Podcasts about Greg Duncan

When it comes to preparing your folks for leadership roles in highway maintenance the National Highway Institute Maintenance Leadership Academy is the gold standard.  This comprehensive program and the experiences of the instructors provide a wealth of knowledge into all the aspects of highway maintenance a maintenance professional might face through 6 topic modules from administration to responding to severe weather events.  Course coordinator Jeremy Birkey and certified instructor Greg Duncan of Applied Pavement Technology and Jim Weston of the Washington State DOT share their experiences and thoughts about this leadership academy and how folks can benefit for participation.  For more information about the National Highway Institute, The Maintenance Leadership Academy,  and how you and your agency might benefit from hosting or attending a session you can reach out to Jeremy, Greg, or Jim.  Check out the National Highway Institute at this link: https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/ and the Maintenance Leadership Academy at this linkSign up for email notifications on future episodes and other communications associated with winter maintenance and winter weather management by clicking on subscribe on the Talkin' Winter Ops website at TalkinWinterOps.comThanks for listening in and stay safe out there!

Greg Duncan, is the agribusiness program leader at Dairy Australia. Greg shares his fascinating journey into the dairy industry, starting from his family's sheep and potato farming background in Northern Ireland and England. He discusses his diverse role at Dairy Australia, his early memories of growing up on various farms in New South Wales, and his educational path in agricultural science. Greg elaborates on his career progression, including his time at Pfizer Animal Health and his transition to Dairy Australia, where he has been instrumental in developing and delivering farm performance and business-related extension programs. The conversation delves into the importance of strategic planning for dairy farmers, the benefits of the "Our Farm, Our Plan" program, and the shift towards online extension services. Greg also emphasises the need for young farmers to get involved in the industry, the potential for wealth creation in dairy farming, and the importance of community and leadership development.  TOPICS we cover  - Family and Early Life - Education and Early Career - Transition to Dairy Australia - Building Dairy New South Wales - Young Dairy Network and Extension - Online Extension - Our Farm, Our Plan  - Business Focus in Dairy - Future of Dairy and Young Farmers - Dairy Farm Monitor and Business Analysis Dairy Australia: https://www.dairyaustralia.com.au  Our Farm, Our Plan: https://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/farm/our-farm-our-plan [01:02:59] Dairy Base: https://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/farm/farm-business/dairybase [58:27] Farm Business Snapshot: https://www.dairyaustralia.com.au/farm/farm-business/farm-business-snapshot If you know someone who you think would be great on the podcast, or you would like to share your story, please get in touch by sending an email to podcast.morethanmilk@gmail.com or stay connected by following us on Instagram or Facebook and send us a message - I'd love to hear from you.  In the spirit of reconciliation we would like to acknowlegde the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.   

