VISION THING 1 > 2-Day Pop-Up Event: Main Street Prototyping Festival

Well, how does a diverse community - a not-so-urban city like Mesa - transform itself?
That's the question when 30 years of inconsistent visions, not enough imagination, and admitted failures year-after-year to engage and active citizens, have produced few results even after spending over $100 Million$-of-Dollar$ on the centerpiece of an "Arts-and-Entertainment Complex" . . .

Are we getting there yet?
Perhaps the $75,000 grant from The National Endowment for The Arts will help to create more interest and activate Main Street and the arts center complex for two days. We'll see how this works out.

Here's wishing everyone well - from the people who submitted applications and to all the people who have promoted this Pop-Up event.

Here's a press release from Casey Blake who's doing a great job for public relations:
Nov. 16, 2017

Contact: Casey Blake

480-390-1258 (cell)

casey.blake@mesaartscenter.com

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

What:              Main Street Prototyping Festival

When:             5 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, November 17,

                        noon-10 p.m. Saturday, November 18,

Where:            Downtown Mesa, AZ, on Main Street between Country Club and Sirrine Street

                        Mesa Arts Center, One East Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201

Who:               Media/public

Why:               Twenty temporary prototypes installed in downtown Mesa for a two-day festival to explore how inventive structures and gathering places could enliven public space and increase connectivity along Main Street. Created by artists, architects, students, designers and makers, the prototypes offer interaction, play time, entertainment, hands-on creative activities, virtual reality experiences and music making.

Cost:               FREE

More:              www.mesaartscenter.com/mesaprotoyping

 

                        Examples of visual opportunities include MEGA Mesa (enormous Spirograph tools), Living Topography (people-sized vertical shade panels reminiscent of pin impression toys), Wayward Beasties (a giant turtle-like experiential vehicle) and others. City of Mesa Director of Arts and Culture Department, Cindy Ornstein, will be available for interview, as will several of the participating prototypers.   

 

All media are invited to attend the free, family-friendly community event. Media parking may be available by calling 480-390-1258.

 

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About Mesa Arts Center
The Mesa Arts Center mission is to inspire people through engaging arts experiences that are diverse, accessible, and relevant. Owned and operated by the City of Mesa, Arizona’s largest arts center is recognized as an international award-winning venue. The unique and architecturally stunning facility is home to four theaters, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, 14 art studios and The Store, an artists cooperative gallery.

 

For more information, visit mesaartscenter.com.

Bubbles In Mesa's H20??? What We Don't Know ...

Something again in the water here in Mesa? No worries - just bubbles

Air bubbles in water due to treatment plant maintenance

November 8, 2017 at 10:00 am

That's the headline in a news release and the official announcement from our friends in the City of Mesa Newsroom.

Here's more:

"City of Mesa water customers who reside in the area east of the Loop 101 to Val Vista and north of Baseline Road may experience subtle cloudiness in their water from November through January. Residents can rest assured that their water is safe and continues to meet all state and federal water quality standards. . . "
That's officially announced by the City's newsroom mesanow.org

Two months of what the newsroom  calls "subtle cloudiness" in the water when people turn on their home taps? Why?
Let's take a look to see how careful and edgy that statement might be in a temporary switch "to perform routine treatment plant maintenance" 
Cloudy water can result when the Water Resources Department temporarily switches from surface water to well water to perform routine treatment plant maintenance.
Readers - and Mesa taxpayers who pay off debt service on municipal bonds and are charged monthly services on top of actual use - will note in taking observation at a Budget Pie Chart for FY2017/18 that water treatment takes a HUGE BITE out the $189.9M project budget in this year's fiscal budget - 66.3% or $126,000,000. Do we or do we not have a right, and an obligation by the city to provide, safe clean water?
WHAT? Two months with "bubbles" from water plant maintenance?

What kind of maintenance and what chemicals are they using?

Please Note: What the newsroom states that Mesa's water quality meets "all state and federal water quality standards" might be accurate but research study data suggests strongly there are potential hazardous substances in both well water and surface water that are not required to be tested every 6 months in the small number of monitoring stations.
There are a number of posts about possible water contamination both in surface water and in underground water from wells and aquifers.

