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Features 13 Ethicks

Still another pictorial look at what’s wrong with our world.

19 University Park Village in Fort Worth Acquired by Glimcher 30 2013 Clide Awards

Rob Seeds of the NTCCOG announces the call for applications.

31 Texas Hobbit House

Robyn Griggs Lawrence introduces us to an Austin treasure.

32 Legislative Update

Attorney Robert Miller looks ahead at the 2013 Texas legislative session.

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36 Beloit College Mindset List

An updated look at the perspective of today’s youth.

43 The Largest 46

The largest clock tower, industrial building and court buildings in the world.

46 What Were They Thinking

A pictorial look at some very curious structures.

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50 Out of the Dark

Sandra Kimball Pearson presents the benefits of wireless building automation.

54 Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution Julie Brand Lynch provides useful advice.

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Herstory 44 History Gets Personal

Rose-Mary Rumbley offers a few stories about San Antonio’s Quadrangle. (Geronimo slept here.)

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The man who captured Apache Chief Geronimo.

Artchitecture.info 38 Multifaceted

Cover (and local) artist Brian Claffey takes pride in attention to detail.

40 San Antonio’s Ric Dentinger

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41 The Art of Dr. Seuss at the Milan Gallery

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Professionals on the Move Product Showcase Staycations TXStats In The Loop What’s In A Name?/ You’re Going to Call Me What?

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In The Workplace 48 The Rights of People With Disabilities Treaty

Wally Tirado explores the arguments for and against the treaty which the US blocked at the UN and we offer an opinion of our own.

50 Out of the Dark

Sandra Kimball Pearson talks about the next generation of building automation software.

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54 Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution Julie Brand Lynch offers sound advice.

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42 Daring Architecture, Glaring Problem

Architect Angela O’Byrne, our new section editor, looks at Dallas’s Museum Tower.

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Getting to Green and Staying Green

Rachel Green offers advice on ‘walking the walk’.

10 USGBC – Green Building Resource Center 11 Texas is 10th in Top States for LEED 12 What’s It All About, Algae?

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Realizing we’ve swimming upstream where print media is becoming less the popular mode of communication, we’ve reached beyond just real estate to provide a sometimes serious, but other times lighthearted look at other areas of our world and lives.

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While offering a generally favorable assessment, one of our affiliates’ executive directors said that the content of the network seemed to be somewhat ‘haphazard’. We prefer to think of it as ‘eclectic’. The commercial real estate industry is very much at the cutting edge of science and technology.

Today’s smart buildings are striking evidence of that. The various sectors of the industry to which this publication is geared (architects, engineers, construction professionals, property and facility managers, appraisers, brokers, designers, title specialists, bankers, lawyers, etc) impact upon and are impacted by nearly every aspect of our economy, and at least some of the groups are impacted by every political decision that is made. Indeed, many of our groups design, build or install components for (or service) religious structures. (God knows (pun intended), many attend them, too!)

So don’t be surprised if you see something called Go to Health discussing exercise facilities within commercial buildings - or something else that raises an eyebrow. (We already have a regular feature called Artchitecture because art and design are critical considerations in any real estate project.) In our Diversions, you can expect to find interesting bits of information and humorous pieces. Like you, we take what we do seriously; but we try not to take ourselves too seriously. And make sure you look in the gutters (the spaces between the pages) where you’re sure to find things to make you smile, or think – or both!

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IREM AUSTIN & SAN ANTONIO Ann Ahrens | Executive Director

SUSTAINABILITY Ellen Mitchell

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contributing writers RACHAEL GREEN Rachael is high-energy, passionate person. Naturally motivated to achieve goals, she enthusiastically incorporates any and all learning opportunities into her personal and professional life. Her passion goes beyond design or the maintenance of a sustainable environment. She also loves the outdoors and long-distance shooting.

SANDRA KIMBALL A typical day in the life of Sandra starts early and ends late. With four young daughters, there is always a knee to mend or a party to plan. Any spare time is a bonus and usually involves sleep, food, and a Malbec. She is passionate about energy management and sustainability, but dark chocolate is a close second. Freelancing and random speaking engagements are entangled with laundry, AAFAME meetings, and Netflix. And lots of coffee.

ROBYN GRIGGS LAWRENCE After decades of answering to higher authorities and collecting a regular paycheck, this former magazine editor is enjoying the freedom and getting used to the financial insecurity of writing whatever the heck she wants (and finding that sometimes people publish it). The author of a book on healthy baby nurseries and two books on wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and impermanence, she is working on another book and training to become a yoga teacher.

ROBERT MILLER Robert’s passions are family and politics. Married for 25 years to Dr. Lisa A. Miller, a dual board certified neurologist and psychiatrist; they are the proud parents of a daughter who is a freshman in college and a son in the eighth grade. He has been involved in politics since his freshman year at Rice University in 1978, and worked three sessions in the Texas legislature while attending law school at the University of Texas at Austin.

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rgreen@huitt-zollars.com

Getting to Green and Staying Green Now that you have a LEED certified buildings are you walking the walk?

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ow green are you really being, and how difficult is it to implement a sustainable policy? Are you, as a company, “Greenwashing”? These are questions a lot of people ask themselves - and have a hard time answering.

Let’s break down a way to look into this and identify the pros, cons, good, bad and ugly. First, look at upper management and gather the owners’ input; second, review the corporate sustainability policy or consider creating of one; third, talk to the employees to gather input and initiate involvement; and fourth, talk to the property managers (if you’re in leased space). Upper management (including the owner) greatly influences the results of effectively creating and implementing a sustainable program. Support must be from top down as well as bottom up.

If you don’t have a corporate sustainable policy, talk to others in your industry to see who has one you can duplicate as a starting point to create one.

There is no need to start from scratch or to reinvent the wheel. Others have spent a lot of time and money researching and implementing something that works. Use it!

Then, work with your co-workers and staff to get feedback. Recon is another mission. After hours, walk through the facility and see who left lights on (even if on timers and sensors). Many people override their occupant sensors which may not be installed correctly and turn off even when they are working. Check shared spaces such as copy, conference and break areas, where the occupant sensors are overly sensitive and need readjusting. Once these items are identified, if warranted, talk to building management to assist in making adjustments to the sensors to save energy.

A FEW QUESTIONS FOR UPPER MANAGEMENT TO ANSWER IN ORDER TO START THE RESEARCH

MORE RECONNAISSANCE

FIRST STEPS

1. Is there a corporate sustainable policy? If not, why not? When can we create one? 2. If there is a corporate sustainable policy, is it being followed?

Why/how or why not? 3. What impact(s) has this policy had on the employees, and has it been good or bad? 4. Is there a shareholder impact on being sustainable and/or from the sustainable policy? 5. Does all upper management buy in to the policy? If not, why not, and how can you get them to? 6.

Do the employees ‘buy into’ the policy? If not, why not and how can you get them to? 7. What influences keep the company pushing forward in sustainability and why? 8. Has there been a financial benefit to being in a LEED certified facility? How did you track them and what are they? If not, why not,and how can you have them tracked? 9. Have you noticed increased employee productivity, and how? If not, why not and what can be done to increase the productivity? 10. Have you noticed employees being happier in their built environment, and how? If not, why not, and what needs to be done to change this? 11. Have you seen a reduction in sick time? How was this tracked and what percentage did it decrease? To what do you accredit this?

NEXT STEPS

Once you’ve gotten these answers, review the corporate sustainable policy (if you have one) to verify that what is in place is being implemented.

Research each item; identify if it is successful, how it is being implemented and what is making it successful. Next, find the items that are not being implemented and identify why not. Be honest with this research and dig deep.

One reason for not implementing something is that the cost is thought to be too high. If this is the perceived reason, do a return on investment study to convince and educate others about the long-term benefits and cost savings.

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Another recon item is looking for things hidden at desks such as radios, heaters, fans etc. that are left on after hours, as well computers not being shut down but put into sleep mode. Turning off all monitors and computers can amount to a large energy reduction. Research to see if the company originally purchased renewable energy credits. If so, find out if these have been renewed (after the initial purchase expired). Many LEED projects are noted for purchasing these but not renewing after they have their certification and the original purchase period has ended. If this is the case, this is not sustainable; it should be done, as it helps support the advancement of renewable energy.

Your recon shouldn’t be just after hours. During the day, take a peek at all the recycling and trash bins. No matter how much you try to educate the employees, there are always some who either can’t figure out how to recycle or just don’t care. You will be surprised at how much you will need to physically sort the trash and recycles after the morning rush and especially after lunch. Posting signs, creating incentives, sending emails etc. will help, but it won’t solve the problem. I look at it kind of like the police; if it was up to me, I would fine (somehow) every person I find mixing the recycling and trash items Maybe this would stop them from putting trash in the recycle bin and recyclables in the trash bins. Make sure the bins are out in the open and clearly marked; this will help, even though it won’t fully solve the problem.

Also, think beyond the everyday recycle items (e.g., plastic, aluminum, cardboard, glass and paper) and create an area for plastic bags, batteries, and toner and ink cartridges. This will be an additional task you take on to discard properly, but at least it will be getting recycled. If you’re in an office where there is a large amount of paper usage, consider printing two-sided, taking the discarded paper and using it for scratch/note pads and recycling.

You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoes and wonder what else you can do while you’re down there.

Rachel Green is the Sustainable Programs Manager for Huitt-Zollars, Inc. She is on the Board of Directors of the Greater DFW Recycling Alliance, a member of the North Texas Recycling Association and the American Public Works Association, and is an active leader within the USGBC North Texas Chapter.

… AND NOT A DROP TO DRINK

Water usage is the next item to research. See if your water devices (toilets, urinals, faucets, etc.) are water efficient. If not, work with building management to see what can be upgraded.

You can stand strong on this because it will save large a amount of water through efficiency and put money back in the owner’s pocket through reduced utility bills. If you have the capabilities to add water meter devices, that is ideal; it can be costly up front, but lead to a very favorable return (which you will be monitoring).

YIKES! IT’S A SECOND JOB!

Finally, the company’s procurement policy can have a large impact on its bottom line and sustainable practices. This is more than a oneperson job, so try to find a “partner in crime” in being sustainable. Take inventory of all office supplies and marketing materials including conference handouts; then, find an alternative that is sustainable. By sustainable I mean: Is it made from recycled content? Can it be recycled?

Where is it manufactured? Does it contain VOC’s (volatile organic compounds)? How often do you order? How is it delivered? Can it be reused? Is it FSC or SFI or some other sustainable forest paper/wood product? Does it contain bleach, etc?

After finding the alternatives, you may see a cost increase in some items, while others will result in a cost savings. There will be a balance.

You should also consider whether the items cause conflict in their intended use. (Some copy/print machines take only paper containing up to a certain percent of recycled content.) People will need to be educated to the fact that just because something is sustainable doesn’t mean that the product is not as good. This is an all-too-common misconception.

One individual has repeatedly said, “This doesn’t last as long as what we normally use”. My response:” 1) How do you know if you haven’t tried it? And 2) I have used it and it works just fine compared to what we’ve been using.” Be creative but be honest.

This can be a daunting task; it can also be fun

and full of surprises. Think outside the box and remember you don’t have to give up the “normal” to be sustainable. Try creating an employee survey with a few simple questions to get started.

Here are some questions you might consider: 1. Do you have any extra electronic devices at your desk such as radios, fans, heaters etc? If yes, what? And do you turn them off when you leave?

2. Do you turn off your computer and monitor each night and on weekends? If not, why not?

3. Do you recycle? Why or why not? If so, what?

4. Do you print two-sided? If not, why not?

5. Do you have proper lighting?

6. Are you comfortable with the temperature at your space? If not, why not?

7. Do you have views to the exterior? How does your view impact you?

8. Do the acoustics affect your productivity?

How? 9. Have you been less sick in the LEED space compared to the non-LEED space? If not, what do you think has been causing this?

10. Has your productivity increased in the LEED space compared to the non-LEED space?

Elaborate.

11. Do you feel happier in the LEED building environment compared to the non-LEED environment? Why or why not?

12. Has having a sustainable policy impacted you? How or why not?

13. Do you support the sustainable initiatives the company has put in place? Why or why not?

14. What recommendations would you make to be more sustainable?

Verify if you are keeping on the green track by talking with the property manager if you are in a lease space. Find out if the recycling is working and what needs to be improved, what the green cleaning plan includes, how energy and water consumption can be made more efficient. Work together to discuss all the items up to this point and see if and how a partnership in sustainability can be created and a successful program implemented.

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jkraatz@usgbcnorthtexas.com

2013 Board of Directors

Green Building Resource Center

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Begins to Take Shape

CHAIR Kirk Johnson Corgan Associates VICE CHAIR Thom Powell GFF Architects SECRETARY Beth Brant BRW Architects TREASURER Bill Moebius Stream Realty IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Kevin Rogers Realty Appreciation, Inc

DIRECTORS Eric Claycamp Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford Greg Craig Craig Design Group David Driskill West Texas Branch, Texas Tech University Tom Hale Linbeck Cara Leigh Ingram Building Sustainability Stefan Kesler Facilities Architecture and Engineering, City of Dallas Keith Lindemulder NUCOR Joan Meeks Commodity Recycling Solutions David Trevino Equipment & Building Services, City of Dallas

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n early 2012, the USGBC North Texas Chapter set out to create a Green Building Resource Center (GBRC) for North Texas.

The GBRC was conceived to foster a public-private partnership with the city of Dallas to fulfill the mission of reaching not only building professionals and the building trades, but also the general public – to teach people about sustainability and provide a place to actually see, feel, learn and experience the latest technologies and strategies related to green building design, construction, as well as green building operation and maintenance strategies.

“Historically, the Chapter has been able to reach and educate professionals in the realm of building design, construction and operations,” said Kevin Roger, 2012 Chapter Chairman. “This resource center will provide a platform to reach the average consumer along with professional audiences and make a greater impact in our community.”

While serving as the Chapter’s headquarters, the GBRC will provide year-round programming including facility tours, an evolving manufacturers’ showcase of green products, lectures and special outreach programs targeted to reveal the pathway to sustainability for the 21st Century. The approximately 6,500 square-foot facility, which will pursue a LEED Platinum rating, will be promoted as a demonstration and education/outreach facility to advance sustainable building practices through eco-effective design and operational efficiency.

Currently, the Chapter is finalizing agreements with the city of Dallas. This type of public-private partnership aligns with the city’s commitment to be a leader in green building. Additionally, the city may facilitate programming within the GBRC directed towards consumers, contractors, professionals and designers to facilitate the implementation of its own Green Building Ordinance, Phase 2 of which goes into effect in October of this year. “…by partnering with the Chapter on this visionary project, the city will be making a bold statement about its commitment to actively participate in the re-development of West Dallas,” Rogers added. (West Dallas, consisting of several communities and neighborhoods, is generally defined as the area bounded by Interstate 30 on the south, the Trinity River on the east and north, and the Trinity River’s West Fork on the west.)

The GBRC will be constructed on a city-owned, vacant parcel of land located at 3400 Sylvan Avenue. This site was selected for its proximity to the city’s Central Business District and is in concert with the city’s interest in promoting the development of the West Dallas area following the completion of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge.

