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One Seneca Tower (Former HSBC Center)
The building was constructed specifically for Marine Midland Savings Bank's Headquarters. The architects Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) were commissioned to erect the tallest building in Buffalos Skyline. SOM was introduced to the project in the 1960's, following the modern idea of 'form-follows-function.' Since the building was constructed specifically for Marine Midland Bank's headquarters and was built during the urban renewal program in Buffalo, this meant that the 40-story building did not have to be integrated into the surrounding context of the neighborhood.
Sited on the Buffalo River, One Seneca Tower is vertically dominant compared to all the other buildings located in downtown Buffalo. The sand-colored, mid-century Brutalist monolith was described as a vertical village with small shops, and a restaurant, which brought pedestrians into an open plaza. The building is a mixed steel and concrete curtain wall with non-operable windows. Alongside of the tower is an L-shaped 4 story building that allows for an enclosed plaza surrounding the tower to its northern section, but it also instills the idea of a retail center that wraps around a building of residential, office and commercial mix-use. The building started its construction in March 1969 (the first day of spring) beginning the construction by excavating the parking ramp, which is located under the 40-story structure, with 460 parking spaces.
Various types of steel beams were used in its buildings construction. The largest is 26 feet 10 inches long, weighing 42 tons; equivalent of two stories tall. As the vertical columns rose, floor beams and girders were welded into place, floor decks installed, and concrete flooring was poured. Simultaneously, the skin was being assembled, consisting of 4,000 slabs of precast concrete which were manufactured in Toronto.
Today, the buildings profile defines the downtown Buffalo skyline. Its location and height allow for amazing views of Lake Erie, the Buffalo River, and the entire region. The modern Brutalist building was built for the purpose of a bank, and did not take much consideration to the surrounding context of the site as it has spectacular views of the entire downtown area of Buffalo. The building has a conflicted relationship with Main Street, which is articulated through a barren tunnel at the base of the building. The building's entrances are all set back from the surrounding streets, with little protection for poor weather conditions. While not the most used plaza, it does hold Ronald Bladen's monumental work from 1973 title 'Vroom, Shhh." The plaza is barren and open to winter winds comparable to the force of a hurricane which gather around tall structures. Its initial design was during the urban renewal program in Buffalo. The growth along the Buffalo River was predicted for nearly half a century, as part of this development boom which was expected to follow the construction of Marine Midland Center.
The building's architecture is a modernist style with precast concrete; the concrete façade is of the Brutalist style, which has become unpleasing to many in the 21st century. Various types of steel beams were used in its construction. The largest is 26 feet 10 inches long, weighing 42 tons; equivalent of two stories tall. As the vertical columns rose, floor beams and girders were welded into place, floor decks installed, and concrete flooring was poured. Simultaneously, the skin was being assembled, consisting of 4,000 slabs of precast concrete which were manufactured in Toronto.
Besides being the tallest privately owned building in New York outside of New York City, this Modern gem captures the muscular architectural style of the post- World War II era. Its design which was distinctly modern in 1972, today feels fortress like and almost uninviting, unintentionally disrupting the flow of the urban fabric and seemingly creating an iconic barrier around which more welcoming development patterns are growing. Since it follows the idea of form-follows-function, the building was built specifically for the bank, but thankfully this consisted of 38 stories of open space for office use, which is exactly what HSBC and others used the building for, before leaving at the end of 2013. There is hope for this building as other similar SOM buildings have been revived, surviving economic challenges in present time. The original Marine Midland Center ranked as the largest development project in the city of Buffalo's history at the time of construction in 1969. The typical size of each floor is 18,000 square feet and has flexibility in layout with no internal columns disrupting the flow. This building is actually similar to another SOM building which recently had a complete top to bottom renovation; the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in Portland Oregon. The Portland building has been renovated into an environmentally friendly, sustainable piece of architecture with the help of $100 million in government funded money.
Built in 1972 the skyscraper took on the Brutalist style with precast concrete. The building is an example of many other building built during the time period that took part of the 'urban renewal' that backfired in multiple cities in the United States.
The building as stated earlier is widely known for being the tallest building in the city of Buffalo, and for being the largest privately owned tower in the state of New York outside of New York City. During the time of the buildings construction it received positive feedback for SOM's success in erecting a building which stood out in the downtown Buffalo skyline.
Aside from being one of many buildings built by the famous architectural firm of Skidmore Owings and Merrill, it holds a valuable place in the architectural history of Buffalo. The perfect example of restrained Brutalist architecture stands out among all other buildings in the Buffalo skyline due to its impressive height. It is tough looking exterior is a reminder of this modern push of architecture which is an important part of architectural history.
3 article clippings from the Marine Midland Bank Folder at the Grosvenor Room located at the Buffalo Public Library
Miller, Melinda. "City & Region." Www.buffaloNews.com. N.p., 1 Dec. 2013. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
Miller, Melinda. "City & Region." Www.buffaloNews.com. N.p., 17 Nov. 2013. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
Epstein, Jonathan D. "Business." Www.buffaloNews.com. N.p., 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 08 Apr. 2014.
Urban Land Institute Panel. "One HSBC Center Buffalo, NY." A ULI Advisory Services Panel Report (2013): n. pag. Print.


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Tips for tough teen times
As we enter another school year, many teens find themselves facing more pressures than ever before. The advent of new technologies, the pitfalls of social networking sites, and an economy that has many parents taking extra jobs just to make ends meet may leave teens more on their own than ever before.
But there are ways for teens to beat the tough times, with just a little effort.
*Read More -- Read, read, read. Read newspapers, books and magazines. Read more than you did last year. Pick a genre that you like and buy five novels -- don't ignore classics and plays or things on your schools reading list. If you liked The Matrix, you'd love George Orwell's 1984, one of the inspirations for The Matrix.
*Get involved -- According to the pollsters, the youth vote tipped the scales in favor of Barack Obama in the last election. Young people, when united, were strong enough to change the course of one of the most powerful nations on the planet. Imagine how much good we could do if we all volunteered our time to a worthy cause at least once a week.
*Do something outdoors -- Whether you live in the city or the suburbs, teens today are spending way too much time shackled to their computers, lounging with their iPods or texting on their phones. When weather permits, get outside for at least a few minutes every day. Walk down to the corner store. Jog to visit a friend. Ride a bike. Join a gym. Do something so that you don't form bad habits that hurt your health later on in life.
