Podcasts about applications

Off-target herbicide movement is one of the most challenging issues facing growers and applicators each season. In this episode of the Crop Doctors' Podcast, Jason and Tom visit with Eric Webster to discuss the factors that contribute to herbicide drift, how to evaluate fields affected by drift, review the environmental conditions that increase risk, and discuss application practices that can help minimize off-target movement.

This is part 2 of my interview with George Wiseman, where we discuss Brown's Gas in applications such as Fuel Saving, Torch-Fuel Gas and Radioactive Neutralization (Part 1 all about the health benefits here). We explore how Brown's Gas: 1. neutralizes radioactive waste right at the reactor, 
 2. can literally make precious stones and metals from rocks, 
 3. reduces carbon-fuel consumption by 25% or better, 
4. helps make your OWN torch-fuel, 
 5. helps plants grow up to 10x FASTER, 6. can make Deuterium Depleted Water
, 7. helps bodies heal from virtually every ailment known to man, 
 8. helps wounds heal 3x faster, 9. optimizes health and performance, 
AND best of all… this technology can be made using WATER in your OWN HOME! 

 George Wiseman is an inventor, engineer, and founder of Eagle-Research, best known for his decades of work developing Brown's Gas technology for both energy and emerging wellness applications. Raised as a rancher's son in a remote, off-grid environment, George learned early how to build, repair, and survive with limited resources, which influenced his lifelong commitment to practical and reliable innovation. After leaving the ranch in the late 1970s, he pursued a path in alternative energy and automotive systems, eventually specializing in fuel efficiency and combustion technologies. In the 1980s, he began developing Brown's Gas systems that could significantly improve fuel economy and even replace traditional torch gases at a fraction of the cost. Over time, George's work took an unexpected turn as customers began reporting potential health-related effects from the technology—something he initially dismissed. Years later, after personally experimenting with the applications and witnessing growing anecdotal results, he shifted his focus toward exploring its broader potential and developed his at-home device, AquaCure. This mission became deeply personal following the loss of his wife after a long battle with Lupus, which intensified his commitment to sharing what he had learned. Today, George is driven by a singular goal: to make his technology accessible to as many people as possible. Connect with George via: Email: wiseman@eagle-research.com Website: https://eagle-research.com/, https://www.aquacure.life/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100054308450085 IG: https://www.instagram.com/georgewiseman1984/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-wiseman-53969814/ X: https://x.com/Eagle_Research YT: https://www.youtube.com/@ecopegasus

Ep. 124: The Projects That Change Your Life Rarely Have Deadlines Why is it so easy to finish work for someone else... but so hard to make progress on the projects that matter most to us? In this episode, I share a story from my years as a freelance musician in Boston. On paper, everything was going well. I had a thriving career, incredible opportunities, and a full calendar. But tucked away in a notebook were dozens of ambitious ideas that never became reality. Then, in March of 2020, one idea finally did. The Virtual Summer Cello Festival changed the course of my career and ultimately led me to coaching, writing Beyond Potential, and hosting this podcast. So what was different? It wasn't talent. It wasn't confidence. It was a deadline. In this episode, we'll explore why the projects that have the greatest potential to transform your career rarely come with built-in accountability—and how you can create the momentum they need. In this episode: Why meaningful projects are almost never assigned to us How urgent work crowds out important work The hidden power of public deadlines How to work backward from your launch date When to move a deadline—and when to keep going anyway Why perfectionism often disguises itself as preparation If you've been carrying around an idea for months—or years—this episode is your invitation to finally begin. Ready to work on your own career-defining project? Applications are now open for the Creators' Leadership Mastermind, where ambitious professionals come together to turn meaningful ideas into reality.

To Every Generation...The teaching ministry of Calvary Chapel Crossfields.....Join us as we go verse by verse through the Bible.

In this episode, Allison Schneider, Director of Applications at Aspen Valley Health, discusses how the organization evaluates AI-powered clinical decision support, the importance of clinician trust and governance, and lessons learned from implementing ClinicalKey AI to improve workflows while keeping patient care at the center.This episode is sponsored by Elsevier.

Send us a text and chime in!The Town of Chino Valley is seeking volunteers interested in sharing their talents, expertise, and enthusiasm to serve on the Capital Improvement Program Citizen's Advisory Committee. The Committee consists of five members who advise and make recommendations through staff to the Chino Valley Town Council during the Town's annual budget process. Currently, three positions are available. Appointments are on a volunteer basis and appointed by the Town Council. Applications are due by Monday, August 17, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. Review of applications is scheduled to occur on August 25, 2026. To apply, view the Committee and Board descriptions, residency requirements,...   For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/chino-valley-seeks-volunteers-for-capital-improvement-committee/ Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Send me a message Every agent has heard "you have to invest in yourself," but nobody actually tells you how, or what to actually invest in.Unfortunately, I learned this the hard way. For years I saw a $500 course as an expense instead of an investment, and it cost me a year or two of trial and error I could have skipped entirely. Once I understood the difference, everything unlocked.This episode breaks down exactly where I've personally invested, what actually paid off, and a few results that genuinely surprised me, including one investment that had nothing to do with real estate at all.In this episode:Why joining a team my first two years was one of the smartest investments I ever made, even at a 50/50 splitThe $7,000 personal training program that changed my health and my mindset around investing in myselfHow a $30,000 mastermind led to an investment opportunity that's paying off in a completely different wayWhy live events consistently deliver the best ROI of almost anything I've invested inWhy buying a course instead of "figuring it out on YouTube" can save you years, not just moneyWhy switching brokerages has been one of the biggest paradigm shifts of my career, twiceThe real Instagram Listing Blitz results: 2.5 million views, $92,000 in commission, and a 7,901% average increase in reach.Applications for the next Instagram Listing Blitz group are open now. Only 10 spots, and there's already a waitlist.

You feel a small thing happen and suddenly your brain says this is how it's always going to be. You're not imagining it. The little things really do pile up until you're convinced nothing will change, that you're stuck here for good. This episode breaks down what's actually happening when hopelessness sneaks in and gives you four things to do the moment you notice it. In this episode: Understand why hopelessness builds up from small, repeated moments, not just big crises Learn how to spot the specific thoughts that signal you've slipped into hopelessness Walk away with four practical steps to move yourself from hopelessness back to hope Finally see why praying "fix this" feels different than praying with authority Love, Brittany Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start: The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step.  Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open.  Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out.  Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath. If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.

In this episode of the Fundraising Everywhere Podcast, host Cam St.Omer Donaldson is joined by two graduates of the JustGiving Digital Learning Grant Programme — Kayleigh Wingate from Cambridge Cyrenians and Claire Caborn from Dove Cottage Day Hospice. Both fundraisers work in small charities where wearing multiple hats is the norm, and both came into the DLG program with different goals — Kayleigh to build her fundraising foundations after a background in copywriting and marketing, and Claire to take her charity's first steps into digital fundraising ahead of a landmark 30th anniversary Big Give Christmas Challenge. Together, they share: What they learned across six months of the program — from email marketing and social media strategy to storytelling and grants Why it's okay not to have all the answers (and why that realisation was liberating) How the program boosted their confidence and sparked new strategies for their organisations Why Fundraising Everywhere feels like an extended fundraising team — and a "fundraising encyclopaedia" Applications for the Digital Learning Grant Program 2027 (sponsored by JustGiving) are now open. Head to https://www.fundraisingeverywhere.com/digitallearninggrant/ to apply. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to hit follow and enable notifications so you'll get notified to be first to hear of future podcast episodes. We'd love to see you back again! And thank you to our friends at JustGiving who make the Fundraising Everywhere Podcast possible.

USDA is reminding agricultural producers affected by rising production costs that the deadline to apply for key financial assistance programs is fast approaching.

Episode 1127The chip industry has wiped more than $100 billion off its value in a single day while Apple is heading in the opposite direction. We look at what the sell-off really means, why Apple continues to buck the trend and what it could mean for the tech you'll be buying over the next few years.We also look at Ireland's new AI Office, its first CEO and why this could be a significant moment for AI regulation and innovation.Plus, Niall Kitson sits down with Gary Leyden, CEO of InsTech.ie, to talk about building successful start-ups, the value of good mentorship, and what it takes to create a thriving innovation ecosystem.Instech is recruiting for the next cohort of its Foundry programme. Applications will close on August 5th. To learn more and to apply visit Instech.ie—----- Listen to Tech Radio now on Apple, Spotify and YouTubehttps://www.podfollow.com/tech

Send us a text and chime in!The City of Phoenix Street Transportation Vision Zero Community Advisory Committee is now accepting applications for student members. High school and college students are invited to join the Committee as non-voting student members to share youth perspectives on local road safety. “This is a great opportunity for young people in the community to step up and be a part of meaningful public service,” said Briiana Velez, City of Phoenix Street Transportation Director. “Whether you drive a car, ride a bike, or have other means of getting around the city, you are a Phoenix roadway user, and your input helps our...   For the written story, read here >> https://www.signalsaz.com/articles/phoenix-vision-zero-committee-accepting-student-applications/ Check out the CAST11.com Website at: https://CAST11.com Follow the CAST11 Podcast Network on Facebook at: https://Facebook.com/CAST11AZFollow Cast11 Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/cast11_podcast_network