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A growing number of research studies show that the cognitive and brain development of low-income children differs from that of children in higher income families. For any family, that is a concerning statement. Today's podcast features a project called Baby's First Years, a multi-year effort to test the connections between poverty reduction and brain development among very young children. Here to talk about what the study has revealed so far is Dr. Lisa Gennetian from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, and Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin from the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Transcript Sarah, let's start with you. What is the Baby's First Years study?  Sarah - So the Baby's First Years study is a study of how having additional income matters for children's development and for family life in families that had incomes around the federal poverty line when they had a child. And so, it includes two main components. The first is a randomized control trial that tests the effects of families receiving either a large or a small monthly cash gift each month, families get either $333 or $20 each month on a debit card from the time their child was born until just after the child's sixth birthday. Lisa and our colleagues, Katherine Magnuson, Kimberly Noble, Greg Duncan, Hiro Yoshikawa, and Nathan Fox lead this part of the study. They've been following mothers and children from a thousand families over the past six years. The other part of the study is a qualitative study in which we do in-depth interviews with a subset of those families because we want to learn more about how they think, about making financial decisions, the values and dreams for their children that guide their parenting and how they think about their money they're getting from Baby's First Years each month. This study is complex and would require time to observe change. Can you tell me about the length of time your team has been doing this intervention? Sarah - So the first families started the study in 2018. Lisa - One thing that's unique about this intervention is its length. As Sarah mentioned, it's starts at the time of birth and it's monthly. And families will be receiving this cash for 76 months. So, they'll be receiving it through the first six years of their child's life. Thank you for that detail. Lisa, what is the landscape for food programs and assistance in the United States, particularly for families with infants and young children? Lisa - There are two major programs that are federally funded in the US that are particularly targeted for families with infants and children. One of them is called the Women, Infant, and Children's Program, or WIC for short. The WIC program, let's see, in 2022, served about 6.3 million participants, but it provides a mix of core nutritional needs, breastfeeding support, information and referrals. And the second big safety net program in the US around food is called SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This one's broader and has served over 40 million people in 2022. And together both these programs have been pretty core to providing food and nutritional support to families, including those with young children. Thanks for that context. So now, how does the cash gift intervention differ from, or fit with other food assistance programs that these families may participate in? Lisa - The thing that cash can add above and beyond that, so thinking about how this Baby's First Year study might help supplement resources is in two ways. One is thinking about how money that might have been spent on the foods that are provided by these programs are now being taken care of through these food subsidies. One direct way that the BFY cash money can help is by increasing those net resources available for other types of food or for other things in the household. It's a real compliment to these what we call in kind or conditioned kind of food subsidy programs. The second is that there are no conditions. And so, what WIC and SNAP provide, which is really formative and really important for a lot of families, is also has some real parameters on what could be purchased. And so having extra cash means sort more flexibility around direct food resources. And that's actually something we start to see a little bit in the Baby's First Year study. Wow, Lisa, thank you for that. Given that these are means-tested programs, the cash infusion from Baby's First Year's project could influence participants' eligibility for other programs, right? How did you deal with that? Lisa - Oh yes, it's a really great question. Thanks for asking that. For the purposes of this study, we, for several years, worked closely with all layers of government, federal, state, and local to think hard about how to protect the families receiving this cash gift from losing eligibility for these other programs because as you say, right, we're increasing their income implicitly through this cash gift. And so, we did that through some administrative rulings, meaning states agreed that the families would be exempt and to the states, we had legislation passed to protect these families from their eligibility being affected by receipt of the cash gift. We did that as comprehensively as possible. There are some exceptions, but we think that it's been pretty effective kind of strategy we use to ensure that families, when they get this cash gift, that they're not mechanically losing eligibility for these other programs. So, the way to think about this cash and supplementing people's lives and supplementing and accompanying everything else, is also helping how families might think about access to these other programs and choices around that in ways that they might not have had before. That sounds like a large undertaking, and it took extensive planning to get to that point. I imagine you wouldn't want families to lose their benefits because they participated in this study. Sarah, I want to come back to you. What are families' experiences with Baby's First Year and with government-provided food assistance programs in the United States? Sarah - So families in both gift groups are appreciative of having extra money every month. That's even more so the case for those in the high gift group mothers not surprisingly, some mothers in Baby's First Year struggle to make ends meet, for others, even if they can cover their bills every month, having just that little bit extra breathing room is pretty welcome. Like Lisa was talking about across the country, in Baby's First Years, the vast majority of families have experience with food assistance programs, either currently or in the past. It's pretty rare for them not to, relatively speaking, while families often receive WIC, that's the Women, Infants and Children program that Lisa mentioned, when they have babies, many stop getting WIC after their babies turn one, despite the fact that they remain income eligible for that. Most families also receive some benefits from SNAP. And in some qualitative work that I did with my colleagues, Carolyn Barnes and Jill Hoiding, we heard from families about how they thought about engaging with