*Talk to your parents -- Yes, actually talk to them. Many problems that arise between parents and teens revolve around lack of communication. With time for daily communication at a premium, now more than ever it's important to make the most of that time. The more you talk to them about your day, your activities, your social life and yes, even your boyfriend/girlfriend, the more they will feel involved in your life. They will trust you more, and you will benefit from their wisdom, even when you least expect it.
*Stay informed -- A whopping 67 percent of high school students couldn't identify our vice president, speaker of the House of Representatives or Senate Majority Leader. More than 30 percent didn't know we were at war with Iraq. There is no excuse for being ill-informed about the world around you. Know who your leaders are. Know what's going on in your town, your state, your country and your world. The only way to be a part of it is to know what's going on.
Come on, teens. You're our future. Tune in. Please.

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Congressmen want to weed out the bad eggs to restore faith in the agency.
Several Democratic lawmakers expressed sympathy for Internal Revenue Service employees Friday who must now carry the "stigma of corruption" in light of the agency's recent scandal.
While lawmakers from both sides of the aisle spent most of the time at the Ways and Means Committee hearing probing and criticizing IRS officials, some Democrats took part of their time to praise the agency and its workforce.
Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., acknowledged some IRS workers "screwed up," but said overall the agency's employees are good people with tough jobs.
"The IRS is an easy target, and everyone wants to hold a pitchfork when the tax man comes," McDermott said at the hearing held to investigate IRS' targeting of conservative organizations for extra scrutiny. "Let's not forget the IRS has one of the hardest jobs, and there are thousands and thousands of good, solid, hardworking Americans who work every day to run this system."
Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., expressed concern for the impact this scandal will have on the IRS workforce.
He said Democrats and Republicans are "on the same side in trying to determine how did this happen, who was responsible for it, how far did this cancer go, how quickly can we cut it out, so that tens of thousands of IRS employees have this stigma of corruption taken away from them. So that you, Mr. Miller, as a career employee don't have to explain to your kids and friends that you were not involved in a scandal."
He added that clearing the names of the IRS employees "who work hard each and every day" will help the entire government.
"It's not too late for the government -- it's too late for the Congress -- but it's not too late for the government to try to get its reputation cleaned up for America," Rangel said.
While most representatives continued to bash the agency, Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., echoed Rangel's sentiment that the IRS must work to restore the faith of the American people in the tax collector's workforce.
"As much as we know the folks at IRS have a thankless job because they have to go and tell their fellow Americans that they may be audited," Becerra said, "or they may have to do this work understaffed, we have to maintain confidence in the system."


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As of March 1, 2013, the Legal Information Institute is no longer maintaining the information in the American Legal Ethics Library. It is no longer possible for us to maintain it at a level of completeness and accuracy given its staffing needs. It is very possible that we will revive it at a future time. At this point, it is in need of a complete technological renovation and reworking of the "correspondent firm" model which successfully sustained it for many years.
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Reblogged:from Huffington Post Wake-up call to parents: Children's fast food meals to avoidLet's face it: we all love fast food kids' meals. Kids love them for the toys and packaging; parents love them because they're easy and convenient. Plus, when they include apples and cheese, they have some nutritional value, right?Well, not exactly, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. According to PCRM, the meals are loaded with sugar and sodium, and really offer very little nutritional value. They've come out with a list of the 5 worst "healthy" fast food kids' meals. See if some of your favorites are on the list, but remember, the best advice…everything in moderation. The Committee says that certain fast food kids' meals marketed as "healthy" are anything but. "Frankly, passing off these meals as 'healthy' ought to be a crime at a time when 16.9 million American children and adolescents are obese," says PCRM president Dr. Neal Barnard. "The focus on junk food targeted to kids is important, given how miserably the fast-food industry has failed to live up to its promise of self-regulation." Here Is a link to the video http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/wake-up-call-to-parents-worst-fast-food-kids-meals-that-will-surprise-you.html How often do you treat your kids to fast food meals? Eating, Fast food, Food, Happy Meal, Health, Healthy Ways to Lose Weight, Human nutrition, International Food Information Council, Kids' meal, McDonald, Neal D. Barnard, Obesity, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, United States, Weight, Weight Loss Tips, weight tips
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Nitrogen Discharge TemperatureAmbient Temperature -15 ℉~-12.2 ℉ (+5~10 ℃)
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boozledorf wrote:12obin wrote:Smithers wrote:What a difference the comma makes in "Helping your uncle Jack, off his horse" and "Let's eat, Grandma".
Surely if you were instructing me to assist my uncle Jack in dismounting a horse, "Help your uncle Jack off his horse", with no comma, would be correct. Ambiguous, yes, but it's a correct way to say it.
I was trying to come up with a less ambiguous way to say it, without saying "dismount" I mean, but "Help your uncle get off the horse" sounds pretty bad too now that you've got me thinking that way.
"Help your uncle to stop being on a horse..."
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or the Monty Pythonesqe: This uncle, called Jack, off from the horse. What we really need is a Genitive.


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text: Diplomats and officials from 17 countries met in Bangkok in May 2015 to discuss how to deal with the thousands of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees. AAP/Diego Azubel May 26, 2016 The Andaman Sea refugee crisis a year on: is the region now better prepared? Sriprapha Petcharamesree, Mahidol University; Peter Hughes, Australian National University; Steven Wong, Institute of Strategic and International Studies; Travers McLeod, University of Melbourne, and Tri Nuke Pudjiastuti, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Plans for more robust architecture on forced migration need to be more advanced. Countries in our region must not rest on their laurels.


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The new BMW X5 achieves new levels of mastery. It has unparalleled control on and off the road. And with sharpened driver assist and enhanced connectivity technology, it's more dominant than ever. Its road presence is also undeniable, with 1-piece kidney grille and 22-inch alloy wheels on the M50d commanding attention no matter where the X5 goes.
