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AN ICE cream vendor frozen out of this year's Ulverston Carnival has accused the organising committee of failing to support local businesses.
Robbie's Ices proprietor Rob Turnbull is demanding answers after organisers again engaged the services of a Yorkshire-based ice cream operation.
For three years Mr Turnbull has been selling ice creams in Ulverston from his van and said it is ludicrous he cannot work at the annual carnival.
He said: "I'm the only ice cream van in Ulverston and I travel from Barrow seven days a week – rain, hail or shine – and when the biggest day of the year comes around they get someone in from Yorkshire.
"I don't understand why they get someone from Yorkshire when the carnival is supposed to be all about promoting local businesses."
In 2010, Mr Turnbull stepped in at the last minute to work at the carnival after the same Yorkshire operator withdrew at short notice.
However, the following year the committee decided to give the Yorkshire firm another chance.
Mr Turnbull, who supports his partner and their two-year-old child, said he was simply "trying to survive" in the difficult economic climate.
He said: "It's really depressing. "It's very hard to make a living at the moment, especially with the price of diesel shooting up.
"This should be my biggest day of the year but I'm not even allowed in the carnival area."
In a statement, the carnival committee declined to be drawn into specifics on Mr Turnbull's complaint, but defended its handling of the matter.
"The ice-cream and mobile catering trades are extremely competitive, with large numbers of businesses in our local area.
"We have tried to follow a consistent policy similar to many other outdoor events and have recently reaffirmed this.
"Each trader has a different way of looking at this and what best suits themselves. We cannot please everyone.
"Traders are free to book any of the other pitches available in the town on carnival day managed by others."
First published at 10:37, Saturday, 19 May 2012
Published by http://www.nwemail.co.uk
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Ok James,good point dear,understanding you now,though I don't know why you brought that great man Mr Marx into it given the divides that clearly exist between the petty bourgeoisie who tend to wear rose tinted specs.
Daniella â I think that you have missed the point that I was making. This debate has been focused on the support given to local businesses by the carnival committee, but it could just as reasonably be framed in reverse: why are local businesses, (such as Mr Turnbull), not supporting their local carnival by bidding more for the tender? Why are we not vilifying Mr Turnbull for putting his own profit margin before the good of the community for one day of the year? Clearly, the Yorkshire company considered a higher bid a financially worthwhile proposition, given their higher travelling expenses. There is no neo-Marxist class conspiracy at play here: it is a simple matter of rational best-value economics.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - An inauguration planning official says turnout was "definitely above 800,000" and possibly up to one million people.
Chris Geldart, who directs the District of Columbia's homeland security and emergency management agency, says early and unofficial estimates of the number of people on the National Mall indicate a turnout higher than 800,000. That's based on aerial views of how the crowd filled sections of the mall.
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In 2012, the Department of Homeland Security launched 894 investigations of human trafficking. Some cases include only one victim; others have as many as 100. The Blue Campaign brings all agencies within the department together to combat human trafficking through enhanced public awareness, information sharing, and victim assistance.
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E. James Flynn
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- Clinical Professor of Management
- Indianapolis
- PhD, Indiana University, 1985
- MBA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
- BS, Indiana University, 1973
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Management, Wake Forest University, 1997
- Associate Professor, Iowa State University
- Assistant Professor of Management, Iowa State University
- Assistant Professor of Management, Louisiana State University
- Associate Instructor, Indiana University
- Project Manager, Indiana University
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Best Paper Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 2002
- Nominated for the Carolyn Dexter Award for Best International Management Paper, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2000
- Best paper Award, Production/Operations Management Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 1995
- Finalist for Best Paper, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, 1991
- Best Paper Award, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, August, 1987
Professional Interests
Creating and sustaining firm resource bases, Ethics, Leadership
Selected Publications
- Morita, Michiya, E. J. Flynn, and Shigemi Ochiai (2011), "Strategic management cycle: The underlying process building aligned linkage among operations practices," International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 530-540.
- Bozarth, C. C., D. Warsing, B. B. Flynn, and E. J. Flynn (2009), "The Impact of Supply Chain Complexity on Plant Performance," Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 78-93.
- Flynn, E. J., K. A. Bates, and B. B. Flynn (2009), "The Pressure to Perform: Innovation, Cost and the Lean Revolution," Business Horizons, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 215-221.
- Flynn, B. B. and E. J. Flynn (2005), "Synergies Between Supply Chain Management and Quality Management: Emerging Implications," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43, No. 16, pp. 3421-3426.