the WIC program. They thought about the value of the benefits they could get from doing so, but also the costs of doing that, like how hard it is to make it to appointments, to fill out the paperwork to use those benefits once you're at the grocery store. And they weighed those costs and benefits as their children grew up when they were thinking about whether or not to pursue those benefits. So Lisa, what are you learning from the Baby's First Year study about where and how families and children are getting food? Lisa - So Sarah has talked about the richness of speaking to moms directly at holistic types of interviews. Alongside that, we've annually been going back and speaking to mothers and collecting information about them and their children. And part of our, so these are our annual surveys, they are in or near the children's birthdate, and we ask them a bunch of questions about how life is going, about their spending, what's happening with income and employment and childcare, their own health, their mental health. One of the areas that we focus on is around food. And one of those food items is called a food security scale. This is a six item, a USDA-approved scale. It asks questions like not having enough money to buy food, questions about hunger, questions about eating balanced meals. It includes a set of items that we would call pretty subjective. For example, the question on balanced meals, but also less subjective. Is there literally enough money to buy enough food for the household? And so, we're learning some really interesting things. First, we're learning that there is very high connection to this food safety net that we were just talking about. So, far majority of the families are connected either to WIC or the food assistance program called SNAP. And that's pretty consistent. Sarah just talked about a little bit of the drop off of WIC, but we certainly see consistent connections to SNAP, all the way through the first three years of the child's life. We see that generally as sort of a kind of good news story. So, these are families who are eligible for these programs, their family's drawn from four very different dates and sites. They're very diverse in their racial ethnic composition and whether they've been born or not in the US in terms of the moms. The fact that there is very high connection to a food safety net system while raising young children, we think is a really positive signal of the food safety net system potentially working pretty well. And then we're not seeing big differences between the high cash gift group and the low cash gift group on this food security measure. In fact, we're seeing pretty high food security amongst these families with very young children on the scale. That doesn't mean that any one of these items, we're not seeing high reports of things like scarcity. So even though the families are very low in food insecurity, we do see that about a third of them are reporting some kind of food scarcity. So, 31% report that the food they bought did not last and they sometimes often didn't have money to get more. For example, we're also hearing from families, they're relying on free meals from non-federal sources. We haven't talked yet about the importance of the faith-based kind of system and support and informal networks in providing food. We ask families this when their children were about three years old, and roughly 10% report some receipt of free meals from other sources. We are inevitably also seeing, as you might expect, some variation across these sites. So that's sort of a hint on what we're seeing around food security and connections to the safety net. We also ask about spending, and we're not seeing overall differences in how much money is being spent on food with one very interesting exception. That's on money, on food spent eating out. We don't ask a whole bunch of information about nutrition, but when the children were toddlers, moms do report, who are receiving the high cash gift, they do report higher consumption of fruits and vegetables among their toddlers. It is a very sort of unique and narrow question, but positive, so more fruits and vegetables and not more of other things like salty treats, flavored drinks, sodas, sugary sweets. And we're looking forward to continuing to follow up on items of nutrition when the children are four. This is fascinating, and I'm so grateful that your team is paying attention to these families' experiences and engagement with the social safety net and the charitable food sector. Sarah, we often understand food, particularly healthy food, as a way to deliver nutrition that promotes health and development. Of course, food provides much more than nutrition. What, if anything, are you learning from the study about the social meaning of food and what it represents to families? Sarah - I really appreciate this question because it's something we've been looking at and thinking about a lot in our research, in the research other people have done before, and in our own study we really hear a lot about the role that food plays in families, beyond nutrition. In so many cultures, food plays a really core role in social time and in family time. This can be things like turning family movie night into something a little more special by microwaving popcorn. It can be having special mom and me time with mom taking a child out to go get a cake pop at a coffee shop. It can be eating a meal at a sit-down restaurant to celebrate a special occasion, a child's middle school graduation, for some of these purchases, you can't use food assistance. And so having cash on hand is really essential to engaging in these kinds of special rituals and family time. Like your question implies, it turns our attention to the role that food plays in family bonding and in socializing. We really want to think about the multiple roles that food serves in our lives and how having this kind of extra income on hand for families who are often income constrained, can change these opportunities for those special family times around food.   Bios   Dr. Lisa Gennetian is an applied economist, Professor of Public Policy, and the Pritzker Professor of Early Learning Policy Studies at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Drawing on perspectives from the behavioral sciences, psychology, and child development, her research focuses on the economics of child development, specifically child poverty, parent engagement and decision making, and policy and social investment considerations. Dr. Sarah Halpern-Meekin is Vaughn Bascom Professor of Children, Family, and Community in the School of Human Ecology and the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty. She is a sociologist whose research focuses on family, adolescence, social policy and the welfare state, class and inequality, and qualitative methods. Her current research includes examining the role of parents' churning (on-again/off-again) relationships in family life, exploring the experiences and financial decision-making of mothers who are receiving monthly unconditional cash gifts, and understanding how rural men make ends meet, spend their time, and make meaning while disconnected from the formal labor force.

