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On the heels of last week's guilty plea by Raul Sanchez for his involvement in a Bronx-based dog fighting operation, we are thrilled to report that many of the dogs are thriving in their new lives as beloved pets.
In November, we told you a very happy story about Ninja, one of the dogs we rescued and rehabilitated, who found a wonderful forever home. Now we have another heartwarming success story to share: Mona Lisa, who was one of 50 dogs we rescued in June from that dark, dingy Bronx basement, recently went home to a loving family.
Mona now lives with two loving pet parents in a spacious house overlooking 50 mountainside acres, where she takes frequent hikes with her new dog sister, Zelda. Her other favorite activities include snuggling with Zelda by the fireplace and lounging on the couch with her new pet parents.
Mona Lisa's journey to adoption wasn't easy. After her rescue, she was transferred to one of our partner shelters, The Animal Support Project, Inc. (TASP) in Cropseyville, New York.
"When Mona arrived at the shelter, she cried and whined like a hyena and was extremely anxious, usually sitting pitifully at the kennel door," says Melinda Plasse of TASP. But after plenty of attention, care and time to recover, Mona made great progress. "She is outgoing," Melinda reports, "loves belly rubs, and is kind as can be to children and other animals."
When we picture Mona Lisa romping around in the woods with her new family, we can't help but smile. We're working to make sure that animals nationwide won't continue to suffer due to the cruel practice of animal fighting. Last week, legislators reintroduced the Animal Fighting Spectator Prohibition Act, which would make attending an organized animal fight a federal offense and would impose additional penalties for bringing a minor to an animal fight.
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I cannot imagine why someone would do this to innocent animals. It makes me so angry! Thank God she has a good home! She is adorable!
One can tell how civilized a nation really is by the way they treat their animals; We have a long way to go.....Peace and Ecology Now!
Karl Marx once said that if the essence of things coincided with their existence, there would be no need for science. With that in mind, what is the essence of dog fighting? What has happened to human compassion? We are to be the stewards and protectors of our domestic animals. Let's pray this abominable practice is stopped before many more animals must suffer needless pain, neglect, and lonliness.
I, too, am the fortunate mommy of an innocent fighting victim.. the most loving, happy go lucky pitbull -- she's 8 now and still has scars on her face where the skin was torn off -- and the poorly repaired ACL which gives her a hitch in her gait from time to time... she's loving and mentally without scars as she enjoys the love of her family and sister rescue Molly.
I'm so glad that you rescued those poor dogs. It is indeed a happy feeling just to imagine Mona Lisa romping in her new home. I wish the best to the ASPCA, kudos to your organization for your exemplary work on behalf of animals!
I am in tears (of joy) reading Mona Lisa's story. Thank God she was one of the lucky ones & is now thriving in her new life. SO much work to save these helpless animals. Thank you ASPCA!!!!
Thank God for you and loving pet adopters without whom I would be scared to think what would happen to these precious neglected creatures. God bless
United States need a strong laws. Whoever used the dog as a bait . should go a jail for 20 years and let them learn a lesson not to do it again. It is why people who trained the dog to be bait because their get away with murder. When these evil thing will stop! Please we need to voice for the voiceless dogs not to be a bait anymore .. It is not love............
Why people do these things for their own profit. How someone can watch animals fight is just sinful. I'm so happy for these innocent victims that were saved from that horrible life.
Pits get such a bad rap. Anyone interested in who pits really are should read the book "I'm a Good Dog." It is a short, easy read that all legislators should read before ever considering any BSL. Where you sow love you will grow love. And pits will accept that love at any stage of their lives. Let's give them the chance they so deserve!


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Violet is survived by her children, Theresa (Bryan) Anderson, Stacey (Joe) Schilling and James Randall (Dorina) Harper; five granddaughters, Emily, Rachel, Juliana, Sarah and Mariah; sisters, Glenna Whited and Shirley Fields; and many nieces and nephews.
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When Allison B. visited the ASPCA Adoption Center in Manhattan for the first time earlier this month, she left with not one, but two kittens. Allison had considered adopting a cat for several months, and lucky for these kitties, she decided to bring home a pair. She named them Sierra and Tobias.
"My boyfriend and I have wanted a cat since we moved into our apartment back in October," Allison says. "I was visiting family for the Fourth of July and on the drive home I just decided it was time. My aunt is a cat lover, and she was the one who suggested getting two."
While Allison had been to other animal shelters before, this was her first visit to the ASPCA.
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Love, love, love it! Please take care of those babies. I see so many kittens that when they turn into cats, owners abandon them. Kittens are cute - cats are forever. Love them and they will be your best friend. We have two and they are the best. :-)
Multiple cats is a good thing. And these sure look like sweeties. Congrats to this family! We have three. They exercise each other and keep each other company when we are not around. Solangecat and Moniquecat came from Maine Coon Adoptions and the SPCA, respectively. They flew out with me when we relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to Prince Frederick, MD in January 2012. Their younger sister, Bodaciouscat, formerly of Rude Ranch Animal Rescue, joined them in our new house in January 2013. Both Solange and Monique have lost a pound each since we adopted Bodacious.
