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There are several definitions for the term lockdown, the most common of which pertains to a state of containment or a restriction of progression. A lockdown is an emergency protocol to prevent people or information from escaping, which usually can only be ordered by someone in command. Lockdowns are also used to protect people inside a facility or, for example, a computing system, from a dangerous external event.
Of buildings, a partial lockdown means that the doors leading outside of the building are locked and people may not exit or enter the building. A full lockdown means that people must stay where they are and may not exit or enter a classroom, apartment unit, store unit, an office space, condo unit or the building. If people are in a hallway they must go into the nearest classroom, apartment unit, condo unit, office space or store unit.
Schools must practice lockdowns, as required by the state. If you get locked out of a classroom, you go into a bathroom or a locker.
In prisons[edit]
In its most common usage in corrections units, the term lockdown can be defined as a course of action to control the movement of inmates. Confining all prisoners, except workers, to their cells until the end of the day is an example of a "lockdown period" in a corrections schedule. However a "full lockdown" is used when all prisoners are locked in their cells to prevent a riot or unrest from spreading or during an emergency.
In hospitals[edit]
In US guidelines, occasions for preventing entry into a hospital may include: power failure, earthquake, flooding, fire, bomb threat, hostage crisis and active shooter.[1][2] Occasions for preventing both entry and exit from a hospital may include: external contamination, civil disturbance and abduction of an infant or child.[1][2]
In lean manufacturing process[edit]
In manufacturing, the term lockdown event refers to a continuous improvement initiative in which manufacturing in a specific area (typically a cell or specific piece of machinery) is halted in order to contain, and determine, what are the issues that are preventing the manufacture of goods from meeting the quality specifications. During the lockdown event a multi disciplinary team reviews the specific area manufacturing processes, tooling and machine condition, to find the root cause(s) of the problem(s). Once changes to the process, or machine repairs that may include adjustments and/or replacement are effected, a sample run is initiated and evaluated. If the results of the validation are within the required specifications, the area lockdown is lifted and production is resumed. Follow up sampling is conducted subsequently to insure continuity of the lockdown results.
Historical events[edit]
The term has risen in use only very recently, see here for a graph of its frequency history.
In the wake of the September 11 attacks (2001), a three-day lockdown of American civilian airspace was initiated to prevent any remaining escapes of perpetrators.
In December 2005, the New South Wales Police Service initiated a lockdown of the Sutherland Shire and other beach areas of New South Wales to contain race rioting (and retaliative strikes). The New South Wales Labor government, in an emergency sitting of parliament, passed an array of amendments to legislation giving the New South Wales Police Service additional powers to 'lock down' targeted areas and roads within New South Wales. The legislation introduced to deal with the 2005 Cronulla riots was the Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2005 (NSW). The Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Public Safety) Act 2005 (NSW) amended four separate pieces of legislation:
- Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)
- Bail Act 1978 (NSW)
- Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW)
- Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 (NSW)
Under their new powers the New South Wales Police Service locked down targeted areas and roads at Cronulla, Bondi, Coogee, Maroubra and Brighton-le-Sands to prevent persons of Middle Eastern appearance from committing reprisal attacks and prevent white supremacist agitators from further violence.
An example of a campus/school lockdown was demonstrated at the University of British Columbia (UBC) on January 30, 2008, when an unknown threat was made and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued a lockdown on one of the buildings on campus for six hours, cordoning off the area, and a campus alert was sent via email to everyone affiliated with UBC while students and faculties were to remain locked in the building.[3][4][5]
On April 10, 2008, two Canadian secondary schools were locked down due to suspected firearm threats. George S. Henry Academy was locked down in Toronto, Ontario at approximately 2:00 p.m.[6] The Emergency Task Force (TPS) were contacted and the lockdown lasted for more than two hours. New Westminster Secondary School was locked down in New Westminster, British Columbia at approximately 1:40 p.m.[7] The Emergency Response Team (ERT) were called and the school was under lockdown until 4:30 p.m. Due to the size of the school some students were not able to leave until 7:00 p.m.
On 19 April 2013, the entire city of Boston was locked down and all public transportation stopped during the manhunt for Islamist terrorist Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the suspects of the Boston Marathon bombing, while the town of Watertown was under heavy-armed police and SWAT surveillance, as well as systematic house-to-house searches.[8][9][10]
In the 2015 Brussels lockdown, the city was locked down for days while security services sought suspects involved with the November 2015 Paris attacks. Later in 2015, a terror threat caused the 2015 Los Angeles Unified School District closure.
Additional uses[edit]
- An air gap is a network security measure that separates a secure network and unsecured networks.
- Digital lockdown, a block of all outward flows of information on a computer, including Internet access and internal applications, in order to prevent the spread of viral infections and glitches in the computer, or to prevent a computer hijacker from stealing information.
- A lockdown application is a computer program used during computerized testing that attempts to prevent a user from accessing software other than the test itself.
- In US protests Lock-ons are often referred to as lockdowns
See also[edit]
|Look up lockdown in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- ^ a b Lockdown Policy from California Hospital Association. Retrieved December 2012
- ^ a b Lockdown Policy at Iroquois Healthcare Alliance. Retrieved December 2012
- ^ Cause for UBC Lockdown still uncertain but initial posting may reveal some clues
- ^ "Police increase presence at UBC following lockdown"
- ^ "Threat prompts lockdown at UBC"
- ^ "NORTH YORK: Two charged after George S. Henry Academy lockdown"
- ^ "Teen arrested in connection with school lockdown"
- ^ This Is What It Looks Like When the Police Shut Down a City, The Atlantic Wire, 19 Apr 2013. Retrieved Jun 2013.
- ^ A Town Under Siege: Watertown Residents Describe Life Under Lockdown, Time, 19 Apr 2013. Retrieved Jun 2013.
- ^ Boston faces lockdown as police hunt for marathon bombing suspect, The Guardian, 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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Potentially, yes, the dentist may very well have some liability.
To prove a negligence case, the plaintiff (you) have to prove basically 4 things: 1) the dentist owed you a duty of care; 2) he breached that duty; 3) that breach caused the plaintiff damages; and 4) the value of those damages.
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when my son returned the first two times explaining about the pain the dr said that nothing was wrong and that the hole was normal. everyone I have spoken with says that the dentist should have packed the hole when he first complained.
Since I'm not a dentist, I cannot give you a definitive answer on that, but I can say that based on what you've said so far, you have the start of a good case. If you decide to pursue this further, you should consult with a medical malpractice lawyer, who will have your son's records reviewed by a dentist. If that dentist determines that your son's dentist was negligent and fell below the minimum standard of care, then the attorney will most likely file suit.
