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Flier and press releases for Rebecca Ranson's "Warren," 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, August 23 - September 1, 1984.
Availability note There may be additional materials from Warren available in folders M219-Plays-1984-08-23.
Title Flier and press releases for Rebecca Ranson's "Warren" 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta, Georgia, August 23 - September 1, 1984.
Identifier M219-Plays-1984-08-23a
Creator 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.)
Description CONTENTS: Flier (1 leaf). -- Press release (1 leaf). -- Memorandum to 7 Stages Board of Directors and Advisory Board, from Del Hamilton, Re: Opening of "Warren" by Rebecca Ranson, August 20, 1984 (1 leaf). -- Press release, with experpts from Ranson's interview with Johnston's family and friends (2 leaves).
Subject Theater
AIDS (Disease)--Drama
Subject (names) 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.)
Ranson, Rebecca, 1943- . Warren, 1984
Collection 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) Records (M219)
Curatorial area Popular Music and Culture Collection
Citation M219-Plays-1984-08-23a. 7 Stages Theatre (Atlanta, Ga.) Records. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
Source format press releases
Flier and press releases for Rebecca Ranson's "Warren," 7...


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7 Magazines in the geomatics' environment
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The way things are communicated has changed a lot with the evolution of knowledge management systems. Talking about magazines today is not the same as 25 years ago; the variety of formats has given greater riches and every day is left static or printed versions by learning communities. All of this contributes to make information available for longer, with less cost-although it is also true it's faster outdated.
As an example, I leave to you a quick list of 7 journals which should be included in our repertoire to stay informed of what is happening in this geospatial world. Surely there are more, at the end are included other 16 which are no less important, but varying the format and certainly there is more.
Geoinformatics.
With a great influence among the big software and equipment companies. They edit a print and digital version in these new formats that Flash has become popular. For the Dutch environment and in its own language CMedia edits GISMagazineas a local version.
Subscribing to it is a great investment, it costs only a click and you receive an email each time you get a new copy.
GIM International.
The same as above it has its origin in the egeomate context of Netherlands. It is produced by Geomares, with more partnerships, but with the disadvantage that the online editions do not include the entire contents of the printed version.
It is published every month and has a larger writing team. You have to subscribe, what happens in the GIS world will definitely be published by GIM International.
Geospatial World.
This magazine, founded in Asia in the tech boom in India is very diverse and is well positioned in that region.
Includes various editions as GeoIntelligence, GIS Development and specific versions for Africa, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Malaysia.
You can download pdf versions from different years and there's an option to subscribe to their news
Geo World.
This is headquartered in United States, and therefore its primary focus is on this market. Although is the magazine with more widely circulation in the geospatial theme.
You can browse online flash version and also subscribe.
GEO Connexion.
Born in United Kingdom, there is a specific Edition for this environment called GEOconnexion UK with five copies per year, and a so-called Geo: which is international in nature with 10 copies per year.Online you can view some articles; the other content is only viewed by paid subscription.
InfoGEO
It is from the best in the Western environment, produced by MundoGEO more than a magazine is a comprehensive learning community and associated services.
Exists in English, Portuguese and like a few, almost the only, in Spanish, it's very well positioned in the booming Brazilian economy.
Coordinates.
This is a monthly magazine based in India and therefore in a position in that region where the technology issue is a promising boom.
Apart from the above, there are other magazines, some in the traditional format and others under the model of information managers popularized by Internet. The following list includes some from supplying software companies such as AutoDesk, Bentley and ESRI.
Imaging Notes. It's a magazine with increased emphasis on remote sensing.
Earth Imaging Journal (EIJ). It's likely the above, but more widely.
Geomedia. This is a geospatial-oriented Italian magazine.
Directions Magazine. Under digital magazine format, it includes a Spanish version and related blogs
Vector Media. With a different approach, but is always present at CAD / GIS events.
GIS User. It's a magazine with a bit of everything, but with some disorder in its format but with good positioning in the GIS issue.
Land Surveyors. It's a digital edition field-oriented to the topography field.
Professional Surveyor. It's a monthly print publication with positioning in the United States.
Point of Beginning. It's a surveying journal with many years on market; it's free for some strategic partners.
OSGeo Journal. It's a journal with news in the Open Source geospatial technologies field.
EARTH. It is a magazine formerly known as GeoTimes, focusing more on the geography field.
ASM. It's the acronym of Asian Surveying and Mapping, a magazine well positioned in the Far East, broad in GIS, CAD, and CAM themes.
GPS World. This is a magazine focused on global positioning equipment. It has free subscription to companies and strategic partners.
Technology&more. It's a magazine sponsored by Trimble, well suited for users of this type of equipment.
ArcNews. It's ESRI business magazine, with information on its products, cases of use and some useful topics for users of ArcView and family.
AUGI AEC Edge. This magazine keeps its focus on AutoDesk products. It is very useful for users of AutoCAD and other solutions from this company.
BE Current. Formerly known as BE Magazine, is a journal for Microstation users and other Bentley Systems solutions.
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Businesses All Over Mill Valley Put Up Posters to Thank Community for Donations to COVID-19 MV Biz Fund
by Mill Valley Chamber | May 19, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 comments
Clockwise from top left, Bloomingayles, The Image Flow, Tony's Shoe Repair, Quality Auto Body, Juice Girl and The Workroom have put up posters to thank the Mill Valley community for their donations to the COVID-19 Mv Biz Fund. Photos by Paula Reynolds.
Since its launch in April, the Mill Valley Chamber's COVID-19 MV Business Fund has raised more than $87,000 to support local businesses amidst the COVID-19 crisis. Every $1,000 raised equals a $1,000 direct cash grant issued to local businesses who met a baseline of criteria. The total raised includes $15,000 from the County of Marin and $2,500 from the Bank of Marin, enough to fun 87 grants, more than 60 of which have already been received by local businesses and nonprofits.
All over town, businesses who have received the direct cash grants have put up posters to thank the community for their donations. Look for them around town! Many more will be going up in the coming weeks, as the vast majority of businesses who received the grants remain closed during the shelter in place order. Thank you Mill Valley and sincere gratitude to the UPS Store in Tam Junction for printing these posters and to designer extraordinaire Todd Barbee for making it happen.


