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Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Happy New Year 2018

How many ways to get happy?

Published on Dec 31, 2017

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year
Thank you to all my subscribers and Pink Floyd lovers from around the World
David Gilmour Shine On You Crazy Diamond Pompeii 2016
David Gilmour returns to Pompeii after 45 years. recorded at the Pompeii Amphitheatre and was the first public performance at the venue since AD 79
Oh yes Shine On You Crazy Diamond
I am from Canada, my birth country, currently in China for 1/2 a year or more , soon Japan and South Korea

Heads Up! Get Comfortable With Being Un-Comfortable | Luvvie Ajayi

Geez, your MesaZona blogger was called "a trouble-maker" more than once here in Mesa, Yours truly feels real good about that :)

Published on Jan 2, 2018

Luvvie Ajayi isn't afraid to speak her mind or to be the one dissenting voice in a crowd, and neither should you. "Your silence serves no one," says the writer, activist and self-proclaimed professional troublemaker. In this bright, uplifting talk, Ajayi shares three questions to ask yourself if you're teetering on the edge of speaking up or quieting down -- and encourages all of us to get a little more comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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How The "Donut Hole" Happens: Phoenix, Arizona > Urban Sprawl Time Lapse

This goes by fast in the time-lapse sequence ...keep your eyes on the east section [that's The East Valley]

Published on Dec 14, 2016

Views: 108 to date of this upload here on MesaZona

32 year time lapse of urban sprawl in Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona.
Known for its year-round sun and warm temperatures, it anchors a sprawling, multicity metropolitan area known as the Valley of the Sun.
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No Matter What The Local Hype Is, This Is What Richard Florida Publishes

Anti-Urban States Aren't Just Hurting Their Cities

Richard Florida 21 Dec 2017

When state leaders actively undermine the interests of urban areas, the economic damage is widespread

Anti-urban states—places like Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona—have an overwhelmingly anti-city posture. They are typically controlled by a Republican governor and state legislature. These states have cut back investments in transit and affordable housing...
The chart below, which Florida developed in collaboration with his Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) colleague, Patrick Adler, arrays cities and metro areas according to this basic division. They have separated cities or metro areas into two basic categories:
> The first are large, global superstar cities and knowledge hubs
> The second are other large metros which are not quite global superstar cities or tech hubs.

SOME OF THE ZINGERS excerpted from CityLab :
> Anti-urban states have also often sought to rescind LGBTQ rights as well as women’s rights.
> Anti-urban states also increasingly seek to preempt a city’s ability to control their own destinies on issues like immigration and gun control. Initiatives like these signal to many knowledge workers that these places are not open to diverse populations, and can chill the climate for business investment
> Anti-urban states make it much harder for their cities and metro areas—places like Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Phoenix and many others—to attract and retain talent or to compete for new investments.
THE TAKE-AWAY: America’s economy will suffer and cities in anti-urban states will fall further and further behind in their ability to attract both talent and high-tech businesses that drive the knowledge economy. And that in turn could fuel more anger and resentment toward blue states and cities—exacerbating the geographic polarization that is already tearing America apart.

The New NIMBYS: Call Them "New Urban Luddites" - CityLab

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/04/meet-the-new-urban-luddites/521040/

Apr 18, 2017 - If populism and Trump reflects the anti-urban backlash of the right, such attempts to limit high-tech development in urban centers reflects an anti-urbanism of the left. This is why there are so few New Yorks and Londons to begin with. In many aspiring cities, New Urban Luddites effectively limit and block the investments ...

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About the Author Richard Florida

Richard Florida is a co-founder and editor at large of CityLab and a senior editor at The Atlantic. He is a University Professor and Director of Cities at the University of Toronto’s Martin Prosperity Institute, and a Distinguished Fellow at New York University’s Schack Institute of Real Estate

REMEMBER THEN? Have You Heard HD The Moody Blues

together WE'LL STAND ON THE THRESHHOLD OF A DREAM

Russian President Vladimir Putin's New Year Address 2018 > We Welcome It

Another world leader

Published on Dec 31, 2017

Views: over 132,000

2018 is just around the corner. We celebrate the holiday every year, but every time we see in it something new, something kind, so we welcome it. We believe that everything we wish for in this moment, all of our hopes and dreams will come true. For us, the New Year is, above all, a family holiday. We celebrate it the same way we used to when we were children. It is a day of gifts and surprises, a day of warmth and affection, a day when we expect change.

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THE FUTURE STARTS NOW: President Xi's New Year's Address

Emerging world leader

Published on Jan 2, 2018

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered his New Year's message to the nation, extending greetings to all Chinese and best wishes to friends in countries all over the world. He outlined his expectations for the new year, saying that with an increasing important role on the global stage, China will make contributions to world peace and development. How will China build on the domestic reforms and international cooperation of the previous year?