Friday, September 21, 2018

$149M Sale of Siena Apartments Here In Mesa: Seller + Buyer Un-Dislosed

Kasten Long Commercial Negotiates $49M Sale of Apartment Community in Mesa, Arizona
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MESA, ARIZ. — Kasten Long Commercial Group has arranged the sale of Siena Apartments, a multifamily property located at 4520 E. Baseline Road in Mesa. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 291,000-square-foot property for $49 million, or $139,205 per unit.
Built in 1986, the 352-unit property features 160 one-bedroom/one-bath units, 168 two-bedroom/one-bath and 24 three-bedroom/two-bath units, with an average square footage of 827.
Linda Fritz-Salazar and Scott Trevey of Kasten Long Commercial negotiated the transaction. The name of the seller was not released.
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New Album Iridescence North American Tour To Kick-Off Here in Mesa Oct 3

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Stream Brockhampton's New Album, 'Iridescence'
HYPEBEAST-9 hours ago
Brockhampton will set off on a North American Tour next month in support of Iridescence kicking off in Mesa, Arizona on October 3. Stream Iridescence now via ...
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Brockhampton's 'Iridescence' Album Is Here
Complex-10 hours ago
In support of Iridescence, Brockhampton will embark on a North American tour next month. The trek will kick off Oct. 3 in Mesa, Arizona, followed by stops in ...
 
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BROCKHAMPTON SHARES NEW SINGLE AND VIDEO “J'OUVERT”
VENTS Magazine (press release) (blog)-16 hours ago
Beginning on October 3rd in Mesa, Arizona, BROCKHAMPTON will play 27 dates across North America including festival sets at Austin City Limits and Tyler, ...
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ABC 15 Is On It > Mesa PD Once Again ....

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Woman claims Mesa police used excessive force during DUI arrest
ABC15 Arizona-9 hours ago
MESA, AZ - A Valley police department is once again facing allegations of excessive force after arresting a woman late last year. 32-year-old Antoya Polk was ...
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Thank You POGO: Military Intelligence For The Rest of Us


 

TRANSPARENCY:
The Pentagon’s New Stealth Bookkeeping
Cleaner Financial Books Apparently Require Some Dirtier Numbers
By Mark Thompson | Filed under analysis |
 
 
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Steven Aftergood Assesses Government Inertia On Internet Security

". . . Although cybersecurity is a hot-button issue in policy circles, progress is hindered by bureaucratic lethargy, especially on fundamental questions. In July, the US Government Accountability Office reported that 1,000 of its recommendations for addressing cyber threats have yet to be implemented, placing government information systems increasingly at risk. Governance seems to be an even harder problem than cybersecurity, leaving Schneier to predict that the United States “will do nothing soon”. . .
Steven Aftergood assesses a warning about the future of the Internet in this timely review of a new book by Bruce Schneier published by Norton
Feeling vulnerable yet?
Governments want your smart devices to have stupid security flaws
Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World
Bruce Schneier W. W. Norton (2018)
Hardly a day now passes without reports of a massive breach of computer security and the theft or compromise of confidential data. That digital nightmare is about to get much worse, asserts security technologist Bruce Schneier in "Click Here to Kill Everybody", his critique of government inertia on Internet security.
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Government Secrecy Was Bad Before - Now It's Good To Get Secrecy News TY Steven Aftergood

It's good to renew an arms-length acquaintance with Steven Good after getting communications from Secrecy News for years delivered to an inbox - that was way before social media got online on the internet.
Now your MesaZona blogger would like to turn-you-on to Steven Aftergood as a way to keep your information overload in balance - no bullshit. What does he do?
Steven Aftergood directs the FAS Project on Government Secrecy.
The Project works to reduce the scope of national security secrecy and to promote public access to government information. He writes Secrecy News, which reports on new developments in secrecy policy and provides direct access to significant official records that are otherwise unavailable or hard to find.
You can see his full bio here
Connect on Twitter > https://twitter.com/saftergood?lang=en
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What he writes is not easy light-reading to keep you entertained: here's a recent sample of what is published:
Locomotive Idling: CRS Comes Online
Posted on Sep.18, 2018 in CRS by
The Congressional Research Service launched its new public portal this morning, with an initial installment of 628 reports dating back to January of this year. The back catalog of older reports is supposed to be added over time. The public versions of the reports are lightly redacted to remove the author’s contact information, and to […]
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The Nuclear Weapons Complex, and More from CRS
The Department of Energy has nuclear weapons facilities in seven states including three laboratories, five component fabrication or materials production plants, one assembly and disassembly site, a geologic waste repository, and one testing facility. A new report from the Congressional Research Service summarizes operations at each of the sites. See The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview […]
 
