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Koch Industries Deploys Alkira for their Cloud Networking Journey–Koch Industries, Inc. with Alkira Midday Keynote
Koch Industries Deploys Alkira for their Cloud Networking Journey--Koch Industries, Inc. with Alkira Midday Keynote
OctoberOct 15 2020 02:10pm - OctoberOct 15 2022 02:30pm
Networking is on the move. Compute, storage, and applications are all now born in the cloud and consumed as a service. The network, however, has remained behind, mired in the complexity and cost of do-it-yourself approaches. Until now! The Alkira Cloud Services Exchange is first and only global unified network platform delivered as-a-service. It's groundbreaking innovation offers Enterprises a consistent and dramatically simplified, networking experience for on-premise, cloud, and multi-cloud environments with integrated network and security services, end-to-end operational visibility, full controls, and governance. With Alkira, the entire end-to-end network is drawn on a digital design canvas, provisioned in 1-click, and is ready for use in minutes. No hardware to procure, no software to download, and no cloud to learn.
Join Amir Khan, CEO & Founder of Alkira and Matt Hoag, Senior Enterprise Architect at Koch Industries, an American multinational corporation, and the second largest privately held company in the United States, with over 120,000 employees and annual revenue in excess of $110B. Koch subsidiaries are involved in energy, manufacturing, pulp and paper, ranching, finance, investing and other industries.
In this interactive keynote session Koch will discuss their journey to a modern network that operates in full synergy with a cloud. You will learn what challenges Koch Industries have faced on their cloud adoption journey, why they have chosen an Alkira solution over hardware-based or do-it-yourself (DIY) alternatives, and how they have realized their vision of as-a-service network delivery for a variety of cloud deployment use cases. Leveraging Alkira's solution, Koch was able to reduce their TCO by 40% and achieve unprecedented agility by expanding its cloud infrastructure from a single cloud to a multi-cloud in 1 day instead of months.
The Network. Reinvented for Cloud.
Speaker of Koch Industries Deploys Alkira for their Cloud Networking Journey--Koch Industries, Inc. with Alkira Midday Keynote
Amir Khan is a computer networking visionary who founded and led Viptela's market-leading, cloud-first, Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) business before the acquisition by Cisco. As prescient as he was in identifying the $8B opportunity for SD-WAN, Amir recognized that network hampered the cloud journey and founded Alkira in 2018 with Atif Khan to reinvent networking for the cloud era. Amir's vision is to deliver the cloud network as a utility. As CEO/Founder, he has led Alkira's delivery of the industry's first on-demand, as-a-service, point and click, unified multi-cloud networking service that enables cloud architects to design, build, and deploy a global multi-cloud network in minutes. Alkira enables enterprises to implement 50% less firewall capacity, and reduce TCO by up to 40%. Before Viptela, Amir held leadership roles at Cisco, Juniper, and Nortel. He holds 4 patents. Amir earned an MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mississippi.
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Matt has been with Koch for over 20 years serving in various technology related roles. In his role as an Enterprise Architect, he has overseen significant technology transformation efforts such as the global SD-WAN deployment, improvement of bandwidth and internet access for hundreds of locations around the world, and developing and executing strategies for cloud on-ramps to support the broad move to adopt cloud services, modernize applications, and develop digital products and services across the enterprise.
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The Fox & Hounds Country Inn is a real traditional English pub found just a short drive away in the Gold Coast hinterland.
Residing in picturesque Wongawallan, at the base of Tamborine Mountain, this 18th century country inn was shipped over from England, and looks every bit like something you'd find in the land of the royals – right down to the red phone box and mini double decker bus gracing the entrance.
A fixture of Wongawallan since 2007, this iconic pub has far earlier origins, with most of its internal fittings coming from the Sussex Arms, originally built way back in the 1700s. That's some serious history.
Inside, there's a couple of cosy bars (one English, one Irish) adorned with an eclectic collection of British paraphernalia, ranging from medieval trinkets to football scarves and cricket bats. There's also a couple of dining rooms (Scottish and Tudor-style) which are ideal for larger groups or private functions. And, naturally, no UK pub would be complete without the obligatory open fire place to stave off the cold on those long winter nights.
The food is in keeping with the theme, and the extensive menu includes the likes of bangers and mash, toad in the hole, and a Cornish pasty with all the trimmings. There's also the Irish staple of beef and Guinness pie, plus beer battered cod and a Giant Yorkie (slow-cooked roast beef with veggies, Yorkshire pudding and red wine gravy).
Complementing this hearty fare is a wonderful range of beverages, including the Irish drops Guinness and Kilkenny, and England's Old Speckled Hen and London Pride. There's also a selection of traditional wines, apple cider, and a locally-brewed ginger cider.
Make sure you have the camera handy as guests here can have their photo taken with Queen Liz and her favourite corgi – or, at least, a rather lifelike replica. There's also a palace guard keeping an eye on proceedings, and several knights in armour dotted about the place.
When the sun is shining, the spacious, grassy beer garden really is a lovely place to have a meal and a drink. Surrounded by leafy trees, the garden enjoys memorable views of the pub's exterior, plus an authentic double-decker bus in the process of restoration. A small amount of accommodation is also available.
In a nutshell - For some hearty food, drink, and a slice of real English culture and history without the long haul flight, the Fox & Hounds is well worth a visit.
Need to know - Fox & Hounds is open throughout Easter 2019 including Good Friday and Easter Sunday but is hosting a prepaid ticketed event on Easter Saturday night celebrating the tale of St George with knights fighting and a mediaeval banquet.
*One of the most popular events at Fox & Hounds is a host-your-own-murder night, available for a minimum of 12 and up to 29-36 guests. All you need to provide are the potential 'murder victims' and each guest receives a unique character and role to play that night. Themes include gangster 1920's, medieval wedding, Harry Potter or even an all female witches coven.