Cette semaine, nous vous proposons une série spéciale de portraits «Il ou elle raconte». Nous partons à la rencontre de personnalités qui racontent nos sociétés actuelles. Avec eux, nous questionnerons notre rapport à l'enfance, au corps, à l'argent, nous testerons notre sens de la fête et passerons les cordes d'un ring de boxe. Épisode 3 En quelques clics, des millions de particuliers investissent désormais en Bourse depuis leur téléphone. Applications de trading, influenceurs financiers, forums en ligne : jamais les marchés financiers n'ont semblé aussi accessibles. Pour une génération confrontée à la précarité, à la flambée du coût de la vie et à des perspectives d'ascension sociale plus incertaines, la promesse de s'enrichir rapidement exerce un pouvoir de fascination inédit. Mais derrière les success stories qui circulent sur les réseaux sociaux, se cachent aussi des parcours marqués par l'addiction, les pertes financières et une profonde détresse psychologique.  En 2020, Alexander Hurst a 29 ans. Journaliste américain installé à Paris, il peine à joindre les deux bouts lorsqu'il découvre les communautés de traders amateurs sur Reddit. En moins d'un an, ses paris boursiers le propulsent à la tête d'une fortune de plus d'un million de dollars. Convaincu d'avoir compris les règles du jeu, il continue à prendre des risques, jusqu'à tout perdre. Cette ascension fulgurante et cette chute vertigineuse racontent autant une histoire personnelle qu'une époque où la spéculation devient, pour certains jeunes adultes, une tentative désespérée de reprendre le contrôle de leur avenir.  Dans Generation Desperation – How I Made and Lost a Million Dollars (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026), Alexander Hurst revient sur son expérience et interroge notre rapport à l'argent et à la réussite sociale, dans un contexte de capitalisme tardif, où chacun est poussé à devenir l'entrepreneur de sa propre fortune. Pourquoi tant de jeunes voient-ils aujourd'hui dans la Bourse un raccourci vers une vie meilleure ? Que révèle cette quête d'enrichissement de notre époque ? Et que reste-t-il lorsque l'argent disparaît ? Avec :  • Alexander Hurst,  journaliste américain installé à Paris, chroniqueur pour le Guardian, auteur de Generation Desperation - « How I made and lost a Million Dollars » (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026) (non traduit) En fin d'émission, la chronique Dans le téléphone de... d'Estelle Ndjandjo. Toute cette semaine, Estelle se plonge dans le téléphone de nos auditeurs pour comprendre leur quotidien. Aujourd'hui, cap sur Parakou, au nord du Bénin, où Georges, restaurateur, nous ouvre les coulisses de ses deux smartphones !   Programmation musicale : ► Hug Life - Tii Alexandre, Blaiz Fayah, Lion Fiah, N'Ken  ► 6h30 - She Says.

Cette semaine, nous vous proposons une série spéciale de portraits «Il ou elle raconte». Nous partons à la rencontre de personnalités qui racontent nos sociétés actuelles. Avec eux, nous questionnerons notre rapport à l'enfance, au corps, à l'argent, nous testerons notre sens de la fête et passerons les cordes d'un ring de boxe. Épisode 3 En quelques clics, des millions de particuliers investissent désormais en Bourse depuis leur téléphone. Applications de trading, influenceurs financiers, forums en ligne : jamais les marchés financiers n'ont semblé aussi accessibles. Pour une génération confrontée à la précarité, à la flambée du coût de la vie et à des perspectives d'ascension sociale plus incertaines, la promesse de s'enrichir rapidement exerce un pouvoir de fascination inédit. Mais derrière les success stories qui circulent sur les réseaux sociaux, se cachent aussi des parcours marqués par l'addiction, les pertes financières et une profonde détresse psychologique.  En 2020, Alexander Hurst a 29 ans. Journaliste américain installé à Paris, il peine à joindre les deux bouts lorsqu'il découvre les communautés de traders amateurs sur Reddit. En moins d'un an, ses paris boursiers le propulsent à la tête d'une fortune de plus d'un million de dollars. Convaincu d'avoir compris les règles du jeu, il continue à prendre des risques, jusqu'à tout perdre. Cette ascension fulgurante et cette chute vertigineuse racontent autant une histoire personnelle qu'une époque où la spéculation devient, pour certains jeunes adultes, une tentative désespérée de reprendre le contrôle de leur avenir.  Dans Generation Desperation – How I Made and Lost a Million Dollars (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026), Alexander Hurst revient sur son expérience et interroge notre rapport à l'argent et à la réussite sociale, dans un contexte de capitalisme tardif, où chacun est poussé à devenir l'entrepreneur de sa propre fortune. Pourquoi tant de jeunes voient-ils aujourd'hui dans la Bourse un raccourci vers une vie meilleure ? Que révèle cette quête d'enrichissement de notre époque ? Et que reste-t-il lorsque l'argent disparaît ? Avec :  • Alexander Hurst,  journaliste américain installé à Paris, chroniqueur pour le Guardian, auteur de Generation Desperation - « How I made and lost a Million Dollars » (Hodder & Stoughton, 2026) (non traduit) En fin d'émission, la chronique Dans le téléphone de... d'Estelle Ndjandjo. Toute cette semaine, Estelle se plonge dans le téléphone de nos auditeurs pour comprendre leur quotidien. Aujourd'hui, cap sur Parakou, au nord du Bénin, où Georges, restaurateur, nous ouvre les coulisses de ses deux smartphones !   Programmation musicale : ► Hug Life - Tii Alexandre, Blaiz Fayah, Lion Fiah, N'Ken  ► 6h30 - She Says.

From good news to bad news really – a growing number of pensioners are turning to the Government's hardship support network as a last resort as the cost of living crisis grinds on. Applications for temporary additional support from New Zealand super recipients have almost tripled since 2020, rising from around about 22,000 per year to more than 61,000 in 2025. Retirement Commission research revealed to Newstalk ZB highlights older renters as one of New Zealand's most financially vulnerable groups. 80% of renters aged 65 and over are financially uncomfortable. 80%. That's up from 66% who were uncomfortable in 21/22. Mortgage free home ownership among older people has fallen from 83% to 71%, and that's going to keep declining. Many older New Zealanders have little income beyond New Zealand Super. If you're young and you're fit, you can try to find extra work to pay the bills. You can share a house and the associated costs. When you have young children, slightly more difficult. There are costs there, but you'll often scrimp and save so that the kids don't go without. You might not have any simple luxuries, but you'll make sure the kids are alright. When you're older and you've already pared things down to basic necessities, there's not much more you can do. You start running out of options and you need to rely on the largesse of the state. There's the temporary additional support – that's around $111 per week. There's the winter energy payment paid automatically from the 1st of May to the 1st of October to people on main benefits, New Zealand Super, or a veteran's pension, and you don't need to apply for that if you qualify. That gives you an extra $20.46 a week if you're on your own, $31.82 if you're a couple or have dependent children, and if that's per week, that should just about cover your power bill. The way the world is going, looking at what's happening in Europe, you might need a summer living payment as well to help pay for the air conditioning. What are the options? Even owning your own home isn't a guarantee of a comfortable retirement when you look at the rising rates, rising insurance costs, the increase in doing any kind of repairs or maintenance because houses need to be taken care of. That all impacts on the superannuitants. People tend to think of boomers as living the life. They sell the business, they sell the farm, they retire from their high paying CEO jobs, they've got the house, the bach, the investment properties, the trips overseas. And for some that is true – that is their retirement and they've worked hard and they look forward to it, and they are living the life of Riley. But that is not the reality for many of our older Kiwis. The vast majority are living on just the Super and they're crawling their way from payment to payment. Now the renters who are doing it tough, 80% of renters aged 65 and over are financially uncomfortable, they're worried. But even if you own your own home, as I say, that is no guarantee. You're worried about the roof that needs repairing or blocking off rooms so that you're basically living in one room to try and save on the heating costs. What are your options if you are owning your own home, if you're renting, what are the options other than relying on the government to top up your payments? Is this how you imagined your retirement would be? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why does one patent show up online for the whole world to see while another seems to stay completely invisible for years? In this episode, we unpack the surprisingly strategic reasons behind patent publication and secrecy, including the default 18-month rule, the little-known nonpublication option, and how a single checkbox at filing can change your entire IP strategy. If you've ever wondered whether publishing helps or hurts your invention, or how secrecy can quietly lock you into a U.S.-only path, this is one of those topics that can save you from an expensive "I wish I'd known that sooner" moment.   Connect with Adam Diament E-mail: adiament@nolanheimann.com   Website: https://www.nolanheimann.com/legal-team/adam-diament   Phone/Text: (424)281-0162   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5cTADZzJfPoyQMjnW-rtRw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trademarkpatentlaw/   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-diament-j-d-ph-d-180a005/   Amazon Book Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B005SV2RZC/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=831aff71-513b-4158-ad73-386ede491e93

