Rubik’s Cube World Record & Infineon components Tesla Model X M...

Making our planet a cleaner and better place to live ...this company recently expanded one of their worldwide locations here in Mesa by over 11,000 more square feet.
Published on Dec 14, 2016
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Breaking the Rubik’s Cube machine world record was a highlight in 2016! Watch our Director of Marketing Communications, Dr. Michael Schinke, in a video by our distributor RS Components explaining how the magic works at the electronica fair 2016, Munich, Germany. Also, discover the Tesla Model X, which contains more than 250 Infineon components! Visit RS Components' YouTube channel for more exciting videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ6U...

A Laid-Back Low-Fi Look at The Jet Stream, MSLP & Earth

An alternative source for the news
This is what's goin' down //// Competing with the big guys
Published on Dec 10, 2016
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AT&T connection is so bad & it took so long to upload this video, i did not have time to grab 2 beers. Maybe tomorrow.
Wish me luck, https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/th... ------- Fundraiser Link https://www.paypal.me/THORnews ------ paypal

WorldView-4 30cm Global High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

1st Images from WorldView-4 Satellite

DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE:DGI), has shared the first vibrant, crystal-clear images from the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE:LMT) WorldView-4 satellite, demonstrating the industry-leading resolution, accuracy and agility of its newest imaging spacecraft.

WorldView-4’s first public image seen to the right, taken on November 26, features the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Shibuya, Tokyo.
The site hosted events during the 1964 Olympic Games and will again host international competition when the games return to Tokyo in 2020.
“Seeing these first images is only a glimpse of the value WorldView-4 will bring to the world,” said Carl Marchetto, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Commercial Space. “This satellite will help disaster relief workers, city planners and government officials make critical decisions through clear pictures and information about events around the globe.”

WV-4, launched on Nov. 11 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, is the latest in a series of imaging and data satellites built by Lockheed Martin. The satellite captures imagery with industry-leading 30 cm resolution, which enables users to reliably read street markings, distinguish between cars, trucks, and vans, and confidently understand activities of significance. Only imagery with this level of detail could have allowed Associated Press reporters to observe the transfer of fish and positively attribute the boats involved for a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation that exposed a slave fishing operation in the South Pacific.
Building on more than 50 years of experience in remote sensing, WorldView-4 represents Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation imaging satellite with improved resolution and geolocation performance, greater collection volume, and higher agility for rapid retargeting.
Lockheed Martin has built more nearly 800 satellites for civil and military applications including IKONOS, the world’s first commercial sub-meter resolution remote sensing satellite, which was in service for over 15 years -- more than double its original design life.

Source : Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) - view original press release

The latest satellite provides breathing room for DigitalGlobe to provide coveted 30-centimeter imagery to commercial customers that couldn’t obtain such imagery from the company’s WorldView-3 satellite because of prioritized pre-purchased imaging for the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency.  

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DigitalGlobe said in an October filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it expects to begin commercial operations and gain incremental revenue from the satellite starting in 2017.
Built by Lockheed Martin, WorldView-4 orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, documenting up to 680,000 square kilometers per day of the planet’s surface. Combined with WorldView-3, which launched in August 2014, the new satellite more than doubles DigitalGlobe’s ability to collect 30-centimeter imagery.
Working with Taqnia Space and the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology of Saudi Arabia, the company is creating a constellation of at least six small satellites for sub-meter resolution imaging through a joint venture. Expected to launch in early 2019, the small satellites will leverage DigitalGlobe’s ground infrastructure and distribution while its Saudi partners handle construction, integration and launch. - See more at: http://spacenews.com/digitalglobe-releases-first-photo-from-worldview-4/#sthash.Avqlz2gE.dpuf
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Travel and Tourism Spending Accelerated in the Third Quarter

Real spending (output) on travel and tourism accelerated in the third quarter of 2016, increasing at an annual rate of 5.0 percent after increasing 4.5 percent (revised) in the second quarter according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.2 percent in the third quarter after increasing 1.4 percent in the second.The leading contributors to the third-quarter growth in travel and tourism were “traveler accommodations” and “passenger air transportation.”  “Traveler accommodations” increased 8.3 percent after increasing 13.6 percent (revised) in the second quarter.  In the third quarter “passenger air transportation” increased 12.4 percent after increasing 5.6 percent in the previous quarter.
[From original source http://bea.gov/newsreleases/industry/tourism/tournewsrelease.htmThe leading contributors to the third-quarter growth in travel and tourism were “traveler accommodations” and “passenger air transportation.”  “Traveler accommodations” increased 8.3 percent after increasing 13.6 percent (revised) in the second quarter.  In the third quarter “passenger air transportation” increased 12.4 percent after increasing 5.6 percent in the previous quarter.

