O Yeah! A FASHION SHOW LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE HERE IN NEW URBAN DTMESA

Hey! Gotta act fast if you haven't already

AN URGENT CALL FOR
                      
Designers
Cosplay
Wearable Tech
Costumes
High -End +  One-of-A-Kind Fashion
Re-purposed
Makeup
Hair Sculpting
Models

Deadline for entries:
March 4th 2016

THIS WILL BE THE FINALE TO THE MAKER FEST 2016
How to apply:
 
Simply complete our SWMF application form, select Fashion Show http://www.southwestmakerfest.com/2016-application/

Designers - Please submit between 1 > 5 pictures of pieces you would like to enter into the Fashion Show.
Hair and Makeup Fashionistas - Please submit 1 > 3 pictures of your work and what you would like to contribute to the Fashion Show.
Models - Please submit 1 > 3 Pictures of prior modeling engagements and your size and height.

$PORT$ > Baseball + Marathons + Cycling // Caching! Caching!

O Yeah! Here we go again - Pop-Up events rule!
Following through with a number of posts about the City of Mesa's Office of Economic Development H.E.A.T initiative to create strategic advantages in certain key sectors in the State of Arizona based on the presence of regional assets, industry-leading firms and a quality workforce
- there is no "S" in there for $PORT$  
- an "A" that does not include Arts & Culture
- an "E" that does not include Entertainment.
Is City Hall in some kind of bubble? [inflated egos??]


Your MesaZona blogger would like to thank a guy named Eric Brown who's the VP of Social Marketing for MCLife 2016 for opening his eyes by writing a press release about that company's social media sponsorship for this year's El Tour de Mesa. [Link to Eric Brown after post] 
MCLife Announces Sponsorship of El Tour de Mesa
By Eric Brown19 February, 2016
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — MCLife, the residential apartment brand of MC Companies, is thrilled to announce its social media sponsorship of El Tour de Mesa this spring. El Tour de Mesa  is Central Arizona’s premier springtime cycling event and takes place this year on April 2, 2016 as part of CycloMesa.
CycloMesa takes place April 1 -3, 2016 and is a three-day bicycling extravaganza, with El Tour de Mesa as the centerpiece event. The other two major events are the El Tour Criterium State Championship and the Arizona Bicycling Summit. Plus, there will be a beer garden, live music and a food truck alley for visitors to enjoy.

“We jumped at the opportunity to be sponsors for an event like this one,” says Eric Brown, Vice President of Marketing. “We strive to get out into the community and enjoy sponsoring events that give back to others.
We are honored that beneficiaries of the event include: Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Uphill Into The Wind, The National MS Society AZ Chapter, The Winded Foundation, Marc Community Resources and ALS.”
 MCLife 2016 Press Release

Interested in participating in El Tour de Mesa?
This year the ride will be capped at 2,000 cyclists so be sure to sign up ahead of time! Cyclists can choose to ride either 72 miles or 28 miles.
The 72 mile cyclists begin at 6:15 a.m. and will ride clockwise around the perimeter of scenic Red Mountain.
The 28 mile cyclists will begin at 8:45 a.m. and start at Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School, and will finish in Downtown Mesa.
 
There will be events available for families and people interested in just enjoying the weather and going for a ride.
There will be El Tour Fun Ride beginning at 11:00am on April 2, 2016 on the day of El Tour de Mesa. All ages are welcome all weekend to celebrate cycling, hop on a bike and have a good time with friends and family.
 

Come on out and join us at El Tour de Mesa and enjoy all that CycloMesa has to offer. MCLife will be there supporting and participating in the event, as well as promoting the event through February, March and April.
Link >> http://cyclomesa.com/

Bicycle Summit

9AM-5PM AT THE MESA CONVENTION CENTER

The Coalition of Arizona Bicyclists, with support from the City of Mesa and the Perimeter Bicycling Association of America, is convening an Arizona Bicycling Summit event on Friday, April 1. This event will take place from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Mesa Convention Center, directly across the hallway from the El Tour de Mesa Expo and rider packet pick-up area.

SATURDAY, APRIL 2

Perimeter Bicycling's El Tour de Mesa

RACE STARTS AT 6:15AM

Join us on Saturday for the Start/Finish of El Tour de Mesa, paired with CycloMesa. Cheer on the riders as they finish and join the fun at the festival, complete with tons of activities for everyone.

