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Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, IMF gives his remarks at the start of the IMF Seminar, Leveraging Policies for Sustainable Development Goals. This was held at the Westin Bali International Conference and Centre during the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings October 12, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director, IMF gives his remarks at the start of the IMF Seminar, Leveraging Policies for Sustainable Development Goals. This was held at the Westin Bali International Conference and Centre during the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings October 12, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Several Kentucky school districts have started working with the University of Kentucky College of Education in a unique partnership to innovate and improve schools. The districts are participating in the college’s Next Generation Leadership (NxGL) Academy, an output of its Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab.
The academy takes school leaders who know the system needs to change and helps them work through implementation of innovative ideas. It launched last year with a pilot co-hort of school leaders. This year’s co-hort includes representatives from the following counties or districts: Barren, Paris Independent, Carroll, Clark, Graves, Hardin, Henry, Shacklette Elementary (Jefferson Co.), Knox, Mason, Trigg, Warren, Woodford, and Eminence Independent.
David Gilliam, principal of Madison Southern High School and member of the pilot co-hort, said of the academy, “This program gives us the core information about what’s happening in education. It allows us to connect with some of the top experts around the world. But, probably the most beneficial part of it is for the team from our district to just sit down with these issues on the table – the charge of reinventing school – and be able to work through ideas and challenge each other. It is very beneficial.”
While participants will meet several times throughout the coming year, much of the work also takes place during online meetings between the school districts and university faculty. Through the process, several schools have met College of Education faculty members with whom they have partnered to provide training and programs within their local districts.
Council of Chief State School Officers Executive Director Gene Wilhoit and Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday addressed participants during the first day of the academy. Both emphasized the state and federal resources available to help schools as they transition to new models of learning. In fact, a recently passed bill in Kentucky will soon be able to help schools get past regulations that may stand in the way of trying out innovative ideas for improving schools, Holliday said.
From how student learning is assessed to the way teachers are trained, Wilhoit outlined a number of ways education must change so future generations of Kentuckians can find jobs to support their families and live fulfilled lives.
“I think the promise of this is unbelievable,” Wilhoit said. “I’ve seen it happen in many schools in isolated ways, but the problem is we’re not doing it across the board.”
Districts that have completed the Next Generation Leadership Academy have the opportunity to work with the UK College of Education to develop Innovation Zones (iZones) within their schools. The iZones provide places to test innovative ideas and scale up what works.
The NxGL Academy’s focus is around the Council of Chief State School Officer’s six critical attributes of Next Generation Learning:
•Personalized Learning calls for a data-driven framework to set goals, assess progress, and ensure students receive the academic and developmental supports they need to succeed.
•Comprehensive Systems of Learning Supports address the social, emotional, physical and cognitive development along a continuum of services to ensure the success of all students
•World-Class Knowledge and Skills requires achievement goals to sufficiently encompass the content knowledge and skills required for success in a globally-oriented world.
•Performance-based learning puts the student at the center of the learning process by enabling the demonstration of mastery of high, clear, and commonly-shared expectations.
•Anytime, anywhere learning provides innovative practices that promote learning beyond the traditional classroom and may include virtual or out-of-school settings leveraging technology as a tool for learning.
•Student voice/agency is the deep engagement of students in directing and owning their individual learning and shaping the nature of the education experience.
About the Kentucky P20 Innovation Lab:
•P20 relies upon the world-class research and expertise of the UK College of Education’s faculty, students and staff.
•P20 builds a bridge between school districts and the UK College of Education to enable an easy exchange of information between schools and higher education.
•P20 faculty and staff design and offer a Next Generation Leadership Academy for school leaders to build capacity to design new systems for learning.
•P20 helps create iZones within school districts. iZones allow college faculty and school personnel to work together to redesign and rethink current policies, practices and programs to support 21st Century learners.
Why is P20 needed?
•Many increasingly recognize one primary challenge: schooling and instruction are mass-produced, expecting students of various abilities, support systems and interests to progress through the same educational program at the same pace without sufficient regard to their individual learning needs.
• Information, once collected in reference books and distilled by teachers, is now everywhere, which changes the roles of teachers and schools. Even the most specialized topics and guidance are only a few keystrokes away.
• In Kentucky, only 83.91% of students complete high school and only 32% of Kentuckians ages 25-34 have a college degree.