"Cloudy water can result when the Water Resources Department temporarily switches from surface water to well water to perform routine treatment plant maintenance. In this case, the Val Vista Water Treatment Plant is having maintenance performed beginning November 17, 2017 and will return to regular service February, 2018.
3 months!
"Dissolved air is often found trapped in groundwater," Water Quality Supervisor Ken Marshall said. "Our water distribution system is pressurized, causing any air that is present in groundwater to remain dissolved in the water until the pressure is released at the customer's tap. Dissolved air can cause water to have a cloudy or milky appearance, but it is safe to drink and will not damage plumbing or appliances."
For more information,

visit www.mesaaz.gov/water or

call the Water Quality Division at (480) 644-6461.

Contact: Kathy Macdonald,Water Resources Department
Tel. (480) 644-4364kathy.macdonald@mesaaz.gov

Excellent Reporting > Tyler Durden @ Zero Hedge

Take-Away from an article today: If it ain't yet public, you won't get a response
After Slamming Bitcoin As A Money Laundering Tool, JPMorgan Busted For Money Laundering
by Tyler Durden        Nov 17, 2017 5:17 AM
It took five months but . . . Score one for the poetic irony pages.

Two months after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon lashed out at bitcoin, calling it a "fraud" which is "worse than tulip bulbs, warning it won't end well", will "blow up" and "someone is going to get killed" and threatened that "any trader trading bitcoin" will be "fired for being stupid" as it was merely a tool for money-laundering, today Swiss daily Handelszeitung reported that the Swiss subsidiary of JPMorgan was sanctioned by the Swiss regulator, FINMA, over money laundering and "seriously violating supervision laws."

. . . JPMorgan was actively aiding and abeting criminal money laundering.
The report further notes, the Finma decision was issued on June 30 and should have been published the following week but JPMorganm tried to prevent the publication of the judgment.

Unfortunately, JPMorgan also said that it can’t, or rather won't, provide further details since the Finma resolution from June 2017 isn’t public.
READ MORE > http://www.zerohedge.com.
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Related content:
Wall Street Looting: Will JPMorgan Chase Be Held Accountable for Money Laundering “Lapses”?

By Tom Bernhardt Global Research, January 13, 2013

As a sop to outraged public opinion over Wall Street’s looting of the real economy, criminal banksters are coming under increased scrutiny by federal regulators.
Scrutiny however, is not the same thing as enforcement of laws such as the Bank Secrecy Act and other regulatory measures meant to stop the flow of dirty money from organized crime into the financial system.
Link > Global Research

ARMY, BELL TEST NEW "STEALTHY" HELICOPTER FOR 2030 || WARTHOG 2017

Published on Nov 16, 2017

Views: 630

By Kris Osborn
Bell Helicopter engineers and weapons developers are looking at innovative ways to reduce the radar signature of their new, next-generation V-280 Valor tilt-rotor aircraft slated to be operational by the 2030s.
https://scout.com/military/warrior/Ar...

Creating Healthy Places for Healthy People

Published on Nov 16, 2017

Views: 1 [to date > me, Your MesaZona blogger]

Through the Healthy Places for Healthy People program, EPA has been helping local communities and health care officials create walkable, healthy and economically vibrant downtowns and neighborhoods that improve health, protect the environment and support economic growth. This webinar looks at the connections among economic, human and environmental health factors and present case studies on the lessons learned to date, as well as ideas on how local communities can create programs and partnerships that can lead to healthier community outcomes.

Boeing's Highlights 2017 Dubai Airshow

Published on Nov 15, 2017
Views: 8,490

Experience a dramatic week for Boeing, featuring deals for 737 MAX jets, 787-10 Dreamliners, dramatic exhibits and displays, and a whole lot more.

Say What? Art is Advertising for What We Really Need

Not art for art's sake?

Published on Nov 16, 2017

Views: 735

Advertising beautifully alerts to the desirability lots of things we probably don't need that much of in our lives. For its part, art also alerts us to the beauty and charm of bits of the world: but it tends to be the bits that we really do need for a fulfilled life. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide):