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 Do ya think it's time to tell all the retirees who select Mesa to move to and live in that there are quite a few days for High Pollution Alerts? .... OZONE

An ozone High Pollution Advisory (HPA) has been issued for Wed., May 11 #azwx #airquality http://ow.ly/3Ehy3005met 

Air Quality Forecast From www.airnow.gov
Today's High	Tomorrow's High
Air Quality Index (AQI) 80  Moderate Health Message: Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.	Air Quality Index (AQI) 93  Moderate Health Message: Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.
AQI - Pollutant Details
Ozone 80  Moderate Particles (PM10) 29  Good Particles (PM2.5) 29  Good Carbon Monoxide 8  Good	Ozone 93  Moderate Particles (PM10) 32  Good Particles (PM2.5) 31  Good Carbon Monoxide 8  Good
Forecast Discussion: Overall yesterday was a pretty good day as far as air quality goes. Ozone barely peaked into the Moderates while the rest of the pollutants remained in the Good range. Moving forward, particulates are forecast to stay in the Good range with fairly light winds expected all week. The primary concern will be ozone. A ridge will strengthen over the region in the coming days resulting in stable atmospheric conditions. Calm winds and sunny skies will allow ozone levels to climb. By mid-week, we expect ozone to be in the upper-Moderates. Don't be surprised if an HPA is issued later in the week when the ridge is centered over the region. Additionally, you can expect temperatures to once again reach triple digits later in the week. Enjoy the weather today as it will likely be the last day in the 80's for a while. Check back tomorrow for more. Until then, have a good day! –R.Nicoll Last Update: Monday, May 9, 2016, 8:45 AM.

Current Conditions

Air Quality Index (AQI) observed at 5:00 MST 58 Moderate Health Message: Unusually sensitive people should consider reducing prolonged or heavy exertion. Note: Values above 500 are considered Beyond the AQI. Follow recommendations for the Hazardous category. Additional information on reducing exposure to extremely high levels of particle pollution is available here.

AQI - Pollutant Details

Particles (PM10) 58 Moderate Ozone 47 Good Particles (PM2.5) 26 Good

Past Air Quality Maps and Data

Yesterday's Maps and Data Air Quality Maps Archives (by region)

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American Payment Solutions Launches Next Generation Acumatica Credit Card Processing Integration

American Payment Solutions (APS) announced today the newest release of their integrated Acumatica credit card processing solution for Acumatica users and Resellers in the United States and Canada.

Mesa, AZ (PRWEB) May 10, 2016

This solution enables Acumatica users to integrate credit card processing directly with cloud-based Acumatica software. This helps to maximize productivity, reduce errors and take advantage of significant cost-saving options.

Phillip Heath, President of American Payment Solutions, adds, “This newest release shows our commitment to the Acumatica community to continually improve and provide our customers the most effective and efficient way to process their credit card transaction within Acumatica in Canada and the United States.”

Once again APS is also pleased to announce its affiliation with North American Payment Solutions (NAPS) with a Canadian office in Ontario. With this expanded presence, APS can better service their Canadian based partners and clients who use Acumatica.

APS is a leading Acumatica credit card processing provider that focuses on helping Resellers and end users of leading ERP systems save money and time when processing credit card payments.

“Our clients spoke and we listened,” states David Ford, CEO of American Payment Solutions. “We developed a cleaner look and feel, streamlined the processing and enhanced security features to meet the privacy challenges merchants face today. These enhancements will ensure our clients and Resellers are happy for years to come.”

About American Payment Solutions
American Payment Solutions is one of the nation’s leading credit card processing companies, providing 24/7 award-winning customer support, guaranteed rates, and up-to-date technology to thousands of merchants. American Payment Solutions is headquartered in Mesa, AZ with several field offices throughout the United States and Canada. For more information, please visit http://www.apsmerchants.com. American Payment Solutions is a registered ISO/MSP of Esquire Bank, Garden City, NY 11530. North American Payment Solutions is a Registered MSP/ISO of the Canadian branch of U.S. Bank National Association and Elavon, Inc. Georgia [a wholly owned subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, MN].

 

 

American Payment Solutions History

Headquartered in Mesa, Arizona, American Payment Solutions was founded by a team of payment industry experts who realized the payment industry needed a big change. Our team mission is to create highly robust, yet easy to use solutions for our clients. With our connections to many different industries, we have become the endorsed merchant solutions provider for many restaurant, hospitality, and software companies throughout the United States. American Payment Solutions is a Full-Service Merchant Services Provider (MSP). We serve thousands of small, medium, and large organizations.

Address: 1930 E Brown Rd # 101, Mesa, AZ 85203

Phone:(888) 685-1900

Hours:

Open today · 8AM–5PM

New Series: Inter-Active Public Art #4 > QUACKERS @ City Hall



Let's have fun and play this with a straight-face, what you see is what you get or is it more, open to different interpretations?
It is remarkable that out of all the possible selections for a public bronze sculpture in front of Mesa City Hall by the cascading water that harks back to the pre-history origins of irrigation canals hand-dug by the indigenous people Hohokam and later exploited and advanced by the Mormon Pioneers who "founded" this city in 1878, what we get permanently installed in waymaking is this piece-of-work by an artist from Loveland, Colorado dedicated in 2004 . . . not a local artist and with no roots here where irrigation created rich agricultural lands fertile for early economic developments and expansion of suburban sprawl. A small child feeding crackers to two ducks. What are your interpretations of the piece?
Front-handed and back-handed dealings in City Hall antics? Or just what it is?

