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GlobeSt.com: 60 Floor Westside Medical World Trade Mart Tower Advances

Despite a daily dish of sour news that paint the picture of a city in economic contraction, a group of developers say excavation had begun and marketing is underway, for a new 60-floor, glass and steel tower that will rise over-looking the Jacob Javitts Center. The 1.5-million-square-foot complex--scheduled to be complete by 2013--will bring an international multi-purpose trade center for medical professionals and vendors to Manhattan's far west side.

LINK AT GlobeSt.Com

Mercenary Outfit Send Mass Email Offering Positions in the Wake of Gustav

Blackwater is compiling a list of qualified security personnel for possible deployment into areas affected by Hurricane Gustav. Applicants must meet all items listed under the respective Officer posting and be US citizens. Contract length is TBD.

Can Anna Patterson's Cuil.com Take On Google?

Anna Patterson, a former Google employee, along with husband Tom Costello and a few other Google alum, has launched a new search engine, cuil.com.

Cuil, pronounced "cool," is the latest of many start up search engines that have ambitions of taking on the big boys. Some analysts say Cuil has potential because of the pedigree of it's founders.

Remembering the Super Bug of 2005

On February 5, 2005, the New York City Department of Health in conjunction with the Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center called a press conference and issued an urgent health alert to the public. The event was especially targeted towards men who have sex with men. According to health officials, one individual had been infected with what appeared to be a never before seen particularly potent and apparently mutated strain of HIV that had rapidly progressed to full blown AIDS.

Hot List for 2008

Here is an article that I found in Entrepreneur Magazine that show their projected growth areas for 2008. Great if you are starting a business in 2008 or beyond.

Political Cortex: "The New Yorker" Cartoon: The Jokes on the People

The "New Yorker" cover page makes fun of the sad fact that vast swaths of voters actually believe that the Obama's depicted in the cartoon are real. But, it also shines a light on the units of the media machine that have inadvertently helped perpetuate the rumors and innuendo that have led to misperceptions about the Obama's patriotism.

The Million "Individual" March-Gay Pride NYC (EDGE)

This day transforms Gotham into a hubbub of pink-inspired Mardi Gras festivities, and according to Heritage of Pride, the group that organizes the massive event, more than 300 organizations, which included religious, school, corporate, activist and AIDS organizations, politicians and even a gay sailing instruction company

Downtown Gotham laments closure of Meatpacking District eatery :: EDGE

After 23 years of serving countless steak frites, muscles and Boudin Noire in an area more known for beef racks, leather daddy's, transgender prostitutes, club kids and Hogs and Heffers, the modern landmark 24 hour French diner that served the fashionable alongside the "freaky" has closed its doors. News reports account Morellet signed a lease for $6,000 in 1995. The landlord reportedly sought to increase the rent to around $700,000 per year-or $58,000 per month-this past year. And Morellet was left with little choice but to close shop after a period of unsuccessful negotiation.

Sales and prices of new homes continue descent

If you think this the real estate pain almost over, you have another thing coming.

In New York City: The LGBT Community Center Celebrates its 25th Year

Founded back in 1983, the Center celebrates its 25th anniversary next month. And will celebrate this silver milestone with its annual garden party held on the Monday before the big parade down Fifth Avenue on June 29. Gourmet Magazine editor-in-chief Ruth Reichel, helped the Center secure 30 different restaurants for what its executive director, Richard D. Burns, called "the only queer tasting event"

LINK TO STORY AT EDGE

US bank loses customer data

A US bank has lost the unencrypted data of 4.5 million customers

The Political Scene: The Dirty Trickster: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Roger Stone says the chicks love his tattoo of Richard Nixon.

Political Cortex: Gym Pundits Worry About Obama Nomination

When seeking to challenge his Obama friend, he asked him about the lopsided Clinton victory in West Virginia and the other wins in Pennsylvania and places like Ohio, places in America where progressives have work to do and trust to win, where aggressive attempts to prove to the economically disenfranchised or higher education denied and affordable universal health care starved people that government can do good things for people, the Obama supporter cut deep.

New York AIDS Walk expected to draw thousands :: EDGE New York City

In its 23 years, the walk has grown from an event that raised $710,000 from 4,500 walkers in 1986 to the largest AIDS fundraising events in the world last year with 45,000 participants who raised an estimated $6.8 million. It has raised roughly $98 million throughout its history to help fund vital health and social services to those living with the virus.

The Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art has been creating lots of buzz in the New York City art world

Amid hipsters, eclectic restaurants and expensive SoHo real estate, the Swiss Institute is subtly conveying a modern interpretation of Switzerland's identity. ... »