You may well be correct about that. I certainly think that there is a case here.
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The Head of the Inspection Group for the 2010 World Cup and President of the Belgian football association, Jan Peeters, also attended the proceedings.
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Yantis had four girls on the First Team and two more on the Second Team, while Miller Grove had two on First Team and three on Second Team, and Cumby placed three girls on each squad.
For Yantis, senior Jennifer McCreight was named to the First Team infield, while teammates senior Brandy Sockham and junior Christina Bean were both outfielders. On the Second Team were junior infielder Sara Collins and sophomore outfielder Jayna Bevill.
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CONECT has played an important role within the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign, which we crafted and launched with our sister organizations in Metro IAF more than 3 years ago. View a two-page timeline and summary here.
Rabbi Jim Prosnit honored by ADL
Rabbi Jim Prosnit of Congregation B'nai Israel in Bridgeport, a longtime leader in CONECT, was honored on Oct 23rd by the Anti-Defamation League of CT at their gala dinner at Temple Israel in Westport. Congrats! You can find the program write up of his honor here.
Rest In Peace — Edward T. Chambers
Edward T. Chambers, long-time Executive Director of the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), based in Chicago, Illinois, died peacefully in April 26 in Kilcoe. Skibbereen, Ireland, where he suffered from advanced Alzheimer's disease. Click here to read about Mr. Chambers' impact and legacy:
CONECT built on and broadened its track record of victories and impact in 2014. Here are a few highlights (click here for a pdf):
- CONECT Wins $66 Million Savings for Blue Cross / Blue Shield Customers — CONECT's Healthcare Team worked with the Insurance Department and Healthcare Advocate Vickie Veltri to invoke a 2011 deal, which CONECT helped to forge, calling for public hearings when health insurance companies request rate increases of 15% or greater. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield requested rate increases of 17% for five plans for 2015 in the late spring, and under the 2011 deal, a hearing was set for late June. CONECT leaders attended, shared their concerns, questions, and stories. After the hearing, Anthem's requested rate increase was ruled excessive and knocked down to a .1% decrease instead. Given that Anthem has the largest market share in CT, we knew the ruling was a big deal, affecting 66,000 policies. But at our Fall Assembly, we heard for the first time just how big a deal it was — the expected savings will be $66 million for Anthem customers in 2015!
- Gov. Malloy & 8 Mayors to Back Do Not Stand Idly By — CONECT won the support of Gov. Malloy and 8 Mayors and/or Police Chiefs who have signed on to the Request for Information (RFI) that was sent to the gun manufacturers and organized two very strong public actions on this issue — in June and November 2014. We are building a team on this issue to dig in deeper with mayors and chiefs to ensure we can truly understand their procurement procedures and to try to develop interest in smart gun technology. We also expect the team will dig into develop a thorough power analysis of the major gun manufacturers in the state.
- 38,000 Apply for Immigrant Driver's Licenses in First Two Months — CONECT's 2013 legislative victory to allow all CT residents, regardless of immigration status, to get a driver's license has started taking affect in a big way. When 2000 people turned out for a legislative hearing back in March of 2013, we knew this issue impacted thousands more. In just the first two months since the application process began on Dec. 1st, more than 38,000 people have made appointments at the DMV.
- Broadening & Deepening Our Base — CONECT added two important new members in 2014: Bethel AME Church in Bridgeport and the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New Haven. Additionally, CONECT continued to train more that 100 new leaders in both English & Spanish locally and send more experienced leaders to regional and national IAF trainings.
- Developing New Issues — CONECT has a new fledgling team exploring issues of education/special education and autism. Two concerns are about students/families denied support services by school districts and about the overuse of restraint and seclusion with autistic kids. Key CONECT leaders are also discussing racial profiling and racism in the criminal justice system issues locally or across CT.
CONECT Leaders Honored!
Spring has brought a series of honors and awards to a number of CONECT leaders and institutions. CONGRATS to all of them!
Pearlye "Lulu" Sams Allen – leader from Mount Aery Baptist Church – was honored by the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the Negro Business & Professional Women's Club on May 18, 2014 with the Sojourner Truth Award (their highest honor).
Sandra Carolina & Deborah Dean – leaders from Bethel AME Church – were also honored by the Greater Bridgeport Chapter of the Negro Business & Professional Women's Club on May 18, 2014.
Min. Odell Cooper – leader from Mount Aery Baptist Church – was elected the first-ever President of the Alumni Association of the Black Ministries Program (BMP) at Hartford Seminary and led the first ever BMP Alumni Reunion & Banquet on May 15, 16 & 17, 2014.
Liz Keenan – leader from St. James Catholic Church in Stratford – was awarded the Robert E. Jirsa Service Award by Southern Connecticut State University on April 14, 2014. The Award is given annually to a full-time faculty member who has made extraordinary contributions and demonstrated outstanding leadership in his or her service to the university.
Fr. James Manship – pastor of St. Rose of Lima, New Haven and co-chair of CONECT – will receive the Bishop Joseph Donnelly Award from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Office of Social Justice Ministry (to be awarded at an annual dinner in Oct. 2014).
Kim Washington – leader from Community Baptist Church & founder of Mothers Demand Action – was honored by the Greater New Haven Black Social Workers Association with an award at their May 17, 2014 Harambee Awards Breakfast.
St. Rose of Lima Church, New Haven – founding member congregation of CONECT – will receive the Charlie Schlegel Award for Cooperative Parish Sharing – from the Archdiocese of Hartford, Office of Social Justice Ministry (to be awarded in an annual dinner in Oct. 2014).
CONECT takes action on healthcare system woes
On March 3rd, CONECT's Healthcare Team took action to demand better performance and accountability from officials at Access Health CT, at the state Department of Social Services' Medicaid office, and from the state Healthcare Advocate. 50 CONECT leaders turned out and heard moving stories from four people who have struggled with the new healthcare system. State Sen. Gayle Slossberg, chair of the Human Services Committee, and Sen. Joseph Crisco, chair of the Insurance Committee, both attended and praised CONECT for its action on these issues.
On March 4th, Rev. Anthony Bennett, pastor of Mount Aery Baptist Church and co-chair of CONECT, departed for Germany as part of a multi-state Metro IAF delegation taking action on gun violence. On March 5 & 6th, in Nuremberg, these leaders set up a booth inside of one of the world's largest gun shows targeting law enforcement buyers as part of the Do Not Stand Idly By strategy to use the public buying power of our cities, counties, and states to press gun manufacturers to invest in smart gun technology and to tighten their distribution systems to cut down on illegal guns flowing into our cities.