Transgender Performance Artist Will Go There to North Carolina > A Higher Calling for Conscience

Get ready folks! North Carolina will soon be a more creative kind of place ...
Listen to this > it's gonna get fun for sure
"Selfies in the bathroom"

Shakina Nayfack is a transgender performer, born male she is now female. She will be doing a tour of North Carolina to protest the state's law which requires transgender people to use the public bathroom according to the gender on their birth certificate. She's been telling Newsday's Lawrence Pollard about her life, how her faith helped her transition and about her motivation for the protest.
(Picture: Shakina Nayfack. Credit: Shakina Nayfack's website).

Source: GO HERE > http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03tp7gz

Release date:

10 May 2016

   

Duration:

5 minutes

Follow-Up to BIG ANNOUNCEMENT Mesa Economic Development Reporter 2014

Let's take a look back - and get a real world IRL [In RealLife] real-time up-to-date - about how relying on a "headlines approach" to economic development reporting from the City of Mesa's Office of Economic Development always seems to be very positive with a forecast of good things to come that drop off the radar screen for a while with "the good news" picked up by friendly reporters in the mainstream media, like this

Mesa mayor: Full steam ahead with $2B Apple command center

www.azcentral.com/.../mesa/.../mesa...command-center/277341...

The Arizona Republic

May 22, 2015 - PREVIOUSLY: Apple promises $2 billion command center in Mesa ... establish a command center for its global data networks in the same spot, 

QUESTION: Almost a year later now, is what Mesa Mayor John Giles said about Apple moving "Full steam ahead" mebbe over-heated political rhetoric with inflated twerking?
So-called "high-paying" permanent full-time "jobs created" figures have been revised down from highs of 350-500 to less than 100. Temporary construction employees will increase, but according to a report yesterday in Phoenix Business Insider not everything is moving full-steam ahead . . .[only one job opening has been advertised]
Continue reading ...

Grand Canyon University Back In The News: Follow All The Hoop-La > For-Profit Denied Public-Funded Tax Concessions

Is that the Christian cross in there?

Grand Canyon University warns taxes could send it to othercitiesazcentral.com-1 hour ago

Brian Mueller, Grand Canyon Education's CEO, said the Phoenix-based ... that shot down GCU's conversion plans, noting GCU had "absolutely nothing in ...

Why Grand Canyon University construction projects are expected to ...
Phoenix Business Journal (blog)-1 hour ago

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Grand Canyon University Property Tax Cut Bill Fails

KJZZ-May 6, 2016

Grand Canyon University Property Tax Cut Bill Fails ... owners in their neighborhood,” GCU President and CEO Brian Mueller wrote in a letter to faculty and staff.

Arizona Legislature shoots down tax break for Grand Canyon, other ...
Phoenix Business Journal-May 6, 2016

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Please take a look at all the media-hype just two years ago . . . expansion plans here in Mesa somehow "fell-through" for more reasons you might want to know

$30M, Hiring Plans Drive GCU Neighborhood Revitalization

Posted on September 25, 2014 by webmaster in Economic Development // 0 Comments

By Angela Gonzales for Phoenix Business Journal

"Brian Mueller, president and CEO of Grand Canyon Education Inc., has big plans for the neighborhood surrounding Grand Canyon University’s Phoenix campus (AZBEX, Sept. 16).
Not only does he plan to grow enrollment of that campus to 25,000 students over the next five years and increase the footprint of the campus to 240 acres, but he has bigger plans to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood.
Mueller said he plans to hire hundreds of people in the next couple of years and is working with local churches to identify qualified members of their congregation to fill those spots.
He’s starting with Love International for the first five jobs . . ."
Love International is next to a 30-acre parcel GCU recently acquired at 27th Avenue and Camelback Road.

On that land was a swap meet building that has been turned into an office complex that employs 700 GCU workers.
GCU also bought a hotel next door that had been used for prostitution and is being converted to a “Holiday Inn equivalent,” Mueller said. Plans call for building a restaurant, conference center and four-story office complex on that property fronting Camelback Road.
The total investment for that 30-acre parcel is about $30M, Mueller said.
Once that project is completed, GCU’s 800 employees in Peoria and 800 employees in Tempe will move to that center, creating a workforce of 2,400 people on that spot, he said.
GCU also just signed a contract with Habitat for Humanity to rehabilitate 700 homes between the 27th Avenue and Camelback acreage and GCU’s campus at 33rd Avenue and Camelback.
Source:  here

Brian Mueller

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brian E. Mueller is an American academic and university administrator. He is the current president of Grand Canyon University, having succeeded Kathleen Player on September 1, 2012. Mueller has been the CEO of the university since July 1, 2008 and a director since March 2009.^[3]
Prior to taking the reigns of Grand Canyon University, Mueller was the president and a director of Apollo Education Group, the parent company of the University of Phoenix. Mueller also held executive positions with the University of Phoenix Online including CEO, chief operating officer, and senior vice president. While in a leadership position, enrollment at the for-profit institution grew from 3,500 to 340,000.^[4]
Mueller graduated from Concordia University with a bachelor's degree in secondary education and a master's degree in education.
 

Salary	$621,000; total annual compensation total annual compensation $3,161,128
Website	gcu.edu

 

MesaZona Brings U 411 > Issues For The Public Otherwise Dis-Engaged

Times are changing - Pay Attention

Published on Apr 20, 2015

Video shows what off the radar means.

Unlikely to happen, or be important in the near future . . .
or
tending to escape detection or attention.. 
Off the radar Meaning. How to pronounce, definition audio dictionary