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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama: No 'attack' intended — Hillary Clinton called President Barack Obama on Tuesday to "make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him" when she recently discussed her views on foreign policy in an interview with The Atlantic, according to a statement from a Clinton spokesman.
Discussion: Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, Mediaite and The Last Refuge
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo: Hillary Clinton Called Obama To Say She Wasn't Trying To Attack Him
Paul Waldman / Washington Post: Happy Hour Roundup
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run: Clinton Distances Herself From Obama (But Not Really)
Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller: Hillary Kisses The Ring, Begs Obama For Forgiveness
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Axelrod hits back at Hillary: When we say "don't do stupid stuff," we mean stuff like occupying Iraq
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Hillary Goes from Attacking Obama to Wanting to 'Hug It Out' with Him
Sundance / The Last Refuge: Hillary Clinton and President Obama Scheduled To Hug and Make Up Over Syria Comments...
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Weekly Standard:
Special Guest Editorial: Obama's Foreign Policy Failures — Editor's note: I think it was the great Maimonides who taught us, "You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes." So THE WEEKLY STANDARD is happy to feature this special guest editorial on President Obama's foreign policy failures …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, ABC News, Mediaite and neo-neocon
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo: Bill Kristol Trolls Hillary Supporters By Running A Fake Op-Ed From Her
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal: Hillary Clinton to 'Hug It Out' With Obama Amid Foreign-Policy Flap
Evan McMurry / Mediaite: Weekly Standard Trolls Hillary Supporters with Faux Op-Ed
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Nothing Hillary Clinton is now saying about foreign policy matters
Nothing Hillary Clinton is now saying about foreign policy matters
Discussion: Washington Post, National Review, Bloomberg View, The Dish and NO QUARTER USA NET
Paul Waldman / Washington Post: Everyone suddenly remembers that Hillary Clinton is a foreign policy hawk
Peter Spiliakos / National Review: The Things I Like About Clinton Are Making Her More Politically Vulnerable
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View: Calculating Hillary Gets the Math Wrong
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER USA NET: Is Hillary Clinton Crazy?
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
When Obama Beat Hillary, We All Lost
When Obama Beat Hillary, We All Lost
Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Ed Driscoll, Booman Tribune, Instapundit and CANNONFIRE
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit: MEGAN MCARDLE: When Obama Beat Hillary, We All Lost.
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
David Axelrod swipes at Hillary Clinton over Iraq
David Axelrod swipes at Hillary Clinton over Iraq
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review: Why Does Obama Consistently Hire People Who Make 'Tragically Bad Decisions'?
Jim Acosta / CNN:
After criticism of Obama policy, Hillary Clinton to party with President
After criticism of Obama policy, Hillary Clinton to party with President
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: From Dubious Journalism To a HRC Flip-Flop
Kendall Breitman / Politico: Laura Ingraham: Hillary Clinton = John McCain
Trymaine Lee / msnbc.com:
Eyewitness to Michael Brown shooting recounts his friend's death — FERGUSON, Missouri — The last moments of Michael Brown's life were filled with shock, fear and terror, says a witness who stood just feet away as a police officer shot and killed the unarmed teen.
Zjeffries / The Michigan Citizen: Friend of Michael Brown says the slain teen was trying to get away
DeAnn Smith / KCTV: Parents demand justice after unarmed son killed by police
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress: Michael Brown, Police Violence, And Why It's So Hard For Victims To See Justice
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill: Black lawmakers want DOJ to investigate St. Louis police
Meteor Blades / Daily Kos: Ferguson and St. Louis County police won't name officer in Brown slaying. Family lawyer displeased
Justin Baragona / PoliticusUSA: Witness To Mike Brown's Shooting Provides Graphic Details Of Killing To Mainstream Media
Evan McMurry / Mediaite: Witness Recounts Brown Shooting to MSNBC: Saw 'Fire Come Out of the Barrel'
Tommy Christopher / The Daily Banter: Watch Police In Ferguson Force a Pregnant Woman To the Ground and Fire Tear Gas At Protesters
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Some Pictures Say a Lot … We can only infer so much from photographs. There's clearly been looting and an element of crowd violence in Ferguson, Missouri. But there are quite a few photos and videos of heavily armed and armored police facing clearly unarmed civilians who often …
Discussion: Philly.com, Gawker, Guardian and Mashable
Will Bunch / Philly.com: That's exceptional, America!
Adam Weinstein / Gawker: Anonymous Backs Off Its Threat to Dox Ferguson Police Chief's Daughter
Steven W Thrasher / Guardian: The ghost of Mike Brown: why must a dead black child defend his right to life?
New York Times:
Police Silent Amid Loud Protests in Missouri — FERGUSON, Mo. — In another day of demonstrations, protesters chanting "Don't shoot!" marched in front of the St. Louis County prosecutor's office on Tuesday, demanding the arrest of a police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Balloon Juice and Guardian
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Why There's A No-Fly Zone Over Ferguson, Missouri
Why There's A No-Fly Zone Over Ferguson, Missouri
Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Poynter and The Daily Caller
Keith Laing / The Hill: FAA restricts flights over Ferguson
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo: FAA Restricts Air Space Above Missouri Town During Police Standoff
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: 'No media allowed' in Ferguson, Mo.
