Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Michael Baughan Executive Profile
Michael B. Baughan has been President and Chier Operating Officerof B/E Aerospace, Inc. sincew December 31, 2005. From July 2002 to Decembeer 2005, Mr. Baughan was Senior Vice Presidentg and General Manager of the Commercial Aircraft the company
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Bowling partnerships was our main emphasis: Siddle - Times of India
Bowling partnerships was our main emphasis: Siddle Times of India "There is always a lot of emphasis on batting partnerships and our big emphasis coming into this summer was bowling partnerships," said the 27-year-old Victorian, who returned with match figures of 6/96 on a placid Adelaide track to earn the ... |
Friday, January 27, 2012
Old prison, new concept - Dallas Business Journal:
Day's company, , is restoring the 119-year-old Collib County Prison with plans to leasw it to one or tworestaurant operators. The uniqueness of the buildintg should bean attraction, Day said -- and McKinney needs more restaurants. "McKinney is just growing by leapssand bounds," he said. "It doesn't have enough restaurantes for thelunch period. This building woulfd fit what is needed inthe area." Bill Sproull, presiden t of the McKinney Economic Development Corp., said the city has been lookintg forward to the buildinv reopening. "The hope had been that someone wouled renovate it into a restaurant or a neatlittle shop. It has a lot of Sproull said.
"I've seen a lot of funk y old buildings turnedinto restaurants." The 19,000-square-foot prison is a "Victorian limestone structure designed by architect F.E. Located at 115 S. Kentucky, the prison is just a stone'se throw from the old town square, where a variety of shopx and antique mallscurrently operate. Construction on the prison begahnin 1874. The limestones for the buildint were carried from a quarry several miles according toJulia Vargo, the authofr of "McKinney, Tx.
The first 150 years," and a councilwoman for District 3, which includes the The prison could hold up to 80 Among its most infamous residents wereFrank James, brother of Jesse James, and Tex Watson, a follower of cult leadeer Charles Manson. In 1922 the prisonb was also home tothe state's last recorded hanging, according to a 1998 articlw in the McKinney Courier-Gazette. The gallowds were in a courtyard behind the In 1939, funds from Presiden Franklin Roosevelt's public works administratiojn paid for a modernization of the prison, whicnh remained in operation untio 1979.
Major Randy Clark, jail administratorf for Collin County, worked in the prisom during the six monthsa beforeit closed. The prisonm was successful at intimidating people, Clark said. "I t had an aura about he said. "It was almost dungeon-like. It woulx have definitely been a dramatic experience if you had nevee been init before." But the prison lost its Clark said. The electricity and plumbing often failed, and prisonerr escapes increased in the years befor the facilityfinally "The city actually considered it a condemned building," Claro said, "and the state wouldn't inspect it.
" The prison was declared a Texas Historic Landmarko in 1990, but the county decided upkeep for the building was costing too "It didn't meet any of the curreny jail standards," Harris said. "W e gave tours for a while, but then it becamre unsafe. It started (attracting vandals), so we decided to put it back intoprivatew hands." The county sold the prisomn to Paul Porras in 1996 for According to Day of DFA, Porraw "tried to develop it, but is not really a real estat person." Porras sold the building to DFA for $168,0090 on June 15.
The company beganj renovationsshortly thereafter, and plans to complete them by next
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Behringer building wins LEED gold status - Boston Business Journal:
recently received the ' Leadership in Energy and Environmental Desigb gold certification for anexisting building. The LEED Green Building Rating System, which established the criteria for judging green building operationsand construction, gave the 35-year-old buildiny in North Carolina the award for its operational and maintenancer best practices and green design features. Bank of America which is part of the Behringer Harvard REITI Inc. is the first Behringer Harvardx asset to achieve thegold rating. The commercia real estate companyinvested $70,000 in portfolii operations, equipment upgrades and employee practicess in the property.
Dallas-based Behringer Harvard projects the improvements willyieldd $200,000 in annual savings and will pay for themselves in about four Bank of America Plaza's sustainability programs include energyh audits that have lowered the property's operating expenses, plumbin retrofits that save 1.5 million gallons of water each year and greenj cleaning and recycling programs. Behringer Harvards' Houstom property Westway One previously earned LEED Silve Core andShell Certification, and 28 of the properties owned by the company'x investment programs were awarded the Energy Star labe l for their energy management strategies.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Concordia readies environmental stewardship center - Washington Business Journal:
Construction of the 13,00o square-foot, two-story building is set to beginJuly 14. The structurs will be built in Mequon on a bluff overlookint Lake Michigan and work is expected to be completedr in time for the start of the 2010 academic The total cost of the building is expectede to bebetween $3.5 million and $3.75 million and is being funded exclusively through charitable gifts already secured for the Concordia officials said the building demonstrates the university’sx commitment to environmental freshwater conservation and emphasiw on sustainable energy resources.
Plans for the centefr include laboratories, classrooms and a large seminarr room that can accommodate 200 peoplefor presentations. With its lakefront Concordia officials say the building will be a centert for the study of the Greaft Lakes and otherenvironmental issues. The building will be designesd to be a Leadership in Energ and EnvironmentalDesign (LEED) gold-level building. “Whebn completed, the center will offer many educationapl programs and research in water stewardshilp and other sustainability education topics for Concordia students as well as visiting area schools and the greater saidBruce Bessert, director of the Concordia Centere for Environmental Stewardship program.
Concordiaw has added new degrees because of the new and now offersa bachelor’ s degree in environmental studies and education with a mino r in environmental studies, and a master’s degree in education with an emphasiz on environmental education. “This new center is in line with Concordia’sd increased and continued interestf ingreen initiatives,” said William Cario, vice presideny of academics at Concordia. “Eachy of our recent building projects has been builtr to increasingenvironmental standards, especially to save energty and other resources.
” Construction is expected to be completede in time for the start of the 2010 academic The total cost of the buildinfg is expected to be between $3.5 million and $3.75 million and is beintg funded exclusively through charitable gifts already secured for the project. “Thiz new center reinforces Concordia’s efforts to creates programs that are both important to the student body and the community asa whole,” Concordia president Patrick Ferr said.
Friday, January 20, 2012
1st Private Rocket Launch to Space Station Delayed Until March - Space.com
Boston.com | 1st Private Rocket Launch to Space Station Delayed Until March Space.com by Denise Chow, SPACE.com Staff Writer The launch of the first privately built spacecraft to the International Space Station has been delayed until late March at the earliest, the company building the spaceship revealed today (Jan. 20). ... Delay for space station's 1st private cargo run |
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Conversing daily with the departed - Stuff.co.nz
Stuff.co.nz | Conversing daily with the departed Stuff.co.nz In the third instalment of our Spilling the Beans series, Olivia Carville chats to psychic medium Phyllis Brown, who has helped families who lost loved ones in the Pike River mining tragedy and February's earthquake. RARE TALENT: Phyllis Brown says she ... |