- Flynn, B. B. and E. J. Flynn (2004), "An Exploratory Study of the Nature of Cumulative Capabilities," Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 439-458.


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verb \ˈgrō\
: to become larger : to increase in size, amount, etc.
: to become better or improved in some way : to become more developed, mature, etc.
: to become larger and change from being a child to being an adult as time passes : to pass from childhood to adulthood
grew \ˈgrü\ grown \ˈgrōn\ grow·ing
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intransitive verb
a : to spring up and develop to maturityb : to be able to grow in some place or situation <trees that grow in the tropics>c : to assume some relation through or as if through a process of natural growth <ferns growing from the rocks>
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transitive verb
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Origin of GROW
Middle English, from Old English grōwan; akin to Old High German gruowan to grow
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==Text of measure==
==Text of measure==
Revision as of 06:40, 20 November 2012
|Proposition 31
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- 1 Election results
- 2 Text of measure
- 3 Constitutional changes
- 4 Support
- 5 Opposition
- 6 Editorial opinion
- 7 Polling information
- 8 Path to the ballot
- 9 External links
- 10 References
If Proposition 31 had been approved, it would have:
- Established a two-year state budget cycle.
- Prohibited the California State Legislature from "creating expenditures of more than $25 million unless offsetting revenues or spending cuts are identified."
- Permitted the Governor of California to cut the budget unilaterally during declared fiscal emergencies if the state legislature fails to act.
- Required performance reviews of all state programs.
- Required performance goals in state and local budgets.
- Required publication of all bills at least three days prior to a vote by the California State Senate or California State Assembly.
- Given counties the power to alter state statutes or regulations related to spending unless the state legislature or a state agency vetoed those changes within 60 days.
Proposition 31 was a project of California Forward. Nicolas Berggruen contributed over $1 million to fund the effort to gather signatures to qualify it for the ballot.[3][4]
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
|California Proposition 31
- These results are from the California Secretary of State as of November 19, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. PST with 100% of the state's 24,491 precincts partially reporting. The vote total will grow as each precinct counts its absentee, mail-in and provisional ballots. This results section will be updated daily until the final results have been certified.
Text of measure
The state's official voter guide included two summaries for each statewide ballot measure. One summary, in bullet-point format, appeared in the long-form description of each measure. A shorter form of the summary appeared on the ballot label in the front of the voter guide, where there was a short description of each measure.
The long-form summary for Proposition 31 said:
The short-form (ballot label) summary for Proposition 31 said:
|"Establishes two-year state budget. Sets rules for offsetting new expenditures, and Governor budget cuts in fiscal emergencies. Local governments can alter application of laws governing state-funded programs. Fiscal Impact: Decreased state sales tax revenues of $200 million annually, with corresponding increases of funding to local governments. Other, potentially more significant changes in state and local budgets, depending on future decisions by public officials."
Neither of the two summaries in the final voter guide was identical to the summary that was originally given to Proposition 31, when its sponsors sought a summary prior to circulating petitions to qualify the measure for the ballot. The summary that was given by election officials to Proposition 31 at that time said:
|"Establishes two-year state budget cycle. Prohibits Legislature from creating expenditures of more than $25 million unless offsetting revenues or spending cuts are identified. Permits Governor to cut budget unilaterally during declared fiscal emergencies if Legislature fails to act. Requires performance reviews of all state programs. Requires performance goals in state and local budgets. Requires publication of all bills at least three days prior to legislative vote. Gives counties power to alter state statutes or regulations related to spending unless Legislature or state agency vetoes changes within 60 days."
Fiscal impact
(This is a summary of the initiative's estimated "fiscal impact on state and local government" prepared by the California Legislative Analyst's Office and the Director of Finance.)
Constitutional changes
|California Constitution
If Proposition 31 had been approved, it would have changed the California Constitution by:
- Amending Section 8 of Article IV.
- Adding a new Section 9.5 to Article IV.
- Amending Section 10 of Article IV.
- Amending Section 12 of Article IV.
- Adding an entirely new article, proposed Article XI A. (This article will be captioned, "Community Strategic Action Plans".)
- Amending Section 29 of Article XIII.
In addition to these proposed changes to the California Constitution, Proposition 31 also proposed various statutory changes. These would have changed California's Government Code and its Education Code.
Proposition 31 was a project of Nicolas Berggruen and California Forward.