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Police use tear gas on crowd in Ferguson, Mo., protesting teen's death
Police use tear gas on crowd in Ferguson, Mo., protesting teen's death
Discussion: The Daily Banter, Daily Kos, Feministing, Gawker, Jezebel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, New York Times and Hot Air
Michael Luciano / The Daily Banter: Salon Writer Makes Utterly Dumbfounding Excuse For Black Rioters In Missouri
Barbara Morrill / Daily Kos: Missouri police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at people protesting the shooting of unarmed teen
Gabrielle Bluestone / Gawker: Police Fire Rubber Bullets and Tear Gas on Ferguson, Mo. Protestors
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Why Ferguson burned: Explaining St. Louis area riot to kids, outsiders
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Video: Riot tears through Missouri town over police shooting
Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Shepard Smith Clarifies and Apologizes for Robin Williams 'Coward' Remark — Last night, Fox News devoted some time to covering Robin Williams' apparent suicide, focusing on the comedian's family life — and, in the middle of it, Shepard Smith described his death as "cowardly":
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Jezebel, Fox News, TheBlaze.com, ABC News, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Banter, Mashable, The Raw Story, Politico and BuzzFeed
Seth Richardson / The Daily Caller: Islamic State Users Reminisce About Robin Williams On Twitter
Mike Opelka / TheBlaze.com: Tributes to Robin Williams are popping up everywhere
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: Fox's Shep Smith Sorry For Saying Robin Williams' Death Was Cowardly
Ben Cohen / The Daily Banter: Shep Smith Apologizes For Robin Williams 'Coward' Comment, Thoroughly Redeems Himself
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Fox News host labels Robin Williams 'such a coward' over alleged suicide
Hadas Gold / Politico: Shep Smith clarifies Robin Williams remark
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed: Fox News Anchor Shepard Smith Apologizes For Calling Robin Williams "A Coward"
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Robin Williams In 2002: 'It Is Beyond Global Warming At This Point. It's Cooking!' — Robin Williams, who died Monday of an apparent suicide, was a brilliant comedian who had a well-known progressive bent in his humor. — He was not known for being an activist environmentalist …
Discussion: Guardian and The PJ Tatler
Ryan Gilbey / Guardian: Robin Williams obituary
A. O. Scott / New York Times:
Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment
Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment
Ann Hornaday / Washington Post: Robin Williams: Frenetic, often fearless actor brought brutal honesty to best roles
BillMoyers.com: Morning Reads: More Unrest Follows Shooting of Unarmed Teen; Climate Change Deniers' New Spin Debunked
Alex Weprin / Capital New York: Robin Williams dies at 63
Chris Ariens / TVNewser: Robin Williams Dead at Age 63
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: RIP Robin Williams
James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
Robin Williams Lived Intensely
Robin Williams Lived Intensely
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, LifeNews.com, TIME, CNN and The Democratic Daily
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo: Pro-Lifer Suggests Abortion To Blame For Robin Williams' Depression
Kevin Burke / LifeNews.com: Robin Williams: Abortion of His Unborn Child May Have Added to Struggle With Depression
Alice Park / TIME: Robin Williams' Depression Struggles May Go Back Decades
Todd Leopold / CNN: Robin Williams and the dark side of comedy
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Over 4,000 BuzzFeed Posts Have Completely Disappeared — You may have heard that BuzzFeed recently landed $50 million in venture capital, with which it hopes to transcend its long-time status as a "content laboratory" for shareable listicles, strange quizzes and LOL-worthy videos.
Discussion: Poynter, his vorpal sword, The Daily Caller and Washington Monthly, more at Mediagazer »
Andrew Beaujon / Poynter: Adam Serwer is BuzzFeed's new national editor
Hart Williams / his vorpal sword: The Buzz is about WHAT they actually Feed you ...
Betsy Rothstein / The Daily Caller: Was Benny Johnson Merely BuzzFeed's Fall Guy?
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: BuzzFeed Trades Up — Those of you who follow the political media beat …
New York Times:
Times Reporter Is Injured in Iraq Helicopter Crash — ERBIL, Iraq — A helicopter carrying aid from Iraq's Kurdish autonomous government to stranded Yazidi refugees in the Sinjar mountains of northern Iraq crashed on Tuesday, killing the pilot and injuring other passengers …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Gawker, Mashable, Business Insider, Politico, Twitchy and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
Dorian De Wind / The Moderate Voice: Tragic Incident in Battle for Mount Sinjar
Adam Weinstein / Gawker: Longtime New York Times War Reporter's Helicopter Downed in Iraq
Colin Campbell / Business Insider: Times Reporter And Politician Who Made Emotional Plea To Save Yazidis Injured In Iraqi Helicopter Crash
Dylan Byers / Politico: NYT's Alissa Rubin injured in Iraq crash
Misstripleem / Twitchy: Reports: Aid helicopter crashes over Mount Sinjar; NYT reporter on board [photos]
Kristen Hare / Poynter: Journalists injured in helicopter crash in Iraq
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Was an Accusation of Plagiarism Really a Political Attack? — There aren't too many worse things you can suggest about an author than that his or her work is plagiarized. It's the book-world equivalent of spreading the word that a financial adviser has cooked the books or that the parish priest has designs on the altar boys.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Mediaite, Politico, Balloon Juice and The Dish
Hadas Gold / Politico: Sullivan slams NYT plagiarism charge
Ron Christie / The Daily Beast:
Hey, Eric Holder: Voter ID Isn't Stuck in 1965 — The AG and his allies have claimed that voter ID laws suppress black votes. But finally, a North Carolina judge speaks the truth. — The middle of August is supposed to usher in the dog days of summer. But not this year …
Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
What Taxpayers Pay When Eric Holder Uses Government Jets For Personal Trips
What Taxpayers Pay When Eric Holder Uses Government Jets For Personal Trips
Discussion: Daily Signal
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Watch: Crazed Racist In Ferguson Spews White Rage At Protesters (Updated) — Yes, there are racists in Ferguson. — This video is NSFW for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the language. — YouTube user "Brandon" uploaded it with the following comment:
Discussion: The Raw Story
Dylan Byers / Politico:
David Gregory's flight to nowhere — David Gregory wasn't supposed to host "Meet The Press" on Sunday. He was on a planned vacation in Nantucket, where, the night before, he had hosted a special presentation of the Boston Pops, sponsored by Coastal Living and Real Simple.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA, Power Line, TVNewser, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA: David Gregory Cut His Vacation Short In An Attempt To Save His Meet The Press Job
Scott Johnson / Power Line: Don't double down on clichés! — In The Elements of Style …
Jordan Chariton / TVNewser: Politico: David Gregory Cut Vacation Short to Host 'Meet the Press'
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Politico's "exclusive": Gregory out at MTP, Todd in ... maybe
Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
McDaniel lists own lawyer as irregular vote — As Chris McDaniel's team continues to scour voting records to add to an expected legal challenge of his loss to Thad Cochran, it has listed McDaniel's lead lawyer in the challenge, and his wife, as irregular votes that should be tossed out.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Washington Monthly
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo: Team McDaniel Lists His Own Lawyer As An Illegal 'Crossover' Voter
Michael Kimmelman / New York Times:
German Artists Say They Put White Flags on Brooklyn Bridge — Mystery solved? I got a call this week from a pair of artists in Berlin who say they were the ones who pulled off the stunt of the summer, hoisting two big all-white American flags atop the Brooklyn Bridge last month, swapping them for the usual Stars and Stripes.