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Horror Fan Kindle Deals for November
This November, we're featuring Quirk's best e-book discounts! Keep reading for this month's assortment of horror titles:
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
"A loving examination of lurid pulp book covers from the 1970s and '80s."—Atlas Obscura
Celebrating the weird, gory, freaky, amazing horror fiction of the 70s and 80s. With vintage art, hilarious commentary, recommended reading, and poignant creator biographies, author Grady Hendrix covers everything from V. C. Andrews to R. L. Stine.
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
"Think Mean Girls with demonic possession, set in 1988 Charleston. It's funny, it's heart-wrenching, it's even a little spiritual, in a very strange way."—Southern Living magazine
It's Beaches meets The Exorcist in this heartwarming & horrifying coming-of-age novel where two high school BFFs find their friendship tested when one of them is possessed by a demon.
We Sold Our Souls
"Kickass, horrifying, and smart as hell. It certainly earns my two horns up."—Dread Central
A down-and-out former rocker travels across the Pennsylvania rust belt—from a celebrity rehab center to a satanic music festival—in search of her past band members, all to reclaim her life and literally her soul.
Horrorstor
"An inventive, hilarious haunted house tale."—Bustle
In this classic haunted house story, three employees volunteer for a dusk-til-dawn shift to uncover the strange happenings at their big box Swedish furniture superstore.
"By turns gruesome and compelling, fueled by a slow-burn tension, and full of in-jokes about contemporary Brooklyn culture, Winters's breezy summer read will leave readers compulsively scratching."—Publishers Weekly
In this creepy crawly horror novel, Alex and Susan Wendt discover that their new Brooklyn brownstone is full of terrifying secrets — millions of terrifying, blood-sucking secrets!
The Resurrectionist
"Disturbingly lovely...The Resurrectionist is itself a cabinet of curiosities, stitching history and mythology and sideshow into an altogether different creature. Deliciously macabre and beautifully grotesque."—Erin Morgenstern, author of The Night Circus
One-third fictional biography, two-thirds coffee-table art book, and one hundred percent bizarre — The Resurrectionist pairs dazzling black-and-white anatomical drawings with a bizarre fantasy narrative set in late-19th-century Philadelphia.
Night of the Living Trekkies
"Lovers of the zombie genre will definitely breeze through this book, while Star Trek fans will revel in the abundance of in-jokes and shout-outs to their beloved franchise."—Geeks of Doom
Jim Pike, veteran and assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston, finds himself surrounded by hundreds of costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengi — plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers into savage, flesh-eating zombies! Dressed in homemade uniforms and armed with prop phasers, Jim must deliver a ragtag crew of fanboys and fangirls to safety.
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Missouri vs. South Carolina: How to watch, game guide, TV/streaming, odds
The Battle of the Columbias has the highest stakes of any other week five game.
By Connor Tapp Sep 27, 2014, 12:42pm EDT
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How to witness
7 p.m. ET, Williams-Brice Stadium (Columbia, S.C.)
Television broadcast
Channel: ESPN
Play-by-play: Brad Nessler
Analysis: Todd Blackledge
Sideline: Holly Rowe
Channel: Gamecock IMG Sports Network or Sirius 91/XM 91
Play-by-play: Todd Ellis
Analysis: Tommy Suggs
Sideline: Langston Moore
Rankings and records: Missouri is 3-1 and unranked in both the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll. The Tigers were ranked in both last week, but dropped out after losing to Indiana. South Carolina is 3-1, and the Gamecocks are ranked 13th in the AP Poll and 15th in the Coaches Poll.
Vegas: South Carolina opened as a 5.5-point favorite.
Weather forecast: 73 and partly cloudy.
What's at stake
The SEC East is not very good -- at least not compared to the SEC West -- but if South Carolina wins this game, it will have likely beaten its two biggest challengers in the division (Missouri and Georgia). A loss blows the race wide open again.
Three big matchups
Missouri defense vs. the A gap. South Carolina center Alan Knott got completely blown up last Saturday against Vanderbilt. Spurrier hinted on Thursday evening that Clayton Stadnik might get the start in his stead. Right guard Cody Waldrop will not play, leaving Brock Stadnik and D.J. Park as potential backups.
Carolina's defensive line vs. Mizzou's offensive line.
.The Gamecocks' secondary is vulnerable. (This isn't new information.) With Maty Mauk and Bud Sasser, Missouri has some weapons that could allow the Tigers to exploit this flaw. Unless, of course, the South Carolina front seven is able to consistently pressure the quarterback for the first time this season.
Dylan Thompson vs. himself.
The last time the Gamecocks and Tigers met on the football field, Connor Shaw cemented his legend at South Carolina by coming off the bench and leading USC back from a 17-point deficit to a double-overtime win. This time, No. 14 won't be waiting in the wings to relieve Dylan Thompson if things aren't going well early. And the often slow-to-settle DT is up against a Missouri secondary that's been good against the pass through four games.
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Coming Soon to a Smartwatch Near You: Wearable BI
The smartwatch has arrived -- and how! Is it too soon to talk about optimizing dashboards for the "wearable experience?"
By Steve Swoyer
It looks as if we'll soon have to rescale our reports, dashboards, and visualizations for another new user experience (UX) -- that of the wearable device.
Last year, demand for personal fitness devices such as Fitbit and the new Apple watch helped increase sales of wearable devices by 171.6 percent, year over year. That's according to market watcher International Data Corp. (IDC), which says wearables were one of the big hits of the holiday season. Fitbit Inc., Apple Inc., and other vendors -- there's an Android wearable, too -- shipped 24.7 million units in Q4 of 2015, an increase of 126.9 percent over 2014.
All told, IDC says, vendors moved 78.1 million wearable devices last year. For some perspective, total sales of smartphones reached 80 million units in 2006, according to a then-contemporaneous IDC report. That was on the strength of a 42 percent increase in growth.
The wearables market is just beginning to take off, according to IDC. "Triple-digit growth highlights growing interest in the wearables market from both end-users and vendors," said IDC research manager Ramon Llamas, in a statement.
"It shows that wearables are not just for the technophiles and early adopters; wearables can exist and are welcome in the mass market," Llamas' statement continued. "And since wearables have yet to fully penetrate the mass market, there is still plenty of room for growth in multiple vectors: new vendors, form factors, applications, and use cases. This will help propel the market further."
Fitbit is still the dominant player in the wearables space, with nearly one-third (29.5 percent) of the overall wearables market in Q4 of 2015. Apple, not surprisingly, came in second, gobbling up 15 percent of market share in Q4 -- and shipping 4.1 million units, according to IDC.
Apple has already eclipsed the combined market shares of Chinese powerhouse Xiaomi Inc. and Samsung, the leading manufacturer of Android wearables. Xiaomi was third in IDC's tally, with 2.7 million wearables shipped; Samsung was fourth, with 1.3 million.
Wearable BI
BI and analytic vendors aren't yet talking about optimizing for a "wearable experience." Still less are they articulating "wearable first" development strategies.
Maybe they should be.
True, several vendors have announced support for wearables -- chiefly, the Apple watch. To take just one example, Salesforce.com announced a native version of its Salesforce Wave Analytics app for Apple's new device.
The thing is, businesses are already using wearables to support operational or production processes. An exemplar is global logistics giant DHL Express, which used smart glasses from XOEye Technology/Vuzix Corp. and Google Inc. in a pilot project to optimize warehouse "picking" operations. DHL's Trend Research unit described the rationale for this project in a fascinating report, Augmented Reality in Logistics.
"Augmented Reality ... [is] where every object you see could be enriched with additional and valuable information. AR is defined as the expansion of physical reality by adding layers of computer-generated information to the real environment," the report notes. "Information in this context could be any kind of virtual object or content, including text, graphics, video, sound, haptic feedback, GPS data, and even smell." Augmented reality, the DHL researchers argued, "is more than a simple displaying technology. It also represents a new type of real-time natural user interface for human interaction with objects and digital devices."
Still another adopter of enterprise wearables is Lee Company, a heating and cooling solutions provider. (Full disclosure: this author will be forever grateful to Lee Company for coming to his rescue when his pipes exploded in the middle of a Nashville winter.) Lee Company featured prominently in a press release issued just last month by XOEye Technology, which partners with Vuzix to produce smartglasses wearables.
As the examples of DHL and Lee Company demonstrate, there's a kind of built-in consonance between the wearable UX and the experience of consuming and, to some extent, analyzing data. The smartglasses used by both DHL and Lee Company provide the equivalent of a head-up display (HUD), whereby relevant data is served up to human actors. Wearables, be they smartglasses, watches, or other form factors, are well-suited for displaying information not just in a new way, but also in a uniquely immersive experience.
Consider some of the early consumer applications for wearables: there's Fitbit, for starters, but both Apple and Samsung also bundle native health monitoring and telemetry apps with their smartwatches. These apps generate visualizations, charts, graphs, and (let's agree to relax the definition slightly) "reports." It isn't that BI and analytics are a natural fit for the wearable UX. It's that some of the activities we perform in consuming and analyzing data translate, quite neatly, to the wearable context – and that the wearable context, particularly in its immersive aspects, has the potential to bring a whole new dimension to information consumption and analysis.
On the consumer side, app developers will continue to innovate, Llamas and IDC predict. "End-users expect improvement from what they have now," he said.
"Historical data, like steps taken and calories burned, has been a very good start. Prescriptive data, like what else a user can do to live a healthier life, coupled with popular applications like social media, news, and navigation, will push wearables further, and attract more users."
It stands to reason that BI and data visualization software won't be far behind.
Stephen Swoyer is a technology writer with 20 years of experience. His writing has focused on business intelligence, data warehousing, and analytics for almost 15 years. Swoyer has an abiding interest in tech, but he's particularly intrigued by the thorny people and process problems technology vendors never, ever want to talk about. You can contact him at evets@alwaysbedisrupting.com.
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Woodman (1983–2007) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in Ireland but who is best known as a sire of a number of important racehorses.

A descendant of the great sire Nearco through both his dam, Playmate, and his Champion sire, Mr. Prospector, Woodman was a Champion 2-year-old colt in Ireland but was retired to stud duty after five races. Returned to the United States, he stood at Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky. Among his offspring, Woodman sired:

 Hansel - winner of the 1991 Preakness and Belmont Stakes and American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse
 Timber Country -  the 1994 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Preakness Stakes winner
 Bosra Sham - 1996 European Champion 3-Year-Old Filly whose Group One wins include the British Classic, the 1,000 Guineas, and the Champion Stakes
 Hector Protector - multiple stakes winner in France including three Group Ones at age two in 1990: Grand Critérium, Prix Morny, Prix de la Salamandre plus two more Group Ones at age three in 1991:  Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix Jacques Le Marois
 Woodcarver - the 1999 Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Colt and Queen's Plate winner
 Hawk Wing -  top two-year-old of 2001 in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Woodman was the damsire of Wando, the 2003 Canadian Triple Crown champion, and of Kinsale King, winner of the 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen.

At age twenty-four, Woodman was humanely euthanized due to the infirmities of old age on July 19, 2007.