The arguments in favor of Proposition 31 in the state's official voter guide were submitted by:
- The Hon. Cruz Reynoso. Reynoso is a retired justice of the California Supreme Court.
- The Hon. Delaine A. Eastin. Eastin is a former California Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Prof. James Fishkin, Ph.D. Fishkin is affiliated with Stanford University.
- Bill Hauck. Hauck is the former chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission.
Other supporters included:
Arguments in favor
- Cruz Reynoso, a former justice of the California Supreme Court, said, "Prop. 31 seeks to make it clear to Californians how the state is using their money. It requires that the state budget and all laws be made available for public input and review for at least three days prior to politicians voting on them. It's time lawmakers stopped passing the budget in the dark of night and shined some light on how our tax dollars are being spent."[6]
The arguments presented in favor of Proposition 31 in the state's official voter guide included:
- "Proposition 31 forces state politicians to finally live within their means, and it gives voters and taxpayers critical information to hold politicians accountable."
- "The non-partisan state auditor reported in an audit of several state agencies between 2003 and 2010 that the state could have saved taxpayers approximately $1.2 billion had the auditor's own proposals to reform operations and improve efficiency been enacted. The recent effort to create a unified Court Case Management System cost taxpayers more than $500 million, more than $200 million over budget, to connect just 7 of 58 counties before being abandoned."
- "Proposition 31 requires a real balanced budget. It stops billions of dollars from being spent without public review or citizen oversight. Unless we pass Proposition 31, hundreds of millions of dollars every year will continue to be wasted that could be better used for local schools, law enforcement and other community priorities."
- "Proposition 31 does not raise taxes, increase costs to taxpayers or set up any new government bureaucracy. Proposition 31 makes clear that its provisions should be implemented with existing resources—and it will generate savings by returning tax dollars to cities and counties."
| Total campaign cash
as of November 3, 2012
The donors listed in the chart below are the $50,000 and over donors to the "Yes on 31" campaign as of Saturday, November 3, 2012. Note that one of these donors gave their money to a committee that was simultaneously supporting or opposing more than one of the ballot propositions on the November 6, 2012, ballot. When that is the case, it is not generally possible to break down how much of that donor's money specifically was spent on the campaign for a particular proposition. That contribution is listed below with shading; readers should not assume that all or even most of a donation to a multi-purpose committee was used for expenditures related to this particular proposition.
|Nicolas Berggruen
|California Forward
|Michael Marston
|Lenny Mendonca
|Emerson Collective
|Barclay Simpson
|Thomas McKernan, Jr.
|Small Business Action Committee
|Julie Packard
|Nancy Burnett
|David Spencer
|Peter Weber
|New Majority California PAC
The arguments against Proposition 31 in the state's official voter guide were submitted by:
- Sarah Rose. Rose is the chief executive officer of the California League of Conservation Voters.
- Joshua Pechthalt. Pechthalt is the president of the California Federation of Teachers.
- Ron Cottingham. Cottingham is the president of the Peace Officers Research Association of California.
- Anthony Wright. Wright is the executive director of Health Access California.
- Lacy Barnes. Barnes is the senior vice-president of the California Federation of Teachers.
- Lenny Goldberg. Goldberg is the executive director of the California Tax Reform Association.
Other opponents included:
Arguments against
The arguments in opposition to Proposition 31 presented in the state's official voter guide included:
- "It will lead to lawsuits and confusion, not reform. We all want reform, but instead Proposition 31 adds bureaucracy and creates new problems. It adds layer upon layer of restrictions and poorly defined requirements, leaving key decisions up to unelected bureaucrats, decisions such as whether tax cuts are allowed or programs can be changed—decisions that will be challenged in court year after year."
- "The state can barely pay its bills now. And the majority of the state's budget goes to education. Yet this measure transfers $200 million per year from state revenues into a special account to pay for experimental county programs. This is not the time to gamble with money that should be spent on our highest priorities."
- "As strange as it seems, Proposition 31 actually prevents the state from adopting improvements to programs like education or increasing funding to schools even if it has the money to do so, unless it raises taxes or cuts other programs."
- "The contradictory nature of these tax provisions would prohibit the state from cutting one tax unless it raises another, even when there is a budget surplus—either this was intended to prevent the state from cutting your taxes or is another case—a serious case—of careless drafting."