Discussion: Business Insider, The Verge, Capital New York, CBS New York, Gawker and Techdirt
Hunter Walker / Business Insider: German Artists Claim Responsibility For White Flags Placed On Brooklyn Bridge
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: German artists say they planted white flags on the Brooklyn Bridge
Azi Paybarah / Capital New York: NYPD: White flag probe 'is continuing'
Jesse / CBS New York: German Artists Reportedly Claim Responsibility For Brooklyn Bridge White Flag Incident
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Meet the Beer Bottle Dictator — Widely regarded as an eccentric bureaucrat, Kent "Battle" Martin approves essentially every beer label in the United States, giving him awesome power over a huge industry. — For years, one man has approved virtually every beer label design in the United States.
Discussion: National Review and Firedoglake
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Rick Perry's Iowa comeback? — Two Texas White House hopefuls wowed Iowa voters this past weekend, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and the state's past two winners might have seen their star fade. — Both Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) did themselves the most favors over the past few days …
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Hot Air
Chris Christie / CNN: Rand Paul on Chris Christie in one word: 'Bridges'
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post: Rand Paul caught in Obama quicksand
Allahpundit / Hot Air: Quotes of the day — "Let's say Ron Paul is Nirvana," …
Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Might Be Why Americans Hate Congress — The media's narrative about Congress is clear: It is unproductive, members care only about getting re-elected and they have failed to do their jobs. — So it should come as no surprise that Americans believe Congress has been unproductive …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Peter Wood / Minding The Campus:
Campus Activism: the Fight for Imaginary Victories — Campus activism is, by and large, the world of make-believe. Whenever students occupy a president's office, Tinkerbell is not far away. Whenever faculty demand a boycott, Professor Dumbledore winks at Professor Snape.
George Leef / National Review: Peter Wood's "Tour of the Barricades"


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Desiring to protect the city's historic resources, St. Augustine City Commission this week passed a resolution reminding its residents that local archeological artifacts require protection from exploitation.
Commissioner Nancy Sikes-Kline became alarmed after a Los Angeles film company recently requested to film a reality show of city residents digging artifacts from their yards and talking about them on camera.
That project was never developed, though just weeks before, a local resident armed with an expensive metal detector boasted about finding "secret" sites and shipwrecks where he locates and removes thousands of artifacts, including gold and silver from the 16th century.
"It was a double-whammy," Sikes-Kline said Tuesday. "So it was important to get our message out."
She also heard that the film company planned digging on the site where Seminole Chief Osceola was captured.
In a prepared statement released Tuesday morning by the city, Sikes-Kline said, "We can all be the best stewards of our property and be sure that when it's excavated it is not done wilfully but with professional oversight."
Both those cases sparked an angry outcry from residents and protests from archeologists who said removal of historical artifacts from their locations removes any chance of determining their age and much of the historic value they may hold.
Artifact restoration expert John Powell of St. Augustine said Tuesday that the city's "archeological integrity" must be maintained.
"St. Augustine has already lost innumerable archeological resources to construction and development," he said. "Any information we can save about the city's past we should save. (The city's) archeological ordinance mandates that any major disruption of soil must be excavated by the city. It's the only thing that stands between archeological information and the total destruction of those resources."
Powell praised City Archeologist Carl Halbirt and renowned University of Florida archeologist Kathleen Deagan as world-class "treasures" who have influenced and educated thousands of local residents with their work.
Halbirt said that, by having the archeological ordinance, 600 city properties have been excavated.
"Without the ordinance and investigation, this information would have been permanently lost," he said. "We're helping to preserve St. Augustine's heritage through documentation."
Sikes-Kline admitted that the new resolution has no enforcement teeth but said it serves to remind residents they should recognize the importance of preserving the archeological significance of what they find on their land.
This can be done by contacting the city prior to any excavation, she said.
There is no telling what Halbirt will find.
For example, while excavating a wooded lot off Magnolia Street for a proposed house construction, he found post holes that led to the conclusion that this site once held a prehistoric Native American occupation that dates prior to Don Pedro Menendez.
Also on that site he found more post holes and archeological items that post-date the 1565 Menendez encampment.
Sikes-Kline said that public property in the county and city is already protected.
"But private property is private property. We can't tell people what they can or cannot do on their property," she said. "We just want them to call before digging. This (resolution) is an opportunity to educate people."


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Fans of Japanese horror director Takashi Shimizu have been waiting quite a while for his return to English language cinema. And while I'm referring in part to it being 7 years since The Grudge 2 was released, this has more to do with his upcoming haunted plane flick 7500, which as been presumably gathering metaphorical dust over at CBS Films, who delayed the film's 2012 release without following it up with a date that stuck. Thanks to a tweet from actress Scout Taylor-Compton, which we know isn't a reliably concrete news source, we now know that the E.T.A. for 7500 landing in theaters is in two months. Give the tweet a read below.
Having it come out in October makes a lot of sense, given the Carrie remake is arguably the only scary flick getting a wide release around Halloween. The thriller All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, a movie that sat on the shelf a lot longer than 7500, comes out earlier in the month, but I'm hoping they put Shimizu's more spooky film as close to the holiday as possible, balancing it against Ridley Scott's The Counselor and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa.