Matt Russoniello loves TPR. He also loves SATs, NUTs and TCOL. He's a sucker for a good role play scenario and has lots ways to get students excited and engaged and thinking with a growth mindset. Find out how he teaches language, create community and has fun while doing it. Visit the Language Lounge on Twitter - https://twitter.com/langloungepod Connect with Michelle - https://twitter.com/michelleolah Have a comment or question? Leave a voicemail at (207) 888-9819 or email podcast@waysidepublishing.com Produced by Wayside Publishing - https://waysidepublishing.com Bio Matt began teaching 4th-8th grade in Fair Haven New Jersey in 2004 under the tutelage of Greg Duncan, Dr. Joe Goebel of TCNJ and supervisor Ellen Spears, experts in Communicative teaching. His district was awarded Model School status for New Jersey from 2005-2014. In addition, Matt was honored to receive the 2014 FLENJ Teacher Award, and the 2014 New Jersey Cooperating Teacher Award. Matt currently teaches Spanish I- In Class Resource at Manalapan High School and after school at the RAISE Academy, his district's alternative high school for students temporarily expelled. His school honored him as Teacher of the Year in 2020. Matt believes student centered learning and giving students agency to their understanding will motivate them to love of languages, understand the perspectives of other cultures, and be proud of who they are as learners and people. He absolutely LOVES collaborating and sharing ideas with educators, talking about bringing out the best in students and using the power of their personalities. Input, TPR, putting students in the driver's seat, spontaneous speech, building a sense of belonging in the classroom, and finding the most efficient ways to understand and reach students are big pieces of his approach to instruction. Mentions Greg Duncan InterPrep http://www.interprepinc.com/interprepinc.com_wwwroot/About_Greg_Duncan.html Joe Goble TCNJ https://wlc.tcnj.edu/about/faculty-directory/dr-joseph-goebel-jr/#:~:text=Joseph%20Goebel%20Jr.%20is%20an,acquisition%20theories%20and%20best%20practices Ellen Spears Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Fair Haven School District, NJ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellen-spears-79698b9/ Dr. James Asher Total Physical Response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_physical_response Claudia Elliot on the Language Lounge Episode 26. Connection, Communication and Comprehensibility My curriculum is my students https://www.waysidepublishing.com/podcast/language-lounge/26-connection-communication-and-comprehensibility-with-claudia-elliott Pablo Muirhead, PH.D (line 159) German teacher https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablomuirhead/ SAT = Students as Teachers NUTs: Now You Try TCOL: Take Control of Learning 1st TPR Rap of the year https://twitter.com/str8upspanish/status/1702028773636317350?s=20 Pep talk to reinforce the growth mindset https://twitter.com/str8upspanish/status/1704280384131744230?s=20

