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Stories from the Frontline: Tanner Senko
We love our frontline staff! In this edition of Stories from the Frontline, we hear from Tanner Senko, Resolution Support Clerk at the Civil Resolution Tribunal.
RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS:
Years/time you've been in this sector?
I started in this sector March 2019. I've been working for the Civil Resolution Tribunal for just over a year and a half now.
What was your background prior to working in this role/sector?
Prior to this role, I spent 11 years working for the City of Victoria. I was a Lifeguard and Swim Instructor, eventually growing to become a Team Lead. As an instructor, I got to teach people of every age — from six-months old to 96-years old. As a lifeguard I performed rescues, emergency first-aid, and many situational de-escalations. For school, I attended Camosun College. There, I completed a Diploma in Business Administration, followed by my undergraduate degree in Professional Communications at Royal Roads University.
Describe your role as it is on paper. Now describe how it actually goes in real life.
On Paper: As Resolution Support Clerks, my team and I assess new claim applications to determine whether they are within the jurisdiction of the Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT), confirm the standing of parties, assess the complexity of issues and the processes required to deal with the issues, manage a high volume of claim files, respond to public inquiries, support senior CRT staff, and assist with the CRT's continuous improvement.
In Real Life: How the rubber hits the road isn't too far from what the role is, on paper. We help introduce and orient people to our current system of civil litigation in British Columbia. This means sending a lot of emails. Emails providing general dispute information; emails requesting people clarify their applications; emails establishing firm boundaries between us and the public. It's a ceaseless effort to remind and reinforce our position as neutral decision makers in the mind of the public. Aside from that, it's exactly what it sounds like on paper.
How have you and your team had to adapt during the pandemic for service delivery?
Fortunately, our office was able to make the switch to remote service delivery rather quickly. All of our correspondence with dispute participants is done through mail, phone, and email. There was a bit of a hurdle when it came to mailing documents. Some members of our team stepped up to volunteer to handle all of our printing and mailing. Up until recently, this meant we had two or three people shouldering all the mail for our Victoria office; for, what I would imagine to be, six very long months. Along with that, our meetings, training sessions, and social events are now performed virtually.
What is one thing (or more) you'd like others to know about your work that they probably don't realize?
For me, the CRT is a fascinating office to be a part of. This is especially true when it comes to translating legislation into policy and procedure. Many fields of work can feel static, or rigid. The CRT, on the other hand, is constantly adapting to changes in jurisdiction or legislation. That said, I'd like others to know that we get to influence the practical application of this translation process. Being party to groundbreaking legal innovations, practices, and technologies, we're provided opportunities to shape how the future of justice in B.C. unfolds.
Where do you see sector innovation or modernization most clearly in your work?
The fact that we can facilitate a civil dispute, front-to-back, through completely remote means is where I see this the most. We can provide access to justice services, albeit to select jurisdictional matters, to an entire province from two offices. Key innovations here are how we strive to integrate user focused design and alternative dispute resolution methods. Jargon aside, we innovate to reduce barriers, provide options other than lawyers and court, and change how the public thinks about civil justice.
Describe what innovation means to you in the context of your work. Why does it matter? Where do you see it happening? Where would you like to see more of it?
To me, innovation is divided internally and externally.
Internally, it means honing our procedures to further grow our capacity. Listening to each other's suggestions, exploring their validity, testing their application, and implementing positive change across teams. This matters because we align ourselves with user focused design. We owe it to the users to reassess our internal operations so we may provide more for less.
Externally, it means being transparent with our intentions and goals. Given that roughly half of our users are here involuntarily, being up front with our role is paramount. The more easily we can communicate our purpose and position, the better prepared users will be for the process. Our website and user interface is crucial for this. Adapting this interface to the fluid needs of the user is an ongoing endeavour.
How do you connect your work to the bigger picture?
From legislation, to policy, to procedure, to me. You could say that my role is to screen applications and explain our processes. Open-and-shut, that's pretty accurate. The bigger picture, is that I get to introduce people to this modern take on civil justice. It's a newer method of service delivery, and lots of people have lots of questions. My role is to set the expectations of what's to come, ensuring the users start off with the right trajectory. Yes, I screen applications, take calls, attend virtual meetings, and send emails — but it's more than that. Case by case, my team and I are helping alleviate the strain on our provincial court system. We're teaching people what to expect with this newer technology. And, more than ever before, we're showing that civil justice is accessible to those whom it's always been meant for.
Thank you, Tanner.
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At Dallas Children's Theater, the delightful musical Ella Enchanted isn't interested in the fairy tale narrative you know.
Dallas — It's no wonder audiences can't get enough of this feminist reimagining of one of the least feminist story tales in the fairy tale canon. When the story's heroine is Cinderella, the moral of the story is, apparently, "endure bad treatment with patience and compassion, and eventually, through no real effort on your part, sheer luck will bring you your happy ending. But when reworked by Newbery-award winning author Gail Carson Levine as the unlucky Ella of Frell, suddenly we're cooking with gas. No mild, passive heroine in this story: Ella claws, kicks, and scratches to earn her happy ending, and, given that the story has been (loosely) adapted not only into a feature film but now into a stage musical, it's clearly a tale that strikes a chord. Dallas Children's Theater's production of the musical Ella Enchanted is sweet, if slight, with some lovely performances, and offers children (especially girls) a decidedly modern twist on a tale in desperate need of a revamp.
Ella (Erika Larsen) is, not to put too fine a point on it, cursed. Confronted with a crying baby Ella, a foolish fairy named Lucinda (Tiffany Solano DeSena) decides to grant her the "gift" of obedience, meaning that Ella must follow any command given to her. Ella's mother, Lady Eleanor (Jessica D. Turner), keeps Ella's condition a secret when she's younger, even from Ella's father, the foolish and greedy Sir Peter (Brian Hathaway), lest people use her curse to take advantage of her, and encourages her attempts to rebel and find loopholes in any commands given to her. But when Lady Eleanor dies, Ella's father takes up with the gold-digging Dame Olga (Turner in a dual role) and Ella is packed off to finishing school with Olga's vile daughters Hattie (Alyssa Cavazos) and Olive (Gena Loe). Her only comfort at school, where Hattie and Olive have discovered Ella's propensity for obedience and take full advantage of it, is letters from Prince Charmont (Clint Gilbert), who befriended Ella after her mother's death and delights in her feistiness, falling ever more in love with her in each letter. But when scheming Hattie commands Ella to tell a visiting Char that she hates him, Ella runs away from school, determined to find Lucinda and make her lift the curse so that she can finally be free to choose her own destiny.
Levine's story is pretty severely pared down for this musical adaptation by playwright Karen Zacarias and composer Deborah Wicks La Puma—a number of significant characters and sub-plots have been excised to keep the focus on Ella and her journey—which, although understandable, means it loses a little of the flavor and depth of the original novel, and the musical numbers are, it must be noted, quite simplistic (even for a children's adaptation) and almost entirely forgettable. That said, the adaptation manages to hold on to the key elements anchoring the story and cuts to the heart of what makes Ella such a vital, appealing heroine.
Larsen's Ella is certainly appealing herself, with a sweet, open face and a nice clear voice, although her Ella seems a little muted—the character's anger and rebellious spirit don't always come through with the necessary intensity. But she shares a bumbling sort of chemistry with Gilbert's Prince Char, and their letters back and forth are a high point of the production. Jessica D. Turner is perhaps the standout performer of the piece; her Lady Eleanor and Dame Olga are completely different creatures, and I only wished she got more stage time. Another standout performance was De Sena's Lucinda, who not only has a gorgeous, operatic voice, but who commits whole-heartedly to her dim, but essentially good-natured character. As the scheming stepsisters, Cavazos and Loe are a good comedy duo, with Loe's slow-witted, galumphing Olive as a particular treat.
Director (and choreographer) Nancy Schaeffer keeps things moving at a fast clip and deploys her actors well to cover various set and costume changes. The set itself (designed by Michelle Harvey) is fairly minimal, but well-conceived, with a pastoral backdrop onto which later setting can be superimposed, and the space to the sides of the stage are used well to represent various other locations. There are some nice costumes on display (costume design by Lyle Huchton)—Dame Olga's swishy gowns with their massive hoop skirts underneath and Lucinda's sequined green and gold dress as particular standouts—but the conception of the stepsisters' costumes as a sort of mix of 80s-era fashion with clown elements—was a little baffling and more than a little out of step with the rest of the cast. And kudos to sound designer Marco Salinas for keeping the actors audible over the music, which is becoming rarer and rarer in musical productions these days; never once did the music overpower the performers at the matinee viewed.
The little—and not so little—princesses in the audience (many of them in their Sunday best, and some in Anna and Elsa costumes, which is apparently now the gold standard for modern princess-wear) were delighted by the production, and their parents seemed engaged as well, though I think DCT is correct in its assessment that the show is geared more towards older kids—they specify six and up, and judging by some of the fidgety toddlers in the crowd, I'd say that's about right. So if you absolutely can't listen to one more rendition of "Let It Go," come see a live-action princess in action who's got a lot to teach about fighting to make your happy ending fit you, not the other way around.


Robert Jekyll, the grandson of Henry Jekyll, is on his quest to discover his real identity, his true family history and the nature of his 'curse' – wh... (more)ich his foster father, Dr Vishal Najaran, is controlling with medication. His journey will take him into a dark and unforgiving place, as his alter ego seems capable of anything. At the same time there are shadowy forces trying to find Jekyll and the source of his powers.
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Police find body of woman buried on Norway property
Her identity and cause of death will be determined by the state medical examiner.