So very happy for you Allison and your boyfriend on your new "babies". I have always had tabbies because of their markings. I adopted at 12 weeks a brother/sister combo in 1984. The male (Buffy) had diabetes the last 7 months of his life (13). I still have his sister (Misty) and she is 19 1/2 now. She has thyroid problems which I give her medicine in alternate ears (real easy by the way). I'm so glad I got two kittens because you have double trouble and double pleasure. They keep each other company when you are at work or away from home. Mine slept together constantly and they both turned out to be lap cats. You will have belly laughs with your new little ones. Have fun and enjoy them. They are so cute and beautiful. Adorable family photo!
Cats are like a popular munchie, you can't have just one.
Many many years of happiness to all four of you! There is a special joy in raising furry children; while not without its frustrations and worries, there are new and happy discoveries at every turn in the road. The best thing is what you learn about yourself: how to love and be loved unconditionally in return.
I have to say thank you for saving two precious creations of God and giving them homes where they are wanted! I have two cats myself they keep each other company it was a good suggestion on allisons aunt part! .. and being the two are bonded to each other too, was smart to have them stay together other wise they can get very lonely,sad, depressed. I tired separating my two once they cried for each other all the time , they were lot without each other so , i knew they could never be separated. This was such a sweet story, it's always great to hear of happy endings with happy beginnings!!! : D good for you two yay!!!!
I have two brothers from the same litter. They are very identical and love each other. They do everything together,sleep together,eat together,play together. You get the gist! It is great. Oh yes, I can never tell who to get after when there is mischief made!
Best wishes and lots of happiness with your new additions! I grew up with dogs, and still love them, but have become a cat lover over the years. It's more fun with at least two.
You look like a happy and loving family!!!
That is Awesome to hear that you adobted two kittens!!! I have two as well and could not imagine my life without either one of them. Their names are Toots and Wilson and they love each other like you won't believe!!! They are the best of friends. All of you will make one happy family. Congrats you too!!!!


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"It would come down and go up based on the tax processing needs of the IRS, he said. "As they are doing more rigorous tax processing during the tax filing season, they will consume more, and when they don't need the excess capacity to process those or do analytics, it provides the IRS with the flexibility of paying for what they use. This is first of its kind in the federal market, a private cloud mission-critical storage."
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India in Transition: Varanasi 2010, a Slide Presentation
LUNCHEON 11;30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
Sheila Pinkel is an artist and professor of art and at Pomona College. She is also an international editor of Leonardo, the publication dedicated to the intersection of art, science and technology.
Pinkel's astounding work, virtually unparalleled in creativity and innovation, reveals that which is invisible in nature and culture. It has been commissioned by the City of Los Angeles, and Pinkel has been honored by the City of Santa Monica as Artist of the Year.
Her work has been exhibited both throughout the United States and worldwide. Her most recent showing took place at Banaras Hindu University this past July in Varanasi, India. The photography she will share at this afternoon's presentation features scenes from this fascinating city, and her stories of her visits among the Banarasi people promise to be both enlightening and humbling.
Swallowed and Saved: The Chevalier Jackson Foreign Body Collection and the Art it Has Inspired
Writer Mary Cappello is a Professor of English and Affiliated Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Rhode Island. With a background in Literature and Medical Humanities, she teaches courses from introductory undergraduate to graduate seminars on subjects including Creative Writing, Literary Acoustics, and Literature and Medicine.
Cappello earned her B.A. from Dickinson College in 1982 and went on to achieve both her M.A. and Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Before joining the faculty at Rhode Island in 1991, she received the Teacher of the Year Award from the University of Rochester's Undergraduate Student Association. She was also honored with the university-wide Excellence in Teaching Award as a graduate student at SUNY/Buffalo.
Mary Cappello's most recent book, Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them, published this year, looks at Philadelphia's Mütter Museum's Chevalier Jackson Foreign Bodies Collection – an exhibit of nearly two thousand objects that had been ingested and then extracted by Dr. Chevalier. "Animating the space between interest and terror, curiosity and dread, award-winning author Mary Cappello explores what seems beyond understanding: the physiology of the human swallow, and the poignant and baffling psychology that compels people to ingest non-nutritive things. On a quest to restore the narratives that haunt Jackson's uncanny collection, she discovers that all things are secretly edible" (The New Press).
Cappello's previous three books of literary nonfiction are Called Back: My Reply to Cancer, My Return to Life (2009), Awkward: A Detour (2007), an LA Times bestseller, and Night Bloom: A Memoir (1998). Called Back received a ForeWord Book of the Year Award and an Independent Publishers Award (IPPY).