In this fun episode, BOW's guest, Dr. Nika Spaulding, shares how to create Bible teaching that sticks. In other words, how can you, as a Bible teacher, use tangible teaching tools to help your audience remember the biblical point of your teaching? Using the senses, physical teaching aids and play will enable you to enable others to better grasp and possibly clarify deeper biblical concepts. Recommended resources nikaspaulding.com BOW resource "Choosing Powerful Illustrations and Applications" on video or BOW podcast. Made to Stick by Chip & Dan Heath Nika's decks of cards: Gospel cards (coming soon) & Minor Prophets cards Bible Bricks This episode is also available on video. Timestamps: 00:20 Introductions 01:26 Why use teaching aids? 02:30 What teaching aids do we see in the Bible? 07:42 God's teaching aid: Ezekiel 09:18 Physical teaching aids 29:07 Learning through play 37:04 Other resources   TranscriptKay >> Hi. I'm Kay Daigle. Welcome to the Beyond Ordinary Women Podcast. Today, our guest is Nika Spaulding. Nika >> Hey, Kay. Kay >> Welcome, Nika. It's always so much fun to have you. And for those of you who know Nika, Nika has been on our podcast many times and so we're always thrilled when she has time to be with us. She has a masters of Theology from Dallas Seminary. She actually went to Oklahoma University, but we don't really care about that part. And she has a Doctor of Ministry degree from Northern Seminary. So she's Dr. Spaulding. But I will not call her that. I will call you Nika. Nika >> Thank you. Kay >> Nika is really sort of our go to person for hard questions and about teaching the Bible. And so today we are talking about teaching the Bible, and we're going to talk about using teaching aids in teaching the Bible. So Nika why do teachers need to use teaching aids? Nika >> Yeah, it's such a good question. And I don't know, Kay, if you've had like your philosophy of teaching develop on this. I would say for me, this is a more recent addition to how I teach the Bible, and that is—when I was a young teacher, I kind of wanted to teach all these cool, nifty things that maybe people didn't know on their own. And now I really, really just want to make the Bible stick. I want when people leave for them to remember what we talked about, for them to be able to meditate on it. And what I have found is, you know, you probably think back to your experience when you were in elementary, junior high, high school, and you think about lessons that really stuck. There's a chance that your teacher used some sort of teaching, some sort of illustration, or maybe they brought something in the classroom or something like that. I have discovered just over the years that using teaching aids, whether it's props or engaging the senses or something like that, really allows us to help the Bible stick and that's really the goal with the teaching aids. Kay >> Great. So what are what are some of the things that you do see things in the Bible that are teaching aids? Nika >> Yeah, no, absolutely. I think that's what's interesting about it is when you think about even let's say you want to teach wisdom, you go to the Book of Proverbs so often what you see from the Proverbs is they take stuff you already know, stuff from nature, stuff that you've experienced in life. And then they say, “Hey, this, this is what that's like.” So a perfect example is you might talk about honey is how the Word of God is. It's so sweet, right? And if you've ever tasted honey, especially pre modern food where we have sugar at our fingertips at all times, you kind of think about how like, am I? I'm sure in my pantry right now I can eat sugar, but in the ancient days, having that ability, honey, was a really sweet experience. So to compare that to the Bible, we see how the Bible also uses teaching as Jesus does. This in his parables all the time.

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Dan Gardner of Trade Facilitators talks about AI hype, challenges & opportunities; & how their Total Landed Cost engine is driving big impact for US importers.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [03.17] Dan's collection of currency notes, and what they say about his career journey. [05.33] How, and why, Dan transitioned from logistics to global supply chain management. "There's a lot of competition in that space, so to legitimately differentiate is difficult… I started to look beyond logistics, to see how I could enhance a clients performance in other areas." [10.26] Dan's experience as an adjunct professor of global trade, and his perspective on the future of trade related education in the 'Age of AI.' "There's a need for more education, not less." [14.34] The hype around AI, and how much we should all be buying into it. "I don't believe the hype, but I do believe in the fundamental power of AI… It's data-oriented and the global supply chain runs on data, so there's a natural compatibility there." "Blockchain didn't do us any favors!" [19.06] Why TFI focus on Machine Learning, and some of the best applications Dan currently sees in the market. [23.30] The issue of job displacement alongside the rise of AI, and how individuals need to think about upskilling at all career stages. "People have to continue to skill up – but that might not be enough." [26.54] From cost to over-reliance, the key pitfalls of AI that supply chain professionals need to keep an eye on. [29.47] Why TFI developed the Total Landed Cost engine for U.S. importers, and why it matters. [33.25] What makes TFI's Total Landed Cost engine different. "Total landed cost is what drives so many other activities across the supply chain… How do you know how to price a product unless you really know what it will cost you?" [36.35] How TFI's Total Landed Cost engine navigates constantly changing tariffs. "The element of human knowledge still plays a huge role in all of this." [41.26] The data security issues around AI, and how companies can address the 'oversharing' of data and still achieve their goals. "Legal, policy, technical and monetary – you need to bring these things together." [44.27] From 'hyper-scalers' overwhelming power grids to heavy water consumption, how sustainability concerns around AI data centers are driving innovation.   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED: Head over to Trade Facilitator's website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Trade Facilitators and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, or you can connect with Dan on LinkedIn. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

During the recent legislative session, House and Senate members failed to pass a statewide school cellphone ban in the recently enacted budget, but they are getting students off screens another way. Among the items that are included in the budget is a boost in funding for the arts in Pennsylvania. The additional one million dollars is the first increase in arts funding in 16 years.Dickinson College in Carlisle is offering undergraduate students the opportunity to study the nuances of artificial intelligence.  On a recent edition of WITF's The Spark, John McCormick, founder of Dickinson's New Deep Network Understanding Lab, gave an example of the types of detail students will study via the hands-on experience.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is abandoning its plan to use two rural Pennsylvania warehouses to hold thousands of detainees. Applications will soon be accepted for funding to help nonprofit and faith-based organizations in Pennsylvania strengthen security and prevent hate crimes. A total of ten million dollars is available through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Pennsylvanians can now nominate their favorite trail for the 2027 trail of the year, but the deadline is quickly approaching. The commonwealth is home to more than 14-thousand miles of trails. To be considered, a nomination form and supporting documentation must be submitted online by July 31st. In uncertain times, our community counts on facts, not noise. Support the journalism and programming that keep you informed. Donate now at www.witf.org/givenow. And thank you. 

In this episode of *Pediatric Critical Care Insights*, Dr. Monica Gray and Dr. Pradip Kamat chat about how capnography, specifically end-tidal CO2 monitoring, is used in the pediatric ICU. They walk through a real-life case of a 9-year-old with respiratory failure from influenza A, showing how ETCO2 monitoring helps confirm endotracheal tube placement, guides ventilation, spots cardiac arrest, and even helps assess the quality of CPR. Along the way, they break down how to interpret capnography waveforms, discuss different types of devices, and explain the key physiological concepts. The episode is packed with practical, bedside tips for intensivists caring for critically ill kids.Show Highlights:Importance of capnography (end-tidal CO2 monitoring) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)Clinical case study of a 9-year-old boy with respiratory failure due to influenza AUse of capnography for confirming endotracheal tube placement and assessing ventilation statusDetection of cardiac arrest and guidance for CPR quality through ETCO2 monitoringOverview of capnography physics and physiology, including terminology distinctionsTypes of capnography: mainstream vs. sidestream, and their applications in pediatric patientsAssumptions for accurate ETCO2 approximation of arterial CO2 and conditions affecting this relationshipAnalysis of capnography waveform phases and their clinical significancePrognostic value of ETCO2 during cardiac arrest and its correlation with patient outcomesPractical applications of ETCO2 monitoring in critical care, focusing on airway, breathing, and circulation managementReferences:Noninvasive respiratory monitoring and assessment of gas exchange. David F. Butler; Kenneth A. Schenkman. Fuhrman and Zimmerman's Pediatric Critical Care, 43, 483-491.e3Humphreys S, Schibler A, von Ungern-Sternberg BS. Carbon dioxide monitoring in children—A narrative review of physiology, value, and pitfalls in clinical practice. Pediatr Anaesth. 2021;31:839–845. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.14208Lasa JJ, Dhillon GS, Duff JP, et al. Part 8: Pediatric Advanced Life Support: 2025 American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. Pediatrics. 2026;157(1):e2025074351O'Flaherty. Capnography: principles and practice. London: BMJ Publishing Group; 1994.Aminiahidashti H, Shafiee S, Zamani Kiasari A, Sazgar M. Applications of End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide (ETCO2) Monitoring in Emergency Department; a Narrative Review. Emerg (Tehran). 2018;6(1):e5. Epub 2018 Jan 15. PMID: 29503830; PMCID: PMC5827051.

