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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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I guess the annual performance reviews are a necessary component in the workplace.
I was going to say necessary evil, but if done right, they can be affirming and helpful.
Chicago Tribune columnist Barbara Rose wrote a good piece on how specific and accurate comments in reviews are a useful...
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E-mail has gone from the cute premise of "You've Got Mail" movie romance, to a burden that weighs us down and hampers productivity.
Reporter Katherine Reynolds Lewis of Newhouse News Services asks the question, "Do you ever sit down to check your e-mail 'for a minute' and the...
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PUBLISHED 1-30-2007
Oh no, they’re at it again. As the Legislature has done at least three times before (1996, 2000, 2004) it is again considering changing California’s primary election date.
The idea has never worked. What is it about no that these politicians don’t...
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PUBLISHED 1-30-2007
It should not have required a federal appeals court ruling to tell the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it has to better analyze the environmental effects of a terrorist attack at PG&E’s Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo.
Common...
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Dear Bakersfield,
My wife is on her way to California. In about six hours ( it's 9:37 pm here in the Philippines) she will be in Bakersfield. She flew ahead of the family to "recon" the area and because our kids are still in the last quarter of their school year. We...
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Why is it that so many people are quick to find something wrong with someone running for office. I mean things so far in your past that even you forgot about them. Do these individuals who write up these hateful articles realize NO ONE is perfect?! I wonder if these same people would like it if...
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Is there some place to access this information? We as a people putting our lives into their hands should be able to know who they can trust with it... right????
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I think the method of a swat can be pretty effective where the child's safety is concerned. If we as parents don't give the swat at the times when our young child endangers themselves (examples are: trying to get out of the child safety seat while driving, running out in the street, playing with...
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My question two weeks ago to teachers on how to fix apathy in our schools triggered a number of varied and passionate responses, but the teachers who called or wrote have three things in common --they're tired, they're frustrated and they absolutely love teaching our kids.
A total of 45 local...
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Received in email today....
A little confused by all the hype the media is feeding us on "global warming"?
Check this site for proof positive that THEY are also!!
http://www.saveportland.com...
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Medalist Electronic Dart Leagues are forming now thru 2/4/07 for those 21 years or older. First night of play begins 2/25/07. All levels of partiy competition are offered. Leagues run 10 weeks with playoffs following last week of play twice a year. State finals are...
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Being a real aficionado of SciFi and all the science explored by those with imagination what if people were the size of ants and all other life forms on earth were reduced to the same proportionate size; "The Incredible Shrinking Man," but with the spiders also of proportionate...
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Last night we went to one of my local favorites for dinner, La Mina, the one on Oak and Palm streets. I can always count on that restaurant to have the best margaritas and refried beans.
Over the years, I have worked my way through nearly everything on the menu. Last night, I decided to try...
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Please don't ask me to reveal the identity of my "anonymous" source, and just enjoy the show.
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Everytime I have to go to the Valley Plaza mall, it's a sickening experience. Note the 'I have to go' I try to stay away from this mall as much as I can. What I mean is this mall needs to be abandoned to the gangsta and hoodlums. It never fails when I go to the mall I see...
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I don't know about all of you, but most radio stations in Bakersfield sux big time. I rarely listen to the radio at all, I just listen to my tunes on Ipod or XM. Now...let me ask all of you this: when is this town even going to get HD radio??? HD, not as in heavy duty but as in...
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Q: Hello, I’m going to start a correctional course at San Joaquin Valley College very soon and I’m hoping you can help me with some questions I have.
Are California correctional officers sworn peace officers? And are they able to carry a gun while off-duty? If yes, does it have to...
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While many people are afraid to seriously touch the subject of legalizing prostitution, least of all any consideration of the need for lady’s clubs as well as gentlemen’s clubs columnist Herb Benham’s idea of renting or leasing a husband hits pretty close. So close I have to...
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The Relay for Life Cancer Walk is May 5th and 6th and we need your help!
Bakersfield Pet Care and Caring Hands have joined forces to help find the cure and we are asking for your help.
We NEED walkers and sponsors. If you would like to be a walker (or sponsor), please contact us for our...
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We’ve just launched a fun section called Applause.
Applause is a spot for news to celebrate: Weddings, anniversaries, engagements for now, and later births, graduations and other announcements.
You’ll find lots of names and photos, as well as fun interactive features like a...
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Bankruptcy is still available. Listen to the podcast of my interview with the Californian on bakersfield.com. You can also get more information on my web site, http://www.bakersfieldlaw.o...
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By DIANNE HARDISTY, editorial page editor -- There’s no such thing as being legally wrong, but morally OK when it comes to anti-political corruption laws California voters enacted in 1974.
But that was Vice Mayor Harold Hanson’s reaction to concerns about newly elected Ward 3...
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PUBLISHED 1-29-2007
Procrastination is effortless. While it may seem fun, or more interesting than finishing projects, a recent study reveals it can make people poorer, fatter and unhappier.
We should all try to reduce procrastination and distractions.
University of Calgary professor Piers...
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PUBLISHED 1-29-2007
Child abuse and spanking are not the same thing. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber, D-Mountain View, doesn’t seem to realize that.
Lieber introduced a bill that would ban spanking children 3 years or younger.