7500 stars True Blood's Ryan Kwanten and Amy Smart (Columbus Circle), who play a married couple on board a night flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo. Only they might not make it to their destination, as the plane soon becomes a hotbed of ghostly activity. Leslie Bibb will play a stewardess involved in a secret relationship. The film also stars Jamie Chung (Premium Rush), Jerry Ferrara (Entourage), Christian Serratos (The Twilight Saga), race car driver Rick Kelly, rapper David Banner, and Taylor-Compton of course.
Written by Craig Rosenberg (The Uninvited), 7500 first came to our attention back in 2011, when Shimizu started talking about making it his first English film that wasn't an adaptation of his own work, as was the case with his original Ju-on: The Grudgeand the Sarah Michelle Gellar-starring remake The Grudge. It was set to release last August before CBS Films pushed the date back to another tentative date in April of this year, so we're taking the above tweet with a grain of salt. But considering the delay wasn't reportedly due to any problems with the film itself, there's no reason to think7500 should stay grounded for much longer.
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DON'T MISS THIS: Your Voice, Your Vote
Like millions of other television viewers, you no doubt watched last Wednesday's Presidential Debates. You'll have to agree they were pretty boring. But brace yourself -- there's to be another debate on Oct. l6. Thank the good Lord, in our democratic society voters have the privilege of watching the two opposing candidates, deciding which one is better qualified to cope with weighty issues, such as Health Care Reform.
In the meantime, if you're in desperate need of relief from the excessive political mumbo jumbo, you could settle for one of the several cultural/educational activities here in our bay area, shown here in no particular order:
"Sunday Streets," Berkeley, Oct. 14, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Shattuck Ave., Rose to Haste St., presented by the Ecology Center.
"Oakland East Bay Symphony, Michael Morgan, Director, Nov. 9, Opening Night, "Music That Makes a Difference." All American program featuring Bernstein and Copland. (510) 444-0801.
"Joseph and the Amazing Technical Dream Coat, Andrew Lloyd Webster's brilliant celebration of words, music, and color. Oct. 12 - Nov. 10th. Lesher Arts Center, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek. www.lesherARTCenter, org.
"Forgotten Stories," Remarkable Lives," Day of the Dead Community Celebration, through Dec. 9, Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street.
"Dressing Nureyev," noting the 20 years since the death of the greatest ballet dancer of his time, the deYoung Museum in S.F. offers an exhibit of more than 70 costumes from ballets danced by Nureyev -- one in his role as Romeo. The show runs through Feb. 17th. deyoungmuseum.org.
"Down the Congo Line," Dimensions Dance Theatre, Sat. Oct. 13, 8 p.m. "The flow of spirit and rhythm from Cuba to Congo." Malonga Caaquelourd, 1428 Alice St., Oakland.
Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra, through Oct.14, presenting the bewitching production of "Swan Lake," Zellerbach Hall, (510) 63-9988.
"Moby-Dick,", S.F. Opera, 7:30 through Nov. 2. Composer Jake Heggie considers the score a breakthrough for him.
Mahler's Symphony No. 9, Sun. Nov. 11, 3 p.m. Zellerbach Hall, led by today's most exciting conductor, Esa-Pekka Salononen, forging a dynamic performance. (510) 642-9988.
Sophocles' "Electra", starring Olympia, Dukakis in this tale of adultery, murder and revenge. Oct. 23 - Nov. 18, American Conservatory Theatre, S.F. (415) 749-2228.
World Famous Glenn Miller Orchestra, "Get in the Mood,", Oct. 20, USS Hornet, 7:30 - Midnight, Pier 3, Alameda.
Smuin's New Season, Performing "Starshadows," "Homeless" and "No Vivire. Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek through Oct. 14.
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Time - 8:45 am - 2:45 pm
This is a two dive day, firstly diving the amazing St Dunstan at a sea bed depth of 28m, some lunch and then onto a second wreck or drift, divers decide between Stenis Ledges, James Fennell, Aerials Dirft.
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The St Dunstan, originally built as a bucket dredger was torpedoed on 23rd September 1917 whilst in temporary service as a minesweeper. Although a relatively old wreck there is still very much to see and there is always plenty of fish on the wreck. Due to her position, tides and visibility are often very good. She makes an excellent site for training and divers wanting to progress deeper. An excellent wreck tour can be found on the link bellow.
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Ryan ZumMallen, LBPOSTSports columnist, is the RTC correspondent for the Big West conference.
Predicted Order of Finish:
- Cal St. Northridge
- UC Santa Barbara
- Long Beach State
- Pacific
- UC Irvine
- UC Davis
- Cal St. Fullerton
- Cal Poly
- UC Riverside
What You Need To Know (WYN2K). I know what you're thinking: no good teams ever come out of the Big West. Oh yeah? What about 2006-07's Long Beach State 49ers who ran roughshod over their schedule to a 24-8 record and an NCAA berth… losing to Tennessee by 35. Or last year's three-way tie for first? UC Santa Barbara, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton each won 12 conference games and two earned postseason berths… one bowing out in the NCAA opener and one in the NIT.
Ok, there hasn't been much success outside of the conference lately – and last year produced some colossal stinkers – but that doesn't mean that intense basketball isn't being played within the Big West's confines. After a conference flooded with seniors last season, nearly every team is starting anew, making for one of the most wide-open conferences in the country. All you need is one stud to will your team to victory, and if 2007 Fullerton product and recent Sacramento Kings signee Bobby Brown is any indication, it is definitely possible for raw talent to be developed in the Big West. Don't expect the top teams to feast on the bottom-feeders again – all it takes is one hot hand for any team to have a shot on any night. So let's get into it!
Bottom Feeders. UC Riverside, Cal Poly SLO and Cal State Fullerton. I mention them now because I shan't be mentioning them again. All three lost a vast majority of their scoring to graduation, and senior leadership is vital in the Big West. Expect painful rebuilding from these three, although Fullerton's Josh Akognon (video footage below) will win a few games for the Titans all by himself. The 5'11 guard averaged 20 ppg last year and won Big West Tournament MVP honors, but with only 2 returners and Akognon the only returning starter, it'll be a long year in the cellar for CSF.