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Hall of Fame College Football Coach Charged In $80 Million Ponzi Scheme
A former college football coach at the University of Georgia has been charged with operating a Ponzi scheme that took in more than $80 million from victims that included fellow coaches and former players. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") alleged in a complaint filed Thursday that Jim Donnan committed multiple violations of federal securities laws by soliciting investors for his liquidation business and promising exorbitant annual rates of return ranging from 50% to 380%. According to the SEC, Donnan used little of the $80 million raised for authorized purposes, using the rest to operate one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Georgia history. The SEC is seeking injunctive relief, disgorgement of all ill-gotten proceeds, and civil monetary penalties.
Donnan, along with Gregory Crabtree ("Crabtree"), operated GLC Limited ("GLC"), which was formed in 2004 and purported to be in the wholesale liquidation business. Beginning in 2007, potential investors were told that GLC would purchase discontinued or damaged merchandise from major retailers at a discount, and then resell those goods at a substantial profit to other liquidators or discount retailers. The merchandise ranged from out-of-season toys, patio furniture, or holiday decorations. Investors were given the opportunity to "fund" specific deals, with GLC and the investor splitting the resulting "profits". The deals, according to Donnan, offered interest rates of 13% to 40% which, when represented returns of 50% to 380% on an annualized basis. Between August 2007 and October 2010, nearly 100 investors contributed approximately $80 million to the scheme.
However, out of the $80 million raised from investors, slightly more than 10% was used to purchase merchandise for resale. Of that merchandise, only $4.1 million was ever resold. The remainder, or nearly $68 million, was used to make payments of purported interest and principal redemptions to investors. Crabtree and Donnan also misappropriated millions of dollars of investor funds, with Crabtree taking approximately $1 million, and Donnan paying himself $7.4 million in "returns" on his original $5.8 million investment. After GLC began missing interest payments, a group of investors obtained the appointment of a Restructuring Officer, who discovered the fraud and, in February 2011, caused GLC to file a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Donnan also filed for personal bankruptcy following increasing claims from GLC victims.
Before his tenure as head football coach at the University of Georgia, Donnan was the head coach at Marshall University. He lwas inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and later served as an ESPN analyst. It was through these connections, alleged the SEC, that Donnan recruited scores of victims to GLC. These victims included fellow football coaches Tommy Tuberville of Texas Tech, Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech, and former Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer, as well as at least one former player who Donnan solicited based on his "fatherly-figure" stature.
In its complaint, the SEC also singled out two of Donnan's children and a son-in-law for receiving large "returns" from the scheme, naming them as relief defendants in the complaint. A relief defendant is not alleged to have committed any wrongdoing, but rather has funds that are traceable to the wrongdoing and cannot assert any legitimate claim to. The children, their investment amounts, and their "returns" are listed here:
- Todd Donnan: invested $232,000 - received $620,333.
- Tammy Donnan: Invested $16,000 - received $140,000.
- Gregory Johnson: Invested $141,000 - received $617,875.
In order to keep the funds, the Donnan children must be able to show a legitimate origin of the funds. The SEC will likely seek the return of the funds from the children through summary procedures.
Donnan's lawyer questioned the motives of the SEC, claiming that Donnan was "broke".
A copy of the SEC's complaint is here.


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ArtReach benefit has guests dining and darting
ArtReach is having its annual fundraiser, Dine & D'art, at Mile High Station on Saturday. Co-chairs Lark Katchur and Joe McCormack have planned an evening that builds to a grand finale when guests line up and dart for the photograph, painting, sculpture or piece of jewelry of their choice.
Each donated item has a $400 minimum value.
Denver-area artists that have contributed to the event include Peggy Atkinson, Tadd Moskal, Todd Reid, Eric Matelski, Scott Ramsay, Eddie Mize, Jennifer Yoswa and Janelle Anderson.
In addition, Daphyne Reiff will be given the 2012 Ginger Merelli Special Event Award. It is presented annually to a special event volunteer whose leadership, commitment, creativity, and passion for volunteering on special events, have made a long-term and indelible impact on a nonprofit organization. The late Ginger Merelli volunteered with ArtReach for 15 years, working on various fundraisers and serving on the agency's board of directors.
Daphyne Reiff has had leadership roles in several area nonprofits, including ArtReach and Families First. The award carries a $1,000 stipend that will be donated to the charity of Reiff's choice. Previous recipients are Jamie Angelich, Jack and Rita Schuster, Ryta Sondergard, Marilyn Dana, Mary McNicholas and Susie Buckly.
Dine & D'Art tickets are $400 per couple and include dinner. They can be purchased at www.artreachdenver.org or by calling 303-433-2882, ext. 226. Dress is black-tie and tennis shoes.
Established in 1974, ArtReach provides access to experience arts and culture for people of all ages who
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serve more than 77,000 individuals and families in our community. ArtReach reaches disadvantaged people
through maintaining over 350 innovative, long-term partnerships between diverse art (local art agencies and businesses) and community agencies (social service agencies, public housing, long-term care facilities, parks and recreation departments, and schools). ArtReach is funded through local and state government and foundation grants, corporations, membership fees and individuals.
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Taylor Mac Stars in The Foundry's GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN at La MaMa, Now thru 2/24
Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? This question, posed by Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless and cross-dressing prostitute of Bertolt Brecht's Good Person of Szechwan, is central to the work of The Foundry Theatre. The play's concerns, and the earmarks of the Foundry's new production, make it an ideal offering from the company, which is celebrated for creating memorable theatrical events while pursuing civic inquiry and social justice. The show, starring the singular Taylor Mac as Shen Tei, is directed by Lear deBessonet and features original live music by "indie rock vaudevillians" (SPIN) César Alvarez and The Lisps.
La MaMa will present the world premiere tonight, February 1-24, 2013 at the Ellen Stewart Theatre (66 East 4th Street, NYC). Tickets are $35 for regular and $30 for seniors and students. They can be purchased by visiting La MaMa's Main Box Office at 74A East 4th Street, NYC, 212.475.7710 or www.lamama.org. The Ellen Stewart Theatre Box Office opens 1 hour and 30 minutes prior to curtain. Critics are welcome as of Tuesday, February 5 for an official opening on Wednesday, February 6.
In addition to Mac, the cast includes Lisa Kron as Mrs. Mi Tzu/Mrs. Yang, Annie Golden, Vinie Burrows and Mia Katigbak as The Gods; David Turner as Wang, The Waterseller; Kate Benson as Mrs. Shin; Brooke Ishibashi as The Woman; and Paul Juhn as Mr. Shu Fu. Two roles are still being cast. The creative team includes Anne Erbe (Dramaturg), Tyler Micoleau (Lighting Designer), Clint Ramos (Costume Designer), Matt Saunders (Set Designer) and Brandon Wolcott (Sound Designer).
