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Buckle Daddy In The Back Seat, It's Momma's Turn To Drive
I used to be a Fundamentalist Christian. God the Father watched my every waking move from one of His many Heavenly Girls Gone Wild video monitors. When I did something wrong, which was every thirty-five seconds, not including the intriguingly dark ideas constantly popping into my head with the speed...
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Volunteerism Obama Style
In January, a small group of residents answered the call by then President-Elect Obama to honor the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday through a national “Day of Service” first introduced by the Clinton Administration in 1994. The group, Central Coast United for Change (CCUC), decided to conduct ...
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Mama Down Time!
Ritual is defined as “a religious or solemn ceremony involving a series of actions performed according to a set order”. In our frenetic pace of life, it's easy to dismiss the sacred, discard the mysterious, glaze over at the miraculous, and become deaf to the tone of the divine.I'll be the first...
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| Point of View | Experiences Add More To Our Happiness Than Posessions
I’m celebrating what most people would probably consider a “significant” birthday this week. The reason I say that most people consider it so is because for me (other than the ones that took place when I was in the eighth and twelfth grades), birthdays are generally no big deal. I suppose they...
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| Point of View | Feminism-Menifism
The modern women’s movement through men’s eyesMarch marks the 103rd anniversary of the death of Susan B Anthony, one of the founding mothers of feminism. Almost 90 years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the Women’s Movement continues to work toward a more perfect union, but the la...
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| Point of View | Publisher's Note
In honor of National Women’s History Month and the coming of spring this issue is dedicated to ALL women. As you peruse the articles you’ll definitely see a feminine trend in our reporting and comments. And, even with all of that, we have created balance with the contributions from the male side...
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| Health & Well Being | Gender & Color vs. Rods & Cones
“My husband wants me to just paint our house white!”“My husband is ok with any choices that I make.”“I told my husband that I’m painting this room turquoise and he groaned!”“When I told my husband my room color, he cried, “Oh no! Not pink!”What’s this thing with guys and color?...
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| Health & Well Being | Corset Tops and Peacock Coats
Springtime! Rain turns the barren hillsides green. Stores change their window displays. Fashion is in bloom. This year’s couture garden features a pastel-tinted spectrum of soft pinks, lavenders, mint and sage accented by batik and tribal designed scarves and shawls.For the gypsy and the rock star...
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| Society | Picking Up The Pieces
According to RAINN, the Rape Abuse Incest National Network, one sexual assault occurs about every two minutes in America. That means that by the time you have finished reading this article, multiple people will have had their lives permanently altered by a sex crime. Keep reading though, knowledge i...
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| Society | What Were These Women Up To?
Can you name five American women inventors? No? How about one? The truth is, the only woman inventor that I had ever heard of was Madame Marie Curie, and she was not an American. Unfortunately, my lack of knowledge falls in line with a large majority of the American population, regardless of the lev...
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| Environment | The Price Of Anarchy In Traffic Design
Anarchy on the highways isn’t something that normally crosses my mind when I pull onto the freeway for my morning commute, but in fact our roads are governed by so few laws that it amounts to anarchy each time we get behind the wheel. I’m not suggesting that we don’t follow the rules, but that...
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| Environment | SLO Women Hike Lopez Lake
Travel With Central Coast Travel ChickOne cold, brisk Wednesday morning, 28 women converged on Lopez Lake—we were all there for our weekly hike. On this particular morning, the 7-mile roundtrip hike, with a 1200-foot elevation gain, was to Encinal Campground at Lopez Lake.The nondescript, loosely ...
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| Environment | The Peace Bell Tolls For Earth Day
At the first moment of spring the Peace Bell of the United Nations will toll for Earth Day. Many people do not realize that the very first Earth Day was founded by John McConnell and that the first Proclamation of Earth Day was by San Francisco, the City of Saint Francis, patron saint of ecology, de...
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| Government | GOP Is Home Alone
In 1981, the Democrats suffered with a similar kind of leadership void that the GOP now faces. Back then, it would have been difficult to name the person in charge of the Democratic Party. The years following the Jimmy Carter presidency left the party looking like a clown car pulling away from the c...
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| Government | Will Obama End Bush’s Assault on The First Amendment?
Many separation of church and state fanatics are closely watching the new and improved administration for signs of how they will deal will the Religious Right. Although President Obama has made an issue of his religiosity, he has liberal religious credentials. His grandparents once belonged to a U...
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| Activism / Community | I Care, We Care, Do You Care?
Are you tired of traveling just for the sake of traveling? If so, ICARE International might be your answer. For the last three years, my wife Jay and I have traveled with I CARE to Mexico and Guatemala to help restore vision to thousands of some of the poorest people in the Western Hemisphere. Sin...
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| Activism / Community | Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
Unbeknownst to many low-income taxpayers, there is reason to be excited this income tax season. Taxpayers who earn under $42,000 a year are entitled to the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), an underutilized credit that can translate into a several thousand dollar refund check for qualified taxpayers....
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| The Arts | Erasing The Past
“What I did is not who I am”. This quote is from an ex-gang member who is featured in the upcoming show, "Erasing the Past, Building the Future”, a photojournalist exhibit by local artist Janet Allenspach. This show details the lives and challenges of ex-gang members in Central California. It ...
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| The Arts | The Wrath of RAGG
In case you haven’t noticed yet, women are involved in this issue’s overall theme, and we made sure to include them in our music section as well. Ragg is a rock/metal/goth quintet located right here in San Luis Obispo, and boasts within its ranks three female members. Now don’t get hasty and t...
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| Astrology | Astrology for March 2009
PISCES (Feb 19–Mar 20)HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PISCES! An ongoing theme that encourages change continues to pick up momentum during your personal new year. You could increase your perspective on fresh objectives by considering a wider variety of possibilities. Embrace the qualities of flexibility and adapt...
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| The Arts | SLO Blues Society Presents: Janiva Magness
Award Winning Vocalist Comes to Sings the BluesThe San Luis Obispo Blues Society presents award winning vocalist Janiva Magness on Saturday, March 28. Guy Budd and the Gypsy Souls will be opening the show. The show starts at 8:00 pm at the SLO Vets Hall, 801 Grand Avenue in San Luis Obispo. SLO Danc...
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