Middle of the Pack.
One team that you can (surprisingly) expect to emerge from that very cellar this year is UC Davis. Yes, the UC Davis that went 2-14 in the Big West last season. Stop laughing. Last year's Aggies fielded zero seniors and this year's edition has five. They return a trio of senior starters that scored 28.4% of the team's points, boast two key transfers in Joe Harden and Todd Lowenthal and look to Big West Freshman of the Year Mark Payne to step us as a sophomore. With all of that, I've still got them pegged in 6th because, c'mon, it's UC Davis.
UC Irvine gets the nod for 5th in the Big West, even after losing their top two scorers who brought in a combined 29.5ppg. They do return their other three starters, though, and while the team is not particularly heavy on seniors or explosive guardplay, last year's squad won 9 of 12 down the stretch so these guys know how to win. Adding three recruits sized 6'8" or taller does not hurt, either. But the Anteaters could well fall prey to the experience of UC Davis, and certainly neither is worthy of a Top 4 spot.
The Pacific Tigers come in 4th, based yet again almost entirely on the genius of the Big West Conference's greatest basketball mind, head coach Bob Thomason. Thomason consistently squeezes more productivity out of less talent than any other BW coach, and I've learned the hard way not to bet against the Tigers. They don't have the talent to dominate this year, but the high-flying Anthony Brown enters his senior season, and I am intrigued to see what magic Thomason has worked with the 6'9" forward who wowed us with his potential and now will have to show us what's been done with it. What wins games in the Big West? Guards. Anyone who gives senior sharpshooter Chad Troyer more than an inch of room deserves to be cut and sent to UC Riverside.
Top Tier.
As we saw last season, the cream of the Big West crop can be extremely competitive. So these next three teams could end up in any of the top spots, or even in a three-way tie for first like the Trio of '08. They're clearly the most talent-laden squads and have the best shot at the hardware. At the rear of the triumvirate is – pains me to say it – Long Beach State. Disclosure: I'm a graduate, and last season's 6-25 campaign was one of my life's more painful experiences. But we relied heavily on first-year coach Dan Monson's genius and junior guard Donovan Morris' magic. This year, we'll again need plenty of both, but have added more ammunition than a Howitzer tank to back them up. The 6'3" Morris is the only returning All-Big West honoree in the conference, led the Big West in scoring and is the likely preseason Player of the Year. But the 49ers also add three transfers and a four-member freshman class that is oozing with raw talent in one-guard Casper Ware and freakish swingman Larry Anderson. The experience and talent are there after recording barren levels of both last year. My pick is 3rd place and possibly higher – it's just tough to get past the oddness of picking a 6-win team to win the conference, even if it's my own.
Here then, we arrive at #2. This team could definitely end the season in a lower position than this, and probably doesn't have much chance at the top spot due to a lack of real scoring power or explosive guards. But a notoriously stingy defense and hard-nosed hustle, coupled with eight returners (including three starters) earns the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos the second spot. Well-rounded forward Chris Devine begins collecting Social Security this year enters his sixth season with UCSB after being granted another year of eligibility due to injuries. His leadership will be invaluable as the Gauchos look to recapture the magic after being one of the three teams tied for the conference title in '08. They'll rely heavily on a suffocating half-court defense that allows few second chances, and will look for junior James Powell on the perimeter after shooting 46.7% from three-point land and averaging 12.3 ppg last season. Experience and guard-play win out, and the Gauchos legendary grit put them in a class above (most of) the rest.
Experience experience experience. The Cal State Northridge Matadors (#16 NCAA) field five seniors and eight juniors on their roster, including last year's conference leaders in rebounds, assists and blocked shots. They too shared the Big West title and have a great shot to repeat with Tremaine Townsend returning to terrorize Big West post players for yet another season. Townsend led the conference in rebounds with 9.8 rpg, and blocked shots with 1.3 bpg. The Matadors led the conference in team rebounding, and senior guard Josh Jenkins will look to improve upon his conference leading 6.4apg as well. CSUN head coach Bobby Braswell has never won an outright Big West title in 13 years at the helm, but this is his best chance ever to break the streak.
RPI Boosters.
California @ Pacific (11/15/08)
Long Beach St. @ Wisconsin (11/16/08)
Cal St Northridge @ Stanford (11/18/08)
Wake Forest v. Cal St Fullerton (11/27/08)
Cal St Northridge @ UCLA (12/7/08)
Long Beach St. @ Syracuse (12/13/08)
65 Team Era. Due to UNLV's former association with the conference in the late 80s and early 90s, the Big West has a solid overall record for the era (28-30, .483). But if you take out the Rebels, you're left with a true mid-major level performance (7-24, .226) with only three wins in the last sixteen years. Pacific's nice run in the 2003-05 seasons accounts for two of those; the other belongs to another former member of the conference, Utah St. in 2001.
Final Thought. Just for fun, let's throw in the final seconds of Cal St Fullerton's Big West championship game…


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It's all been tried before
President Obama is rolling out a new ointment with which he hopes to soothe Democrats' pains this November and on into 2016. I think this new product could aptly be called �Marx�s Magic Elixir.�
The genesis of this newest political potion is that wealth imbalances are wrong, even if caused by imbalances of education, skills and efforts. According to his bully bullhorn, he and his party will swing the sword of righteousness to carve redistributive shares and make things �fair.�
This nonsense is more than 100 years old, regurgitated by Karl hence the appropriate product name. Class envy has been marketed in a range of dishes but this may be the first American administration to make it a core foundation of its national recipe.
Rants about wealth inequality resonate with a major slice of his base. Many of his supporters believe government should take people's stuff if they have �too much� and haul it aboard Obama's class-warfare express.