Applying to medical school this cycle? Your secondary essays could be the deciding factor between receiving an interview invitation and getting lost in the applicant pool. In this episode, I break down everything I learned throughout the medical school application process and share the exact strategies that helped me approach my medical school secondary essays with confidence, authenticity, and purpose.If you've been staring at a blank screen wondering how to answer prompts like “Why Our School?”, “Tell us about a challenge you've overcome,” or “How will you contribute to our community?”, this episode is for you. Secondary applications often arrive quickly, come with tight deadlines, and require you to tell your story in different ways without sounding repetitive. That's why having a strategy matters.Throughout this episode, I walk you through how to approach every secondary essay with intention instead of panic. We discuss how admissions committees actually evaluate applications, what they're looking for beyond GPA and MCAT scores, and how you can write essays that genuinely reflect who you are while remaining memorable. Whether you're applying through AMCAS, AACOMAS, or TMDSAS, these principles can help you create stronger applications.You'll learn why authenticity is your greatest advantage, how to brainstorm meaningful experiences that demonstrate resilience, leadership, compassion, service, curiosity, and growth, and how to avoid common mistakes that weaken otherwise competitive applications. I also share practical systems for organizing your secondary essays, creating reusable themes without copying yourself, managing deadlines, and editing your essays efficiently.In this episode, we cover:• Why secondary essays matter so much in the medical school admissions process• What admissions committees are actually evaluating• The biggest mistakes applicants make when writing secondaries• How to answer the “Why This Medical School?” essay• How to write compelling diversity, adversity, and challenge essays• Creating a cohesive application narrative• Writing about leadership, clinical experiences, volunteering, and research• Demonstrating reflection instead of simply listing accomplishments• Avoiding clichés and generic responses• Managing dozens of secondary essays without burning out• How to pre-write secondary essays before applications arrive• Editing tips that make your essays stronger• Standing out without trying to sound “perfect”Whether you're a first-time applicant, taking a gap year, or reapplying, this episode will help you approach your secondary applications with a clearer strategy and greater confidence. My hope is that after listening, you'll stop overthinking every prompt and start writing essays that genuinely represent the future physician you're becoming.If this episode helps you, be sure to follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with another premed student preparing for the medical school application cycle. Your support helps this podcast reach more aspiring physicians navigating the same journey.I'd also love to hear from you! Connect with me on social media Thank you for listening, and remember: your application is more than a collection of grades and test scores. It's your story. Make it one only you can tell.Keywords: medical school secondary essays, secondary essays, medical school application, medical school admissions, AMCAS, AACOMAS, TMDSAS, premed, premed podcast, premed advice, how to write secondary essays, medical school essay tips, medical school application tips, accepted medical student, future doctor, physician journey, medical school interviews, diversity essay, adversity essay, why our school essay, personal statement, medical school admissions committee, pre-writing secondaries, gap year applicant, reapplicant, medical student, pre-health, healthcare careers, becoming a doctor, medical school success.

Seven years and 300 episodes later, we're celebrating this huge milestone by taking you behind the scenes of That Voice Podcast. I share how the show has evolved, what keeps me consistent, how I choose guests, the realities of editing and production, and what's next for the podcast. If you've been listening since the early days - or this is your very first episode - thank you for being part of the journey. If you enjoy the podcast, I'd love to hear from you. Send me a DM and let me know what topics you'd love to hear next! Resources mentioned: Join Soul Speakers before 25 August 2026 to receive a bonus 60-minute 1:1 session. Applications are open for the Certified Voiceprint Leader program starting in October.

https://www.thechampionshipcoach.com/ www.thechampionshipcoach.com Episode Title: Are You Ready to Apply for The Championship Coaching Fellowship? Great coaching requires more than effort, information, and a collection of plays. It requires clarity, accountability, honest feedback, and a plan that fits your actual program. In this episode, Coach introduces The Championship Coaching Fellowship, a year-long coaching experience for serious basketball coaches who want personalized support, stronger systems, and a clear path toward building a championship-level program. The Championship Coaching Fellowship is not: a folder filled with random plays a video library you watch alone another course you purchase and forget generic advice that may not fit your team This fellowship is built around your real coaching challenges. Your players.Your staff.Your practices.Your culture.Your offense and defense.Your program. Championship coaches need more than information. They need help answering questions such as: What is the biggest problem in my program? Why is it happening? What have we already tried? What should we do next? How will we measure improvement? The goal is not to give coaches more ideas. The goal is to help them identify and execute the right next step. Members of The Championship Coaching Fellowship receive: live Zoom coaching sessions private coaching with Coach Collins a private community of serious basketball coaches support throughout the entire basketball calendar opportunities to share film, plans, challenges, and solutions TeachHoops access scouting resources tools for using artificial intelligence to save time accountability for implementing the plan The fellowship follows the real basketball calendar. When tryouts arrive, the group works through tryouts. When practices begin, the focus shifts to practice structure and player development. When the season gets difficult, coaches receive help with: offensive struggles defensive adjustments player roles staff alignment roster decisions parent concerns culture problems late-season preparation This is the difference between consuming content and receiving coaching. Content gives you ideas. Coaching helps you make decisions. The fellowship is for: active head coaches active assistant coaches preparing to become head coaches coaches who want honest feedback coaches willing to be challenged coaches who will contribute to the group coaches committed to following through coaches ready to make a full-year commitment This fellowship may not be the right fit for coaches who: only want more drills or plays are unwilling to receive constructive feedback want validation instead of growth cannot commit to the full process are not ready to apply what they learn The process begins with an application at: www.thechampionshipcoach.com After applying, qualified coaches will schedule a 30-minute interview. The interview is designed to determine fit. Coach wants to understand: your current program your biggest challenges your coaching goals where you feel stuck what you hope to accomplish during the year If the fellowship is a fit, the onboarding process begins with a clear evaluation of where your program is today and where you want it to go. Ask yourself: What is one thing in my program that needs to change? Are my practices transferring to games? Do my players understand their roles? Is my coaching staff aligned? Does our culture survive adversity? Am I leading with a plan or constantly reacting? Am I ready to receive honest coaching? More information is not always the answer Serious coaches need accountability and feedback Personalized coaching creates clarity Championship programs are built through systems and standards Coaches grow faster when they do not have to solve every problem alone The application and interview process are designed to find the right fit Becoming a championship coach is not about collecting more plays. It is about becoming the kind of leader who builds standards, develops people, solves problems, and creates a program that lasts. Applications are open. Spots are limited. Apply today at: www.thechampionshipcoach.com Show NotesEpisode SummaryThis Is Not Another Online CourseWhat Championship Coaches NeedWhat the Fellowship IncludesReal-Time Coaching Throughout the YearWho Should Apply?Who Is It Not For?The Application ProcessQuestions to Consider Before ApplyingKey TakeawaysClosing Thought Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Smart CEOs make bad decisions all the time. Often, the problem isn't intelligence; it's solving the wrong problem.This minisode explores the Double Diamond framework, a decision-making tool that helps climate CEOs avoid premature conclusions and improve strategic choices.The first diamond: discover and define the problem — Many leaders jump straight into execution mode. The Double Diamond encourages CEOs to first expand their understanding of the challenge before narrowing it to the real problem worth solving.The second diamond: develop and deliver solutions — Once the problem is clearly defined, leaders generate multiple options, evaluate tradeoffs, and then commit to a solution.Why founders get trapped — Climate entrepreneurs are often rewarded for speed and action. That can create a tendency to lock onto the first plausible explanation or solution.Applications across climate tech — Hiring decisions, fundraising strategy, product-market fit, customer segmentation, project development, and market entry all benefit from spending more time in discovery.A practical question for CEOs — "Are we debating solutions before we've agreed on the actual problem?"The core lesson: many costly mistakes occur because teams converge too quickly. The Double Diamond creates deliberate divergence before convergence, helping leaders avoid solving symptoms while missing root causes.

Obtenez 50% de réduction sur le premier mois MWM avec le code LEGEND ➡️ https://link.influxcrew.com/MWM-LegendCollaboration commerciale.Merci à Jean-Baptiste Hironde d'être venu sur Legend.Jean-Baptiste Hironde est le fondateur de MWM, une entreprise qui permet de créer une application grâce à l'IA en moins de 10 minutes. En direct pendant l'émission, nous avons créé notre propre application capable de déterminer si vous êtes plutôt de droite ou de gauche. Nous avons également découvert et testé les applications les plus insolitesLa séquence « Gauche Droite de Legend » présente une application de démonstration créée pour illustrer les capacités de la technologie de MWM. Le jeu consiste à classer humoristiquement des mots « à gauche » ou « à droite ». Les réponses sont générées automatiquement par une intelligence artificielle, de manière volontairement caricaturale et parodique. Elles ne constituent ni une analyse, ni une évaluation des opinions réelles des personnes, marques ou émissions mentionnées, ne leur sont pas imputables, et n'engagent ni MWM ni l'émission. Lorsqu'une personnalité y est citée, soit elle a elle-même publiquement exprimé ses opinions politiques, l'application ne fait alors que reprendre, sur le mode de la plaisanterie, des propos déjà rendus publics par l'intéressé, soit le classement proposé est une pure fantaisie algorithmique sans valeur informative, qui ne préjuge en rien de ses convictions réelles. Ce contenu relève de la satire et du divertissement. Toute ressemblance avec une prise de position sérieuse serait purement fortuite et franchement surprenante.Les informations concernant notre invité ⬇️Linkedin ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanbaptistehironde/X ➡️ https://x.com/JBHiroLinkedin MWM ➡️ https://www.linkedin.com/company/mwmcompanyX MWM AI ➡️ https://x.com/MWMcompanyLes applications vues dans l'émission ⬇️Edjing ➡️ https://link.influxcrew.com/edjing-appColor pop ➡️ https://link.influxcrew.com/colorpop-appAlma Studio ➡️ https://link.influxcrew.com/alma-appSwipewipe ➡️ https://link.influxcrew.com/swipe-wipe-appMerci aussi à Hakim Baka, fondateur de GEEV, une application de dons d'objets entre particuliers, et Aaron, bénévole pour Be My Eyes, une application qui aide les personnes malvoyantes au quotidien.Geev ➡️ https://www.geev.com/frBe My eyes ➡️ https://www.bemyeyes.comPour prendre vos billets pour le LEGEND TOUR c'est par ici ➡️ https://www.legend-tour.fr/ Retrouvez la boutique LEGEND ➡️ https://shop.legend-group.fr/