Greg Duncan back in Chicago performing at Epiphany for the Arts on July 20, 2023.

Ever wonder what it's like to dive headfirst into the turbulent world of trading during a pandemic? Today, we're talking with Greg Duncan, a seasoned trader and business degree holder who did just that. When COVID struck, Greg took the plunge and learned invaluable life lessons about structure, discipline, and the madness surrounding meme stocks.Drawing parallels from his athletic background, Greg shares how the principles of confidence and consistency from sports can shape a successful trader. He'll take us through his journey of exploring the market, the importance of irrational confidence, and the gamified landscape of modern investing. Plus, get ready to delve into the minutiae of technical analysis, the art of options trading, and the paramount role of risk management.But that's not all. Greg reveals how he harnesses the power of social media to bolster his trading skills and his watch list of promising stocks. He believes in the importance of stepping outside one's comfort zone for personal growth and offers words of wisdom for new traders venturing into the market. So, strap in and join us for this exhilarating ride into the world of trading with Greg Duncan!ANTICIPATE STOCK MARKET CRASHES, CORRECTIONS, AND BEAR MARKETS WITH AWARD WINNING RESEARCH. Sign up for The Lead-Lag Report at www.leadlagreport.com and use promo code PODCAST30 for 2 weeks free and 30% off.Nothing on this channel should be considered as personalized financial advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any securities. The content in this program is for informational purposes only. You should not construe any information or other material as investment, financial, tax, or other advice. The views expressed by the participants are solely their own. A participant may have taken or recommended any investment position discussed, but may close such position or alter its recommendation at any time without notice. Nothing contained in this program constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in any jurisdiction. Please consult your own investment or financial advisor for advice related to all investment decisions.The Canadian Money RoadmapDiscover strategies to save, invest, and grow your money effectively.Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifyFoodies unite…with HowUdish!It's social media with a secret sauce: FOOD! The world's first network for food enthusiasts. HowUdish connects foodies across the world!Share kitchen tips and recipe hacks. Discover hidden gem food joints and street food. Find foodies like you, connect, chat and organize meet-ups!HowUdish makes it simple to connect through food anywhere in the world.So, how do YOU dish? Download HowUdish on the Apple App Store today:

Just because a winter storm is over and mobility restored doesn't necessarily mean that your done with the impacts of weather.  Moisture and water leftover from winter combined with freezing temperatures and loads can cause problems for your pavements and roadside long after the storm is over.Greg Duncan has many years of experience with the Tennessee DOT and now with Applied Pavement Technologies shares his experiences in dealing with the leftovers from winter weather.  For more information on potholes and the pothole cycle that Greg mentioned in this episode follow this link to the Tennessee DOT website page on potholes https://www.tn.gov/tdot/maintenance/potholes.html  For more information about pavements and the effects of winter weather you can contact Greg directly by email at gduncan@appliedpavement.com0:00  Intro1:30  Things that cause problems for pavements6:10  Keeping the water out8:33  Pothole cycle10:36 Pothole patching12:08 Winter strategies for dealing with potholes in the winter16:37 Pavements and deicing chemicals20:35 Abrasion and physical deterioration 27:38 Roadside issues30:42 Budget implications  35:25 Teachable moments that happen in real time SICOP Talks Winter Ops is always looking for interesting topics and guests to visit with regarding winter maintenance and road weather. If you have any ideas for future episodes contact Rick Nelson at rnelson@aashto.org our our co-producer Scott Lucas at Scott.Lucas@dot.ohio.gov

This month we take a look at business planning – getting clarity on what your business is about, what you are trying to achieve and how you are going to get there.A report by the UK's Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) in 2018 identified 8 factors that characterised their top performing farms, one of which is ‘setting goals and budgets'. Their findings showed that (quote) “Farms that write a formal long-term business plan are more profitable than others. Writing your ambitions down is one of the most successful ways to visualise in your mind what you want to do and therefore for it to happen,…”Greg Duncan leads a national program developed by Dairy Australia called Our Farm Our Plan that aims to support and guide farm businesses through their own business planning. He will explain this program to us today.Sarah Wake is involved in the family farm near Singleton in the Hunter Valley and shares with us her experiences in the program thus far.Useful resources related to this podcast:Our Farm, Our Plan landing page on the Dairy Australia Website.Farm Business SnapshotFarm Fitness ChecklistFarmers can also call the Our Farm, Our Plan team on 1800 548 073 This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land ServicesPlease share this podcast with your fellow farmers and colleagues and feel free to contact us with suggestions or comments via this email address thebusinessofdairy@gmail.comFurther NSW DPI Dairy channels to follow and subscribe to include:NSW DPI Dairy Facebook pageDPI Intensive Livestock Twitter feedNSW DPI Dairy NewsletterEpisode transcriptProduced by Video LiftThe information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice. 

The CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virios Therapeutics (VIRI), Greg Duncan, says that the clinical-stage biotechnology company is focused on novel, dual mechanism antiviral therapies to treat chronic debilitating diseases like fibromyalgia. The stock began trading on the Nasdaq in December 2020.

What do you spray on a natural crop to keep the pests away? That has been a local source of frustration in New Zealand for hort and pest control…because many are toxic.New Zealand and Australia are big markets for Pelgar and food producers and growers are demanding less toxic or less harmful products according to Pelgar's Asia Pac Manager Gerwyn Jones. "We’ve seen a change with people looking for NZ Grown and NZ Made products and we thought, ‘why not’ there’s a demand for it.” “With Covid, we’ve got issues with supply chains, I think everyone has, trying to get products into the country. Shipping products from the UK, Australia, Singapore and New Zealand is taking longer.” “I thought why not produce a locally grown product in Hawke’s Bay with natural pyrethrum for the pest control and horticulture industry.”Natural pyrethrum is the answer, yet until two years ago, a New Zealand Grown source wasn't available. Now it is, thanks to Greg Duncan at Pyrethrum New Zealand in Hawke's Bay, and Pelgar is meeting the demand with NZ Grown pyrethrum that isn't at risk from costly shipping via international and variable supply chains.Horticulture and pest control now have a locally grown pyrethrum sources thanks to Pelgar. New Zealand Grown chrysanthemum has some magical properties that Gerwyn Jones from PelGar International spotted could make it an ideal natural alternative to some of the existing in-market options.Ryan Jennings speaks with Asia Pacific Business Manager Gerwyn Jones about the company and the possibilities this new insecticide will bring for New Zealand horticulture and agriculture sectors. Get on the email list at www.akiwioriginal.com

What unique viewpoints does an economist bring to the study of poverty and child development? Can we measure the consequences of early deprivation on child development and lifelong health? Could poverty reduction have an impact on a child's brain development? Listen in as Sean finds out the answers to these questions and more with today's guest, Greg Duncan. More episodes: https://bold.expert/podcastsStay up to date with all the latest research on child development and learning at bold.expert.Join the conversation on X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram.Subscribe to BOLD's newsletter.

Rebecca joined Greg Duncan and Sam Hammond for a panel discussion about the prospects for a U.S. child allowance -- and why it's needed now more than ever -- hosted by the American Constitution Society's New York Chapter. Subscribe to Off-Kilter on iTunes. show notes: https://offkiltershow.medium.com/the-case-for-a-u-s-child-allowance-1bb04067c3d3

In a tough year, Justin Walsh made Earnings Before Income and Tax (EBIT) of more than $3.50 per kg of milk solids or around $2000 per cow. It’s an amazing result - and even more so when you consider Justin put in less work last year than he ever has before. There’s no silver bullet behind Justin’s success. Instead, he explains how he picks the brains of good farmers, has reassessed his farm business to get the big settings right and looks for the source of problems, rather than continually dealing with the results. DairyNSW’s Greg Duncan visited Justin on his South Coast farm near Nowra to find out how this young farmer is working less and making more money.

