Let me just tell you that its a great pleasure to be invited here and part of this event. It is a distinct pleasure to be surrounded by so many hoovers. Ive never seen so many hoover s in one place. It looks like we are complete. We start this segment in the summer of 1921 and in that summer, soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine, as george nash mentioned earlier, and millions are threatened with starvation and disease, most of them, as you will see any moment ill have a map up, situated in and beyond the vulgar river valley. The soviet government is unable to cope with the disaster on its own, so it is forced to allow an appeal to go out for and assistance and in that day, there is only one man on the planet in a position to answer that call, and that is the man that you see year, Herbert Hoover. As chairman of the American Relief administration, the ara. As george nash told us, the ara is a private relief organization, Relief Agency but i would say for this part of the
Took this step to help keep the u. S. Economy strong in the face of some notable developments and to provide insurance against ongoing risks. The u. S. Economy has continued to perform well. We are into the 11th year of the economic expansion, and the baseline outlook remains favorable. The economy grew at a 2. 5 pace in the first half of the year. Household spending supported by a strong job market, rising incomes and solid Consumer Confidence has been the key driver of growth. In contrast, Business Investment and exports have weakened amid falling manufacturing output. The main reasons appear to be Slower Growth abroad and trade policy developments. Two sources of uncertainty we have been monitoring all year. Since the middle of last year, Global Growth outlook has weakened. Notably in europe and china. Additionally a number of geopolitical risks including brexit remain unresolved. Trade policy tensions have waxed and waned and elevated uncertainty is weighing on u. S. Investment and
The territories temporarily captured by the rashists. There will be money, but for this the leadership of ukraine needs to carry out a number of real reforms. The white house published a letter with a list of demands and wishes. The ban on the sale of ukrainian Agricultural Products in poland will continue, but the dialogue between the two countries is being established. In addition, poland continues to provide our citizens with a tangible help magat demands that russia withdraw from the territory of the zaporizhzhya as. And transfer it under the full control of ukraine, but while the rashists have flooded the territory of the Nuclear Plant with heavy weapons and are chasing nikopol from there, how do people live under continuous shelling and with a shortage of fresh water . Greetings, iryna koval is in the studio and this is the news, the results of the week on the espresso tv channel. The situation in the east and south of ukraine remains difficult. Every day at the front. Record mor
Sec. Devos thank you so much and welcome everyone. It is great to see you all this morning. Todaysu for attending first of two summits on individually on innovation in education, and a special thanks to those who will present this morning. We are grateful to have so much knowledge and expertise in one room. We are eager to hear from all of the. Before we begin, i want to say a word about innovation. Barked on a am school tour i embarked on a school tour. Continue to travel the country to see the work being done, and i have been inspired by the innovative educators and administrators i have met. There is still not enough. We need more. The reality is that there are a number of challenges and opportunities facing Higher Education, and washington, d. C. Does not have all the answers. Government is not the best at finding new solutions to tough problems. Government isnt the best at being flexible or adaptable to a changing environment. Government isnt the best at questioning the status quo
The huge chaos in terms of turnover terminology and if youre looking at the finance market, 162 designation for a financial advisor, so no idea which this means any standard, so i see two bigger challenges are quite as the Education System and what we need to do to make sure of industry requirements, but also think outside the system like certification. How to we bring them all together so that as users as students, employers have emphasis on the quality aspect of this. I was interested if any others have any comments. Hello. I just wanted to bring a new type of vision we brought, so eight no formal chair and by practicing and collaborating with peers, one of the most important measurement for success is getting jobs and so we dont we build projects, so students are learning instead of being regular education there is content learning and in two weeks we have examined we are like here is the exam make it happen, so we designed the project with industry leader. The second thing is this