Send us Fan MailHello Fellow Airgun Geeks,        This month on The Airgun Geeks Podcast, Bill Ruehl and Patrick Schmitz sit down with the pharmacist behind RX Target Systems, a company producing high-quality targets for airgun shooters who care about precision, durability, and meaningful practice.Our guest brings together two very different worlds: professional pharmacy and precision target design. We discuss how RX Target Systems got started, what separates a genuinely useful shooting target from a simple piece of steel, and why the right target system can make practice more productive, entertaining, and repeatable.Whether you shoot PCP airguns, spring-piston rifles, CO₂ guns, pellet pistols, or competitive air rifles, target quality can directly affect how you train and evaluate your shooting. Well-designed reactive targets provide immediate feedback, encourage better shot placement, and create a more engaging experience for backyard plinking, pest-control practice, field target preparation, benchrest training, and informal competitions.In this episode, we explore: The story behind RX Target Systems How a working pharmacist became an airgun target manufacturer What goes into designing and producing premium shooting targets Why target size, visibility, durability, and feedback matter How better practice equipment can help shooters improve accuracy Applications for PCP airguns, pellet rifles, and air pistols The challenges of developing products for the airgun community Airgun news, competition updates, new products, and plenty of Airgun Geeks conversationThis episode is for airgun enthusiasts, target shooters, backyard plinkers, Field Target competitors, benchrest shooters, hunters, pest-control shooters, and anyone interested in precision shooting equipment or small manufacturing businesses.Can a pharmacist really write the prescription for better accuracy? Watch the episode and decide for yourself. Like the video if you enjoy meeting the people and companies driving the airgun industry forward. Leave a comment: What type of airgun target do you use most—paper, reactive steel, spinners, knockdowns, or resetting targets? Subscribe to The Airgun Geeks for airgun interviews, product announcements, competition coverage, technical discussions, reviews, and news from across the adult airgun community.Some links in this description may be affiliate links. Using them may support the channel at no additional cost to you.#AirgunGeeks #RXTargetSystems #AirgunTargets #AirgunAccuracy #PCPAirguns #PelletGun #TargetShooting #FieldTarget #BackyardPlinking #PrecisionShootingSupport the show

You know you're supposed to honor your parents. You just don't know what that actually looks like when the relationship is complicated. You've heard "cut them off" and "protect your peace" so often it starts to feel like the only option. This episode is a conversation with author Isabel Tom that gives you a different way to think about your kids, your parents, and the generation that came before you, boundaries and all. In this episode: Understand why closeness with grandparents shapes a child's faith, resilience, and empathy Learn how to honor difficult or distant family members without losing your boundaries Walk away with simple, practical ways to help your kids connect with grandparents, even from far away Finally see why slowing down for the older generation might be exactly what your own soul needs Resources mentioned: Isabel Tom, author of The Value of Wrinkles: A Young Perspective on How Loving the Old Will Change Your Life Isabel's Grandkid Investigator Kit, at valueofwrinkles.com/gkifam, with a free mission at valueofwrinkles.com/freemission Take Back Your Family by Jefferson Bethke Isabel on Instagram: @isabelctom Love, Brittany Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start: The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step.  Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open.  Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out.  Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath. If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.

Send us Fan MailHost Karen Feguson welcomes writer and sharer of encouragement Susan Davidson to 5-Minute Parenting to talk about that sneaky thief of joy: comparison.In this episode, Susan defines the comparison trap and explains how it not only steals our joy but tries to steal our destiny as it erodes our confidence in the unique giftings and plans God has for each of us. Listen in as Susan delivers encouragement, specifically to moms struggling with their inner critic, and offers 3 practical ways to silence the voice of comparison. Here are some points Susan covers in this episode:1) What is comparison and what some call the comparison trap 2) How to recognize this inner critic that sneaks into our thoughts 3) How comparison affects seasons of motherhood 4) How listening to those negative thoughts affects our parenting and our children 5) Applications to put into practice to silence the voice of comparison and live in peace and confidence, fulfilling your unique God-given purpose. Susan has created a special freebie just for moms. Click the link to download Embracing Who God Created You to Be: A Practical Resource for Moms to Break Free from the Comparison Trap: https://susan-davidson-ruth-216-girl.myflodesk.com/ent0oljczkBIO: Susan Davidson is a freedom-from striving pursuer and a sharer of encouragement enthusiast. She is a devotional writer featured in "Clear Mind, Peaceful Heart: 50 Devotions for Sleeping Well in a World Full of Worry.  She is also one of the writers for "Unexpected Blessings: 40 Days of Discovering God's Best." Connect with Susan by clicking the links below. Unexpected Blessings: 40 Days of Discovering God's Best (book link)https://amzn.to/4aPJdISWebsite: https://www.ruth216girl.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/ruth216girl/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ruth216girlBook 3 in the Questions for Kids picture book series is now available! Check out Guess Why God Made the Rainbow on Amazon or your favorite book retailer!

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The CIA handed a retired cop two coordinates off a map—no name, no country. He shut his eyes and read back the secret site's classified code name—from his couch.For 23 years the CIA really trained psychic spies—but when two scientists graded the work, did the data say remote viewing worked, or fall apart?I dig through declassified CIA files from Stanford Research Institute, where physicists Hal Puthoff and Russell Targ trained Pat Price, Ingo Swann, and Joe McMoneagle.I follow a cop who named a secret Soviet base from a map coordinate, an artist who swore Jupiter had a ring, and a viewer who drew a submarine the agency said couldn't exist.Topics (among others):The Believer and the Skeptic: A statistician and the man who exposed Uri Geller graded twenty years of data — and agreed on everything but one word.The Physics of It: Why distance didn't matter, and whether the real answer is precognition.The Honest Reckoning: What survives when you go back and actually read the files.