Professor Cappello is also a recipient of the Bechtel Prize for Educating the Imagination from Teachers and Writers Collaborative and the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize from Duke University's Center for Documentary Studies. She is a former Fulbright lecturer at the Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow, Russia.
The Politics of Campaign Finance Reform
Money has long played an essential but problematic role in American elections. Policymakers have struggled for most of our history trying to reconcile the tension between economic inequality and political equality in a democracy that appropriately values its constitutional guarantee of free speech. Decades of new regulation of money in campaigns beginning in the early 1970s have more recently been followed by a wave of deregulatory actions by courts, administrative agencies and legislatures. By some accounts, we are returning to a "state of nature" in campaign finance, with limits on contributions and expenditures, public subsidies, and disclosure playing an increasing marginal role. What accounts for this reversal of policy and what can we expect to follow?
Thomas Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He has taught at Princeton University, Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, the University of Virginia, and American University. Mann has published a dozen books on campaign finance, elections, and Congress as well as numerous op-ed pieces and articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a frequent public lecturer and contributor to newspaper stories and radio programs on politics and governance. Among other professional service, Thomas Mann was an expert witness in the constitutional defense of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.
Leadership for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
The founder and president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), Dr. David Krieger has committed his life to the elimination of nuclear weapons. He leads the NAPF's efforts to enhance global security, strengthen international law, educate and empower youth, and inform the citizenry with quality independent research and information.
One of the world's foremost educational and advocacy organizations for nuclear abolition, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the United Nations as a Peace Messenger Organization. Among its multi-faceted initiatives to increase global and human security, the NAPF co-founded the Abolition 2000 Global Network, which is made up of over 2,000 organizations and municipalities seeking a multilateral treaty banning nuclear weaponry, and the Middle Powers Initiative, a coalition of seven international organizations working with "middle power" governments toward a global nuclear disarmament agenda. The NAPF also inspired a petition drive in Japan that resulted in over 13 million signatures being gathered on the Abolition 2000 International Petition. In addition, it participates in the five-year Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conferences and prepares policy briefs on the NPT's progress for State delegates, members of Congress and UN Missions.
Dr. Krieger has lectured throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia on issues of peace, security, international law, and the abolition of nuclear weapons. He serves in numerous leadership positions including: Councilor of the World Future Council, Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility, and founder and member of Global Council of Abolition 2000. Dr. Krieger has received numerous awards for his tireless efforts toward a nuclear-weapons free world, including the the Soka Gakkai Hiroshima Peace Award (2000), Freedom From War Peace Leadership Award (2006), and Peace Writing Award of the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice and Ecology (2010). He has written hundreds of articles and has written or edited some 20 volumes on peace studies, the most recent one being God's Tears: Reflections on the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2010). In Choose Hope, Your Role in Waging Peace in the Nuclear Age (2002), Dr. Krieger engages in a moving dialogue with Japanese peace activist Daisaku Ikeda: they both come to the conclusion that ordinary people can guide their leaders to a globally secure future if they choose to hope.
A graduate of Occidental College, Dr. Krieger holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in political science from the University of Hawaii and a J.D. from the Santa Barbara College of Law. He served for 20 years as a judge pro tem for the Santa Barbara Superior Court.
David Krieger's lecture is co-sponsored by the Buddhists of the 7Cs, Claremont International Relations Society, and the Athenaeum.
A Little Bit Pregnant: Why it's a Bad Idea to Regulate Computers the Way We Regulate Radios, Guns, Uranium and Other Special-purpose Tools
TALK 6:45 p.m.
An award-winning blogger, science fiction author and journalist, Cory Doctorow is a technology activist and co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net), one of the most widely-read blogs on the internet. He is a regular contributor to The Guardian, Wired, Make, Publishers Weekly and other newspapers and magazines. Doctorow is also the former Director of European Affairs for the Electronic Frontier Foundation that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties.
He has served as the Fulbright Chair at the Annenberg Center for Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California. He is also a Visiting Senior Lecturer at Open University (UK).
His recent novels, some of which have been published for free on the internet (as well as in print through traditional channels) under a Creative Commons license that promotes sharing and "remixing", include science fiction novels For The Win (2010), Little Brother (2008), and the self-published short story collection With a Little Help (2010). For the Win describes a unionization campaign by "gold farmers" – workers in third-world countries who play massively-multiplayer online role-playing games (like World of Warcraft) to acquire resources to sell to first-world game players. Little Brother is a New York Times bestseller and concerns two tech-savvy teenagers in the Bay Area after a terrorist attack.
Doctorow's books have won the Locus and Sunburst Awards and have been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards.