In the photo above, Rev. Timothy Jones, pastor of Community Baptist Church in New Haven, together with other CONECT Clergy leaders says a prayer over Pastor Bennett prior to his departure at the end the March 3rd Healthcare Session.
In the News:
Westport First Selectman Marpe Signs Onto Do Not Stand Idly By Campaign
After Temple Israel leaders met with Westport Police Chief Foti Kosinkas recently regarding the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign that CONECT has helped to lead with our Metro IAF sister organizations, First Selectman Jim Marpe agreed to sign on in support. See the Westport Patch story here.
CONECT Leaders Press Chief Perez for Overdue Meeting
After Bridgeport Police Chief Perez told the press he would meet with CONECT leaders "any time, any place" back on June 2, not until CONECT leaders made plans to "call him out publicly" in early July did a meeting date materialize. See the CT Post's coverage here.
CONECT Leaders Call on Mayor Ganim, Chief Perez & State's Attorney Platt for Action in Wake of Jayson Negron Shooting
- http://www.ctpost.com/local/
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- http://fox61.com/2017/06/02/
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- http://connecticut.news12.com/
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CONECT Leaders Gather for Prayer Vigil at Site Where Jayson Negron was Shot and Killed by Bridgeport Police Officer
Thursday evening, May 11th, about two dozen CONECT Clergy and Lay Leaders gathered near Fairfield Ave. and Park Ave. for a prayer vigil after Tuesday evening's fatal shooting of 15-year-old Jayson Negron by a Bridgport Police officer. See CONECT's statement on the incident here.
CONECT Prevails as State Liquor Commission Revokes Slyce Pizza Bar's Liquor License
After 7 months worth of organizing and effort, CONECT leaders celebrated the news late Friday, April 28th, that the state Liquor Commission agreed with our remonstrance petition and denied Slyce Pizza Bar in Hamden a renewal of its liquor license.
Slyce has been the site of numerous shootings, assaults, sexual assaults, and a drag on the neighborhood with loud noise late at night, littering, and parking problems. See press coverage of the decision:
- New Haven Register
- Fox 61 News (Saturday night)
- WTNH News
- Fox 61 News (Saturday morning)
CONECT Calls on Gov. Malloy, Liquor Commission to Take Action after Latest Shooting at Slyce Pizza Bar
CONECT leaders first called for the state to reject a liquor license renewal for Slyce Pizza Bar back in Sept 2016, submitting more than 230 signatures on a formal remonstrance petition. Now after three full days of hearings before the liquor commission, another bar fight has led to a shooting in the Slyce parking lot on the morning of April 9th. Enough is enough! CONECT leaders call for the state to take action now. See coverage here:
501+ gather for CONECT Solidarity Assembly — Principals, Police, Politicians & University President stand with CONECT and speak out in Solidarity
More than 500 CONECT members turned out for a powerful Solidarity Assembly on Tuesday evening, January 24th, at St. Rose of Lima in New Haven. The multi-racial, multi-faith, urban / suburban crowd pledged to stand in solidarity with each other and defend immigrants, Muslims, African Americans and others who might come under attack during these "anxious times." See press coverage here:
CONECT Clergy Join with Hamden Mayor Leng and Police Chief Wydra to Denounce Violence at Slyce Pizza Bar
CONECT leaders gathered on Wednesday, Sept 28th, in front of Slyce Pizza Bar (141 Arch St. in Hamden) with Hamden Mayor Curt Leng and Police Chief Thomas Wydra to call for an end the violence occurring and emanating from the establishment. CONECT had canvassed the neighborhood and collect more than 200 signatures on a petition to challenge the renewal of Slyce's liquor license, which is up for renewal in late October. See press coverage links here:
CONECT Testifies at Rate Hearings in Hartford, Calls for Reductions in Outrageous Rate Increases by Insurers
CONECT Leaders testified on Aug 3rd and 4th in Hartford at the CT Department of Insurance rate hearings concerning rate increase requests by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, ConnectiCare, and Aetna. This was the third summer in a row that CONECT has testified at public hearings to raise concerns about rate increases, hearings that CONECT pressed to make a regular part of the rate review process back in 2011. Hearings in 2014 and 2015 led to more than $66 million in savings for CT customers, and we hope our continued presence and vigilance will cause state regulators to hold the line on the huge rate increase requests that came in this year — Anthem asked for a 24.3% increase, ConnectiCare amended their filling the day before the hearing to up their request to a 42.7% increase (!), and Aetna asked for an average 28% increases. Rulings from the Department of Insurance are expected in September.
Read the press coverage here:
CONECT & Metro IAF Brief Congress on Do Not Stand Idly By with Senators Murphy & Blumenthal
CONECT Co-Chair Rev. Anthony Bennett and CONECT leader Rabbi Michael Friedman together with other leaders from Metro IAF sister organizations worked with Senators Murphy and Blumenthal to brief Congresspeople, Senators and their staffs on the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign on June 7th in the US Capitol. You can read the CT Post piece on the briefing here.
Nearly 300 Jam Hall at St. Rose for Spring Assembly
650 Pack Congregation B'nai Israel for CONECT's Winter Assembly; Guns, Schools, Parks, & Police Issues Addressed
Gov. Malloy & Mayor Ganim attend, Sen. Murphy sends video greeting
650 CONECT members and guests packed into Congregation B'nai Israel on Thursday, Jan 28th for CONECT's Winter Action Assembly. CONECT leaders shared stories and asked Gov. Malloy and Bridgeport Mayor Ganim for their support on issues from gun violence and schools funding to state parks and police reforms. In addition, CONECT kicked off the year with congregations pledging $58,300 in dues and electing a 26 member Strategy Team. See press coverage at the links below:
Watch US Sen. Chris Murphy's video greeting to our Assembly, by clicking here.
CONECT, Metro IAF, Do Not Stand Idly By Pressure on Obama Administration Pays Off — Obama Executive Orders Include Parts of Do Not Stand Idly By Strategy
CONECT working with our sister organizations in the Metro IAF network has been working to engage the Obama Administration in our Do Not Stand Idly By strategy for more than two years. This past week our persistence and willingness to bring public pressure began to pay off. See the local press coverage at the links below:
- Norwalk Hour – Sunday, Jan 10th
- CT Post — Saturday, Jan 9th
- New Haven Register — Wednesday, Jan 5th
CONECT Joins With Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport to Sponsor Interfaith Prayer Vigil
CONECT Leaders joined with leaders from the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport on December 22nd to speak out against the growing tide of anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and racist rhetoric in our politics and public discourse. Despite a downpour, about 150 people joined the vigil for nearly an hour to make their voices here and presence known. See press links below:
CONECT Joins Push by the Do Not Stand Idly By Campaign for Obama to Take Action on Guns
Pastor Anthony L. Bennett of Mount Aery Baptist Church and Co-chair of CONECT joined with leaders from sister organizations in the Metro IAF network in front of the White House on Thursday morning, October 8th, to press President Obama to take executive action on gun violence rather than lamenting the inaction of Congress despite the continuing scourge of gun violence in our cities and mass shootings around the country. The called on Obama to join in the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign with more than 75 cities, counties, and states and use the power of the federal government's purchasing power with the gun industry.