Mr. Rogers added that the GBRC will also help bring together other partnerships (i.e., – colleges, universities, private companies, concerned citizens, and federal / state agencies) to provide a world-class “clearinghouse” of information to support the city’s green initiatives and departments and serve as a hub for public education and events for the Chapter’s membership, allied organizations and the city. n

Dallas-based SmithGroup, JJR was the winner of the 2012 Design Concept Competition for the Green Building Resource Center.

These renderings depict the South and West Elevations of the winning design and are used with the permission of SmithGroup, JJR.

Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot. — ­ Groucho Marx

Jonathan Kraatz is the Executive Director of the North Texas Chapter of the United States Green Building Council.

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n January 23rd, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of the top states for new LEED certifications in 2012.

Texas ranks No. 10.

The per-capita list, which recognizes those states that are leading the way in transforming their buildings and communities and includes Washington, D.C., is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and reflects certifications for commercial and institutional buildings.

With 1.43 square feet of LEED space certified per resident in 2012, Texas stands behind California, with 1.46 square feet, and in front of Nevada, with 1.39 square feet.

“Across Texas, architects, designers, chapter leaders and everyday citizens are coming together to create the healthiest possible environments for working, living and playing,” said Rick Fedrizzi, president, CEO and founding chair of the USGBC. “Making this list is a testament to their collective efforts to make sustainable building design and use a major part of the state’s discussion on the environment, and I applaud their tireless dedication to the mission of the green building movement.”

NOTABLE PROJECTS THAT CERTIFIED IN 2012 IN TEXAS INCLUDE...

• Dallas Convention Center Hotel, the first LEED Gold certified hotel in the state • Warriors in Transition barracks at Fort Bliss, LEED Gold • Porsche Center in San Antonio, LEED Gold • Eagle Veterinary Center in Olmos Park, LEED Platinum • University of Texas, Austin, Student Activity Center, LEED Gold • Cunningham Elementary in Houston, Gold under LEED for Schools • Tarrant County Courthouse NW in Lake Worth, LEED Gold

Dallas OMNI (Convention Center) Hotel

RANK / STATE

SQ. FT. OF LEED SPACE

PER CAPITA

1 District of Columbia

22,246,445

36.97

2 Virginia

29,709,574

3.71

3 Colorado

10,553,881

2.10

4 Massachusetts

13,395,597

2.05

5 Illinois

24,949,997

1.94

6 Maryland

10,954,324

1.90

7 New York

34,378,286

1.77

8 Washington

10,521,177

1.56

9 California

54,252,993

1.46

10 Texas

36,017,979

1.43

Worldwide, more than 15,000 residential and commercial projects have certified under LEED, accounting for approximately 9.5 billion square feet of space. For a full list of LEED-certified projects, visit usgbc.org/press.

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Did you know that wastewater can be used to heat buildings?

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aris based energy systems company Ennesys and algae-harvesting technology leader Californiabased OriginOil have developed a solution that converts wastewater from commercial buildings into energy. The pilot project was launched in November 2012 at the high-rise La Défense area in Paris, which has 37.7 million sq. ft. of office space. Ennesys and OriginOil are fusing two essential functions of the smart buildings of the future: energy generation and wastewater clean up.

The concept, said Ennesys CEO Pierre Tauzinat, is “to produce energy while purifying the wastewater of buildings without using cropland.” Tauzinat will present this unique technology to developers and American architects at this year’s Greenbuild International Conferences and Expo, to be held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

The system takes wastewater from the building (that is derived from bathroom waste water, kitchen water, etc.) and uses it to grow algae, which is nourished by wastewater. The Algae Appliance invented by OriginOil scientists, processes the water and algae to produce methane, which is then used to power the building. Importantly, the flat panel

bioreactors (where the algae grows) can be used on vertical surfaces, so skyscrapers are a huge area of opportunity for this type of energy production.

Ennesys is a pioneer in the brand-new “urban algae” sector, which deploys algae on walls and roofs of buildings to help achieve a positive energy balance and uniquely, purify water in the process. Coursing through “photobioreactors” made of polycarbonate or glass, and using only light, wastewater and CO2, the algae can be harvested every 24 to 48 hours. At the end of the growth cycle, the algae is harvested using OriginOil’s Algae Appliance™ and then processed into a bio-feedstock that has nearly the same energy value as coal.

Because the harvesting process uses no chemicals, the water used to grow the algae can be recycled into the growth system.

Alternatively, once the alga has absorbed the nitrates, the water can then be used as “grey water” in building plumbing systems.

As a bonus, the bioreactors on outside walls are a heat shield that moderates building temperatures, making for a cost-effective insulation system. n Compiled by network sources.

“Nothing is lost; nothing is created; everything is transformed” — Antoine de Lavoisier, 1785, from Anaxagoras, circa 450 B.C.

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Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. — ­ Thomas Jefferson

European Institute of Innovation and Technology (eit) Awards Finalist Would like to Cover Your Building in Algae

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IN 2013

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In 2012, we began this feature which brought several responses that we won’t print here (e.g., “Holy S#@%! You must be f…ing kidding me!”). Oops! Despite those words, readers clearly appreciated the featurewhich will be presented regularly in our March and September issues.

THE TRULY UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE, PICTURES, EVENTS THAT COULD HAVE FILLED THIS PAGE

“‘Really!’ with Seth (Meyers) & Amy (Poehler)” on Saturday Night Live’s “Update”

Some of these are ongoing stories that continue to (dis)grace our front pages.

1 David Petraeus, CIA Director and former commander of US

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forces in Afghanistan (married for 37 years) resigned when word leaked of his extra-marital affair with Paula Broadwell (who said the general’s nickname was ‘Peaches’).

2 Paula Broadwell, the woman whose extramarital affair with

retired Gen. David Petraeus led to his resignation as CIA director. She is a major in the Army Reserve and the author of All In , a (curiously named) biography of the general. Apparently she had been embedded with him in Afghanistan.

3 General John Allen, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, is

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under investigation by the Department of Defense, as part of the inquiry into David Petraeus’s affair. His nomination to be head of NATO was put on hold.

4 Jill Kelley is (was?) the ‘Tampa socialite’ at the heart of

investigations involving two of the most powerful military men in the world.

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5 Tennessee Tea Party Republican US Representative Scott

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DesJarlais was elected, at least in part, because of his opposition to abortion rights. He is a doctor who reportedly pressured his wife to have an abortion –twice! He is accused of seducing several of his patients through his medical practice and offering to write them prescriptions for pills they did not need, and, in at least one instance, (accordingly to the Huffington Post) he pressured a mistress into getting an abortion, as well.

6 Peter Madoff, Bernie Madoff’s younger brother was sentenced to federal prison for his role in the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. He pleaded guilty to a range of crimes, including falsifying documents, lying to securities regulators and filing sham tax returns and was sentenced to a term of 10 years. Bernie pleaded guilty in March 2009 and is serving a prison term of 150 years.

7 John Carney, the Dallas attorney representing Dallas County

Commissioner John Wiley Price in the FBI investigation (see #6) is himself accused of failing to pay his federal personal and business taxes for decades — $5.3 million in all.

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8 John Wiley Price is a Dallas County Commissioner who keeps

getting re-elected despite numerous allegations of being a thug, arrogant, rude and a racist. In court paperwork, he responded to the federal investigation of allegations of conspiracy, bribery, bankruptcy fraud, accepting kickbacks and money laundering by claiming he didn’t have enough knowledge to admit or deny wrongdoing.

9 Lance Armstrong, after years of angry denials, admitted that

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he used performance-enhancing drugs en route to seven straight Tour de France titles. United States Anti-Doping Agency chief Travis Tygart claimed that, even in his confession to Oprah Winfrey, he was not being truthful.

10 Jacob Ryan Evans, a 17-year old from Aledo, TX told

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investigators that he devised a plan to kill several members of his family after watching a horror movie about a boy who murders relatives with ease and without remorse, He is accused of killing his mother and sister. “My plan was to kill my sister and my mom at my house and then go over to my grandparents and kill my oldest sister Emily and my two grandparents,” he wrote. “Then I was going to wait until morning and kill my other sister, Audrey, because she was visiting from college.”

11 Joe Shannon Jr., Tarrant County’s District Attorney was

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accused of sexually harassing groping and directing lewd comments toward an assistant district attorney. He had sought to withhold records that identified him as the target of a complaint, but the Texas attorney general’s office, in response to a request from The Dallas Morning News and other news organizations, ruled against him in part. Assistant District Attorney Sabrina J. Sabin was paid $375,000 by Tarrant County in September after signing a no-fault settlement agreement.

12 Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman who gained national

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prominence with his remark about “legitimate rape,” and who predicted that same-sex marriage would lead to the collapse of civilization, attempted one last task before leaving the House: undercutting the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

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BOMA DALLAS ENTRANTS

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he Outstanding Building of the Year (TOBY) Awards program’s objective is to recognize excellence in building management, operating efficiency, tenant retention, emergency planning and community impact. The competition is conducted at three levels – local, regional and international.

At the time we went to press, the local winners had not been announced. Those buildings will enter the regional competition, the winners of which will be announced at the Southwest Regional event on March 23rd in San Antonio.

OVER 1,000,000 SF

OVER 1,000,000 SF The Point at Las Colinas 402,127 Sq. Ft. Karen M. Jacobs, RPA, Property Manager Managed by: CBRE 250,000 TO 499,999 SF

Fountain Place 1,200,266 Sq. Ft. Andrew Jones, Vice President of Property Management Managed by: Cassidy Turley Commercial Real Estate OVER 1,000,000 SF

Energy Plaza 1,181,927 Sq. Ft. David C. Bryant, Jr., CPM, Property Manager Managed by: Transwestern Corporate Facility OVER 1,000,000 SF

Rosewood Court 417,560 Sq. Ft. Pamela Logan, RPA, Senior Property Manager Managed by: Rosewood Court Management, LLC 100,000 TO 249,999 SF

The Crescent 1,134,826 Sq. Ft. Don Vardell, CPM, CSM, Senior Property Manager Managed by: Crescent Property Services, LLC 14

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The Colonnade 1,051,641 Sq. Ft. Cathy Kuebler, CPM, General Manager Managed by: CBRE

Interchange Office Center 150,216 Sq. Ft. Cathy Kuebler, CPM, General Manager Managed by: CBRE

500,000 TO 1,000,000 SF

BOMA Dallas Events

Bootscootin’ Gala in December

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. — ­ Groucho Marx

The Urban Towers 844,113 Sq. Ft. Pam Baker, General Manager Managed by: CBRE CORPORATE FACILITY

Hunt Consolidated Headquarters 356,209 Sq. Ft. Ben J. Tyner, CPM, RPA, Facility Manager Managed by: Hunt Office Management, Inc. MEDICAL OFFICE

Dart Tournament in January Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Allen MOB 2 67,061 Sq. Ft. Heather Astuto, Property Manager Managed by: Health Care REIT, Inc.

WINNERS COMPETITIVE: 1st Place: Spectra Flooring - Dennis Smith, Jim Donaldson, Shane Cloud, and Patrick Manning RECREATIONAL: 1st Place: AlliedBarton Team #2 - Arturo Roman, Grace Sanders, Darcy Cervantes, and Michael Robles

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The 2012 IREM Dallas

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aggiano’s Restaurant at NorthPark was an excellent setting as President Duane Rettig CPM, along with several past presidents, acknowledged the winners of the prestigious awards.

At the end of the event, Rettig passed the president’s gavel to Claudia Ferrara, CPM.

CPM of Year Duane Rettig, CPM, CCIM, RPA with wife Kay Rettig

Duane Rettig and Christie Clenny, CPM present the 2012 Rising Star Award to David Bryant, CPM

Kristin Hiett, CAE accepting the President’s Award from President Duane Rettig

John Horan, pictured with linda Jackson, accepting the AMO of the Year for Lincoln Property Company

Brian Bordelon is presented the ARM of the Year Award by linda Jackson, CPM

Ginny Goldsmith, CPM (second from right) accepts the Committee Chair of Year Award from (L-R) Jim Seal, CPM; Susan Nash, CPM; and Duane Rettig

Friends Special Recognition was given to Prestonwood Landscape Service. Accepting for Prestonwood was Donna Matthews, pictured with David Bryant, and Duane Rettig

Friends Special Recognition was given to Kessler & Collins PC. Accepting for the firm was Howard Rubin, pictured with David Bryant, Tony Barbieri, and Duane Rettig

Scott Frech of Executive Security accepts the Friend of the Year Award from President Duane Rettig and David Bryant, CPM

Granite Properties received a President’s Award. With Duane Rettig (center) are (L-R) Terri Garber; Suzanne Bechtol; Tessie Nolan CPM; Pam Sieling; Jessica Warrior, CPM; Jean Gaul, CPM; Mary Butler, CPM; Pam Lamm. and Tina Robbins

2012 President Duane Rettig passes the gavel to 2013 President Claudia Ferrara, CPM, LEED AP

IREM Regional Vice President Dawn Daffinee, CPM, swears in the IREM Dallas 2013 Executive Council

Steve Broom, Mark Slicker, Terry Barnes, ACoM, and Sherry Jordan (not pictured) received the Committee of the Year Award (for the Golf Committee) Jim Seal, Susan Nash, and Duane Rettig made the presentation

Award Winners Not Pictured: Legacy Award – Kathy Whitman. Academic of the Year - Julie Lynch. Committee Member of the Year - Jon Rymsza, Restorx,

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Purple is a color invented by Crayola. Before Crayola invented the name for the color Purple people only knew Violet.

Chapter Awards

Preston Moore

Community Outreach Committee

T Kayla and James Moore with Santa’s gifts

hanks to an outpouring of donations from IREM’s property management partners and Friends of IREM, the Moore family had a Christmas to remember that included a limo ride to see Christmas lights, a weekend at the Gaylord Texan, and more gifts than the tree could handle!

In addition, IREM presented the family a check for over seven thousand dollars to help with medical expenses.

Preston Moore learned he will not require further radiation treatments and will not need chemotherapy. This wonderful news came the day after Christmas, and further testing has shown there are no signs of cancer or cancerous cells.

(L-R) Jason Straub, Jessica Heath, Lindsay Oldeen, Addie Rodriquez, Hilary Evans, Monica Green

(L-R) IREM Young Professionals Ginny Goldsmith, Monica Green, Andrea Saccomanno and Amanda Lipford

The Museum Tower Happy Hour Event

on January 17th was a huge success with nearly 100 attendees. There were three tours of the building. Rumor has it that the 19th floor is where the newly resurrected TV show “Dallas” does most of its filming. (See Amazing Buildings in this issue for more about Museum Tower.)

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2012 Award Winners Will Courtney is presented his designation by 2012 Chapter President Clint Montgomery

Local Real Estate Manager Earns Emeritus Designation

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ill Courtney of Courtney & Courtney Properties, headquartered in Fort Worth, has earned the Certified Property Manager (CPM) Emeritus designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors. The CPM Emeritus designation is designed to recognize longstanding CPM Members. Mr. Courtney has been an active member of the Fort Worth Chapter of IREM since 1964.