References
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1983 racehorse births
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EXCLUSIVE DAZED DIGITAL SHOOT: Royal College of Art MA 2012
Rokas Rach and Dazed's Emma Wyman pick their top 10 RCA students ahead of the graduation show
EXCLUSIVE DAZED DIGITAL SHOOT: Royal College of Art MA 201210
London's Royal College of Art is one of fashion's most prestigious schools. Neighbours with The Royal Albert Hall and Hyde Park, it has one of the best addresses in further education, industry-shaping visiting lecturers (Simon Foxton) and an impressive alumni including Burberry's Christopher Bailey, Katie Eary, Ossie Clarke, Astrid Andersen, Philip Treacy and Aitor Throup. Dazed Digital selected its 11 favourite graduates rom this year's crop and shot their collections ahead of their public fashion shows on 30th May, of which tickets are available to buy, with proceeds feeding back into the college.
Samantha Bushell, Hiroaki Kanai, Benedicte Holmboe, Rachel Chan, Alexander Lamb, Daniel Pollitt, Rachael Hall, Alex Mullins, Shubham Jain and Hannah Morgan introduce us to their collections...
"Originally, it's evolved from 1950s menswear, so I've gone for quite a masculine shape. There's mohair and it's quite three-dimensional. Other looks have strong shoulder-shapes and there is a soft tailoring, the contrast between natural and man-made yarns. Really great cashmere plays against really bold viscose." Samantha Bushell, 22, UK, Womenswear Knit
"The collection is about tailoring fused with draping techniques from 50s couture. I really like this optimistic view of fashion and also the rigid structure. That's the silhouette but I wanted to use more technical fabrics to create it, inventing fabrics by myself and combining two different kinds – like sporty fabric with silk. Colours and pattern are really important, evolved from interiors of that time." Hiroaki Kanai, 30, Japan, Menswear
"I do a lot of hand-knitted things, and that's mainly because that's what's closest to my aesthetic, what I like to do. And my heritage. The shapes are quite like generous and big, because I love comfortable clothes, though it's still a considered shape in alpaca, merino, cashmere, lambswool, shearling, goat and mink. I've used quite a lot of denim too and I like workwear references, it's very robust." Benedicte Holmboe, 27, Norway, Menswear Knit
"The initial starting point came from old black and white photographs of tattooed tribes from the 30s. I was drawn to the harsh, graphic lines against the softness of the skin. With inlay and knitweave techniques both on the dubied and the domestic knitting machine I was able to illuminate the tension of hard versus soft, altering the surface and weight of the knitted fabric. The nature of the fabric allowed me to create structured, boxy silhouettes. To contrast, working with viscose tape created a soft, slinky snake-like quality to the pieces." Rachel Chan, 26, UK, Womenswear Knit
"The idea is creating this new uniform for men and embracing this idea that we all talk about: pushing boundaries within menswear. Silhouettes that we've missed out on from the Cristobal Balenciaga days, whilst keeping a utilitarian and military handwriting. There is internal harnessing within the garments so you feel you are connected to the shape, as well as different empire lines and proportions that haven't really been done in menswear. It's about creating something a bit more interesting." Alexander Lamb, 25, UK, Menswear
"I looked at an artist called Naum Gabo as I'm quite interested in fluidity and line. I was trying to merge different pieces seamlessly, so they looked like one thing. In terms of colour, I looked at a video by Slayer, called Beauty Through Order. It's a beautiful video, I actually heard about it because my a friend of my boyfriend's is the girl in it, she's a dancer. She's covered in treacle and when it's dripping and the light is coming through, it creates these really intense oranges, ambers and reds, but against black. I don't want to say sexy, but yeah it's sexy." Daniel Pollitt, 26, UK, Womenswear
"I have all the colours! I went through quite a black and grey project just before and I've always always always loved colour so I just decided to do my collection in every possible one I could. I got really excited. The silhouettes are quite simple but that's because I'm putting in so much pattern, a lot of gold foiling on knits, the shapes needed to be clean and strong." Rachael Hall, 23, UK, Womenswear Knit
"I was looking into native Americans and 1950s Baltimore, the super-kitsch. I mixed the two together to create this collection, which is tribal and ornate. Silk is backed by denim because, aside from being too lightweight and feminine otherwise, this makes it malleable, like leather. I've also used a lot of wool and slightly rubbery fabrics to make the flowers. Red, black and white and ecru versus pastel-soft yellows and a floral story. There's quite a lot going on and I like it that way." Alex Mullins, 25, UK, Menswear
"I've always been interested in colours and absolute, pure colours – colour explosion. I paired this with a flocking technique and now I'm taking that forward, everything is fully-flocked and fluorescent. I'm really happy to see it looking good in the end." Shubham Jain, 26, India, Womenswear
"My work comes from a very physical interpretation of something, this whole final collection is from performance where I took different silhouettes of moving bodies, abstracted them down and then projected them onto myself, redefining and abstracting further. I spent a good, I'd say three days, in Dalston in a stationary shop that has the most incredible old school photocopier that doesn't work properly. It's not like the laser printers where it all comes out with this like pristine glow on it, it's scratchy, almost like someone's just hand-printing and they don't really give a shit. These 3D shapes are made out of fibreglass, painted at a car place in Essex and amalgamated with wood in an attempt to make them feel like one object." Hannah Morgan, 26, London, Womenswear Millinery
Photography Rokas Rach
Styling Emma Wyman
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Proof of concept? Joss Whedon spent around the "low six figures" out of his own pocket to shoot Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and after a whirlwind launch the summer sitebuster could bank over $2.6 million, according to some number crunching by Jeffrey McManus. McManus estimates that number assuming one million iTunes downloads of the series at $3.59 each, after Apple's share (10%) of the $3.99 sale price. With the show already dominating the top of the iTunes TV downloads chart, this very well could be a possibility.
All this further turns heads in the industry, as Hollywood is starting to notice that top name talent like Joss Whedon, who admittedly has a considerable and loyal following, can self-distribute original content outside of the traditional studio system. As for Dr. Horrible – we'll be looking forward to the sequel.


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Messiah Softball Philosophy
We believe in striving for excellence in all that we do. Our athletics motto is "Pursuing Athletic Excellence, Developing Christian Character." This is the heart of our coaching philosophy. We are pursuing athletic excellence and pushing our team in that pursuit. We also strive for excellence in our lives off the field and are involved in our players' personal development as well as their athletic development.
Our goal is to win games, but we believe in a sound ethical approach to the game and playing within the rules. We expect our players to play hard but play fair. We work to develop each player individually and to reach their full potential within the team framework. Coaches do not yell or degrade players. We treat each player with respect and expect the same in return from the players.
We place high value on the pursuit of excellence and the process of the pursuit. We expect each player to work hard in preparation for games. Winning comes as a by-product of pursuing excellence in practice and in good sound preparation. Finally, the team will always come before individuals. We expect the team to commit to their teammates and coaches will do the same. Although individuals are important, the team and what is best for the team will always come first. We place a very high emphasis on team above individuals.
A Christian Team
All of us come from different backgrounds and experiences. We are not all the same and we do not all have to express our faith in the same way. However, we must have some common principles as we play and represent Messiah College. We are great athletes who embrace Christian principles for living and integrate those into our lives on and off the field. We seek to play fair and act with self-control and integrity while playing at the highest level of softball.
A Competitive Team
Messiah won the 2009 NCAA Division III National Championship, highlighting the program's eight trips to NCAA national tournament, as well as four trips to the Division III World Series.
We are high caliber players who choose to be a part of Messiah's team because of the quality of our softball program and the quality of our academic programs. We are "scholarship level" athletes who recognize the benefits and the value of the "Messiah College Experience."
We recruit and play on a national level. Many of our players have been recruited by other schools at the NCAA Div. I & II levels, but have chosen Messiah. Many have turned down scholarship offers. We recognize the value of attending Messiah College where we are competing on a national level in softball, as excellence is stressed in both the classroom, the playing field, and our personal lives.
We will compete at the highest level. In the Fall, we compete against Div. I and II programs. Players are committed to training and fitness even out of season. In season we compete in the MAC Commonwealth Conference, one of the most competitive conferences in NCAA Div. III softball -- Messiah and others from our conference have made it to the NCAA Division III National Championships, as well as regularly appearing in NCAA Regional competition.
A Committed Team
Our team is very dedicated and committed. We train hard and the team puts lots of effort into their training. We have weight lifting programs, conditioning programs and skills programs. Our players work hard all year round, playing summer ball and training hard to return to softball season at Messiah every year. It takes a total focus and complete dedication and commitment to play for Messiah.
We also get to travel overseas with the team once every four years. Messiah has taken multiple international trips over the past few decades. Our most recent trip in the summer of 2015 was to Panama. The team stayed with a softball alum Jessica (Regan) Cotton who was also a National All-American and is currently in the Messiah College Athletics Hall of Fame. Jessica and her family live as missionaries year round in Panama. The team has also been to several other destinations over the years, including the Dominican Republic, Hawaii and Australia. Where would you like to go?
Our team success is not only because of our great athletic talents, but because of our commitment to one another on and off the field. Our team gets along very well and they have fun together off the field. When we're on the field, we're all about softball. This is something that helps make our team so unique. All players know their roles and are truly there to help their teammates become the best they can be. It's all about the TEAM at Messiah.


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Паламиcтский панентеизм — православное учение о имманентности мирозданию Божественных Энергий. Термин предложен профессором богословия Оксфордского университета, епископом Константинопольской православной церкви с титулом митрополит Диоклийский, викарием Фиатирской архиепископии Ка́ллистом (англ. Metropolitan Kallistos, в миру Ти́моти Ри́чард Уэ́р, англ. Timothy Richard Ware; 11 сентября 1934, Бат, Сомерсет).

«Как верно отмечает Каллист (Уэр), вся православная теология может быть вполне четко определена как паламистский панентеизм (Palamite Panentheism), включающий в себя три теологические основоположения, зафиксированные на Константинопольском Соборе 1351 года:

"Нет синтезов и сложности в Божестве, но один, единый, живой и действующий Бог существует полностью и всецело:

1. На уровне сущности, в совершенной простоте (total simplicity) Своего Божественного бытия.