Read the news coverage here:
And several opinion pieces, here:
- EJ Dionne in the Washington Post
- Sandford Horowitt in Huffington Post
- Mike Kelly in the North Jersey Journal
300 CONECT Leaders Convene 4 Major Mayoral Candidates for Accountability Assembly on Sept 10th
On Thursday, September 10th, 300 CONECT leaders gathered in the basement of Mount Aery Baptist Church in Bridgeport to press for clear "yes" or "no" commitments from the candidates for Bridgeport Mayor on three key issues — police reform, gun violence, and education funding. Mayor Finch, Mary Jane Foster, Joe Ganim, and Enrique Torres all attended and answered 12 separate questions with clear "yes" or "no" answers before being given time to elaborate a bit further. CONECT's Bridgeport members plan to hold whoever wins the race in November accountable to delivering on these commitments. Read the CT Post's front page coverage of the Accountability Assembly by clicking here.
CONECT Leaders Testify at HC Rate Hearings and Rates Tumble for 2nd Year in a Row
Leaders of CONECT's Healthcare Team are celebrating reduced health insurance rates for the 2nd year in a row after a July 27th rate hearing on rate increase requests by Anthem, ConnectiCare, and Golden Rule spurred a ruling by the Insurance Department denying the requests and granting only reduced rate increases. Last summer, after a rate hearing, Anthem's rates were reduced by $66 million. CONECT pressed first for a system rate hearings in 2011, winning a deal for hearing on rate increase requests of 15% or greater. After last summer's result, a new rate hearing deal was struck with CT's new Insurance Commissioner Katherine Wade for hearing on rate increase requests of 10% or greater. Read coverage of this summer's hearings and rulings here:
300 Attend CONECT Community Dialogue on Policing in Bridgeport with Mayor Finch & PD Chief Gaudett
More than 300 CONECT leaders and allies gathered on June 17th at Bethel AME Church in Bridgeport to discuss policing issues with Mayor Finch & Police Chief Gaudett. See the press coverage here:
CONECT Clergy Gather with Clergy in Newtown on Jan 15th to Press the Gun Manufacturers' Trade Group on Do Not Stand Idly By
Read / see all about it here:
CONECT Takes Action with Public Officials, Metro IAF to Deliver Request for Information to Gun Makers
Read / see all about it here:
CONECT Helps Cut Anthem Rate Increase Down to Size with Public Hearing.
Using a deal CONECT helped forged back in 2011 between the CT Department of Insurance and the Office of the Healthcare Advocate to allow the Healthcare Advocate to call for public hearings for significant health insurance rate increase requests, we were able to push for a public hearing on Anthem Blue Cross / Blue Shield's 12.5% rate increase request. The hearing happened in late June, with our public comments and a story shared by a family from Temple Israel in Westport, and by late July, the Department ruled that Anthem's request was excessive. After revisions ordered by the Department, Anthem's request of a 12.5% average rate increase was revised to an average .1% decrease. Given that this ruling covers some 66,000 policies, it's safe to say we helped save CT consumers millions of dollars. To see our Op-Ed Piece in the CT Mirror on the value of public hearings in the rate review process, click here. To see coverage on the hearing and ruling, click here, here, and here.
Gov. Malloy Joins CONECT in Do Not Stand Idly By Strategy on Gun Violence at June 2 Delegates Assembly
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CONECT Clergy Gather to Welcome Rev. Bennett Back from European "Gun Safety Trade Mission"
Rev. Anthony Bennett, co-chair of CONECT, joined an 11-member, multi-state delegation of leaders from Metro IAF affiliate organizations that traveled to Europe to engage gun manufacturers around the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign, which is pressing manufacturers to invest in smart gun technology and tighter distribution systems. See the March 13, 2014 CT Post New Bites piece here. For more information on the Do Not Stand Idly By campaign, click here. For a detailed report on the team's trip to Germany, click here.
CONECT Healthcare Forum on Eve of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Rollout — 176 people came out to hear from Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and others about how the ACA will be implemented in Connecticut on Monday, September 30th at Congregation B'nai Israel. Watch coverage of the event on News 12 CT
CONECT wins Safer Driving campaign – CT passes legislation allowing all CT residents to get Drivers' Licenses regardless of immigration status!
National and local coverage includes:
"Advocacy Group Scores," Wall Street Journal, May 30; PDF Version
"Senate Sends Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Bill to Gov's Desk," CT News Junkie, May 30
"Senate Approves Driver's Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants," Hartford Courant, May 30
"Conn. Senate approves immigrant driver's licenses," CT Post, May 30
"Interfaith Group Takes Leading Role on Political, Civic Issues," Hartford Courant, May 27
"House Approves Driver's Licenses For Undocumented, " Hartford Courant, May 23
"Undocumented could get driver's licenses," CT Post, May 23
"House Green Lights Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants," CT News Junkie, May 23
"Weighing IDs For Illegal Immigrants," Wall St. Journal, May 6
"Right choice to let license law live on" CT Post, editorial, May 1
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Venue Hire
London Canal Museum is a unusual and attractive place for your wedding or wedding reception. There is something about water that adds extra romance to the most romantic day in your life - your wedding day! You can arrive by boat for an extra special touch. Even if a cruise won't fit into your schedule, the attractive, tranquil urban beauty spot that is Battlebridge Basin is a great setting. Choose a place to celebrate your wedding which will be interesting for your guests, and memorable for life. Book a lasting memory.
The ground floor is ideally suited to receiving your guests. There is ample circulating space and plenty to look at. Conversation between guests who have not previously met will be encouraged by our exhibits and the spectacular opening in the floor which reveals the preserved Victorian ice well below. The rear windows look out onto Battlebridge Basin with its colourful canal boats. In good weather guests will be able to take in the view and some fresh air by strolling out to the waterside. The first floor is the area where the ceremony, if held at the museum, and the main party happen. There is room for 120 people to be seated at tables or in theatre style to watch a ceremony (up to 140 for the ceremony). If you opt for a buffet style unseated meal up to 200 guests can be accommodated.