  Episode: 140 RAISING PPA assessment and treatment from the Ground Up: In Conversation with Jeanne Gallée     In this episode you will discover: · Assessment and Intervention Aren't Separate — Conversation itself can double as both. By listening closely and responding to what a client offers, in a "more art than science" way, clinicians gather meaningful data and provide support at the same time, rather than treating these as two distinct phases of care. · Rigid Testing Can Erase the Person Behind the Diagnosis — Traditional standardized assessments often serve the goals of an institution or research protocol more than the person being assessed. Frameworks like RAISE and the PACT scale shift the focus toward strengths, natural conversation, and what someone can still do, rather than repeatedly measuring decline. · PPA Needs Its Own Identity and Training Path — Because primary progressive aphasia sits uneasily between post-stroke aphasia care and traditional dementia care, clinicians often receive little formal training in it. A global survey found major gaps in education and confidence, underscoring the need for dedicated resources, like Dr. Gallée's PPA roadmap, built specifically for this population. Do you ever wish you could step back in time and undo the missteps and errors of the past? What if you had the opportunity to build something from the ground up? Certainly, knowing what you know now, you could begin in a better place. But of course, there's always pitfalls with new beginnings, even with the knowledge of lessons from the past. You could, however, make a positive impact on that new beginning. Welcome to the Aphasia Access Conversations podcast. I'm Jerry Hoepner, a professor from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, and co-facilitator of the Chippewa Valley Aphasia Camp, Blue Gold Brain Injury Group, Mayo Brain Injury Group, Young Persons Brain Injury Group, Brain In-Cog, and Thursday Night Poets. I'm also a member of the Aphasia Access Podcast Working Group. Aphasia Access strives to provide members with information, inspiration, and ideas about their aphasia care through a variety of educational resources. I'm privileged to introduce today's guest, Dr. Jeanne Gallée, who is a clinical scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Gallée is a licensed speech language pathologist practicing in the greater Washington state area. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences at Wellesley College in 2016 and Doctor of Philosophy at Harvard University in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology in 2021. She has been recognized as a Distinguished Early Career Professional by ASHA and a Distinguished Scholar by the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia. Her work is dedicated to improving assessment practices and functional outcomes for individuals living with aphasia and neurodegenerative conditions. Jerry Hoepner: Jeanne, it's really nice to see you again today, and to have this opportunity to have a conversation with you as a recent recipient of the Tavistock Scholar Program, and to talk about your work with individuals with primary progressive aphasia. So, thanks for being "on" today for the conversation. Jeanne Gallée: Thank you so much for having me, Jerry. I'm really honored to be here. Jerry Hoepner: Likewise, I'm really excited for this conversation, and as I just alluded to, I wanted to congratulate you on being awarded the first Tavistock Scholar with an emphasis doing work in primary progressive aphasia, and I thought maybe I could get your thoughts on being selected as a Tavistock Scholar. Jeanne Gallée: Thank you. It feels honestly incredibly remarkable in the sense that I think it represents a shift in how we're thinking about the separate diagnoses of progressive aphasia versus an aphasia that's due to an acute injury. And I'm really honored to be a part of that. I think there have been many discussions growing over the years, and I think we're seeing that shift in how we do think about addressing assessment and intervention and general care for people across the aphasia continuum. Jerry Hoepner: Agreed, I think there's been so much growth in the last five years in that area. I can remember at the outset of the pandemic, having discussions about "What do we do with people with primary progressive aphasia who were a part of our aphasia group? Should they be a part of our aphasia group? How do we pivot to that in an online context?" and it feels like we've come so far in our conversation about where primary progressive aphasia fits in in all of those different contexts. Jeanne Gallée: Right, I entirely agree, and I think the journey of my own work has already evolved in so many ways that I couldn't have imagined, like you say, five years ago I completed my doctoral work March 2021 and just seeing the phenomenal amounts of change that have really taken place since then has been incredible, and I feel very lucky to be part of that momentum right now. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, it's exciting to see these things move forward. And one of the differences that I see is primary progressive aphasia started out within the Life Participation Approach, just soundly from day one, as opposed to a lot of aphasia care, which has kind of evolved from this medical model, and how refreshing it is to see something built from the ground up. Done right, so to speak. I don't know if you have thoughts on that piece… Jeanne Gallée: No, I do. I think that's a really interesting point. I think I might be part of the camp that at times feels like progressive conditions get a little bit lost in the rehabilitation space, but I think you're absolutely right. I think the absence of pharmacological treatment, or a cure that has long standing effects for these progressive conditions has made rehabilitation specialists much more attuned to focusing on quality of life, life participation, maintaining autonomy, and so forth. So, I think I forget that perspective sometimes. Perhaps from the space that I work in, I tend to be in a more interdisciplinary environment where I feel on the opposite end. I'm often asked for justification for providing these types of services, and that fits in nicely with our previous discussion on how we do see that differentiation and how people with aphasia due to a progressive condition may be siloed from people who have the more quote unquote traditional aphasia symptoms. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, that's a really good point. And you know, referring to those previous conversations we discussed that need for primary progressive aphasia to have a space of its own. It's tricky because it doesn't fit into post-stroke aphasia quite right, and it doesn't fit into the Alzheimer's and dementia world quite right. So, yeah, it's nice to see this developing in the Life Participation kind of context, really excited about Anna Volkmer's conference dedicated to primary progressive aphasia. Yeah, what an excellent point, that even though we feel like it's great to build it from the ground up, there's still people in that interdisciplinary context, who are very much looking at this, like,"Justify this. How is having conversations and doing activities with someone justifiable, as a, you know, as a skilled intervention?" Jeanne Gallée: Right. I think a lot of it comes back to misunderstandings about the scope of our profession. So, coming from the speech language pathology standpoint, we may have a perspective that other providers may not. And it's interesting, particularly when that confusion or disconnect happens in conditions that are communication led, where we see the symptoms primarily touching upon our ability to interact verbally or non-verbally to communicate. And it's fascinating, and I think speaking to that silo, we see PPA having been a relatively new and still considered very rare condition, but there's so much overlap with other conditions, right, in the kinds of symptoms that we see and there's so much where, as any speech pathologist with experience in acquired neurogenic communication disorders, we can see that we can apply our skill set, but again, likely due to the terminal nature of the condition, we end up seeing providers taking it a different route, or saying either there's only the pharmacological route, or we just let it lie or let it be as is, which we wouldn't do with any other condition. We wouldn't say that for someone with ALS. We would want to provide them the supports, even if they're temporary, to improve quality of life. So, it is an interesting, almost cultural phenomenon as well. I think. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, that I think it's really fascinating, and I'm so glad you brought that up. It reminds me of kind of the phrase, the company we keep, right? It's easy to be amongst, you know, people who are in the [Life Participation Approach to Aphasia] LPPA world, who think the way that we think, and who do the way that we do. And I do a lot of work in the area of cognitive communication disorders with acquired brain injuries, and so forth, and there's been a remarkable shift in the last five years there as well towards a more Life Participation bio psychosocial approach, and some of the work that I've been passionate about for years has been more and more accepted. So you feel like when you're in that company of all of your people that everything's all good, but it also reminds me of something that my friend Natalie Douglas always says, which is that "We need to be out there amongst others who need to understand the importance of this kind of a perspective, and sharing that." And when you talked about those other professionals, I really didn't think about that until you said that. Right, really important to get them on the same page, and to help them understand why this is so important. Jeanne Gallée: Right? And I think that's where the conference that you mentioned, the first PPA only conference that's taking place this summer in London, is so special because one of the reasons why we were so motivated to have this type of a conference is that there wasn't really the space at the typical aphasiology conferences, and then the larger neurology-based conferences, or more broadly dementia-based conferences, also didn't quite feel like a home. I think, especially their studies of quality of life, in particular, we're really not seen as rigorous in those contexts. So, this conference, what's nice is that we have that uniting force of everyone being focused on PPA, but it's super interdisciplinary, and that I think will really promote some fantastic conversations. Jerry Hoepner: Wow, that's really encouraging and exciting to see that move forward. I'm not in the primary progressive aphasia world, although when we're at aphasia camp and things like that, certainly that's a part of my role. But as soon as I saw the call for papers come out, I'm, you know, texting and messaging all of my PPA folks to say, "Did you see this? This is great. Are you doing something?" It's very exciting. So, I'm excited to see where that moves in the future and to hear how things go this time around. That's great. Jeanne Gallée: Likewise, I'm really excited, and I do really believe it will lead to a whole future cascade of collaboration. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, amazing. Well, before we delve into your amazing work, I've been reading your articles, and it's been just a pleasure to read it. I'm always impressed with how certain themes of importance can come across in different areas of our field, and it's been fun to see that. I wonder, because I'm looking at the list of collaborators, just some incredible collaborators on that list, in those papers, I'd love to hear a little bit about your mentorship, both in primary progressive aphasia and kind of thinking about the Life Participation quality of life kind of context as well. Jeanne Gallée: Yeah, I think in hindsight my mentorship experience seems more linear than it did in the moment. And I think it goes back to my original journey in my doctoral program. The program I was in, the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology program at Harvard was a little bit different from others, where we didn't apply to work with a specific mentor, but truly just to get into the program. And they encouraged a pretty extensive shopping period to work with a variety of mentors to get a feel for topic area, mentorship style, and so traditionally first year students didn't even have any experiences, they just focused on the very time-intensive and rigorous coursework. I came in and started my first experience with Evelina Fedorenko at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who had worked with an undergrad. And that I think from the get-go gave me a very holistic view. I think, of the ways in which we could think about language, and in particular, the language network. So, there I was working on MRI studies of what activations do we see in the language network. In response to linguistic stimuli. And we were working with undergrads at MIT who were all healthy between the ages of 18 through 30, and I just felt at a certain point that I had this growing interest towards thinking about what happens when something goes wrong. So when it's atypical processing of language. I first thought I might be interested in pediatric population, so I was all over the place, but through the partnership that my program had with the MGH Institute of Health Professionals, I ended up having this amazing opportunity to be mentored by Evelina Federenko, as