USAF: Implementing Arms Control Treaties
The implementation of arms control agreements by the Air Force is detailed in a newly updated directive. The directive addresses Air Force obligations under New START, US-IAEA Safeguard Agreements, the Chemical Weapons Convention, and the Biological Weapons Convention. See Implementation of, and Compliance with, Treaties Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, Air Force Instruction 16-608, September 7, 2018. […]
 
Reviving the Role of CRS in Congressional Oversight
The Congressional Research Service once played a prominent role in supporting oversight by congressional committees. Although that support has diminished sharply in recent years, it could conceivably be restored in a new Congress, writes former CRS analyst Kevin R. Kosar in a new paper. In the past, CRS “closely assisted Congress in a myriad of major […]
 
Army Needs Intelligence to Face “Peer Threats”
U.S. Army operations increasingly depend on intelligence to help confront adversaries who are themselves highly competent, the Army said this week in a newly updated publication on military intelligence. Future operations “will occur in complex operational environments against capable peer threats, who most likely will start from positions of relative advantage. U.S. forces will require effective intelligence […]
Post-9/11 Costs of War Exceed $1.5 Trillion
“Since September 11, 2001, the Department of Defense (DoD) has obligated $1,500.8 billion for war-related costs.” That’s the headline from the latest report to Congress on the post-9/11 costs of war, according to the Pentagon’s own reckoning. See Cost of War Update as of March 31, 2018 (FY 2018, Quarter 2). Independent estimates of military spending that use […]
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

The 2018 Social Progress Index is out today!

Dear Friend,

Today, we released the 2018 Social Progress Index results, which provide new insight into what life is really like in 146 countries around the world. Visit www.socialprogress.org to view the complete findings and see where your country stands. 
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Social Progress Summary http://www.socialprogress.org/
United States
 
See scorecard
Score
84.78
Rank
25
Dimensions
  • Basic Human Needs 90.85
  • Foundations of Wellbeing 84.33
  • Opportunity 79.16
Highest component scores

  • Water and Sanitation 99.40
  • Nutrition and Basic Medical Care 97.73
  • Shelter 95.94
  • Personal Rights 92.15
  • Access to Basic Knowledge 91.87
Lowest component scores

  • Inclusiveness 61.49
  • Personal Safety 70.34
  • Health and Wellness 71.97
  • Access to Advanced Education 76.98
  • Environmental Quality 83.89
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The index is the first holistic measure of a country’s social performance independently of economic factors, as a complement to economic measures like GDP. And for the first time, we are able to compare five years of social progress data, allowing us to examine global, regional, and national trends.

  • In general, the world is improving. Since 2014, the world average score increased from 61.80 to 63.46, and there has been improvement on nine of 12 social progress components.
  • Despite this overall progress, Personal Rights and Inclusion, have gone backwards since 2014, while the world has stagnated on Personal Safety. 
  • Norway ranks first in the world on social progress with a score of 90.26. Norway has improved by 1.50 points since 2014, more than any of its Nordic neighbors. 
  • 133 of 146 ranked countries improved on social progress since 2014, with several countries, including The Gambia, Nepal and Ethiopia, demonstrating significant improvement.  
  • There are important outliers that are going backwards. Most notably, the United States has regressed, declining both in absolute terms and relative to its wealthy, world-power peers, ranking 25th in social progress.
These are just some of the headline findings of the 2018 Social Progress Index. At www.socialprogress.org, you can explore the full results and interactive data to learn more about key trends in your country and the world. You will also find full social progress scorecards for all 146 ranked countries, revealing which countries are excelling at turning each dollar of GDP into better quality of life. 
 
This work would be impossible without the generous support of our partners and of social progress champions like you. As you explore the 2018 Social Progress Index and find value in its insights, please make a gift to help us continue to improve our work and provide rigorous, actionable social data to decision-makers around the world. 
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