Typically a reception-only celebration starts with a champagne reception on the ground floor, then guests move upstairs to eat. After the meal, space is cleared for dancing. However there is a great deal of flexibility - you can plan the event in accordance with your own preferences. If the ceremony takes place at the museum this is held on the first floor, except that small-scale ceremonies can be held on the ground floor at 1800 or 1900.
The museum is open to the public every day except Mondays, from 1000 to 1630. The museum is available for weddings and receptions from 1630 onwards. Our conference room is available to be booked for storage in advance and afterwards. This means you can have things delivered before 1630 on the day, your caterers can start preparing, and everyone can be ready more quickly once the hire period starts. If your guests are due to arrive before all the preparations have been completed, on the first floor, they will be happy enjoying a reception on the ground floor whilst catering staff complete their work. Guests should not arrive before 1630 and it is best that they arrive from 1700 onwards unless there is a ceremony at 1700 in which case guests need to arrive around 1645.
Dates available (for weddings that include music and dancing)
A relaxing cruise in the middle of a busy day; a charming and memorable feature of your wedding day; a delight to adults and children alike; something special that will make your wedding different from all the others that your family and friends have attended: that's a what arriving by boat has to offer. The most common starting points are Camden Town, Islington, Paddington and Regent's Park. Marylebone (Westminster), Islington, and Hackney register offices are within 15 minutes' walk of the canal as are many churches and other places where the ceremony may be held. Guests can therefore travel from the ceremony to the reception by boat. You arrive at the museum's own wharf. Refreshments can be enjoyed on board by arrangement with the boat company. A large boat can carry around 90 guests or alternatively you could book a smaller boat for just the happy couple and a few VIP guests to be greeted by the other guests on arrival at the museum. There is no more romantic way to arrive at your reception.
You can set up a bar and we suggest you ask your caterer to arrange staffing. Tables are normally all that is needed. We have plastic tubs available to use as large ice buckets for chilling wine. Provided that the host is paying for all the alcoholic drink, you do not need a licence. Alcohol cannot be sold in the museum without a licence. If you wish to have a cash bar this can often be arranged with a local public house, subject to the Temporary Event Notice procedure under the Licencing Act 2003. A cash bar cannot operate without this. If you prefer, we can provide bar staff at extra cost.
We have been accredited as a green venue by the Green Tourism for London scheme, a part of the national Green Tourism Business Scheme. We will make sure that as much of the waste from your reception as possible is recycled. Please discuss with us ways in which we can make your reception as eco-friendly as possible. For your wedding car and guests' transport we suggest Green Tomato Cars, London's green private hire company.
We charge a fixed price for venue hire and our rates are very reasonable compared to other high-quality venues of similar size and standard. Because you can choose your own caterer, you can shop around for the best deal on catering. The catering is often the greatest expense. We don't charge corkage fees. A typical wedding hire with furniture and a few extras would be around £1500 plus VAT.
The museum is licenced as a venue for civil weddings, conducted by a Registrar from the London Borough of Islington. Ceremonies may take place at 1700, 1800, or 1900. The ceremony is generally held on the first floor, but small-scale ceremonies for no more than 50 guests may be held on the ground floor at 1800 or 1900. After the ceremony the first floor is re-organised for the celebration, whilst guests enjoy a reception on the ground floor. The meal then follows. There is an additional charge for hosting the wedding ceremonly, see the charges page. A wedding ceremony can be held on any day of the week (subject to availability of the Registrar) but if there is to be music and dancing afterwards the date must be one of those that are listed as available on our availability page.
A typical wedding schedule looks like this, but it's your party - so you can plan it as you wish!
|Approximate time
|Caterers begin delivering to museum kitchen and meeting room (used as a temporary store)
|1400 or 1500
|Marriage ceremony at Church, Registry Office, or other location
|1500 or 1600
|Optional boat trip to museum to arrive 1700 or later
|Museum closes to general public. Caterers begin setting up museum first floor with dining tables or other preparations.
Phase 1 - Reception
|1700 or later
|Guests arrive at London Canal Museum. Champagne reception on the ground floor
Phase 2 - Meal & speeches
|1745 or, usually, later
|Guests go upstairs. Meal and speeches
|Guests come downstairs. Cake cutting ceremony in photogenic position. Whilst this is taking place caterers clear the dining tables and fold some of them away to make extra space for dancing. Bar is set up on the first floor.
Phase 3 - Dancing
|Guests go back upstairs. Dancing on the first floor.
|2300, midnight, or 0100
|End of event. Bar closes 15 minutes or so before the finishing time. Guests depart. Minicab numbers and telephone are available at reception.
If the wedding ceremony is held in the museum this will take place at 1700 or 1800 or 1900 and the rest of the celebration will follow.
The 90 Minute Transformation from London Canal Museum on Vimeo.
Our long experience is available to help you, if you wish. Based on this experience we have a page of wedding reception planning tips available.
The museum is equipped for business events as well so we have a range of equipment that is sometimes needed at weddings. If you need to show a film, project images, use a sound system for speeches etc. we can help at reasonable charges.


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Sofia Vergara & Zooey Deschanel: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Cocktail Chicks
Stepping out for a swanky affair, Sofia Vergara and Zooey Deschanel attended the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences performers peer group cocktail reception last night (August 20).
The "Modern Family" actress looked gorgeous in a black lace dress with long shimmery tresses as she hammed it up at the Sheraton Hotel in Universal City.
Meanwhile, Ms. Deschanel went for a more flirty look in a black frock with white polka dots with her hair pulled back in a messy bun.
Also in the house were fabulous celebrities such as Eric Stonestreet, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Julie Bowen, and Amy Poehler.


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 26/5/2014 (1159 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights and its builders and designers are being presented with two design awards by the Ontario Division of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction.
The Design Awards of Excellence highlight the remarkable collaboration that has taken place between the general contractor, designers, consultants and sub-trades during the construction of the CMHR. The institute noted that more than 5,400 tonnes of steel was also used in building the museum, which is slated to open in September.
PCL Constructors is the general contractor for the project and Smith Carter is the executive architect. Smith Carter architect Grant Van Iderstine will also receive an award for his innovative structural design work on the project.
The awards will be presented at an event to be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the west end of the Esplanade Riel Pedestrian Bridge. A reception will follow at the Chez Sophie Restaurant on the bridge.
The CISC is the voice for the steel construction industry in Canada.


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The act of ejaculating onto the head of a bald woman/man and covering her/him with a wool sweater.