In the comedic and complex Good Person of Szechwan, three gods descend from the heavens upon a poor district in the Szechuan Province in search of a truly good person. They discover Shen and reward her inherent goodness with money to buy a small tobacco shop but her attempts to rebuild her life are thwarted as the shop begins to fail because of her kindness. Forced to disguise herself so she can master the ruthlessness needed to survive the brutal world, Shen creates an alter ego named Sui Ta, a cousin who is a savvy businessman. The ambitious Sui soon pulls focus and Shen fades until it seems that Sui has murdered Shen. The play concludes with Sui on trial, where he reveals his true identity to the gods. But that one question remains for the audience to answer.
Taylor Mac (Shen Tei/SuiTa) is an Obie Award-winning playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, director and producer. His recent roles include Puck in A Midsummer's Night Dream at the Classic Stage Company and the title character in his play The Lily's Revenge at HERE and the American Repertory Theater. Mac has performed his work at The Sydney Opera House, San Francisco's MoMA and Opera, New York's Lincoln Center and The Public Theater, Stockholm's Sodra Teatern, The Spoleto Festival, The Bumbershoot Festival, The Time Based Arts Festival, Dublin's Project Arts Center, London's Soho Theater, and hundreds of other theaters, museums, music halls, cabarets, and festivals around the globe.
Upcoming projects include performing with Mandy Patinkin in a two-man show directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman called The Last Two People On Earth, An Apocalyptic Vaudeville, playing the Emcee in Cabaret at Playmaker's Repertory, a production of his new play Hir at the Magic Theater in San Francisco, and the creation/performance of a 24-hour concert of the history of popular music in the United States. For more information: www.taylormac.net.
Lear deBessonet (Director) is currently Resident Artist at The Public Theater. She is best known for creating large-scale and site-specific theatrical events pairing artistic excellence with community. She most recently conceived and directed On the Levee with Marcus Gardley, Todd Almond and Kara Walker for Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3; ODYSSEY at The Old Globe, a collaboration featuring professional artists with 180 San Diegans; Don Quixote, a community-based collaboration with Philadelphia homeless shelter Broad Street Ministry; and more.
Other credits include Monstrosity (13p), Takarazuka (Clubbed Thumb), Saint Joan of the Stockyards (PS122), Toshi Reagon's LINES (Joe's Pub), The Scarlet Letter (Intiman Theatre), transfigures (Women's Project), In the Dark Ages (National Opera & Ballet Theatre of Kazakhstan), Oliver! (NYU Experimental Theatre Wing), When I Was a Ghost (Guthrie Theater) and Death Might Be Your Santa Claus, performed at an abandoned bank near the NYSE. She received LMCC's first annual Presidential Award for Artistic Excellence alongside Mayor Bloomberg and Edward Albee in 2008. She is an alum of the Drama League Director's Project, the Women's Project Directors Lab, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, a Jefferson Scholar and NEA/TCG Career Development Program for Directors.
César Alvarez (Composer/Musical Director) is a composer, lyricist, performer and writer. Most recently, his Civil War sci-fi musical Futurity, a co-commission of Walker Art Center, premiered at American Repertory Theater in 2012, directed by Sarah Benson. Alvarez's band, The Lisps, has released four albums and played hundreds of shows around the country since 2005. He is co-founder and resident composer of LA-based dance theater company Contra-Tiempo. He has presented work at Lincoln Center, The Stone, Roulette, Dixon Place, The Tank, Joe's Pub, HERE, The Zipper Factory, Dance New Amsterdam, Ars Nova, Walker Art Center, ASU Gammage, UCLA Royce Hall, Ford Amphitheater, RedCat, CounterPulse and more. Recent compositions include, 3 2's; or AFAR by Mac Wellman (Dixon Place), Full Still Hungry for Contra-Tiempo (Ford Amphitheater); Damned Beautiful for Helix Dance (Edinburgh Fringe). Alvarez was a Meet The Composer/Van Lier Fellow in 2004. He received a Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory and MFA from Bard College. He is currently a visiting artist in the Sarah Lawrence College Theater Program and a member of The Civilians 2012-13 R & D Group. He writes about music and theater at www.MusicIsFreeNow.org.
Lisa Kron (Mrs. Mi Tzu/Mrs. Yang)is a playwright and performer whose work has been widely produced in New York regionally and internationally. Plays include In The Wake (Lortel and GLAAD best play noms., Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist, included in the annual "Best Plays of 2010-2011"); Well (included in "Best Plays of 2003-2004" and produced on Broadway in 2006 in a production that earned two Tony Award nominations); 2.5 Minute Ride (Obie, L.A. Drama-Logue and GLAAD Media Awards); and The Verizon Play (recently premiered at the 2012 Humana Festival of New Plays). Other honors include Guggenheim, Lortel, Lark, Sundance and NEA/TCG fellowships, a Creative Capital grant, Helen Merrell and Alpert Awards. Kron is a founding member of the Obie- and Bessie Award-winning theatre company The Five Lesbian Brothers. As an actor she was most recently seen playing dance critic Walter Terry in Richard Move's Martha @... The 1963 Interview. She currently is working with composer Jeanine Tesori on a musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel Fun Home that will premiere at The Public Theater next season. She will also be reviving 2.5 Minute Ride at the Two River Theater in Red Bank, NJ this coming Spring. She is on the playwriting faculty of the Yale School of Drama and serves on the council of the Dramatists Guild of America.