Unlike all other Athenaeum lectures, recording of this talk is encouraged by the speaker. Bring your recording equipment and help spread the presentation.
Reunir les gouts: French and Italian airs de cours and arias from the Baroque
ANNE HARLEY, soprano
MICHAEL SPONSELLER, harpsichord
DANIEL ZULUAGA, theorbo
In the salons of seventeenth-century Parisian palaces, aristocrats entertained at soirées by playing and singing for each other. Both men and women performed their own airs de cours and published them in the Mercure Galant, a literary gazette that spanned the reign of Louis XIV to well after the French Revolution. Come listen to these miniatures, several of which will have their modern-day premiere at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, accompanied by the theorbo and harpsichord.
The French lutenist (DZ) Robert de Visée
Prélude (c.1655-1732)
Les Bergeries de Mr. Couperin
Airs de cours from the Mercure Galant (AH, MS, DZ) Marc-Antoine Charpentier
"Sans frayeur dans ce bois" H467
"Ah! laissez-moi rêver" H441
"Quoi! rien ne peut vous arrêter?" H462
"En vain rivaux assidus" H452
The Couperin dynasty "Le tombeau de Mr. de Blancrocher"(MS & DZ) Louis Couperin (1626-1661)
"La Muse-Plantine"(2 mins) François Couperin (1668-1733)
Women composers and Italian novelties from the Mercure Galant (AH, MS, DZ)
"Le printemps rameine en ces lieux"(May 1688) Mlle. Vailly
"Nos bergers, nos troupeaux"(November 1680) Mlle. d'O
"L'aimable Flore"(January 1678) Mlle. Sicard
"Questa bella d'amor nemica"(March 1678) Anonymous
"E cosi dolce"(March 1679) Anonymous
The internationalist
Suite in D major (MS) Johann Jakob Froberger
Méditation fait sur ma Mort future laquelle se joue lentement avec discretion (1616-1667)
Carissimi: Charpentier's mentor Giacomo Carissimi
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Beyond Citizens United: Campaign Finance Law and the Roberts Court
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:00 p.m.
The Supreme Court's decision last term in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, holding that corporations have First Amendment rights to spend in candidate election campaigns, has received a great deal of attention beyond the world of campaign finance lawyers. President Obama mentioned the decision in his State of the Union address, criticizing the Supreme Court while members of the Court sat in the audience. Was Citizens United really a big deal? Is it changing our elections? What has the decision done to the law of campaign finance disclosure? Should the Court's views of the constitutionality of disclosure shift in the Internet age, when Google maps and campaign finance data can be "mashed up" so that you can see which candidates and causes your neighbors have supported?
Richard L. Hasen is the William H. Hannon Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he joined the faculty in 1997. He holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D., M.A. and Ph.D. (Political Science) from the University of California at Los Angeles. After law school, Hasen clerked for Judge David R. Thompson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and then worked as a civil appellate lawyer. Hasen is a nationally-recognized expert in election law and campaign finance regulation, is co-author of a leading casebook on election law and co-editor of the quarterly peer-reviewed publication, Election Law Journal. He is the author of more than seventy articles on election law issues, which have appeared in the nations' leading law journals, and he also writes the widely read "Election law blog." His opeds and commentaries have appeared in many publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Slate. His election law book, "The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v. Carr to Bush v. Gore," was published by NYU Press in 2003.
An Evening with Louise Gluck
Louise Glück is a former U.S. Poet Laureate (2003-2004) and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Glück's book of poems Wild Iris, published in 1992, won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She is now the Rosenkranz writer-in-residence at Yale University and previously taught at Williams College for 20 years. She is a member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. She was appointed U.S. Poet Laureate in 2003.
Her fourteen books of poetry include Firstborn (1968), The House on Marshland (1975), The Garden (1976), Descending Figure (1980), The Triumph of Achilles (1985), Ararat (1990), The Wild Iris (1992), Mock Orange (1993), The First Four Books of Poems (1995), Meadowlands (1997), Vita Nova (1999), The Seven Ages (2001), Averno (2006) and A Village Life (2009). She has also written a compilation of essays, Proofs and Theories: Essays on Poetry, published in 1994.
Glück has won the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, the M.I.T. Anniversary Medal and fellowships from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. She also received the 2008 Wallace Stevens Award for "outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry."
Robert Pinsky, the literary critic and poet, praises her poetry, saying, "Louise (Glück) sometimes uses language so plain it can almost seem like someone is speaking to you spontaneously – but it's always intensely distinguished."
Louise Glück is this year's Ricardo J. Quinones Distinguished Lecturer, a lectureship established in honor of the founding director of the Family of Benjamin Z. Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, Ricardo Quinones, Josephine Olp Weeks Professor of Comparative Literature, CMC, Emeritus.