- "California has adopted statewide standards to protect public health, prevent contamination of air and water and provide for the safety of its citizens. Proposition 31 contains a provision that allows local politicians to alter or override these laws without a vote of the people, and without an effective way to prevent abuse."
- "Performance-based budgeting is more of a slogan than anything else. It's been tried many times before. The one thing we know it will do is raise costs. The official fiscal analysis by the non-partisan Legislative Analyst's Office says it will raise the costs of government by tens of millions of dollars per year for new budgeting practices, with no guarantee any improvement will result. Certain costs, uncertain results."
Other arguments against Proposition 31 included:
- Political columnist Dan Walters said, "California needs a top- to-bottom overhaul that connects political decision-making to its unique social and economic reality and creates cause-and-effect accountability for those we elect to office. Proposition 31 is akin to giving someone with a flesh-eating infection an aspirin to relieve the pain momentarily when the patient truly needs radical surgery or powerful drugs to stop the infection."[8]
- Opponents of the measure also argued that the initiative would "vastly expand the power of the governor by allowing him or her to cut or eliminate virtually any existing program during a fiscal emergency. This could mean midyear cuts to K-12 education, the state's public university system, and health care services for low-income households. The only way to prevent this would be a two-thirds vote of each legislative house - no small feat given that neither party holds a supermajority in the Assembly or Senate."[9]
| Total campaign cash
as of November 3, 2012
The donors listed in the chart below are the $25,000 and over donors to the "No on 31" campaign as of Saturday, November 3, 2012. Note that some of these donors gave their money to a committee that was simultaneously supporting or opposing more than one of the ballot propositions on the November 6, 2012, ballot. When that is the case, it is not generally possible to break down how much of that donor's money specifically was spent on the campaign for a particular proposition. Those contributions are listed below with shading; readers should not assume that all or even most of a donation to a multi-purpose committee was used for expenditures related to this particular proposition.
|Working Families Issues Committee (AFL-CIO)
|California State Council of Service Employees (SEIU)
|National Education Association
|California Teachers Association
|United Food & Commercial Workers
|Californians for Clean Energy and Jobs
|California School Employees Association
|Quinn Delaney
Editorial opinion
"Yes on 31"
- The Contra Costa Times: It "will help improve the work product of state government. It offers sane and long overdue reforms to the state budget process, it increases local government flexibility, and it begins to establish much tighter fiscal oversight on state spending, which is needed."[10]
- The Daily Democrat (Woodland, California): "It might give the governor more power, but it would also give local government more funds as well as encourage collaboration among politicians."[11]
- The Fresno Bee: "Now the voters have another chance to improve state government, this time by passing Proposition 31 on the Nov. 6 ballot. There are many reasons that this measure is needed. A major one is requiring transparency in a legislative system that does its significant business in secret."[12]
- The Lompoc Record: "...because lawmakers have demonstrated an almost inborn inability to arrive at sane, balanced, fiscally responsible state budgets, Proposition 31 is sound public policy."[13]
- The Long Beach Press-Telegram: "There is no magic bullet for fixing California's dysfunctional government. The job will never be complete. But Proposition 31 on the November ballot is one step in the right direction. And while it's not perfect, it's worthwhile."[14]
- The Los Angeles Daily News: "It will help lawmakers make better decisions and give local governments sharper tools to solve complex problems."[15]
- The Marin Independent Journal: "Proposition 31 is not perfect, but Sacramento isn't either."[16]
- The Modesto Bee: "Proposition 31 will be a big step in improving the fiscal oversight of the state."[17]
- The Redding Record Searchlight: "California Forward's plan is a lot to swallow. There's no way around that. But voters who digest it will see it promises more options for local decision-making, more transparency in the state Legislature and more long-term budget discipline in Sacramento."[18]
- The San Bernardino Sun: "These reforms should gradually make the Legislature more accountable to every Californian."[19]
- The San Diego Union-Tribune: "All of those are good ideas, though we worry that opponents may be right in arguing that the Proposition 31 language is imprecise and loose. If the critics are right – and the language of citizen initiatives is often badly flawed – then key elements could be ignored or, worse, turned on their head by legislators seeking to perpetuate the status quo. Still, we see important promise in Proposition 31."[20]