Brooke Ishibashi's (The Woman) New York credits include Bumbug the Musical (Theatre Row), Instant Vaudeville by Jon Kern, Samantha Chanse & Clarence Coo (Second Generation, Victor Maog & May Adrales, dirs.), Takarazuka by Susan Stanton (HERE Arts Center & Clubbed Thumb, Lear deBessonet, dir.), The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G by Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys & Ma-Yi, Robert Ross Parker, dir.), Happy Sunshine Kung Fu Flower by Matthew-Lee Erlbach (The Zipper, Ars Nova, The PIT & Comix, Darren Katz, dir.), Oklahoma! (Baayork Lee, dir.), Saturnalia by Yusef Komunyakaa (Music-Theatre Group, Daniel Fish, dir.). Concerts: Highline Ballroom, City Winery, Joe's Pub. Ishibashi is a singer/songwriter and co-founded the Playing For Change Foundation's NYC chapter (www.playingforchange.org). She writes and performs improv and sketch comedy. brookeishibashi.com
Paul Juhn (Mr. Shu Fu) is an actor and writer who has worked extensively in NYC and beyond. Credits includ: Takarazuka!!! (Clubbed Thumb), Vengeance Can Wait (PS122), after the quake (Berkeley Rep), SIDES: the Fear is Real (Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company/Ma-Yi), wAve (Ma-Yi), White Chocolate (The Culture Project), The Importance of Being Earnest (La Jolla Playhouse), Mother Courage (Guthrie Theater). Founding member of Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company and Suffolk Street Films. Film and TV: 30 Rock, SALT, Michael Clayton, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the award-winning short film Works of ART (Actor/Writer/Producer). MFA in Acting, University of California, San Diego. www.worksofartmovie.com
Annie Golden (one of the Gods) was discovered on the Bowery fronting a rock band and was cast by Miloš Forman as Jeannie in HAIR, the 1978 film. She is currently filming Orange Is the New Black, a new TV series for Jenji Kohan, the creator of Showtime's "Weeds." The series will air on Netflix in 2013. On and Off-Broadway she has appeared in Xanadu and created the role of Georgie Bukatinsky in The Full Monty; Sondheim's original Squeaky Fromme in Assassins, the Off-Broadway production at Playwrights Horizons, directed by Jerry Zaks; Ah! Wilderness, with Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards; On the Town; and Little Shop of Horrors, as Audrey. Films following HAIR include Twelve Monkeys; Baby Boom; Brooklyn Rules; Suddenly Seeking Susan; and I Love You: Phillip Morris, opposite Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor. On the small screen: The 2-2; Law & Order SVU; Law & Order; Cheers; Miami Vice and Third Watch; She sang on Letterman with the house band as guest soloist, performs and as a member of Darlene Love's Christmas choir each year.
Anne Erbe (Dramaturg) is a dramaturg and independent producer. She is a former creative producer at the Foundry Theater and has frequently collaborated with Lear deBessonet. She holds an MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from the Yale School of Drama, where she is currently pursuing her doctorate.
Tyler Micoleau (Lighting Designer) is an award-winning (American Theatre Wing's Henry Hewes Design Award, Lucille Lortel, Obies) designer whose work has been seen off-Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater, Signature, NYTW, MTC, Atlantic Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Vineyard Theatre, Epic Theatre Ensemble, MCC, Page 73, St. Ann's Warehouse, Mint Theatre, Primary Stages, Naked Angels, Barrow Street Theater, Cherry Lane, New Georges, The Foundry, Theatreworks USA, The Play Company, Rattlestick and Soho Rep; and regionally, at the Goodman, Dallas Theater Center, Kansas City Rep, Chautauqua Theater, Syracuse Stage, Portland Center Stage, Madison Rep, Folger, Shakespeare Theater, Long Wharf and more. In addition, Micoleau has toured extensively in the U.S. and abroad with companies like The Acting Company, Dan Hurlin, Accinosco, WaxFactory, The Builders Association and Jam On The Groove. For more information, visit www.tylermicoleau.com.
Clint Ramos (Costume Designer) has received the American Theater Wing's Henry Hewes Awards twice and been nominated for many others like Lucille Lortel Award, TDF Irene Sharaff Young Master Award, Craig Noel Award, Elliot Norton Award, Drama Desk and the NYTW Design Fellowship. Ramos designed the Obie-Award winning production of And God Created Whales for the Foundry Theater in 2000. More recent New York credits include sets and/or costume designs for The Public Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Roundabout, Lincoln Center Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Signature Theater, Ma-Yi, NAATCO, Clubbed Thumb, New Georges, Women's Project, Soho Playhouse, Mint Theater, Red Bull Theater and many others. He has also worked extensively across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, go to http://clintramos.wordpress.com.
Matt Saunders (Set Designer) is a Barrymore Award-winning performer, scenic designer and artist. Saunders is a founding member and Associate Artistic Director of the Obie Award-winning experimental theater company, New Paradise Laboratories, handling both design and performance work. NPL productions include The Fab 4 Reach the Pearly Gates at New York's P.S. 122 and at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; Prom, a co-production with the Tony Award-winning Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis; and BATCH, at the 2007 Humana Festival, Actor's Theatre of Louisville. Saunders has designed over eighty shows for the Walnut St. Theatre, the Arden Theatre Company, InterAct, Theatre Exile, 1812 Productions, Headlong Dance Theatre, Pig Iron, People's Light and Theater, Yale Repertory, Berkeley Repertory, the Wilma Theater and more. Saunders holds an MFA in Design from the Yale School of Drama, and is the Assistant Professor of Design for Swarthmore College's Department of Theater. For more information, go to www.mattsaunders.net.
Brandon Wolcott (Sound Designer) has composed music and designed sound for dance and theater at dozens of spaces around NYC and the U.S. He is the resident sound designer for CTown and The Woodshed Collective. Recent work includes sound design and original music for Henry V at Two River; Titus Andronicus at The Public; The Maids with Red Bull Theater; The Woodshed Collective's massive theatrical installation The Tenant at the West-Park Presbyterian Church; and sound design for Elizabeth Streb's Kiss the Air at the Park Avenue Armory and the immersive piece Balm in Gilead at Industry City. His music project, Smirk, has performed all over the world, including appearances at Unsound in Krakow, Mutek in Montreal and the Save Festival in Moscow. Wolcott has an upcoming release of post-classical music on Clown and Sunset Aesthetics.
The Foundry was established in 1994 to assemble and support a community of artists with revolutionary ideas for the theatre and the world in which it is situated. The Foundry commissions, develops, premieres and tours new theatrical works that invite audiences to visit unexplored landscapes of thought-works that employ the limitless forms that only live theatrical events can create.
Foundry productions have toured nationally and internationally and have been honored with nine Obie Awards and three Drama Desk nominations for "Unique Theatrical Experience."