Biooootch if you don't shut the hell up I'm gonna shave that head and give you an itchy wig. do you really want to look like Donald Trump?
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Recipe: Mexican Chocolate Ice-Cream Pie
A crisp, over-the-rim graham cracker crust spiked with ground cinnamon and red pepper adds a spicy cowboy kick to this showstopping pie. Make and freeze it up to one month ahead.
What's on the menu? A bright mix of sunny Tex-Mex favorites inspired by summer's bounty.


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I heard a classic example of using a domain that sounds like a generic word but is spelled another way and used on the radio, bad idea IMHO!!
The radio ad was for a new Australian business directory company called Bloo www.Bloo.com.au.
At the end of their ad spousing all of their great features and benefits they gave out the web address just as it sounds BLUE, they did not give the alternate spelling of BLOO to the listeners. Big mistake in my book! If they owned www.Blue.com.au and it redirected to www.bloo.com.au then that would be fine, but they don't it just goes to a dead page.
So if you are going to run radio ads make sure you have the right combo of domains to cover yourself and if it is a different spelling make sure you let the listeners know how to spell it so they can at least find you.


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Pantsless Subway Ride
"They came, they boarded, they took off their pants." If this doesn't strike fear into your hearts, I don't know what will. The pantless subway ride started in NYC, but has since moved to Boston. Participants find out online where it's happening and then strip before they get on board. Although it seems most people have on sweats, pajama bottoms, and boxers, a few people seem to have panties or tighty whiteys on. Oh, god. (Please don't bring this to San Francisco! My commute is bad enough.)


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A Guide to the UT Sigma Delta Chi Records, 1924-1975
Historical Note
Sigma Delta Chi was founded in 1909 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana as an honorary professional journalism fraternity to promote journalistic ethics. The University of Texas chapter was established in 1913. In its early years, Sigma Delta Chi at UT often directed the annual Interscholastic League Press Conference held in connection with the Interscholastic League Meet in Austin. In 1988, the organization officially changed its name to the Society of Professional Journalists.
The Cactus (Austin: 1913), 112.
The Cactus (Austin: 1926): 326.
"About the Society." Society of Professional Journalists. Accessed July 26, 2013. http://www.spj.org/spjhistory.asp.
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Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, scrapbooks, financial records, minutes, newspaper clippings, membership forms, and photographs document the educational, political, and social activities of the University of Texas chapter of Sigma Delta Chi from 1924 to 1975.
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Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
These records are stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.
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Related Material
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
UT Sigma Delta Chi Records, 1924-1975, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Robert W. Tissing, August 1972.
Subsequent revisions were made by Robert W. Tissing, May 1975; archives staff, December 1994 and June 2004; and Vanessa Attia, July 2013.
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Detailed Description of the Papers
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The wake for Fr. Andrew Greeley, who died May 30, is scheduled for 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Catholic Church, 9235 S. Hamilton Ave. Chicago, IL.
The Mass of Resurrection is scheduled for noon Wednesday, also at Christ the King. A visitation will held from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass begins.
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Pearces' Ocean
Tony Pearce
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COPYRIGHT; Tony Pearce; 2011
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The Pearce family was but one of many who emigrated from Cornwall out of a desire to improve their lot, as did the Farmiloes mentioned in the story. My side of the family moved to 148 Winston Road, Stoke Newington, at the turn of the twentieth century.


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I'm going to give pfsense a try and report back. The motherboard
manufacturer reported they only support FreeBSD 4.7 and above. Since I don't
have a CD or floppy drive on this box I'm going to flash the IDE module with
pfsense and see what happens.
Lesson for everyone: if you are building a new box add CD drive even if you
don't plan to use it regularly. It makes trouble shooting a lot easier.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Buechler" <cbuechler at gmail dot com>
Cc: "m0n0wall list" <m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Intel interface problems continue
> FreeBSD 4.x can be very finicky about new hardware, especially onboard
> NIC's. From what I've seen, the BIOS generally likes to share an IRQ
> between onboard NIC's and your USB ports, or some other hardware. 4.x
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5.0 stars 14 totalReview Mona Deldar
Posted by anonymous
Mona Deldar was very helpful in settling my case. She gave me information I needed, assigned an awesome lawyer to me, and stayed in touch whenever necessary. I would go to her again if needed.
Posted by anonymous
Nobody ever wants to work with an attorney; however, if you find your self needing an attorney, your search should end with Mona. I was very weary of attorneys in general, but this firm came highly recommended so I trusted them with my case. I was beyond impressed with Mona and her staff. They were always responsive to my emails and phone calls and were detailed in making sure every aspect of my case was considered. Mona is very nice but against the insurance company, she is an aggressive go-getter. I was very impressed! I received a settlement that exceeded my expectations. I've since recommend others to her office and the feedback has been equally positive.
Posted by Bill
It will be worth your time to talk to Mona before you decide on representation. Picking your lawyer is very hard so put some effort into it. Talk to several because it's like having to decide if you are going to get married on the basis of one date. The process takes at least two years because the other side is under no pressure to settle until the two years are over. You and your lawyer are going to spend a long time working together and essentially once you choose your lawyer, it's hard to change that. You can see I gave Mona top marks in the five categories. Honestly, you can't learn if someone is going to keep you informed from a single meeting so these reviews will provide some useful information. I have a friend who is going this now and his lawyer does not keep him informed to the point that my friend would like to fire him. But it's very hard to fire your lawyer.
Just a few things that might be helpful to know. It's not personal, but the insurance companies are not nice and they won't be in any hurry to settle. I have unfortunately been run over twice and Mona has represented me both times. After both accidents, I did everything I could to recover, which ironically, makes getting a fair settlement more difficult. It's ultimately going to come down to a number. I found that that number I received never made me feel like the full extent of my injury was acknowledged and/or compensated. I was thoroughly smashed up both times but as I said, I worked hard to get better. The extent of my injuries was not what the law acknowledged , it was the level of recovery that was the determining factor in the size of the settlement. That said, I did my homework. My settlements were fair in comparison to what others received. My knee cap was broken into seven pieces. I found a 'kneecap injury settlement' for exactly the same amount as mine. I don't know the specifics of the other injury. I will tell you there aren't enough zeros on a check when your knee cap looks like someone stepped on a stale cookie. But that's why you have a lawyer.