By Matthew DaigleSun Journal
The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit investigates a property at 239 Harrison Road in Norway where officials found the body of a woman, believed to be in her 80s, buried in the backyard Tuesday. Jon Bolduc/Sun Journal
NORWAY — State police Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of a woman buried in the backyard of a home at 239 Harrison Road.
Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland said Tuesday that detectives and evidence technicians found the remains while conducting a search.
Police believe the woman is in her 80s and likely died in the past 12 to 18 months and may have lived in a mobile home on the property, according to McCausland.
Her body was taken to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta, where the medical examiner will attempt to identify her and determine a cause of death.
McCausland said state police were assisted in the search by the Oxford County Sheriff's Office, the Norway Police Department, the Maine Department of Transportation and the Medical Examiner's Office.
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The coffees on. Come on in and grab a cup while it's hot. I rustled up a trio of stories to start your day. Good news about coffee for woman (I'm assuming it's good news for men too), your mind is an open map to scientists, and a floating stage on lake Constance.
Drinking coffee may lower women's risk of depression, a new study says. Women in the study who drank two to three cups of caffeinated coffee a day were 15 percent less likely to develop depression over a 10-year period compared to those who drank one cup of coffee or less per week.
The researchers cautioned, however, that the new study only shows an association between coffee consumption and depression risk, and cannot prove that drinking coffee reduces risk of depression in women.
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley found that by looking at brain activity, they could get a fairly good picture of a human's visual experiences. The study is published in the current issue of Current Biology.So how did they do that? They made people watch short video clips and then they measured brain activity using a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine and they were able to recreate the clip people were watching.
The Seebühne, a massive floating stage on Lake Constance, is the centerpiece of the annual Bregenz Festival in Austria.
The stage hosts elaborate opera productions that are famous for their extraordinary set designs, for audiences of up to 7000.


What if your family or other important people in your life won't participate?
With first-chapter allusions to martial arts, "flow," "mind like water," and other concepts borrowed from the East (and usually mangled), you'd almost think this self-helper from David Allen should have been called "Zen and the Art of Schedule Maintenance".
Yes, "Getting Things Done" offers a complete system for downloading all those free-floating gotta-do's clogging your brain into a sophisticated framework of files and action lists--all purportedly to free your mind to focus on whatever you're working on.
However, it still operates from the decidedly Western notion that if we could just get really, really organized, we could turn ourselves into 24/7 productivity machines.
As whole-life-organizing systems go, Allen's is pretty good, even fun and therapeutic.
It starts with the exhortation to take every unaccounted-for scrap of paper in your workstation that you can't junk, The next step is to write down every unaccounted-for gotta-do cramming your head onto its own scrap of paper.
That's where the processing and prioritizing begin; in Allen's system, it get a little convoluted at times, rife as it is with fancy terms, subterms, and sub-subterms for even the simplest concepts.
Thank goodness the spine of his system is captured on a straightforward, one-page flowchart that you can pin over your desk and repeatedly consult without having to refer back to the book.
That alone is worth the purchase price.
Also of value is Allen's ingenious Two-Minute Rule: if there's anything you absolutely must do that you can do right now in two minutes or less, then do it now, thus freeing up your time and mind tenfold over the long term.
It's commonsense advice so obvious that most of us completely overlook it, much to our detriment; Allen excels at dispensing such wisdom in this useful, if somewhat belabored, self-improver aimed at everyone from CEOs to soccer moms (who we all know are more organized than most CEOs to start with).


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July 17, 2000 netcov
AN ASSET FOR A NEW CENTURY
By William Flynn
The Quarry Hills golf course project is the largest single land project ever attempted in Quincy or Milton, covering 446 acres of the two communities. The amount of dirt and cash being pumped in is mind-boggling.
By the time the first golfer tees off in the summer of 2002, nearly 11.5 million tons of Big Dig dirt (that's 600,000 truckloads) will have been dumped. And the Massachusetts Highway Department will have paid out about $ 90 million to the city of Quincy. The city, in turn, will have passed most of this money along to the developer (Quarry Hills Associates) and the contractor (McCourt Construction).
With numbers like that it's natural for taxpayers to wonder whether their money is being wisely spent. Will the 27-hole golf course benefit Quincy and Milton residents for generations or will the project turn out to be great boondoggle? So far, Quarry Hills seems to be meeting or exceeding the vision of the developers.
Initially, the project was for an 18-hole course, but now it will be 27 holes. Initially, only a clubhouse was in the plans, but now a 400-person function hall will also be built. Admittedly, all this means more profits for the developers who are leasing the public land.
But the entire project will be owned by the city in 50 years. Few reading this now will be around for that event, but it will be a boon to residents of the city at midcentury. And Quarry Hills will pay Quincy and Milton a percentage of the course's revenue each year until the ownership change.
Last Saturday, Patriot Ledger reporters Elizabeth Crowley and Tom Walsh did a thorough job in following the project's trail of dirt and money. They described a sophisticated system to verify the delivery of truckloads of dirt (which is needed to trigger cash payments) and noted how money passes from the state to the city and into the developer's hands. The key role of the state Department of Environmental Protection in facilitating the project, including work on the fastest off-ramp construction in federal highway history, was also described.
Not included in the reporting project (because of space considerations) was the work of Quincy DPW Director David Colton in getting a good deal for the city for the rights to fill Swingle's Quarry.The state highway department was nearly desperate to find a place to deposit hundreds of thousands of tons of excess slurry from the Big Dig. It investigated several options but chose the quarry as the best possibility.
But before the dumping could begin, Colton insisted that the city be paid for those privileges and negotiated a good deal of $ 1 a ton. That amounted to $ 541,660 in unexpected cash for the city's coffers. That, added to money the city was already getting from the 1984 contract with J.F. White Construction, has earned the city more than $ 800,000.
Not everyone believes Quarry Hills is the best use of the land. But no one has ever been able to offer a plan to reclaim the landfills and scrub land that made any sense, either economically or environmentally. The serendipity of the Big Dig project and its boundless need to get rid of excavated dirt combined with the vision of the Quarry Hills developers made this golf course project possible.
With the ever-growing popularity of golf combined with the splendid views and convenient location, some would argue that not making money at Quarry Hills would be hard to do. But this is a highly complex project requiring the cooperation of several state agencies, the developer, the contractor and a fleet of truckers, along with Quincy and Milton.
The uncertainty and sheer audacity of the project could have prompted several state agencies to reject it and several million dollars that were already invested would have been lost.
In fact, as the Patriot Ledger report pointed out, one DEP official was surprised to find out that the project was still alive. One official called it the project with nine lives.
The final truckload has not been dumped and the final audit has not been completed, but Quarry Hills will likely turn out to be a major asset for Quincy and Milton for an entire century.
STATE TAPS MCCOURT CONSTRUCTION TO FILL HAZARDOUS QUARRY, CREATE NEW PARK
The project will also allow the Highway Department to dispose of 825,000 tons of Big Dig dirt.
Quincy, Mass., July 12, 2000 – As reported in yesterday's Patriot Ledger, the Massachusetts Highway Department has chosen McCourt Construction and the Quarry Hills Associates development team to create a new park at the site of Granite Rail Quarry in Quincy. The state will pay $16 per ton for disposal of Big Dig dirt. The payments will be split between McCourt Construction, Quarry Hills Associates, the City of Quincy, and the Metropolitan District Commission.
McCourt expects to begin draining the water-filled quarry by early August, and to begin dumping dirt in September. The project will create a park in the place of an dangerous swimming hole that has been the scene of several drowning deaths in recent years. The finished park will include 40- to 50-foot-high rock climbing walls, a grassy expanse atop the quarry cap, and a new parking lot.
May 11, 1998 netcov
HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS BRAVE RAIN TO CLEAN UP CITY
By Matthew Casey
QUINCY — Despite a steady morning rain, several hundred volunteers turned out for Saturday's kickoff of the 9th annual Cleaner Greener Quincy campaign.
Students and members of local trade unions joined city officials and other residents for the three-hour cleanup, which collected tons of debris from dozens of sites such as Faxon Park in South Quincy, North Quincy High School, the Collins Rest-a-While Playground on the Southern Artery, and Daniel Gilbert Park in Squantum.
"It's a really, really good cause," North Quincy High student Shirley Kwok said, as she helped plant shrubs around her school. "It's kind of sticky and wet, but we got a lot done."
The cleanup was the start of a season of programs that will include a citysponsored yard care conference and a Neat Neighbors contest.
Cleaner Greener was begun in 1990 as a way to increase citizen involvement in the city's environmental programs. Last year volunteers and city crews removed more than 350 tons of trash, abandoned vehicles and other debris from parks, playgrounds, beaches and open areas.
On Saturday laborers, equipment operators and other union workers from McCourt Construction Co. of Boston landscaped trails and roads in Faxon Park, "Quincy is a strong union town, and we want to show that the union cares about keeping Quincy clean," said Edgar Murphy of Teamsters Local 371.
Across town in Squantum, meanwhile, dozens of of residents picked up litter and helped plant bushes and flowers in Daniel Gilbert Park.
"We want it to look nice," said Jean Mackey, the leader of a volunteer team. "It's a gateway to Squantum."
Mayor James Sheets praised the volunteers at an afternoon appreciation cookout the city held at the Richard J. Koch Family Recreation Complex.
"Every year it gets bigger and better," Sheets said. "It's become an institution in and of itself. Having a clean city makes people feel good, and self-esteem is very important for a city." The next Cleaner Greener program will be the May 30 Yard Care Conference, a free event sponsored by the city park department. Speakers will discuss lawn and garden issues.The conference will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Koch complex at 100 Southern Artery, across from Adams Field. Topics will include home composting, proper tree care and how to maintain a beautiful, affordable lawn.