Simultaneously, The Foundry hosts public Dialogues and community programs that bring artists together with other community stakeholders to formulate new questions for our changing times. Dialogues sometimes seed new commissioned works and/or function as research sites in the development of new commissions.
The Foundry has been recognized for its hybrid programming with TCG's national Peter Zeisler Award for Innovative Practice and Dedication to Freedom of Expression and for having twicebeen awarded the special Ross Wetzsteon Obie "creating cutting edge work and engaging artists in some of the thorniest issues of the world we inhabit."
Foundry productions challenge the power of live performance to provoke considerations of the social, political, and cultural discourses that inform our everyday lives. The company is drawn to elastic, unusual theatrical forms that arise out of and redouble the content of the play itself, which means that our commissions don't always result in "traditional" plays at the end of a development process. Each project explores the (im)possibilities of theatre, and The Foundry's body of work constitutes passionate argument for its limitless imaginative potential.
The Foundry is an ongoing performance of ideas, created by rigorous theatrical works, public dialogues and community programs, invites as many people as possible to consider what it means to be citizens of this world.
La MaMa is a remarkable arts institution with a worldwide reputation for producing daring work in theater, dance, performance art, and music. Founded in 1961 by theater pioneer and legend, Ellen Stewart, La MaMa has produced and presented more than 3,200 theatrical productions to date and is a vital part of the fabric of cultural life in New York City and around the world.
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A 14 year-old boy named Chappie runs away from home after he is threatened with prison for stealing a coin collection from his mother to pay for his addiction to "weed". Chappie crashes with Russ, his 16 year-old friend who lives over a video store in upstate New York. Bikers soon invade their apartment, and Chappie is thrown into a life of crime as Russ steals electronics from the bikers who are warehousing stolen goods. Bruce, the biker whom Chappie li...
The Sweet Hereafter
One winter's morning in the town of Sam Dent in upstate New York, a school bus crashes, killing fourteen children, injuring one, and leaving the entire town in shock. As the town atttempts to cope with the terrible tragedy that has befallen them, the reader sees events through the eyes of four characters. Dolores Driscoll is the bus driver, who swerved to avoid what might have been a dog. The bus fell into a quarry, leaving only two survivors, her a...


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The emergence of China as an electronics manufacturing powerhouse has changed the supply chain forever. As China continues to evolve, the next step for innovative companies will be determining what's next.
There is no longer a single supply chain to and from China, explained Jonathan Wright, a managing partner at Accenture, in a Webinar sponsored by the Harvard Business Review entitled "How Can Businesses Navigate Asia's Increasingly Complex Supply Chain Systems?" There are actually four supply chains: East to West (exports from China to ROW); West to East (China as a demand point for Western products); intra-Asia (exports from China to regions such as India); and intra-regional (China to China or India to India).
Just as there is no single supply chain, there is no single solution.
Different regions in Asia/Pacific are developing at different rates, experts point out, which has affected supply chain evolution. Australia has followed a Western model and has developed an infrastructure that enables same-day shipping. In other parts of Asia, the infrastructure can't support expedited logistics.
"We have figured out the China-to-America supply chain," said Hau Lee, a professor at the Stanford University's School of Business, during the Webinar, "but less is known about the intra-country flow between Asian countries. It's not just transit costs: Getting signed approvals to ship between countries is a real bottleneck." The minimal cross-border approval requires two signatures; the maximum is 48, he said.
Companies are beginning to recognize there is no one China or one Asia supply chain model -- there are an infinite number of possibilities.
Panelist Tom Linton, chief procurement officer for EMS provider Flextronics, said he expects companies to increasingly adopt control tower models to keep on top of the Asian supply chain. IT infrastructure and tools have improved to the degree that many companies can utilize the model. The cloud not only enables control towers, but makes them cost effective, he said. Countries that have a good IT infrastructure will be able to adopt these tools better, and will have an advantage.
The varying development rates of the Asia region is one challenge to overcome. "Many companies have control towers, but few are building what I'd call the 'airports' yet," said Linton. "There will be airports or hubs where companies can integrate their information, and those that do will have an advantage."
Companies will have to make better use of data that is available to the supply chain, said Stanford's Lee. The supply chain needs people with analytical experience to make sense of all these demand signals. Companies are always looking for new sources of data -- mobility solutions, social media -- that will give insight into who the customers are.
"With the diverse population you have in China and other parts of Asia, the data is valuable, but currently not part of the typical operating mode," Lee added.
Lee suggests a lot more information can be extracted from existing supply chains. He shared an anecdote about how Nike wanted to develop a wrinkle-free golf shirt. Nike had no experience in fibers or making cloth, but one of its Asian supply chain partners did. The partner was vertically integrated, and understood everything from the kind of cotton to use, to the ginning of the cotton. Nike was able to leverage its supply base and get the product to market within months.
Lee pointed out that innovation will be increasingly coming out of China. There are businesses that have developed a deep expertise in niche areas. The challenge will be getting these experts to work together in cross functional teams, and that will take a cultural change, he said.
"Asian companies understand Asia," said Lee. "They can leverage this to become leaders rather than followers."
However, Asian companies will have to adapt to what Western companies have discovered: There is no Asian supply chain or North or South American supply chain -- the supply chain is global. "The more global it becomes, the more Asian companies have to look at how they manage other markets," Lee said.
The panel didn't rule out the possibility of onshoring or reshoring in the US as part of the development trend. Because supply chains will require a mixed strategy, some level of reshoring would make sense. Companies will increasingly customize products closer to demand. Linton pointed out that global labor costs are leveling out, so low cost is no longer the competitive difference. That, he said, will come from innovation.


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Zung Nguyen
Zung Nguyen received Washington College's Alumni Citation for Excellence in Finance in 2008.
Zung, a College Trustee emeritus, is a retired senior private banker, most recently with JP Morgan Private Bank in New York City. Prior to his time at JP Morgan, Zung was previously involved with a number of successful private equity transactions in the biotech and communication technology industries. He worked at American Century Investments in the capacity of a senior portfolio advisor between 1998 and 2002. He joined ING Barings Capital Markets and was instrumental in developing the company's business in derivatives and emerging market currencies. Mr. Nguyen spent 13 years at JP Morgan between 1983 and 1996 in a number of senior capital market positions. He is often a guest lecturer on financial market matters
Mr. Nguyen is a past chairman of Washington College's Annual Fund, was a member of the Visiting Committee and was his Class Agent for more than 21 years. He and his wife, Catherine, reside with their three children, Matthew, Alison, and Emily, in Morristown, New Jersey. Mr. Nguyen and his wife served as President of the Villa Walsh Academy board. He is active in various youth sport programs in Northern New Jersey. He joined the Washington College Board in 1994, and was named a Visitor Emeritus in 2001.