The Role of Economics in Managing Environmental Health Risks
Dr. Mary F. Evans is the Jerrine and Thomas Mitchell '66 Associate Professor of Environmental Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow in the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance.
Evans earned her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1999 and 2001, respectively. She went on to complete a two-year post-doctoral research fellowship at North Carolina State University. Before coming to CMC, she taught in the Department of Economics in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee from 2003-2009.
Professor Evans is a member of the American Economic Association and the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. She is a member of the editorial council for the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and an associate editor for the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Her research has been published in prestigious economics journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. She is the recipient of two Science to Achieve Results Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for her work on firm compliance with environmental information disclosure programs and the economic dimensions of environmental vulnerability, respectively.
Evans' talk will focus on the contributions of economics research, including her own, to the estimation of benefits associated with policies that improve health. She will focus in particular on environmental policies, especially those related to air quality. She will discuss current policy practices and their basis in economics by exploring the economic models that examine how individuals value small changes in mortality/morbidity risks. An understanding of preferences for risk reductions is of particular importance for policies that improve environmental quality as the lion's share of the associated benefits are due to health risk reductions.
Tonight marks Professor Evans' official installation to her chaired professorship.
The Government in Asia, Then and Now
What makes Asia's political systems, especially those in the most important Asian countries such as China and India, distinct from the rest of the world? How did their political systems evolve over the centuries? Are there crucial differences in the way government is empowered and legitimized in these countries? Is Asia's dramatic rise a product of the effectiveness of its political systems? Does Asia's economic success today constitute a challenge to the Western liberal political order?
Dr. Francis Fukuyama, author of a new monumental study of the origins of government in the world, will attempt to address these critical questions in his lecture at the Athenaeum on April 6, 2011. He will share his insights into the evolution of Asia's political systems over the years and explore how Asia's political development will affect the hitherto unchallenged supremacy of the Western liberal order.
Francis Fukuyama is senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University. As of July 1, 2010, he is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. Dr. Fukuyama is the former director of SAIS's International Development Program. He is also chairman of the editorial board of The American Interest. Dr. Fukuyama has written widely on issues relating to questions concerning political and economic development.
He received his B.A. from Cornell University in classics, and his Ph.D. from Harvard in Political Science. He was a member of the Political Science Department of the RAND Corporation from 1979-1980, then again from 1983-89, and from 1995-96. In 1981-82 and in 1989 he was a member of the Policy Planning Staff of the U.S. Department of State, the first time as a regular member specializing in Middle East affairs, and then as Deputy Director for European political-military affairs. In 1981-82 he was also a member of the U.S. delegation to the Egyptian-Israeli talks on Palestinian autonomy. From 1996-2000 he was Omer L. and Nancy Hirst Professor of Public Policy at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University.
Dr. Fukuyama's visit to CMC is sponsored by the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies.
Can China Innovate?
LUNCHEON 11:30 a.m.; LECTURE 12:30 p.m.
Weijian Shan, CEO, Pacific Alliance Group; Eric Lin, Managing Partner, Chengwei Ventures; Shaomin Li, professor of management, Old Dominion University; Yasheng Huang, professor of international management, Sloan School, MIT, moderator
For more information, see Conference website.
The PRI in 21st Century Mexico
Beatriz Paredes Rangel is one of the most influential politicians in Mexico. She recently completed a very successful four year term (2007-2011) as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Under her leadership, the PRI was revived from a demoralizing third place showing in the 2006 presidential elections and is once again a party with legitimate presidential aspirations. In 2009, just two years after Paredes became president, the PRI gained control of the Chamber of Deputies and now holds 237 out of a total of 500 seats, making them the largest party represented. She will be remembered as an agent of compromise and in being instrumental in the unity of her party.
Ms. Paredes studied sociology at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She began her political career at just 21 years of age when she was elected a Member of Congress. She has held a number of senior political positions throughout her career; she was the first woman Governor of Tlaxcala, her native State (1987 to 1992), Senator of the Republic (1997 to 2000) and Chairman of the Managing Board of the Mexican Senate (September 1998), Federal Representative (1979 to 1982 and 1985 to 1986). Ms. Paredes has served as Vice Minister of the Interior three times. Throughout her career she has participated in other important international activities as Member of the Mexican Delegations before the UN, UNESCO, FAO and other international organizations. Ms. Paredes also served as Mexican Ambassador to Cuba for the period between January 1993 and January 1994. She is the author of two books: Acaso la palabra and Con la cabeza descubierta. She also writes articles for the Mexican journal, "El Universal."
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- When the first hosting peer, Node 1, of a given Service Space starts:
- all the partitions are allocated to Node 1.
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- 6 partitions owned by Node 1 are transferred to Node 2 by Node 1.
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- Node 1, which is instructed to acquire some lost partitions, queries the cluster for all the sessions belonging to the lost partitions.
