Voting Starts Today > BEST OF MESA 2016 East Valley Tribune Readers Poll

How easy it is! YOU can start voting today for your favorites in Mesa in the annual readers poll sponsored by The East Valley Tribune in over 50 categories:
People & Places
Recreation
Food & Drink
Arts & Entertainment
Pets
Medical
Shopping & Services

You can register and log in here >>
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Please note there are some names nominated for online voting, but keep in mind you can write-in what you want - can't understand why but the Mesa Arts Center does not appear as a choice in Arts & Entertainment [?]
Some samples from the categories EVT readers can vote for best [space for write-ins]
People & Places: elementary school teacher, public/charter/private-parochial school and place to work
Recreation: Chicago Cubs Spring Training, Christmas Lights at Mesa, AZ Temple Grounds, Golf Course, Family Spot, Place to Get Married
Food & Drink: 17 categories
Arts & Entertainment: Arizona Museum of Natural History, Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Museum, I.D.E.A. Museum, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum
Shopping & Services: Best Place To Shop Superstition Springs Center, Dana Park, Downtown Mesa, Mesa Riverview + 9 other categories

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OUT THERE In A Universe Far-Far Away > Gravitational Waves Detected, Confirming Einstein’s Theory

New York Times yesterday with video


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/12/science/ligo-gravitational-waves-black-holes-einstein.html?_r=0





EINSTEIN IS PROVEN CORRECT >> Merging Black Holes [720p]

PSA: Mesa Bicycle and Pedestrian Program Survey

Post Date: 02/11/2016 10:53 AM

The City of Mesa’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Program wants the community’s input in order to reach the goals and objectives of the Bicycle Master Plan and the needs of residents. Please click on the link below to complete the survey. It will take you just a few minutes and is a great way to be sure YOUR voice is heard. You also have a chance to win a Downtown Mesa gift certificate!  
After completing the survey, please forward the link to as many friends, family, and co-workers as you can. The more responses we have, the better our ability to know what the community really needs for our bicycle and pedestrian users.

For additional information on the City of Mesa’s Bicycle and Pedestrian program, please contact James Hash, Bicycle/Pedestrian Program Manager
 (480) 644-3556 or james.hash@mesaaz.gov.

Take the Bicycle & Pedestrian Survey

Extracts from SF Fed Reserve Bank Presentation [see Mesa details]

Re: The Health of Nations
Presentation to the National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference

Los Angeles, California
By John C. Williams, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

For delivery on February 10, 2016
[sources in talk are noted by footnotes]
Complete transcript >> http://www.frbsf.org/our-district/press/presidents-speeches/williams-speeches/2016/february/health-of-nations-interagency-community-reinvestment-conference/
Before yours truly gets into details about John Williams, let's put the title of his talk into an historical perspective with his play-on-words to the magnum opus published in 1776 by Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations missing the cues about "an Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". What Adam Smith had to say then is about as revolutionary as what John Williams has to say now, without the moralizing. He presents data for his experiences.
For these reasons and many more that you probably don’t have the patience to hear me recite, we have a broad definition of health that encompasses jobs, education, and safety. Now that I’ve given the requisite economist’s evidence, I want to make something of a departure. I’m going to wander outside my comfort zone of spreadsheets and talk a bit about my experiences and what I’ve seen, traveling across the Fed’s 12^th District.

Vantage Point Survey and the Importance of Qualitative Data

From The Newswires > Expansion For Existing Business Into Downtown Mesa

Mesa, Ariz. (PRWEB) February 09, 2016
Growth in 2015 Drives Online Community Platform Company, Socious, to Double the Size of Its Headquarters Office
Arizona-based provider of customer community software and services reports a strong 2015 driven by increased demand for customer engagement technology and expertise in building and leveraging customer communities.
Good news.

Link to press release >> http://www.prweb.com/releases/online-community-software/201602/prweb13205926.htm
Cloud-based online community software company, Socious, began 2016 by opening a new 10,000 sq. ft. headquarters office in Mesa, Arizona. Over the past 6 years, the leading provider of community software has averaged 24% revenue growth per year.    

Through its social community software and services, Socious helps some of the top companies and nonprofits in the world manage relationships with over 1.5 million customers – an increase of 50% since the beginning of the 2015.

Socious experienced a significant expansion of its community management, event management, and technical services in 2015. Socious is the only online community software company to provide both an industry-leading platform and a full stable of specialists to design, implement, and grow their customers’ online communities.

Nice image of the staff team from the company's website  http://socious.com/