Cyclomesa Unchained 9AM-2PM

Come check out the thrill of the extreme sports zone! This Zone includes BMX Stunt Shows, rock wall, bungee trampolines and more! 

 

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Custom Bicycle Competition AWARDS AT 1:45PM ON THE COMMUNITY STAGE

Have a custom bike? Enter the custom bicycle competition where you can win cash for the best custom bicycle. Don't have a custom bike? That's okay! come to the event and VOTE on the bikes you love! 

Email erica@downtownmesa.com for an application to submit your bike!

 

Here's a link to a 6:33 YouTube video uploaded by Eric Brown on 15 Aug 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Cubs Fans! Get Out To Watch Spring Training

Cubs Pitchers And Catchers Begin Spring Workouts

By Al Yellon  @bleedcubbieblue on Feb 20, 2016, 3:00 pm

MESA, Arizona -- A much smaller crowd than I expected (especially on a gorgeous Saturday morning) gathered at the fields surrounding Sloan Park in Mesa to watch the Cubs' first official pitcher/catcher workout of the spring . . .

Really detailed and well-written reporting from Al Yellow with a photo and video gallery + a link for the Complete Guide to 2016 Cubs Spring Training.

Link to whole site >> http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2016/2/20/11079164/cubs-pitchers-catchers-spring-workouts#360677445

 

Some comments that local tourism officials might find interesting -people are asking about development around the sports complex 

              Unrelated to actual baseball-related activity... 1 reply

Have they developed the area around Sloan Park yet? I know there’s a hotel there, just wondering if there’s anything else near the ballpark at this point. I know that was the plan when they originally moved

 

 So far, the hotel is the only development.

There’s no talk of more at the present time, but I do know eventually they’d like to build more.

            

 

Play Ball! MLB Spring Training Scores Big Time in The Local Economy

Spring Training baseball under the warm Arizona sun has been a tradition for devoted fans since 1947, when just two teams, the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants, came here to prepare for the rigors of the long regular season. Today, 15 teams train in the Phoenix metropolitan area in the greatest concentration of professional baseball facilities found anywhere in the United States. For visitors, the Cactus League couldn't be more convenient, with short drive times between ballparks and a full range of hotel, dining and shopping amenities. Truly, the Cactus League is the premier destination for baseball lovers.

The stats are in and they are good! According to a pair of studies  by Governor Doug Ducey and members of the non-profit Cactus League Baseball Association, spring training baseball has become a driving force in Arizona's economy. The studies estimate spring training teams and the ballparks they play in now annually generate more than $809 million in economic impact for the state.

Celebrate A Day at the Diamond at Sloan Park

Post Date:02/18/2016 10:05 AM

Celebrate the return of spring training baseball with A Day at the Diamond Saturday, Feb. 27 from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Sloan Park, 2330 W. Rio Salado Parkway, and surrounding areas at the spring training home of the Chicago Cubs.

The FREE event will include numerous fun activities for the whole family:
• Baseball clinics for the kids
• Family fun and games
• Bounce houses and a zip line
• Obstacle course
• Live music featuring Georgia Chrome and Rock Lobster
• Food and beverages for sale at Sloan Park concession stands
• Sports card show
• Chicago Cubs team shop will be open to sell souvenirs
• Chicago Cubs box office will be open and selling tickets to spring training games

Sponsors of A Day at the Diamond include the Chicago Cubs; Visit Mesa; City of Mesa; Mesa Riverview; Mesa Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and Extra Innings East Valley.

Public Information and Communications
Contact: Steve Wright
Tel. 480-644-2069 steven.wright@mesaaz.gov

Complete Schedule
http://mlb.mlb.com/chc/mesa/schedule.jsp

college baseball coming to Sloan Park, Feb. 19-21!

Come on out and watch Northwestern University take on the University of Nevada for four games, Feb. 19-21, at Sloan

COPS > No Not The Men-In-Blue . . . March Event @ The Old Sunkist Factory on Broadway



Just having' fun again. . . for only one night, Sat 19 March 2016,  the former packinghouse for the Mesa Citrus Growers Association located at 254 W Broadway will host a paranormal event for an evening of interactive ghost communication experiments with devices led by experienced paranormal investigators. Together the group will attempt to make 'Ghostly Contact' with the dead!