The park department will sponsor a "Neat Neighbors" contest again this year, awarding prizes to residents who keep their property cleaned up and attractive year round.
For information on all Cleaner Greener programs, call the park department at 376-1251.
December 4, 1997 netcov
X-WAY WONDER: RAMP IN 6 _ WEEKS; BUILT FOR TRUCKS HAULING BIG DIG DIRT
By Lane Lambert
QUINCY — After a lightning-fast, around-the-clock 6 1/2 weeks of construction, a new Southeast Expressway ramp for trucks hauling Big Dig fill to a West Quincy golf course site opened to traffic today. A highway project like this usually takes seven years from design to completion, contractor Richard McCourt said. "This is definitely the fastest project I've ever been involved in," he added.
The 1,500-foot southbound ramp, located a quarter-mile north of the Furnace Brook Parkway exit, will allow Big Dig contractors to haul as many as 800 loads of dirt a day to the former city dump for the next couple of years without creating backups in regular traffic.
However, developers and city officials say the volume probably won't reach more than 500 trucks a day. About 200 trucks have been using the Furnace Brook Parkway exit during ramp construction. The ramp also will be open to other local traffic.
McCourt's crews worked around the clock, six days a week, through rain, an early snowfall, and the lasting of 12,000 cubic yards of rock in the ramp's path.
The schedule was hastened because it was a private job for Quarry Hills Associates developers, McCourt said. As a result, the project didn't require the usual time-consuming reviews and approvals that delay regular state road work.
But the biggest help was the Big Dig itself. With millions of yards of dirt to dispose of, state officials were ready to do anything they could to make sure all that fill could be moved as soon as possible. Charles Geilich of Quarry Hills praised the speed of work of the McCourt Construction Co. of Boston. "I'm sure this has never been done before," he said.
McCourt agreed, saying, "The average time for a highway project from design to completion is seven years, and we did it in 10 weeks."
With the ramp now open, McCourt will spend another month finishing a related realignment of Willard Street, which now merges with the Furnace Brook rotary at the Ricciuti Drive intersection.
State and local officials joined the Quarry Hills Associates developers for a ceremony today at the intersection of the ramp and Ricciuti Drive, which the trucks will follow to the former city dump. The Quarry Hills partnership announced its winning bid Oct. 1 to take as much as 7 million cubic yards of fill from the Central Artery project. Ramp construction began a couple of weeks later.
The $ 63 million Quarry Hills project will include an 18-hole, privately run golf course and at least six municipal soccer and baseball fields.
The total cost includes $ 54 million for construction of the golf course and sports fields, $ 2 million for the ramp, $ 1 million to widen and repave Ricciuti Drive and $ 6 million in start-up money for Quarry Hills Associates.
The sports fields, being built on Metropolitan District Commission land, are expected to be ready by the summer of 1999. The golf course won't open until 2002.
November 5, 1997 netcov
Dorchester Heights Monument Reconstruction
The Dorchester Heights Monument in South Boston is a National Historic Park commemorating the location from which American Revolutionaries drove the British from Boston. Dorchester Heights is one of the 9 sites which make up the Boston National Historical Park and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The National Park Service chose McCourt Construction to rebuild this park and restore its iconic marble tower. McCourt refurbished the entire monument from interior and exterior and installed a new mechanical system. In addition, the cast-in-place retaining walls supporting the entire park were reconstructed. There was also extensive landscape and hardscape improvements throughout the park. Perhaps most importantly, McCourt was tasked with excavating a Revolutionary War fort under the direction of archaeologists.
The steep topography, urban location, and the park's status as a National Register of Historic Places posed unique challenges to this project. McCourt's attention to detail and hard work paid off as the project earned the 1999 Architectural Accessibility Achievement Award from the National Park Service
Owner: National Park Service
Completion Date: Nov, 1997
•	Renovate a colonial-era historic monument
•	Working directly next to one of Boston's largest public high schools
•	Park construction in an urban environment
•	Working on a challenging topography
•	Assisting archaeologist uncoving a 17th century Revolutionary Fort
•	1999 Architectural Accessibility Acheivement Award – National Park Service
•	Monument is located on the National Register of Historic Places
June 24, 1997 netcov
CITY SQUARE PARK HONORED AT BOSTON PRESERVATION ALLIANCE ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY.
Historic park represents the first new open space created by the Big Dig.
Charlestown, Mass., June 24, 1997 – The Boston Preservation Alliance honored City Square Park during their annual awards program last week. As reported in the Boston Herald, the BPA recognized general contractor McCourt Construction, landscape architect The Halvorson Co., artist David Phillips, and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management for creating a park that "enhances Boston's built environment."
The park is located at the site of Charlestown's City Square – first designed in 1629. It incorporates custom-built ornamental fence, extensive granite and brickwork, and award-winning sculptures, all spread throughout expansive green space decorated with more than 70 separate species of trees, shrubs, perennial flowers, groundcovers and grasses. The Park even features the foundation of a seventeenth century tavern destroyed by the British during the revolutionary war.
The Boston Preservation Alliance Awards are bestowed annually to honor outstanding achievements in historic preservation and compatible new construction in Boston. The other projects recognized this year were, the Exchange Conference Center at the Boston Fish Pier, the Boston Historic Markers Program, the restoration of the Colonial Theater, and Frog Pond at the Boston Common.
DORCHESTER HEIGHTS MONUMENT RE-DEDICATED IN PATRIOTIC CEREMONY
Park commemorates Washington's first victory of the Revolutionary War.
Boston, Mass., June 23, 1997 – The Dorchester Heights Memorial at Thomas Park was re-dedicated last Saturday, June 21st. The park recently underwent a $4.8 million facelift by McCourt Construction under the watchful eye of the National Park Service. McCourt's scope of work included installing new utilities, building new retaining walls, planting new vegetation, and rehabbing the iconic white marble tower at the summit of the park. The project was especially complicated given the fact that the park abuts the busy South Boston High School and is built over an 18th Century fort.
The Dorchester Heights Monument was first completed in 1902. It was designed by Boston architects Peabody and Stearns to commemorate General George Washington's first victory in the American Revolution. Washington fortified Dorchester Heights with cannons and was able to drive the British out of Boston on March 17, 1776 – ending an 11-month siege of the city. To this day residents of Massachusetts celebrate March 17th as Evacuation Day.
September 28, 1996 netcov
ROAD REPAIRS GET DETOURED, CONTRACTORS SAY
By Andrew J. Dabilis
From Charlestown's gutted Main Street, a graveyard for mufflers, to rutty Route 6 in Fall River and bumpy Route 2 in the Berkshires, highway contractors say large portions of Massachusetts' 30,000 miles of road are in poor condition.
While many roads are in adequate shape, some highways are battered from heavy traffic, and side streets can be found that are split open from the force of water and salt in their seams. "They are as bad as they have ever been," said Richard McCourt, a highway builder who is also chairman of the Board of Construction Industries of Massachusetts, made up of contractors who do most of the roadwork in the state.
While New England's vicious weather cycle — sizzling heat in summer alternating with winter's deep freeze — and years of grinding auto and truck traffic have taken their toll, they're not the main problem, according to McCourt.
He pointed instead at what he said is the failure of state and local governments to overcome political and union squabbles, and bureaucratic inertia to push through badly needed repairs.
"There's been no consistent maintenance program," said McCourt. "The roads get worse every year. We fall farther and farther behind."
Robert Tierney, commissioner of the state Department of Public Works, said the 10 percent of highway miles in the state that are under his agency's control "are in very good shape. I don't believe you can find a pothole." He agreed, however, that many city and town roads are badly maintained. He said his department is an easy scapegoat and is often blamed for local road problems.
Contractors agree that local roads are in worse shape, but they said state roads have problems, too.
On a recent tour of both state and local roads in eastern Massachusetts, McCourt pointed out numerous areas where roads had potholes, cracks or a roller-coaster effect that had caused many vehicles to leave scrapes from their bottoms on the hot top. "Look at this road," he said, pointing at cracks and a wavy surface on Newport Road in Quincy. "Why does it have to be like this?"
McCourt put most of the blame on Gov. Dukakis for not putting sufficient emphasis on highway repair and on reform of the DPW. The agency has a work force whose average age is 57. It is trying to rebuild itself from budget cuts that drove out most of the young engineers three years ago. [CLARIFICATION: Also,
a spokesman for state Transporation Secretary Frederick Salvucci said budget cuts that reduced staffing at the state Department of Public Works were initiated by former Gov. Edward J. King, although the effects reached into the Dukakis administration.]
Money is not the problem, most observers agree. State funds distributed to cities and towns for road repair under the Chapter 90 highway program have increased from $12 million in 1983 to $30 million this year, according to state Secretary of Transportation and Construction Frederick Salvucci. But he said results will not show for a few years because of the lead time required for these projects. It costs $100 per foot to repair roads in Massachusetts, and some can cost up to $2.5 million per mile.ld not get through the Legislature.
The DPW provides design and environmental review for most road repair and construction projects in the state, including most local roads. The process, said Tierney, is arduous. "I'd have to be an idiot to say I'm satisfied," he said.
A 1982 survey done for Construction Industries of Massachusetts by the industry-backed Road Information Project in Washington said that nearly 22,000 road miles in the state were in "fair" to "very poor" condition and that repairs would cost about $5 billion. A year later, the Legislature approved a major highway bond issue that promised to substantially beef up the DPW's work force. The DPW won authority to hire 200 junior engineers without going through the civil service system and was allowed to begin new hiring that has increased its staff from 2,700 in 1983 to 3,500 this year.
