Im randy may, president of the Free State Foundation and im pleased to welcome you to the Free State Foundations ninth annual Telecom Policy conference i want to extend an especially warm welcome to our cspan audience. Im going to selfconfessed, i may cspan junkie. Some of you may have heard me say that before. My mom may she rest in peace she always worried a told her that i was a cspan junkie never really knowing what i meant by that. Im always pleased and grateful when cspan is here. Welcome, to the cspan audience. This years annual Conference Follows on the heels of the 10th Anniversary Gala last december, so next year annual conference will be in double digits for this event, also. It confirms the old adage that time flies when youre having fun and i might add it when you busy as well. Almost every year i say some of you know this i say our annual Telecom Policy conference just keeps getting bigger, better and more impactful. Well, as long as it remains true im going to keep sayin
First is john quist, the tall one standing behind michael birkner. History. Rofessor of he teaches classes in 19 century u. S. History and 20th century as well. He studied at the university of michigan. A student of james mills important portend. John has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. And his cospeaker today is michael birkner. Michael is the Benjamin Franklin professor of liberal arts and professor of history at Gettysburg College. Many of you might remember that michael was the interim director of the Civil War Institute. He played a pivotal role in the transition. Let me just say, there is not a person on this faculty that i rely more on than michael birkner. He has been indispensable to what i have done here, with my staff has done, and the way we have been able to connect with Gettysburg College students. And they are students who adore him. I hear time and time again that michael birkners class on historica
First is john quist, the tall one standing behind michael birkner. History. Rofessor of he teaches classes in 19 century u. S. History and 20th century as well. He studied at the university of michigan. A student of james mills important portend. John has published a very important book entitled the social roots of antebellum reform in alabama and michigan. And his cospeaker today is michael birkner. Michael is the Benjamin Franklin professor of liberal arts and professor of history at Gettysburg College. Many of you might remember that michael was the interim director of the Civil War Institute. He played a pivotal role in the transition. Let me just say, there is not a person on this faculty that i rely more on than michael birkner. He has been indispensable to what i have done here, with my staff has done, and the way we have been able to connect with Gettysburg College students. And they are students who adore him. I hear time and time again that michael birkners class on historica
Are closing, and we have some direction, unlike yesterday. Bithe dow was a little lower, now it is a little bit higher. All three in the green at the moment, with Technology Leading the game at. 5 . We are still seeing low volatility, well, not still, but the return of low volatility after it reared its head, particularly in technology. It has gotten call once again. Take a look at the mix. We are seeing a 6 drop fix vix. And a seeing a 6 drop, drop in some of the performers in s p 500 today. Bed, bath, and beyond touching his lowest level in five years, and one guggenheim analyst says it was the worst quarterly operating performance in recent history. The share is down 12. 5 . Cisco, the Food Distribution , the food sysco Distribution Company sliding. Is there anything at this point amazon is not getting into . Cisco down 5 and whirlpool is down as well after it revealed one of the companys refrigerators appeared to have deadly tower fire in london. Whirlpool iseath continuing to inve
Are closing, and we have some direction, unlike yesterday. Bithe dow was a little lower, now it is a little bit higher. All three in the green at the moment, with Technology Leading the game at. 5 . We are still seeing low volatility, well, not still, but the return of low volatility after it reared its head, particularly in technology. It has gotten call once again. Take a look at the mix. We are seeing a 6 drop fix vix. And a seeing a 6 drop, drop in some of the performers in s p 500 today. Bed, bath, and beyond touching his lowest level in five years, and one guggenheim analyst says it was the worst quarterly operating performance in recent history. The share is down 12. 5 . Cisco, the Food Distribution , the food sysco Distribution Company sliding. Is there anything at this point amazon is not getting into . Cisco down 5 and whirlpool is down as well after it revealed one of the companys refrigerators appeared to have deadly tower fire in london. Whirlpool iseath continuing to inve