It�s all been tried before and that train won�t outrun history. Socialist drivel has been spewed in villages from jungles to deserts as a call to arms to take back wealth but Karl's catchy "from each, to each" mantra has done nothing but create misery. Have you ever heard of anybody �escaping� to a communist country?
Of course, committed ideologues like Obama and his crew believe they'll make it work�this time. Over the past five years I've been amazed at how much hogwash like this has been consumed in this country.
I guess some have developed a taste and appetite for such nonsense. Thankfully commune mindsets always run headlong into the real world which is what�s happening now.
From Obamacare to employment numbers and economic growth, the country�s sluggish and isn�t going to get much better while the magic elixir of �free stuff to all� is being used in place of real world logic. Liberals hate free market choices.
Locally there�s a battle with the board of education regarding vouchers. The suits know if they allow the free market (parents) to make choices about where and how their kids are educated, ineffective schools will go away. Of course they know it means some bureaucrats and union members will also disappear. Oh my.
For reasons that completely escape me, liberals think we should all tow governmental lines about what we eat, what we earn, what's taught in schools and even what we think to the extent they can peek between our ears.
It's Orwellian spiced with hate. Even a nothing column like this one incites a few to foam at the mouth that I would dare to castigate and revile "their" President. I�m always amazed people so clueless can use a computer.
Until he�s gone, we'll have to watch Obama aerosol his "Marx Magic Elixir" wonder product everywhere he can. I'll bet it's good at removing spots from anybody � five spots, ten spots, change, no job too small.
I know for a fact it makes an excellent repellant. Look what a good job it did keeping Kay Hagen away.
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I was just having a quick look at the Leicester Chronicle and Leicestershire Mercury, in the hope of finding out something interesting that happened in Clarendon Park 'on this day in history.' I came across a little of snippet of information about how Clarendon Park was built – not like today's estates, where one developer purchases a piece of land and erects a planned number of houses, all of which are virtually identical and ready to move into within a short space of time. No, back in the 19th century areas like Clarendon Park were usually developed by a number of builders, and streets would be developed here and there, often with long gaps between the building of houses at one end and another, and sometimes in between if a builder purchased land but did not have enough money to start work.
On 18th May 1886 a sale was held at the Bull's Head Hotel, Market Place, of land in Clarendon Park Road, facing Oxford Road, Cross Road and St Leonards Road, in parcels varying from 300 to 1000 square yards and at a cost of between 10 shillings and 10 shillings 4 pence per square yard. Also 510 yards at the corner of Montague Road and Oxford Road. There was a large attendance at the sale.
When I walk home later I will have a look at those extremely useful date plaques above so many of the houses in Montague and Oxford Roads, to see whether there was an immediate rush to build houses there, or whether things took time to develop…don't be surprised if I post again later with some slightly watery photographs to show you. Regards, Elizabeth.


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A detailed briefing, by agenda point, of Greenpeace's positions at IWC63 can be found here.
Greenpeace is in support of the UK government's proposal to increase transparency of the IWC. By becoming more transparent and in-line with 21st century multilateral environmental negotiations, the IWC will become more effective at protecting whales.
The appeal verdict of Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki, two Greenpeace activists who over three years ago exposed an embezzlement scandal inside Japan's whaling programme will be heard in Japan on 12 July 2011, the second day of IWC 63. For years, Greenpeace has been calling for an investigation into Sato and Suzuki's evidence-based claims. Read more about the Tokyo Two trial here or watch the live web-stream (with live English translation) of the verdict press briefing here on Tuesday 12 July at 0930 CET here.
Greenpeace Executive Director Junichi Sato, one of the "Tokyo Two," enters the High Court past a banner which reads in Japanese 'We can not concede our right to know', at the appeal hearing in Sendai, Japan on 24 May. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Greenpeace
UPDATE: The Sendai High Court has upheld the Tokyo Two's September 2010 conviction. Read more here.
The polar oceans are home to a significant proportion of the world's whale populations. Energy exploration in the Arctic region can have many disastrous impacts, including on the whale species and other wildlife that live there. Greenpeace is urging the IWC to further investigate the impacts of the race for Arctic oil on whales as part of its global campaign to save the Arctic and encourage leaders to go beyond oil. Read a more detailed briefing here.
Whales and narwhals under threat from oil drilling (by Richard Page, Greenpeace International)
UK in the spotlight as global whale comference comes to Jersey (by Willie Mackenzie, Greenpeace UK)
Tokyo Two appeal rejected by Japanese High Court (by Greg McNevin, Greenpeace International)
Whaling Commission too busy arguing about not disagreeing to bother saving any whales (Willie Mackenzie, Greenpeace UK)
Greenpeace media statement on the opening of IWC63 can be found here, and one on the closing of IWC63 can be found here.
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In July 2003, ESI analysts Gerald Knaus and Felix Martin published an article in the US Journal of Democray: "Travails of the European Raj". The report made the front-page of The Guardian, and was followed by media coverage across Europe. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung put the debate on page 1.
The article drew on themes developed earlier in "In Search for Politics". It argued:
"Along a path punctuated by crises, the OHR's autocratic powers have grown in scope and severity from nothing at all, through powers to impose sanctions and the interim laws designed to support the Dayton process, to absolute powers over an open ended spectrum of issues."
"Far from planting the seed of democratic politics in Bosnia's postcommunist political culture, this transformation implicitly teaches that technocratic rule at arm's length from the people is perfectly good governance after all.
In an Open Letter published in IWPR, Marcus Cox and Gerald Knaus suggested to High Representative Paddy Ashdown:
"First, your power to dismiss public officials should be dispensed with immediately. Arbitrary dismissal is so clearly contrary to European human rights standards that it is an embarrassment in a member state of the Council of Europe. … Second, OHR should undertake to limit itself to a clearly defined legislative agenda."
All this triggered an immediate reaction from OHR. Paddy Ashdown argued that the practices ESI criticised had already changed. For a while, the mission became more circumspect in the use of its powers. But ESI remained deeply concerned at the unintended consequences of unlimited international power in Bosnia.