But highway contractors say that it still takes months for the DPW to review and approve state and local road design contracts and that the agency is bogged down by union regulations and the lack of qualified staff.
McCourt, while acknowledging that his members would benefit from the lucrative highway contracts, said nonetheless that "the governor has to direct his people as to what's a priority, and in this administration, roads are not a priority. He's too convinced mass transit will solve the problem."
Salvucci said that "physically the roads are reasonably good. The towns have a problem. There is a capacity problem to spend money effectively."
House Minority Leader William G. Robinson (R-Melrose), a candidate for state auditor, says DPW progress in processing paperwork on local roads and repairing state roads has been so slow that Massachusetts will have to return $74 million in unspent federal highway funds. [CLARIFICATION: Contrary to a legislator's complaint quoted in the Sunday Globe's Metro/Region section, $74 million in highway funds that Massachusetts must return to the federal government was not for routine highway repairs. Rather, the money was earmarked for Boston's third harbor tunnel and central artery projects.] The federal government subsidizes state and local highway construction projects from between 75 to 90 percent.
"All across the state, bridges and roads are disintegrating not because of a lack of funds, but because the Dukakis administration has missed the deadline for spending available funds for these repairs," Robinson said. DPW officials said the money technically will revert to the federal government but will still be available to the state later.
The Massachusetts branch of the American Automobile Association, long an agitator over traffic and road problems, stated in a recent issue of its magazine that the DPW had promised to break last year's record of advertising bids for $268 million worth of work, but had awarded contracts for less than $73 million
by mid-July.
Tierney said that's because several expensive projects weren't scheduled for approval until this fall. He said the department may still hit the $300 million mark in contracts that he had predicted in January. A major reason for the state's statistically poor performance, said Salvucci, is the delay in waiting for approval for a third harbor tunnel between Boston and Logan Airport and for depressing the Central Artery. The two projects would cost at least $2 billion.
Last New Year's Eve, the Legislature approved a $1.96 billion highway bond issue, including federal funds. About $800 million is for highway and bridge work, 400 million each for 1986 and 1987. The House chairman of the Legislature's Transportation Committee, Rep. Stephen J. Karol (D-Attleboro), said that Tierney has tried hard to speed work at the DPW but that the agency is antiquated.
"The DPW and its organizational structure hasn't changed appreciably in 50 years. It can't get out enough work to meet the needs. We shouldn't ever do another bond issue unless we can do a major reorganization of the DPW. The single most critical issue is the lack of engineering capacity in the DPW," Karol said.
"You have an institutional tradition of mediocrity. There are many dedicated people there, but there are some people called engineers because they took a mechanical drawing course in high school," Karol said. "There are a lot of people down there on cruise control looking for retirement, and the job isn't getting done.
BIG DIG CONTRACT GOES TO LOW BIDDER BY JUDGE'S ORDER
By Thomas C. Palmer Jr.
A Superior Court judge yesterday ordered the Massachusetts Highway Department to award a Big Dig contract to the lowest bidder despite a technicality that made the company ineligible in state officials' eyes. Acting rapidly to avoid construction delays, and following a one-day trial last week, Judge Vieri Volterra stopped state officials from giving the contract for relocation of utilities downtown to Modern Continental Co. Modern, which came in fifth in the bidding, was the only company bidding that had registered with the state as being "prequalified" for the work.
Volterra ordered the department to award the contract to McCourt Construction Co., which had proposed to do the work for $12.4 million, or $1.2 million less than Modern Continental.
Neither McCourt nor the five other bidders that challenged the state's award to Modern Continental had filed the proper prequalification form with the state, establishing that they have the ability to do the work.
The judge ruled that all the contractors were in fact qualified to do the work, and he criticized the state for not sufficiently publicizing a change in procedures that required such prequalification. State officials say they were trying to streamline the bidding process, but the judge said they forgot to make that clear to the
To give the contract to Modern "would elevate form over substance" in state bidding procedures, Volterra wrote in an nine-page decision. Denying the contract to McCourt, the lowest bidder, would have been "against the public interest."
"The judge did something the highway department couldn't do, in essence set aside the prequalification" requirement, said Peter M. Zuk, director of the $8 billion Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel project. "The judge's decision will result in a $1.2 million saving for the taxpayer, and that is good news."
Although Volterra noted that only Modern Continental among the eight bidding companies was not "asleep at the switch" on the procedural change that the department had made, he ruled that was not sufficient reason to give Modern the contract. Volterra called it a "Kafkaesque situation" when department officials felt
they were prevented by law from awarding the contract to a qualified low bidder. "That this situation is created by a public agency of the commonwealth which is expending sorely needed and scarce state and federal funds would naturally cause great alarm to any responsible observer," he said.
"Clearly, it is inappropriate to squander another million and a quarter dollars by blindly insisting on meeting a statutory mandate that was unnecessary in the first place," he said.
CONSTRUCTION FIRM, UNION PITCH IN FOR BOSTON CLEANUP
By Viola Osgood
The plea for help went out on two new fronts last week – a call to aid city officials in the cleanup of Boston. Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, the call was answered by almost 200 construction workers from the John McCourt Co. and Local 223 of the Laborers International Union of North America.
The volunteers met in Franklin Park before moving out into sections of Roxbury and North Dorchester, where they would remove hundreds of tons of rodent-infested garbage and rubble from 48 vacant lots.
"I couldn't be more pleased at the turnout," said Richard McCourt, one of the organizers. "My family has been earning its living in Boston for four generations and the cleanup is one little way for us to express our gratitude."
Pat Walsh, business manager for Local 233, called on other trade and craft unions to make a similar commitment: "We all owe something to the city. This cleanup is one of the best programs we could have and everyone should pitch in."
The construction workers' effort, initiated by McCourt and Walsh, is part of Mayor Raymond L. Flynn's spring cleanup campaign. This was the fourth weekend cleanup, but it was the first time a construction firm or union had actively participated.
The workers gave their time and energy. The McCourt Co. donated 8 dump trucks, 16 front end loaders and 12 pickup trucks. McCourt said that amount of manpower and equipment costs $5100 an hour.
While the construction crews took on the heavier tasks, neighborhood volunteers in Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, South Boston and Hyde Park performed other chores. City work crews were there to supply residents with equipment and to haul away trash.
Mamie Goforth of Dorchester, a laborer for the McCourt Co., said she was glad to be working on a project that was good for the city and for her own neighborhood in particular.
Steve Frick of Malden, an assistant project manager for McCourt, commented: "It's a good idea. You have a group effort of management, labor and the city all working together to clean up Boston. I don't live in Boston, but I work here. I have to look at it everyday, so I think I should help clean it."
In midmorning, Flynn stood near Erie and Greenwood streets in Dorchester and watched as a construction crew used six front end loaders and dozens of rakes to clear two lots that were covered with mounds of debris from illegal dumping. Flynn praised the labor/management effort from McCourt and Local 223. He said
the city can't afford to pay for the kind of heavy work that was being done on the lots.
"I've never seen anything like this," Flynn said. "This shows a commitment to the people in this neighborhood and to the people in the city. Projects like this improve the quality of life. This is what can happen when there is partnership between the public and private sectors. It's a good day for Boston."
Asked how he plans to make sure the lots won't be used as dumping grounds in the future, Flynn said he plans to push for strict enforcement of existing laws and to work for the passage of even tougher statutes.
A 75-year-old retired executive secretary of Local 233 came to show support for the effort.
"I don't want my name in the paper," he said, "but I just want to say what a good project this is in so many ways. You have blacks and whites, men and women working together side by side to clean up the neighborhoods. And that alone has to be a good thing for the city.


Suresh Pujari gang's most recent attack is all over the news, but instead of keeping a low profile, the mobster is using his notoriety to drive terror into the heart of his next targets. One of these targets is a 55-year-old businessman from south Mumbai, who got a call from Pujari, warning him to watch the footage of the shootout at a Bhiwandi hotel on January 10.
The businessman told the police, "He called me on the same day and asked me, 'Did you see the shootout on the news? It was done by my men.'" In his complaint, the businessman said that he had received threat calls a few days earlier as well, but did not take it seriously. "At first, when Pujari demanded R50 lakh from me, I thought it might be a prank call, but then he started abusing me and said he would put bullets in me. He said he knew my son too," said the complainant.
The victim disconnected the call, but Pujari called back and asked, "Why are you disconnecting my calls, don't you love your life? Have you heard how many people I have shot in Ulhasnagar? If you are dare to avoid my calls without paying up, you can imagine the consequences."
The businessman said Pujari threatened to kill him during his daily commute to his office in south Mumbai. The gangster allegedly said, "You will take an hour and 15 minutes from Ulhasnagar to Fort, and I will shoot you in that duration." The businessman stopped receiving the calls out of fear, but after he complained to the Mumbai crime branch and Thane police, the cops instructed him to record the calls. On the basis of these recordings, the police will now verify whether the caller was indeed Pujari.
"We have lodged an FIR against the caller under Sections 387 and 34 of the IPC. We have procured the caller's voice samples recorded by the victim and are matching it with Pujari's voice sample," said an officer. Another officer added, "The caller has called the victim between January 6 and 16. He contacted the businessman around 15 times, but most times, the victim did not take his call due to fear."
