FestiNord: Mormon Mating Game in Sweden

Mormons On A Mission: Find True Love
Looks like a lotta boys dancing with boys and a lotta girls dancing' with girls .... reminds me of middle school school dances a long long time ago - arrested adolescent development?
...and the first thing u think about when you meet someone is "Will we get married???"

Published on Aug 10, 2016
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Each summer, young Mormons gather in Scandinavia with the hopes of finding true love at Festinord, a five-day conference that is equal parts devotional and singles mixer. Photo: Erin Brown/The Wall Street Journal
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This is nothing compared to the very awkward Conventions the German speaking countrys have. Scandinavians are much more laid back and this piece doesn't really do them any justice. Dark dancing rooms, dance music... In Utah they would kick you out just for suggesting a more modern style of music, let alone

Somewhere on Glaxor-VII, Joseph Smith is looking down and thinking: why didn't I include Def Jam's How to Be a Player as a Book of Mormon addendum?

What's Next Mesa?

A mirror upside-down topsy-turvy four years more or what?

Flashback: What the Mesa City Council Looked Like in 2013

Clockwise from left: Mesa Mayor Scott Smith; Councilmember Dennis Kavanaugh; Vice Mayor Alex Finter; Councilmember Dave Richins; Councilmember Christopher Glover; Councilmember Scott Somers; Councilmember Dina Higgins.- from The Arizona Republic in an article here from the archives By Gary Nelson Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:40 PM
Upper row Councilmembers, all incumbents are leaving
Lower row Councilmembers are gone, except for District 4 Chris Glover who looks quite different after just three years in public office

Feeling Safer? Crime Rates for Mesa, AZ

Crimes Per Square Mile
Mesa, AZ
Population 464,704

Map of Crime rates by neighborhood

Color coding: more intense blue is safest

National Median 32.8 Mesa 110

Mesa Annual Crimes

VIOLENT	PROPERTY	TOTAL
2,119	12,940	15,059

Safest Mesa Neighborhoods

1	Keats Crossing / Legante Paseo
2	N Gilbert Rd / E Kael St
3	E Mckellips Rd / N Greenfield Rd
4	S Meridian Rd / E Baseline Rd
5	E Mcdowell Rd / N 79th St
6	Leisure World
7	E Mcdowell Rd / N Greenfield Rd
8	E Mcdowell Rd / N Hawes Rd
9	E Olla Ave / Santa Rita St
10	E Eagle Crest Dr / N Red Mou

Popular neighborhoods in Mesa

• City Center
• Mesa Patios
• Hawaiian Village Mobile Home Park
• Woodcreek
• Dobson Ranch
• East Mesa
• Amberwood
• Suntrails
• Leisure World
• Parkview Mesa

http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/az/mesa/crime/

City of Mesa: Know Your H20?? Industrial Contamination Clean-Up?

Researchers find unsafe levels of industrial chemicals in drinking water of 6 million Americans

By Brady Dennis

August 9, 2016
As part of the study, which was published Tuesday in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, the researchers examined concentrations of six types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water supplies around the country. The data came from more than 36,000 samples collected by the Environmental Protection Agency between 2013 and 2015.

They also looked at sites where the chemicals are commonly found — industrial plants that use them in manufacturing, military bases and civilian airports where fire-fighting foam is used and wastewater treatment plants.
Source: The Washington Post

The City of Mesa does put out information on water testing results for drinking water supplied to residents by city-owned infrastructure and water treatment plants. There are, however, other sites that have been contaminated by industrial uses whose data you won't find in city releases. Look at the above for identified concentrations of unsafe levels of industrial chemicals that are in use or were used and/or disposed of . .
published a short survey - enter for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to a downtown Mesa restaurant! The survey will remain open till September 1, 2016.
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Contact: Kathy Macdonald, 480-644-4364, kathy.macdonald@mesaaz.gov

Steven Brill: The State of Insecurity

Press Release 09 August 2016

The Atlantic's September Issue: Fifteen Years After 9/11, Are We Any Safer?

A yearlong investigation by Steven Brill, online today

http://www.theatlantic.com/press-releases/archive/2016/08/the-atlantics-september-issue-fifteen-years-after-911-1-trillion-dollars-spent-are-we-any-safer/495047/

Washington, D.C. (August 9, 2016)—On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists used four jetliners as guided missiles to kill 2,977 people, enveloping the nation in an aura of fear and vulnerability. Fifteen years later, and after $1 trillion has been spent, The Atlantic's latest cover story by Steven Brill tells the story of the September 12 era: how we have confronted—sometimes heroically and sometimes irrationally—the mechanics, politics, and psychic challenges of the threat of terrorism at home.
The Atlantic's September cover story, "Are We Any Safer?," is now on TheAtlantic.com. The multimedia package includes a video in which Brill unpacks the little-discussed impact of a dirty bomb in a U.S. city, and an email exchange between President Barack Obama and Brill, in which the president reflects on the lessons of September 11 and how that has informed his approach to evolving threats to the homeland.

In a year of intensive reporting, Brill scoured the 9/11 response: interviewing key national-security players—including Obama, Jeh Johnson, James Comey, Richard Clarke, Tom Ridge, Ray Kelly, and Janet Napolitano—and poring through thousands of pages of Government Accountability Office reports and congressional testimony. The article looks at the initial shock following the "failure to connect the dots," as well as the creation of an entirely new security apparatus. It is a the story of extraordinary progress and extravagant failures. From the rise of the Islamic State and lone wolves to the seeming inevitability of a dirty bomb, threats are evolving faster than efforts against them. All of this raises a much larger question: How do we come to terms with the fact that we'll never be completely safe?

 

Post Note: In conjunction with the cover story, The Atlantic will host "Fifteen Years Later: Are We Any Safer?," a half-day event on Thursday, September 8 in Washington, D.C. The program will gather top security and policy players to examine the strengths and remaining vulnerabilities of our security apparatus and our preparedness to prevent the next terrorist attack. For more information visit theatlantic.com/15-years-later/ or be in touch with The Atlantic's Sydney Simon (ssimon@theatlantic.com)

Is America Any Safer 15 years After 9/11?

Published on Aug 9, 2016

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As we approach the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, fear remains. A CBS News poll taken in June after the shooting rampage in Orlando found two-thirds of Americans think a terror attack is very or somewhat likely in the next few months. Author Steven Brill spent a year investigating the estimated trillion-dollar security state, built since 9/11. Brill joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss his latest cover story in The Atlantic, titled, "Are we any safer?"