2. На уровне Ипостаси, в тройном разнообразии (threefold diversity) Божественных Персон.

3. На уровне энергии, в нераздельной множественности (indivisible multiplicity) Своей творческой и искупительной деятельности".

Согласно Каллисту (Уэру), сам термин "панентеизм" вполне обоснованно применим к паламистскому богословию, поскольку Григорий Палама отчетливо учил о пребывании Бога в мире и мира в Боге. При этом паламистский панентеизм может быть охарактеризован как сотериологический (soteriological panentheism). Это означает, что несмотря на очевидный и несомненный факт совершенного и полного причастия всего мирового бытия Божественным энергиям, православное богословие учитывает реальность падшего состояния человека и всего космоса — реальность, которая не позволяет раскрыться этому причастию во всей полноте, то есть скрывает его от нас, несмотря на то, что все вещи продолжают пребывать в Боге всецело и совершенно. Человек видит это причастие как бы в зеркале, гадательно (1 Кор. 13:12), вся полнота Божественного вездепристутствия откроется спасенному человечеству в конце веков, когда Бог будет "всё во всём" (1 Кор. 15:28), то есть преимущественно в эсхатологической перспективе. В то же время богословский разум Церкви мистически предвосхищает таинственную истину Божественного вездеприсутствия, познает ее и содержит ее в себе, хотя для большинства человечества эта истина еще не является очевидностью». Цит., по: Н. А. Соловьёв, С. В. Посадский. Панентеистическая метафизика и квантовая парадигма / Н. А. Соловьёв, С. В. Посадский. — СПб.: НП-Принт, 2014. См.: Ware Kallistos. God Immanent yet Transcendent: The Divine Energies according to Saint Gregory Palamas // In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Panentheistic Reflections on God's Presence in a Scientific World, P. Clayton and A. Peacocke (eds.), Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2004.

Литература
 Каллист (Уэр). Споры о паламизме в западном богословии // Журнал Московской Патриархии. М., 1992. № 5 (ЖМП). 40-47.
 Каллист (Уэр). Через творение к Творцу // Рождественские чтения, 5-е. М., 1997. стр. 157—172.
 Каллист (Уэр). Бог и человечество [Гл. 11 из кн.: Православная Церковь. М.: ББИ, 2001. Разделы: Троичный Бог; Человеческая личность; Св. Дух; «Причастники Божественного естества»: обожение — искупление и спасение] / пер.: Вдовина Г. И. // Страницы. М., 2000. Т.5. № 3. стр. 353—376.
 Соловьёв Н. А., Посадский С. В. Панентеистическая метафизика и квантовая парадигма. — СПб.: НП-Принт, 2014.
 Ware Kallistos. God Immanent yet Transcendent: The Divine Energies according to Saint Gregory Palamas // In Whom We Live and Move and Have Our Being: Panentheistic Reflections on God's Presence in a Scientific World, P. Clayton and A. Peacocke (eds.), Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2004.
 Ware Kallistos. The Orthodox Way (Mowbray, 1979, ISBN 0-264-66578-3)
 Ware Kallistos. How Are We Saved?: The Understanding of Salvation in the Orthodox Tradition (Light & Life, 1996, ISBN 1-880971-22-4)

