Boeing Like You've Never Seen: Microwave Electronics Fryer

Perhaps there's nothing that catches the eyes of your MesaZona blogger more than a headline that starts off with 'dubious claim', includes the letters ICBM and the company name Boeing on a EMP missile with a sub-title LIKE A CHAMP:

Dubious claim of week: Air Force’s “EMP missile” could disable N. Korean ICBMs

An explanation is definitely in order and some more information, please . . . the revelation appeared in industry publication ArsTechnica yesterday along with the opening image here.

CHAMP microwave pulse can disable electronics, but “frying” ICBMs is a long shot.

Sean Gallagher - 12/7/2017, 3:45 PM

What's that all about when we usually think of only the iconic Apache Helicopters manufactured here in Mesa by Boeing, located in the northeast quadrant close by Falcon Field (a former World War II Air Force Training Base) and AZ Research Labs, both facilities owned by the City of Mesa, in a fast-developing Business Park area for the aerospace, defense/high tech/cyberwarfare industries.

"On Monday, NBC Nightly News broadcast a report claiming that White House officials had discussed using an experimental weapon to disrupt or disable a North Korean missile launch. The weapon in question, the product of the US Air Force's Counter-electronics High-powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), uses bursts of microwave energy to disable electronic devices such as computers, communications and air defense radar systems.
Officials from Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) suggested CHAMP could be fully weaponized in a matter of weeks. But almost as a footnote, the NBC report noted that the weapon would have to pass very close to an ICBM before launch to affect it—which, despite CHAMP's classification as a non-lethal weapon, might be considered an act of war. . .
. . . The Air Force has conducted tests of CHAMP, a system designed to selectively beam high-energy microwaves to cause damage to electronic systems. . . Raytheon and Boeing have continued development under an AFRL contract. . . CHAMP remains a research project and has not been fielded yet by the Air Force or Navy as an actual weapon—at least not yet. But the US may not be the only country developing such a weapon, since the science behind CHAMP is fairly well-known. . . "
You are invited to READ MORE > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017

 

 

Mesa City Council Study Session Thu 07 Dec 2017

Published on Dec 7, 2017
Views: 16
Running time: more than an hour
Protest on Item 4-g on the Study Session Agenda - existing contract extended for 30 days
Mark Freeman has some concerns about another item
Some discussion about solar power
Giles mistakes everything "off the agenda" with "on the agenda"
Tom Ellsworth joins the panel for report back on Imagine Mesa that started at the end of August and ended at the end of October.
Co-Chairs Levi Leyba and Terry Benelli and 13 others held meetings ...Digital strategies to engage citizens with ideas on different forums on what the future of Mesa should encompass using different devices and social media.
465 ideas were submitted, those with 50 or 100 votes were prioritized, although every one was considered.
Sub-contract with a group named "Neighborlands" that did a survey in San Francisco to provide a platform for data and analysis

The Housing First Approach To Homeless > It Works!

Published on Dec 5, 2017

Views: 20,599

What do you think would happen if you invited an individual with mental health issues who had been homeless for many years to move directly from the street into housing? Loyd Pendleton shares how he went from skeptic to believer in the Housing First approach to homelessness -- providing the displaced with short-term assistance to find permanent housing quickly and without conditions

Another Qwickie! Mesa City Study Session Mon 04 Dec 2017

This is a study session?
Published on Dec 5, 2017
Views: 3
2 City Councilmembers missing, including D4 Christopher Glover again
No questions or comments from any councilmember on any of the agenda items
Chris Brady announces next 'study session' on Thu 07 Dec @ 07:30 am and last City Council Meeting of the year on 14 December 2017

Here's a snippet of the extensive agenda PLEASE NOTE THE REGULAR MEETING LASTED NO MORE 8 MINUTES
1 Review items on the agenda for the December 4, 2017 regular Council meeting:

Meeting Name:

City Council

Agenda status:

