Port Authority Releases Renderings for Proposed LEED Gold 20 Times Square At a meeting held earlier today, the Port Authority unveiled renderings from three firms for 20 Times Square, the 1.3 million-square foot, 42-story LEED (for Core and Shell) Gold tower that Vornado Realty Trust and Ruben Cos. plan to co-develop above the north wing of the agency's Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue. From left to right in the image, Pelli Clarke Pelli (The Visionaire), Rogers Stirk Harbour .&.Partners (Tower 3 at the World Trade Center along Greenwich Street), and KPF (Court Square.Boston.

Hank: We're Considering Everything Tickets, Via the AP - Barry Bonds in pinstripes? If nothing else, the New York Yankees talked about it. High-ranking Yankees officials gathered for meetings at their spring training complex Thursday, a day off for the team before it begins an important three-game series Friday night in Boston. Missing injured sluggers Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada, the Yankees discussed ways to improve for the stretch run as next Thursday's trade deadline approaches. After a three-hour meeting, co-chairman Hank Stei.

Core Beliefs MA, The passage I excerpt below is from Paul Revere And The World He Lived In by Esther Forbes. The book was published in 1942 and won a Pulitzer prize. I can't recommend it enough. It makes you feel.as if you are living in Colonial Boston.  What I found of note in the passage is the fleeting luck-of-the-draw nature of what must have seemed core beliefs to the man in question. The subject, Governor Thomas Hutchinson (above), was forced out of a Colonial Massachusetts he has lost control over.

Jim Koch Honored By Homebrewers Ticket, Jim Koch, Founder of The Boston Beer Company (who makes the Samuel Adams line of beers), was recognized with an award for his outstanding service to the community of homebrewers at the opening session of the American Homebrewers Association's (AHA) annual National Homebrewers Conference. The American Homebrewers Association Governing Committee Recognition Award was established to honor those who have made a significant contribution over the years to the growth of the homebrewing hobby.

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Cupcakes and Medals 2008 For the third year in a row, I award completely meaningless .".medals.".for some of the college football non-conference schedules. Play a couple big non-conference games? Earn a medal. Likewise.".mid major.".and take on the elite? Medal. I also hand out princess .".cupcakes.".for the BCS conference teams feasting - again and again - on generally inferior competition. Many teams pad their win total and their home schedules by loading up on some poor teams and Division I FCS squads.making. MA tickets.

The Village Voice and Obama's Berlin Speech During Obama's speech in Berlin, MSNBC's political insider blog First Read put up three posts. First, at 1:26 p.m. eastern, Jim Popkin posted an article about how conservatives are hunting for Obama's senior thesis from college. Next, at 1:32 p.m. eastern, Bethany Thomas put up the shortest post on First Read in a couple of months, with a ten word article on McCain announcing a visit with the Dalai Lama. Third, at 2:37 p.m. Domenico Montanaro posted an article about Obama canceling. Boston ticket broker.

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