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Last week I took a couple of ski runs with a 22-year-old woman named Cassie. This is her second winter on skis, and she spends each Wednesday afternoon with her instructors, Red and Karen, gradually improving her skiing skills and discussing Sesame Street on the chairlift.
Cassie is one of the scores of folks who enjoy a variety of sporting activities with the help of the Adaptive Sports Partners of the North Country. Her skiing will likely always be restricted to the Tuckerbrook learning area at Cannon Mountain, where the rust-colored parkas of ASPNC's volunteer instructors dot the white slopes every day. Seeing those volunteers leading folks with a variety of disabilities down the slopes this winter has caused me to think of a woman who overcame many life obstacles with a mantra of "Adaptability is Everything," and for whom the Paulie's Folly trail on Cannon's "Front Five" is named.
With a mission of providing year-round recreation opportunities to people with disabilities – some lifelong challenges, others the result of disease or injury – the ASPNC helps more than 100 people each year experience skiing, hiking, soccer, bicycling, and other outings. Participants range from children as young as 5 years old to adults over age 70. The ASPNC's goal is to help others get out and enjoy life, and to offer support and guidance in the endeavor to adapt to and overcome their disabilities.
I have always reveled in the beauty of the mountains and the exhilaration of skiing down or hiking up them, and I fully understand the thrill and inspiration that can be found in the outdoors. So I admire both the dedication of ASPNC volunteers and the courage of the people who look beyond their own limitations to try something new, and to rely on others for the support they need.
"Adaptability is Everything" is the motto Paulie Hannah adopted after she contracted polio as a young woman. Paulie was a ski racer, a farmer, a wife, and mother of four young children when the crippling disease put her in a wheelchair. Despite her disability, Paulie lived a full life, managing the family farm in Sugar Hill, raising money for local and national ski racing, raising a family, creating art. In every photograph I've seen of Paulie, she is smiling a wide, infectious grin. Surely she and her family faced numerous challenges throughout her life, but she adapted to the restraints of polio for 50 years, living into her 80s.
Perhaps if there had been an organization like ASPNC in the 1950s, Paulie would have been able to ski the trail named in her honor, again experiencing first-hand the thrill of flying downhill.
The day I tagged along with Cassie, Red (a longtime professional ski instructor and retired civil engineer) and Karen (an occupational therapist by trade) used a variety of tools and tricks to help Cassie improve her skiing – and her confidence. By the second run, Cassie was making snowplow turns without the tethers that had been attached to her skis to allow Karen to help her turn. With help and encouragement, Cassie was making her own turns, and the smile on her face was testament to her own thrill of accomplishment.
My brother and his girlfriend got a new puppy this weekend. She is 8 pounds of pure, fluffy, black-and-white, wet-nosed joy named Banshee.
Banshee is an Icelandic sheepdog, the first specific-breed dog my brother has ever had. We were a mutt family growing up, and when Billy was living in Colorado, he got a puppy whose mother was some kind of Norwegian elkhound mix and whose father was unknown. He named that puppy Teocali, after one of the most beautiful mountains near the town where we both lived for several years. Teo went everywhere with Bill, including to New Hampshire when he moved back East.
Anyone who knows my brother also knew Teo, because Teo continued to go everywhere with Billy. He spent a lot of time camped out in the pickup truck – in front of the Village Store, on the job site, outside the bar. From his perch in the truck, Teo would acknowledge you only if you were in his inner circle. If not, or if he simply didn't feel social at that moment, he'd cast a bored sideways glance and keep staring out the window, looking for Billy. Or he'd hop calmly into the back seat and lie down.
He was playful, but not overly exuberant. He didn't jump around or lick people or clamor for attention. Teo just did what Teo wanted to do, which was basically hang out with Billy. Or play fetch. Or stare at cats. That was one of his favorite pastimes from puppyhood, just staring at cats. Not trying to chase them or play with them, just staring. Billy thinks it was some kind of herding instinct.
Teo was so nonchalantly charming, so unconventionally handsome, that a virtual stranger asked Bill if she could breed him with her female Chow. Billy got pick of the litter, and now my parents have Teo's son, Gunnison, named for the town where Billy lived when Teo was a puppy.
When Teo died two summers ago, it was crushing. For a decade he'd been my brother's co-pilot, his friend, and a constant companion through many changes. Some people, when they lose a pet, want to get another one as soon as possible, seeking to fill that hole in a life and a heart. For others, there is no filling the hole, and the reminders are everywhere – the water bowl you can't quite bring yourself to put away, the leash hung behind an old coat and discovered months later, a stray tuft of fur blown into some rarely cleaned corner, the loneliness of a run or a hike without canine companionship, the empty spot in the truck.
My father in law keeps in his office the ashes from his beloved golden retriever, Alex, decades after Alex ceased to run around chasing his tail. So much was Alex loved, that my husband and I now have a wonderful golden, and both his siblings have goldens. For their family, there is no other breed. For my father-in-law, there is no other dog, and since Alex, he has never brought home another pup.
We all knew there was no way another dog could ever fill the hole Teo left. Billy and Laura buried Teo in their back yard. They planted a tree and created a garden there. Those actions were about both grief and remembrance.
Then two weeks ago, Billy started talking about a breed of dog he'd seen in a National Geographic article. Icelandic sheepdogs seemed a lot like Teo – the same wise look and calm expression, the same unexuberant joy, the same disheveled mane of thick fur standing out around the neck. They even have similar personality traits – smart, loyal, patient, mellow.
Saturday Banshee came home. An Icelandic sheepdog from Limerick, Maine. A happy little bundle who played with my smitten children, sniffed at the snow, and curiously chased after the three cats of the household.
She'll grow to about the same size Teo was and will probably sleep on his old bed and drink from his old water bowl. She'll learn that cats have sharp claws, and to stay away from the electric fence around the pig enclosure. On hot days, perhaps she'll rest in the shade of Teo's tree. And I bet she's going to be great at fetch.
Banshee will never be like Teo was. She'll be like herself. She's already stealing hearts and causing spontaneous outbreaks of grinning. That's what puppies do. They create joy. And if we're lucky, they remind us of the dogs we've loved before, and those empty spaces in our hearts start to fill in just a little bit.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Third Circuit Pennsylvania Eastern District MAWA INC. v. UNIVAR USA INC. Filing 19
MAWA INC. v. UNIVAR USA INC.
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA MAWA INC., Plaintiff. v. UNIVAR USA INC., Defendant. : : : : : : CIVIL ACTION No. 15-6025 May_19, 2016 Anita B. Brody, J. MEMORANDUM Plaintiff MAWA Inc. ("MAWA") brings suit against Defendant Univar USA Inc. ("Univar"), alleging claims of negligence, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, and negligent failure to train. I exercise diversity jurisdiction over MAWA's claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Univar moves for judgment on the pleadings against MAWA. For the reasons set forth below, I will grant Univar's motion. I. BACKGROUND1 Plaintiff "MAWA is certified by the Department of Transportation [("DOT")] under Federal Regulation CFR 49 to engage in the business of qualifying DOT approved containers as well as the cleaning and decommissioning of DOT approved containers that were used to store hazardous chemicals." Compl. ¶ 5. Defendant Univar is in the business of distributing chemicals and chemistry related products and services. Id. ¶ 6; Ex. B. Univar shipped approximately four hundred one-ton containers that previously contained chlorine and sulfur dioxide to MAWA for final decommissioning. Id. ¶ 7; Ex. A. Univar represented that a "Vacuum Process" had removed all residual chemicals from the containers. 1 All facts are taken from the Complaint and the exhibits attached to it. 1 Id. ¶ 10. The Vacuum Process requires a container to be chilled in order to reduce the temperature and convert vapor to a liquid that can be suctioned out of the container. Id. ¶ 11. Once the liquid and any remaining vapor are removed, the container is left with a negative pressure. Id. ¶¶ 12, 13. "In order for a container to be considered vacuum sealed, a 'sniff gauge' must read[] a minimum of -5 to -10 inches of Mercury (Hg) negative pressure." Id. ¶ 16. Univar's "Operating Procedures" for the evacuation of chlorine and sulfur dioxide cylinders contained several steps to ensure that all residual chemicals were removed from each container and it was vacuum sealed. For instance, the Operating Procedures "require[d] -10 inches of Hg negative pressure prior to removing chlorine from the container," id. ¶ 18, and "a manual check for vacuum," id. ¶ 19 (internal quotation marks omitted). "As an additional failsafe, the Operating Procedures state[d] that if the 'vacuum is not below -5 inches of mercury [Hg]," not to disconnect the cylinder and call maintenance." Id. ¶ 20 (internal quotation marks omitted). On April 23, 2015, MAWA's employee, Tim Torrens, began working on the final decommissioning of one of the containers shipped from Univar. Id. ¶ 22. The container had a label "HAS A VACUUM FOR SCRAP," a representation by Univar that the container was vacuum sealed and all residual chlorine and sulfur dioxide gases had been removed. Id. ¶¶ 14, 24; Ex. C. Before doing any work, Torrens visually inspected the container, confirmed that it was not damaged, and certified that it had a vacuum seal label. Id. ¶ 28. As part of the decommissioning process, Torrens put water inside the container. Id. ¶ 29. Although the container was supposed to be empty, when Torrens filled the container with water, the water mixed with residual chlorine to create hydrochloric acid. Id. ¶ 30. When Torrens removed the plug from the container to drain the water, the container expelled hydrochloric acid. Id. ¶ 31. 2 The hydrochloric acid drifted into MAWA's facility and damaged most of MAWA's inventory and equipment. Id. ¶¶ 33, 34. As a result, MAWA could not operate its facility for twelve business days, and incurred significant costs. Id. ¶¶ 35, 36. Despite Univar's assurances, the container was not properly vacuum sealed and contained residual chlorine. Id. ¶ 8. II. STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) provides that "[a]fter the pleadings are closed--but early enough not to delay trial--a party may move for judgment on the pleadings." Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(c). "Judgment will only be granted where the moving party clearly establishes there are no material issues of fact, and that he or she is entitled to judgment as a matter of law." DiCarlo v. St. Mary Hosp., 530 F.3d 255, 259 (3d Cir. 2008). There is "no material difference in the applicable legal standards" for a motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c) and a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6). Spruill v. Gillis, 372 F.3d 218, 223 n.2 (3d Cir. 2004). "As with a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, [a] [c]ourt 'view[s] the facts alleged in the pleadings and the inferences to be drawn from those facts in the light most favorable to the plaintiff.'" Mele v. Fed. Reserve Bank of New York, 359 F.3d 251, 253 (3d Cir. 2004), as amended (Mar. 8, 2004) (quoting Leamer v. Fauver, 288 F.3d 532, 535 (3d Cir.2002)). To survive dismissal, a complaint must allege facts sufficient to "raise a right to relief above the speculative level." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007). "Threadbare recitals of the elements of a cause of action, supported by mere conclusory statements, do not suffice." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). Rather, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Id. (internal quotation marks omitted). "A claim has facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Id. 3 "As a general matter, a district court ruling on a motion to dismiss may not consider matters extraneous to the pleadings. However, an exception to the general rule is that a document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint may be considered . . . ." In re Burlington Coat Factory Sec. Litig., 114 F.3d 1410, 1426 (3d Cir. 1997) (emphasis omitted) (citations omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted). Thus, a court may "consider matters of public record, orders, exhibits attached to the complaint and items appearing in the record of the case." Oshiver v. Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, 38 F.3d 1380, 1384 n.2 (3d Cir. 1994). Further, "a court may consider an undisputedly authentic document that a defendant attaches as an exhibit to a motion to dismiss if the plaintiff's claims are based on the document." Pension Benefit Guar. Corp. v. White Consol. Indus., Inc., 998 F.2d 1192, 1196 (3d Cir. 1993). III. DISCUSSION Univar contends that MAWA's claims are expressly preempted by the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act ("HMTA"), 49 U.S.C. §§ 5101-5128. MAWA argues that the HMTA does not expressly preempt its claims. The Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution elevates federal law above the law of the states, U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 2, and grants Congress "the power 'to preempt state legislation if it so intends.'" Deweese v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp. (Amtrak), 590 F.3d 239, 245 (3d Cir. 2009) (quoting Hi Tech Trans, LLC v. N.J. Dep't of Envtl. Prot., 382 F.3d 295, 302 (3d Cir.2004)). There are three types of preemption: express preemption, field preemption, and implied conflict preemption. Bruesewitz v. Wyeth Inc., 561 F.3d 233, 238-39 (3d Cir. 2009) (citing Hillsborough Cty., Fla., v. Automated Med. Labs., Inc., 471 U.S. 707, 713 (1985)). "A federal enactment expressly preempts state law if it contains language so requiring." Id. at 239. Section 5125(b)(1) of the HMTA contains the following express preemption 4 provision: [U]nless authorized by another law of the United States, a law, regulation, order, or other requirement of a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe about any of the following subjects, that is not substantively the same as a provision of this chapter, a regulation prescribed under this chapter, or a hazardous materials transportation security regulation or directive issued by the Secretary of Homeland Security, is preempted[.] 49 U.S.C. § 5125(b)(1). The section then enumerates the five subject areas that are expressly preempted by the HMTA: (A) the designation, description, and classification of hazardous material. (B) the packing, repacking, handling, labeling, marking, and placarding of hazardous material. (C) the preparation, execution, and use of shipping documents related to hazardous material and requirements related to the number, contents, and placement of those documents. (D) the written notification, recording, and reporting of the unintentional release in transportation of hazardous material and other written hazardous materials transportation incident reporting involving State or local emergency responders in the initial response to the incident. (E) the designing, manufacturing, fabricating, inspecting, marking, maintaining, reconditioning, repairing, or testing a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce. Id. § 5125(b)(1)(A)-(E). "It is obvious from the face of the statute that § 5125(b)(1) expressly preempts non-federal requirements that relate to, or are 'about,' the five subject areas set forth in § 5125(b)(1)(A)–(E)." Roth v. Norfalco LLC, 651 F.3d 367, 375 (3d Cir. 2011). The existence of an express preemption provision does not however end the inquiry because a court "must nonetheless 'identify the domain expressly pre-empted' by that language." Medtronic, Inc. v. Lohr, 518 U.S. 470, 484 (1996) (quoting Cipollone v. Liggett Grp., Inc., 505 U.S. 504, 517 (1992)). While "analysis of the scope of the pre-emption statute must begin with 5 its text, . . . that interpretation is informed by two presumptions about the nature of pre-emption." Id. at 484-85. "First, 'the purpose of Congress is the ultimate touchstone in every pre-emption case.'" Wyeth v. Levine, 555 U.S. 555, 565 (2009) (quoting Medtronic, 518 U.S. at 485)). Second, a court "'start[s] with the assumption that the historic police powers of the States [are] not to be superseded by the Federal Act unless that was the clear and manifest purpose of Congress.'" Id. (quoting Medtronic, 518 U.S. at 485)). "This second guiding principle is often referred to as a 'presumption against preemption . . . .'" Roth, 651 F.3d at 375 (quoting Deweese, 590 F.3d at 246). The presumption against preemption may be overcome if the preemptive scope of the statute is clear. Id. In discerning Congress' intent, "[t]he plain wording of the preemption provision is of paramount importance, for this 'necessarily contains the best evidence of Congress' pre-emptive intent.'" Id. (quoting Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. 