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State Manager
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The average college student can easily spend the better part of their day on Reddit...where just one more link quickly turns into another sleepless night. Hey, we've all been stuck in this inescapable web before (no one's judging!) but if you're one of the lucky students attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), you'll have the option to receive credit for your Reddit addiction starting next spring.
MIT researcher and admissions officer Chris Peterson, along with his co-instructor and the head of MIT Comparative Media Studies/Writing Ed Schiappa, built the course's curriculum in part with help from other Reddit users. (The post received 121 comments from users eager to contribute to the class material.) The class invites students to explore why the site works and compare it to other social media networks. According to Motherboard, Peterson explained the importance of Reddit to MIT faculty during his efforts to create the course. "Nobody disputes that something's important if it's on the front page of the New York Times," he said. "If something is on the front page of Reddit, now it matters. It tells you something about that community and what they find important." (For more on this story, click here.)
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August 26, 2014
Ah, the first day of school. You meticulously selected your outfit, you styled your hair just right but when you smiled for the camera, all that awesomeness translated into...complete and total awkwardness. It may be tempting to dispose of the evidence but don't burn those negatives or delete those jpegs just yet: Those images could earn you $1,000 for college through Scholarships.com's Awkward Back-to-School Photo Contest!
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August 20, 2014
Say what you will about Generation Y but one thing's for sure, they are one tech savvy group. Armed with smartphones, laptops and tablets, they are plugged in and on the go 24/7. And yet, so many students make the same tech mistakes repeatedly. (I'm looking at you, student who hasn't saved their work once in the past hour!) Luckily, U.S. News and World Report has compiled a list of mistakes to avoid when starting school as an online student, check them out below:
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August 18, 2014
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August 15, 2014
With the final month of summer rapidly slipping away, now is the time to buckle down and finalize how you're going to fund your college education. Whether that entails a full-ride scholarship (way to go!), an impressive financial aid package or even necessary loans, it's important to understand your options. Some of you might even be considering President Obama's Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan...if you can figure out what it involves or if it's even an option. If you're confused about this plan, you're in luck: U.S. News and World Report has broken down the big questions you need answered below:
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August 12, 2014
Each year, the Princeton Review releases its comprehensive list of colleges ranked by the extracurricular and social offerings on their campuses, how happy their students are, and which are the most religious or LGBT-friendly, among countless other categories. But the distinction that gets the most attention year after year is the school the review dubbed as the top "party school" - an honor that may be lauded by students by dreaded by school administrators and parents. Interested in knowing who made the cut? Check out the top 10 below:
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August 11, 2014
At least 59 percent of young people know that texting and driving is dangerous... but 46 percent still admit to driving while distracted. When you text while driving at 55 mph, your eyes go off the road for the length of an entire football field. Tell your friends about the dangers of texting and driving to enter to win a $10,000 scholarship. After entering, Do Something will send you a free pair of "thumb socks" - a physical reminder to stop texting and driving. No minimum GPA or essays are required to qualify for this award so get started today!
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The Polar Bears are throwing a bear-y big holiday celebration at the North Pole. The black bears, brown bears, rapping grizzlies, pirouetting dancing bears, teddy bears, Kodiak bears and Panda bears are the invited guests from around the world. Everyone has arrived except for the Pandas, and the wait is becoming un-bear-able. Join in the festive panda-monium when the Pandas finally arrive in true vaudeville style and the party begins. This easy-to-prepare holiday musical features five original songs and rhyming dialogue. Songs include: A Bear-y Merry Holiday; Dancing on Ice; Jingle Bears; Covered in White and Panda-monium. 20 minutes.
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Free State Cheetahs assistant coach Hawies Fourie says victory against Griquas in Bloemfontein this Saturday is non-negotiable.
Free State find themselves at the bottom of the Currie Cup log after their 34-30 loss to the Blue Bulls in Pretoria last weekend. It was their fourth consecutive defeat of the campaign.
However, the Cheetahs still have an outside chance of qualifying for the semi-finals as they trail the Bulls (fifth) and Griquas (fourth) by one and three log points respectively. A big victory over the Kimberley union will put Free State back into play-off contention.
The Cheetahs downed Griquas 29-16 at GWK Park in the second round.
'While it was disappointing to go down against the Bulls, the losing bonus point helped a lot,' Fourie told keo.co.za. 'We still stand a chance of finishing in the top four, so we can't afford any more mistakes.
'We have to beat Griquas this weekend. It's going be tough, as they'll also need a win to keep their semi-final hopes alive.'
Fourie said Free State are struggling with form because of the loss of key players.
'We have 14 players missing at the moment, so our squad is looking quite thin' said Fourie. 'Many of those players are experienced guys. WP Nel [Edinburgh, Scotland] and Ashley Johnson [London Wasps, England] were big losses after Super Rugby. We also have a lot of injuries as the likes of Frans Viljoen and Kabamba Floors are sidelined.