- The San Francisco Chronicle: "Proposition 31 represents a modest set of reforms to the state budget process ... The package has drawn predictable fire from the Sacramento establishment and advocacy groups that do not want to put even the most reasonable restraints on government spending."[21]
- The San Jose Mercury News: "There is no magic bullet for fixing California's dysfunctional government. The job will never be complete. But Proposition 31 on the November ballot is one step in the right direction, and while it's not perfect, it's worthwhile."[22]
"No on 31"
- The Bay Area Reporter: "While establishing a two-year budget cycle has some advantages, this proposition meddles far too much in allowing local governments to ignore state mandated programs such as state environmental requirements. Further, it locks California into permanent underfunding of education, health, and other vital services. This is much too complicated a subject to address with an initiative constitutional amendment."[23]
- The Los Angeles Times: "Proposition 31 is a little like the dreamy stranger glimpsed across a crowded room — alluring, exciting, all promise and possibility — who is revealed on closer inspection to be an unbalanced and dangerous monster. Is it a bad date, or just a Halloween movie? It's a real-life constitutional amendment, outwardly attractive but inside an absolute mess. California voters should run."[24]
- The North County Times: "[Proposition 31] is perhaps the ultimate example of a great idea ruined through the details."[25]
- The Orange County Register: "What troubles us is that for seemingly every welcome reform Prop. 31 would institute, it imposes other dubious changes that almost certainly will yield unintended or unwanted consequences."[26]
- The Press-Enterprise: "Cramming a jumble of well-meaning, but tough to assess, reforms into one ballot vote is a clumsy way to spur change in California government. Voters should just say no to Prop. 31."[27]
- The Sacramento Bee: The California Forward Action Fund is promoting a well-intended but flawed initiative that would amend the California Constitution. Voters should say, "thanks but no thanks" to Proposition 31.[28]
- The San Francisco Bay Guardian: "We're also disturbed by the idea of giving governors unilateral authority to make cuts during years with big budget deficits, and with a requirement that new state programs must be tied to specific funding sources. Again, many of these ideas sound good at first glance, but placing new restrictions on Legislators will only hinder their ability to respond to problems and popular will. And giving the governor that much power is just dangerous."[29]
- The Santa Cruz Sentinel: "It appears to be a common theme this year that many state ballot measures seem well-intentioned, but either are written poorly (Prop. 37), create more problems than they solve, or would be better taken up by our elected legislators. All three come into play on Proposition 31, which would shift some budget decision authority from the Legislature to the governor and from other powers from the state to local governments."[30]
- The Ventura County Star: "The Star is well aware of, and shares, the public's frustration with many aspects of state government and state leaders. There may be an understandable tendency among some voters to throw up their hands and declare that the whole system needs a total overhaul. Instead of Proposition 31, however, it would be better to take up these ideas one at a time."[31]
- The Victorville Daily Press: "What it gets down to is that, in our view, Proposition 31 would ultimately do more harm that good, chiefly by imposing yet another layer of government (and another set of public officials to absorb tax revenue) between the people and their elected officials. And elections, remember, are the main lever available to the public to get the kind of government it wants. We're not at all sure what else is in Proposition 31 (it's 9,000 words long and has 17 sections, and our eyes glazed over just looking at the first page of the proposal), and we suspect that's by the authors' design. It asks voters to approve something they don't understand (remember ObamaCare?), which they'll suffer the consequences of once it becomes law."[32]
Polling information
- See also: Polls, 2012 ballot measures
The Public Policy Institute of California polled Proposition 31 for the first time in mid-September.[33]
|Date of Poll
|In favor
|Number polled
|September 9-16, 2012
|October 7-10, 2012
|California Business Roundtable
|October 14-21, 2012
|October 21-28, 2012
|California Business Roundtable
Path to the ballot
- See also: California signature requirements
- Bruce McPherson and Sunne Wright McPeak submitted a letter requesting a ballot title on November 3, 2011.
- The ballot title and ballot summary were issued by the Attorney General of California's office on December 29, 2011.
- The 150-day circulation deadline for #11-0068 was May 29, 2012.