Posted by Neda
I contacted Ms. Mona Deldar for assistance in settling a monetary issue that was escalating into a lawsuit. She quickly resolved the issue, thus avoiding a potentially costly set of legal proceedings. Prior to working with Mona, I had been in contact with a number of other legal firms. While they seemed helpful, it was only after meeting with Mona that I realized that they were not really working in my best interest (they were just looking to make a buck). I never got that impression from Mona and I was delighted when I saw how quickly she negotiated the terms of the settlement. I am truly appreciative of her efforts and know-how. I would recommend Ms. Mona Deldar to anyone confronting legal matters of this nature.
Posted by Mohammad & Niki
"We were involved in a contract dispute". My wife and I were remodeling our house. The contractor failed to cover the open roof and heavy rain destroyed the whole house. When we asked for the damages and getting our house back, the contractor refused and left the job. Living in a rental apartment for four months and left with a worthless house, we contacted Mona Deldar and she graciously accepted our case. Her confidence, knowledge and persistence quickly turned things around. To our amazement Mona effectively and aggressively fought with the contractor's well seasoned attorney and in less than two months the contractor finished our house and paid for all the damages. We are very happy with the result and recommend Monal Deldar with no reservation.
Posted by Gina
I was referred to Mona Deldar by a prestigious L.A. law firm. She did a very good job on my auto injury claim, haggling with a big name insurance company that had gotten very tough and even rude to me before I had an attorney.
Overall I felt Mona was easy to communicate with - she was personable, understanding and professional. She referred me to a phenomenal Chiropractor (after a bad experience with the first one I had chosen) and I got excellent and healing care from this Chiropractor. Throughout Mona kept me informed and in the end got a timely settlement for me that was quite good. I was very pleased with my experience with her. An excellent lawyer and one you can trust. I highly recommend her.
Posted by anonymous
Ms. Deldar assisted us on a very delicate legal matter with care and compassion, while her professionalism and responsiveness exceeded our expectations. Because of her extensive knowledge of the law and expertise, we were able to win the case in court. I would definitely recommend her to anyone who's in search for a trustworthy lawyer who actually cares.
Posted by Tony
To anyone seeking an honorable and trustworthy attorney, I highly recommend Mona Deldar Law Firm. Ms. Deldar and her dedicated and professional staff guided me through a complex and difficult case with the utmost care, compassion and attention to detail. With incredible diligence, assertiveness and depth of knowledge, she was able to yield an outcome beyond my expectations and her integrity and veracity are truly commendable. It is with high praise and deep gratitude that I recommend Ms. Deldar and Mona Deldar Law Firm.
Posted by Maria
I had a slip and fall accident at a gym where I ended up getting surgery. I talked to different lawyers but wasn't sold on any of them. A friend recommended Mona's office. After my first phone conversation with her, I signed up and never looked back. The gym initially denied my claim but Mona and her team never took "no" for an answer. They were aggressive and relentless. We ended up settling the case right before trial for an amount that I was very happy with. My wholehearted thanks and endorsement goes to Mona and her firm.
Posted by Mark
I contacted Mona Deldar's Law Firm for consultation regarding my traffic accident. In our initial meeting, Ms. Deldar came across as adroit and professional, and I was happy that she agreed to represent my case. While being involved in an auto accident and the ensuing claims are never a happy occasion but I was pleased with the representation I received from the law firm and was quite satisfied with the final results.


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Style Stealer: Emmy Rossum's Spring-y Floral Layers
So, I've finally decided to succumb to peer pressure and watch the TV show "Shameless," starring William H. Macy and the lovely lady above, Emmy Rossum. Rossum has always struck me as one of those celebs who is inexplicably famous — minimal IMDB activity and dating a has-been rock star (Adam Duritz from the Counting Crows) does not usually make one a household name. Anyway, perhaps "Shameless" will change my current opinion of Rossum. Until then, I will happily admit to loving this outfit of hers, which I can't wait to copycat the second spring decides to arrive (as I write this, snow is coming down outside, so it may be a while). Find out how to get the whole look after the jump!
Sweater: $49.99, Mango
Flats: $56, Topshop
Dress: $27.80, Forever 21
Tote: $52, Nordstrom
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Apple May "Unintentionally" Kill Unlocked iPhones with Update
Jason Mick
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The iPhone update question ... unlocked users will probably want to click "Cancel" for lack of a "Hell, NO!" option.
(Source: Gizmodo, Brian Lam)
Apple warns users that their unlocked iPhones may not work after new software update
Apple recently announced that its new update will likely kill iPhones that have been unlocked to work on to networks other than AT&T, rendering them completely inoperable.
In a statement released by the company earlier this week, the company stated: "Apple has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone's software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed."
This statement was immediately followed by Apple's announcement that unlocking the iPhone will result in a voided warranty.
"This has nothing to do with proactively disabling a phone that is unlocked or hacked," Phil Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, said
in an interview with
The Associated Press
. "It's unfortunate that some of these programs have caused damage to the iPhone software, but Apple cannot be responsible for ... those consequences."
Last week Steve Jobs had
publicly denounced
the unlocked iPhones, saying Apple would fight against them. "It's a constant cat and mouse game," he stated.
There are currently many free and paid unlocking programs,
as chronicled
John McLaughlin of
, a company out of Ireland that has developed unlocking software, thinks Apple's claim that unlocking software made harmful irreversible changes is fabricated.
"We have reviewed the source code of a number of these applications and to the best of our knowledge any changes made to the software can easily be reversed," McLaughlin said in an e-mail. "After unlocking the iPhone, minimal effort is required to get it in to its previously locked state."
Apple has sold over 1 million iPhones
as reported
There is no word on how many unlocked iPhones are "in the wild," operating on T-Mobile's compatible network or other compatible networks worldwide.
The update's includes the software that will allow the iPhone to access iTunes wirelessly and the Starbucks promotional software, among other updates.
Apple's move may be illegal
according to legal experts
. The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act forbids manufacturers from voiding the warranty of a product unless they can prove that the user damaged the product. Whether Apple's moves are legal depends on whether they can prove in court (as they likely will) that the unlocking software caused irreversible damage to the iPhone's software or hardware.
Many iPhone users will likely find this development alarming. The solution is simply not to update their iPhones, but many will be displeased that they cannot get the same priveleges as other users -- such as WiFi iTunes. The legality of the move is debatable, but Apple seems firmly resolved to try to stamp out unlocked iPhones.
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Capcom has had a ton of screenshots and videos released lately. Here are three videos on Asura's Wrath along with a few screenshots. If you haven't checked it out and you are a fan of action games, truly take a look at this one. It looks pretty wild.
