2022/05/31

Metrocenter Mall developer to get $68M tax break in exchange for parking garages

Metrocenter Mall developer to get $68M tax break in exchange for parking garages


Project timeline as of May 2022

  • Summer 2022: Developer completes real estate transactions to acquire site.
  • Winter 2023 to summer 2024: Demolition of former Metrocenter Mall.
  • Early 2023 to late 2025: Commence construction of Phase 1. 
  • Early 2025 to summer 2029: Completion of Phase 1. 
  • 2025-2027 to summer 2032: Phase 2 construction and completion. 
  • 2027-2029 to late 2035: Phase 3 construction and completion. 
  • 2029 to late 2035: Completion of all phases. 
  • 2054-2060: End of city reimbursement of garage/amenity costs.



2022/05/12

How To Determine When To Claim Social Security

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How To Determine When To Claim Social Security

Working in retirement often is more a dream than reality

 

2022/05/10

How To Phase Into Retirement, According to Experts

 How To Phase Into Retirement, According to Experts


“Instead of leaving work fully,” Grumet said, “why not slowly subtract out all the things we don’t like about our jobs and keep what is good? As a physician, many of my colleagues stop night and evening calls, stop taking new patients, or transition to half-day schedules. While not all professions allow this, many companies allow more senior employees to stop taking on new clients, go to part-time or halftime schedules, move to a new role as a W-2 consultant, or work only during busy times.”

How to change your personality, according to science

 How to change your personality, according to science

From the article:

SELF-AWARENESS

OPENNESS TO FEEDBACK

BRUTAL DETERMINATION

HELP FROM OTHERS

The copper jaws of venomous bloodworms could be a win for sustainable manufacturing

 The copper jaws of venomous bloodworms could be a win for sustainable manufacturing

2022/05/08

Echoes of a black hole


Simulations of the light echoes off of the accretion disk around a maximally spinning (“Kerr”) black hole. The white circle indicates the location of the black hole event horizon, and the echoes of light are color-coded by their observed frequency, which can be distorted by Doppler shifts and by the strong gravity of the black hole. The simulation has been sonified such that lower frequency light corresponds to a lower pitch sound.

Todays Latin - Cui Bono

 cui bo·no

[kwē ˌbōnō]
EXCLAMATION
  1. who stands, or stood, to gain (from a crime, and so might have been responsible for it)?
ORIGIN
Latin, ‘to whom (is it) a benefit?’.