On January 10, two masked men barged into KN Park Hotel on the Bhiwandi-Kalyan highway and shot at the receptionist. The Kongaon police have booked Pujari in the case. Investigations have revealed that one of the owners of the hotel was receiving extortion calls from Pujari, demanding Rs 25 lakh.


Present Malaysian Malay Moslem Girls Trend Tendencies VS Islam!
Some Malaysian Malay ladies wore brief hijabs that didn't actually cowl their 'aurat' totally. As matter of truth, their necks are uncovered fairly clearly.
Some Malaysian Malay ladies wore hijabs together with their brief tee shirts and a few are even sleeveless exposing their arms and shoulders. I feel what Bekas Budak UKM meant was child tees, camisoles, raglans and tank tops.
Some Malaysian Malay ladies wore hijabs together with their extremely tight becoming denims revealing the form of their booties (pardon me for saying this) to everybody.
Bekas Budak UKM did point out just a few extra issues however I am solely within the first three as talked about above. For non-Malaysians and non-Moslems who're studying this at the moment, you first should perceive that majority (+90%) of Malaysian Malay ladies are born Moslems. Moslem ladies are required to cowl each a part of their physique besides their face and fingers (from the tip of their fingers to the wrist joints) after they have reached puberty. Moslem ladies are additionally prohibited from dressing in clothes that will reveal their bodily shapes and curvatures. Carrying clear or skinny clothes can also be strictly prohibited in Islam.In a way, the letter submitted by Bekas Budak UKM is merely a watch opener. I am a Moslem too and I would not have to be Holy Man to say that the tendencies of Malaysian Malay ladies at the moment are usually not in keeping with the methods of Islam. It is a worrying development and I do share my issues on the matter with many different involved Moslems in Malaysia. Please don't ask me why Malaysian Malay ladies who're born Moslems behaves and clothes in such method since I actually would not have the reply. By proper, each born Moslems right here in Malaysia have been uncovered to some sort of fundamental Islamic schooling after they have been younger. Many have been despatched to non secular instructing colleges and have been taught all in regards to the Islamic lifestyle there.
I do surprise simply how on the planet did Malaysian Malay Moslem ladies obtained into this type of mess within the first place. Have been they influenced by the mass media comparable to tv exhibits, motion pictures and so forth in some way?We may by no means discover the solutions alone. I really hope that Malaysian Malay ladies would come ahead and have their say on this matter. We're all questioning and solely you'll be able to present us with the required solutions. You probably have any feedback or feedbacks on this situation, be happy to voice them over at Malay Girls in Malaysia weblog. Thanks.


LONGMONT — Lyons had to move its home invitational meet to Everly-Montgomery Field in Longmont Saturday, but the Lions were ready for the task at hand despite the change of scenery.
For many smaller schools, scheduling a home meet with higher-level competition can be a scary thought. This Lyons team, however, looks forward to the challenge that level of competition brings to their home invitational each year.
"It just kind of pushes everyone," Lyons' Aidan Christiansen said. "We know we're going up against top kids in the state. In 2A, we're not quite as good as the ones in 5A, so going up against those schools will lead to better jumps and times all around."
Christiansen started his day in the 100 meter dash running in the final heat with the other top runners in the event. His time did not see him place in the event, but his day would end on a positive note when he won the long jump by hitting a mark of 19 feet, 8.25 inches.
"I've been working on my form," Christiansen said. "Right now, all of us has jumps that will get us to state. We're just trying to get our form there, our bodies healthy and increasing our speed so we can bring more speed on the track and in the pits."
Lyons would get a couple of points from Colton Jonjak-Plahn in the high jump and 800, as well as Isaac Roberts in the 3,200. The 4x200 relay would finish seventh, resulting in nine points being added to the 10 team points scored by Christiansen in the long jump.
Things were just as successful for Lyons on the girls side as they secured a top-10 finish in their meet. Leading the way was Logan Kuskie in the pole vault and Kylen Christiansen in the discus. Kuskie, the school record-holder in the pole vault, cleared the bar at 10-feet-2 inches to win. Christiansen would beat Nakiya Gomez of Vista Ridge with a throw of 98-feet-4 inches to win her throwing event. Charlotte Rogers scored the other top-three finish for the team in the 100 hurdles, finishing third in 17.59.
Lyons scored in six events to rack up 43.5 points, beating a number of teams from higher classifications in the meet.
Facing higher-classified teams now will reap great benefits for Lyons at the end of the season, according to Christiansen.
"Looking back at 2A and where you're at for state, you know we will be a little higher up," Christiansen said. "It's been going pretty good so far this season, but I know I can be better."
Longmont's Eddie Kurjak took second place in the triple jump when he hit a mark of 42-9 on Saturday. Later in the afternoon, he cleared the high jump bar at 6-1 to win the event.
Normally, scoring 18 points in two events would equate to a good day at the track. But for Kurjak, he came away with a different feeling on Saturday.
"I'm not very happy with it," Kurjak said. "I still got first (in the high jump), but I think I could have done better. It is a little bit cold out, but I shouldn't let that affect my jumps."
Longmont as a whole had another quality day in the jump pits on the boys and girls side, an area that has become a strength so far in the season. Joining Kurjak in placing for the boys team was David Hernandez in the long jump as he finished in second place. The Trojans had two placing efforts from the girls side in the long jump by Sally Marshall (third place) and Jenna Johnson (fourth). Marshall would hold off Kaitlin James of Silver Creek for second place in the triple jump while Johnson was fourth and Caroline Demosthenes took sixth.
"I think we have really good coaches," Kurjak said. "Every day we want to get better in practice. We really focus on where we need to get better and attack it. I think that's allowing us to jump higher and farther."
Throwing events were dominated by Silver Creek and turned out to be a big reason for both teams to come away with second place in the meet. Sam Dirkes was able to get the sweep and win the shot put and discus for the boys team and scored 20 of the team's 83 points. Margaret Goldsberry was the top thrower in the shot put and Colleen Tyrrell was able to place in the shot put and discus, helping Silver Creek finish with 69 team points.
The other aspect of the meet controlled by one team came from Monarch in distance events. The Coyotes secured the top three spots in the girls 800 meter run with Julia Mainland taking first, Chloe Smith finishing second and Arianne Le coming in third. Anna Wexler was second in the 1,600 to round out a strong distance day for the girls. On the boys side, Henry Little ran the fastest time in the 1,600 and saw teammates Trevor Senior (fifth place) and Paxton Hansburg (sixth) also score. Monarch would get some points in the 800 from Luke Johnson finishing second and Avery Conaghan taking fifth.
Peak to Peak had perhaps the most dominant win of the day, pushing themselves in the girls 3,200 relay with a time of 9:31.38 to unofficially set the state season standard so far this spring. Makenna Turner would get a first-place finish for the Pumas in the long jump with a mark of 15-feet-11 inches.
Team scores — Vista Ridge 102, Silver Creek 83, Rock Canyon 79, Longmont 56, Frontier Academy 47, Mead 45, Pueblo West 43, Arvada West 35, Denver West 33, Monarch 33, Lutheran 21.5, Heritage Christian 21, Classical Academy 21, Peak to Peak 20, Lyons 19, Gateway 15, Wheat Ridge 6, Boulder 5.5, Thompson Valley 5, Greeley Central 5, Faith Christian 1.
100 meter dash — 1. Daniel Ford, Silver Creek, 11.49; 2. Dawson Menegatti, Pueblo West, 11.64; 3. Khalif Harrington, Vista Ridge, 11.72.
200 dash — 1. Daniel Ford, Silver Creek, 22.80; 2. Nicholas Nuhfer, Arvada West, 23.18; 3. James McHenry, Rock Canyon, 23.36.
400 dash — 1. Nicholas Nuhfer, Arvada West, 50.52; 2. Jose Limas, Longmont, 52.22; 3. Brandon Bartush, Mead, 53.01.
800 run — 1. Yasin Sado, Denver West, 1:55.83; 2. Luke Johnson, Monarch, 1:56.32; 3. Levi Kilian, Heritage Christian, 1:59.38.
1,600 run — 1. Henry Little, Monarch, 4:33.51; 2. Jesse Hayward, Frontier Academy, 4:34.30; 3. Rory Seidel, Wheat Ridge, 4:35.70.
3,200 run — 1. Yonas Mogos, Gateway, 9:24.08; 2. Mason Norman, Classical Academy, 9:36.09; 3. Seth Bruxvoort, Heritage Christian, 9:42.42.
110 hurdles — 1. Zayden Davis, Vista Ridge, 15.23; 2. Sean Burns, Vista Ridge, 15.69; 3. Julius Cotton, Denver West, 16.21.
300 hurdles — 1. Zayden Davis, Vista Ridge, 39.63; 2. Sean Burns, Vista Ridge, 40.57; 3. Julius Cotton, Denver West, 41.39.
400 relay — 1. Silver Creek, 44.63; 2. Vista Ridge, 45.10; 3. Arvada West, 45.63.
800 relay — 1. Vista Ridge, 1:32.76; 2. Rock Canyon, 1:34.08; 3. Arvada West, 1:34.50.
1,600 relay — 1. Frontier Academy, 3:34.93; 2. Rock Canyon, 3:37.12; 3. Longmont, 3:37.24.
3,200 relay — 1. Pueblo West, 8:39.13; 2. Rock Canyon, 8:52.00; 3. Lutheran, 9:00.22.
Long jump — 1. Aidan Christensen, Lyons, 19-8.25; 2. David Hernandez, Longmont, 19-7.5; 3. Kadin Ogren, Frontier Academy, 19-7.
Triple jump — 1. Micah Hilts, Vista Ridge, 43-9.75; 2. Eddie Kurjak, Longmont, 42-9; 3. Dante Whaley, Pueblo West, 41-2.75.
