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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Problem Here In Mesa? Sites of Military Bases & Water Contamination

Military bases' contamination will affect water for generations
An article updated one day ago brings up possible problems here in Mesa where 2 Master-Planned Communities, Eastmark and Cadence @ Gateway are located.
Other expansion of residential areas around former WW2 base Falcon Field may also be part of issues that are raised in this reporting.
Sites that the City of Mesa uses to monitor water quality might not provide the information that is needed to measure contaminants in the soil, where the testing for these PSFAs are not currently required.

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Season Kick-Off @ Mesa Arts Center

Inspired by the offbeat surrealism of Mesa Contemporary Art Museum's upcoming exhibitions, we're kicking off the 2017-18 season with fire eaters, hot rods and El Vez, the internationally celebrated Mexican Elvis. Feast on delicious food and drinks while you listen to non-stop live music and get a sweet airbrushed tattoo. We'll see you there!

2017 Season Kick-Off Festival

The Good, The Bad and The Weird

An annual celebration of the upcoming season, this FREE, family-friendly festival will share the theme,The Good, The Bad and The Weird with five new exhibitions in the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, and will present live music, great foods, outdoor festival, great atmosphere and more!

HOT RODS AND CLASSIC CARS from Zane's Rod & Custom

FREE UP-DOS provided by Dolce Salon

CREATE YOUR OWN FASCINATOR at the Creative Catalyst activity table

DANGEROUSLY FUN JUGGLING with James Reid, Juggler Extraordinaire

FIVE NEW ART EXHIBITIONS OPENINGS at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum
Featuring Robert William's Slang Aesthetics

FOOD & DRINKS FROM:

+ Pura Vida Grinds
+ Go Bananas Food Truck
+ Waffle Love
+ Firehouse Kettle Corn

+ CA Snowie
+ Paletas Betty
+ Life of The Party Catering

+Surreal Short Films by No Festival Required
+Vessel

+CaZo Dance
+Art Studio Demos
+And more!

Season Kickoff Festival
Sept 8 | 6PM – 10PM | FREE

SLIME: Our Metaphor For The Human Condition

Thanks to The Verge for this one!

Slimed

How slime oozed back into our lives

by Adam Clair Aug 23, 2017, 10:36am EDT

Slime is, suddenly, more pervasive than it’s been in decades. “Slime” has had an eightfold rise in Google queries since late 2015. The New York Times reports,
. . . “There’s a thriving nationwide market for slime...

The hashtag #slime appears on 3.5 million Instagram posts, and slime searches on Etsy have increased 9,000 percent since October, according to the company.” Homemade slime projects have become the de rigueur DIY children's diversion of the day. Requiring just Borax, dye, and school glue, it's a simple science project for kids of any age. Homemade slime is colorful, feels weird, and can also make fart noises. No wonder it's popular.

Link > https://www.theverge.com

Racial Animus Here In Arizona Gets Tossed

Arizona Unconstitutionally Banned Mexican-American Studies Classes, Judge Rules

The ruling by a U.S. District Court found that the Republican-controlled state legislature violated the First and 14th Amendments in a 2010 law.

By Roque Planas

HuffPost

PHOENIX ― A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state of Arizona violated students’ rights by banning a Mexican-American studies program from Tucson public schools.

The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge A. Wallace Tashima found that a law passed by Arizona’s Republican-dominated state legislature in 2010 violated both the First and 14th Amendments. It marks a major victory for educators and activists who viewed the ethnic studies law as a flatly discriminatory effort by Arizona Republicans to keep Hispanic students from learning about their history or studying writers of color that are often ignored in public schools. . .

A series of anonymously posted and racially-charged blog comments from Huppenthal played a role in cementing Tashima’s opinion that the Republican officials acted with “racial animus” ― the legal term for an intent to racially discriminate. Huppenthal called for the elimination of Spanish from public life, with the exception of a limited number of words on Mexican restaurant menus, and compared Mexican-American studies teachers to the Ku Klux Klan.
“Huppenthal’s blog comments provide the most important and direct evidence that racial animus infected the decision to enact A.R.S. § 15-112,”
Tashima’s ruling reads, referring to the ethnic studies statute. “Several of his blog comments convey animus toward Mexican-Americans generally.”

A hearing will follow within the next three weeks to determine how the ruling will be enforced.

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Mesa City Council Meeting - 8/21/2017

Published on Aug 21, 2017
Views: 40
Duration: about 40 minutes

Public comment about treatment of the homeless here in Mesa and how to fix it.

Mesa Council Study Session Mon 21 Aug 2017

The mayor says it's Thursday????
Correction on Item 6-b
Boundaries of RDAs expanded to take advantage of GPLETs???
Input by City Manager, city attorney and District 3 Ryan Winkle

Month of September difficult to schedule if a quorum isn't there . . .
Gateway Airport meeting w Sean Jeff Flake to be announced about international trade

Published on May 23, 2015
Views: 13
Duration: 9:59

Lots of Maps That Explain The United States

Published on May 23, 2015
Views: 418,289