Kelly Hoelscher - Associate of the Year with President Clint Montgomery Greg Goree of Universal Protective Services accepts the award as Friend of the Year

Jim Ryffel - Candidate of the Year (not pictured)

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Installs 2013 Officers

(L-R) Dawn Daffinee, IREM Regional Vice President, administers the oath to Carma Bohannon CPM, President; Susan Holland CPM, Vice President; Patricia (Pat) Henderson CPM Treasurer; Clint Montgomery, CPM Past President; Melinda Payne CPM, Secretary; Rick Hopwood, CPM Member-at-Large; and Craig Zemmin, ARM Member-at-Large

(Most of) The New Board Craig Zemmin, ARM Member-at-Large; Patricia (Pat) Henderson CPM Treasurer; Susan Holland CPM, Vice President; Dawn Daffinee, IREM Regional Vice President); Carma Bohannon CPM, President; Melinda Payne CPM, Secretary; Clint Montgomery, CPM Past President (Not pictured: Rick Hopwood, CPM Member-at-Large)

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I’ve been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she’ll kill me.

Melinda Payne, CPM - CPM of the Year with President Clint Montgomery

University Park Village

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he new year brings a new owner and management company to University Park Village, Fort Worth’s premier shopping center. Glimcher Realty Trust, a retail developer and manager based in Columbus, Ohio, announced the acquisition of the 170,000 square foot mall for $105 million on January 7th.

University Park Village was built in 1986 and was renovated in 1995. Today, the center is 97% occupied and continues to be one of the top malls in the area with tenants like Apple, lululemon athletica, Anthropologie and Madewell. More than half of the retailers at the center represent their respective company’s only store in the Fort Worth area.

According to Glimcher’s Chairman and CEO Michael Glimcher, “We look forward to continuing to bring first to market retailers to the Fort Worth area and maintaining the high quality standards of the center. More importantly, we want to strengthen our ties with the community. We believe it is important to have a positive presence in the community.”

“I am excited about the acquisition. Glimcher is known for its commitment to quality and to the communities in which it operates,” said Susan Holland, general manager at University Park Village. “This is a great center, and I look forward to working alongside the Glimcher team to find ways to further improve upon the success we’ve experienced during the last 25 years.”

Glimcher owns and manages 29 retail properties spanning both coasts and comprised of mixed use, open-air and enclosed malls as well as outlet centers. University Park Village is its only property in Texas. n

Conserve energy with Mayor BETSY PRICE at the IREM Fort Worth luncheon on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Colonial Golf Club Come learn about the new exciting energy plan to which Fort Worth has committed - and you can, too!

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Vice President

David Schnitzer, CCIM

Brad Crumpecker, CCIM

Treasurer

Secretary

Director

Susan McClure, CCIM

Allen Gump, CCIM

Debi Carter, CCIM

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Joe Garrett, CCIM

John McClure, CCIM

Mac McClure, CCIM

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DIVERSI NS Summer’s Spring Reading List

FICTION • The Scent Of A Man by Jim Nasium • Too Rough by Soren Redd • No! by Kurt Reply • Mexican Revenge by Monty Zuma • Broke by M.T. Wallet NON-FICTION • Animal Illness by Ann Thrax • Using Credit Cards to Your Advantage by Bill Melater • Head Of Security by Barb Dwyer • Vegas Divorces by Marion Hayste • Transportation in the Middle Ages by Orson Cart SELF HELP • 312 Ways To Die by Sue I. Cide • After The Corned Beef And Cabbage by Kay O’Pectate 20

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At its Christmas meeting, the 2013 officers and board members were installed. Local, regional and national award winners were announced. Go to www.ntaee.org to read and see more.

2013 NTAEE Officers, Board of Directors and Chairs Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.

OFFICERS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT Jared Patterson jpatterson@rapidpower.net 469-759-1458

2ND YEAR Chuck Maxwell cmaxwell@mesquiteids.org 972-882-5522

VICE PRESIDENT Tehesia Powell tehesia.powell@siemens.com 972-983-4404

2ND YEAR Deylan Walker deylan.walker@atmosenergy.com 214-206-2823

TREASURE Hollie Brown hollie.brown@schneider-electric.com 972-323-4746

2ND YEAR Tony King king@trane.com 972-919-2312

SECRETARY Jesse Dillard jesse.dillard@dallascityhall.com 214-670-3427

1ST YEAR Lissa Magel lkmagel@sbcglobal.net 214-691-6293

PAST PRESIDENT Don Sweeney powercon@msn.com 972-530-7075

1ST YEAR Kyle Hogue kyle.hogue@tdindustries.com 972-888-9298 1ST YEAR Dietmar Zeidler dzeidler@nexant.com 972-745-9000

CHAIRS MEMBERSHIP Jim Phillips jpaggie@tx.rr.com 214-532-1132

AWARDS Rusty Hodapp rhodapp@dfwairport.com 972-574-8470

SCHOLARSHIP Deylan Walker deylan.walker@atmosenergy.com 214-206-2823

CEM STUDY GROUP Holly Brown hollie.brown@schneider-electric.com 972-323-4746

STUDENT CHAPTER Larry Kramer lkramer@dfwairport.com 972-948-9533

COMMUNITY SERVICE MEETING MANAGER Larry Helpert lhelpert@smu.edu 214-674-9211

CONFERENCE WEB MASTER Bud Leavell bleavell@yazakienergy.com 817-944-3659

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Data DIGest

KENNETH D. SIMONSON

simonsonk@agc.org Kenneth D. Simonson is the Chief Economist of the Associated General Contractors of America.

Outlook for Construction Improves for 2013

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ignificantly more construction firms are planning to add new staff than plan to cut staff, while demand for many types of private sector construction projects should increase this year according to survey results released by the Associated General Contractors of America and Computer Guidance Corporation. The survey, conducted as part of Tentative Signs of a Recovery: The 2013 Construction Industry Hiring and Business Outlook, provides a generally optimistic outlook for the year even as firms worry about rising costs and declining public sector demand for construction.

“While the outlook for the construction industry appears to be heading in the right direction for 2013, many firms are still grappling with significant economic headwinds,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer. “With luck and a lot of work, the hardhit construction industry should be larger, healthier, more technologically savvy and more profitable by the end of 2013 than it is today.”

Contractors are cautious about the overall con-

struction market in 2013 but many expect their own firms to add workers, according to a survey of 1300 firms that AGC released. (AGC members perform all types of construction other than single-family.) Only 20% said they expect the construction market to improve in 2013, compared with 34% who think it will improve in 2014, 22% in 2015 and 24% in 2016.

In 2012, 37% of those who responded added workers and 31% laid off workers. For 2013, 31% expect to add workers and 9% expect layoffs. This was very similar to a survey conducted a year earlier.

POPULATION TRENDS

U.S. population increased by 2.3 million (0.75%) to 313.9 million from July 2011 to July 2012, the Census Bureau reported. North Dakota was the fastest-growing state (2.2%), followed by D.C. (2.1%), Texas (1.7%), Wyoming (1.6%), Utah (1.5%) and Nevada (1.4%). Texas added the most people (427,400), followed by California (357,500), Florida (235,300), Georgia (107,500) and North Carolina (101,000). The only two states to lose population were Rhode Island (-354 or -0.03%) and Vermont (-581 or -0.09%).

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LIZ MOUCKA

liz.moucka@gmail.com Liz Moucka does marketing for Bridgefarmer & Associates, a professional engineering firm specializing in transportation.

GEARING UP FOR “WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION WEEK”

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ach year during the first week of March, NAWIC chapters all over the US promote careers for women in construction, awareness of the NAWIC organization, and membership in the National Association of Women in Construction. March 3 – 8, 2013 is WIC Week.

The Dallas Chapter’s activities are listed at website: www.nawic-dallas.org. They include include: tours of active construction jobsites (hardhats and safety glasses will be provided, but sensible shoes are required); a tour of an interior decorating studio; Happy Hour, and more. Times and locations will be posted on the site. WIC Week activities are free to attend (except those held at food and drink establishments). Guests are welcome and encouraged to attend. The group’s annual golf tournament (benefitting the Scottish Rite Hospital Legacy Scholarship fund) will be held April 29 at the Cowboys Golf Course in Grapevine.

NAWIC welcomes interested women to attend its monthly meetings (on the evening of the 3rd Monday of the month).

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A snail can sleep for three years.

More Firms Plan to Hire, Raise Bid Levels and Expect Key Private Sector Markets to Expand

IAVM 88th Annual Conference AUTUMN CONRAD

aconrad@asid.org Autumn Conrad manages Public Relations for ASID National Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

A Pro Bono Commitment

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he American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and Public Architecture announced a partnership to support pro bono service for nonprofits seeking interior design expertise.

Each will encourage ASID members to pledge to The 1%, a nationwide program of Public Architecture that challenges architecture and design firms to commit a minimum of 1% of their time to pro bono services; it also facilitates a matching service to connect firms with nonprofits seeking pro bono design services.

“The interior design community has played a necessary and important role in The 1% program since its founding,” says John Peterson, founder and president of Public Architecture. “We’re inspired by ASID’s vision and support of the profession’s role in improving communities in need.”

ASID is committed to advancing the profession and communicating the impact of interior design to enhance the human experience. The 1%’s firms, which include ASID members, contribute $9 million in pro bono services annually on average. This new partnership is aimed at providing members with the resources, opportunities and support needed to increase service.

“From designing livable homes for veterans, to creating warm and welcoming environments for children’s hospitals, each day we hear about the many inspiring service projects our members are working on in their communities,” said ASID national president Barbara Marini, FASID, IDEC. “Through our official partnership with The 1% program, we aim to recognize this work while also making it easier for any member who wants to get involved in probono projects.”

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he International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) will host VenueConnect, its annual conference and tradeshow, on July 27–30, 2013, in New Orleans, LA. VenueConnect is IAVM’s association-wide gathering of managers from a variety of venue types including: arenas, stadiums, convention centers, performing arts centers and university complexes.

IAVM’s 3900 members will network, view the latest in industry-related products and services, attend educational sessions, hear a keynote address from an industry leader, and be inspired by other venue professionals from around the world – all while based at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, just steps from the New Orleans Convention Center, and a short distance to the French Quarter Booth space is still available. Visit www.IAVM.org to register, become a member, reserve a booth and/or learn more about IAVM. n

Announces 2013 Officers

Kirk Teske

President Kirk Teske, AIA, LEED AP, Chief Sustainability Officer of HKS, Inc. He has spent the majority of his career orchestrating the design of some of the firm’s highest profile projects, including the Sabre Corporate Campus Project, the first LEED Silver certified project in Texas, and the corporate campus for RadioShack – one of the state’s largest LEED Silver certified projects. Most recently, he completed the MGM CityCenter Aria hotel and casino – a 4,000-room, LEED Gold certified resort in Las Vegas. He is the founding chair of the USGBC North Texas Chapter and a past chair of the AIA Dallas Committee on the Environment.

President-Elect Lisa Lamkin, AIA, LEED AP, with Brown Reynolds Watford Architects

Lisa Lamkin

Dan Killebrew

Vice President, Treasurer Dan Killebrew, AIA, with FKP Architects Vice President, Programs Sean Garman, AIA, LEED AP, with Perkins+Will.

Sean Garman

ABOUT THE 1% PROGRAM The 1% program of Public Architecture gathers the commitment of the designers of the built environment and connects nonprofits with architecture and design firms willing to give of their time pro bono. It is the leading national venue for firms to document their pro bono contributions, discover pro bono resources, and find new project opportunities. Learn more at www. theonepercent.org.

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avish in the City and CRE8 will begin to switch off years starting this year instead of one event in the spring and one in the fall each year. Each will be in April.

A very successful Lavish in the City was held last fall. The design teams created unforgettable design vignettes using donated and repurposed items that were auctioned off. The event raised over $27,000 benefiting IIDA and Dwell with Dignity.

RTKL won the Most Innovative award; Fossil’s creation was the Crowd Favorite; and Trish Wilson & Associates took home the Best in Show.

Funds raised for IIDA help insure financial stability and the ability to support the needs

Trish Wilson & Associates – Best in Show

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upcycled

RONNIE LASCANO LEONE

ronnie_leone@gensler.com

The DFW IIDA City Center 2nd annual ZeroLandfill™ Dallas was a big success. The program diverted over 35,000 pounds of materials from landfill; it estimates that over 500,000 pounds of materials have been diverted from landfill since its inception in 2006.

ZeroLandFill™ not only diverts materials from the landfills, it gives them a second life. Materials are not recycled, but rather upcycled - kept intact and reused for another purpose. Learn more at www.zerolandfill.net.

Ronnie Lascano Leone, IIDA is the IIDA DFW City Center Communications Chair and a designer at Gensler.

of the interior design professionals in the community, with nearly a thousand members, as well as many sponsors and volunteers - and the numbers have been steadily growing. Dwell with Dignity is a non-profit organization that consists of interior designers and volunteers dedicated to creating soothing, inspiring homes for families struggling with homelessness and poverty.

IIDA DFW City Center is kicking off the year with the 3rd Annual CRE8 Design Challenge and Fashion Show benefiting the IIDA Texas Oklahoma Chapter Education Fund. The challenge is to create a garment in eight days. Not just any garment, but a garment that celebrates the connection between interior design and fashion! This year’s theme is Zodiac Signs. Each sign possesses a distinct set of personality traits that sets it apart from the rest.

Are you an optimistic Sagittarius, a charming Libra or a secretive Scorpio?

All of the stars will align on April 26th for a good versus evil showdown on the runway. n

TEXAS SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION

Keep Registered Interior Designers Regulated • Motion to deregulate Registered Interior Designers in Texas ... FAILED • Motion to remove the Registered Interior Designers from the TBAE Board ... FAILED • Motion to hold Sunset review on TBAE in 6 years ... FAILED • A new motion was made for TBAE to create additional pathways to registration

that more closely align with those of NCIDQ ... FAILED • A new motion was made to require all presently grandfathered Registered Interior

Designers to take the NCIDQ Exam within 3 years ... PASSED

Philanthropy – Designing a Plan for Giving Back

Dennis Krause

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he Senior Vice President of IIDA, Dennis Krause, Hon. IIDA will present Philanthropy – Designing a Plan for Giving Back on March 5th (Lunch Event: Fort Worth; Evening Event: Dallas).

3rd Annual IIDA DFW City Center CRE8 DATE: April 26th, 2013 LOCATION: Granada Theater granadatheater.com WEBSITE: www.iidatxok.org HINT: “On April 26th, the Stars Align”

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Powerful Purses

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ort Worth CREW Charities, Inc.’s Board of Directors launched its first annual “Powerful Purses” fundraising event October 17, 2012 at the Fort Worth Club, featuring panelists Dr. Terry Neese, CEO, Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women and Dr. Marti Carlin, Director, Community Affairs, T. Boone Pickens Foundation and owner of Pax-N-Stax. Karen Borta, CBS 11 News Anchor and an award-winning journalist, served as moderator. The new event enjoyed immediate success due to the generosity of sponsors and the collaborative efforts of leadership and committee members with partnering organizations. The proceeds will provide educational opportunities to eligible young birthmothers from the Gladney Center for Adoption through scholarships to Northwood University, Texas Campus. Dr. Kevin Fegan, President, and Mary Frazier, Director of Advancement were in attendance representing Northwood University.