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The American Cancer Society welcomes all dog lovers and their canine friends to the annual Southington Bark for Life next month.
Bark for Life gives dog owners an opportunity to raise money for the fight against cancer since Relay for Life prohibits dogs from participating in the walkathon. The event begins at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13 at the Southington Drive-in.
Robin Guzauckas, who serves on the committee for the event, said Bark for Life "celebrates the caregiving qualities of dogs." Last year Guzauckas decided to adopt a dog after Bark for Life.
"People are crazy about their dogs," Guzauckas said. "We are excited."
For local resident Kristin Ferrarese, her dog DJ has served as a constant caregiver. When her childhood dog Buster lost his battle with cancer, Ferrarese said DJ was "by her side for weeks following as constant support." DJ also provided emotional support for her fiance's grandmother who also passed away from cancer.
"Dogs play an integral role in the support process for their human owners and canine friends alike," Ferrarese said. "To me, a cure for cancer in humans would translate to a cure for pets and vice versa."
Ferrarese participated in Bark for Life last year, as well as Relay for Life. She said she looks forward to walking with her dog again this year.
"This event is a great way to bring joy to such a fun community," Ferrarese said. "The dogs and their owners have the best time, and hopefully the event will grow as big as Relay for Life."
Last year the Southington Bark for Life raised over $1,700 for the American Cancer Society, with 50 dogs participating in the walkathon. Guzauckas said so far the committee has raised over $2,000 for this year's event.
"We have enthusiastic participants this year," Guzauckas said.
This year a dog pageant will take place at the event, so participating dogs will have the chance to win the title of king, queen, prince or princess. Pageant entry is free for all registered Bark for Life participants.
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When a pregnant woman is told that her baby is in the breech position, she is commonly given two options: 1) schedule a cesarean section or 2) do an External Cephalic Version (ECV). What many pregnant women do not know is that there is another option: The Chiropractic Webster Technique. This article describes what the Webster Technique is and how it may help women avoid breech presentation and cesarean section.
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A 28 year old man who was assaulted outside licensed premises on the Hillhead Road at Toomebridge in the early hours of yesterday has died.
James McDonagh from the Castledawson area died in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast this afternoon.
Detectives from Serious Crime Branch have launched a murder investigation.
Three men aged 52, 24 and 20 who were arrested late last night in the Toomebridge area remain in custody in a Belfast police station.
The officer leading the murder investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Eamonn Corrigan, said: "It was reported that at around 2am on Sunday morning an altercation took place outside the Elk Inn. I am appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident or anyone with any information that can assist with the investigation to contact the incident room at Magherafelt on the non-emergency number 101. Alternatively, anyone who does not wish to provide their personal details can call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."


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Has your company's overhead suddenly become a problem? Have your sales declined so much that your current cost structure simply isn't sustainable? More importantly, have you decided to reduce costs, but are unsure of how to proceed, or where to focus your efforts? Well, you're not alone. In what many economists now call the "Great Recession," companies everywhere are scrambling to reduce expenditures. It's a reality of today's business environment; companies must reduce costs or suffer the consequences. It really is that simple. However, what can companies do when they've exhausted all options? What can they do when they simply can't squeeze anymore? In a world where enterprises are touting the benefits of being lean, what can companies do when they just can't get any leaner?
Should We Use Layoffs or Reduce Salaries?
Given this most recent recession, most companies have done their best to reduce expenses. However, at some point, these companies face the ultimate decision: should they pursue layoffs, reduce salaries, or both? Unfortunately, there really isn't a definitive answer as to which strategy is best. Some argue that companies should focus on making deep cuts to their workforce, deep enough that they can immediately return to profitability. Others argue that companies should instead focus on across the board salary cuts. Yet, others claim that a combination of layoffs and salary cuts works best. Unfortunately, all of these actions inevitably lead to a substantial decrease in service capabilities. So what can companies do when they must reduce costs but are reluctant to go with these aforementioned options?
• Outsource Payroll
Today's companies save a tremendous amount of money by outsourcing their payroll to corporate payroll services firms. For instance, UK employers must meet stringent PAYE requirements. In Canada, there are a different set of rules pertaining to the Canada Revenue Agency, and how employers should be compliant when withholding taxes. In the United States, it's the IRS. Each agency has a different set of rules governing how employees are paid. Each has a different set of rules on how corporations pay taxes. Finally, each has different criteria concerning withholding amounts. It can become a recipe for disaster. However, it's less of a concern when using an outside payroll firm. In addition, outsourcing can save a considerable amount of capital.
• Work Share Models
Most countries have provisions that allow employers to benefit from work share models. Employees work a reduced number of days. On those days where the employee doesn't work, he or she receives unemployment insurance. The company is able to reduce its costs, while employees are able to retain their jobs. Work share models allow companies to retain high value employees without fear or concern that those employees will leave. This practice is often welcomed by both employer and employee. The impact in lost revenue is often made up by the unemployment benefits the employee receives. Work share programs are also ideal for companies who operate in cyclical and seasonal markets. These programs allow companies to match their workforce levels to their market's business volumes. Meanwhile, employees are confident that their workload will increase once the market rebounds.
This recession has certainly taken its toll. Companies are understandably apprehensive about the future. As such, they have downgraded their forecasts and have adjusted expectations to coincide with this new reality. Outsourcing payroll management is one option that reduces costs without resorting to salary reductions and layoffs. Work share programs are also a proactive means of reducing costs. Both are solid options for today's enterprises.
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Openline Friday—school kids vote for President—results are amazing. Then, is it true that there is no such thing as an unemployed truck driver? Wayne Allyn Root talks about the Power of Relentless.
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Senator Rand Paul delivers a great speech limiting refugee's access to welfare—and he gets shoot down by his own party. Does the pressure cooker info-mercial make sense? Senator Marco Rubio has presidential issues. And Whoopie says Timothy McVeigh and Hitler were Christians so knock of the anti-Muslim talk. Malarkey of course.