'So we're playing with a young team. But they are doing better and better every week. We just need to get back to winning ways this weekend.'
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Network: NBC
Episodes: Seven (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: May 23, 2013 — June 13, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Anne Heche, Madison Davenport, Michael Landes, Alexandra Breckenridge, Heather Burns, and Joy Osmanski.
TV show description:
This sitcom follows the life of Beth Harper (Anne Heche), an absentee wife and mother from the Midwest. After choking on a hero sandwich in her kitchen and suffering a dramatic near-death experience, Beth is revived and claims she can now talk to God.
Her teenage daughter, Emily (Madison Davenport), is horrified and her husband, Tom (Michael Landes), is skeptical. To make matters worse, Tom's ex-mistress, Carly McKenna (Alexandra Breckenridge), is in a coma after a close encounter with lightning in the Harper's front yard.
As Beth warms up to her new life, she strives to make amends to the people that she's alienated over the years — including friends and neighbors like Jenna Dennings (Heather Burns) and Maggie Tompkins (Joy Osmanski).
Despite everyone's initial hesitancy, Beth begins to win people over with her new positive attitude, cheerful optimism, and unbridled love.
Series Finale
Episode #7 — Holier Than Thou
While rallying to save a hospital, Beth alienates her friends with her holier-than-thou attitude.
First aired: June 13, 2013
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|Cindy Stovall, RN is the DAISY Award Recipient for March, 2011
Cindy Stovall, RN is the March, 2011 DAISY Award recipient. Cindy joined All Children's Hospital in 2002 as a nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). She moved to her current position in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) in 2006. She holds a bachelor's degree from Memphis State in Health Care Administration. The DAISY Award is presented monthly to an All Children's Hospital Nurse that has provided extraordinary service to our patients.
A parent recently wrote:
"When I first read the nomination letter, I wasn't a bit surprised," said Bonnie Baker, RNC, MS, Assistant Department Director for Perioperative Services. "Cindy is a caring and compassionate nurse who goes above and beyond to console and comfort her patients and families in the PACU setting. She has received several kudos from patients and families over the years which further validate the attention and quality of care she provides in patient/family encounters. I am proud to have Cindy on our team. She is an asset to Perioperative Services."
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U-T TV runs for noble cause
Miner hats with the proper lighting will be part of their attire. So will reflective vests, along with multiple layers of clothing.
All necessary ingredients when you plan to be running by the light of the moon.
Led by FrontPage anchors Scott Kaplan and Amber Mesker, U-T TV is fielding a team in the 200-mile, 12-person Ragnar Relay. The relay was scheduled to begin at 5:30 this morning in Huntington Beach.
The team will jog its way through the night, the last runner expected to pull into the Embarcadero around 6 p.m. Saturday.
The U-T TV team is running to raise money for the Monarch School, a school in Little Italy for homeless children. Students at Monarch range from kindergarten through high school.
"These kids, they deal with some major issues," said Kaplan. "They're great kids, very normal kids, who find themselves in some very hard circumstances."
The U-T TV team has raised about $10,000.
Relay, take II
The Monarch School is also fielding a relay team, comprised of high school students. Wanting to train for the race and get to know the students, Mesker logged mileage downtown with the high schoolers.
Said Mesker: "It was a good way to remind yourself why you're doing the run in the first place."
Seam head talk
This Just In sets over/under on Chase Headley home runs at 21. Headley blasted 31 homers in last year's breakout season. His previous best: 12. … If forced to make a wager, TJI learns toward the under. … Gotta hope the wrist injury explains Cameron Maybin's 3-for-33, 1 double, 1 RBI start. … TJI pitched a story about the probability of Maybin hitting an inside-the-park home run. Story's been put on hold, for obvious reasons. Need Maybin to hit more than is current one inside-the-park double and two singles. …
Haven't seen a movie lately. Next on the list: "42." Everyone TJI hangs with raves about it.
His hand on the laptop mouse, ready to hit delete, cut and paste, USD slugger Kris Bryant is on the verge of rewriting the Toreros' record book. With the Toreros opening a three-game series tonight at Santa Clara, Bryant sits on 17 home runs. The school record: 18, set by Dave Rolls in 1988. …
Bryant, expected to be selected in the top 10 of June's draft, has 42 career home runs. The record: 46, set by Sean Baron, who, like Rolls, finished his senior season in 1988. …
Digging deep in the memory bank, longtime former USD baseball coach John Cunningham recalls back-to-back shots Baron and Rolls delivered one game at Santa Clara.
Rolls lofted a blast that cleared the light tower in left-center field. Up stepped Rolls, who yanked one over the light tower in right-center.