Visit www.crewfw.org/charities for more information. Plans for 2013 Powerful Purses are already under way.

Front (L-R): Keri Redford, Integra Realty Resources- Communications & PR; Karen Kroh, Kroh Designs- President; Becky Eaton, CMA- Programs; Amanda Martin, Southwest Bank-Treasurer Back (L-R): Joanna Cloud, Republic Title- President-Elect; Ginger Johnson, Legacy Texas Bank- Secretary; Cynthia Bailey, Windstar Properties-Charities Advisor; Scott Welmaker, Mansfield Economic Development-Membership; Barbara Fife, Development Services- Legacy of Leadership; Connie Blake, GL Seaman & Co.Sponsorship

Fort Worth CREW Legacy of Leadership Committee/Future Leaders Executive Council holiday event at Lanny’s Restaurant in Fort Worth L-R): Dr. Marti Carlin; Dr. Terry Neese; Dr. Kevin Fegan; Mary Frazier; Cynthia Bailey, President, Fort Worth CREW Charities

(L-R): Dr. Marti Carlin; Karen Borta; Dr. Terry Neese

DIVERSI NS A Tough Pill to Swallow

(L-R): Joy Norton; Barbara Fife; Sara Ward; Sarah Everett ; Cynthia Bailey; Norma Crow; Marlene Beckman ; Amanda Martin; Ashley Carter; Cheryl McGlothlin

Ya’ll or Y’all The apostrophe ( ’ ) is a punctuation mark, which serves two primary purposes in English – to show possession (as in the cat’s whiskers), or to show that a letter is missing (as in the contraction of do not to don’t). It is not proper to us apostrophes anywhere else. Hence, y’all, the apostrophe goes where the letter (or, as in this case two letters (ou) is/are omitted – Y’all.

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(L-R): CREW Members Paula Beasley, Scheef & Stone, Elissa Plotsky, North American Title and Regina Bruce, Merrill Lynch celebrate at the December Holiday Awards Luncheon.

In 2013 Paula Beasley is the Director of Public Relations for CREW Dallas and Elissa Plotsky is the 2013 President.

Kaye McCallum, President of Interprise Design, second from the right, was the Winner of the “Most Valuable Player Award” at the CREW awards luncheon. She is congratulated by Interprise Design co-workers and other associates who celebrated with her.

Celebrating the year end holiday luncheon at the annual awards program are (L-R) Cindy Cohn, Parmenter Realty Partners; Julie Young, CBRE; Rebecca Tudor (2012 president), Twinrose Investments; Regina Bruce, Merrill Lynch/Bank of America; Marti Nemer, Jones Lang La Salle; Kennis Ketchum (finalist for the Outstanding Achievement Award), owner of Portfolio Development, LLC.

Save the whales. Collect the whole set.

Outstanding Achievement Award winner, Laurie D. (Tice) Biddle, General Counsel and Vice President of Hall Financial Group.

Outstanding New Member Award winner, Amy Stanfield, Prudential Asset Resources.

Other Award winners (not pictured): Kaye McCallum, Interprise Design -Most Valuable Player; Michele Wheeler, JacksonShaw -Career Advancement for Women - Individual Category.

Both Jones Day and JacksonShaw received Career Advancement for Women awards in the company category.

Leigh Richter with Bradford Commercial Real Estate, received a first time CREW in the Community Award. The luncheon was held at the Ritz Carlton Dallas with over 300 members and guests in attendance.

2013 CREW Dallas Board of Directors Front (L-R): Rebecca Tudor, Twinrose Investments; Elissa Plotsky, North American Title; Vicky Gunning, Locke Lord; Sally Longroy, Guida, Slavich & Flores. Back (L-R) Kim Hopkins, CREW Dallas; Lisa Novotny-Price, Stutzman, Bromber, Essernman & Plifka; Pam Stein, Greenberg Taurig; Brenda Blake, B&J Financial Services; Paula Beasley, Scheef & Stone; Teresa Giltner, Cox Smith Matthews; Carol Coffman-Sosebee, SCM Real Estate Services; Michelle Hudson, Hudson Peters Commercial

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MarketView Dallas/Fort Worth Office

Fourth Quarter 2012

DFW CONTINUES TO HAVE STRONG ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS HIGHER ANNUAL ABSORPTION IN 2012 THAN IN 2011

Market Statistics

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The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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espite reports of strong overall leasing activity, absorption declined in the fourth quarter, largely due to the timing of tenants taking occupancy. Despite the reduction in absorption for the quarter, vacancy continues to decrease, following a steady trend of declining vacancy rates over the past ten quarters.

Following the strongest quarter we’ve seen since the first quarter of 2009, total absorption fell from over 1.5 million square feet (MSF) in the third quarter to 341,094 SF in the fourth quarter. While Class A properties remained healthy, demand for Class B and C properties was off pace, both posting negative absorption for the quarter.

DFW continues to experience robust economic growth. It remains one of the best metropolitan areas to do business in the country and recently ranked as the #2 “Business-Friendly City” by CNNMoney. Forbes also rated DFW as the top city where Americans are moving to. Houston and Austin were also represented in the top 5. Job growth remains robust as more jobs are added and the unemployment rates continue to fall to its year-end rate of 5.7%. n

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feature ROB SEEDS

rseeds@nctcog.org Rob Seeds is a planner with the Environment & Development Department at the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

2013 CLIDE Awards

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t’s CLIDE time again! The Center of Development Excellence has announced a Call for Applications for the 2013 Celebrating Leadership in Development Excellence (CLIDE) Awards. Public and private entities, including cities, developers, architects, planners, engineers, and others, are invited to submit online applications by March 15, 2013 for this prestigious regional award program. The Call for Applications and more details are available at www.developmentexcellence.com.

Begun in 2003, the biennial CLIDE Awards program recognizes projects and programs that are helping to ensure North Texas’s sustainability into the future by putting the region’s Principles of Development Excellence into action. The 2013 CLIDE Awards will be presented in the categories of New Development, Redevelopment, Special Development, Public Policy and Planning, and Raising Public Awareness.

The Principles of Development Excellence were established by regional leaders to help achieve sustainable, livable communities in North Texas.

These principles are: • Development Diversity • Efficient Growth • Pedestrian Design • Housing Choice • Activity Centers • Environmental Stewardship • Quality Places • Efficient Mobility Options • Resource Efficiency • Educational Opportunity • Healthy Communities • Implementation The mission of the Center of Development Excellence is to promote quality growth in North Central Texas that enhances the built environment, reduces vehicle miles of travel, uses water and energy resources effectively and efficiently, and helps advance environmental stewardship in order to ensure continued economic vitality and provide the highest

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attainable quality of life for all residents.

A jury of nationally recognized experts will be convened in April 2013 to select CLIDE Award recipients from eligible applicants. Recipients will be notified in May 2013 and the 2013 CLIDE Awards will be presented on June 14, 2013 at the NCTCOG General Assembly, to be held at the Hilton Hotel in Arlington. They will be featured in the following issue of the network.

(See our September 2011 issue archived at www.crestpublicationsgroup.com to see the 2011 winners.)

For more information on the Principles or any part of the awards program, visit www.developmentexcellence.com or contact Rob Seeds at the email address above or at 817-695-9224. n Vickery Meadow Improvement District 2011

Southlake Town Square 2005

DeSoto Towncenter Redevelopment 2011

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The Block 2005

feature Zuker “engineered” the home’s scissor-truss system of loblolly pine by choosing boards that looked right and fitting them together.

He counted on the strength of the cob walls to allow him some breathing room

Zuker and a thirdgeneration stonemason hauled boulders to build the dry-rubble foundation, the doorway, and the fireplace

To ensure the best placement, he placed windows after the house was already framed. All the windows are either salvaged or handmade

by Gary and Delores

ROBYN GRIGGS LAWRENCE

robyn@crestnetwork.com

Photos by Paul Bardagjy

Robyn Griggs Lawrence is the author of The Wabi-Sabi House, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House and Seven Steps to a Safe, Nurturing Nursery, an e-book that she co-authored with Dr. Frank Lipman. The editor-in-chief of Natural Home magazine from 1999 until 2010, Lawrence writes and speaks on topics ranging from green design to healthy homes. Her books have received critical acclaim in Time magazine, the New York Times and the Boston Herald, among others. The Conservation Research Institute called her “one of the best informed advocates of natural living in America.”

Zuker’s wife, Delores, a stained-glass artist, made the dining room windows

The fireplace stones and the window trim are all from Gary’s property. The wood floor is salvaged from an old schoolhouse down the road

Texas Hobbit House

A Small, Handmade Austin Treasure

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f all the houses I visited during my tenure as Natural Home editor-in-chief, the first one holds a special place in my heart - Gary Zuker’s hand-built cob cottage—built for $40,000—in 1999. Natural Home named it our “house of the decade” in 2009, and the house continues to capture the imagination of everyone who sees it.

Zuker, a University of Texas computer engineer, had no carpentry experience when he set out to build a small, inexpensive weekend getaway and eventual retirement home on 2 acres of wooded land, just up the hill from Lake Travis outside of Austin, Texas. Austin’s resident sustainable-building guru Pliny Fisk, co-director of the Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, helped him build a home out of modified cob known as Leichtlehmbau, a lightweight mixture of straw and clay. “Anybody can do this,” Gary realized. “It’s simple.”

After poring over drawings of medieval straw-clay cottages in ancient texts at the university’s historical library, Gary pulled together a straw-clay recipe based on historical documents and modern-day innovations. “Real cob is mostly earth with straw as a binder,” he explains. “Leichtlehmbau”, a German term for light straw-clay, is a legitimate extension of it. You add more straw and use only clay to cut down on the amount of earth and increase insulation.”

Gary bought 250 bales of straw at $1.50 a bale from nearby farmers. He had 6 cubic yards of blue clay, which a gravel company was hauling out of a local pit, delivered for $25. He found more than 100 recipes for exterior plaster used to seal the clay and straw, including everything from horse urine to molasses. But all shared the same core ingredients: lime, sand, and horsehair. Lacking access to horsehair, Zuker substituted polyester fiber and added rock salt and alum.

Murray Libersat, a faculty member at the University of Texas School of Architecture, designed Gary’s house according to Sastric architecture, a Hindu design system resulting in simple, elegant buildings that harmonize with the natural order of the universe. The plan called for a simple, rectangular 650-square-foot living area and a 180-square-foot bathroom area. A scissor-truss system for the home’s structure was built using freshly cut loblolly pine from a sawmill nearby.

The house took a good three years to build, and Gary’s still tinkering with it. Throughout the building process, he put blinders on about time. “I had more time than money,” he says. “You cannot make something beautiful if your mind is on the clock. It’s all part of just getting away from the modern mentality.” n Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/ texas-hobbit-house-a-small-handmade-treasure.html#ixzz23d5bhDdq

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feature

Serious Issues for the

83rd Texas Legislature

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he Texas legislature meets in regular session for 140 days in odd-numbered years. It convened in Austin at noon on January 8th and will run through May 27th. Lt. Governor David Dewhurst will lead the Senate where he has presided since 2003. The Texas House of Representatives will be lead by Speaker Joe Straus, who is beginning his third term as Speaker. Last session, 5,796 bills were filed and 1,379 became law — approximately 24%.

The only bill the legislature must pass is a balanced budget for the 2014 - 2015 biennium. Texas Constitution Article 3, Section 49a(b) states that “Except in the case of emergency . . . no appropriation in excess of the cash and anticipated revenue of the funds from which such appropriation is to be made shall be or is valid.”

Fortunately, Texas’s revenue forecast is robust. Comptroller Susan Combs estimates that the state will have an $8.8 billion cash surplus at the end of the current biennium on August 31, 2013, and $101.4 billion in revenue will be available for the next biennium — a 12.4% increase over the current one. The Economic Stabilization Fund, commonly known as the Rainy Day Fund, is also projected to contain $11.8 billion at the end of fiscal year 2015.

However, Texas’ spending demands are also robust. Medicaid requires an additional $4.7 billion by the end of March or the program will run out of money. Appropriators Comptroller Susan Combs intend to reverse an accounting shift that

originally delayed by one day a $2.3 billion payment owed to the public schools on August 31, 2013, so that the expenditure would not be made until fiscal year 2014. Throw in costs for the recent wildfires and criminal justice healthcare cost increases, and the legislature will probably need to pass a $7 billion supplemental appropriations bill by the end of March.

After passing the supplemental appropriations bill, the legislature will still have approximately $5 billion more available this session than it did in 2011. Some of the major issues competing for those dollars are education, transportation, water — and tax relief.

EDUCATION

Lt. Governor David Dewhurst

Approximately 600 hundred school districts are suing the state claiming the current method of financing the public schools is unconstitutional. The lawsuit is likely to be ultimately decided by the Texas Supreme Court sometime next fall.

Most observers expect the school finance system to be held unconstitutional, requiring the legislature to meet in special session and appropriate billions more to the public schools. Accordingly, expect the legislature to reserve some of the available dollars to meet an anticipated adverse court judgment on education funding.

The 2011 legislature did not fund approximately $5.4 billion that would have been due to the public schools under the then current school finance funding formulas. There have been calls by Democrats, teacher groups and others to restore the $5.4 billion, but legislative leadership so far has thrown cold water on that proposal. However, the legislature is expected to fund enrollment growth for the next biennium.

TRANSPORTATION

The legislature must address a large and growing highway construction and maintenance funding shortfall.

Under current funding projections, by 2014 we will be barely able to maintain our current highway system and there will be no money for new construction.

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Old, cracked, worn concrete?

Multiple concrete pours?

ROBERT MILLER

RMiller@lockelord.com Robert D. Miller is the Chair of the Public Law Group at Locke Lord LLP.

The current gas tax of 20 cents per gallon has not been raised since 1991, and it is the primary source of state funding for State Highway Fund 6. Revenues are shrinking even as the number of vehicles on Texas roads increases, because cars are much more fuel-efficient and there are a growing number of alternatively fueled vehicles. Proposals to increase revenues for transportation infrastructure include eliminating diversions from the State Highway Fund to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Education Agency and others; dedicating some or all of the 6.25% motor vehicle sales tax to highway funding; and increasing motor vehicle registration fees by $50.

WATER

Texas is one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, with 1,200 people a day moving here. By 2040, Texas is projected to have a population of 35.8 million — up from 25.1 million recorded in the 2010 census. As our population grows, there will be increasing demands on state water resources by residential consumers.

The demands of industry, agriculture and the environment for water also continue to increase.

The Texas Water Development Board has developed a state water plan to address Texas’s future water resource needs. The plan has a $53 billion price tag, which has not been funded.