Parents have the right to appropriately discipline their...
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PUBLISHED 1-29-2007
Same-sex couples marrying and raising children are a “hot button” issues with conservatives. But when Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter became pregnant, conservatives’ criticism of their political ally has been tepid.
And that brings...
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Banana Republic will soon add a store at Valley Plaza.
What do you think?
National upscale chains P.F. Chang’s China Bistro and California Pizza Kitchen recently added Bakersfield restaurants. With the addition of a Banana Republic, is Bakersfield starting to attract more high-end...
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For Immediate Release
Date: January 26,...
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Why would a mother try to profit from her son's death? Will that bring him back?
First of all, let me say that I am truly sorry for anyone who has to live through the pain and anguish of losing a child, and it doesn't matter how that child died, the pain is the same.
I am writing about the...
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People claim all the time that they are not superstitious or magical.
But most are, according to a New York Times story by Benedict Carey.
People may disregard being passed by a black cat or walking on a sidewalk crack, but they generally have a lucky something, or they wear certain clothes...
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What with all the deserved cynicism on the part of We the Great Unwashed, with all the nuclear saber rattling going on worldwide just how do those of us in Kern County expect to get the attention of the powers that be to a local problem like the Isabella Dam? Compared to the threats America is...
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Ok. We can't let this go.
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — Police said they caught a 16-year-old robbery suspect who previously eluded them after his baggy pants fell down, causing him to stumble as officers chased him.
“We literally caught him with his pants down,” Lt. Jack West...
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Channel 4 News out of Britain has a video report on Iraqi soldiers beating an individual on the streets of Baghdad. US Soldiers sat in their vehicle and observed this activity. They even commented to the reporters that the individual was receiving a "Rodney King" style beating.
When...
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Hey everyone! Great comments on everything posted. It is so fun to sit down and read what people have to think~ thank you all for helping me and others be open minded about so many issues. Well I am writing this for the reason that I wanted to know if anyone out there is willing...
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Chuck Hagel has a lengthy interview up here entitled:
THE ANGRY ONE
Republican senator Chuck Hagel sounds off on the sorry state of Congress, the president’s lies, and the vote for war that he now regrets
Its 7 pages of who did what in the run up to the Iraq War over in the West Wing of...
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PUBLISHED 1-28-2007
The Bakersfield Planning Commission must not approve reduction of the protective zone around the city’s municipal airport on Union Avenue, between Watts Drive and White Lane.
Consultant Jim Marino has proposed shortening the zone on the south end of the airport...
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Hello right-wingers, my good friends! "I've come to talk with you again---because a vision softly creeping, left its seed while I was sleeping..."
Lately I've been doing a lot of looking and listening. Look around here at Bakersfield.com
What do you see? What do...
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Earlier this week I read that Vivian Tucker had passed away. I'd been watching her segments on the news for a long time and always enjoyed them. At one time, I emailed her and asked a question (can't remember what it was now) and she graciously replied. She couldn't help me, but...
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Yes, "An Inconvenient Truth," the Al Gore-narrated movie about global warming, has been nominated for a Academy Awards, but that doesn't mean it should be shown to school children, a Washington father has argued.
A protest by Frosty Hardison of Federal Way, which is south of...
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We're very glad to have one of "The Bakersfield Californian" reporters, Mike Griffith on our show this Sunday. Please tune in to www.dirtracinstation.com This Sunday at 9:00pm to listen to the interview. I expect to hear about some great rivalries and also about the many changes that...
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PUBLISHED 1-27-2007
The dart world is foreign to me, as I’m sure it is to many people. But that world is closer to us than you would think.
Bakersfield holds two dart tournaments per year — in January and June. My aunt and uncle were among those taking aim at the tournament this...
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PUBLISHED 1-26-2007
It may seem early to start thinking about the 2016 Summer Olympics, but it will soon be known if Los Angeles is still in the race to host the events.
Having the Olympics in Los Angeles will generate opportunities for Bakersfield and Kern County. We are right on the other...
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The Home Depot will move into the long vacant building formerly occupied by Zody’s department store on Ming Avenue near Stine and Akers later this year. Click here to read story.
What do you think about finally having a permanent tenant for the building, which also housed Builders...
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CHECK SOME COOL NAMM SHOW HIGHLIGHTS!
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I say..its about time! We actually had the terrorists responsible for 9/11 on the run there before we diverted troops and money to go into Iraq. According to this article:
"The White House will ask Congress for seven to eight billion dollars on top of already budgeted funds for...
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http://www.aa-uk.org.uk/pub...
:-D
Just funning :-)
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I don’t want women in the military where they are placed in harm’s way; I don’t want them as cops on patrol or as firefighters where they are ill-suited physically. But we men cannot be faulted for taking some degree of mild interest in the way women are handling themselves in...
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A good reporter gets a source bias high up in the story. I am a union president here at The Californian.
An Associated Press story says the number of wage and salary workers who were union members dropped to 12 percent of the work force last year, the lowest percentage since the government...
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For at least the sixth year in a row, Emily tops the list of most popular baby names.
(This is a little off this blog's focus, but oh well. Give me one off-topic rant.)
As an Emily who got her name when "Emily" was not even in the Top 20, I can say that I enjoyed being the only...
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