well as Sophia Vallila Rohter at the Institute of Health Professions, as well as the Frontotemporal Disorders Unit at Mass General Hospital, through my actual clinical training. So I had this quite hefty consortium of mentors, and I think that has its own set of challenges, right? It's a little bit less mentor-directed and more on the student to say, "This is exactly what I want to work on." But I think that allowed me to build a network of experiences and mentors, and that just has bled into every experience I've had since then. I also think the pandemic, you brought that up before, had a huge role in this, and all of a sudden people were very, very open to virtual meetings and connections and wanted connection. I think everyone felt very stuck at home and wanted to find more people and to find meaning and Anna Volkmer and I had the opportunity to meet at the Academy of Aphasia in Macau in 2019. And honestly meeting her in our connection has been also one of those launching pads for me to really jump out into the world of international collaboration. So all that to say, I think a lot of chance encounters and just a lot of plunging into possible conversations head first has led to this phenomenal mentorship team. And a lot of people who I collaborate with now I see as my inadvertent mentors, and that includes Anna, that includes Maya Henry at UT Austin, Amy Mooney in Oregon, just people who have consistently volunteered their time to mentor me in ways in which I can only say I would have never expected. Jade Cartwright and I have had such a phenomenal collaboration over the past few years as well, where we just had the same interests, and Zoom allowing, we were able to build on those. Jerry Hoepner: That's really an amazing answer to that question. I love the term inadvertent mentors, because I just think that those are the best mentors, where you're as much a mentor to them as they are to you. And it's just this really reciprocal relationship, but it's also built on this organic, like passion and interest for the same kinds of topics. Where it's not forced and that's a really nice kind of look back on your entire process. I was also struck by the term "mentor shopping", or "mentor shopping period", whatever. And I think that's really great that you had an opportunity for that not to be so mentor-led, and I mean it clearly shows through when you talk about your clinical experience and how that was connected to your research experience, and kind of all used to create this amalgamation of who you are. I mean, it's clear in talking with you, it's clear in reading your work that you have that strong, multi prong kind of basis. It's not just research, it's not just this specific area of research, it's really broad and the clinical connection is there, so that makes a lot of sense when I hear you talk about that, for sure. Jeanne Gallée: Oh, thank you. Yeah, I think in hindsight, again, it seems more linear, and in the moment it sometimes felt a little wild, I will say, in terms of just wrangling what do I actually want to pursue, and how. And I'm still figuring that out. But I think this community of collaborators and mentors is truly what has kept me in the field and as well. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, I think when you can connect with other people who are passionate about the work that you're doing. I can't imagine sitting at alone in my office doing a project, and I mean it's just so much more fun when you're doing it with other people. And other people who can expand the way that you think, which I'm sure everyone that you've mentioned on that list really does, when you can say, "Well, I think we should do it this way" and someone says, "Have you thought about…" and it just completely wrecks your world in a good way, "Like, oh my gosh, I didn't think about that, that's so exciting!" and then you just get into this back and forth. Yeah, very fun to hear about that. And again, it clearly shows through in the work that you do. In our previous conversations, you also mentioned this idea, and this again built on those clinical foundations that your initial mission was really to help develop interventions for people with primary progressive aphasia, and then you kind of got not off track, but inadvertently focused on working on assessments. You mentioned that there's just such a need, and this is so common in a lot of areas, but there's a need for more person-centered, ecologically valid strength-based assessment, and that the traditional measures just don't tell us enough. So, I'm really excited to talk about the work that you're doing on assessment, and how that brings us closer to what we need from an intervention standpoint, too. Jeanne Gallée: Yeah, so that really is at the heart of what has been my experience. Also, right from the get-go, we started talking about the differences, or the possible differentiation that the field has historically taken in thinking about post-stroke aphasia versus primary progressive aphasia. One of my first real PPA projects in my doctoral work was meant to be a naming treatment study for people living with PPA, and one of the roadblocks I kept hitting was also my mentors and reviewers telling me that I was trying to add too many things. And in that process I realized I don't think just using something that exists for post-stroke aphasia is going to be the best way to address the patients I'm seeing right now. And it's not because there's something wrong with that treatment. That treatment was not designed for these individuals. And that led to many more rabbit holes, and you know me really just feeling this existential crisis of "Well, why are we working on the stimuli that we are, and why are we asking questions about these ones?" And I have so much respect for the assessments that exist, and the individuals behind them, and the time they invested in making them. I am also of the belief that we can move forward and improve our processes. There are certain assessments that may be widely used and have so much again power behind them. You know, we have best associated certain assessments with characterizing a diagnosis, but what I ended up seeing in my placements and throughout my clinical work is that many assessments serve more of a mission of an institution or a research protocol than the person being assessed. And in the face of a person with a terminal condition who is using their precious time to serve you in that space, I just think it's so much more important, or that much more important, to really consider what is most functional for them. What will serve them? And how we, how can we give back to that person? And again, part of that emotion, I think, comes from having worked in many research-centered spaces, where someone might not get intervention afterwards, or they might not understand why they are participating in up to five hours of assessment, and I think that's where that passion for focusing on reprioritizing the patient or the client really came from. Jerry Hoepner: I think that attention to "what's in it for them", is really important and clearly based in kind of where your heart is at and where your clinical mindset is at. Because it's easy to go in and say, "Well, we need this data. We need all the data that we get." but to what end, right? Like, how is it going to help? And how is that going to give us any more information about how to help this person, then what they can't do, right? So, I appreciate that mindset a lot, you know. It makes me think, and this is a little off track, and we didn't talk about this question earlier, but what a shift it will be clinicians working with people with primary progressive aphasia, and how they'll be able to shift from using kind of the existing tools that were out there for other purposes to moving towards tools that are designed specifically for people with PPA, and maybe just a snapshot of your thoughts about that piece. Jeanne Gallée: So I think it's really important to know where the field comes from, the work in which it was grounded in. So, I think it, it makes sense to talk about standardized assessment scores. It makes sense to talk about, you know, the specific assessments that can help us quickly differentiate presentations or needs, right? So, using the symptom-led approach, can we identify specific behaviors really quickly in a standardized way? I think the issue comes in when we stop being dynamic in how we use them. It's very easy to use an assessment in a way that feels rote. It feels just like a test, and it's like you said, "just collecting data for the purpose of collecting data." And lose that aspect of humanity. And maybe I'm putting words in other clinicians' mouths, but especially when a certain condition is rare, like PPA is. You may not have very much experience with seeing someone with PPA, or any type of progressive condition, and feel really stuck and needing to be in the motivation of being really professional, sticking to a certain set of tests. "This feels right." Right, this is what someone told me to do. I can fill this out, and there's something very potentially vulnerable or scary about just going with your gut in those moments. And what Anna Volkmer and I have spoken about so often is just the power of having a conversation with someone, and seeing what you can learn from that conversation, not only about the person themselves, but their communication behaviors. And how you can get so much from that conversation, including the trust and comfort of the client in front of you. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, yeah. One of the things that I think about when you're talking about that is, in working with people with acquired brain injuries and traumatic brain injuries one of the things I've learned is they will tell you, or they will ask, right? They'll say, "What is this? "What kind of information is this giving you?" "Why do we have to do this stupid test?" And I think that's good. I think that's a mindset that we should have when we're thinking about all of the assessments that we do. Why are we doing this? Is this really necessary? And they're very willing to say, "If it's necessary, that's fine, I'll do it, but are you getting something from this that I'm not seeing?" Right, I love that question, and I think it speaks to what you just said, right? Like, there's so much information that we can gather from conversations, from our interactions with people, we should be thinking about getting that, and if we're doing something else, we should have a why directly following, yeah. Jeanne Gallée: Yes, the why is so important, and you're right. Sometimes we do just need to get certain information. I think for me, one of the most striking moments early on in my training was having small talk. You know, just conversation with a person with semantic variant primary progressive aphasia, and thinking, "Wow, this all feels quite typical. I'm curious about why they're here? What their testing will look like…" and then moving on to the Boston Naming Test and immediately seeing the challenges that came. That dichotomy is really helpful to have in those moments, but again, there's the argument of why are we asking about the name abacus, right? Why are we using that right now, and how does that represent how someone is performing functionally in their everyday life? Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, yeah, totally. I agree. Can you share a little bit about the RAISE framework, which I really love, because it relates to the way that I think about assessment from the standpoint of counseling, like you build on relationships and connections. William Miller is famous for saying, "The last thing you should ever do at the beginning of a session is assessment." You're beginning of a relationship with someone, don't assess first thing. So, I love that piece, and then thinking about the pact, and I'll let you kind of expand those, but I'll let you unpack them – ha ha- but how that starts to move us towards intervention. Jeanne Gallée: Right. So the RAISE assessment framework was really built out of those conversations, and I guess realizations on my own part about that discomfort with the really rigid end that assessment can…I'll restate that. The rigidity that assessment can have, so again speaking to really, really standardized sets and rigid protocols of specific measures that someone uses, and like you said, having the experience of multiple research participants, as well as patients, asking "Why are we doing this? I know I'm not good at this. Why are we doing it again and again?" And in those moments, not feeling like I had the power to really justify exactly why we were doing everything, apart from, "Oh, this is important for the research study." Which it was, but just feeling like there was that aspect of humanity that was missing, and coming up with my own toolkit in those moments to fill in those blanks. So right after the completion of my PhD, Anna Volkmar and I started speaking a lot more about the power of conversational assessment. And then that led into conversations where we worked with Anne Whitworth, Deborah Hersh, and Jade Cartwright, where again, through the power of Zoom across all times. I was pregnant with my first, and meeting everyone usually at midnight my time. I already was nocturnal at that point!  