Said Cunningham: "They could swing the bat." …
Julie Moss and Kathleen McCartney will be forever linked, Moss' crawling finish at the 1982 Ironman Hawaii becoming the sport's most iconic moment. McCartney passed Moss 15 yards from the finish line to win.


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When his crew is nearly crushed by the wreckage of a ship falling from the sky, Luffy sets his sights on sailing straight into the clouds! First order of business: finding a stalwart soul who knows how to get from the deep blue sea to the wild blue yonder.
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Polar vortex – now that's a cool name
With hurricanes, typhoons and major storms all getting names these days, Editor Don Whitten writes that he thought "polar vortex" was the name of the latest storm that rolled through much of the country. He then learned it's not a name of a storm, but the name of a weather phenomenon. (January 10, 2014, Page 4A)


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Opening night agaisnt the Spurs.
when does fox sports new orleans go live
Fox sports new home for the hornets
Not sure that is true.
"Aime la vérité, mais pardonne à l'erreur." - François-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
I think earlier is likely.
Working on it.
It would seem weird to have absolutely zero coverage of the Hornets on their flagship prior to the day the season tips, wouldn't it? First shot at doing anything is an NBA broadcast? Seems risky.
Comcast SportsNet Houston is being launched on October 1st. New home of the Astros and Rockets.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
I guess they might launch the network with some preview shows or something along that line before then, but their 'grand opening' should be on opening night.
I'd be surprised if they didn't start with preseason coverage and the usual magazine weekly shows.
Looking on hornets.com, it doesn't show that most of our preseason games will be on TV. I'm hoping that's just because they're working on something with FSNO. That would suck, though, if they're not on tv anywhere as most of our preseason games are on the road.
The only thing I found about when the new network will begin is this...
FRANCHISE-HIGH NUMBER OF LOCAL TV APPEARANCES BEGINS ON OPENING NIGHT VS. SPURShttp://www.nba.com/hornets/news/fox-...-games-2012-13The schedule, which includes 38 home and 37 road games, begins with the Wednesday, October 31st home opener against Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs and concludes with the final game of the regular season in Dallas on Wednesday, April 17th against Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks.
Preseason games are mostly not televised. Some are.
I'm speaking generally.
According to Hornets.com, the first preseason game on Oct. 7 will be on NBA TV and the game against the Heat on Oct. 26 will be on ESPN.
On Saturday I was looking for the Tulane game and I saw that DirecTV channel 668 was listed as Fox New Orleans. I couldn't access it but it was listed in the guide.
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Will FS New Orleans be carried by cable companies on the Mississippi Coast? Will this affect the Fox Sports South channel that currently airs here if so?
I don't know if FS NO will be carried in MS, but the Hornets games should be televised on the Fox Sports South since those areas are in the Hornets market.
It will say on the TV guide that the Hawks would be on this channel 4 years ago but there would always be alternative coverage for whatever reason. I've just moved back to Ocean Springs now after being in Alabama for 4 years so I am looking forward to finally getting to actually watch my team more than once or twice a year depending on how many games I would be able to go to. This was a much needed change to bring more people in locally.
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Shoemaker's Walk-Off Single Gives Baseball 9-8, 11 inning Win over #19 GCSU
March 24, 2010
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Eric Shoemaker delivered an RBI-single in the bottom of the 11th inning as Will Davis crossed the plate with the winning run in a 9-8 victory for Pfeiffer University over #19 Georgia College and State on Wednesday afternoon. The Falcons improve to 17-18 while the Bobcats fall to 15-9.
In a 1-1 ballgame, Pfeiffer put four on the board in the fourth with a pair of RBI-singles by Myles Pearl and Preston Lyon. Davis capped off the frame with a two-out, two-run single. The Bobcats responded with five runs in the top of the fifth to grab a one-run lead.
After a pair of leadoff walks to Benton Yaun and Brett George, Jason Veyna blasted off scoring three to get the visitors within one. An outfield fielding error led to the other pair of runs plating in the GCSU fifth.
The Bobcats added another run in the seventh on a Shawn Ward fielders choice, before the Falcons tied the contest with two more runs after the seventh inning stretch. Davis picked up another RBI with a solo shot while Shoemaker doubled home Josh Strickland after his base hit. Both teams traded runs in the eighth to force extra innings as a Chandler Snell sacrifice-fly and Myles Pearl round-tripper accounted for the runs.
Both teams had quality chances in the extra frames with a runner at second and no outs, but neither could put a run across. Davis began the Pfeiffer 11th with a single, moved to second on Stricklands sacrifice-bunt and scored on Shoemakers hit. The Falcons out-hit the Bobcats 17-9.
Pfeiffer gets back into Conference Carolinas action on Friday, traveling to Erskine for a critical three-game set with the Flying Fleet. A Saturday doubleheader follows the single game on Friday, slated to begin at 2:30 p.m.