•Routine jobs are increasingly disappearing to low wage countries or automated systems.
•To succeed in the global economy today’s students must be prepared to problem solve, work collaboratively, and to be creative and self-motivated. They will be required to produce evidence of competencies for required work.
How do we do school differently?
•• P20 roots out what doesn’t work and replaces it with ways of learning that will prepare all students for college and careers.
•P20 gives students a voice in designing the future of their education. When high school students were recently interviewed about how to do school differently, they were so stuck inside the model they have been part of for 15 or so years, they couldn’t think differently. We are finding ways to get from students what they really want from school – not just a version of what they think school is supposed to be.
•P20 builds upon existing and emerging infrastructures in Kentucky that will make this work sustainable over time.
Early Success Stories:
One of the first P20 iZone schools, Eminence Independent, is implementing some of the following changes:
•Partnership with Bellarmine College to offer college-level courses to qualified students with no cost to students;
•Redesigned Master Schedule (Core classes three days per week. Benchmark ready students take classes two days a week on Bellarmine’s campus);
•Wi-Fi on school bus transporting students to Bellarmine College in Louisville;
•One-to-one technology devices (Mac-Book Pro) for all high school students;
•Students trained to give feedback on educational experiences using Twitter;
•Student and Teacher Voice Teams for input in district decisions;
•Standards-Based Report Cards; and
•Working with sister school in England on using results from student aspirations surveys to better engage students in learning.
Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development answers questions at the IMF Seminar, Leveraging Policies for Sustainable Development Goals. This was held at the Westin Bali International Conference and Centre during the 2018 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings October 12, 2018 in Bali, Indonesia.
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Leveraging three decades of proven P-19 experience with advanced firefighting technology, the Oshkosh® P-19R Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting vehicle delivers cutting-edge on-road and off-road firefighting capabilities.
Upcycled from husband's thrift store- bound shirt. Thought I'd be clever and leverage the front placket of shirt rather than sewing one from scratch. Ended up being more work than it was worth!
I was invited to spend two days at Europe’s most comprehensive IoT Event. This leading forum focused on case studies that show today’s Industry and Enterprises leveraging IoT technologies to transform their business through creating value and efficiencies.
The Internet of things (stylised Internet of Things or IoT) is the internetworking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as "connected devices" and "smart devices"), buildings and other items—embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data.
"Things," in the IoT sense, can refer to a wide variety of devices such as heart monitoring implants, biochip transponders on farm animals, electric clams in coastal waters,[16] automobiles with built-in sensors, DNA analysis devices for environmental/food/pathogen monitoring or field operation devices that assist firefighters in search and rescue operations.[18] Legal scholars suggest to look at "Things" as an "inextricable mixture of hardware, software, data and service". These devices collect useful data with the help of various existing technologies and then autonomously flow the data between other devices. Current market examples include home automation (also known as smart home devices) such as the control and automation of lighting, heating (like smart thermostat), ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) systems, and appliances such as washer/dryers, robotic vacuums, air purifiers, ovens or refrigerators/freezers that use Wi-Fi for remote monitoring.
76017 - British Railways Standard Class 4MT. Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) New Alresford, Hampshire. UK.
30 May 2018 - Leveraging Data Science for the Public Good - Civic Innovation Hub - BLI
- Frédéric Bardolle, Chief Technology Officer, Data for Good
Charles Holley, EVP and CFO for Walmart gives a financial review of growth, leverage and returns at the 2011 Walmart Shareholders Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. To watch the replay of the event, view videos, and join the conversation, visit www.walmartstores.com/shareholdersmeeting
Leverage the largest marketplace on the planet...the Internet, which would be perfect for business. There are 1.6 billion people online everyday using the internet which sets it far ahead of any other marketplace. The internet is the place to be for business.
Ertharin Cousin, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Rome and Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development Cooperation, the Digital Agenda, Telecommunications and Postal Services of Belgium capture during the Session: Leveraging Data Insights at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Thanachaiary
3M Food Safety Leverages Petrifilm Technology for Pathogen Detection
ST. PAUL, Minn. (June 11, 2013) – 3M Food Safety announces the launch of the 3M™
Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express System, a new pathogen detection technology that builds upon a
solid platform of pathogen detection solutions. Immediately available worldwide, this system is
focused on Salmonella, which comprises nearly half of all pathogen testing. Though not
previously available as a pathogen test, 3M™ Petrifilm Plates have transformed the food
processing industry to the point that 91 of the top 100 U.S. food processing companies now rely
on them for their indicator testing needs.