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Traffic affects all of us; and the data shows that the growth will be putting the squeeze on local roads. A local traffic planning organization is going the distance and using sophisticated technology to combat future gridlock.
There is no denying the Brazos Valley is growing at a high rate of speed -- leaving many drivers sitting in traffic.
"It's pretty bad right now," said Bryan resident Dub Vaughn.
Dub Vaughn is one of them.
"On the freeway since I've been here, there was nothing out here, and now it looks like Houston coming down through here," Vaughn said.
Vaughn has been living in Bryan since 1981; and says lately traffic has been so bad in north Bryan; he makes it a point to leave the house early to avoid the headache at the intersection of Highway 6 and William Joel Bryan.
"I sit through that light, and then I have to sit through that light, but basically there are only two lights, but I have to sit through 3 lights," Vaughn added.
He says the mornings are just the beginning of his battle.
"In the afternoon, between let's say 4:30 and 5:30 when everyone is getting out of Blinn College and coming this way, I mean it gets pretty bad," he said.
In an effort to combat gridlock and future congestion the BCS Metropolitan Planning Organization is studying traffic volume across Highway 6 from Barron Road to 2818.
"The study is being conducted to identify and evaluate alternative treatments in SH6 corridor to improve intersection operations and determine a timeframe for developing projects to add travel lanes.," said Brad McCaleb, Executive Director of the Bryan | College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization. "Twenty-seven cameras were used at 13 locations to collect 24 hour turning movement counts. Tube counters were placed on entrance & exit ramps as well as the main-lanes on the bypass."
"The purpose of the study is to look at short medium and long-term fixes for the interchanges along Highway 6," said Bart Benthul, Transportation Systems Analyst of the B|CS MPO. "Our traffic forecasts show that most of the interchanges in the study area will be failing, or gridlocked by 2035. With this study we are proactively attempting to avoid this situation."
The data collection ended Thursday. It's now being analyzed by a third party company.
"We will be holding public meetings in the near future to explain the study, share information and answer questions," said McCaleb.
It's an effort to keep highway 6 from becoming one of the most congested corridors in the area and to ease the strains on any of the roads leading to and from Highway 6.
The members of the MPO who sign the MPO agreements are: Brazos County, the cities of Bryan and College Station, Texas A&M University, and the Texas Department of Transportation.


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San Diego: The KGB at D Bar is Stunning, Minus the Beef
Burger reviews in the San Diego area.
D Bar
3930 5th Ave, San Diego CA 92103 (map); 602-381-7632; dbarsandiego.com
Cooking method: Grilled
Short Order: A waffle burger that's missing a tasty patty
Want Fries With That? Garlic parmesan fries come standard, but you'll still need to order crüe fries
Price: KGB, $15; Crüe Fries, $5 for a small portion during happy hour, regular size, $9
When I sat down with Keegan Gerhard at D Bar to watch him assemble the Sunshine on a Plate, he clued me into a menu item that I just had to try: the KGB. It's from D Bar's secret menu and features a grilled beef patty sandwiched between two cheese and herb waffles, topped with bacon, caramelized onions, cheese, mayo, and the standard veggies.
Enough time had gone by for me to recover from the waffle woe that was Pete Mayo's Waffle Burger, so I placed the order with full confidence that a restaurant that specializes in awesome desserts (including a few with sweet waffles) could do the genre better justice.
In many ways, that's exactly what happened. Toppings were of a high caliber, the burger was carefully constructed, and the waffle was flawless...but the beef never really showed up to join the party. D Bar uses American Kobe (aka wagyu), and based on the burger I received, it's not money well spent.
The patty was striped with hash marks from the grill, but otherwise it was an unappealing shade of gray. The grind was so fine it looked pulverized, and while there was some crust on the exterior, the interior was cool and mushy, and any flavor the beef had was totally overwhelmed by the bacon. I'll forgive the restaurant, a Denver import, for not knowing about local farms like Brandt Beef and Sage Mountain Farm, and to be fair, Keegan did let it slip that they're considering reformulating the burger by looking into local producers (as well as adding it to the regular, printed menu). Hey Keegan, if you need a beef consultant, my fee is one Cake and Shake.
Garlic parmesan fries come standard. They're tasty, but the garlic was imperceptible, and the cheese wasn't melted, so it felt separate, like some random flotsam strewn about the thin-cut spuds.
See if your server will upgrade to the Crüe Fries, or go during Happy Hour, when a small serving is $5. The addition of creamy mac sauce, ranch dressing, cheddar jack, and bacon doesn't just elevate the spuds, it blasts them to another dimension. Even if you don't plan on eating every last one, you will...and then you'll use the fries that come with your burger to swipe up the remaining sauce.
With a beef upgrade, the KGB would be a hot little number. Here's hoping D Bar gives that wagyu the boot.
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Tax Day Freebies and Deals 2014
When Tax Day rolls around on April 15, you can find relief from the stress of getting your return in on time by taking advantage of a bunch of freebies and special deals that businesses will be offering on or around the filing deadline.
We'll add more of these Tax Day bargains as we find 'em, so be sure to check back. Also note that while many businesses distribute deals via Facebook, you don't have to be signed up to the service to view and download any necessary coupons. The offers are available only on April 15 unless otherwise noted.
Arby's. The fast-food chain is offering a free value size order of curly fries again this year. You'll need a coupon that you can download from arbys.com a few days prior to April 15.
BLT Restaurants/ESquared Hospitality. All cocktails, beer, wines by the glass and bottles of wine will be 50 percent off all day April 15. Most of this chain's 15 locations start their name with BLT.
Boston Market. The fast-casual restaurant chain is offering two individual meals, each including a half rotisserie chicken with a choice of two home style sides and freshly baked cornbread, for $10.40 (as in IRS Form 1040). No coupon required. Take your accountant out to lunch?