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Johnson Electric & Cortica Establish New Joint Venture Lean AI to Bring Revolutionary Quality Inspection to Manufacturing
Automating quality assurance in manufacturing through Autonomous AI will drive flawless quality and production while enabling simple and fast setup on the production line
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL / HONG KONG SAR - Media OutReach - 11 November 2021 - Johnson Electric Group and Cortica Group have established a joint venture to build an Autonomous Inspection System set to revolutionize the Quality Inspection Market. Lean AI is a game-changing startup that will leverage Johnson Electric's vast knowledge and experience in manufacturing processes and Cortica's unique Autonomous AI Technology in order to revolutionize the visual inspection market.
Today, supervised Deep Learning-Based Quality Assurance Systems can take weeks, up to months, to deploy. The existing systems are reliant on a data scientist or AI experts and require large manually tagged training sets with thousands of defect image examples. Requiring constant maintenance and re-training for the slightest variations, the system is unable to adapt to defects, new products, and new cameras.
Lean AI's technology surpasses existing challenges of prevalent supervised Deep Learning-Based Quality Assurance Systems with the power of unsupervised learning to process information within a fraction of a second, utilizes unlabeled data, applies predictive quality assurance, and compiles data that increases the speed of deployment and scaling. As an open platform agnostic to camera, defect type and product, Lean AI can collaborate with any integrators, OEMs, and manufacturers of automation solutions.
"With the power of Cortica's Autonomous AI technology, and JE's vast knowledge of the market, Lean AI will deliver a product that reduces the cost of human error when it comes to quality inspection in manufacturing and address the vulnerabilities in the current market," said Karina Odinaev, CEO of Lean AI.
"Johnson Electric is very excited to announce this new joint venture with Cortica. We are fully aware of the fundamental challenges accompanying the deployment of AI-based quality assurance software in the production environment, especially in terms of speed of deployment and reliability over time," said Austin Wang, Senior Vice President of Johnson Electric. "Cortica's Autonomous AI technology can address a lot of these major headaches and allow for much faster and broader adoption."
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The global machine vision market is currently valued at US$11 billion and is forecast to increase to US$15.5 billion by 2026. As these numbers continue to grow and AI technology advances, the opportunity for machine vision solutions to positively aid in manufacturers' earning potential with a reduction in defects gives way for a new system that will fundamentally change the industry's approach to quality assurance.
Further commenting on the formation of Lean AI, Austin Wang said: "Johnson Electric's deep experience in a wide range of manufacturing processes offers a unique platform for developing this technology for commercial use. The joint venture is also opening a new avenue for Johnson Electric to develop and market software offerings. It is therefore both a technological as well as business model innovation for us. There are also opportunities to apply the technology in predictive quality and expert systems as well. This is the second investment of Johnson Electric in Israeli technology and we will continue to assess such relevant opportunities."
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Looking to buy the new SLSA quicksilver. To trailer it home the dealer says I can remove and put the wings back on myself and don't need a A@P to sign it off. Is that correct?
I'm not sure that is correct. Removing and installing wings is not listed as preventive maintenance in part 43, and that is all you can do as a pilot according to the FAA.
busted wrote: Looking to buy the new SLSA quicksilver. To trailer it home the dealer says I can remove and put the wings back on myself and don't need a A@P to sign it off. Is that correct?
Why wouldn't you believe the dealer?
Andy, the FAA is the authority who says what you can do not the dealer or manufacturer. This dealer has already given him incorrect advise on being able to do sight seeing flights.
Last edited by MovingOn on Tue Aug 19, 2014 4:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.
MovingOn wrote: It's called sarcasm.
Sometimes it is hard to tell when you just read the words on the page without knowing the thoughts of person who wrote them. You saw sarcasm, and I saw an honest question. I see the words and take them for what they say, and there was no emoticon to indicate that it was meant any other way. Looking back I see that it could have been meant as a sarcastic comment.
Actually, I was not being sarcastic and didn't know about previous issues with the dealer.
If a Remos dealer told me I could fold and unfold the wings myself (which you can with a Remos) I would have no reason to doubt that. Notwithstanding the previous dealer misinformation factor. In fact, of the manufacturer or dealer told you the airplane could do something, and the POH did not contradict that, I'd think manufacturer/dealer would be on the liability hook if you took their advice and came to grief over it.
Andy, there is guidance for sailplanes with removable wings. They require training under part 61. For powered aircraft it is a maintenance item, and to fold or remove wings requires a maintenance sign off. Someone with only a pilot rating is not authorized to sign off maintenance items not listed in CFR 43 appendix A.
3Dreaming wrote: Andy, there is guidance for sailplanes with removable wings. They require training under part 61. For powered aircraft it is a maintenance item, and to fold or remove wings requires a maintenance sign off. Someone with only a pilot rating is not authorized to sign off maintenance items not listed in CFR 43 appendix A.
According to that if I bought a Remos with folding wings designed to be operated by the pilot, I'd have to get a mechanic to sign it off every time? I call BS.
I admit I'm the last one to know the answer - so I will throw this out so others to chime in. Would the answer be only with the manufacturer since the governing body is the ASTM International not the FAA? Since any changes or modifications to an SLSA must have a letter of authorization to make the change or fix.
Example the RV12 SLSA the owner can remove the wings with permission from manufacturer.
14 CFR 43.1 - Applicability.
I think the confusion might be in considering folding/unfolding the wings a "maintenance operation". It might be that it's considered a normal part of ground/flight operations, like any other part of preflight.
I've done some searching for information on this without much luck in finding any.
Legally you can't do it because it isn't preventative maint. and isn't a daily operation that is undertaken to fly the plane and not listed in the POH for a daily flight operation. If you could do this then you could pull the wings for an inspection and you can't do that either.
Now you'll probably ask yourself who would know and you would probably be right.
roger lee wrote: Now you'll probably ask yourself who would know and you would probably be right.
Nobody would know unless there was a problem - then everybody would. I seem to recall a fatal accident at Sun-n-Fun a few years ago involving a folding-wing LSA (Remos?) in which a locking pin was left out.


Ruthie Henshall is one of the most popular West End actresses of the past thirty years.
Ruthie Henshall's multi-award winning career has seen her star in the most popular musicals of the past thirty years in the West End and on Broadway, from her iconic appearance as Fantine in Les Misérables (including the tenth anniversary concert) to Cats, Miss Saigon, Crazy For You, She Loves Me (Olivier Award), Marguerite, Oliver!, A Chorus Line, Putting It Together, Billy Elliot (including the world-wide cinema release) and her legendary appearance as both Roxie and Velma in Chicago in the West End and on Broadway. She has also enjoyed tremendous success in plays, in concert and on television. Her recordings include four solo albums and numerous cast recordings.
"I've only been to Australia once before and I had a great time singing some Sondheim, but now I'm especially thrilled for the world premiere of my new solo show at the Sydney Opera House and to visit Brisbane for the first time," said Ruthie.


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Full-form of HDFC is "Housing Development Finance Corporation".
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HDFC Standard Life Insurance is a renowned joint venture between HDFC Ltd. and Standard Life Aberdeen.
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Bajaj Allianz is basically a joint venture of Bajaj company and Allianz company. Whereas, Bajaj is an Indian company and Allianz is a German company.
Bajaj Allianz Life Goal Assure, a life goal-based investment plan (ULIP) offers people the chance to plan ideal experiences with zero worries.
Claim Settlement Ratio of Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company is 91.67%. That means about 18,978 claims have been paid by this life insurance company till present.
Birla Sun Life Insurance Company is the seventh topmost best life insurance companies in India 2019.
Birla Sun Life Insurance is basically a joint venture company between Aditya Birla Group and Sun Life Financial Inc. Sun Life Financial is a well renowned international financial services organization in Canada. Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance was basically abbreviated as ABSLI.
Aditya Birla Company is also a renowned life insurance company.
Claim Settlement Ratio of Birla Sun Life Insurance Company is 94.69%. That is 8,055 claims have been paid by this life insurance company till present.
Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Company ranks at eighth position in top life insurance companies in India 2019. This life insurance company has been classified as one of the best life insurance companies in India.
Claim Settlement Ratio of this life insurance company is 95.17%. That means 15,211 claims have been paid by this life insurance company.
TATA AIA Life Insurance Company ranks at ninth position in top life insurance companies in India 2019.
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company Limited is a leading joint venture company, formed by Tata Sons Ltd. and AIA Group Ltd.
TATA AIA Life joins Tata's pre-eminent leadership position in India and AIA's presence as the largest, independently recorded skillet Asian life insurance group in the world crossing 18 markets in the Asia Pacific area.
Claim Settlement Ratio of this life insurance company is 98%. That means 3,659 claims have been paid by this life insurance company.
PNB Metlife India Insurance is tenth best life insurance company in India.
PNB Metlife India Insurance is one of the best life insurance companies in India. This life insurance company is basically a joint venture between PNB and Metlife companies.
Full- form of PNB is 'Punjab National Bank'.
PNB Metlife India Insurance company combines financial strength of Metlife and reliability and credibility of PNB.
Claim Settlement Ratio of this life insurance company is 87.14%. That is 2,290 claims have been paid till present by this life insurance company.
So life insurance policy is one of the important things in an individual's life. These companies provide the best life insurance company and life insurance policy must be issued from these top 10 life insurance companies in India 2019.