582, 131 S. Ct. 1968, 1977 (2011)). A court may also consider the structure and purpose of a statute, the larger regulatory scheme, and may examine legislative history if uncertainty remains. Id. Section 5125(b)(1) is "an expansive preemption provision," that "preempts all nonfederal laws, regulations, orders, or requirements that are 'not substantively the same as' corresponding federal regulations." Id. at 376. At the outset, a court must identify the contours of the non-federal laws, regulations, orders, or requirements that are in question in the case. Id. A court must then determine: (1) whether § 5125(b)(1) applies to the non-federal laws, regulations, orders, or requirements at issue; and (2) whether these laws, regulations, orders, or requirements are "substantively the same as" the conditions imposed by the HMTA. Id. The Third Circuit's decision in Roth provides a useful framework for analyzing whether MAWA's common law claims are expressly preempted by the HMTA. In Roth, the plaintiff, 6 David Roth, suffered injuries when he attempted to unload a railway tank car filled with sulfuric acid that exploded across his face and chest. 651 F.3d at 370. The defendant, Norfalco, delivered the sulfuric acid by rail to Roth's employer. Id. at 372. On the day that Norfalco delivered the tank cars of sulfuric acid, Roth was attempting to unload the tank car in question when he experienced mechanical difficulty. Id. at 372. Roth's supervisor instructed him to move on to another tank car. Id. Roth obeyed, but did not remove the elbow pipe from the first tank car. Id. Two days later, as Roth started to detach the pipe, acid burst from the tank car onto his body. Id. Roth brought suit against Norfalco, asserting common law claims of negligence, strict liability, products liability, and breach of warranty based on Norfalco's duty to design a tank car that was safe to unload. Id. Norfalco argued that Roth's claims were preempted by § 5125(b)(1) of the HMTA. Id. at 370. Although Roth "pleaded under ostensibly distinct common law theories," the Third Circuit discerned that Roth's claims all sought the same thing—"to impose a design requirement that, if successful, would require Norfalco to install an additional safety valve and pressure gauge on each of its tank cars." Id. at 376. Accordingly, the Third Circuit concluded that Roth's common law claims constituted non-federal requirements under the HMTA. Id. The Third Circuit then concluded that § 5125(b)(1) applied to Roth's design requirement claims because one of the subject areas expressly preempted by the HMTA under § 5125(b)(1)(E) "concerns the 'design[]' of a 'package, container, or packaging component that is . . . qualified for use in transporting hazardous materials in commerce.'" Id. (quoting 49 U.S.C. § 5125(b)(1)(E). Roth argued that the HMTA did not apply because the tank car was no longer in transport and Norfalco had already made its delivery and departed at the time of the accident. 7 The Third Circuit rejected Roth's argument: "It is irrelevant what Roth was doing at the precise moment of his injury. This only makes sense, for it cannot be the case that the comprehensive design requirements erected by the HMTA cease to govern simply because the tank car was emptied of its contents days after its delivery." Id. at 380. Thus, § 5125(b)(1) applied to Roth's claims because they sought to impose a tank car design requirement and "[t]he tank car is, at all times, a container qualified for use in transporting hazardous materials." Id. Lastly, the Third Circuit concluded that the tank car design requirements sought by Roth were not "substantively the same as" the HMTA because they would impose conditions beyond those required by the federal regulatory scheme. Id. at 377. Based on the plain meaning of § 5125(b)(1), the Third Circuit held that Roth's claims were expressly preempted by the HMTA. Id. The Third Circuit did not need to delve further to determine Congress' intent because the text of the preemption provision was clear. Id. Nonetheless, the Third Circuit observed that the structure and underlying purposes of the HMTA bolstered its conclusion. Id. Similar to Roth, MAWA brings several common law tort claims against Univar. MAWA brings claims of negligence, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, and negligent training based on Univar's alleged failure to properly follow a specific set of procedures for how to vacuum seal and label the containers. While MAWA "plead[s] under ostensibly distinct common law theories," Roth, 651 F.3d at 376, all of MAWA's claims seek the same thing—to impose on Univar a specific set of handling, testing, maintaining, and labeling requirements for the containers it prepared for transport to MAWA. Accordingly, MAWA's common law claims constitute non-federal requirements under the HMTA. See id. If § 5125(b)(1) applies to MAWA's non-federal requirements and they are not "substantively the same as" the conditions imposed by the HMTA, then they will be preempted 8 by the HMTA. See id. Univar contends that § 5125(b)(1)(B) applies to MAWA's non-federal requirements for the transportation of the containers and that MAWA's requirements are not "substantively the same as" the conditions imposed by the HMTA. MAWA counters that its suit does not touch on Univar's transportation of the containers, but rather focuses on the decommissioning of the containers for scrap, a task not covered by the HMTA. The HMTA defines "transportation" as "the movement of property and loading, unloading, or storage incidental to the movement." 49 U.S.C. § 5102(13). The HMTA empowers the Secretary of Transportation to "prescribe regulations for the safe transportation, including security, of hazardous material in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce." Id. § 5103(b)(1). "Pursuant to this authority, the Department of Transportation ("DOT") promulgated a set of rules known as the Hazardous Materials Regulations ("HMR")." Roth, 651 F.3d at 371 (citing 49 C.F.R. §§ 171–180.605). "The scheme erected by the HMTA/HMR is thus controlling during the interstate movement of hazardous materials, and also at various stages before and after said movement." Id. (citing 49 C.F.R. § 171.1(a)-(c)). Pre-transportation functions include, among others: (1) Determining the hazard class of a hazardous material. (2) Selecting a hazardous materials packaging. . . . (4) Securing a closure on a filled or partially filled hazardous materials package or container or on a package or container containing a residue of a hazardous material. (5) Marking a package to indicate that it contains a hazardous material. (6) Labeling a package to indicate that it contains a hazardous material. 49 C.F.R. § 171.1(b). Section 5125(b)(1)(B) expressly preempts transport-related "packing, repacking, 9 handling, labeling, marking, and placarding of hazardous material." 49 U.S.C. § 5125(b)(1)(B). Chlorine is a "hazardous material." 49 C.F.R. § 172.101. Containers that have only a residue of hazardous material are subject to the requirements of the HMTA/HMR. 49 C.F.R. § 173.29(a) ("[A]n empty packaging containing only the residue of a hazardous material shall be offered for transportation and transported in the same manner as when it previously contained a greater quantity of that hazardous material."). MAWA argues that the express preemption provision in § 5125(b)(1) does not apply to its claims because this suit involves an injury that resulted during the post-transportation decommissioning of the containers for scrap, a task not covered by the HMTA. As determined in Roth, however, it is "irrelevant" what Torrens, MAWA's employee, was doing "at the precise moment of [the] injury." Roth, 651 F.3d at 380. MAWA seeks to hold Univar liable for its pretransportation failure to properly vacuum seal and label containers that had residual amounts of chlorine. Section 5125(b)(1)(B) applies to Univar's pre-transportation packing, handling and labeling of the containers that had residual amounts of chlorine, a listed hazardous material. The HMTA's requirements for the packing, handling, and labeling of containers do not cease to apply simply because Torrens was beginning the decommissioning process at the time of the injury. See id. ("[I]t cannot be the case that the comprehensive design requirements erected by the HMTA cease to govern simply because the tank car was emptied of its contents days after its delivery."). Accordingly, § 5125(b)(1) applies to the non-federal requirements that MAWA seeks to impose on Univar. The last question to resolve is whether MAWA's non-federal requirements are "substantively the same as" the requirements mandated by the HMTA/HMR. "A non-federal requirement is 'not substantively the same' unless it 'conforms in every significant respect to the 10 Federal requirement.'" Roth, 651 F.3d at 377 (quoting 49 C.F.R. § 107.202(d)). MAWA seeks to impose the following non-federal requirements on Univar, regarding the Vacuum Process for containers prior to transport: (1) chilling a container so that any vapor becomes a liquid; (2) suctioning out the liquid, removing the vapor, and leaving the container with a negative pressure; (3) using a sniff gauge to test for a reading of -5 to -10 inches of Mercury (Hg) negative pressure; (4) performing a manual check for vapor; and (5) affixing a vacuum seal label. These non-federal requirements impose conditions beyond those imposed by the HMTA/HMR. MAWA's common law claims, which seek to impose requirements that are not "substantively the same as" the requirements mandated by the HMTA/HMR, are expressly preempted under the plain meaning of § 5125(b)(1). Because the text of the provision is clear, it is not necessary to further explore Congress' preemptive intent. See Roth, 651 F.3d at 377. Nonetheless, as concluded in Roth, the structure and underlying purposes of the HMTA lend additional support to the conclusion that § 5125(b)(1) expressly preempts MAWA's claims. See id. In 1975, Congress enacted the HMTA. "Its overriding purpose was to develop 'a uniform, national scheme of regulation regarding the transportation of hazardous materials.'" Roth, 651 F.3d at 370 (quoting CSX Transp., Inc. v. Williams, 406 F.3d 667, 674 (D.C. Cir.2005)). As it was initially enacted, the preemption provision of the HMTA only preempted state or local requirements that were "inconsistent" with the federal regulations. Id. at 378 (citing Transportation Safety Act of 1974, Pub. L. No. 93–633, § 112, 88 Stat. 2156). "This, thought the Senate Committee on Commerce, would serve 'to preclude a multiplicity of State and local regulations and the potential for varying as well as conflicting regulations in the area of hazardous materials transportation.'" Id. (quoting S. Rep. No. 93–1192, at 37). Non-federal 11 requirements, however, continued to proliferate. Id. Fifteen years later, Congress amended the HMTA and expanded its preemptive scope based on its findings that: (3) many States and localities have enacted laws and regulations which vary from Federal laws and regulations pertaining to the transportation of hazardous materials, thereby creating the potential for unreasonable hazards in other jurisdictions and confounding shippers and carriers which attempt to comply with multiple and conflicting registration, permitting, routing, notification, and other regulatory requirements, (4) because of the potential risks to life, property, and the environment posed by unintentional releases of hazardous materials, consistency in laws and regulations governing the transportation of hazardous materials is necessary and desirable, (5) in order to achieve greater uniformity and to promote the public health, welfare, and safety at all levels, Federal standards for regulating the transportation of hazardous materials in intrastate, interstate, and foreign commerce are necessary and desirable[.] Hazardous Materials Transportation Uniform Safety Act of 1990, Pub. L. No. 101–615, § 2, 104 Stat. 3244, 3245 (1990). In 2005, Congress re-adopted these findings and again amended the HMTA. Hazardous Materials Transportation Safety and Security Reauthorization Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109–59, § 7101, 119 Stat. 1144, 1891 (2005). "The HMTA preemption provision was, and is, the linchpin in Congress' efforts to impose nationwide regulatory uniformity." Roth, 651 F.3d at 378. "[T]here is nothing in the HMTA to indicate that Congress did not wish to preempt state common law requirements." Id. at 378-79. The structure and underlying purposes of the HMTA confirm that § 5125(b)(1) is "a robust preemption provision that leaves little, if any, room for non-federal regulation." Id. at 379. Relying on Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., Inc. v. Knoedler Manufacturers, Inc., 781 F.3d 656 (3d Cir. 2015), MAWA makes two final arguments why its common law claims are not expressly preempted by the HMTA. First, MAWA argues that, in addition to pleading violations 12 of non-federal requirements, it has pled violations of the HMTA/HMR that may be enforced through common law negligence. MAWA contends that its common law claims are not subject to preemption because they allege violations of federal duties based on the HMTA/HMR. See Knoedler, 781 F.3d at 662 (holding that the Locomotive Inspection Act ("LIA") does not preempt a state law claim premised on federal duties and standards of care imposed by the LIA itself). MAWA highlights the following two allegations in its Complaint to demonstrate that it has alleged Univar violated duties under the HMTA/HMR: (1) "Univar's failure to accurately label the container and negligent failure to properly remove all chlorine caused Plaintiff significant damages," Compl. ¶ 26; and (2) "When Torrens filled this particular container with water, the residual chlorine, that Univar failed to empty from the container, mixed with the water to create hydrochloric acid," Compl. ¶ 30; see also Pl.'s Resp. 8. These allegations, however, do not refer to the HMTA/HMR or any violation of federal duties. In fact, the entire Complaint is devoid of mention of the HMTA/HMR or any violation of federal duties. Second, MAWA argues that its claims should not be preempted because they are based on Univar's failure to follow its internal Operating Procedures. MAWA contends that Univar's Operating Procedures for the evacuation of chlorine and sulfur dioxide cylinders constitute voluntarily assumed duties that are not preempted by the HMTA. In Knoedler, the Third Circuit held that the LIA's field preemption did not preempt breach of contract claims "because breach-of-contract claims involve voluntarily assumed duties as opposed to duties imposed by state law." 781 F.3d at 667. In reaching this decision, the Third Circuit recognized that "[t]here is a salutary 'you've made your own bed, now lie in it' quality to several cases from the Supreme Court that emphasize the importance of voluntarily assumed 13 contractual obligations." Id. at 668. The Third Circuit explained: "[W]hen a party to a contract voluntarily assumes an obligation to proceed under certain state laws, traditional preemption doctrine does not apply to shield a party from liability for breach of that agreement." Id. at 66768 (internal quotation marks omitted). MAWA, however, does not raise a breach of contract claim in the Complaint. Knoedler is inapplicable to MAWA's suit because MAWA has not pled any claims based on breach of contract or violation of the HMTA/HMR. Therefore, it is unnecessary to explore whether the HMTA would preempt such claims. Based on the plain language of § 5125(b)(1), as well as the structure and underlying purposes of the HMTA, MAWA's common law claims are expressly preempted. IV. CONCLUSION I will grant Univar's motion for judgment on the pleadings because MAWA's common law claims are expressly preempted by the HMTA. s/Anita B. Brody ___________________________ ANITA B. BRODY, J. Copies VIA ECF on _________ to: Copies MAILED on _______ to: 14