Final

Meeting date/time:

12/4/2017 5:45 PM

Minutes status:

Draft

Meeting location:

Council Chambers - Upper Level

Published agenda:

Agenda

Ready to Go Skating Round-and-Round The Winter Ice Rink

From the City of Mesa Newsroom yesterday 

Winter Wonderland Ice Rink open daily at Merry Main Street

December 6, 2017 at 10:46 am

One of the key attractions of Merry Main Street in downtown Mesa is the 5,000 sq ft Winter Wonderland Ice Rink in the parking lot next to City Hall directly across from the Mesa Arts Center until 05 January 2018
It's the third year for this 40-day event (see details below)
What did it take to put a Rinky-Dink ice rink in Mesa in the parking lot next to City Hall?


Here's a video from the camera on the roof of 20 E Main Street uploaded to YouTube on November 20th --- 5 days before the opening when it was too hot to skate

New "Specials" during the week from 5-10 pm have been added this year to attract more people - now available at the ice rink through Dec. 21:
Mondays are "Family Night" 
Bring the whole family and skate for only $8 per person
Tuesdays are "Two-fer Tuesday"
You and a friend or significant other can skate two for the price of one $10 general admission
Wednesdays are "Ugly Sweater Wednesday" 
Wear an ugly sweater and skate for only $8
Thursdays are "Student Night" 
Students skate for only $8 with a valid student I.D.

If you need to drive to get here, the city's announcement reminds you that there is free parking throughout downtown Mesa.
You can, of course, ride bikes. People who live downtown can walk to the rink.
You can also ride the light rail for FREE during Merry Main Street between Country Club Drive and Mesa Drive from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. every Friday and Saturday in December when regular $10 general admission rates apply, including rental of skates
For more information, visit www.merrymainst.com.

SPONSORS
Merry Main Street is sponsored by the City of Mesa, SRP and Visit Mesa.

Other sponsors
Mesa Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities
Lennar
M.U.R.A.L.
McCarthy
Blount Contracting
Cox
Sundt
Sloan Park
KMLE-FM
Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
Stacy and Witbeck
Phoenix Marriott-Mesa
Valley Metro
Benedictine University
Otto Trucking
Arizona Coyotes
Mesa Arts Center
Downtown Mesa Association
Mesa Chamber of Commerce.
Public Information and Communications
Contact: Steve Wright
Tel. 480-644-2069steven.wright@mesaaz.gov





http://www.mesanow.org/news/public/article/2002

A Book Festival With A Mission? Literary Arts Purveyors Wanted

What's this?

Organized by Anthology, Inc., a Mesa, AZ, based literary non profit organization, the Mesa Book festival is intended to be the annual event to showcase the literary arts in the east valley.

Organizing Partner

Mesa Book Festival is organized with the support and assistance of Downtown Mesa Festival of the Arts, which offers a great opportunity to shop for locally created art.

 

Downtown Mesa, Macdonald St. between Main and 1st Ave.

What's the Mission?

In keeping with the Anthology.org mission, we seek to build a world-class book festival and encourage readers of all ages.

 Who's Invited?

Everyone!

Authors, Publishers, and Book Sellers are invited to  egister for space to showcase, promote, and sell their books.

Readers are invited to come and buy their books direct.

We're encouraging a wide variety of literary arts purveyors to share their work to create a bigger audience for everyone.

What's happening?

• Eighty-five vendors, including a diverse offering of books and authors 
• Free to the Public
• Open Mic Poetry
• Authors, Presentations and Panels
• A whole lot more!

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Mesa Book Festival 2017

 

Mesa City Council Meeting Mon 04 Dec 2017

Here's Kevin Christopher doing a fast-read of the entire Meeting Agenda - business as usual here in the City of Mesa with a population of over 480,000 where few know or care or are informed what their elected government is doing .... Why is that?
Published on Dec 5, 2017
Views: 4