Bryan Singer Says Rogue Will Appear in "X-Men: Days of Future Past"
About a month ago, director Bryan Singer revealed that he cut the Rogue character, played by Anna Paquin, completely out of "X-Men: Days of Future Past." But then Empire magazine unveiled 25 covers for its latest issue, featuring a different character from the movie. One of the covers went to Paquin.
In a new interview, Singer clarified that Rogue will still appear in "X-Men: Days of Future Past," but possibly just in the background. He said: "It does not mean that we won't see her in the film. Also, I hope to make the [deleted] sequence available on the DVD as she was quite wonderful in it. She is an important part of the X-Men family. I 'm very pleased she will remain as one of Empire's anniversary covers."
Regarding that deleted scene, writer Simon Kinberg explained why it's on the cutting room floor. "It was one real sequence in the movie," he said. "We felt like it was taking tension out of the main story drive."
Good! She had one of the more intense storylines in the first two with her unique isolation problems. Plus, if she eventually gets her powers we'd be set for some good action scenes.
"I hope to make the sequence available on the DVD as she was quite wonderful in it."
Wow, what a great way to sell dvds (/sarc). Bryan Singer is a lowlife.
So she went from being an actress in the film to being an extra in the film.
So the character they reduced to a background cameo gets an Empire magazine cover but will not actually appear in the film in any real capacity?
You're a esoteric genius, Singer.
I bet she shows up in a post credits scene, and Singer doesn't want to spoil it.
Either way, I doubt we'd ever see Rogue flying around with super strength, considering in the comics she got those powers from absorbing Ms. Marvel's powers.


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The War on Nature | Gary Juffa
Nov 11, 2021 • 42M
How one politician is fighting "bioterrorists" in his Papua New Guinea province
Gary Juffa is the Governor for Oro Province in Papua New Guinea, and has become famous for taking on the illegal logging cartels decimating one of the world's most precious rainforests. He attended COP26 in Glasgow to speak on behalf of his people, his forests and the creatures that call it home—and to bravely name and shame the companies "raping and pillaging" his country.
Gary explains how the "timber mafia" landed in Papua New Guinea from Malaysia and how they took over local government through bribes, blackmail and even assassination. He explains how he's fighting them in his province, and how the West must lend funds and muscle to the fight, and what he thinks of the deals made at COP26.
What Gary has to say is jaw-dropping. Listen here or catch it on Apple or Spotify.
You can also follow Planet: Critical on Youtube and support the project on Patreon where I upload a bonus video every Saturday.


It's the Holiday Weekend! YAY!!
Do you guys have BIG Plans?? MEEE???
ALL the RULE for this FUN Challenge are RIGHT HERE!!!
Mojo for about the first 48 hours... Geesh!
Fun sentiment and your card turned out great! I love the paper with the screws on it.
This is adorable. I am glad you stuck it out and got your creative mojo on. You did a wonderful job. Have a great weekend!!
Oh how cute is this??!!! Love it!!! What a cute sentiment too!! AND happy birthday to your mom!!!
It's a very low key holiday for us...we are just relaxing and enjoying the crowd... we live at the beach and it's a madhouse!
This card is so wonderful! I love the patterned papers you used on it PLUS the awesome stamps, of course! I hope you had a wonderful day celebrating your mom's birthday.
Awesome masculine card !! I know what you mean , I have had those moments also !! O am so happy you were able to finish and create this great card !
What a awesome card, Theresa!! I love the pretty papers and great design!!! Have a great day.
Awesome masculine card!! Glad you got your mojo back!
Well if you struggled I don't see it. As lwys this is one awesome masculine card. Love teh adorable images. Hope your mom had a wonderful birthday.
That supper sounds awesome! I hope your mama had a wonderful birthday!! Love your card too - it turned out great! We all have those moments when we lose our mojo - but I find if I step away from my project for a bit I can usually come back to it with fresh ideas. Hope you enjoyed a wonderful weekend!
Jo's Scrap Shack Blog-aversary HOP!!!!


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package org.finra.herd.service;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

import org.junit.Test;

import org.finra.herd.model.AlreadyExistsException;
import org.finra.herd.model.ObjectNotFoundException;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.SecurityRole;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.SecurityRoleCreateRequest;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.SecurityRoleKey;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.SecurityRoleKeys;
import org.finra.herd.model.api.xml.SecurityRoleUpdateRequest;
import org.finra.herd.model.jpa.SecurityRoleEntity;

/**
 * This class tests security role functionality within the security role service.
 */
public class SecurityRoleServiceTest extends AbstractServiceTest
{
    @Test
    public void testCreateSecurityRole() throws Exception
    {
        // Create a security role.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.createSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleCreateRequest(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION));

        // Validate the returned object.
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateSecurityRoleMissingRequiredParameters()
    {
        // Try to create a security role when security role name is not specified.
        try
        {
            securityRoleService.createSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleCreateRequest(BLANK_TEXT, DESCRIPTION));
            fail("Should throw an IllegalArgumentException when security role name is not specified.");
        }
        catch (IllegalArgumentException e)
        {
            assertEquals("A security role name must be specified.", e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateSecurityRoleMissingOptionalParameters()
    {
        // Try to create a security role when security role description is not provided.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.createSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleCreateRequest(SECURITY_ROLE, null));

        // Validate the response.
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, null), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateSecurityRoleTrimParameters()
    {
        // Create a security role using input parameters with leading and trailing empty spaces.
        SecurityRole securityRole =
            securityRoleService.createSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleCreateRequest(addWhitespace(SECURITY_ROLE), addWhitespace(DESCRIPTION)));

        // Validate the returned object.
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, addWhitespace(DESCRIPTION)), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCreateSecurityRoleAlreadyExists()
    {
        // Create a security role.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        try
        {
            securityRoleService.createSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleCreateRequest(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION));
            fail("Should throw an AlreadyExistsException when security role already exists");
        }
        catch (AlreadyExistsException e)
        {
            assertEquals(String.format("Unable to create security role \"%s\" because it already exists.", SECURITY_ROLE), e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetSecurityRole() throws Exception
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Retrieve the security role.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.getSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE));

        // Validate the returned object.
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetSecurityRoleThatDoesNotExist()
    {
        try
        {
            // Retrieve the security role that does not exist.
            securityRoleService.getSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE));
            fail("Should throw ObjectNotFoundException when security role does not exist");
        }
        catch (ObjectNotFoundException e)
        {
            assertEquals(String.format("Security role with name \"%s\" doesn't exist.", SECURITY_ROLE), e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetSecurityRoleTrimParameters()
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Get a security role using input parameters with leading and trailing empty spaces.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.getSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(addWhitespace(SECURITY_ROLE)));

        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testUpdateSecurityRole() throws Exception
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Update the security role.
        SecurityRole updatedSecurityRole =
            securityRoleService.updateSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE), new SecurityRoleUpdateRequest(DESCRIPTION_2));

        // Validate the returned object
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION_2), updatedSecurityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testUpdateSecurityRoleThatDoesNotExists()
    {
        try
        {
            securityRoleService.updateSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE), new SecurityRoleUpdateRequest(DESCRIPTION));
            fail("Should throw ObjectNotFoundException when security role does not exist.");
        }
        catch (ObjectNotFoundException e)
        {
            assertEquals(String.format("Security role with name \"%s\" doesn't exist.", SECURITY_ROLE), e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testUpdateSecurityRoleTrimParameters()
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Get a security role using input parameters with leading and trailing empty spaces.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService
            .updateSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(addWhitespace(SECURITY_ROLE)), new SecurityRoleUpdateRequest(addWhitespace(DESCRIPTION)));

        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, addWhitespace(DESCRIPTION)), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDeleteSecurityRole() throws Exception
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Delete the security role.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.deleteSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE));

        // Validate the response.
        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDeleteSecurityRoleTrimParameters()
    {
        // Create and persist a security role entity.
        securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createSecurityRoleEntity(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION);

        // Get a security role using input parameters with leading and trailing empty spaces.
        SecurityRole securityRole = securityRoleService.deleteSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(addWhitespace(SECURITY_ROLE)));

        assertEquals(new SecurityRole(SECURITY_ROLE, DESCRIPTION), securityRole);
    }

    @Test
    public void testDeleteNonExistingSecurityRole()
    {
        // Try to delete a non-existing security role.
        try
        {
            securityRoleService.deleteSecurityRole(new SecurityRoleKey(SECURITY_ROLE));
            fail("Should throw an ObjectNotFoundException when security role doesn't exist.");
        }
        catch (ObjectNotFoundException e)
        {
            assertEquals(String.format("Security role with name \"%s\" doesn't exist.", SECURITY_ROLE), e.getMessage());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetAllSecurityRoles()
    {
        // Create and persist security role entities.
        List<SecurityRoleEntity> testSecurityRoleEntities = securityRoleDaoTestHelper.createTestSecurityRoles();

        // Populate the security role keys from the entities.
        List<SecurityRoleKey> keys =
            testSecurityRoleEntities.stream().map(securityRoleEntity -> new SecurityRoleKey(securityRoleEntity.getCode())).collect(Collectors.toList());
        SecurityRoleKeys securityRoleKeys = new SecurityRoleKeys(keys);

        // Get all the security roles.
        SecurityRoleKeys securityRoles = securityRoleService.getSecurityRoles();

        // Validate the result.
        assertEquals(securityRoleKeys, securityRoles);
    }
}