High jump — 1. Eddie Kurjak, Longmont, 6-1; 2. Micah Hilts, Vista Ridge, 5-11; 3. De'lan Gandy, Vista Ridge, J5-11.
Discus — 1. Samuel Dirkes, Silver Creek, 156-9; 2. Emmanuel Taylor, Vista Ridge, 131-8; 3. Hezekiah Mosley, Denver West, 123-6.
Shot put — 1. Samuel Dirkes, Silver Creek, 55-6; 2. Gavin Howard, Pueblo West, 46-4.5; 3. Caleb Sedegan, Silver Creek, 41-1.
Pole vault — 1. Hunter Potrykus, Silver Creek, 14-8; 2. Seth Rohr, Rock Canyon, 13-2; 3. Noah Kelly, Lutheran, 12-8.
Team scores — Classical Academy 118.5, Silver Creek 69, Monarch 58, Vista Ridge 57, Mead 55, Rock Canyon 52, Longmont 50.5, Lyons 43.5, Lutheran 35, Frontier Academy 32, Peak to Peak 26, Denver West 26, Arvada West 22, Pueblo West 19, Faith Christian 19, Wheat Ridge 15, Thompson Valley 11.5, Vanguard 10, Heritage Christain 4, Coronado 2.
100 meter dash — 1. Nya Henderson, Denver West, 12.76; 2. Julia Pattison, Monarch, 13.32; 3. Makenna Turner, Peak to Peak, 13.39.
200 dash — 1. Abbey Glynn, Mead, 26.78; 2. Nya Henderson, Denver West, 27.07; 3. Esther Eyberg, Classical Academy, 27.70.
400 dash — 1. Abbey Glynn, Mead, 57.33; 2. Randi Higashi, Rock Canyon, 60.85; 3. Reganice Small, Vista Ridge, 62.11.
800 run — 1. Julia Mainland, Monarch, 2:23.58; 2. Chloe Smith, Monarch, 2:24.75; 3. Arianna Le, Monarch, 2:28.53.
1,600 run — 1. Tiya Chamberlin, Wheat Ridge, 5:20.64; 2. Anna Wexler, Monarch, 5:31.17; 3. Sadie Haymond, Arvada West, 5:35.61.
3,200 run — 1. Kaylee Thompson, Classical Academy, 11:21.43; 2. Katie Flaherty, Classical Academy, 11:30.73; 3. Shannon King, Faith Christian, 11:43.95.
100 hurdles — 1. Shenna Daum, Classical Academy, 16.31; 2. Kaitlin James, Silver Creek, 16.36; 3. Charlotte Rogers, Lyons, 17.59.
300 hurdles — 1. Abby Glynn, Mead, 45.71; 2. Shenna Daum, Classical Academy, 49.77; 3. Nicole Barnes, Vista Ridge, 52.09.
400 relay — 1. Silver Creek, 53.10; 2. Lutheran, 53.35; 3. Vista Ridge, 53.59.
800 relay — 1. Classical Academy, 1:49.18; 2. Mead, 1:56.75; 3. Vista Ridge, 1:57.34.
1,600 relay — 1. Classical Academy, 4:18.29; 2. Frontier Academy, 4:19.82; 3. Longmont, 4:30.39.
3,200 relay — 1. Peak to Peak, 9:31.98; 2. Lutheran, 10:28.10; 3. Rock Canyon, 10:41.33.
Sprint medley — 1. Mead, 1:53.25; 2. Rock Canyon, 1:55.18; 3. Classical Academy, 1:59.83.
Long jump — 1. Makenna Turner, Peak to Peak, 15-11; 2. Nya Henderson, Denver West, 15-4.5; 3. Sally Marshall, Longmont, 14-10.5.
Triple jump — 1. Shenna Daum, Classical Academy, 34-3.5; 2. Sally Marshall, Longmont, 32-11.75; 3. Kaitlin James, Silver Creek, 32-11.
High jump — 1. Riley Matsen, Rock Canyon, 5-5; 2. Izzy Ramirez, Frontier Academy, 5-1; 3. Cayla Wilburn, Classical Academy, J5-1.
Discus — 1. Kylen Christensen, Lyons, 98-4; 2. Nakiya Gomez, Vista Ridge, 98-0; 3. Allie Bergland, Monarch, 93-7.
Shot put — 1. Margaret Goldsberry, Silver Creek, 33-5.5; 2. Shanae Lontine, Pueblo West, 31-10.5; 3. Athena Branch, Arvada West, 30-8.5.
Pole vault — 1. Logan Kuskie, Lyons, 10-2; 2. Lauren Kelly, Lutheran, 9-8; 3. Kaya Wick, Pueblo West, 8-8.


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Tag Me Thursday – Sunshine Blogger Award 6 & 7!
Hi everyone! Welcome back to another Tag Me Thursday. Today I'm doing the Sunshine Blogger Award for the 6th and 7th time! I was nominated by Alison and Annie, so thank you ladies! These two are pretty cool. Both are students, both are dog lovers, and amazing people so please check them out if you haven't already!
I have been able to catch up on my awards/tags so right now I have a few more planned for Tuesdays/Thursdays. I will move them to Tuesdays only once I catch up and probably do a small post on Thursdays. If I don't have an award on Tuesday to do, I will probably do the same as well.
Right now it's The Office. I'm on season 6 and it's hilarious!
I just saw the musical An American in Paris so right now I really want to go to Paris! I've been once before but need more time in the city.
Besides water my go-to drink is usually lemonade. Or at Starbucks it's a chai tea latte!
Do you prefer vanilla or chocolate?
Do you have any hidden talents or party tricks?
Not really. I used to play flute in school. Does that count?
What is your favorite kind of blog post to write? To read?
I love to write my "If We Were Having Coffee" posts (new one is scheduled for tomorrow!) and love to read them as well. I also enjoy day in the life posts as well. Pretty much anything related to a "life recap".
At my desk at home.
Do you like minty flavors?
To become a CEO of a very successful company. Preferably one that I've started.
Not really! Just Pam because that's a shorter version of my name.
How much I truly care about them and their lives. I try not to make it so obvious.
Probably "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" because it's such a lovely song!
Favorite would probably be pink but like a really bright pink because I look good in that color. Least favorite would probably be yellow because I look terrible in that color.
My Life is So Hard because I say this all the time even though there is nothing difficult about my life.
When I was accepted into grad school!
Tortillas! Hahaha my parents are Mexican so that should explain that!
I always try to select one question that I was asked just to kind of "pass it on" and because it's an interesting question! Does anyone else do that?
What is your favorite posts to read and write?
What is something you loved to do as a child but now realize that not all kids enjoyed that?
What is your favorite podcast to listen to?
What is the most recent song you've listened to?
I am leaving this award open to anyone who wants to participate! Just be sure to tag me or leave a comment below with your link when you do the award so I can read your answers!
And that's the Sunshine Blogger Award! Thank you again Alison and Annie for the nomination, I do appreciate it.
Lemonade is the best drink to have in the summer – or any time of year, really! 💛 Also, the If We Were Having Coffee posts are one of my favorite kinds to read! 😀 they're so much fun! Congrats on these awards, Pamela!
Mine too! It's nice to just have a nice "coffee chat" with everyone!!! Thanks!
Yeah it is! 😀 you're welcome!
Thanks!! I'm glad you enjoy them so much!!
I'll be going to Paris soon and I've never seen that musical. I need to get on that! I wish I could stay for at least a month. And I definitely am with you on The Office. It's one of the best comedy shows ever!
You're going to Paris?? Awesome!!! I hope you love it and have a wonderful time!


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"Every good painter paints what he is." Jackson Pollock
Pioneers of Giclee Prints
Firstly, a giclee print is basically a high quality fine-art digital print that has an interesting history. Graham Nash of the singing group, Crosby, Stills, and Nash, played a major role in its creation.
Graham was an avid photographer and collector of visual treasures. In the mid l980's Graham became interested in computers and began to scan and manipulate his photographic images on the computer screen. Graham could see the potential of using computer software to make digital prints of his work. ("Digital" means using numbers to represent something, which is what a computer does.) However, in those days photo labs hadn't figured out how to work from digital files to make a decent print.
Through his friends he made new connections in his search for a solution. There are important people who are intertwined in this process, but to keep it simple Iet's just mention a few. The search for a new way of image-making had been developing on both the East and West Coasts of the U.S. A printer called an IRIS had been developed by this time by a Boston-based company called IRIS Graphics. Steve Boulter, the West Coast sales rep made a big sale to The Walt Disney Company in Burbank. Boulter knew the color engineer, David Coons, who worked for Disney on the IRIS printer. Through his connections a meeting was arranged for Graham Nash to meet Coons who was helping Disney make the transition from traditional to digital animation. (Coons won an Academy Award in l992 for co-developing Disney's computer animation production system.) Soon Coons was printing Nash's images from the Iris printer onto thick D'Arches watercolor paper. Nash exhibited these prints, and his show was the world's first all-digitally printed, photographic fine art. He got rave reviews and later sold them at Sotheby's for $2.17 million.
Graham Nash soon bought an Iris printer and with his friends opened Nash Editions, which was the world's first all-digital printmaking studio..


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Laws of UX
The Laws of UX site is a fantastic resource for learning in depth about mental models, heuristics, and immutable laws of human behavior that undergird the practice of user experience design.