Purdue junior diver Greg Duncan on winning gold and bronze at the B1G Championships, why Purdue has so much success in diving and his ultimate goals. https://p.ftur.io/waskam/2615

#Purdue junior diver Greg Duncan on his hot streak to begin the season, his weekly "live a little" meal, how he got started in diving and what's ahead in this weekend's meet at IUPUI. https://p.ftur.io/waskam/2060

On today’s episode, Greg Duncan is joining the podcast! Greg has been developing eDiscovery software applications since his days at the now-defunct, Arthur Andersen. And he continued to develop eDiscovery applications over the next 10 years at KPMG, a time of continuous change and innovation in the world of eDiscovery and information governance. As a Microsoft and Visual Studio .NET MVP and certified Scrum master, Greg has been blogging and podcasting substantive technology information for many years. His dedication for research in tandem with his vast experience brings forth relevant and useful information that could be applied to all aspects of legal technology. And, you may recognize him as a host on Radio TFS!   Greg has been putting a lot of effort into the Ops side of DevOps. In this episode, he gives his wisdom and thoughts around the Ops side of DevOps, what he sees going on across teams and his suggestions on how to fix these all-too-common problems, how to influence the combining of Dev and Ops at your organization regardless of your control (or lack thereof), and much, much more! Tune in!   Topics of Discussion: [:48] About today’s guest, Greg Duncan. [1:43] Jeffrey welcomes Greg on to the podcast. [3:09] Greg gives a rundown of his career journey! [9:10] The story of how Radio TFS got started. [11:02] What Greg sees in the Ops side of DevOps across teams. [18:47] If it’s out of your control to combine the Dev and the Ops, what can you do? [22:45] Discussing the third way of DevOps: continuous learning, and why it is so crucial. [26:45] Discussing AIOps and Alexa. [30:05] Talking about the benefits of utilizing Azure Application Insights. [32:41] Discussing the concept of, and movement of, separating a deployment from a release. [35:41] Jeffrey and Greg speak about implementing feature flag services. [37:51] Greg gives his recommendations for those looking to improve their Ops and DevOps.   Mentioned in this Episode: Azure DevOps Clear Measure (Sponsor) — Reach out if you have a user group or conference and would like some free copies of .NET DevOps for Azure! Greg Duncan (LinkedIn) Radio TFS Microsoft Build Conference .NET DevOps for Azure, by Jeffrey Palermo The Azure DevOps Podcast Episode - “Party with Palermo at the Microsoft MVP Summit” The Azure DevOps Podcast Episode - “Edward Thomson on All Things Git, libgit2, and Azure DevOps” “DevOps: Is AIOps Just Yet Another Almost Meaningless Acronym?” by Greg Low Azure Application Insights Datadog DevBlogs.Microsoft.com/DevOps — Visit for Ed Thomson’s ‘Top Stories’ from the past week Azure DevOps Labs   Want to Learn More? Visit AzureDevOps.Show for show notes and additional episodes.

Welcome back to Inspired Proficiency and thank you for joining us on our journey into season 3. As always, please tweet any takeaways and inspirations to #inspiredproficiency. On the first episode Ashley talks about high leverage teaching practices with Rebecca Blouwolff, the NECTFL 2019 teacher of the year. Rebecca teaches 7th and 8th grade French at Wellesley Middle School, a suburb of Boston, MA. Rebecca walks Ashley through one of two high leverage teaching practices she recently presented at the NECTFL conference in New York City. These practices talk more about how to teach and not what to teach. Her ideas come from reading the book Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato. Rebecca describes the importance of watching, doing, and experiencing training to get better at what you’re doing and how it important is for teachers to participate when trying new teaching practices. Big takeaway from the first high leverage teaching practice: Using the Target Language (TL) in class with the kids is the most important thing you can do. We are privileged to be able to provide that environment for our students and get to know them through the language. For the variety segment, Profe Ashley also plays a fun trivia game with Pamela Russell (@pammycakes_87) and Melanie Thomas (@senoraMThomas). She asks questions about the first two seasons of Inspired Proficiency. Thanks to Pamela and Melanie for playing and thanks to everyone who helped support this podcast into its third season! Resources and links mentioned on the show: Guests: Rebecca Blouwolff Twitter @MmeBlouwolff Blog https://mmeblouwolff.weebly.com Books: Enacting the Work of Language Instruction: High Leverage Teaching Practices by Glisan & Donato Total Participation Techniques by Himmele & Himmele Other resources: Rebecca’s blog post on her 6 hour session on High Leverage Teaching Practices with Dr. Catherine Ritz (on Twitter @ritzforeignlang) Their slides Greg Duncan’s TELL project article “Engaging Language Learners” with references to Total Participation Techniques book Shelby County Public Schools Total Participation Techniques Resources from Shelby County Public Schools Language Specific Hold Ups in many languages  from Shelby County Public Schools Episode sponsors: Wayside Publishing ACTFL Center for Assessment, Research, and Development  Comprehensifying and Extending Authentic Resources Señor Wooly El Mundo de Pepita World Language Classroom Voces Digital Puentes books from A.C. Quintero & Jennifer Degenhardt For detailed notes on the interview visit: www.deskfree.wordpress.com after 3pm on the day it's released. 