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Bob Vander Platts with Family Leader talks about up-coming Presidential Family Forum. Faith McDonnell says the USA ought to be more concerned about what's happening to Christians in Syria and Iraq. Then, David Limbaugh has broken The Emmaus Code. Then, drug store Muslims lie to Iowans—again.
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An ice cream truck used to appear every day at the parks where I played when I was a kid. Its infectious little tune made my mouth water. I think now it would drive me to distraction.
On each side of the truck it said "Good Humor."
I think I have a good sense of humor. Mine is mine, and it's sculpted, and it's not universal. Mine is lean, free of meanness and ribaldry. And that excludes me these days from comedy clubs and White House Correspondents' Dinners. No more stand-up for Craig.
I am too old for Michelle Wolf's humor. I was too old for it when I was her age (32).
I can't remember the first time I saw Don Rickles on Carson, but I know I wasn't crazy about him. He'd pick at every scab, and then wind up by saying it was all just a joke, and he loved everyone.
Joan Rivers did the same thing, but she never said it was all just a joke, or that she loved everyone.
Maybe you remember celebrity roasts? I thought they were imbecilic. Now they're so raunchy they only appear on cable.
My father never told a joke in his life, but he was the funniest man I knew. He was witty right now, and he didn't need a writer.
I found out what humor was, or what it was thought to be, when I was in grade school by watching television.
These were a few of my choices: Jackie Gleason, Milton Berle and Lucille Ball. For reasons I could explain if this were a comedy dissertation, I rejected all of them.
Along came a curiosity named Ernie Kovacs and I brightened somewhat.
Kovacs was off-center, and his humor was constructed piece by piece, not thrown at me in a predictable punch.
I haven't watched situation comedies in 40 years. I will admit, however, to an appreciation for Barney Fife (portrayed, of course, by Mick Jagger). Fife might have been television's last genuinely amusing, reoccurring character.
Fife looked and sounded like they located him in Mayberry, North Carolina, not in a script room in southern California.
My alma mater's extension school offers a course I briefly considered.
It's called "Beginning Writing for the Half-Hour Spec I." You "learn how to identify the unique spin shows put on their stories."
You learn how to spin on Wednesdays from 7 to 10 p.m., and it's $570.
I can tell you how to spin a situation comedy for free.
Come up with some quirky characters who have quirky neighbors and quirky bosses. Be sure one of them says crude things, and one of them is stacked.
No matter what anyone says, every third line gets a laugh, provided by a laugh machine.
"I went to see my doctor today. I asked him if I needed glasses."
"What did he say?"
"He said, `You sure do. This is a bank.' "
This is where the engineer comes in with a pre-recorded laugh. It's intended for anyone who doesn't know if the character was kidding or not. It's the manipulative equivalent of multiple exclamation marks. Anyone who strings together exclamation marks gets deleted from my will.
What do John The Baptist and Winnie The Pooh have in common?
The same middle name.
But seriously.
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Unemployment, rising cost of living and a suffocating regulatory environment continue to plague California families. Amid the daily hardship that this state's working class faces, Sen. Alex Padilla and his political allies are plotting a big grocer cash grab on a historic scale. Senate Bill 270, which will ban 100 percent recyclable plastic bags and impose fees on paper and thicker plastic bags, will hit California families where they can least afford it: their grocery bills. Feigning environmental conviction, Ron Fong of the California Grocers Association (CGA) and Jim Araby of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union recently announced their shared support for SB 270's passage. Their actual motivations are much more cynical and sadly typical of Sacramento politics.Throughout this debate, SB 270 supporters, including CGA and UFCW, have failed to mention that the big grocers in California stand to make billions over time by collecting fees on a formerly complimentary product. Every single penny of the fee will go to the grocers' pockets, not to any environmental cause or government program. This represents an unprecedented and unacceptable transfer of wealth from hardworking California families directly to major corporations, represented by the powerful CGA lobbying machine. And it's not hard to understand why this new scam would be supported by the big grocers' union partners. One just needs to follow the money.Messrs. Fong and Araby also dishonestly claim that SB 270 would grow California jobs, when the exact opposite is the case. Two thousand Californians work and thrive in the plastic bag manufacturing and recycling industry. Ignoring or dismissing their voice in this debate is not just a policy error — it is a moral failing.Neither of these men work in the plastic bag industry, so they have no real insight into the effects that a statewide ban on the product we make would have on companies located in California. Crown Poly, for instance, employs more than 300 Angelenos, who are threatened by Senate Bill 270. It is just a matter of common sense that when the state in which you operate bans your product, your business will suffer catastrophically — killing both growth and jobs. Anyone in the plastics industry should be concerned — what plastic product will be banned next in the name of profit for someone else?Like Sen. Padilla and political supporters of SB 270, Fong and Araby erroneously claim a $2 million grant or loan will create jobs and spur innovative products. Whether the $2 million grant or loan is buy-off for California companies that already make thicker bags, or whether the $2 million grant or loan money exists in the recycling fund and will be given out, it simply will not help existing bag manufacturers save jobs. And it certainly won't create them.The fact that plastic bags represent less than .05 percent of the American municipal waste stream, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, means that environmental concerns over their impact are overstated. That said, well-intentioned environmentalists deserve our respect, even when we disagree. Why environmentalists support replacing thin, highly reused plastic grocery bags with plastic bags that are five times thicker is a question, however. What should not be respected is the cynical profiteering that the CGA and UFCW's support for SB 270 represents. Ultimately, we can do the right thing for both the environment and California families by creating policy that takes a balanced approach to environmental regulation and economic impact. SB 270 is little more than Sen. Padilla looking for a political win and photo op during his heavily contested campaign for secretary of state. As representatives of the California workers in our industry, we are appalled by the level of political cynicism inherent in SB 270. We urge the Legislature to reject this deeply flawed bill and work with stakeholders to develop legislation that would provide some tangible benefit to California's environment and the working class.Sources:http://www.dailynews.com/opinion/20140324/big-money-behind-grocers-and-labors-support-for-plastic-bag-ban-guest-commentary