- 807,615 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
- Signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot were submitted to county election officials around the state on May 7, 2012.[1]
- The California Secretary of State certified the measure for the ballot on June 26, 2012.[2]
External links
- Complete November 6, 2012 official voter guide
- Ballot title, summary and LAO analysis of Proposition 31
- Arguments for and against Proposition 31 in the official state voter guide
- Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 11-0068
- Living Voter's Guide to Proposition 31
- Proposition 31, an overview prepared by the League of Women Voters of California
- Proposition 31 on Voter's Edge
- Proposition 31 Cheatsheet from KCET
- Proposition 31 on California Choices (sponsored by Next 10, IGS at UC Berkeley, the UC San Diego Political Science Department, the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford, and the Center for CA Studies at Sac State)
- Proposition 31 at the California Voter Foundation
- "Yes on 31" website
- "Yes on 31" on Twitter
- "Yes on 31" on Facebook
- California Forward Action Fund
- Campaign finance reports of "Yes on 31/Taxpayers for Government Accountability" (1344386)
- Campaign finance reports of "Californians for Government Accountability/California Forward Action Fund (1310030)
- "No on 31" website
- "No on 31" on Twitter
- Campaign finance reports of "Californians for Transparent and Accountable Government (1348039)
- "No on 31" on Facebook
Additional reading:
- Is Proposition 31 really a U.N. conspiracy?
- California's Prop. 31: The Revolution Will Not Be Publicized
- Making Sense of The Very, Very Complicated Proposition 31
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 NBC San Diego, "California Forward Full Steam Ahead", May 10, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 San Francisco Gate, "Calif. budget measure makes November ballot", June 26, 2012
- ↑ Fox and Hounds Daily, "Hertzberg on the California Forward Initiative", February 23, 2012
- ↑ KQED, "Reformers Team Up for November Ballot", January 26, 2012
- ↑ Walnut Creek Patch, "California Republicans Oppose Proposed Tax Measures", August 12, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "For Prop. 31: State can't afford status quo", August 7, 2012
- ↑ Walnut Patch, "Democratic Party Picks State Ballot Measures to Support", July 30, 2012
- ↑ Modesto Bee, "Dan Walters: California needs more than Proposition 31 to fix what ails it", July 30, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Sarah Swanbeck: Against Prop 31: Reform is a Trojan Horse", August 8, 2012
- ↑ Contra Costa Times, "Summary of our endorsements on state propositions", September 22, 2012
- ↑ Daily Democrat, "Democrat endorsements: Propositions", October 14, 2012
- ↑ Fresno Bee, "EDITORIAL: Prop. 31 contains reforms that state urgently needs", October 1, 2012
- ↑ Lompoc Record, "The shift to stronger fiscal policy", October 7, 2012
- ↑ Long Beach Press Telegram, "Editorial: Yes on Prop. 31 -- Measure will help lawmakers make better budget decisions", September 26, 2012
- ↑ Los Angeles Daily News, "Editorial: Yes on Prop. 31 -- Measure will help lawmakers make better budget decisions", September 26, 2012
- ↑ Marin Independent Journal, "Editorial: IJ recommendations on state Propositions 30-33", October 11, 2012
- ↑ Modesto Bee, "Proposition 31 a must to make government transparent", September 15, 2012
- ↑ Redding Record Searchlight, "A hard-headed set of reforms to get the state in shape", September 23, 2012
- ↑ San Bernardino Sun, "Prop. 31 a step toward better governance", September 27, 2012
- ↑ San Diego Union-Tribune, "Prop. 31: A step toward fixing California", September 26, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Editorial: Chronicle recommends", October 5, 2012
- ↑ Mercury News, "Mercury News editorial: Proposition 31 will help state government work better", September 21, 2012
- ↑ Bay Area Reporter, "Editorial: State ballot measures", September 20, 2012
- ↑ Los Angeles Times, "No on Proposition 31", October 18, 2012
- ↑ North County Times, "No on 31", September 22, 2012
- ↑ Orange County Register, "Editorial: Prop. 31 (state budget): No", October 9, 2012
- ↑ Press-Enterprise, "No on 31", October 9, 2012
- ↑ "Sacramento Bee", "Endorsements: No on the well-intentioned Proposition 31", September 10, 2012
- ↑ San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Endorsements 2012: State ballot measures", October 3, 2012
- ↑ Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Editorial: Prop. 31 needs more vetting", October 9, 2012
- ↑ Ventura County Star, "No on Prop. 31, it's too much to swallow at once", September 19, 2012
- ↑ Victorville Daily Press, "Proposition 31 confusing by design: Vote No", October 30, 2012
- ↑ Public Policy Institute of California, "Californians and Their Government", September 2012
- Defeated, general, 2012
- Certified, state and local government budgets, spending and finance, 2012
- State and local government budgets, spending and finance, California
- California 2012 ballot measures, certified
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I just finished watching the Sam Harris followed Jonathan Haidt and he directly addressed Haidt's thesis. This, believe it or not, has been something I have been specifically looking for for some time. But I was surprised at Harris' rejection of Haidt's thesis (if i understood correctly).