Whereas the Laws of UX site presents in a numerical order, that order is just alphabetical with numbers. For the purpose of this site, the ordered list establishes an opinionated priority, with 1 being more important than 2, and so forth. In the event that two solutions or even their underlyring principles conflict, the answer abiding to the lowest-number law in the list is the one that should be chosen.
Among competing hypotheses that predict equally well, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Especially where users' attention is concerned, less is more. If a single form field can do, don't split it into 3. If a section can be a heading, some text, and a little bit of space, avoid a complex layout. Keep it simple.
Jakob's Law
Users spend most of their time on other sites. This means that users prefer your site to work the same way as all the other sites they already know.
When you can stick to convention, reuse obvious patterns, and avoid reinventing the wheel, it's better for eveyone to do so.
Fitts's Law
The time to acquire a target is a function of the distance to and size of the target.
Fitts' Law seems underappreciated compared to other interaction guidance. On this site, important interactive elements should always be big and nearby. Any two elements should have adequate spacing to prevent misses.
Law of Proximity
Objects that are near, or proximate to each other, tend to be grouped together.
We are strongly inclined to group related content together: at the page and menu level, on a page via sections and the heading outline, and in smaller ways both visually and syntactically.
Serial Position Effect
Users have a propensity to best remember the first and last items in a series.
We want the starts and ends of things to be the best parts. People derive value from the middle of a story or a section containing supplementary information, yes, but they retain the headline and the call to action. Prioritize this over Miller's Law, slightly.
Miller's Law
The average person can only keep 7 (plus or minus 2) items in their working memory.
This, coupled with the serial position effect, should be the basis for navigation menus. Each level of menu (with Occam's Razor driving toward a minimal number of levels) should start and end with the most important items, and should number no more than 9 items, ideally 7 or fewer.
Law of Common Region
Elements tend to be perceived into groups if they are sharing an area with a clearly defined boundary.
Useful to keep in mind when making a small part of an interface, like a fieldset or layout column. The use of a background, border, or tactical spacing can yield benefits for making an element or elements easier to understand.
Doherty Threshold
Productivity soars when a computer and its users interact at a pace (<400ms) that ensures that neither has to wait on the other.
We set a performance budget to ensure that everything on the site is as snappy as can be. Where practical, such as the moodboard and identity documentation, we also specify that transitions and animations remain within the Doherty Threshold.
Postel's Law
Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send.
It's vitally important, especially in the context of inputs, that we accept user inputs liberally. In the context of Falsehoods programmers believe about names and the CRM/MA convention of splitting name fields, we want to fight back and let users be their authentic selves. And receiving data means respecting users' privacy.
Aesthetic Usability Effect
Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that's more usable.
This principle is less important in a decision-making framework because aesthetic can derive from simplicity, from convention, and via detail work rather than foundationally. Aesthetic is also more subjective than other laws and effects in this list.
Secondary laws
All laws from the reference site are included, though some are under-emphasized and others deemed redundant or harmful. The remaining laws in the list below should not directly drive decision-making.
Pareto Principle
For many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes..
This is a useful mental model and certainly a strong effect. For largely-static sites rather than contributory efforts (such as wikis), though, the 20% of causes is largely known and internal to the brand.
Peak-End Rule
People judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its peak and at its end, rather than the total sum or average of every moment of the experience.
We want to keep this in mind, especially when telling stories; a good story takes great care to make a satisfying climax and ending. For a website, we have to battle serial position and "the fold" against the peak-end, since bounces can mean very quick starts, peaks, and ends for some user segments. Defer to the serial position effect ten times for every application of the Peak-End rule.
Parkinson's Law
Any task will inflate until all of the available time is spent.
Less a driver of decision-making and more a joke about project management... We should aspire to provide maximum value for available time. Perhaps the lesson from this 'law' is to always have an enticing backlog!
Von Restorff Effect
When multiple similar objects are present, the one that differs from the rest is most likely to be remembered.
Prioritize this effect, wherein a combo-breaker helps drive user engagement (see "Amazon recommends") over implying patterns via the Law of Similarity. At the same time, do not overuse this effect, since it can lead to the "if everything is bold then nothing is bold" feeling.
Law of Similarity
The human eye tends to perceive similar elements in a design as a complete picture, shape, or group, even if those elements are separated.
An interesting effect, certainly. However, if a design relies on similarity and difference rather than being simply enhanced by the effect, it is a likely sign of too much visual complexity driving the design.
Tesler's Law
For any system there is a certain amount of complexity which cannot be reduced.
Yet another corollary of Occam's Razor, albeit insightful. We want to convey meaning to users as simply as possible. Any simpler and the meaning falls apart. Any more complex and the conveyance is inefficient. We want as simple as we can, but no simpler.
Law of Uniform Connectedness
Elements that are visually connected are perceived as more related than elements with no connection.
Another corollary, this time of the law of proximity. Things that are connected are by definition proximate. Let's Occam this and keep in mind how important proximity is.
Law of Prägnanz
People will perceive and interpret ambiguous or complex images as the simplest form possible, because it is the interpretation that requires the least cognitive effort of us.
Both a corollary of Occam's Razor and a fairly-minute effect compared to regular-old clear communication. All Gestalt demonstrates that humans recognize and process perceived patterns with innate biases. If an interface relies on Prägnanz in a meaningful way, it's likely too complex of a design to begin with.
People remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed tasks.
Some psychological principles are true, but not necessarily pleasant. This effect enhances memory while increasing anxiety. We don't want our visitors to feel anxious about completing tasks, and we don't want users to feel like a first-year marketing intern is sending them a "time's running out" email. Just note that this is a tool in the black-hat UX box and move on.
Hick's Law
The time it takes to make a decision increases with the number and complexity of choices.
This is a corollary of Occam's Razor; while true, in the interest of abiding by our first principles we'll de-prioritize it.
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India underinvests in science
Unless we build more than simply two or three global centres of scientific excellence and training, and unless we reward our scientists to work in those institutions, it will be hard for us to compete with countries like China, informs Dr Swami Subramaniam, CEO, Ignite Life Science Foundation to Akanki Sharma in an exclusive interview
By Akanki Sharma on July 28, 2021
Give us a brief about Ignite Life Science Foundation – the story of its origin, its goal and target audience, etc.
Ignite was launched formally at an event in January 2020 but its story had begun prior to that. It is the brainchild of Professor Ramaswamy Subramanian, who was at that time heading C- CAMP in Bengaluru – a part of the Bangalore biocluster. During his working years in India, he recognised many problems Indian scientists were facing and it was not simply a matter of quantum of funding; there were multiple factors.
Research productivity thrives in a complex ecosystem. Very few countries in the world have succeeded in building such self-sustaining ecosystems consisting of multiple factors government funding, academic institutions (that are often private) that consider research an important purpose for their existence, ability to attract the best students from the global pool, private philanthropists willing to support science through large endowments and the co-existence of research universities with communities of investors, start-ups and large companies' R&D facilities – The Boston-Cambridge (Harvard) area and the San Francisco Bay Area (Stanford), Cambridge University (Cambridge, UK) and the Stockholm area (Stockholm University) are some examples.
Building out such ecosystems takes time, but Rams and his scientific peers got together with leading business persons and academics in India to find Ignite as an organisation that would nurture good science using philanthropic money. Connecting uHNIs to science in Indian universities is the first step towards getting widespread acknowledgement of the challenges facing Indian science and pooling resources and capabilities to solve some of these challenges – funding is only one among those.
So, Ignite is an organisation with the purpose of building — not just good science in the country, but also building research capacity because there are critical areas of research where a capacity in the country is missing because of historical reasons. For example, we don't have good fundamental vaccinology research going on in India as we noticed during this last pandemic. The only vaccine launched used an older technology. There was nobody in India, ready with messenger RNA technology for developing vaccines, and this is important because the fastest route to launch a vaccine is using messenger RNA technology, which is why the Pfizer vaccine got launched way before the Bharat Biotech one.
So, if we see, this is a gap that we identified; but, like this, there are many other missing pieces in the overall puzzle of Indian science. Unless those pieces are filled, Indian science will always find it hard to deliver to the expectations and requirements of India. There are other healthcare needs in India, which are unique to the country. The second one could be anti-microbial resistance, and the third would be nutrition. So, in some of these areas where India faces unique challenges and problems, Indian capacity needs to be built. Hence, Ignite was found with these two purposes in mind.
Biocon has invested Rs 5 crores in Ignite Life Science Foundation for life sciences research. Share details about the project for which this fund has been received.
Our first set of projects is related to pandemic preparedness and anti-microbial resistance. The specific project for which Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's funding will be used is to be determined in the coming weeks because all our proposals go through a rigorous external review. So, we will, within the next two-to-three weeks, decide which project specifically gets funded from the initial set of proposals received.
Then, as we grow our donor pool, we will expand the portfolio of projects. We will also be bringing forward when we receive good proposals that get good external reviews, we will be ready to fund those, and, hopefully, additional funding will then come in to Ignite from new donors. Therefore, we can increase the number of projects we fund. The more we do, the better the outcomes will be, and the more effective we can be in terms of creating changes or new developments that are favourable in Indian science. So, we do hope that we will get support from more donors projects in the area of anti-microbial resistance. So, as and when we receive good proposals that get good external reviews, we will be ready to fund those, and, hopefully, additional funding will then come in to Ignite from new donors. Therefore, we can increase the number of projects we fund. The more we do, the better the outcomes will be, and the more effective we can be in terms of creating changes or new developments that are favourable in Indian science. So, we do hope that we will get support from more donors.
How active is ISFL in lifesciences research? What all has it done to date and what does it intend to do in the upcoming days?