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Frank Schmuck Will Protect Your Right To Protect Yourself
November 1, 2018 by Guest Opinion Leave a Comment
Not even Pepper Spray? That's right! Sean Bowie voted to deny campus women their right to carry pepper spray or even a taser to defend themselves against sexual predators. What kind of person does that?
As a deputized law enforcement officer and a parent of a daughter in college this is both professional and personal for me.
Students, teachers and all employees of our universities in Arizona should feel safe, and not made to feel like they are breaking the law by protecting themselves with something as simple as pepper spray.
With thousands of sexual assaults and even worse dozens of rapes reported to Police over the last few years, Sean Bowie and his extreme ideology left women defenseless when he voted against House Bill 2172 three times.
See and hear what these women have to say…
To see all our videos visit www.FrankSchmuck.com/videos
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Conservatives, Education, Elected Officials, Guest Opinion, Law Enforcement, Political Ad, Public Safety, State Government Tagged With: Arizona Schools, AZLD18, Frank Schmuck, LD-18, public safety, school security, Sean Bowie, sexual harassment, State Senate
Frank Schmuck Releases DD-214, Demands Jeff Dial Release His Military Records
August 10, 2016 by Press Release 1 Comment
There has been some discussion regarding the military service of my opponent in this primary race. Articles have been written questioning and challenging his military service record. To put things in perspective and provide contrast, I am releasing my military records to the public. The public has a right to know the character and quality of my military service, just as they have a right to know the character and quality of my opponent's claimed service record. I am providing links to my DD Form 214 and DD Form 215 along with another link to my Officer Performance Reports (OPR's). The DD Form 214 is a transcript of your military service.
Frank C. SCHMUCK DD Form 214
Frank C. SCHMUCK AF Form 707B Officer Performance Reports (OPR)
Unfortunately, my opponent has refused to release his records numerous times to the Arizona Republic and at the request of Veterans who live in his district.
My opponent may tell you he has an "Honorable Discharge" however, the form he cites, a DD Form 256 (kind of like a certificate) is UNACCEPTABLE proof to employers, mortgage lenders, the US Department of Veterans Affairs, the Arizona Department of Veterans Services and any Veteran Service Organization, like the American Legion, VFW etc. for Veteran status, to get a loan, to obtain a Veteran license plate or to achieve membership into their organization.
One may certainly say that one has an "Honorable Discharge" based on a 256 certificate, but that does not allow one to say, "I am a Veteran." Someone could go to basic training and advanced individual training and then stop going to one's reserve unit and eventually receive an "Honorable Discharge" certificate, but that would not make one a Veteran. The title "Veteran" is reserved for those who have a certain number of days of active duty service, not training.
The true test of a "Veteran" is the DD Form 214/215. My opponent has admitted his DD Form 214 is marked as "Uncharacterized." Why does he refuse to release his DD Form 214? What is he hiding? My opponent has also admitted to "Unsatisfactory Participation," which military regulations define as disobeying a direct military order or Absent Without Leave (AWOL).
Analysis of records appear to prove that my opponent signed up for Army Basic Training (NOT Service) and afterwards failed to show for duty, shirking nearly 8 years of service, by his choice. Thereafter, for my opponent to say he is "very proud of my country, and stand by my eight years of service in the military" is an insult to every Veteran who has served, and all the families of Veterans who lost their lives and sacrificed for their loved one.
Two military experts, at the request of the Arizona Republic, reviewed my opponent's record. A US Navy Seal and Stolen Valor Team Member, Captain Larry Bailey, has stated, "the idea that he [Dial] is a veteran is 'laughable.'"
A Brigadier General with a career of expertise in military records has said, "it is odd that Dial could get an honorable discharge given his military record." He went on to say, "He's not somebody I would stand next to and say I'd go to combat with this guy."
If my opponent truly "served" from 1996 to 2004 then why did he not campaign as a Veteran in 2004; yet in 2008 began campaigning as a Veteran? If he had already done 7 or 8 years of service by then wouldn't he know he is Veteran? See the Citizens Clean Elections Commission Candidate Statements – Jeff Dial
The public has a right to know that falsely portraying your military service is an offense on this country and when done for gain (as in the case of an election and employment), may be punishable not only in the court of public opinion but in a court of law. Every voter is a juror and all you need is a preponderance of evidence to convict in this case, but doesn't this seem beyond even a reasonable doubt? Jeff Dial appears to have misled the public about his military service or lack thereof, and the public deserves to know all the facts.
Will you call (602) 926-5550 and ask Jeff Dial to release his records including his DD Form 214?
Frank Schmuck
Candidate for Arizona State Senate
Legislative District 18
Representing Ahwatukee, and parts of
Chandler, Mesa and Tempe
Note: The DD Form 214 is a transcript of an individual's military service and is "a document of the United States Department of Defense, issued upon a military service member's retirement, separation, or discharge from active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States. The DD Form 215 is used to correct errors or additions to a DD Form 214 discovered after the original had been delivered and/or distribution had been made. It is distributed in the same manner as the DD Form 214." The DD Form 256 is NOT an acceptable form of proof for qualifying someone as a "Veteran." For more visit: http://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/discharge_documents.asp
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Elected Officials, Military, Press Release, State Government Tagged With: Arizona Senate Race, AZLD18, Frank Schmuck, Jeff Dial, LD-18, Military
Frank Schmuck: Fly Your Flag And Show Your Patriotism In The Face of Terrorism
June 14, 2016 by Guest Opinion Leave a Comment
ISIS now admits responsibility for the massacre in Orlando, Florida. A Radical Islamic Terrorist did this. He could have used a sword. He chose to use a gun. A terrorist used fertilizer in Oklahoma City. Radical Islamic Terrorists used box cutters and airplanes in New York City, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon. Banning implements is not the answer.
Americans need to be able to defend themselves, not have radicalized terrorists or the mentally unstable hold them hostage. When governments make gun free zones the criminal does NOT suffer, the law-abiding citizen suffers.
ISIS does not and will not conform to a well-regulated militia. Hard working Americans can and will.
John Stuart Mill spoke this centuries ago. "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks nothing is worth a war, is worse. . . . A man who has nothing which he is willing to fight for, nothing which he cares more about than he does about his personal safety, is a miserable creature who has no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
War is in America – New York City, San Bernardino, and now Orlando. Who's next? Let's stand up and defend this great nation and ALL classes of people who live here against radicalism. Don't let "political correctness" cause the loss of life again. Speak up. This act of terror awoke an American sleeping giant spirit. Let us not forget freedom isn't free. When you exercise your right to vote think about those who have experience with defending your freedoms. Without safety, rules don't matter. This enemy doesn't play by the same rules we do. Be vigilant. Be strong. Protect one another.
Today is Flag Day. Hang your flag proudly to show your patriotism.
Frank Schmuck, Captain
Persian Gulf War Veteran
Conservative Republican Candidate
AZ State Senate LD18
Filed Under: 2nd Amendment, Crime and Punishment, Guest Opinion, Holiday, Law Enforcement, Memorial, Military, National Security, Terrorism Tagged With: AZLD18, Flag Day, Frank Schmuck, Guest Opinion, LD-18
Busted! Bob Robson Caught Stealing Campaign Signs!
August 13, 2014 by Sonoran Alliance 1 Comment
Reposted from the Arizona Daily Independent
What is it with the Tempe/Chandler area?
Former State Senator Harry Mitchell was caught stealing the campaign signs of Gary Richardson many election cycles ago.
This time Obamacare Republican Bob Robson was caught stealing signs from his opponents. And his escape was caught on video.
I'm sure those who caught him will sign an affidavit affirming to the theft.
Here's the story that was posted on the Arizona Daily Independent. Great job to Mike Richardson for catching him in the act!
LD18 sign war heating up
On Saturday night, August 9, 2014 at approximately 9:45 p.m. at Dobson and Warner Roads one Bob Robson, of the Robson/Dial get elected whatever the cost partnership, was out in force with an accomplice involved in a sign stealing caper and got caught.
Robson and Dial have been removing and destroying signs for about one month now. There have been in excess of 130 signs missing or destroyed. The signs in question are the public information signs that point out who voted for the Obamacare Expansion debacle thrust upon our state with the red "Arrow of Truth". The arrows were pointed at the Robson Dial signs to inform the public of who it was in LD18 that did the dirty deed to Arizona and the AZGOP.
Robson was observed performing "Wheel Man" duties while his, still to be identified accomplice, jumped out of the truck to do his apparently well practiced technique of sign mutilation. Robson maneuvered the vehicle to pick up his henchman after he was seen throwing one sign into the bushes and the other into the garbage at Circle K.
Do to great camera work under somewhat difficult conditions, our stakeout man was able to get a video of the henchman and the vehicle that belongs to Robson make their escape, complete with the license plate lettered "ROBSON".
The police reports have been written and the evidence has been collected. Now we all must do the right thing and expel these characterless individuals from our midst. These guys are supposed to be public officials with some manner of integrity. Not so! They must pay for the crimes [class II misdemeanors] and be punished by losing the up coming primary election.
There can be no more room in Arizona for politicians who prefer to work under the cover of darkness, and who will continue to be professional vote sellers to the best healed special interest groups.
Mike Richardson LD18 PC
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Liberals Tagged With: Bob Robson, LD-18, LD18
Arizona Conservative Club: Our Final 2014 Endorsement…
August 1, 2014 by Press Release Leave a Comment
Early ballots are going out all over Arizona today, so without further delay, we would like to introduce you to our second and final endorsement of the 2014 cycle!
Jill Norgaard (LD18 House)
Jill Norgaard
This is an open seat race, in a relatively safe Republican district, which means the primary will likely determine the occupant of the seat. Currently, it is represented by Representatives Bob Robson and Jeff Dial, and Senator John McComish, who have aggravated the base by shifting to the left on a host of issues, most importantly the ObamaCare Expansion vote in 2013. They also walked away from budget negotiations until their demands for more spending were met in 2014. McComish decided not to stick around for a primary challenge and is bailing out for a JP race, while Jeff Dial is going to try to go over to the State Senate and take his place. That leaves Robson and an open seat on the House side.
When you meet with Norgaard you are impressed by her overall presentation and ideology. Norgaard entered the race when she expected to run against Dial and Robson, and she was not intimidated at their financial advantage or by the outside groups that promised to weigh in on their behalf. She has an engineering background and she is logical and sequential as you might expect. She is very conservative across an entire range of issues, but her style of presentation reflects the common sense upon which conservative solutions are based more than the emotions that often drive them. Jill Norgaard will be an excellent spokesperson for our conservative principles.
There are two other candidates in the race: John King, another conservative who entered the race relatively late, and David Pheanis, who describes himself as a moderate in line with Robson and Dial. Conservatives have every reason to resist the idea of another Robson or Dial and this race is a chance to elect a conservative and move the district to the right. In an ideal world, Norgaard and King would both prevail, but Robson's name ID and $100,000 war chest suggests there may only be one seat likely to be gained here. Norgaard is our best chance to capture a seat for conservatives.
We would invite you to visit Jill's website at http://jillnorgaard2014.com. If you like what you read, we encourage you to click on Jill's DONATE button and make a contribution.
As always, larger contributions are better, but we can still make a large statement by making a large number of contributions, even if they are individually small. Jill is helped more by 500 contributions of $20 than by 20 contributions of $500, even though the math suggests otherwise. Towards that end, if you like what you read and see about Jill Norgaard, GIVE SOMETHING! The amount you give matters, but Jill needs to know that the conservative movement is supporting her, so please give something.
If you have any questions for Jill, her email address is on the right hand side of each page of her website.
Spread the word! Harness the power of email, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media and help to spread news of this endorsement to your conservative friends. They can join our group at www.ArizonaConservativeClub.com or on Facebook.
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Conservatives, Endorsements, Family, Press Release, State Government Tagged With: Arizona Family Project, AZLD18, endorsement, Jill Norgaard, LD-18, LD18
Taxpayers Deserve Pension Reform and Bob Robson is Standing in the Way
When Union Bosses Want to Stop Reform, they Just Wind Up Bob Robson
Today the Arizona Free Enterprise Club has begun a mail campaign to educate voters on Rep. Bob Robson's opposition to much needed state pension reforms. "If there is one person at the legislature that Union Bosses rely on to protect their sweetheart deals, it is Rep. Bob Robson." Executive Director Scot Mussi said. "Arizona's pension system is in crisis, and Rep. Robson continually sides with Union Bosses over hardworking taxpayers."
This year three pieces of legislation were introduced to help fix our broken pension system, and Robson has worked tirelessly to defeat them all:
Robson joined the democrats to kill House Bill 2060, legislation to add oversight and protections on managing Arizona's pension system.
Robson first voted "present" on a bill to end pension spiking (HB 2058), then voted NO when it came up for a vote a second time.
Robson casted the deciding vote to kill HB 2090, a bill that would have created a 401(k)-style retirement plan option for state employees.
Pension reform isn't the only issue in which Robson has been a reliable Union vote—his opposition to paycheck protection and ending taxpayer funded release time has been known for years. "Voters deserve to know when their elected officials are out of step on big issues like pension reform and special union deals." Mussi said. "We hope our efforts help raise awareness of this problem."
Here's a copy of the mailer:
Filed Under: Arizona Politics, Campaigns & Elections, Legislation, Press Release, State Government, Unions Tagged With: AZLD18, Bob Robson, free enterprise club, LD-18, unions
Republican Primary Voters Weigh In on Medicaid Expansion for Arizona
April 11, 2013 by Sonoran Alliance 1 Comment
Round two of a recent poll is now out and there are some revealing numbers on how Republican primary voters feel about Governor Brewer's push to expand Medicaid in Arizona Senator Jeff Flake and several legislative districts. Here are those results:
This memorandum is an executive summary of an automated voice recorded survey of 718 likely Republican primary voters in six legislative districts in Arizona. The legislative districts surveyed were 13, 17, 18, 20, 25 and 28. The interviews were conducted March 27th and 28th, 2013. This survey has a margin of error of +/-‐ 3.65% at the 95 percent confidence interval. This survey was weighted based upon past Republican primary voter demographics. The focus of this survey was to measure Republican primary voter opinions regarding the expansion of Medicaid, the implementation of Obamacare, as well as voter reaction to their state legislator's support or opposition to Medicaid expansion. The survey toplines are also included with this document.
GOVERNOR BREWER IMAGE RATING
Among Republican primary voters in the six legislative districts, Governor Brewer has a very strong image rating with 69% of voters having a favorable opinion of her, 23% having an unfavorable opinion of her, and 8% being undecided or not having an opinion.
SENATOR FLAKE IMAGE RATING
Senator Jeff Flake also has a very strong image rating among Republican primary voters in the six legislative districts, with 70% of voters having a favorable opinion of him, 18% having an unfavorable opinion of him, and 12% being undecided or not having an opinion.
GOP PRIMARY VOTER SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID
Republican primary voters in the six legislative districts were asked if they support Governor Brewer's proposal to expand Medicaid in order to fully implement the federal government's health care system in 2014. Among all respondents, 30% support the expansion of Medicaid, 51% oppose expansion, and 19% are either unsure or do not have an opinion about the issue. The following table shows responses by legislative district.
"As you may know, Governor Brewer has proposed the expansion of Medicaid in Arizona in order to fully implement the federal government's health care system in 2014. Knowing this, do you support or oppose the expansion of Medicaid in order to implement the federal government's health care system?"
VOTER OPPOSITION FOR LEGISLATORS WHO VOTE TO EXPAND MEDICAID
To measure voter reactions if their state legislator voted to expand Medicaid, the following question was asked:
"Would you be more or less likely to vote to reelect your state legislator if they voted for the expansion of Medicaid?"
Not surprisingly, among Republican primary voters in the six legislative districts a majority, or 53% are less likely to reelect their legislator if they voted to expand Medicaid and only 22% would be more likely to vote for their state legislator. When looking at the results by legislative district, the percentage of voters that are less likely to reelect their state legislator ranges from a low of 37% to a high of 69%.
GOP PRIMARY VOTER SUPPORT FOR TAX INCREASE TO FUND MEDICAID EXPANSION
In addition to measuring Republican primary voter's reactions toward their state legislators if they voted to expand Medicaid, the survey tested voter reaction to a tax increase on hospitals to fund the expansion of Medicaid. Again, it is no surprise that Republican primary voters vigorously oppose this idea and do not want their legislators supporting a new tax on hospitals to fund the expansion of Medicaid. Among all respondents in the six legislative districts, only 11% would be more likely to vote to reelect their legislator, and two thirds, or 68%, would not vote to reelect their legislator. In short, if an incumbent voted for such a proposal it would be toxic for their reelection. The following table shows the question responses by legislative district.
"Would you be more or less likely to vote to reelect your state legislator if they voted for a new tax on hospitals to fund the expansion of Medicaid?"
Among the likely Republican primary voters surveyed in these six legislative districts, it is clear they oppose the expansion of Medicaid by varying degrees from a plurality of 42% to a large majority of 62%. Support for Medicaid expansion ranges from a high of 35% to a low of 26%. The survey also finds a plurality, or a majority, of Republican primary voters would be less likely to vote for their legislator if they voted to expand Medicaid in all six legislative districts. Finally, the information in this research should be of concern to incumbent legislators as they consider how to handle this issue.
View/Download the entire report including the topline results.
Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Elected Officials, Federal Government, Legislation, Political Parties, Polls, Press Release, State Government Tagged With: Arizona Legislature, arizona voters, AZLD13, AZLD17, AZLD18, AZLD20, AZLD25, AZLD28, Jan Brewer, Jeff Flake, LD-13, LD-17, LD-18, LD-20, LD-25, LD-28, medicaid, Medicaid Expansion, Obamacare, Polls, Republican Primary, Republicans, Voters
Arizona Patriots – Urgent Call to Action – Contact Representative Bob Robson!
February 12, 2013 by Guest Opinion 3 Comments
We have two important pro taxpayer bills being held in the House Rules Committee:
HB2026 (Rep. Ugenti) Paycheck Protection & HB2330 (Rep. Montenegro) Transparency in Government Union Negotiations
The Chair of the Rules Committee is Rep. Bob Robson. In last year's legislative session Robson killed two pro taxpayer bills, by never giving them a hearing.
HB2330 & HB2026 meet Arizona Constitutional requirements and should be sent to the House floor for a vote, not held to die in Committee.
In the last session we scored a stunning victory. Versions of Consolidated Elections had been put forward and defeated in the AZ legislature for over 10 years.
Last session Rep. Ugenti sponsored HB2826, Consolidated Elections, and fought tooth and nail for this bill throughout the entire session. The activist community joined Rep. Ugenti in this battle and responded with hundreds, perhaps over 1,000, phone calls and emails to resistant legislators. In the end we prevailed.
It will take this same effort to get further union reform bills passed as we, unfortunately, still have Republican government union supporting legislative members.
We need HB2330 & HB2026 to continue the effort to level the playing field for the overburdened taxpayer.
It appears that Rep.Robson has chosen to be on the side of the government unions.
It is up to us to stand up for the hardworking Arizona taxpayer.
PLEASE email and/ or call Rep. Robson, everyday if possible, and tell him that the taxpayers want HB2330 & HB2026 sent out of his Rules Committee immediately.
We need to get this done as quickly as possible.
Rep. Bob Robson: brobson@azleg.gov 602-926-5549
If Robson is opposed to these bills, he can cast his vote on the House floor along with all of the other State Representatives.
This is a democracy, not a dictatorship.
Marcus Huey
Arizona Taxpayer
Filed Under: Elected Officials, Government Reform, Guest Opinion, Legislation, State Government, Unions Tagged With: AZLD18, Bob Robson, LD-18
Jerry Lewis Won a Republican Primary
December 19, 2011 by Guest Opinion 181 Comments
By Tyler Montague
A Response to Senator Steve Smith
In his comments about recall elections the other day, Senator Steve Smith said, "We just witnessed how the radical left has used the recall system to defeat an opponent they could not and would not have been able to defeat in a standard election."
The publicly-funded, freshman Senator from Pinal County may have some useful ideas for reforming the recall process. (I feel we should get rid of paid petition circulators for recall elections!) But Smith's reference to the Pearce/Lewis election demonstrates a lack of understanding of what happened on the ground in Mesa. More harmful to Republicans is that perpetuation of the "leftist takeover" narrative by Smith and others prevents some of the analysis and valuable learning that should be happening as a result of Lewis' victory. Neither a "flawed recall process" nor "the radical left" caused Senator Pearce's defeat.
Lewis won by a 12-point margin. The financials, the polls, and the final vote tallies stubbornly support the case that Lewis would have won if this election had been a Republican primary.
Registered Democrats comprise only 26% of LD18; which means they can't impose their will on anyone. They accounted for 28% of the vote total in the recall election, and of those, it is estimated that 36% of Democrats voted for Russell Pearce. Republicans have many more LD18 voters, who further amplify their influence with a tendency to vote at a much greater rate. Republicans formed 49% of the vote. Republicans and Independents did the heavy lifting to get to the 55%-43% final margin of victory.
The Arizona Capitol Times conducted a poll the week before the election and found that 36.4% of Democrats were planning to vote for Russell Pearce. If you start with that assumption, then assume Independents voted roughly in proportion to the final totals, Republicans ended up voting 51%-49% in favor of Lewis. The actual votes by party are not published, so we must use polling. The 36% Democratic vote for Pearce, and the slight Republican advantage for Lewis are both consistent with the Capitol Times poll and internal polling conducted by the Lewis campaign. It is possible that Lewis performed better than the polls said among Democrats or Independents, which would lower his percentage among Republicans. But one has to remember that Independents are allowed to vote in a primary of their choice, so Lewis would still win in a hypothetical "primary" vote created by removing all Democratic votes from the total.
Poll-based assumptions, fitted to the official vote tally
It is impossible to know for certain how Lewis would have fared in a regular primary without the media attention, efforts by independent groups on either side, and without some of the trickery that ultimately backfired on Pearce. The recall scenario didn't break all in Lewis' favor. We know the special circumstances of the recall may have persuaded large numbers of Republicans to vote for Pearce, when they might have chosen another candidate in a normal primary. They bought into the Pearce Campaign's relentless arguments that the recall was a left-wing attack against the Republican Party, and that it was time for people to choose teams rather than evaluate candidates on merit. It was a tactical error of the Lewis team to not counter by pointing out that Pearce himself had supported a recall effort against Sheriff Dupnik earlier in 2011 and said that the threshold for recalls was appropriately high. We also could have reminded people that Pearce ally, EV Tea Party Chairman Greg Western, initiated a recall against fellow Republican Rich Crandall the year before. Pearce's hypocrisy, along with information like the ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court, which reaffirmed Constitutional language stating that recall elections do not require allegations of wrongdoing by elected officials, may have swayed some of those Republicans to drop their anti-recall-based support of Pearce.
So what does it mean?
Many lessons of this election are portable. The first point: Pay attention to your constituents. Pearce's statewide and national list of endorsements was impressive, but Lewis lined up the majority of the leaders in Mesa, and voters trusted the people they know personally. If donations were an indication of support, Lewis did a good job getting people in his district to invest in his campaign, and a review of Lewis's donor list, debunks the "outside leftist radicals" story very nicely. Lewis got 67% of his money from Mesa, 43% came from LD18, and only 2% from outside the state. Even though he massively outspent Lewis, Pearce only got 4% of his money from LD18. It doesn't matter as much how popular you are beyond your constituency—they can't vote for you.
The second point: Priorities. Voters felt that more attention needed to go to the economy and jobs and education. Over and over again in meetings with small groups, voters said they felt like their priorities were taking a backseat to ideological hobbies.
A third point: Voters said yet again in this election that they do not like dirty campaigning or angry politics. The candidates at the top of the campaign can do a lot to set the tone, and can control their followers to a large degree. The well-documented language and tactics used in this election may have made the final difference in the outcome. You cannot take someone like Jerry Lewis, a highly respected, longstanding moral leader in the community, who as a seminary teacher had taught hundreds of students from hundreds of families throughout the district, and make scurrilous claims that "he steals from homeless children," without being punished by voters for such offensive, unfounded, and overreaching slander. Future candidates for office should look closely at this election and think long and hard about hiring consultants who promote such tactics.
Finally, any election involving Russell Pearce is also an election about immigration, and there are several things to learn here. First is that people who oppose illegal immigration and support SB1070 and other tough laws, are not a mutually exclusive group separate from those who want solutions that would keep families together and let people rectify themselves with the law without necessarily deporting them. There is significant overlap. Dr. Bruce Merrill and the Morrison Institute for Public Policy released a survey last month of Arizonans that indicated 78% of heads of households favored, "…legislation that would allow these people to be put on a path to becoming American citizens if they have no criminal record either where they came from or here in Arizona if they pay a fine for coming into the country illegally, get a taxpayer I.D. number and demonstrate they can speak English." Republicans favored such measures by 69%. Pearce and allies tout 70% support for SB1070, but then make the mistake of deriding those who oppose mass roundups or the equivalent of starve-outs as "open-border anarchists opposed to the rule of law." This alienates people, particularly those in the religious and business communities who feel we could tackle immigration problems in a way that solves the problem, helps the economy, and honors our Judeo-Christian values, without necessarily handing citizenship to millions who didn't come here the right way.
Pearce's tone on immigration alienates Hispanics. Latinos favored Lewis by more than 3:1 according to polls. That number alone should spark discussion about the way the Republican Party approaches the immigration issue. Anyone looking at projected growth rates from the U.S. Census will see Hispanics' rapidly growing role in American politics. Many Hispanics are social conservatives with a tradition of working hard and wanting to keep the fruits of their labor—in other words, many Latinos should resonate to core messages of the Republican Party. Yet they are put off by the angry rhetoric surrounding the immigration debate. Arguments to secure the border and to deport felons or freeloaders make sense to most of us; but leaders who point to criminals as justification to round up farm workers and dishwashers present a non-sequitur that makes more sense to Hispanics when explained by xenophobia or racism. While some Latinos support the approach championed by Pearce, one out of four Hispanic votes will not win the elections of the future for the Republican Party. The approach championed by Pearce is politically short-sighted. The Republican Party needs better leadership on the issue of immigration.
Spending too much time fretting over the recall provision in the Arizona Constitution will prevent conservatives from making the adjustments the Pearce recall should catalyze.
Tyler Montague is a lifelong Mesa resident who helped recruit and campaign for Jerry Lewis. He currently serves as a vice-chair of the LD18 Republicans.
Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Guest Opinion, Polls Tagged With: Jerry Lewis, LD-18, recall election, Russell Pearce, Tyler Montague
Senator Steve Smith on Future Recall Elections
December 19, 2011 by Guest Opinion 23 Comments
By Senator Steve Smith
The following opinion piece appeared in the Arizona Republic on December 19th:
The Republican state senator talks about his plan to make it tougher to recall Arizona legislators.
Why do you want to make it more difficult to recall a state lawmaker?
We just witnessed how the radical left has used the recall system to defeat an opponent they could not and would not have been able to defeat in a standard election. I believe this is a gross misuse of our recall system. I believe one should be recalled because of an egregious act committed or a proven inability to be effective in one's job.
Do you expect the successful Pearce recall to open the floodgates of more recalls?
Based on what has been said recently, this is clearly what the radical left wing is trying to do. They went after Russell Pearce and now they stated they are going after Governor Brewer, Sheriff Arpaio, and have threatened to do the same to other Republicans.
Do you think state government was harmed by losing Russell Pearce from the Legislature?
Absolutely. Russell Pearce is an honest and fair man, and quite frankly, one of the best legislators this state has ever had. Under his leadership last session alone, we now have a jobs bill that will put more Arizonans back to work, a legitimately balanced budget for the first time in years, pension reform and much more.
You want to require signatures from a majority of voters in the district before a recall can be triggered. Why this approach?
I believe the majority of the people (50 percent plus 1) should decide if an elected official should be recalled or not. Currently, 25 percent of the electorate is needed to initiate a recall, which means typically any political demographic can initiate the recall. The recall process should be a nonpartisan movement in which the majority of the people unify in response to an egregious act by the elected official.
Democrat attorney Paul Eckstein says lawmakers proposing this simply want to protect themselves from recall. Is this your motivation?
I believe that if the right wing started using the recall system as the left wing has done and continues to do, Democrats like Paul Eckstein would soon agree with my position. Again, although a recall can be initiated for any reason, it should only be used when the majority of the people want it to occur.
Do you think the Pearce recall will soften the Legislature's approach to immigration?
No and nor should it. Remember, the people of Arizona have spoken time and again at the ballot box about this issue. Each time there has been a proposition relating to cracking down on illegal aliens, Arizonans by very wide margins (over 70 percent in most instances) have voted in favor of doing so.
Do you think your caucus will be able to work with recall winner Jerry Lewis?
The Republican caucus is a strong and mighty force with many moral, constitutionally sound, and patriotic leaders. Although Russell Pearce will be greatly missed, I believe the Republican caucus will continue to effectively lead Arizona.
What do you think will be the important consequences of the Pearce recall?
The biggest consequence of course is the loss of Russell Pearce for this upcoming session. Beyond that, other consequences would be that maybe others will decide to play dirty like the Democrats did and will initiate recalls.
Filed Under: Campaigns & Elections, Elected Officials, Guest Opinion, Legislation, State Government Tagged With: Jerry Lewis, LD-18, LD-23, Recall Elections, Russell Pearce, Steve Smith