When I speak to religious people they seem *extremely* susceptible to authority; both human in the form of religious leaders and in the form of God itself as a stern authoritative figure. I think to us secularists this appears like laziness or just plain stupidity. But isn't there some evolutionary basis for thinking that people need to be responsive to authority?
Haidt asserts that this is not a left/liberal moral value and indeed it seems to often cause moral revulsion in the secular left. I know it does in me. But Haidt himself doesn't advocate the very thing his thesis seems to suggest: adoption of an authoritative approach when communicating with the religious. One of the things I think is particularly unique about Harris is that he's actually is advocating that science *can* provide an authoritative picture of morality. In other words, I actually wonder if Mr. Harris isn't actually a practical application of Haidt's prescription? When I hear the common refrains from the scientific community it seems like the authoritative tone as well as the possibility of scientific prescriptions for morality causes the most strident opposition and I can't help but to think that this is partly due to unconscious anti-authoritarianism; a reflexive revulsion to even the slightest moral certitude.
I myself am extremely anti-authoritarian and I find myself squirming even writing this. But isn't it something worth considering when thinking about how to communicate to religious people? We on the secular left might find it extremely uncomfortable, but maybe this is precisely one of the reasons why we fail to successfully bridge the gap? I submit this question with humility and without any special expertise, just something bouncing around in my head.


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Dave Sells PhD
Associate Research Scientist in Psychiatry
Departments & Organizations
Cancer Prevention and ControlPsychiatry: Connecticut Mental Health Center; Recovery and Community Health, Yale Program for; Yale Program for Recovery and Community Health
Research Interests
Therapeutic Relationships; Disease Survivorship; Experiential Depth; Empathy; Mixed Methodology more...
- B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1990
- M.A., Northern Illinois University, 1997
- Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, 2001
Selected Publications
- Sells D, Sledge WS, Wieland M, Walden D, Flanagan, E, Miller R, Davidson L. Cascading crises, resilience, and social support within the onset and development of multiple chronic conditions. Chronic Illness, 2009, 5: 92-102.
- Sells D, Black R, Davidson L, & Rowe M. Beyond generic support: Incidence and impact of invalidation within peer-based and traditional treatment for clients with severe mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 2008, 59: 1322-1327.
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That's such a hard question!!!
At this moment in time...I would say Bvlgari Black and Clean Men.
I know that is not realistic, but if you HAD TO make a choice of ONLY TWO, which ones couldn't you be without, and could wear consistently for a year?
That's such a hard question!!!
At this moment in time...I would say Bvlgari Black and Clean Men.
"Wait...is David Bowie really God?" - Penelope Garcia
Mitsouko parfum by Guerlain
Nombre Noir by Shiseido / Serge Lutens
As I feel per today, I think I would go for NR for her EdT and Mitsouko.
Everything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do.
--Bob Dylan
Fleurs d'Oranger by Serge Lutens
Jasmin Impeatrice Eugenie by Creed
(and I would stash Madame X under the bed! hee hee hee)
"Like a lobster with a pearl in its claw, the beet held the jasmine firmly without crushing or obscuring it. Beet lifted jasmine, the way a bullnecked partner lifts a ballerina, and the pair came on stage on citron's fluty cue. As if jasmine were a collection of beautiful paintings, beet hung it in the galleries of the nose, insured it against fire or theft, threw a party to celebrate it. Citron mailed the invitations." Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins p. 189
What I am loving right now: Shalimar vintage extrait, Chanel Bois des Iles, Chanel no. 22, Le Labo Iris 39, Guerlain Iris Ganache
Today I would choose L'Heure Bleue and Ivoire
Good question & it is surprisingly easy to answer!
ANGEL and No.5 edp
**If I had the option of 3 scents I'd add Farnesiana edp
Two is extremely hard. I'd probably choose Hypnotic Poison, which I find both comforting and sexy, and Ambre Sultan.
Based on right now I have to choose Vanille Noire Du Mexique and Lipstick Rose before I have too much time to think about the others.
Easy question for me! kai and Jalaine's Patchouli. I wouldn't be happy about it, though. No, not happy at all.
I did really not expect that it would be that easy for me, but after the Guerlain Week I am sure it will be:
Aqua Allegoria Pamplelune and Jicky.
I can't imagine that they would ever bore me and they make me feel good.