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Technological entrepreneurship and small business innovation programs
Kropp, Fredric & Zolin, Roxanne (2008) Technological entrepreneurship and small business innovation programs. In Ghosh, Amithaba (Ed.) Impact of Government Policies on Marketing Strategies. ICFAI Press, Hyderabad, India, pp. 10-34.
High-tech start-ups and technology development firms, also known as technological entrepreneurs, play an important role in the American economy, enhancing global competitiveness through innovation. These firms are integral to a number of industries in-cluding, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, software, and the telecommunications industry (Zahra 1996a). As technology adopters, they use new technologies for product and process innovation; as technology developers, they initiate the commerciali-zation of new technologies (Clarysse and Moray 2004). Though they may be idea rich, technological entrepreneur typically are resource poor, often lacking the operating capital to intensively research an interesting idea, to develop the idea into a prototype, and/or to commercialize the product.
Government involvement in early stages of technological entrepreneurship, especially through technological research and devel-opment programs, such as the Small Business and Innovation Research (SBIR) program, can assist in the technological entrepre-neurial process. These programs provide seed money to research an interesting new technology and to develop a working prototype. A better understanding of its role in the process of assisting technology entrepreneurs in developing and commercializ-ing technology could help government programs, like SBIR, facilitate the process. The SBIR program operates in ten Federal gov-ernment departments and agencies and typically funds over $1 billion in technology development programs annually.
Using a model developed by Lumpkin and Dess (1996), this paper explores the conceptual role that government technology pro-grams can play in facilitating the process of technological entrepreneurship. It examines the relationships between the components of a firm's entrepreneurial orientation and the firm's willingness to participate in the SBIR program. It also explores some of the ways SBIR funding can impact the environmental factors in which the firm operates. Finally it explores some of the ways partici-pation in the SBIR program can impact a firm's organizational structure, and, ultimately, the firm's performance.
Entrepreneurial Orientation refers to the organizational processes, methods, styles, practices, and decision-making activities em-ployed by entrepreneurs that lead to new entry (Stevenson and Jarillo 1990, Lumpkin and Dess 1996, Lumpkin and Dess 2001). Lumpkin and Dess (1996) identify five components of an entrepreneurial orientation: autonomy, innovativeness, risk-taking, pro-activeness, and competitive aggressiveness. Environmental factors include dynamism, munificence, complexity, and industry characteristics. Organizational factors include size, structure, strategy, strategy-making processes, culture, and top management team characteristics. We extend organizational factors to also include the effect of firm resources. We expand the performance measures mentioned by Lumpkin and Dess (1996) --- sales growth, market share, profitability, overall performance, and stake-holder satisfaction --- to explicitly include commercialization, technology transfer, and survival.
A series of propositions are developed for entrepreneurial orientation and the willingness to participate in a program like SBIR. There are direct positive relationships between willingness to participate in SBIR and innovativeness, proactiveness, and competitive aggressiveness. As participation in a government program can be seen to offer easier access to venture capital in exchange for compliance with regulations we posit inverse relationships between willingness to participate and the autonomy and risk-taking components of an entrepreneurial orientation.
A series of propositions are developed for the relationship between SBIR and environmental factors, SBIR can have positive ef-fects on dynamism if the innovations funded are radical in nature; can positively affect munificence if the industry is tightly de-fined, and can enhance industry competitiveness. In turn, these changes in environment will make it more likely that a technology entrepreneur will develop and commercialize a technology.
While participation in a program like SBIR can impact many of the organizational factors, we posit that the biggest direct impact of SBIR is to enhance firm resources. The impact of SBIR on other components of the organizational factors will be indirect, through firm resources. Survival rates, rates of commercialization, and rates of technology transfer are posited to be higher for technology firms that participate in programs such as SBIR than for comparable firms which do not participate in the programs.
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From that point, instead of numbers on the calendar, the next several months could be measured in chemo and radiation treatments, doctor visits, hospital stays and, above all, reasons to worry. Treatments succeeded in shrinking the tumor, but also wreaked havoc within her body. Severe sickness led to several hospital stays, and even when she was able to function it seemed Mellody always had to see another doctor or get another prescription filled.
It wasn't only the sickness and chaos that became overwhelming to Mellody as she underwent treatments. She had a very understanding employer and supportive co-workers at Performance Food Group, but she had to go on disability immediately when her disaster struck. Missing work almost constantly caused money to become another problem. Between the hospital stays, treatments and appointments, on top of the rigors of raising her two teenage daughters, Mellody fell into debt, which only boosted the anxiety life had all at once brought upon her.
Knowing Mellody's circumstances, a group of female co-workers contacted co-worker and Sherry's Run volunteer Mike Johnson, who relayed a message to board member Tonyia Watson. Watson paid a visit, and a relationship with Sherry's Run began for Mellody – but not without some hesitation.
"I felt horrible about taking any kind of charity, in part because it seemed like doing that meant admitting I was defeated by cancer," Mellody said. The expenses continued to mount in relation to her smaller paychecks, however, and she also came to understand the real intent of Sherry's Run.
"I reached a humbling point where I had no choice but to accept their help. Once I did, it was like the heavens parted. We had so much love and support. From finances, to referrals, to just having a shoulder ready to cry on, they were there for me."
Like many other area cancer patients, Mellody experienced the full reach of Sherry's Run in 2010: genuine emotional support; assistance with expenses like groceries, utilities, transportation, prescriptions and co-pays; and connections to people that could offer help in other areas. The result was an ability to get back on her feet – a gradual overcoming of emotional and financial obstacles to match her physical recovery from the deadly disease.
Almost exactly a year from the time her life took a downward turn, Mellody has much to look forward in 2011. The tumor is gone, and her cancer is in remission. She is back to work full-time, on more stable ground financially, and still is able to care for her family. And despite all that seemed to go wrong in 2010, there's at least one thing she won't mind remembering about the tumultuous year.
"My love goes out to everyone who keeps Sherry's Run going and to all who support it. They helped keep my family bonded through a time that was very difficult for us."
Mellody is just one of hundreds of local cancer patients Sherry's Run helped during the past year because thousands of local supporters donated time, money or both, Watson noted.
"Hope is something you can't buy, but every time we help someone through Sherry's Run, we have proof that it can be given," Watson said. "Every penny given to Sherry's Run makes a difference, because it goes directly to provide assistance for a patient in need."
The mission of Sherry's Run is to benefit those affected by cancer, with an emphasis on colon cancer. Sherry's Run will help any family affected by any type of cancer that lives, works, goes to church or seeks treatment in Wilson County or the surrounding communities, and that has a true need.
To learn more about Sherry's Run or to refer someone who might qualify for assistance, call 975-1081 or 735-9488 or visit www.sherrysrun.org.