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Work set to start on Travis Perkins site after council approval
Eleven affordable homes to be built in Mill Lane, Newbury
Chris Ord
dan.cooper@newburynews.co.uk
PLANS to build a further 22 flats on the former Travis Perkins site in Mill Lane, Newbury, have finally been rubber stamped by West Berkshire Council.
The application for the one- and two-bed apartments had already been approved by the council's western area planning committee and the district planning committee, and, following the agreement of section 106 obligations with the developer, work can now begin.
The plans will mean the loss of protected employment land, but will guarantee the local authority much-needed affordable homes.
At a meeting in September 2016, members of the council's district planning committee agreed with officers' recommendations to approve the plans.
It was the inclusion of 11 affordable homes that ultimately swayed councillors in favour of the plans, despite the scheme proposing to build residential units in an industrial area.
Developer David Wilson Homes had initially planned to build an office block, along with the now-completed 37 homes on the site, in 2014.
However, after being unable to find any takers for the proposed office space, the developer submitted an application to build 22 two-bed homes on the site instead.
And, in an effort to secure planning permission, David Wilson Homes offered to build 50 per cent affordable homes in a section 106 agreement, rather than the usual 30 per cent required when developing on a brownfield site.
To make sure the developer delivers on its promise, Alan Law (Con, Basildon) said at the meeting in September: "They have agreed a section 106 for 50-per-cent affordable housing.
"If it doesn't happen, then it doesn't get approved."
And last week the council ratified the decision agreeing the s106 terms with the developer.