And now it seems I can safely get rid of the ridiculous amount of fragrances in my wardrobe
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp
In reality, if forced to give up all but two I would probably just let them all go and wear the bitter scent of my tears.
But since it's just a game, I'll pick Barbier des Isles and Terre d'Hermes. Two versatile scents I love.
Right now my choices would be Moschino by Moschino and Fidji by Guy Laroche.
Right now, it would be KM Loukhoum and Diptyque's L'Ombre dans L'Eau!
Hopefully that'll never happen, but i'd probably choose Fahrenheit or Égoïste.
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I am married to Fracas, but since I am allowed to have 2, I will also take my mistress Floret by Antonia's Flowers
It would be Angel and Bois des Iles. I would be doing a lot of sneaking off to the mall for a whiff of something different though!
I would wear L'Anarchiste in grumpy protest of the 'year of too many Mondays'. And to remind myself a year is not a life sentence and civility and dignity will eventually prevail Dunhill Edition would get the nod.
Now, my question is, what dollar amount would it take to get you to actually do it?
Cartier's Le Baiser Du Dragon Perfume and Comptier Sud Pacifique's Vanille Abricot.
My usual answer would be Donna Karan Black Cashmere and Guerlain Herba Fresca, but today I'm feeling romantic and I'd choose Jo Malone Vintage Gardenia and Hermes Jardin sur le Nil.
I just cheated, didn't I?
Fracas and Stella would be my picks, but if you ask me tomorrow things could change
From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell, sheer hell, waiting to do something about it.
Bette Davis
It would be SL Chergui and...?(hard time choosing between Un Lys or Fld'O, so I asked my daugther to hide them behind her back)...and I picked Un Lys.
Not often very hot in summer where I live; so Chergui would be suitable most of the year; and when not..Un Lys would be.
I just realised I only need two scents! - and now that I've found them; I can stop searching; stop buying blind;...and I'll live happily ever after!
Angel for sure. It's picking the second scent that is hard for me ...
I've trademarked the color bleu
Hermes Ambre Narguile and Guerlain Jicky.
In a world where 6 million people are added each month, every landscape matters.
Coco and JPG Classique EDP
Current top five:JPG Classique,Chanel Coco,Lolita Lempicka EDP,Armani Emporio SHE,Opium
Extremely hard question!!!!:O What a dreadful thought!But if I was forced by violence...Narciso Rodriguez edt and...Trouble.
It would have to be Mitsouko - I think the more I 've been reading about it here recently, I love it - a fragrance with a history and soul.
Secondly, Chanel No19 - which I have fallen back in love with, after a long absence. I think it must be something about the fresh spring air which lends itself perfectly to that green sparkle.
This is a question I am asking myself quite often, because I am stressed by owning many frags. And of course it is quite impossible to answer... I have two answers for it, an these two I can´t make a choise between...
My first pair of perfumes, as I could have as my only two:
Chanel No 19 and Coco Chanel. They are my two favourite sociable frags.
My secound pair of perfumes, also possible to have as my only two:
Mitsouko and L´Heure Bleu. They are my two favourite emotional frags.
Faves right now: Chanel No 19, Stella Rose Absolute, L´Heure Bleu, Elixir de Merveilles, Samsara.
Not an easy question, and heaven forbid I should ever have to do it,
but I would choose Nirmala and Roma (at this moment in time).
I guess I would have to go with my two favourites of the moment: Bond Chinatown and Ormonde Jayne Frangipani Absolute.
Gosh, real tough question. Right now I would pick Bois des Iles and L'heure Bleue. I think I'll have a different answer tomorrow though.
I'm simplifying my life. For Sale Thread (some niche, some designer):
Now, this is though!
At this moment I would choose Angel and Mitsouko!
I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger as reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. Reality doesn't impress me. I only believe in intoxication, in ecstasy, and when ordinary life shackles me, I escape, one way or another. No more walls.-Anais Nin
I would surely keep Arpege by Lanvin and the second would be... damn, now that I'm thinking about it, it IS a VERY difficult question! I would narrow it down to DKNY Women, Ricci's Love in Paris, D&G Sicily and maybe Eclat d'Arpege and then sit and brood about the decision for a long, long time...
I'd revolt. Slap the cuffs on me now 'cause it ain't happenin'.
Ok Ok Ok...... Angel and Romance. Haven't worn either in a while so they might not bore me. Then again...
Ah, H*ll. Get the cuffs back out.
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