of dialog about changing the Bakersfield welcom sign, except how much it is going to cost the city tax payers.
If they haven’t bid it out (if it even goes to bid), you could get a pretty good idea by finding out how much the present (and nothing wrong with)...
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Q: Are there any plans to resurface Mt. Vernon Avenue between Highway 178 and University Avenue in the near future?
-- Stan Scott
A: Construction is slated for spring or summer 2010, but the city is trying to move that up to next year, said Arnold Ramming, civil engineer with the...
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Q: What is the reason for the delay on the Wal-Mart Supercenter and Office Depot at Panama Lane and Highway 99?
Kern County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Twisselman was going to rule on the project in June 2006 ... eight months ago. I have been told “it is a traffic issue.” Since...
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I would have voted in 1980 when I was twenty but I was probably drunk, stoned or otherwise engaged, so the first election in which I voted was the 1985 Presidential election. I wasn't really into politics but I understood the importance of keeping Ronald Reagan in offin at such a cricial time...
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The buttinskies up in Sacramento are at it again, this week serving up a bill that would start a $500 savings account for every baby born in California.
That's right -- $500 for each baby born after Jan. 1, 2008, regardless of their parents' income or immigration status.
The measure, Senate...
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The U.S. Army could challenge up to $400 million billed by Halliburton's KBR subsidiary because it said those expenses are not covered under the firm's multibillion-dollar military support contract in the Middle East, KBR said Wednesday.
Previously, the Army said it may withhold about $20...
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Not many people have had the experience of picking a gold nugget out of a wild mountain stream. Many years ago I took a friend of mine fishing to such a stream and had told him I would also teach him to pan for gold. He knew I was experienced in this and could hardly wait to find riches in the...
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I’ve just been informed that I am no longer allowed to say that ‘I slept in until 3:30 a.m.’
My watch goes off every day at 2:18 a.m. but I try to listen to my body and if I’m unable to get motivated to stay awake, then I’ve made a little...
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MENTO BURU
PERFORMING LIVE!!
Bands performing this evening:
CLICK ON ANY BAND'S NAME TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THEIR MUSIC!
The Filthies
Vanity Avenue
Safe Sounds Crew
Tripline
Mento Buru
Three Chord Whore
Likhy2
CD RELEASE PARTY #2
IS NEXT!
FRIDAY, MARCH 9TH @ THE DOME!...
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Details for the 1st CD Release Party that Bakotopia is having is here!
Date: 03/03/2007
Time: 5:00pm
Price: $5.00 / All Ages / includes copy of CD!
Location: Backstage-20th & M st., Bakersfield, CA 93301
Bands performing this evening:
The Filthies
Vanity Avenue
Safe...
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PUBLISHED 3-5-2007
It’s disturbing when GPAs are rising, but students aren’t getting any smarter.
Congressionally mandated national achievement tests show that scores have fallen nationwide. Yet, students are taking tougher classes and getting better grades.
It’s a...
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PUBLISHED 3-5-2007
Don’t disparage asparagus — or anything else grown in California — or you might get sued if Assemblywoman Audra Strickland has her way.
The Thousand Oaks Republican has introduced a veggie libel law — AB 698 — that can hold anyone liable for...
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PUBLISHED 3-5-2007
The Coca-Cola Co. and Nestlé are out to make a buck with their new drink Enviga. Weight-loss hopefuls are their target.
“The calorie burner” is written directly above the product’s name on each can.
It must mean this drink helps you lose weight,...
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And the hits just keep on coming. Follow the money to the shameful disgrace of Walter Reed. And just think; the name “Halliburton” has cropped up as more than a slogan by anti-war protestors as the trail leads to lucrative government contracts better known as “Friends of...
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PUBLISHED 3-4-2007
A sweet, precious baby is dead. Her grandmother and mother are being criminally charged. All agree it was a tragic accident. But adults must be held to answer for an irresponsible — and as it turned out, deadly — decision.
Kern County District Attorney Ed...
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PUBLISHED 3-4-2007
Strapping young children into approved car seats and older children into booster seats is the law. It also makes sense. Just ask Brenda and Sandy Stockman. Likely 4-month-old Kayden would be alive today if they had done so.
Approved car seats can be purchased at many...
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