Yet the 2010 - 2011 drought, the worst 1-year drought in the state’s history, has provided legislators impetus to beginning funding the plan.

Multiple proposals have been made to withdraw up to $2 billion from the Economic Stabilization Fund to provide seed capital and begin a revolving loan program for water infrastructure investments. With the backing of legislative leadership, look for Texas to initiate funding of its water plan this session.

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TAX RELIEF

The rosy revenue picture has also led to calls for tax relief by some conservative and Tea party members. Proposals include phasing out the margins tax and raising the school property tax homestead exemption. Eliminating the margins tax entirely would cost $5.6 billion. Increasing the homestead exemption to $25,000 from its current $15,000 would cost $1.2 billion.

CONCLUSION

Speaker Joe Straus has said, “Texas needs to get serious about serious issues.” With seasoned leadership from Lt. Gov. Dewhurst on the other side of the rotunda and a strong revenue forecast, look for the 83rd Texas Legislature to begin tackling some of the serious issues facing our state. n

Speaker Joe Strauss with Actress Marlee Matlin at the Texas Council On Family Violence’s “Honoring Women in Our Lives” luncheon

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» building showcase

CityPlace Rendering

City Place by Spire Realty Group, LP We’ve Come a Long Way, Leonard Brothers!

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ormerly known as the Tandy Center and previous headquarters of RadioShack, City Place has had a long history in the heart of downtown Fort Worth. The origins of what’s currently called City Place began in 1918 when J. Marvin Leonard opened a store on December 14th. Brother O. Paul joined him the next year. The business prospered and rapidly expanded beyond its original base of groceries and salvaged merchandise. The Leonards used extensive advertising and eye-catching events to turn the firm into the largest retail establishment in Fort Worth. In 1929, the Leonard’s Department Store started construction of the 25-foot storefront at 200 Houston Street and by the ‘30s, the Leonard brothers dominated retailing in the Fort Worth area.

…PAVED PARADISE AND PUT UP A PARKING LOT The Leonard’s Department Store, 1929

The M&O subway

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In 1963, when parking downtown became a problem, the Leonard brothers decided to build a parking lot by the river and a subway to transport customers into the store. The M&O subway ran from 1963 until August of 2002. It was the only privately owned subway in the world. You can find a treasure trove of Leonard’s history at the Leonard’s Department Store Museum located next door to the M&O Station Grill. Marvin Leonard also developed The Colonial Golf Club and Shady Oaks golf course in Fort Worth.

Since it first opened several decades ago, the mixed-used facility at the intersection of Throckmorton and Third has had several facelifts.

Tandy Corporation demolished the Leonard’s Department Store after

DIVERSI NS buying the building and subway from the Leonard brothers in 1976, and built the Charles D. Tandy Center in its place, housing a shopping mall anchored by Dillard’s, an indoor ice rink, and two landmark office towers. The entire complex was completed in 1978 and became known as The Tandy Center. Leonard’s M&O Subway was changed to Tandy Subway and ran for the last time in 2002.

“We cannot be undervalued!”

RECENT HISTORY

More than half the people living in Uganda are under 15 years of age.

The popularity of the mall began to wane in the 1990s, causing Dillard’s to move out. Virtually vacant, the mall was reborn in 1996 as Fort Worth Outlet Square, a 200,000 sf in-town outlet mall, but was still not successful. The mall and ice rink were both eventually closed and converted into office space for RadioShack Corporation, Tandy’s new name as of 2000. RadioShack Corporation sold the Tandy Center the following year to the PNL Companies who renamed the complex City Place.

By 2008, PNL renovated its north tower, Two City Place, into a Class A office building that is now 82 percent leased. PNL had plans to build condos at One City Place to the south but put the property went up for sale before completing the residential phase.

Spire Realty Group, LP, a privately held real estate investment and management company based in Dallas, purchased City Place in December 2011. A major transformation is underway, and will turn City Place into a mixed-use development that will revitalize downtown Fort Worth and neighboring Sundance Square. The company owns and manages a diverse portfolio including commercial office buildings, retail centers, multifamily projects, parking facilities, and land development sites. Known for its commitment to a hands-on, comprehensive approach and firstclass property management, Spire has an exceptional real estate portfolio with superior tenant retention.

One City Place 100 THROCKMORTON • 312,525 sf; 19 Stories • 16,100 Average Floorplate • Class A; Renovated in 2008 • 2.5:1,000 Parking Ratio • State-of-the-Art Systems and High-End Finishes • Impressive Downtown and Trinity River Views • On-Site Property Management • 24-Hour Security with Controlled Access to Tenant Floors • Prominent Signage Available

Two City Place 300 THROCKMORTON • 325,000 sf; 19 Stories • 16,100 Average Floorplate • Class A: Renovated 2013 • 2.5/1,000 Parking Ratio • State-of-the-Art Systems and High-End Finishes • Impressive Downtown and Trinity River Views • On-Site Property Management • 24-Hour Security with Controlled Access to Tenant Floors • Prominent Signage Available • Available 4th Quarter 2013

FLASH FORWARD TO TODAY

105 years after the Leonards first opened their doors, City Place spans four blocks in the Central Business District, with three separate buildings totaling 1.2 million square feet. The new nine-level City Place connects the two 19-story towers., One and Two City Place.

Two City Place has over 37,000 SF of Class A office space along with over 30,000 SF of new plaza retail space immediately available for lease.

The redevelopment of One City Place is underway and will mirror Two City Place. It will have 325,000 SF of newly renovated Class A office space available by the beginning of 4th Quarter 2013.

CITY PLACE

The old City Place Center has been demolished and work is completed on the “Central Block” of City Place, which includes a 9-level parking garage and a new street-level promenade with 30,000 sf of retail space. This pedestrian-friendly plaza and walkway leads to the historic Sundance Square with skybridge access to the Renaissance Worthington Hotel. n MAR2013 | THE NETWORK

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Beloit College Tom McBride (right) and Tom Nief

Things have changed …

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tarted by Professor Tom McBride and Public Affairs Director Tom Nief (in 1998 at Beloit College in Wisconsin) as a witty way of reminding faculty colleagues to be mindful of their students’ perspectives, it has become a widely utilized guide to “the intelligent if unprepared adolescent consciousness.” (We ran several years worth of the fascinating insights in our December 2011 issue, which is archived on line at www.crestnetwork.com.)

Class Of

2016

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2012’s entering college class (the class of 2016) was born into cyberspace and they have therefore measured their output in the fundamental particles of life: bits, bytes, and bauds. They have come to political consciousness during a time of increasing doubts about America’s future, and are entering college bombarded by questions about jobs and the value of a college degree. They have never needed an actual airline “ticket,” a set of bound encyclopedias, or Romper Room. Members of this year’s freshman class (most born in 1994), are probably the most tribal generation in history and they despise being separated from contact with friends. They prefer to watch television everywhere except on a television, have seen a woman lead the U.S. State Department for most of their lives, and can carry school books—those that are not on their e-Readers­—in backpacks that roll.

The class of 2016 was born the year of the professional baseball strike and the last year for NFL football in Los Angeles. They have spent much of their lives helping their parents understand that you don’t take pictures on “film” and that CDs and DVDs are not “tapes.” Those parents have been able to review the crime statistics for the colleges their children have applied to and then pop an Aleve as needed.

In these students’ lifetimes, with MP3 players and iPods, they seldom listen to the car radio. A quarter of the entering students already have suffered some hearing loss. Since they’ve been born, the United States has measured progress by a 2 percent jump in unemployment and a 16-cent rise in the price of a first class postage stamp.

For this generation of entering college students, Kurt Cobain, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Richard Nixon and John Wayne Gacy have always been dead. There has always been football in Jacksonville but never in Los Angeles. Benjamin Braddock, having given up both a career in plastics and a relationship with Mrs. Robinson, could be their grandfather. Exposed bra straps have always been a fashion statement, not a wardrobe malfunction to be corrected quietly by well-meaning friends.

Their folks have never gazed with pride on a new set of bound encyclopedias on the bookshelf. They have lived in an era of instant stardom and selfproclaimed celebrities, famous for being famous. Newt Gingrich has always been a key figure in politics, trying to change the way America thinks about everything. There have always been blue M&Ms, but no tan ones – and point-and-shoot cameras are soooooo last millennium.

Star Wars has always been just a film, not a defense strategy. Genomes of living things have always been sequenced. Women have always piloted war planes and space shuttles.

Simba has always had trouble waiting to be King.

If they miss The Daily Show, they can always get their news on YouTube. And Robert De Niro is thought of as Greg Focker’s longsuffering father-in-law, not as Vito Corleone.

There are a lot more at www.beloit.edu/ mindset/. n

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artchitecture.info

ON THE COVER

Brian Claffey

Multifaceted

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ew, creative, innovative, and progressive - that’s his artistic side. He is also very detail oriented, meticulous, in fact, and somewhat of a perfectionist. Most of all, Brian Claffey is a very talented artist. His pastel painting “Visions of Main Street” (on the cover) proves that. It adorns the lobby of the Jacobs (formerly Carter-Burgess) Building in downtown Fort Worth.

On his other side, Brian designs and builds swimming pools – some of the finest (and most beautiful) in the

Metroplex. As the artist in the family, he brings a new dimension and creativity to swimming pool design (having won an International Gold Award) and also to the family business (Claffey Pools).

His fascination with different mediums and art in general began at an early age and, after winning awards in

In addition to

school, he studied under the guidance of Grigor Aleksi and Laert Aleksi at Studio Sabka in Fort Worth. He has cre-

creating works out of

ated some outstanding works in stone, clay and wood. His newest passion is working with oil paints – the medium

stone, clay and wood,

that he believes will truly set him apart.

Brian Claffey has also

He carries that passion into all aspects of his life – his art, his pool designs, his faith and his extensive community

designed and built

service. He often donates his time and work, and his pieces have brought in thousands of dollars at auctions benefit-

a swimming pool

ting others. He’s an optimist who always finds the positive side of things, an inspiration to many, and a very spiritual

project in Westlake, Texas that won an International Gold Award.

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person. These traits shine through his creations.

Although he is currently running a family business with his sister and brother his dream is to someday have his own art studio. Inspired to paint people Brian’s next project is going to painting his 9-year old son with dog Tyson.

Claffey’s work is available through Milan Gallery in Fort Worth. (See accompanying story in this section.)

In English, the only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

The Aurora

The Light of GRACE

The Hands of GRACE

The Hands of GRACE and The Light of GRACE These two works were created with and for GRACE, a transitional housing program designed to help bring women and children off the streets.

The artist created a piece that would get auctioned at one of their gala events. The children and their mothers were asked to draw something that made them happy and then hide their images so that one could not see what the other drew. Once all the drawings were complete, he enhanced the piece by incorporating two hands holding grapes to symbolize God’s creation (holding the fruit and the vine) and that through Him and His word anything is possible. The open book below symbolizes the Bible and its power to change lives. Many children worked on the piece creating the lights illuminating Jesus. Here, too, after a child completed his/her section, the area was masked off so that one child would not ‘borrow’ from another. The intent was to convey that through prayer you can accomplish anything, and the spectrum of light will never end.

The Desolate Tree

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Artiste Extraordinaire Ric Dentinger’s La Mansion Riverwalk Bridge-San Antonio graces the cover of the premier edition of the Corridor edition of the network. It was originally commissioned

by The San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau as a gift for visiting dignitaries from Target, and it now hangs in the international headquarters of that Minneapolis company. The SACVB requested a painting that reflected the vibrant beauty and unique charm that is the Eilan Watercolor San Antonio Riverwalk. Dentinger, a San Antonio resident and a nationally recognized watercolorist, is best known for bold architectural designs, softened up his approach with a dreamy depiction of the beautiful and well-known bend along the Riverwalk.

While Dentinger considers himself primarily self-taught, the time he spent at the Hunter School of Art had an impact on his love of painting and his respect for the art. His art instructor, Warren Hunter, taught the European Atelier method of art - serious art for serious artists. Atelier method is centered on realism, and the acquisition of fundamental skills before exploring personal expression. It is a form of realism based upon the careful observation of nature and people. Still life, landscape, portraiture and illustrative work are explored in a measured and systematic process. Artists using this approach tend to be united in a desire to reintroduce classical methods and techniques into modern painting. Although best known for his watercolors, Dentinger’s oil paintings also resonate with a depth of contrast and dramatic flair that truly distinguish his signature pieces.

Dentinger’s work can be seen at www.ricdentinger.com and is available through the Hunt Gallery in San Antonio, TX, the Keating Gallery in Aspen, Colorado and the Felder Gallery in Port Aransas, TX.

R Ric Dentinger

The Good Setter Oil on Board 9” x 12” One of the champion hunting dogs at Joshua Creek Ranch.

Ann and Joe Kercheville Collection

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Gruene Hall Watercolor on paper 22’ x 30’ Nationally famous dance hall located in Gruene, Texas.

Albert Estrada Collection

Bridge of Art Watercolor on paper 14.5’ x 21.5” The world famous Parisian bridge was painted during an art expedition to France.

Jane and John Brown Collection

Welfare, Texas Watercolor on paper 14.5” x 22” Well-known and painted by many local artists for over 30 years, the Welfare Store is now a restaurant located near Joshua Creek Ranch in the Texas Hill Country.

Private Collection

In 20 years, you will be more disappointed by what you didn’t do than what you did. — Mark Twain

La Mansion Riverwalk Bridge-San Antonio

The Argyle – San Antonio, Texas

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illiam Verdult is a world-renowned artist, known for his mastery of both classical and modern impressionist oil painting. He also sculpts, sketches, and paints in watercolor – occasionally even combining various techniques and mediums. Born in Nazi-occupied Holland in 1939, he immigrated with his family to America in 1950 to seek out a better life. He is widely recognized as one of the top living artists in the United States today.

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r. Seuss (a/k/a Theodor Seuss Geisel) is best known as one of the most beloved and bestselling children’s authors of all time, having written and illustrated classics such as The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas! He was also a political cartoonist for PM magazine during World War II, as well as a contributing illustrator for Vanity Fair and Life. For over 70 years, his illustrations brought a visual realization to his fantastic imaginary worlds; but his artistic talent went far beyond the printed page. Ted Geisel’s “Secret Art,” the paintings and sculptures created at night for his own personal enjoyment, were rarely if ever exhibited during his lifetime.

This exhibition showcased many of his authorized estate editions that were recreated from his original drawings, paintings, and sculpture for private collections and museums. Young and old alike were in absolute awe as a never-before-seen illustration was unveiled.

Several of the pieces remain on display, and limited reproductions of most of these offerings are still available through the gallery.

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ANGELA O’BYRNE

aobyrne@e-perez.com Angela O’Byrne, AIA, is President of Perez, APC, a 70+ year-old architecture, planning, interior design, and construction firm.

Daring Architecture, Glaring Problem Dallas’s Museum Tower

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reating an amazing building can be a complicated dance of considerations, as aesthetic and practical concerns are hardly ever perfectly aligned. Even remarkable buildings designed by eminent architects may have serious or unforeseen flaws that are only revealed as plans are executed. In 2011, as construction workers began to erect the glass components of Museum Tower in Dallas, the building’s neighbors found themselves with a new problem—shining as bright as the sun.

