Worcester, MA green goals progressing, but not exactly on plan
Category: Current Events
– 140 years old
– 66 feet tall
– 400 names memorialized
– 2016 May completion expected by Aegis Restauro of Belle Mead, NJ- $193k cost provided by GAR* Memorial Hall Trust Fund
* GAR = Grand Army of the Republic, the Civil War veterans association
“The Worcester State Lunatic Asylum, the original name of the Worcester State Hospital, was the first state-owned hospital in the country to treat mental illnesses. In 1870, construction began on Belmont Street for a new campus to be renamed Worcester State Hospital. The campus included a four-story, 1,000-foot-long administration building anchored by a central 135-foot-tall Victorian Gothic clock tower.”
The numbers:
– $73.7 million, completed slightly under budget
– 30 months of construction, completed on time
– 43-year-old high school
– 10 towns served
– 50,000 square feet of new space and 200,000 square feet renovated including additional classroom and shop space, new science labs, asbestos removal, a new roof and a sprinkler system
– 2002 improvements considered
– 2009 state funding allocated
– 2013 contractor Consigli Construction, project manager Heery International, and architects Kaestle Boos broke ground
“Bitcoin is not just another commodity, it is something that has the potential to fundamentally change the way we think about money and could ultimately be a huge force for good in the world.”
As the article mentions, the price of Bitcoins to US Dollars may not be 100% accurate because of gaming of this still-nascent currency, but the growth is undeniable and doesn’t look like it’s going to stop.
There are challenges with the current implementation, a quick search will turn up stories of forking the format to provide greater growth opportunities and the disagreement within the community on how or if to do that, but some version of a digital currency, most likely some version of Bitcoin, has quite a bit of growth potential. And here’s a chart that agrees.
(http://www.nasdaq.com/article/the-one-chart-that-tells-the-true-story-of-bitcoin-this-year-cm549929)
MD cop convicted of assault for pointing gun at civilian’s face, will serve a mandatory minimum sentence of at least five years without parole for using a firearm in a violent crime.
Paris attackers used real names, real IDs, and unencrypted, simple messaging to make plans.
(http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-plot-was-hatched-in-plain-sight-1448587309)
Amazing, historic, awesome.
(https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-origin-makes-historic-rocket-landing).
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