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Cardinals Take World Series Game 1 The Detroit Tigers are favored to win the World Series, but the St. Louis Cardinals walked away with game one, scoring seven to two.
Cardinals Take World Series Game 1
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The Detroit Tigers are favored to win the World Series, but the St. Louis Cardinals walked away with game one, scoring seven to two.
LIANE HANSEN, host:
From NPR News, this is WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen.
Tonight, the Detroit Tigers will try to get even in the World Series after losing Game 1 to St. Louis. The Cardinals surprised Detroit 7-2 last night on the Tigers' home field. St. Louis got a dominating performance from a rookie starting pitcher and plenty of offense from veteran players.
From Detroit, NPR's Tom Goldman reports.
TOM GOLDMAN: Here's a World Series math puzzler. When is five greater than 40,000? Answer: when Anthony Reyes is pitching. Before last night's game, five was the number most associated with the Cardinals' rookie right-hander. It was the woeful amount of wins he had during the regular season, the fewest of any Game 1 starting pitcher in World Series history.
But by the end of the game, the roughly 40,000 Detroit fans at Comerica Park were left shell-shocked by what Reyes did to their Tigers. He defanged them, de-clawed them, turn them into pussycats who only got four hits and two runs. With his Cardinal-red socks pulled up high the old fashioned way, and wearing his cap with the most unfashionable flat brim, Reyes at one point retired seven team straight Detroit batters. You don't do that by being excitable. And sure enough, the 25-year-old who started the year in the Minor Leagues calmly explained afterwards how he zeroed in on his catcher at the beginning of the game.
Mr. ANTHONY REYES (St. Louis Cardinals): You know, I just focused on the mitt. And the first couple of pitches I threw out, I knew that, you know, it was going to hit the corners a little bit. I wasn't going to throw everything down the middle. So I mean, right after then I kind of knew it was going to be a good day.
GOLDMAN: It helped when teammate Scott Rolen and Albert Pujols hit homeruns off Detroit's starter Justin Verlander, the rookie phenom who was supposed to dominate the game. The Cardinals roughed up Verlander for seven runs in a five inning stretch and took the lead in a World Series Detroit was supposed to dominate.
In his clubhouse after the game, Reyes talked about the pre-series predictions of a St. Louis annihilation.
Mr. REYES: I'm sure, and I'm sure some of these guys had read the paper and saw that. But I try not to and I didn't really hear about that. So I knew we were - I know we are a good team. We beat some good teams to get here. So I think we deserve to be here.
GOLDMAN: Two years ago, St. Louis was swept out of the World Series, losing four straight games to Boston. Cardinals players say it all happened so fast, they never really got their bearings. According to shortstop David Eckstein, this time around, manager Tony La Russa successfully changed the pace of things after his team qualified for the Series.
Mr. DAVID ECKSTEIN (St. Louis Cardinals): And you know, you have the ceremonies, you have all the extra meetings, you have everything like that, you know. So one thing that Tony wanted to make sure we did, we slowed everything down and made sure we had plenty of time to get everything done, so we were not rushing on anything.
GOLDMAN: The Cardinals succeeded at least for one night in burying their immediate past. Conversely, Detroit fans embraced the past in a pre-game ceremony that would end up being one of the high points of an otherwise dismal evening.
ANNOUNCER: We direct your attention to the playing field for tonight's ceremonial first pitch. We are pleased to welcome to the mound two legends of Detroit baseball...
GOLDMAN: Former Tigers Al Kaline and Willie Horton strode onto the field and transported fans back to 1968. The two men helped Detroit beat St. Louis in the World Series that year. It was a victory that also eased the pain of the deadly race riots that had ravaged Detroit a year earlier. Simian Kinney(ph) was 10 when the Tigers won. The Detroit native was working the counter last night at one of Comerica's food stands.
Mr. SIMIAN KINNEY (Comerica Park Employee) For that one moment everybody forgot about color, race and violence, and there was clapping and hugging and kissing and holding hands and dancing in the streets.
GOLDMAN: Thirty-eight years later, this new Tigers team also has been a balm for the city. The Tigers' success has come during tough economic times in Michigan, primarily due to the crisis in the auto industry. The magical ride through the playoffs, which up until last night featured seven straight victories, might still end with hugging and kissing and dancing in the streets. But now it's evident that any Tigers dance to the championship certainly won't be a waltz. Tom Goldman, NPR News, Detroit.
(Soundbite of song, "Dancing in the Streets")
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS (Musical Group): (Singing) Can't forget the Motor City. Dancing in the streets. All we need is music, sweet music. There'll be music everywhere. There'll be swinging, swaying and records playing, dancing in the streets. Oh, it doesn't matter what you wear, just as long as you are there. So come on every guy, grab a girl, everywhere around the world, they're dancing, they're dancing in the streets. Dancing in the streets. Way down in L.A., every day, they're dancing in the streets...