Husband & Wife Professional Ghost Hunters Jay & Marie Yates lead a Crew of Experienced Paranormal Investigators into some of the darkest corners of the Desert Southwest.

http://www.thecopscrew.com/

 

Their mission is to seek truth, understanding, & proof of the paranormal by any means necessary. Their primary focus is assisting familes that struggle with the paranormal in silence as they once did. Today their own trials & tribulations of the supernatural have become great testimonies as they move forward to assist their next client.
This Event is not for all ages.
You must be 18 Years or older to attend. Everyone will sign a waiver at the door. General Admission for this event is $40 per person. Includes all above listed activities from 800 PM to 10:30 PM.
VIP Packages are available at $60 per person. Includes all above listed activities & Extended Ghost Hunt from 11:00 PM to 1:00 AM Note: Only 10 VIP Packages will be sold.

Ticket Sales are NOT Refundable unless Event is Canceled by COPS Owners and/or Venue. Please Print Out Your Pay Pal Receipt & Bring it to the Event.

Note- Only 10 VIP Packages will be sold.

Mission Statement

We seek only truth, understanding, and proof of the paranormal. We achieve this through investigations, counsel, education, and experience. Our clients are of the highest importance.

We are much more than a team of Ghost Hunters! We seek out truth in every case that we accept. We are no longer able to accept every case that is requested of us. Although, we respond to only the most extreme of cases. We are not here to judge you or discredit your experiences. However, we will try to find logic & reason with your paranormal claims. 

General Admission- Sale Price ONLY $25 

 

Reg. Price $40 Per Person 

 

Includes all above listed activities 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Ticket Sales are NOT Refundable unless Event is Canceled by COPS Owners and/or Venue. Please Print Out Your Pay Pal Receipt & Bring it to the Event

Wookie? or Whacky? A New Theory THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE + A Conference in June @ Riverview Sheraton

It's something called The Thunderbolts Project.
Never heard of it?
Neither did yours truly until just now after fixing a network connection glitch to track down that Anonymous YouTube video posted here earlier for public information purposes after not seeing any links to the original upload with second-hand reporting by local news.
Anyhow - and moving forward as they say - here's an introduction word-for-word from the homesite https://www.thunderbolts.info/wp/2015/12/30/eu2016-home-page/ 
Are you all ready for an interdisciplinary adventure or not??
. . . only if you are not a certainty-junky
Simplicity has always been a trademark of progress in the sciences. A new theory will be described as “elegant” when it can explain a broader range of data while reducing complications, exceptions, and contradictions.
Of course, the word is too easily used and abused today. The Big Bang theory could only be made elegant by answering contradictions already cited by well-qualified critics. Oversimplification is not elegant. Failure to see contradictory evidence is not elegant either.
The popular mathematical contrivance called a Black Hole is not elegant either, since it neither addresses nor even acknowledges the electrified plasma environment of galaxy formation. And the imagined thermonuclear fusion at the core of the Sun is assuredly not elegant, since it leaves the most compelling features of the Sun unexplained.
A strategic use of language will often distort the distinction between real progress and imaginary progress in science. But for anyone exploring the Electric Universe paradigm, the principle of theoretical “elegance” is well worthy of consideration. It is an acid test.

That is why we’ve selected “Elegant Simplicity” as the theme of our upcoming EU2016 conference.
Join us in an interdisciplinary adventure, June 17-19 in Phoenix, Arizona. Discover the universal role of the electric force, from microcosm to macrocosm. And find your own connections within a movement that is shaping the future of science.

Published on Feb 13, 2016 [Video below] It's 12:58

A team of astronomers using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey observed quasars behaving in manner that completely upends conventional theory. Using images from the Pan-STARRS survey, the scientists identified 1000 objects that appeared to vary in brightness over a period of just 10 years. Among these objects were a total of five galaxies that the team witnessed shape-shifting into quasars in a seemingly impossibly short period of time. The team also recorded a total of a dozen quasars “shutting down” in a period of hundreds of days, rather than the hundreds of thousands of years required by standard theory.

Given this situation, Dr. Tom Wilson explores some of the psychological reasons why certain beliefs endure even in the face of falsifying evidence.

Tom Wilson: The Siren Song of Certainty | EU2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB4a4...
Donald Scott: Quasars in an Electric Universe | Space News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmODE...

****A MESSAGE TO ARIZONA******* From Anonymous

In the interest of public information here is the Anonymous video referred to in reports.

Article in East Valley Tribune at 6:30 a.m. today http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/local/mesa/article_140d8180-d70a-11e5-b74c-57ff4384bf07.html