Bruegger's Bagels. The bagel chain is reprising its "1040" special: 13 bagels and two tubs of cream cheese for $10.40 -- about a $3.50 deduction. You have to download and print a coupon from Bruegger's Facebook page or sign up for its email club by April 10. The deal is available April 12-15.
California Tortilla. Mention the secret password, "taxes shmaxes," when you place your order on Tax Day at the fast-casual Mexican chain and you'll be rewarded with free queso and chips. A purchase is required. The cheese-intolerant can substitute salsa for queso.
Great American Cookies. Get a free chocolate chip cookie from participating Great American Cookies locations; no purchase or proof of filing (or even of an extension) required. First come, first serve.
Hard Rock Cafe. Musically talented (or low on inhibition)? %VIRTUAL-article-sponsoredlinks%You can take the stage at Hard Rock Cafes across America and earn a free dinner entree by completing a whole song in front of the entire restaurant. The song is up to you -- how about The Beatles' "Tax Man"?
HydroMassage. HydroMassage is offering a free massage "experience" on its user-controlled massage beds. You have to download this coupon and call ahead for availability; calling ahead isn't required if you use a bed at a Planet Fitness location but there might be a wait. The freebie is good April 14-18.
Kona Ice. On April 16, Kona Ice will hand out free cups of shaved-ice from its trucks and other locations. "No taxation without relaxation" is the tagline.
Office Depot. Office Depot is letting customers shred up to 5 pounds of tax records (or anything else) for free through April 29. You'll need this coupon.
Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt. Customers can fill their cup with froyo and toppings for only $4.15 (as in April 15) via a coupon that will be posted on Orange Leaf's Facebook page. The chain says that amounts to approximately 50 percent off the regular price, depending on how much froyo and toppings a customer typically chooses.
Schlotzsky's. If you buy a 32-ounce fountain drink and a bag of chips, the deli-sandwich chain will give you a small "The Original" sandwich for free. No coupon required. This sandwich consists of ham, two kinds of salami, three types of cheese and an assortment of fixings.
Sonic Drive-In. The chain's drinks and slushes will be half price all day on Tax Day. No limit, and no coupon required.
Sonny's BBQ. Once you've given the government its pound of flesh, head on over to Sonny's BBQ to get half off on a plate of Sweet & Smokey or House Dry-Rubbed Ribs. It's the Irresistible Ribs Special (IRS, get it?). No coupon is required, and the chain estimates this tax break is worth about $6.25 to you.
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MONTREAL – Former municipal engineer Gilles Surprenant painted himself Wednesday as "a simple bureaucrat" who got sucked into a system of corruption that he could not control, and said he never felt it was his responsibility to report wrongdoing to the police, even as Montrealers were allegedly being defrauded of millions.
Surprenant's fourth day on the stand was characterized by a dramatic change in tone, with the now-retired engineer becoming increasingly defensive and repeatedly attempting to distance himself from a system of collusion he admittedly helped sustain for almost a decade, beginning in the year 2000.
It was Montreal's construction entrepreneurs, he stressed, who colluded to fix their bids on public works contracts. It was those businessmen who set up the system, and it was they who took the initiative to hand Surprenant hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks for his co-operation in their schemes, he said.
"I am not a villain. I am a bureaucrat who was corrupted," Surprenant told the commissioners. "No one at the city of Montreal wanted a system like this."
That system — which saw Surprenant inflate estimates on dozens of sewer and aqueduct contracts, allowing contractors to submit bids far above the actual cost of the work and thus rake in huge profits — netted him a total of $600,000 in kickbacks, he testified last Thursday. However, over the course of the last several days, a review of 91 contracts Surprenant helped draw up between 2000 and 2008 revealed the actual total (for that period alone) was about $706,000. That does not include the about $25,000 in payoffs he said he received between 1995 and 2000, or the value of the vacations, dinners, hockey tickets and other perks he said he enjoyed at the expense of various entrepreneurs over the years.
Surprenant repeated Wednesday that, despite the fact the corruption was "an open secret" in his department for years, neither he nor anyone else ever made any effort to stop it.
"There was no initiative from our superiors to correct the situation . . . and no initiative on the part of (Montreal's) executive committee," Surprenant said, adding he doesn't know how much the executive committee knew, but "there were signs" that something was amiss.
"There were excellent pieces of journalism" at the time about the fact that municipal contracts were suddenly costing the city of Montreal much more than in previous years, he pointed out. Surprenant also reiterated that his colleague, city engineer Luc Leclerc, told him a three-per-cent "tax" was being skimmed off the top of contracts and handed over to Montreal's executive committee. He said he has no idea who was actually collecting the money.
According to Surprenant, his own "cut" started to shrink as of 2006. By the end of that year, he had essentially been dumped by two of the companies who were allegedly fixing bids: Garnier Construction and Pavages ATG.
Surprenant explained the computer program designed to help engineers produce estimates on contracts, Gespro, relied partly on the average costs over the three previous years. By 2006, the program had started producing wildly inflated estimates all by itself, he testified, and he had been reduced to a simple "insurance policy" — someone there to "correct" the few estimates that weren't high enough. He also fell out of favour because, in 2005, the city hired an outside firm, Macogep, to examine the estimates independently, and cancelled three inflated contracts as a result. Those projects did eventually move ahead in 2006.
Asked if someone else might have taken his place as the cartel's contact at city hall, Surprenant named his superior, Robert Marcil, as a prime candidate. The engineer said he had "absolutely no proof" to support that suspicion, but that he noticed Marcil began taking expensive trips and he was told Marcil had gone to construction boss Nicolo Milioto to ask for "his turn."
Over the next few years, Surprenant's kickbacks would continue to trickle in, with an envelope containing $7,000 allegedly delivered by Martin D'Aoust of Frank Catania & Associates just 11 months before Surprenant retired. By January 2009, however, the tap had dried up completely.
"I was not unhappy about the situation," Surprenant said when asked how he felt when the envelopes stopped coming. Commission lawyer Denis Gallant then asked him why, if he had been so uncomfortable with accepting the money, he had never taken it upon himself to call the police.
"I spoke openly about it to my superiors," Surprenant responded. "I didn't think it was my role, as a simple bureaucrat, to call the police."
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