Greg Duncan, CEO, Celtaxsys tells us about the work the company is doing to help reduce pulmonary exacerbations in patients with cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a rare genetic life-threatening disease that affects over 70,000 people worldwide. Pulmonary exacerbations are sudden, severe respiratory events that ultimately lead to lung function decline. Celtaxsys’ lead candidate, once-daily anti-inflammatory acebilustat, which the company is currently progressing to Phase 3 development, has the potential to prevent lung function decline by reducing the frequency of pulmonary exacerbations. #cysticfibrosis #CFresearch #RareDisease #CFAware #acebilustat Celtaxsys.com  

An exciting new experiment, led by Greg Duncan of UC Irvine, is launching to explore how cash transfers affect early childhood on biological, cognitive, and social metrics. Duncan joined the podcast to discuss the motivation for the experiment, what it will study, and the research to date on poverty and children.

Many interventions that aim to increase the cognitive or socioemotional skills of children and adolescents have shown positive results, but far too often their impacts quickly disappear as children get older. Some programs, in contrast, have shown longer-lasting effects. In a new study published in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, Greg Duncan and […] The post Strategies to sustain program impacts for children and adolescents: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, University of California, Irvine – Episode #159 appeared first on Gov Innovator podcast.

Forty-two states and the District of Columbia spent $6.2 billion in state funds on pre-kindergarten programs in 2015, highlighting the emphasis that policymakers are placing on pre-k to help students prepare for elementary school. Research has shown both the success of pre-K as well as inconclusive evidence about the sustainability of those gains as children […] The post How states can optimize their pre-K programs: An interview with Greg Duncan, Professor, UC Irvine, and Member, Pre-Kindergarten Task Force – Episode #143 appeared first on Gov Innovator podcast.

In this show we congratulate Greg on becoming an ALM MVP along with other news like Windows 10 Technical Preview, VS 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 and the usual round of updates and posts from around the TFS world. For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

In this show we congratulate Greg on becoming an ALM MVP along with other news like Windows 10 Technical Preview, VS 2013 Update 4 CTP 2 and the usual round of updates and posts from around the TFS world. For feedback contact radiotfs@outlook.com, call +1 425 233-8379 or visit http://www.radiotfs.com

Greg Duncan, co-author of the HEPG book "Restoring Opportunity" discusses the crisis of inequality and the challenge for American education in a historical and practical context.

In this War on Poverty Conference presentation, Greg Duncan discusses Douglas Miller’s paper “Long Run Puzzles in Head Start Research." The Center for Poverty Research hosted the conference at UC Davis on Jan. 9 and 10, 2014. Duncan is an economist and Distinguished Professor in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine. He currently serves as chair of a National Research Council’s Institute on Medicine Committee on child research

This is the second of two videos featuring Greg Duncan, distinguished professor of education at UC Irvine. He talks about the forces that have translated growing gaps in family incomes into growing gaps in educational outcomes — and what we can do about them.

This is the first of two videos featuring Greg Duncan, distinguished professor of education at UC Irvine. He talks about the forces that have translated growing gaps in family incomes into growing gaps in educational outcomes —and what we can do about them.

Diantha Parker talks to Greg Duncan about new evidence suggesting a radically different approach to income support policies targeted at low-income families.