“Leveraging 3M’s record of innovation, the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System
exemplifies our commitment to food safety,” said Mojdeh Poul, vice president and general
manager, 3M Food Safety. “3M’s newly expanded portfolio of pathogen detection solutions
represents our dedication to collaborate closely with the industry to deliver fast detection
methods with accurate results.”
The new system has already received Performance Tested Method (PTM) validation
(Certification Number 061301) from AOAC Research Institute. The 3M Petrifilm Salmonella
Express System was found to be equivalent to or better than the reference methods for raw
ground chicken, pasteurized liquid whole egg, raw ground beef, raw ground pork, cooked
chicken nuggets, frozen uncooked shrimp, fresh bunched spinach, dry dog food and stainless
steel.
Today, the new system provides a shorter time-to-result, more uniform results and a longer shelf
life than the conventional agar methods. It provides detection and biochemical confirmation of
Salmonella in enriched food and food process environmental samples, including dairy, fruits and
vegetables, raw meat, seafood and pet food and results are available in as little as 44 hours – two
times faster than traditional agar methods.
The easy-to-use system is an all-in-one method. First, the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express
Plate is a sample-ready, chromogenic culture medium that is specific to Salmonella and provides
a presumptive result. Next, the 3M™ Petrifilm™ Salmonella Express Confirmation Disk
contains a substrate that facilitates the biochemical confirmation of all presumptive positive
Salmonella colonies on the plate in just four hours. By way of comparison, when food processors
outsource sample testing with a third-party contract lab, they’ll commonly wait 24-72 hours for
confirmation and pay a nominal amount for each presumptive positive colony requiring
confirmation.
“This product was created with the needs of our customers in mind,” said Tina Bauman, global
marketing supervisor with 3M Food Safety. “Increased regulation and prevalence of foodborne
pathogens such as Salmonella have created a demand for new pathogen detection solutions that
are accurate, fast, simple and affordable.”
With the addition of the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express System, 3M Food Safety’s pathogen
detection portfolio provides a total solution, offering molecular, immunoassay and indicator
testing methods. DNA-based solutions include the highly innovative 3M™ Molecular Detection
System introduced in December 2011, and the 3M Tecra™ Pathogen and Toxin Visual
Immunoassay (VIA).
When 3M Petrifilm Plates launched in the mid-1980s, it was widely viewed as a step forward in
ensuring the quality and safety of food products. Eliminating the need to prepare, purchase and
store agar dishes, they take up 85 percent less space than agar plates, freeing up valuable room in
processors’ incubators, lab benches and refrigerators, and reducing company waste.
For more information, please visit www.3M.com/3MPathogenSolutions/SALX.
AOAC RI, based in Gaithersburg, MD, is a subsidiary of AOAC International, a globally
recognized, independent, not-for-profit association founded in 1884. AOAC serves communities
of the analytical sciences by providing the tools and processes necessary to develop voluntary
consensus standards or technical standards through stakeholder consensus and working groups in
which the fit-for-purpose and method performance criteria are established and fully documented.
AOAC provides a science-based solution and its Official Methods of Analysis gives
defensibility, credibility, and confidence in decision-making. AOAC Official Methods are
accepted and recognized worldwide
3M Food Safety is a leader of innovative solutions that help the food and beverage industries
optimize the quality and safety of their products to enable consumer protection. At every step,
3M Food Safety provides solutions that help mitigate risk, improve operational efficiencies and
impact the bottom line. For more information, visit www.3M.com/foodsafety or follow
@3M_FoodSafety on Twitter.
About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products.
Our culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies
that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $30 billion
in sales, 3M employs 88,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 70 countries. For
more information, visit www.3M.com or follow @3MNews on Twitter.
Arapahoe County Fair, CO
Taken with the Sony A7RIII, Zeiss Batis 135mm f/2.8
Can mirrorless handle fast moving action? In short, yes. This lens is pretty amazing. I shot a 13-second bronc at 10fps through the entire ride and nearly every single shot was sharp.
This is just shot from a very fast moving rodeo move. It looks like a still environmental portrait. Hardly.
Cropped, but posted at 100%.