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New UW–PNNL project to illuminate design principles behind peptoid-generated plasmonic nanomaterials
By Lindsey Doermann
The Army Research Office (ARO) has awarded UW and PNNL researchers a three-year, $600,000 grant aimed at developing rules for designing peptoids that can produce programmable plasmonic nanomaterials. If engineers can mimic how living organisms produce inorganic substances — known as biominerals — they may be able to efficiently synthesize advanced composite materials with predictable structures and functions.
Specialized proteins and peptides govern how creatures from forams to corals to mollusks produce finely-tuned materials for shells and other rigid structures. But due to the complexity of protein folding, it has proven particularly difficult to parse out just how biomolecules control crystal nucleation, growth, and morphology.
In recent work, UW–PNNL Faculty Fellows Chun-Long Chen and Jim De Yoreo and their colleagues showed they could design peptoids to control the formation of plasmonic gold nanomaterials. In the new ARO-funded project, Chen, De Yoreo, and UW chemical engineering chair Jim Pfaendtner will broaden their scope to gain a more fundamental understanding of peptoid-directed synthesis of plasmonic nanocrystals. From this, they aim to establish design principles for peptoids that predictably produce plasmonic nanomaterials with designed morphology and functions.
"The particular focus of this research effort — integrating computation, synthesis, and state-of-the-art characterization techniques to elucidate the principles underlying polymer-directed nanomaterial formation — is quite intriguing," said Dr. Dawanne Poree, chemical science program manager at ARO, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory. "If successful, this work will provide direct insights into how polymer structure can not only dictate, but also program nanomaterial morphology, resulting in predictable and tunable properties that could potentially be used to protect soldiers."
Plasmonic nanomaterials have a wide range of applications in sensing, photonics, and catalysis. In the defense realm, they may be used to detect certain nerve agents and neutralize harmful forms of E. coli. The ability to both efficiently synthesize these materials and incorporate chemical characteristics that recognize molecular targets with specificity rivaling that found in nature could open up a new realm of advanced, versatile materials.
In pursuit of this goal, the UW–PNNL group will approach peptoid design in two ways: varying side chains that mimic amino acids to control hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions; and screening a library of peptoids for the molecules that promote formation of plasmonic nanocrystals.
Then, they'll use state-of-the-art imaging techniques, such as in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), to monitor crystal formation. In situ TEM will provide real time observations of how nanocrystals form, and atomic force microscopy (AFM) will be used to measure the binding free energy between peptoids and crystal surfaces.
Combining these experimental techniques with computer simulations, the researchers aim to elucidate the principles underlying peptoid-directed plasmonic nanomaterial formation. They anticipate that what they learn will bring them much closer to achieving their ultimate vision: using synthetic molecules that mimic proteins and peptides to produce advanced functional materials as well as nature does.
The project builds on collaborations and capabilities developed as part of the Northwest Institute for Materials Physics, Chemistry and Technology (NW IMPACT), which is a joint UW–PNNL institute dedicated to building collaborative research partnerships that advance the science of making materials and aid in workforce development across the northwest.
This work is funded through the Polymer Chemistry Program of the Army Research Office, an element of U.S. Army Combat Capability Development Command's Army Research Laboratory. The Polymer Chemistry Program identifies high-risk, high-payoff research that could lead to functional polymeric materials for improved protective and sensing capabilities.
Chen is a PNNL staff scientist and affiliate associate professor of chemical engineering at UW; De Yoreo is PNNL's Chief Scientist for Materials Science, Physical and Computational Sciences (PCSD) and affiliate professor of materials science and engineering at UW; and Pfaendtner is the Bindra Endowed Associate Professor and Chair of the UW chemical engineering department and a PNNL staff scientist in PCSD.
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The Digital Device as defined by the dictionary sounds pretty straightforward. What is missing is as always is the context and what that actually means. What does not having access really mean? What effect does the digital divide really have? This was the conversation that we had last week during our class on Digital Culture.
There were many topics that came up during the discussion, one of which was the idea of access because of availability. This reminded me of when I lived in the UK and the work that was being done to bring high-speed internet to rural areas. I can totally understand the business side of this conundrum. You have to dig trenches or hang expensive cables long distances for very few people. The reality is that this is never going to be an area that makes these companies money. They are never going to gain back the money that they spent on running these cables and lines.
This is the point where you argue is this a public service that should be offered to those communities just like water and electricity or is it something else? I think that even 5 years ago you could have made a good argument that it wasn't a "basic service". But I also think that more and more as the time passes this is a basic service. As was stated in this article about broadband for Farmers "It is no longer a luxury; it is an absolute necessity in our digital age." I also think that this is where companies have to figure out more cost-effective ways to provide the service. Maybe running fiber cable is not effective, maybe instead they should focus on running dedicated 4 or 5G zones in these areas. One tower can provide both cellular data for cell phones and 4/5G service for the homes. I do think if they consider this they should have separate dedicated towers or whatever it may be called. Otherwise, there will be too much conflict for the available space.
One of the other ways that people are bridging the divide is through libraries. This works great for areas that are close to a library. I am from Mississippi though and I can tell you that we have rural areas that are probably 50 miles or more from a library. So a library as a replacement isn't really a viable option.
One thing we didn't really talk so much about is the requirement for a device that actually accesses the internet. It isn't enough to have the internet in your area you have to be able to access it. Many people assume that everyone has at least a smartphone now but there are many people who do not, nor can they afford one. But a smartphone is probably the cheapest way to get people on the internet. I saw when I was traveling in Namibia many of the people in the village that we visited that was probably a good 2 hours from any town with a library, many of the residents had an internet capable phone. They were only able to complete very basic tasks but it was enough that they understood how to make connections using the internet.
I also recently saw this video from Nas Daily, who showed how digital access can be accomplished even in poor countries with even poorer infrastructure. Zimbabwe has managed to figure out a way to exchange currency even when there isn't any actual currency to exchange all through cell phones.
One thing that we didn't discuss and I realized only when doing research and finding this article on Rural Communities was that without high-speed internet the rural communities do not have access to many online jobs that urban residents may use to supplement their income. This was one element of the digital divide that I had not even considered. Many "side hustles" are based on online access. Working from home even often requires consistent internet if not high-speed internet. So not only are rural residents struggling to get online they may be at a financial disadvantage more so that their urban peers simply due to lack of opportunity for the types of work they can accomplish.


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