Designed by Scott Johnson, FAIA, of Johnson Fain in Los Angeles, the Museum Tower is a thoroughly modern marvel of glass and steel, rising 560feet above Dallas’s blossoming Arts District. Reminiscent of John Burgee and Philip Johnson’s famous Lipstick Building at 53rd and Third Avenue in New York (for which Scott Johnson served as Design Associate), Museum Tower has an elliptical shape, cutting a stark figure against the sky.

Museum Tower is white and blue and brilliant, with a subtle convex curve to its façade. It juts out from the surrounding green space, surrounded by trees and a lush terrace level that includes a great lawn, an 80-foot pool, and a Zen garden. Modeled after the classic form of a Doric column, the figure nonetheless has a decidedly contemporary look, a welcome respite from the

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era of the postmodern skyscraper. Glass sails envelop the structure and fly above the roof, while crescent balconies jut out from its endpoints, providing panoramic views of Dallas to the building’s residents. It’s an ambitious and risky project, at $200 million and 125 units, funded by the notoriously aggressive investing of the Dallas Police & Fire Pension System.

The apartments themselves are luxury affairs, appointed with 12-foot ceilings and every conceivable amenity. The building offers nine floor plans, from a 2417 sq. ft. apartment to a 9369 sq. ft. full floor penthouse.

Furthermore, for the interiors, residents have three designer home options to choose from - conceived by Emily Summers, Ann Schooler, and Marco French - running from traditional to contemporary.

As elegant as the building is, the real sell is its location: it’s a stone’s throw from Dallas’s premier cultural institutions—including the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, the Dallas Museum of Art, and Klyde Warren Park, making the apartments ideal homes for Dallas’s growing class of art aficionados, foodies, and socialites. It is yet another push in Dallas’s bid to attain world-class status, a jewel in the crown of the arts district—which is the nation’s largest at 68 acres and 19 contiguous blocks.

Unfortunately, Museum Tower’s proximity to the best of Dallas’s art scene, coupled with its ambitious design, has produced a logistical and public relations headache. Overshadowing the accomplishment of the building and dominating the conversation surrounding the skyscraper has been the focus on the glare generated by the 42-story building’s windows. The southfacing glass acts as a mirror, reflecting Dallas’s harsh sun—much to the chagrin of the building’s neighbors.

The Nasher Sculpture Center, which sits adjacent to Museum Tower, has complained that the focused, reflected glare from the building has put some of its pieces at risk of damage, both in the exterior garden and in the center itself. At particular issue is that the roof of the Nasher, a cast aluminum sunscreen designed by Renzo Piano to maximize solar harmony, is, by all rights, itself a work of art with a patent pending. The collection’s riches include works by Degas, Rodin, and Picasso.

Others claim that the reflective rays are scorching nearby grasses and plants. The ensuing conflict has inspired breathless David-and-Goliath philippics in the press. Museum Tower even caught the nickname “The Tower-

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Largest Abraj Al-Bait Towers

THE ABRAJ AL-BAIT TOWERS, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the holy city in catering to the pilgrims. The complex holds several world records, such as the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world, the world’s largest clock face and the building with the world’s largest floor area. The complex’s hotel tower became the second tallest building in the world in 2012, surpassed only by Dubai’s Burj Khalifa. The building complex is meters away from the world’s largest mosque and Islam’s most sacred site, the Masjid al Haram. The developer and contractor of the complex was the Saudi Binladin Group, the Kingdom’s largest construction company.

ing Inferno” in one magazine profile. One cannot help but recall the coverage of the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, whose own magnified rays proved problematic to the hotel’s pool-goers and earned the nickname of “the Death Ray” when it started melting cups and burning hair.

While Museum Tower is not in violation of any codes, the light problem stresses the game of contingencies that comes with bold design.

While Museum Tower is within its rights, and while the Nasher may have anticipated future development when it opted for a roof that allowed for maximal light penetration, one must always account for public opinion when working on such a large scale.

Various solutions are being considered, from louvers on the Tower’s windows to realigning the Nasher’s roof. This writer thinks a good solution would be a light-absorbent, tensile fabric structure between the Nasher and Museum Tower that would itself be sculptural and protect the Nasher from the glare of the Tower’s glass.

Understandably, both parties are fighting for the option least intrusive to their own institution’s architectural integrity. Whatever the outcome to the Museum Tower light issue is, the fix is unlikely to be cheap. With hundreds of millions of pension dollars on the line, we can expect a fight in the years to come. n

Boeing Everett Factory

Palace of Justice

THE BOEING EVERETT FACTORY (in Everett, Washington) is an airplane assembly building. Located on the northeast corner of Paine Field, it is the largest industrial building in the world by volume (with 472,370,319 cu ft) and covers 98.3 acres. It also holds the world record for the largest footprint and the largest amount of usable space. It’s where Boeing 747s, 767s, 777s, and the new 787 Dreamliners are built.

THE BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) PALACE OF JUSTICE, the largest court building in the world, was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style of architect Joseph Poelaert. It was/ is the biggest building constructed in the 19th century. Today, it stands 525 by 492 feet, has 8 courtyards, and 27 large and 245 smaller courtrooms. n

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ROSE-MARY RUMBLEY

Rose-Mary Rumbley has written three books about her native city – Dallas. She has also written “WHAT! NO CHILI!” and a book about the 300th anniversary of the invention of the piano. She has appeared on the stage at the Dallas Summer Musicals and at Casa Mañana and was head of the drama department at Dallas Baptist University for 12 years. Today she is on the speaking circuit and teaches drama classes at Providence Christian School. Her loving views of Texas history appear in every issue of the network.

History Gets Personal The Quadrangle in San Antonio

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itting on top of a hill, the highest point in San Antonio, which today is known as Government Hill, is the Quadrangle, the oldest building in Fort Sam Houston. It was built with no windows and only one gate in 1876 as a supply depot for the US Army.

The ‘Quad’ with its unique clock tower is a “must see” for all visitors to the Alamo City.

I have several stories to tell about the Quadrangle and Fort Sam Houston — a couple of personal stories and one story that is a part of Texas history.

In 1953, I married Jack Rumbley, who was the one o’clock lab band drummer at the University of North Texas. We both graduated from UNT and, soon after, got married.

Jack was drafted into the US Army and sent to Fort Sam as member of the Fourth Army Band. Some other UNT drafted musicians were also sent to Fort Sam. We had a reunion with college buddies.

As a bride, with pride I attended the military ceremonies that were held daily at the Quadrangle.

Jack looked so handsome in the special band uniform provided for this select headquarters band.

There were animals roaming around in the Quad. No one really knew why they were there, but I remember the peacocks being the most vocal. When the band played they sang in loud and awful squawks. The noise actually brought smiles to the faces of the most somber and cheerless generals who were reviewing the troops.

Our daughter Jill was born at Brooke Army Hospital, Fort Sam the same year that General Jonathan Wainwright died at Brooke. He was in the hospital often after his return from World War II and never really recovered from the horrific Death March of Bataan in the South Pacific which (as a captive) he made with his men.

General Wainwright was the first of the great generals of WW II to die in the US, and his funeral was held at the Quadrangle. I will never forget it. There they stood—the greatest of WW II - General/President Dwight Gereral Douglas MacArthur (l) and D. Eisenhower, General Douglas General Jonathan Wainright

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MacArthur, General Omar Bradley, General George Marshall, General Mark Clark and General Matthew Ridgway. The navy was well represented there ­— Admiral William (‘Bull’) Halsey and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

Of course, the headquarters band played for this high military funeral. Jack was ordered to drape the drums in black. To say the least, it was a memorable moment.

A few weeks later at Ft. Sam, the last of the US Cavalry horses died. ‘Old Pat’ had been grazing at the fort and one day he just dropped dead. This was the end of the US The Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle Cavalry. No more John Wayne riding in at the last moment to save the day!

Would you believe they had the same funeral for Old Pat as they had for General Wainwright? I attended both and they were both high military funerals. The WW II generals didn’t make it for Pat’s funeral, but everything else was the same. This is one of my favorite stories.

In 1886, the Quadrangle hosted one of its most famous guests — ­ the notorious Apache Chief Geronimo. He was housed at the Quad for six weeks following his surrender in Arizona to General Nelson A. Miles. This is when a legend started concerning the animals there. Those in command wanted to make Geronimo feel more at home during his confinement, so wild animals were placed in the Quad. This is a legend!

Geronimo wrote an autobiography, and here is his story in his own words: “I gave up my arms and said, ‘I will quit the warpath and live in peace hereafter.’ Then General Miles swept a spot of ground clear with his hand and said, ‘Your past deeds will be wiped out like this and you will start a new life.’ When I had given up to the government they put me on the Southern Pacific Railroad and took me to San Antonio,

Crayola used to make a crayon named ‘Flesh’ but it was renamed ‘Peach’ in 1962, at least in part due to the civil rights movement in the US.

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Geronimo’s Tiradores The Rough Riders at the top of the hill they captured in the Battle of San Juan (1898)

Dwight D. (‘Ike’) Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander in World War II, became the 34th president of the United States (1953-1961)

General Lawton at his desk in the Phillipenes

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Texas, and held me to be tried by their laws.”

Geronimo escaped the civilian trial in San Antonio. He was ‘deported’ instead to Florida, where he was put to hard labor for two years. Then he was sent to Vermont, Alabama for five years, and then to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where General Miles visited him. “I asked to be relieved of labor because of my age,” he said. “I need not work anymore except when I wished to.”

The last years of Geronimo’s life were very different. He made a strong attempt to live as the white man, even becoming a Christian. Later, in 1904, he was taken to the St. Louis World’s Fair where he participated in the roping contests at the Wild West Show and where he met President Teddy Roosevelt. His comment: “I wish all of my people could have attended the fair.”

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enry Lawton served in the Union forces in the Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for heroism and was discharged in 1865 as a colonel. He rejoined the army in 1867 and served throughout the Indian Wars. In 1886, he lead a select group of troops into Mexico in pursuit of Apache Chief Geronimo, whom he captured after three months.

During the Spanish American War (in 1898), Lawton distinguishing himself by providing backup support for Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders in their charge on San Juan Hill. At the close of the war, he was sent to the Philippines.

HISTORICAL IRONY His service was very successful there until he was killed at the Battle of San Mateo by the forces of Tiradores De La Muerte (Marksmen of Death) who were under the command of Licerio Geronimo.

Lawton, Oklahoma was named for General Lawton.

The city is near Fort Sill, US Army Field Artillery Center, where Apache Chief Geronimo is buried and where he spent his last years as a prisoner.

Licerio Geronimo Fourth Army Band at Fort Sam Houston with Jack Rumbley circled.

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feature CUBIC HOUSES (Rotterdam, Holland) Hate your office cube? These cubic houses are in the center of Rotterdam, Holland. There are 40 of them, each tilted 45 degrees.

What Were They Thinking?

Among the philosophies that have influenced modern architects and their approaches to building design are rationalism, empiricism, structuralism, poststructuralism, and phenomenology. Then, it seems, there is just plain

strange!

UFO HOUSE (Sanjhih, Taiwan) Named by the local residents because of its extra-terrestrial design, this is an abandoned resort.

THE CROOKED HOUSE (Sopot, Poland) The name on the door of this shopping center literally translates to ‘The Crooked House’. It genuinely curves and slants and boasts a unique look that was inspired by fairy tale illustrations.

KLEIN BOTTLE HOUSE (Rye, Australia) Derived from its namesake, The Klein Bottle - a 19th century invention used to describe a form that has no distinguishable inside or outside.

THE ROUTE 66 HOUSE (Hydro, Oklahoma) Built in 1980 (on Old 66) many stop to take pictures of this round wonder. Having withstood a tornado, this residence is here to stay.

THE HOLE HOUSE (Houston, TX) This condemned house looks like its façade was sucked into a small wormhole. The space/ time warp was the creation of local artists.

HAINES SHOE HOUSE (York, Pennsylvania) Built in 1948 as an advertising gimmick, it is a wood frame structure covered with wire lath and coated with cement stucco. It is 48’ long, 17’ wide and 25’ tall. The interior has five different levels and contains three bedrooms, two baths, a kitchen and living room.

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STONE HOUSE (Somwherein, Portugal) Sandwiched between two boulders (linked with a concrete mix) and tucked into a swath of countryside within the Fafe Mountains, the Stone House is rumored to have been inspired by the Flintstones.

CIVIL JUSTICE CENTER (Manchester, England) Opened in 2008, the northwest England headquarters for the Department of Constitutional Affairs is a sustainable building of civic significance (with more than 25 awards).

THE KETTLE HOUSE (Galveston, TX) Close to the Gulf of Mexico, where most of the buildings are on “stilts”, this metal structure is about 50 years old. It even survived Hurricane Ike in 2009.

CRAZY HOUSE (Dalat, Viet Nam) A very creepy tree house hotel which sits upon the branches of trees, the Hang Nga Guesthouse (translation Crazy House) actually is a tree (although some of it is concrete and other materials). It has a dark fairy tale mood and wildly organic twists and turns.

WOODEN GANGSTER HOUSE (Archangelsk, Russia) This 13-story, 144’ tall residence of a local entrepreneur was reported to be Russia’s tallest wooden house. Constructed over 15 years (starting in 1992) without formal plans or a building permit, it deteriorated while the owner spent a few years in prison on racketeering charges. In 2008 it was condemned as a fire hazard and torn down.

PICKLE BARREL HOUSE (Grand Marais, Michigan) A two-story cabin built to resemble two barrels. Its design is based on the Teenie Weenies cartoon characters that were two inches tall and lived under a rose bush in a pickle barrel. Built in 1926 by the cartoon’s creator as a surprise for his wife, it was the couple’s summer cabin; since 2005, it has been a museum.

HOUSE ATTACK (Vienna, Austria) MUMOK is the largest art museum in Austria. In 2006 Ern Wurm installed the Attack House on the exterior ‘as a symbol for an everyday occurrence as well as small-mindedness.’

RIPLEY’S BUILDING (Niagara Falls, Ontario) Completed in 2003, the structure (only) appears to have been cracked by a hurricane.

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in the workplace

Frail and in a wheelchair, former Senator Bob Dole was on the Senate floor. He had been hospitalized recently but came to push for the treaty

WALLY TIRADO

wally@nortexcode.com Wally Tirado is a Principal Consultant with NORTEX Code, LLC. which provides building code consulting throughout Texas. He is a Registered Accessibility Specialist, Certified Accessibility Inspector/Plans Examiner, and a life member of the Disabled American Veterans. He is also an associate editor of the network magazine.

The Rights of People With Disabilities Treaty

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ast December, the U.S. Senate failed to ratify the “Disability Treaty” or - as it’s formally known - the United Nations Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. To ratify the treaty a two-thirds majority vote was required. The rejection of the treaty has brought outrage from the veterans groups and disability organizations that had rallied behind the treaty. Sen. John McCain and former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, both disabled veterans, had lobbied the Senate for its passage. Defining the impact may be difficult until you know what the treat is all about.

