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Thursday, November 03, 2016

Jon Stewart's Twitter Fight with Donald Trump at Stand Up For Heroes, 11...

Highly over-rated

Published on Nov 1, 2016

Jon Stewart: "Vote wisely this November."

MINI ICE AGE BEGINNING/SOLAR MINIMUM/DNA CHANGE.

More galactic cosmic rays
Geomagnetic storms ... we're 7 years into Cycle 24 nice 1755

Published on Nov 2, 2016

Multiple changes due to this Solar Cycle 24.

PUBLIC NOTICE: City of Mesa Southeast WRP draft AZPDES permit (AZ0025151)

PROPOSED ARIZONA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (AZPDES)

PERMIT MODIFICATION

Pursuant to the Clean Water Act and in accordance with Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R18-9-A907, the Director of the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) proposes to issue an Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) Permit to discharge pollutants to Waters of the United States to the following applicant, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions:

Public Notice No. 16-99 Published on November 3, 2016

Published in the Arizona Business Gazette

AZPDES Permit No. AZ0025151

City of Mesa

P.O. Box 1466

Mesa, AZ 85211-1466

The City of Mesa operates the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant (SEWRP) for the treatment and disposal of domestic wastewater. On September 12, 2016, ADEQ received a request from the permittee to modify the AZPDES permit, which became effective on March 18, 2015. The permit authorizes the discharge of up to 8 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated domestic wastewater from the SEWRP to the East Maricopa Floodway, tributary to the Gila River in the Middle Gila River Basin in Township 1 S, Range 6 E, Section 12, in Maricopa County, Arizona. The modification request is to reduce the sampling frequency for chromium (total), chromium VI, copper, cyanide, iron, hydrogen sulfide, selenium and sulfides from monthly to quarterly. Additional data was provided for the parameters for review. An assessment of the data indicates no reasonable potential for an exceedance of the standard exists for chromium (total), chromium VI, iron, selenium, hydrogen sulfide and sulfides. Therefore, those parameters only require effluent characterization sampling quarterly. However, since the data indicates a reasonable potential for an exceedance of the standard exists, limits remain in the permit for copper and cyanide and sampling is required monthly.

The permit and fact sheet may be viewed online at http://www.azdeq.gov/notices by typing the permit number in the “Keywords” search box. The public notice and related documentation also are available for public review, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the ADEQ Records Center, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona, 85007. In Phoenix, please call (602) 771-4380 or e-mail recordscenter@azdeq.gov 24 hours in advance to schedule an appointment to review the file.

Persons may submit comments or request a public hearing on the proposed action in writing, to Jacqueline Maye, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Water Quality Division, 1110 W. Washington St., Phoenix, Arizona 85007, or electronically to jpm@azdeq.gov. All written comments received by ADEQ by the close of business on the date 30 days after publication of this notice will be considered in the final permit decision. A public hearing request must be in writing and must include the reasons for such request. If there is a significant degree of public interest, the Director will hold a hearing in accordance with A.A.C. R18-9-A908(B).

Wednesday, November 02, 2016

John Giles: Mesa Mayor. Personal Injury Attorney ...and

his office location on 2nd Street is the registered address for two Political Action Committees with the same PAC ID#201-6001 registered with the Federal Election Commission who are financing and trying to influence voters here in Mesa to approve Question 1 on the Nov 8 ballot election.
"The committee" for Yes1 is partisan [all Republican], raising over $200,000 to spend on a PR campaign that Chad Williams, head of The Summit Consulting Group, admits is A MAJOR SCREW-UP with numbers that have tanked. Keep in mind that the dollar-amount reported is only for the period ending in mid-September that had to get disclosed - a couple hundred thousand more might have been raised by groups not registered as PACS that don't have to disclose who gave what or how much - that's called "dirty money".
The United Mesa Fire Fighters Association [same PAC ID# at same address] has poured money into the Mesa City Council District 2 election campaign to support Shelly Allen.

Uploaded on Feb 20, 2009

Visit http://www.jgileslaw.com/ We offer friendly and professional legal counsel. Our firm has the experience to take on all levels of cases, but is small enough to deliver personalized and detailed service for each client.

We represent cases in the following areas of personal injury: * Wrongful Death * Dog Bites * Product Liability * Medical and Hospital Negligence * Auto Accidents * Truck Accidents * Motorcycle Accidents

Free Case Evaluations for Mesa and East Valley Area Personal Injury Claims

The Law Office of John C. Giles offers free case evaluations for personal injury claims in the greater Phoenix area.

Talk to us about your accident or injury. We strive to make our office a friendly approachable environment. You will be greeted by a friendly staff and receive prompt attention to address your claim.

John C. Giles is a people person and really cares about your injuries. He will listen to you, and address your concerns in a way that you can understand. No intimidation, no ego, just honest legal counsel.

Fees collected only if we are successful in recovering a settlement for you.

If you do not make money, we do not make money. No out of pocket costs. Contingency fee agreements determine our fees at settlement.

Contact us at 480-964-3505

The beauty of what we'll never know | Pico Iyer

Published on Nov 1, 2016

Almost 30 years ago, Pico Iyer took a trip to Japan, fell in love with the country and moved there. A keen observer of the human spirit, Iyer professes that he now feels he knows far less about Japan -- or, indeed, about anything -- than he thought he knew three decades ago. In this lyrical meditation on wisdom, Iyer expands on this curious insight about knowledge gained with age: that the more we know, the more we see how little we know.

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If Congress was your co-worker - Starring Chris Pine

Published on Nov 1, 2016
Views: 160,889

Why do we put up with these people?

Find out where and how to vote at Save The Day: http://www.savetheday.vote

New Batch of Health Care Stats [2013]


Advisory
November 2, 2016
BEA Releases New Batch of Health Care Statistics
SUITLAND, Md. -- The Bureau of Economic Analysis released a fresh set of statistics Wednesday detailing how much the United States spends to treat different diseases and medical conditions. The numbers, which cover 2013, offer new insights into health care, which accounts for more than 17 percent of the U.S. economy. Here are some of the findings: Spending per person and the average expenditure to treat medical conditions (i.e., the price of treatment) each grew at the rate of 1.9 percent in 2013 from 2012. This growth rate is lower than the historic averages over the 2000 to 2012 period, when per person spending grew at an average annual rate of 5.4 percent and the expenditure per treatment grew at a rate of 4.3 percent. The price of treating digestive conditions, such as abdominal hernia and appendicitis, grew at the fastest pace in 2013, increasing at a 6.9 percent rate. (That’s 1 percent faster than average rate logged from 2000 to 2012.) The price of treating mental illness grew at the slowest pace, rising just 0.5 percent in 2013. (That’s 2 percent slower than the average rate from 2000-2012.) The top three spending disease categories in 2013 were: symptoms, including check-ups, and some preventative services; circulatory; and musculoskeletal. These were also the top three spending categories in 2012. Of those three disease categories, the symptoms category, which also includes allergies and flu-like symptoms, topped growth in spending by increasing $13.5 billion between 2012 and 2013. That was followed by the musculoskeletal category at $7.9 billion in growth. Circulatory spending came in at $240 million. The statistics are part of BEA’s Health Care Satellite Account, created in 2015, to offer a new way of looking at health care spending. This data project breaks out spending by the treatment of disease, such as circulatory diseases or cancers, rather than by place of service, such as hospital or doctor’s office. The statistics cited in this advisory come from BEA’s “Blended Account,” which combines data from multiple sources, including large claims databases, covering millions of enrollees and billions of claims. The newly released statistics, along with information about BEA’s Health Care Satellite Account, are available on our public website.
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