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How our attitudes figure into the wolf debate
Michigan Radio | By Stateside Staff
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Michigan's gray wolf population is estimated to be 687 animals. The recovery goal for the population is between 250-300 wolves.
Less than a month after voters weighed in on wolf hunting in Michigan, a new study looks at the attitudes driving the wolf debate.
The study, co-authored by Meredith Gore of Michigan State University, tries to better understand why controversy persists in wolf management in Michigan.
Gore's research found that a common factor appears to be assumptions people make about other groups. She says interviews revealed a tension between local knowledge about wolves, and what the science says. She says that can undermine trust in the decision-making that goes on in Lansing.
Gore says the study also looked at how people see special interests and politics influence those decisions. She says Native Americans in particular feel like their interests have been shunted aside.
Earlier this month, Michigan voters rejected a pair of referenda on state laws authorizing a wolf hunt in the Upper Peninsula. But it was a bit of an empty victory. A state law passed in August will trump those ballot measures. That law gives the Natural Resources Commission the authority to designate game species and schedule hunting seasons. The state law was pushed by state hunting clubs, which collected enough signatures to put the legislation before lawmakers before voters went to the polls to weigh in on the issue.
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A Little Dot Mk III tube headphone amplifier.
A headphone amplifier is a low-powered audio amplifier designed particularly to drive headphones worn on or in the ears, instead of loudspeakers in speaker enclosures. Most commonly, headphone amplifiers are found embedded in electronic devices that have a headphone jack, such as integrated amplifiers, portable music players (e.g., iPods), and televisions. However, standalone units are used, especially in audiophile markets and in professional audio applications, such as music studios. Headphone amplifiers are available in consumer-grade models used by hi-fi enthusiasts and audiophiles and professional audio models, which are used in recording studios.
Consumer headphone amplifiers are commercially available separate devices, sold to a niche audiophile market of hi-fi enthusiasts. These devices allow for higher possible volumes and superior current capacity compared to the smaller, less expensive headphone amplifiers that are used in most audio players. In the case of the extremely high-end electrostatic headphones, such as the Stax SR-007, a specialized electrostatic headphone amplifier or transformer step-up box and power amplifier is required to use the headphones, as only a dedicated electrostatic headphone amplifier or transformer can provide the voltage levels necessary to drive the headphones. Most headphone amplifiers provide power between 10 mW and 2 W depending on the specific headphone being used and the design of the amplifier. Certain high power designs can provide up to 6W of power into low impedance loads, although the benefit of such power output with headphones is unclear, as the few orthodynamic headphones that have sufficiently low sensitivities to function with such power levels will reach dangerously high volume levels with such amplifiers.
Effectively, a headphone amplifier is a small power amplifier that can be connected to a standard headphone jack or the line output of an audio source. Electrically, a headphone amplifier can be thought of as an amplifier that presents a very high input impedance (ideally infinite) and presents a lower output impedance (ideally zero) and larger range of output voltages (ideally infinite). This allows headphones of a low sensitivity to be driven louder as a result of the extra voltage provided by the amplifier. There are potential fidelity gains if headphones are driven with lower distortion than using a headphone amplifier integrated into a general purpose audio product. In practice, this most often occurs when using low impedance headphones with consumer electronics with insufficiently low output impedance (see impedance discussion below).
Most headphone amplifiers support a higher voltage output and therefore higher power (volume) levels. Whereas most portable electronics are powered by a 1.8, 2.5 or 3.3 Vpp supply, many headphone amplifiers use 10, 18 or 24 Vpp supplies, allowing 5-20 dB higher volume. If a pair of headphones is too quiet, adding an amplifier that can output higher voltage/power will increase its volume.
More importantly, low output impedance can reduce distortion by improving the control that the source has over the transducer. This is often expressed as damping factor, with higher damping factors greatly reducing distortion. One company shows a 45 dB improvement in THD+N at 30 Hz for their low-impedance amplifier compared to a 30-ohm amplifier. For example, a 32 Ω headphone driven by a headphone amp with a <1 Ω output impedance would have a damping factor of >32, whereas the same headphone driven with an iPod touch 3G (7 Ω output impedance)  would have a damping factor of just 4.6. If the 120 ohms recommendation is applied, the damping factor would be an unacceptably low 0.26 and consequently distortion would be significantly higher. Conversely, the same iPod touch driving a pair of 120 ohm headphones would have a respectable damping factor of 17.1, and would most likely not benefit from the addition of a lower impedance headphone amplifier.
In addition to output impedance, other specifications are relevant to choosing a headphone amplifier — THD, frequency response, IMD, output power, minimum load impedance, and other measurements are also significant. However, most of these will be improved by lowering output impedance and hence improving damping factor.
For those who are electronically inclined, the low-power and fairly simple nature of the headphone amplifier has made it a popular DIY project. There are many designs for headphone amplifiers posted on the Internet varying considerably in complexity and cost. A key example is the simple opamp-based CMoy design, one of the most popular headphone amplifier designs available. The simplicity of the CMoy makes it an easy build, while it can be made small enough to fit inside a tin of breath mints (including batteries). On the other hand, it is often built using op-amps that are not designed to drive loads as low as headphones, leading to poor performance and audible differences between op-amps that would not exist in a good design.
Crossfeeding blends the left and right stereo channels slightly, reducing the extreme channel separation which is characteristic of headphone listening in older stereo recordings, and is known to cause headaches in a small fraction of listeners. Crossfeed also improves the soundstage characteristics and makes the music sound more natural, as if one was listening to a pair of speakers. While some swear by crossfeed, many prefer amplifiers without it. The introduction of digital signal processing (DSP) technology led a number of manufacturers to introduce amplifiers with 'headphone virtualization' features. In principle, the DSP chips allow the two-driver headphone to simulate a full Dolby 5.1 (or more) surround system. When the sounds from the two headphone drivers mix, they create the phase difference the brain uses to locate the source of a sound. Through most headphones, because the right and left channels do not combine as they do with crossfeed, the illusion of sound directionality is created.
In pro-audio terminology, a headphone amplifier is a device that allows multiple headsets to be connected to one or more audio sources (typically balanced audio sources) at the same time to monitor sounds during a recording session, either singing or playing from the "live room" or recorded tracks. Headphone amps enable singers and musicians to be able to hear other musicians who are playing in isolation booths. They also enable audio engineers and record producers to monitor a live performance or live tracking.
Headphone amps with sub-mixing capabilities allow the listener to adjust, mix and monitor audio signals coming from multiple sources at the same time. This kind of headphone amp is often utilized during recording sessions to sub-mix playback of individual stem-mixes or instruments coming from a mixing board or a playback device. In many cases the listeners have their own sets of controls allowing them to adjust various aspects of the mix and individual and global parameters such as channel level, global loudness, bass and treble.
Distribution headphone amplifiers are specialized headphone amps allowing a single signal to be fed to multiple headsets or multiple groups of multiple headsets at the same time. Many distribution headphone amps, like the one shown here, can be cascaded by connecting the audio input of one of the amps to the cascading output, marked "THRU", of another amp.
There are also various other combinations of pro-audio headphone amps with simultaneous sub-mixing and distribution capabilities.
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KELLEP CHARLES, P.H.D., D.SC., CISA, CISSP
Kellep A. Charles obtained a Doctor of Science in Cybersecurity from Capitol Technology University. He also holds a Master of Science in Telecommunication Management from the University of Maryland University College and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University. Kellep work as a government contractor in the Washington, DC area as a Network Security Analyst and is an Adjunct Professor at Capitol Technology University in Laurel Maryland where he teaches in the Computer Science department and holds a CISSP certification. Kellep Charles also operates www.securityorb.com, it is an information security knowledge-based website designed for information security related users. Specialties: Certified Computer Forensics Examiner (CCE), Certified IT Auditor (CISA)
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