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their children (ages 10 and up) to help clean the banks of the Charles. They will also offer tours of the Blackstone Complex, Harvard’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum building...
Idol is a reliable source of platinum talent largely because the talents it produces--Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry, Carrie Underwood--respect the conventions of its genres. They are nice singers who sing nice songs nicely. Lambert, 27, may have the best chops of the bunch (his ability to hold high notes recalls Grace Slick in her prime), but where he really outshines them is in self-awareness. While his peers act as if being plucked from obscurity to sing in prime time is normal, he understands that he's on a television show, where acting normally would be completely abnormal...
Joining the Elite. If free upgrades are what you're after, here's how: American Airlines AAdvantage members can register to earn double elite-status qualifying miles for flights, which puts them on the fast track toward gaining Gold, Platinum or Executive Platinum status. Elite-level membership gives you mileage bonuses, upgrade privileges and various other perks. To have your flight qualify, book by June 15 and register here with promotion code DBEQM before you travel...
...Bank of America's (BoA) soon-to-be-completed Midtown Manhattan headquarters. The skyscraper will have floor-to-ceiling insulating glass walls, automatic light dimming, water recycling, air filtration and on-site power generation. Those green features have helped make the BoA Tower the first skyscraper to win a Platinum Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating, the highest possible such award. They also helped ensure that the tower won't be cheap - the project is estimated to cost about $1 billion. (Read "Building Materials: Cementing the Future...
...true to her original devil-in-disguise tactics. Although “It’s Not Me, It’s You” is only her second full album, the encouraging success of her earlier work—earning her a BMI songwriting award and a double-platinum record—has given Allen enough confidence to explore and experiment here. It’s refreshing to hear ska, jazz, and techno influences slipping into her pop beats. In one track on the new album, “Never Gonna Happen,” Allen uses folksy strings...