Jim campbell, who just stepped in a moment ago, is the president of the board, so ive a stake in the series of talks. Dr. Mark dean agreed to do this talk several months ago. And he was the first one i saw when i came in. So he is here. I think youre in for a pleasure, and hear some really neat things about what is happening in his career. And at the university of tennessee. Dr. Dean is an inventor and a computer engineer. He is local. He was raised in Jefferson City. He went to that Marvelous University of tennessee. How Many University of tennessee fans in here . Show of hands. All right, way to go. So he got his first degree from the university of tennessee. Got his masters and doctorate in electrical engineering. He lost his way from tennessee and ended up at stanford for his phd. Pretty good school. And we have some people here who know about that university. He is an ibm fellow. Is anyone in here familiar with the ibm pc . [laughter] i bet you can tell what year you became famili
I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics. Cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the N
Because you make us possible. Just or your dog the only us registry that matters is an a. G. C. Dot org and or ever we advance that sort of legislation radical not far reaching just basic fundamental anything that a pet owner would think is a minimal standard of care the casey opposes it since 2009 the a k c as opposed over 100 different bills regulations ordnances the protect dogs in 2012 alone the a k c opposed to nebraska state bill that would require commercial breeders to have regular on site visits by a veterinarian a Louisiana State bill that would prohibit all dog owners from stacking crates a rhode island state bill that the a k c deemed dangerous that would make it unlawful for dog owners to keep a dog confined in a pen cage or other shelter for more than 14 hours. A proposed ordinance in Shelby County tennessee that would make it a violation to leave a Companion Animal unattended in a vehicle for more than one hour when the temperature is above 70 degrees or below 35. 00 deg
A minimal standard of care the casey opposes it since 2009 the a k c as opposed over 100 different bills regulations or ordinances that protect dogs in 2012 alone the a k c opposed to nebraska state bill that would require commercial breeders to have regular on site visits by a veterinarian a Louisiana State bill that would prohibit all dog owners from stacking crates a rhode island state bill that the a k c deemed dangerous that would make it unlawful for dog owners to keep a dog confined in a pen cage or other shelter for more than 14 hours a proposed ordinance in Shelby County tennessee that would make it a violation to leave a Companion Animal unattended in a vehicle for more than one hour when the temperature is above 70 degrees or below 35 degrees why is the american kennel club. The dogs best friend opposing this legislation that says that. Youve got to have a vet examine these dogs or you cant breathe them every single cycle or you cant have more than 50 breeding females in ope
Its revenue model registers dogs and registers litters so its involved transactional relationship with those breeders obviously the ones producing the most dogs are the largest readers so why is it going to crack down on those large scale readers and sacrifice the revenue from a rigorous program that stops people from confining animals to. Exposing them to extremes of cold going to lose revenue the American Kennel Club prides itself on being the only purebred registry in the United States with an ongoing routine kennel Inspection Program with a dedicated team of field inspectors. Says the specs kennels but they dont make any of those inspection records available. They say that theyve got rigorous standards but they really dont know what those standards are real terms they say that they kick people out we dont really have a comprehensive record of when theyre doing that or what the consequences are of even if theyre ticked theyll be can still keep breathing and they can still keep opera