WHAT IS THE TREATY?

The purpose of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is “to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to

President George H.W. Bush signs the American With Disabilities Act

promote respect for their inherent dignity.” The convention contains forty articles that outline the principals and obligations of the consenters to the treaty and includes another ten clauses and optional protocols.

What is unique about the legally binding convention is that it is both a development and a human rights instrument. The convention seeks to change the attitudes towards persons with disabilities by ensuring dignity, freedom and equal rights. It further callas for international cooperation.

Some of the general principals are: Accessibility; Equality; Inclusion; Nondiscrimination; and Respect.

The treaty calls for international cooperation regarding the inclusion of persons with disabilities. It further outlines that limitations on resources is not an excuse to delay its implementation, and goes further by providing strategies for the effective use of limited resources. Some of the optional protocols include national monitoring and implementation within the United Nations. What is notable about the treaty is that is does not specifically define a disability.

A LITTLE HISTORY

(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)

Since 1978, the United States and its people have worked to assure that people with disabilities have equal opportunities. This ultimately resulted in the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and was signed by then President George H.W. Bush. The U.N. treaty was modeled after this landmark legislation – legislation that had put the United States in the forefront of efforts to secure equal rights for the disabled. Indeed, it was the blueprint for an earlier U.N. treaty - also signed by President George W. Bush (in 2006). President Barack Obama, signaling the U.S. intention to ratify the protocol, signed the convention again in 2009.

As of this writing, there are 155 signatories to the convention since its opening, 127 ratifications of the convention and 76 ratifications to the protocol (including Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia).

President Barack Obama signs an Executive Order increasing federal employment of individuals with disabilities, during an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the White House

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THE ARGUMENT

Those (politicians in the US who were) against its ratification argued that the treaty could pose a threat to US national sovereignty. Some senators

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Senator John McCain (L) and Senator (now Secretary of State) John Kerry

expressed concern that regulations and international organizations would infringe on the rights of Americans. They argued that the treaty could be used as a standard in US court cases or that it could prevent parents from making their own decisions concerning their disabled children.

Supporters of the treaty say those arguments are unfounded. They point out that implementation would make it easier for disabled Americans to travel, live, and work overseas. And, they maintain, the treaty did not mandate any changes in US law and that, in fact, the treaty embodied the same principles and goals of the ADA. They contend that, because the treaty contained nothing that already wasn’t embodied in our law, the ratification failure was merely a political based more on concerns (by a lame-duck Congress) about abortion, as well as an expression of a lack of support for the United Nations.

WHAT NOW?

The challenge of implementing the Convention is certainly not over; the US Senate (which has the constitutional authority to ratify treaties) can revisit the issue at any time. Clearly there is a need for training, awareness, and knowledge management, and ultimately there is a need to include persons with disabilities in all stages of implementation, and to build the capacity of organizations of persons with disabilities to do so. n

“It needs to be a wake-up call about a broken institution that’s letting down the American people.” — John Kerry

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his should have been a pro-forma vote that passed with broad bipartisan– a symbolic signing on to a treaty that sought to raise international standards (on treatment of the disabled) to the level the US achieved more than 20 years ago (under President George H.W. Bush). It was hoped that America would add its voice to help extend disability rights around the world.

Instead, the vote became moderates vs. right-wing fear-mongers, which demonstrated how polarized and dysfunctional the Senate has become. The problem was not the treaty itself; there were no financial costs or binding red tape associated with it.

The problem was a far-right claim that any international treaty is a surrender of sovereignty. A misinformation campaign argued that the treaty could somehow usurp Stephen Colbert captured the irony by reminding us that parental rights and compel abortions in a -thanks to the Americans With Disabilities Act, - the Senate dystopian future. In the name of dignity, chamber has accessibility features that allowed the wheelchairdignity was lost; in the name of compas- bound Bob Dole “to see his dying wish crushed in person.” sion, compassion was denied.

The stark polarization that has grown over the last fifteen years was symbolized by 89-year-old Bob Dole, the former Senate Republican majority leader and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, sitting in a wheelchair outside the Senate chamber, greeting his former conservative colleagues and urging them to vote “Yes” on the treaty. (Dole lost the full use of one hand in WW II.) But Republicans fear being attacked by the right wing of their own party, and after paying only perfunctory respect to the Main Street Republican and his legacy, entered the chamber and voted 61 to 38 (five votes short of the two-thirds needed to ratify the treaty); a very extreme minority blocked the moderate majority.

If the Senate can’t agree on a non-binding treaty to protect the rights of the disabled, is there any hope of resolving so many of the expensive and contentious issues that face us today? n Compiled by network sources.

DIVERSI NS Politically Co-Wrecked Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. The US House of Representatives voted (33 times over an 18 month period) to repeal the healthcare law, knowing full well that the action was going nowhere. Einstein also said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity — and I’m not sure about the universe.”

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Out of the Dark Equipping Your Team With Next Generation Building Automation

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recently met with an eccentric building owner who has a sizeable portfolio in the Texas market. He was kind enough to meet with me even though he had little understanding of what my company offered or how it would benefit him. My colleagues likely had approached him hundreds of times, so I was curious why he would choose to install residential thermostats provided by our local energy company.

It was immediately clear to me that this was a busy man. He listened to me as he answered text messages, was interrupted several times by his staff, and he couldn’t help glancing at his persistent pinging emails on the five screens behind him. Realizing that this meeting would accomplish nothing, I asked him if we could reschedule at a later time when he was less busy.

He kindly apologized, explaining that he had worked through the weekend while his wife was in New York alone for her birthday and he had no less than 400 emails coming in daily. So I asked him, “Will anything in your inbox take 20-30% off your operating expenses today?”

AN ATTENTION GETTER

He stopped what he was doing and literally fell back into his chair and only responded, “No.” I had his attention. I only had to tell him that our clients typically experience a payback within 1-2 years and that he could manage his entire portfolio from his phone before he introduced me to his building engineer and accountant to facilitate the information we would need to get started. I later determined that this building owner felt that he had been “burned” by one of the larger companies in the industry and resolved that he would rather not manage his energy than pay an “exorbitant amount of money” only to find himself “with an obsolete system in a few short years.”

He had the foresight to know that a technological revolution was occurring in the building automation and energy management industry. (BAS/EMS) Indeed, it has. Today’s EMS/BAS systems look and feel so different that they are almost deserving of a new name altogether. The most obvious change, at first glance, is the ease of use. A well-designed system interface should be as intuitive as Angry Birds. It is time to throw away those 2-inch binders! With information relevant to the CFO, the Office Manager, the Asset Manager, and the Property Manager alike, we shouldn’t expect everyone who touches the system to have an engineering degree. Today’s systems report data like cost of cooling, overrides, and long run times so that the entire team can manage buildings, maintain assets, bill tenants, effectively budget, and monitor their energy usage from one screen. Herein lies the disconnect of your typical BAS/EMS. Most often, the building engineer is not responsible for the energy bills and yet he is delegated with setting up schedules

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and “shutting off ” the building after-hours.

The sexiest feature that you see today in BAS is mobility. After decades of costly servers that sit in dark closets, today’s energy management system is wherever you are. How many facility managers do you know that have the luxury of sitting at a desk to monitor their BAS system from a workstation? Most that I come across manage several buildings, if not several cities with multiple buildings in each. They need to access their buildings from a smartphone or smartpad to monitor systems and respond to calls, in real time. Building engineers and facility managers no longer have to be tied to their building in order to manage or control HVAC, lighting, or electricity monitoring. Now that’s cool.

WHAT IF . . .

I am amazed by the number of buildings I come across that have BAS with no real-time alarming capability for critical system faults. If you have to be sitting at a workstation to receive an alarm that a unit is failing, how often are you going to respond in time? What if a piece of plastic has wrapped itself onto a fan blade and the unit is burning up in response, but you’re at home because it’s 8:00 at night? That exact scenario happened to a client a few weeks ago and the office manager was able to shut the unit down from her phone, saving her company at least $10,000! This is a game changer not only for facilities personnel who can extend the life

SANDRA KIMBALL PEARSON

sandra.kimball@incenergy.com Sandra Kimball Pearson is the National Account Director at Incenergy, an Austin-based firm.

of those very expensive assets, but also to anyone involved with the budget. Property managers with an ineffective system are forced to predict the future every year during budgeting season and set aside money for “unforeseen” emergencies. While no amount of visibility or access will completely eliminate that line item, our clients tell us that they feel secure for the first time ever in reducing that number.

Another flaw in the design of the antiquated BAS was the necessary manual updates to the server. Building owners are often unwilling to shell out more money after a costly wired system is installed to update it to current standards. There seems to be a general misconception that once a system is bought, further maintenance is unnecessary and energy savings will just happen. Often, this results in a system that is obsolete within 5-8 years and in need of replacing altogether. If the system was just installed and left to its own devices, the chances that any significant energy savings were achieved is slim. Why would that building owner now invest any additional money in an update or new system? The architecture of next-generation EMS systems removes those obstacles by allowing system updates to be sent virtually via the cloud. This ensures that there is never a lapse in the latest features or security enhancements. Your BAS should not add additional tasks to your building engineer’s workday, but rather give them visibility into their building’s systems so that they can proactively maintain those assets. A BAS/EMS provider should not only deliver monitoring and best-practices assistance, but should also help you to optimize your system for your building, so you can actually achieve significant energy savings.

It’s all too much! A system that does all of this and is portfolio-scalable must be outrageously expensive, right? Well, no. Wireless technology has made even small retail and tilt wall environments cost-effective options for energy management systems. No wires means retrofits are easy and a good mesh network is actually more reliable than a wired system, which has only one possible route for data. The best solutions are those that offer off-the-shelf non-proprietary hardware that you can use with or without the system and companies that can offer excellent encryption of your data and a money-back guarantee. Retrofits sometimes consist of simply replacing your thermostats, so installation is easy and very inexpensive. With savings ranging from 10-30%, these systems pay for themselves in a very short period even without any major fault detection. Some companies even offer financing or leasing options to make that investment cash- flow positive on day one.

While I still run into the dreaded “server closet” with the archaic workstation solution with no off-site alarming capability, innovative companies are giving their property management and facilities teams the tools they need to be proactive, to extend HVAC asset lifespans, and to finally achieve portfolio-wide visibility into their buildings and energy use. With ever-increasing costs of energy and human resources, it is imperative and yet easier than ever to implement an energy management system. n

DIVERSI NS SOME OF THE ‘PERKS’ OF BEING OVER 60

I’ve often thought that life is like a roll of toilet tissue.

The closer if gets to the end the faster it goes.

• Kidnappers are not very interested in you • In a hostage situation, you are likely to be released first.

• No one expects you to run — ­ anywhere!

• People call at 9 PM (or 9 AM) and ask, ‘Did I wake you?’

• People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.

• Things you buy now won’t wear out.

• You can eat supper at 4 PM. • You can live without sex but not without your glasses.

• You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

• You can quit holding your stomach in- no matter who walks into the room.

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Your opportunity to be pictured in (what we like to consider) a MAJOR publication – the network. Wouldn’t you like to see yourself on the pages of a magazine (particularly one you and your fellow professionals already read? You’ll be amazed how many people will ‘re-find’ you. Send us yours (naming the picture as you see the captions here) to editor@crestpublicationsgroup.com) and we’ll include some in every issue. The picture must be of you AND your pet, not just your pet. (Reference ‘Pets’ in the subject line.)

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julie@LYNOUS.com Julie Lynch is the principal of LYNOUS, a Dallas-based talent management firm focused on executive search, interim staffing and customized employee training exclusively within the real estate industry.

Keeping Your New Year’s Resolution

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o one really knows when the practice of making a new year’s resolution started - but everyone who has experienced making one knows it’s quite a challenge. Last month, the University of Scranton Journal of Clinical Psychology published a study indicating that 45% of Americans make a new year’s resolution and only 8% maintain their resolve. After one month, the new year’s resolutionkeepers drop off dramatically.

The top four resolutions are: 1) Self-improvement/education; 2) Weight loss; 3) Money saving; and 4) Relationship-related. According to a Marketdata Enterprises, the US self-improvement market is worth $9.6 billion. American businesses spent a staggering $125.9 billion on employee learning and development in 2009, according to the American Society of Training & Development’s 2010 industry report. Training has averaged between 2 and 2.5% of payroll for most of this decade, with leading companies spending as much as 3%.

Whether it’s learning how to lose weight, save money or be in a more successful relationship, one sure way to become a more effective learner is to simply keep learning. A 2004 Nature article reported that people

who learned how to juggle increased the amount of gray matter in their occipital lobes, the area of the brain is associated with visual memory.

When these individuals stopped practicing their new skill, the increased gray matter vanished.

If you’re learning a new skill, like finance, it is important to keep practicing the skill in order to maintain the gains you achieve. This “use-it-orlose-it” phenomenon involves a brain process known as “pruning.” Certain pathways in the brain are maintained, while other are eliminated. If you want the new information you’ve learned to stay put, keep practicing and rehearsing it.

Successful learning involves a varied approach. It is important to understand how you learn best and include various formats such as classroom training, coaching. Teach what you’ve learn to another person; read a book; and use previous learning to promote new learning.

If you’re reading this, hopefully it’s because you’re ahead of most Americans and keeping your new year’s resolution. Post that resolution where you will see it each day to keep it at the top of your mind. Stay focused by learning new things to support your goal, and share your goals with others. n

Human Relations 101 The 6 most important words: “I admit I made a mistake.”

The 5 most important words: “You did a good job.”

The 4 most important words: “What is your opinion?”

The 3 most important words: “ If you please.”

The 2 most important words: “Thank you.”

The 1 most important word: “We” The least important word: “I”

The ‘Be a Better Listener’ LADDER L Look at the person speaking to you.

A Ask questions.

D Don’t Interrupt.

D Don’t Change the subject.

E Empathize.

R Respond verbally and nonverbally.

Tell someone how to do something and he will forget.

Show him how to do it and he will remember.

Involve him Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch you actions; they become habits. Watch you habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

in doing it and he will understand.

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9th Annual Savor Dallas » March 15-17

Savor Dallas is a celebration where: of fine living and the arts, Perot Museum of Nature featuring delicious food and Science from over 65 top chefs, and 2201 N. Field Street hundreds of premium wines, Dallas, TX 75201 spirits and beers. Don’t miss the “Wine Stroll” on Friday, March 15th from 7pm-9pm at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science ($35 per person benefiting the Museum’s “Campaign for Excellence”). Enjoy tasting seminars, reserve tastings and a silent auction on Saturday, March 16th or a “Wine Stroll” at the Arboretum on Sunday, March 17th. For more information and a complete list of events, dates and times, visit www.savordallas. com or call 888-728-6747.

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oodguys returns to the Lone Star State with a spring fling deep in the heart of Texas with the 3rd Spring Lone Star Nationals! Don’t miss three big days of Texas-style hot roddin’ when they take over the infield of Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth with a giant show and shine featuring over 3,000 pre-1972 hot rods, customs, classics, muscle cars and trucks on display.