Tourism Prices – Prices for travel and tourism goods and services decreased in the third quarter of 2016 by 0.5 percent following an increase of 1.4 percent (revised) in the second quarter. The downturn was mainly attributable to price declines for “traveler accommodations.” Prices for “food and beverage services” rose, but at a slower pace.

Tourism Employment – Employment in the travel and tourism industries accelerated in the third quarter, increasing 1.8 percent after increasing 1.3 percent (revised) in the second quarter. “Food services and drinking places” was the most significant contributor to travel and tourism employment growth, adding 9,100 employees. “Transportation” added 6,200 employees.

Total Tourism-Related Output was $1.6 trillion in the third quarter of 2016. It consisted of $944.2 billion (57 percent) of direct tourism spending and $699.2 billion (43 percent) of indirect tourism-related spending.
Total Tourism-Related Employment was 7.7 million jobs in the third quarter of 2016, and consisted of 5.4 million (70 percent) direct tourism jobs and 2.3 million (30 percent) indirect tourism-related jobs.

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These statistics are from BEA’s Travel and Tourism Satellite Accounts (TTSAs), which are supported by funding from the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The current-price statistics of direct tourism output were derived from BEA’s annual TTSAs and from current-price quarterly statistics of personal consumption expenditures from the National Income and Product Accounts (NIPAs). The real statistics of direct tourism output were developed using price indexes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and real quarterly statistics of personal consumption expenditures from the NIPAs. The statistics of direct tourism employment were derived from the annual TTSAs from BEA, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), and Current Employment Statistics (CES) from BLS.

17th Annual Mesa Historic Home Tour Tickets

Tickets on sale for Historic Home Tour

Post Date: 12/12/2016 1:11 PM     

It is a unique holiday gift! Tickets are now on sale for the 17th Annual Historic Home Tour in Mesa. This year’s tour will be Saturday, Jan. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The tour will showcase homes in the Fraser Fields and West 2nd Street historic districts. Special stops include the Sirrine House and Mesa Historical Museum, 51 E. Main St., featuring Strange Collections: Cat People of the Outer Regions: The Art of Karen Kuykendall.

The ticket price is $20.
Tickets are available online at www.valleyhistoryinc.com. 
They will be available for purchase the day of the tour beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Sirrine House, 160 N. Center St.
All proceeds will benefit the Mesa Historical Museum.


Public Information & Communications
Contact: Kevin Christopher
Tel. 480-644-4699 kevin.christopher@mesaaz.gov
 

City Council Meeting - 12/12/2016

Very important meeting with an unusual high number of blue comment cards for comments by the public that are usually limited to three.
Published: December 13,2016
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Blogger's Note Re: Item 5-c : Mayor John Giles states his opposition to approval, getting outvoted 6-1 by every single other member of the Mesa City Council.
Readers of this blog might also might like to note that his outspoken support for a tax hike increase to benefit "special interests" was resoundingly defeated by Mesa voters in spite of the over $500,000 raised for a bogus public relations fiasco by a political action committee located at the same address as his private law firm on 2nd Street.
  Extensive discussion about item 5-c over LIHTC-financed development and Market-rate housing options . . . please watch and listen to favorable and oppositional points-of-view that take up most of the time
Mesa Housing Associates developers Charles Huellmantel and Todd Marshall address the council after the public comments.

Council Study Session - 12/12/2016

A lot of blue card action to pull items from Consent Agenda


Published on December 13,2016
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Time: 10:17
Chris Brady on future meetings, mentions events instead
Thu Jan 5, 2017 is next study session
New transportation director announced.
Giles mentions food trucks and other activities for Merry Main Street