Ignite is a startup. We are only getting going with the funding that has just come in. We really had not started any project work until this initial round of funding from Dr Shaw. Now, what we plan to do with this funding, I have briefly alluded to. We have identified other areas for research, including the ones mentioned earlier. I just mentioned some of them could be based on donor interest. I mean, while we recognise that there are key programme areas that we'll identify, there could also be areas that donors identify as being important. Moreover, if we can find high-quality projects and investigators in those areas, we will take them up as well.
This is a long journey in which we have made a modest start. Our aim is to raise at least Rs 25 crores in the first round of funding, and then increase the corpus to about Rs 100 crores in a few years' time from now. Of course, the size of the corpus of funding we raise has to be proportionate to the kind of high-quality investigators and project ideas that we find to fund.
So, I don't want to get ahead of the story by saying that we would raise so much money for sure, but I think we would raise enough money to fund all the good projects that we can find. While some of these will make a huge difference, some will make a smaller one; but all will be executed in a manner that ensures that excellence in research output is maintained.
As things change in the environment, we will also make adjustments in what we do. One of the things we do want to do in addition to funding projects is to consciously bring scientists together, not just as collaborators on projects, but as communities of practice. For example, if we take pandemic-preparedness, we would like all the scientists who are, in some way or the other, doing work on pandemic preparedness to come together on a common communication platform that Ignite will build for them. We believe that the exchange of ideas between, and maybe some collaborations among scientists across institutions, can strengthen Indian science in a manner that simply funding science cannot achieve. So, apart from funding science, we want to be an active promoter of collaborations and we also see opportunities for Indian scientists to collaborate with counterparts overseas.
We would like to facilitate that so that the best practices, the best knowledge, the best ideas, the best technologies, the best reagents and the best research tools are available to, and in some instances, generated by Indian scientists. So, I think research and science is ultimately a global activity and we want to make sure that Indian scientists are a key part of the international research community in science in at least a few chosen areas, if not in every area.
Do you think India lags behind when it comes to investing in science and innovation? If yes, what losses has it brought to the country? If not, how strong has the sector been and what achievements has the country witnessed? Explain in detail.
India underinvests in science. More importantly, India underinvests in its scientists. Unless we build more than simply two or three global centres of scientific excellence and training, and unless we reward our scientists to work in those institutions, it will be hard for us to compete with countries like China. We also cannot take the China route of super funding science since our resources are comparatively limited. Nevertheless, we have impressive human resources and we need to invest in its development. Unlike China, we are a free society where research and inquiry of the highest level can flourish. However, many players — private donors and the government must each do their part to make this happen. Hopefully, Ignite can play a role in enabling this on behalf of the major stakeholders, including the scientists.
How do you intend to create and sustain a robust environment that promotes world-class scientific research and productivity in India?
Ignite is in the business of creating the facilitating mechanisms and processes that allow scientists to do their best work, and when appropriate, rapidly convert their ideas into products for the benefit of the community. We see ourselves as seeding these efforts. At some points, the seeds will develop and grow self-sustainably. Today, for a good scientist who can compete globally, there is no shortage of funds. For good and great scientists to emerge, we need to create an enabling environment. That is what we will do.
What steps are you taking to upgrade your R&D space?
We do not run our own laboratories. The investigators we fund and the host institutions provide this. We will support specialised equipment to reagents that they need.
What kind of aid do you seek from industry stakeholders — philanthropists, scientists, policymakers, etc. for the growth of ILSF?
First, we need them to believe in what we do and support us with their words of encouragement. As a next step, for those who are able, we ask them to reach out to us to understand how they can support our mission — through funds, partnership, whatever. We will do the same by reaching out proactively to our stakeholders and when there is an opportunity, we will collaborate with like-minded institutions. The task is huge and no one player can do this. We hope other Ignites will also arise and we can all do together what none of us can accomplish individually.
Are you in talks with any organisation or government authority with regards to further investment in your foundation? If yes, kindly share details about the same.
We are in the very early stages of discussions with several potential donors. None of these is at a stage where it would be meaningful to disclose. We will keep you posted about any developments, as they happen.
What is your business plan for the next five years?
As I said earlier, it is good to have plans, but it is much better to execute on a small plan and then reveal the big plan. Our ambition is to raise over Rs 100 crores and become a partner of choice for both donors and scientists. Time will tell if we live up to this commitment.
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Brilliant parapsychologist Elise Rainier returns in this gripping Blumhouse film, bringing you the most
Brilliant parapsychologist Elise Rainier returns in this gripping Blumhouse film, bringing you the most horrifying chapter of the series yet, Insidious: The Last Key. Lin Shaye reprises her role as Dr. Elise Rainier, who receives a disturbing phone call from a man who claims that his house is haunted. Even more disturbing is the address, 413 Apple Tree Lane in Five Keys, New Mexico, the very home where Elise grew up as a child. Accompanied by her two investigative partners, Rainier travels to Five Keys to confront and destroy her greatest fears, fears that have plagued her since childhood – the demon that she accidentally set free years earlier.
I am a sucker for a good ghost story and the Insidious films rarely disappoint. "Insidious: The Last Key" is the fourth installment of the "Insidious" franchise, which serves as both a prequel and a sequel at the same time. You could say a sequel to the third film and a prequel to the first and second films. The film begins with a flashback showing a young Elise being abused by her prison-warden father due to her "gift" of continually seeing ghosts and communicating with the dead. The flashback quickly reveals to only be a nightmare that a much older Elise is having. The storyline takes you back to Elisa's beginnings, but it really doesn't focus on a lot on her growing up story, it uses it mostly as a tool to tell another disturbing story.
Elise is now a demonologist and parapsychologist who runs her business of combating spirits and demonic forces. She receives a call from someone who is living in the house that she grew up in as a child and is being haunted by its ghosts. This installment truly does not have the classic horror vibe that the first two movies had, and it comes off as more modern and rushed as was not the case in the first two films. Our lead antagonist, Lin Shaye (Elise) gives a fairly good performance but is definitely not remarkable. The rest of the cast is pretty much the same as they were in the other films.
The story is as intriguing as ever, and of course, there are many startling moments that I found myself hiding behind my hands a few times. There is a plethora of occultic content, such as the film's concept of ghosts and spirits lingering after death and the paranormal ability to communicate with the dead, the unrealistic depiction of demons and powers, and the communication of demons as being a paranormal "gift." There's also another part of the movie when someone hands Elise a Bible and she ever so briefly scoffs at it.
(2018) Insidious: The Last Key Movie Still
I was caught off guard more than once with the way a story played out. It was a story I was satisfied with almost the entirety of it, it gave me all of the things that I enjoy in a good horror flick. There was even some campy humor in it. The actor selection in this was spot on. There is a lot of very creepy and downright scary imagery throughout the film. Dark creatures and beings with great strength that cause harm to the living. One scene we have a young girl who has become possessed, and another girl being beaten by her father. Many dark themes are throughout this movie and can be a bit hard to shake after leaving the theater.
I was a bit thrown by the central demon in the film, which was a spindly ghoul with keys on the tips of his bony fingers that can lock his victim's voices and consciousness away. The more I watched, the more I discovered it as a fun and creepy creation. However, we never get to find out what his other three fingers do, and that made me feel a bit cheated!
Title: Insidious: The Last Key
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Starring: Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Caitlin Gerard
MPAA Rated: PG-13
Directors: Adam Robitel
Tags: Angus Sampson, Caitlin Gerard, Horror, Insidious: The Last Key, Leigh Whannell, Lin Shaye, Mystery, Thriller, Universal Pictures
ChaoticMinister	October 17, 2018
I've seen a lot of harsh reviews on the last key but I thought it was really good.


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According to a report from Theverge
T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T customers have trouble making calls across the United States, according to user reports on Downdetector and social media, reports increasing around 2:20 p.m. ET.
The problem seems to have completely disappeared from T-Mobile: while AT&T tells The Verge that its network "works normally" and Verizon says that its network "works well", T-Mobile has now confirmed that it is fixing the "Voice and data problem affecting customers across the country."
In our own tests at replacement York and Seattle, we found that calls from T-Mobile failed almost immediately after making the call. We also found that cellular service on our phones was intermittent, as the bands sometimes dropped to zero or lost access to high-speed data.
In April, Sprint and T-Mobile completed their $ 26 billion merger, making the merged cellular network the third largest carrier in the United States after AT&T and Verizon.
Many Verge employees were unable to call T-Mobile. Sprint, now a subsidiary of T-Mobile, and US Cellular also seem to be facing problems.
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We do not know what the problem is right now. It goes without saying that what appears to be a multi-network failure can in fact come from a single operator, because the people who report failed calls do not always know which operator the recipient is using.
Others have reported problems with other networks. Upon arrival, spokespersons for AT&T and Verizon (which owns TechCrunch) said their networks were functioning normally. Sprint has yet to respond to a request for comment.
There is no indication that the interruption was caused by a cyber attack.
Reportage said level 3, the main backbone of the fiber optic network that cell phone networks rely on to direct calls and messages, is down, which could explain the network down .
But a spokesperson for Century Link, who has level 3, said there was no power outage in his network.
Large-scale cell network outages are rare, but they do happen. In 2017, CenturyLink suffered a network outage affecting all major U.S. operators and 911 fiber emergency services for calls. In some US counties, officials have sent emergency alerts to cell phone users to warn them of 911 service outages.
Updated to indicate that carrier approved text messages also appear to be affected, With AT&T and Verizon responses, With an update to the CEO of T-Mobile; With a statement from CenturyLink. An earlier version of this report incorrectly mentioned the job title of Neville Ray.
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