Learn about the latest collector car products and trends at the Vendor and Sponsor Exhibits; shop the Swap Meet for hard-to-find parts; buy or sell a vehicle at the Cars 4 Sale Corral; cruise the Texas Motor Speedway track in your ride; watch or compete in the Goodguys AutoCross timed racing competition; take a ride in a Team Texas NASCAR stock car; enjoy nostalgic live music; browse the Goodgals Arts & Crafts Gallery; participate in FREE fun stuff for the kids like the Revell Model Car Make n’ Take and the PPG Coloring Contest; and so when: much more. And go on Sunday, Friday, March 15 • 8am-5pm when late model American made Saturday, March 16 • 8am-5pm and/or powered cars and trucks • Sunday, March 17 8am-3pm of all years are welcome at the All American Sunday celebration! where: Don’t hesitate - register your Texas Motor Speedway vehicle, purchase spectator tickets 3601 Hwy 114 or get more details.

Justin, TX 76247 Goodguys Rod & Custom 817-215-8500 Association…. Celebrating 30 texasmotorspeedway.com Years of Cool Cars, Cool People and Good Times!

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Dallas Blooms

» March 2 – April 7 where:

Each spring, the 66-acre Dallas The Dallas Arboretum Arboretum hosts “Dallas Blooms”, and Botanical Garden the largest floral festival in the 8525 Garland Road southwest. It features more than 214-515-6500 500,000 spring-blossoming bulbs and is consistently recognized as one of the premier worldwide destinations to view spring flowers by Better Homes and Gardens, CNN Travel, and Southern Living.

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9th Annual Chocolate Fest

Joan Rivers

» March 10

The entertainment legend shares her own brand of irreverent, unconventional, and hilarious comedy!

» April 5-6

The 2013 (9th annual) Chocolate Fest in historic Downtown Grapevine. Chocolate lovers will gather in Grapevine, Texas to celebrate the love of chocolate, wine and local art while raising funds for the programs of Travelers Aid Dallas/Fort Worth.

Sinbad

» April 27

Actor and comedian Sinbad’s “hit ‘em in the face” comedy has kept audiences laughing for more than two decades.

FRIDAY EVENING » April 5 » 7-10pm The festival gets underway with An Evening of Chocolate and Wine. Guests will enjoy samples of fine chocolates, hors d’oeuvres, great local wines, live music, a silent action and a souvenir wine glass at a new location this year - the relaxing and beautiful Delaney Vineyards and Winery (2000 Champagne Blvd. in Grapevine).

Tickets will be available online only for this (adults only) event, and attendance is limited.

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» May 7 - 19

A joyous Broadway spectacle that explores the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti.

Produced by Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith, starring Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child.

David Sedaris

Include your children at the Palace Art Center Theatre for the classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” at 7:30pm. If you buy a big bucket of popcorn and find a ‘golden ticket’, you win 4 Palace Theatre movie tickets, 4 tickets to the Day of Chocolate and Art, a backstage tour of the Palace Art Center, Willy Wonka chocolates and a DVD of the classic movie itself

» April 23

One of America’s pre-eminent satire writers presents observations of the human condition in a smart, snarky perspective that is positively addictive. Author of Naked, Barrel Fever, and Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls.

SATURDAY » April 6 » 10:30am-2:30pm The festival continues with A Day of Chocolate and Art. Enjoy samples of a variety of chocolate items, while enjoying live music and art displays and sales from local artisans. The Day of Chocolate and Art will be held in the Palace Arts Center on Main Street in downtown Grapevine. Guests will be admitted in one hour sessions.

Souvenir plastic chocolate containers will be available for purchase.

Tickets for this event will be available online and at the door.

Rob Holbert and Mirage will be back this year to provide live smooth jazz at both the Evening of Chocolate and Wine and Day of Chocolate and Art events! Prior to each event, a panel of celebrity judges will sample each vendor’s chocolates in a blind taste test, and choose winners. There will also be peoples’ choice contests. For more information go to www.chocolatefestgrapevine.org.

when: Friday, March 1 • 2pm-8pm Saturday, March 2 • 10am-8pm Sunday, March 3 • 11am-63pm

where: Dallas Market Hall

prices: Adults $10 Seniors (65+) $9 (14 and under) FREE

34th Dallas Home & Garden Show » March 1 - 3

See, touch and learn about products and services at BIG savings! Talk with the area’s finest home improvement experts and receive show-only discounts and fantastic opportunities. $1 off coupon in Tom Thumb circular or visittexashomeandgarden.com

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he Stone Street Martini Lounge is located in the heart of Downtown Dallas at 1520 Elm Street, tucked away with a warm and inviting staircase entry that will oooh and awe its audience. The focal point of this hidden jewel is a fiftyfoot plus granite bar with a Venetian marble finish.

This sleek second-story, exposed-brick hot spot has a beautiful, upscale lounge, staged by dark couches and high-top seating for dining. The tantalizing tapas menu pairs a signature martini with a brilliant cuisine to satisfy any appetite — all in a lively, yet sophisticated atmosphere.

Stone Street is known for attracting savvy diners interested in trendy dishes that feature the talent of local Chef, Ronald Van Hatten. Open from 11am-2am for lunch, happy hour, and dinner. The kitchen is open until 1am. (www.stonestreetmartini.com) MAR2013 | THE NETWORK

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SELECT METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREAS IN TEXAS

U.S. CENSUS BUREAU POPULATION ESTIMATES Population Estimates as of July 1, 2012 2011-2012 PERCENT 2010 2011 2012 CHANGE

Top 5 Areas (absolute growth) Texas 25,242,683 25,631,778 California 37,334,410 37,683,933 Florida 18,845,967 19,082,262 Georgia 9,714,748 9,812,460 North Carolina 9,559,048 9,651,103

2011-2012 ABSOLUTE CHANGE

26,059,203 38,041,430 19,317,568 9,919,945 9,752,073

1.67% 0.95% 1.23% 1.10% 1.05%

427,425 357,497 235,306 107,485 100,970

699,628 632,323 26,059,203 576,412 2,855,287

2.17% 2.15% 1 1.67% 1.60% 1.45%

14,888 3,303 427,425 9,056 40,940

Top 5 Areas (percentage growth) North Dakota 674,363 684,740 District of Columbia 604,989 619,020 Texas 25,242,683 25,631,778 Wyoming 564,367 567,356 Utah 2,775,093 2,814,347

2009 Defined Metropolitan Statistical Areas Source: NCTCOG & U.S. Census Bureau

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

TOTAL NONFARM EMPLOYMENT Year-over-Year, Seasonally Adjusted by Metropolitan Area MSA

NOV. 2010

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso, TX 278,000 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

779,100 2,879,900 280,800 2,545,500 846,100

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES NOV. 2011 NOV. 2012

795,000 2,941,900 286,500 2,623,700 851,900

PERCENT CHANGE 2010 TO 2011 2011 TO 2012

831,000 3,015,200 1.01% 2,706,800 873,000

2.04% 2.15% 2.03% 3.07% 0.69%

4.53% 2.49% 3.17% 2.48%

Source: Texas Workforce Commission

2011 WAGE OR SALARY All Occupations, All Industries by Metropolitan Area MSA

Data provided by: Research and Information Services North Central Texas Council of Governments www.nctcog.org/risn

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX El Paso, TX Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

MEAN ANNUAL WAGES/SALARY

MEDIAN ANNUAL WAGES/SALARY

787,850 2,899,370 272,660 2,551,550 843,960

$47,342 $46,165 $35,188 $47,490 $40,607

$35,782 $34,935 $25,472 $35,150 $29,942

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MARCH 1 METROCON13 / Call for Presentations Deadline 3 NAWIC / WIC Week 5 BOMA Fort Worth / Luncheon at The Petroleum Club 5 IIDA / Chapter Forum Lunch – Fort Worth, Evening – Dallas 6 CREW Fort Worth / Luncheon at Fort Worth Club 6-7 NTAEE / 24th GLOBALCON 2013 in Philadelphia, PA 12 AI / Chapter Meeting 13 IREM Fort Worth / Luncheon featuring Mayor Betsy Price 18 NAWIC Dallas / Monthly Dinner Meeting 21-23 BOMA Southwest Regional Conference in San Antonio 21 NAWIC Fort Worth / Chapter Meeting 21 NTAEE / Meeting at Brookhaven Country Club 11:30 AM 21 CCIM / Monthly Luncheon 28 USGBC / Green Gala & Green Ribbon Awards at the Perot Museum

APRIL 2 BOMA Fort Worth / Luncheon at The Petroleum Club 3 CREW Fort Worth / Luncheon at Fort Worth Club 4 IIDA / Fiesta Pin Reveal Part 6-10 IREM Leadership Conference in Wash. DC 9 AI / Chapter Meeting in Tyler 10-12 IAVM / Regional Conference in Arlington

Celebrated in over 175 countries every year, the United National designated April 22 International Mother Earth Day in 2009.

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A celebration honoring mothers, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

12-21 AIA Dallas / RETROSPECT Exhibition at NorthPark Center 13 AIA-TEXO / Spring Forum 13-19 TEXO / AGC Annual Convention 15 NAWIC Dallas / Monthly Dinner Meeting 17 CCIM / Chapter Happy Hour 18 CCIM / Monthly Luncheon 18 NAWIC Fort Worth / Chapter Meeting 18 NTAEE / Meeting at Brookhaven Country Club 19 IIDA / Product Runway 19 TEXO / Distinguished Building Awards 19 AIA Dallas / USGBC / CSI / Dallas Earth Day Workshop 19 AIA Dallas / Texas Chapter Board Meeting 22 AIA Dallas/ Golf Tournament 25 IREM Dallas / Tour of the Perot Museum 26 IIDA / Third Annual City Center CR8 at Granada Theater

MAY 1-2 NTCRA / TCEQ Environmental Fair in Austin 1 BOMA Dallas / Fiesta & Trade Show at Dallas Market Hall 2 TEXO / Social Networker 3 IIDA / Imagine That 7 BOMA Fort Worth / Luncheon at The Petroleum Club 8 IREM Dallas / Luncheon at the Park City Club 11 NTCRA / Environmental Leaders Luncheon 13-20 NAWIC Fort Worth / 29th Annual Golf Tournament 14 AI / Chapter Meeting 16 BOMA Fort Worth / Golf Tournament at Texas Star Golf Course

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16 NTAEE / Meeting at Brookhaven Country Club 16 NAWIC Fort Worth / Chapter Meeting 16 CCIM /Monthly Luncheon 17 IIDA / Bourbon & Blues 19 TEXO / Poker Run and Cookout 20 NAWIC Dallas / Monthly Dinner Meeting 22 NTCRA / Recyclers Forum Luncheon 30-31 TEXO / Bass Tournament 31 CREW Fort Worth / Golf Classic

JUNE 2 TEXO / 6th Annual Construction Industry Softball Tournament 4 BOMA Fort Worth / Luncheon at The Petroleum Club 5 CCIM / Chapter Happy Hour 13 NTCRA / TxSWANA 17 NAWIC Dallas / Monthly Dinner Meeting 19 NTAEE / 31st Energy Management Congress West 2013 20 IIDA / Bowl-a-Rama 20 Fort Worth NAWIC / Chapter Meeting 20 NTAEE / Meeting at Brookhaven Country Club 20 CCIM / Monthly Luncheon 21 USGBC and NTCRA / Mixer 21 AIA / Texas Chapter Board Meeting 23-25 BOMA International Annual Conference in San Diego 25 -28 NTCRA / Keep Texas Beautiful Conference in San Antonio, TX 28 TEXO / Social Networker

Entries are the best information available at press time. Check the website of the organization in advance for changes and up-to-date information.

If your commercial real estate organization is not included and would like to be, please write to editor@crestnetwork.com. (See the masthead page for association websites.)

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A r ose by any ot her name would smel l as sweet . . .

Can you name these 6 cartoon icons? (answers on page 64)

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Origin: From Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, 1600.

JULIET:

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.

What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.

Two households, both alike in dignity….

Romeo’s Montagues vs. Juliet’s Capulets

One story says that in this line Shakespeare was making a joke at the expense of the Rose Theatre, a rival to his Globe Theatre, which was reputed to have had less than good sanitary arrangements.

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LOOKING FOR SHAKESPEARE Do you like to write? Are you funny?

Do you write funny? Do you like contests?

Prizes? Seeing your name (and picture) in print?

If you answered yes to any of these, this contest is for you.

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irst impressions are important, as you can see from the famous literary starts shown here. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Below, we’ve started what you should continue (if you want to win the contest, that is). Don’t expect to finish it – just continue it. Be brief or wordy, whatever’s your style (up to 500 words).

Remember: “Brevity is the soul of wit.” (Hamlet) What do you think should come next? We will select the winner from the best entries and print the best of the best. The grand prizewinners will receive Engineers (see our September issue), Who Killed The American Dream (see the December issue) or The Post American World 2.0 - all very important books.

And selected runners-up will receive a Cordini or a Boom Box or museum or show tickets. We have lots of prizes to give away this month. If you’re a grand prizewinner, your words will be published (and you can add that to your resume!) in the June issue.

Email (editor@crestpublicationsgroup.com) your submission before the end of the day on March 31st.

Say What?

It was a most unusual scene. The children, as you might expect, were acting like children. The parents were parenting; the couples were coupling. The people in sweaters were sweating; the people in pants were panting. She stepped to the stage and began: “My speech today will be like a mini skirt - long enough to cover the essentials, and short enough to hold your attention.”

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Opening lines: Mother died today. Or, maybe, it was yesterday; I can’t be sure. (The Stranger by Albert Camus) As Gregor Samsa awoke from a night of uneasy dreaming, he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. (Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka) Call me Ishmael. (Moby Dick by Herman Melville It was a bright cold day in April, and all the clocks were striking thirteen.

(1984 by George Orwell) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,… (A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens) What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died? (Love Story by Erich Segal)

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CONTEST WINNERS

Only two of our several winners sent pictures after submitting winning entries in our Rock On With Your Bad Self contest.1. Katie Phelps of Chem Aqua (pictured here with her husband) and 2. Regina Bruce, CFM/CSNA with Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (pictured here with her guests from (L-R): John Pickett, Regina, Kelly Harris and John Theirl. Each won 4 tickets to a spectacular event at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Amazingly, they got all 20 rock groups, despite our errors in print. (Mistakenly, there were two photos numbered 18, Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders were not pictured, and The Beachboys (who were pictured) were not on the list.

ANSWERS TO LAST CONTEST ... Rock On With Your Bad Self 1. Back Street Boys; 2. Boys to Men; 3. The Chambers Brothers; 4. Credence Clearwater Revival; 5. Journey; 6. Led Zeppelin; 7. Martha and the Vandellas; 8. The Monkees; 9. Nirvana; 10. NSync; 11. Pink Floyd; 12. Queen; 13. The Shirelles; 14. Sly & The Family Stone; 15. Steppenwolf; 16. The Eagles; 17 The Doors; 18. The Zombies; 19. The Beach Boys; 20. The Osmonds

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