Where we would just be discussing all of these issues, and what was amazing about this is that, particularly Anne and Deb come from more of the post-stroke aphasia world, and had these amazing principles grounded in those populations where Deborah Hersh had also really come forward with the concept of therapeutic assessment. So as you had said assessment and intervention shouldn't be separate, they belong together and coexist at all times if we're smart about it. And what we ended up doing, first informally and then formally through the more official Delphi process is coming up with a set of principles as a framework for assessment. So, to take a step away from, "Oh, it's just Lucy Goosey, we're having a conversation and chit chat." What we're actually promoting is a pretty structured set of principles to guide the ways in which we can cultivate assessment for individuals with PPA and their loved ones. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, absolutely. I was kind of scanning on my computer, I was trying to think of the name. I love this name of the article, where it says, 'Please don't assess me to death, or something like that. Jeanne Gallée: Yes, yeah. Jerry Hoepner:  Yeah, and, and thinking about that whole entire process from beginning to end as a relationship, as you know, not discreetly assessment, not discreetly intervention, I think it's just really important. Can you talk a little bit about the PACT and kind of where that has moved things in terms of the assessment piece, but also kind of set a set up for intervention and what that looks like? Jeanne Gallée: Great, so the PACT the Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit kit builds off of what we put forth with the RAISE assessment framework. So with RAISE we promote that the relationship might be temporary, it might be a single interaction, or it might be long term, and we cultivate that through conversation and then the PACT is a set of scales that leverages that conversation, we take that natural or as natural as can be interaction and use it to come up with a concrete framework of communication strengths. So that might all sound very esoteric. To make that more concrete, there are four scales to the PACT. They're all clinician ratings, where the clinician is asked to look at a pre-recorded conversation that would occur naturally in a clinical or research context, and then on a scale from four to zero, rate the person speaking's strengths. So within the domains of speech and voice, as well as language and social pragmatics, as well as discourse, and the point or the purpose of that was to really anchor a person's communicative ability in one of these more natural environments with a provider. We collect so much phenomenal qualitative data, but at times it can feel challenging to quantify it and the hope with the PACT is that we can quantify our very real, possibly subjective evaluation of a person's communication at a certain moment in time. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, and what I love about that, and you might have a slightly different thought about this, because you're deeper into it, but from an assessment standpoint, you can then do that all the way through. You can say, "Here's where they are this year, here's where they are next year, here's where they are the year after that, or you know, two years ago, or whatever your lens is at that point." You can do that without kind of this constant repeating of, "Okay, let's see how bad you are today compared to a year ago, or compared to two years ago." Just a very different mindset. And I love the focus on "What can you still do? What what's working? And how can we leverage what's working to really help you to actually communicate today?" As opposed to saying, "Oh boy, the ship is sinking." which is kind of the typical approach. Jeanne Gallée: Yes, that exactly what you're saying. The tendency tends to focus on what's no longer there. And while that might be helpful in clinical trials to characterize a person's performance diagnostically and the trajectory of a diagnosis over time. It really does not serve the person who goes home after the assessment, nor their loved ones to help them maintain that autonomy and quality of life, and also caregiver burden. And that is actually one of the points I really love about the PACT, is it builds on that RAISE aspect, that final tenant of evolution or adaptation over time. There's no repeat measure conflict here, where you know something might seem familiar. One of the unique parts of the PACT is that the clinician doesn't fill out the scale while they're talking to the person, they're really just recording them talking, so it is on the clinician side where, as often as they'd like to, they could implement the structured prompts of the PACT and then fill out the scale and see how performance might vary over time. They might see effects of context of the conversation, or the environment, or maybe the time of day, you know, phase of life, but it remains a way to use that really important information you gather through these conversations without recreating a testing environment frequently. Jerry Hoepner: I really love that framework. I think there's a lot of room for that to be used in other contexts as well. I just think it's really a wise way of thinking about it. I also, you just mentioned caregivers and caregiver burden in this context, and how does that fit into this entire RAISE framework, the PACT, and so forth. Jeanne Gallée: I think for both the RAISE assessment framework as well as the PACT the carers play an essential role in the sense that if they are available and present in the patient's life, then they are involved in the process. And so within the RAISE framework, the care partner is involved to provide feedback or to be given feedback, and in the PACT the same occurs, where if they are present at the time of the conversation, they are involved in the conversation. What I tend to do in the people I have piloted the PACT, I say come in as you would naturally, but then also take a step back. Let the person that with PPA that we're talking to take the lead, but I want you to interact as you would naturally. And then they're separately also asked to comment on the strengths that the person with PPA has. Their feedback is so integral because if they are present in a person's life, they play an essential role in promoting anything that we do work on in speech therapy. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, yeah, really well said. And I wanted to dig in, partly because I have envy of this figure, the roadmap figure for PPA, and I think it really sets up well for as we think about professionals out there too, like what's the roadmap, not just for the person and their partner, but what's the roadmap for clinicians, future clinicians, all of that. Maybe you can talk a little bit about that figure. Jeanne Gallée: I'd be delighted to. So, this was one of those, I would say classic for me moments where I had an idea and went to PowerPoint and started playing around with a visual of what I was thinking. The roadmap paper in no way is meant to be the only guide for how we can work with a person with PPA, but was really born out of discussions with Amy Mooney, as well as Zoe Ezzes, and Kristin Schafferr Mendez through the National Aphasia Association about the possible gaps in education or preparation a person might experience when first working with people living with PPA.  There are so many ways in which we could say, "Oh, just work on this exact task. Work on these.." and that can feel so lost and unanchored, unmoored moreover. And I wanted to provide the clinical toolkit that I've been using to help me think about my broader approach. So to not get lost in the weeds, but just generally think about what's my purpose here, what's my journey, and so at the center of this road that I created is the tenant of providing that person-centered care, like we aim to with the RAISE assessment framework, so really bringing it back to establishing that honest and holistic and person-centered relationship with your client and their care partners. And focusing on creating a journey that's unique to the client that I think can feel hard when there are so many unknowns with a condition like PPA, where you're always working with an interdisciplinary team. Which you may or may not have contact with. So the first part of this roadmap is really defining your role. Who are you as a professional, and what kinds of support can you provide, and part of defining your own role includes defining your role relative to the rest of the interdisciplinary team. How can you provide a different approach from the neurologist or the neuropsychologist who play vital but very different roles in a person's care journey? Part of that definition also includes advocating across professions, so a classic conundrum that people with communication-led disorders face is that they may not have certain challenges in other domains, but their communication results in a domino effect of difficulties. And so, as the speech language pathologist, coming up with ways in which you can provide supports to other providers or your client to improve their communication can be essential for that comprehensive care. That might include coming up with a communication notebook that has a single page related to specific questions or common topics when talking to the neurologist or the physical therapist or other providers. And then part of this roadmap includes referring out. So having the humility and confidence to say I can't help with this in the ways that you may need. I will either refer you to a specialist within our field or outside of our field to help with these specific aspects, and I think that's just responsible care. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely. Really well described, and such a perfect. A segway to my next question. I always tell my students, assessment isn't just the first and last session that you're working with someone, and the same goes for intervention, right? It's not excluded from the beginning and the end, right? Like, you can't do intervention on day one, you can't do it on the last day, right? I think we kind of silo those things as well, you know, we assess and we intervene every day side by side. Can you share a little bit of your perspectives on this? And, and how that relates to kind of what we just talked about in terms of that roadmap? Jeanne Gallée: Yeah, I think part of the challenge with some of these concepts is that it's very helpful to have experience in working with individuals, whether it is through formal speech therapy or elsewhere, to feel comfort with the unknown. Because a lot of it relies on your ability to listen and to respond to what you notice. You may inadvertently put in assessment by asking follow-up questions to a point a person made when you were talking about their commute. Ad you may offer different technological supports or just visual supports to your client in that conversation in a way to build up supports to see, "Oh, do we see a difference in how they're responding to what I'm saying? And how I provide support? Or when I dial it back, do we see a completely different direction?" So, it is this beautiful, possibly more art than science approach of responding to what a person is giving you. And there are so many individual differences in all of us.  I always joke about how when I used to collect data on the picture description using both age match controls and people with PPA, I would almost burst out laughing when some of the controls provided responses, because I would get one to two sentences sometimes because see the difference in motivation. A person who does not have a communication concern, does not see the need to show exactly what they can do. And would benefit from some encouragement to show exactly how much they can say, whereas a person with PPA, who might have an Aphasia Quotient that recognizes their aphasia, might speak for five to 10 minutes to show exactly everything that they can accomplish. And so I think having that in your back pocket is really important when it comes to thinking about coming up with your recipe of all the ingredients of your assessment and intervention approach and counseling approach. So, I think that's where most of my work comes from, is that there is no one size fits all, but there are certain ingredients or components that we need to apply, and the exact ratios depend on the person you're working with. Jerry Hoepner: That is such a good description of dynamic assessment and intervention and how that I agree, probably more art than science. And that's hard for people who want a black and white answer, like "Step one…" but it's so true, and, and being effective in working in this context, that really moves us nicely into a recent paper that you did, those global perspectives on the management of PPA, and I was struck by the numbers here. Only 40% of respondents said that they had received training in primary progressive aphasia at their university, and they identified all of these needs, right, like online instruction, sample tools, and activity dealing with end of life care and trainings for end of life care. When you mentioned counseling, that totally relates to what we're up against in terms of counseling, right? No one feels confident or has very good self efficacy. Tey don't know if what you know the lines are, what part is theirs and what part is someone else. And I think just really important to like I said, lay out a roadmap and help people to understand what we were just talking about in terms of that art and science of how do you navigate this space when it has to be individualized for every person, and that can feel uncomfortable for a lot of people. So, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on that, and kind of what you learned from that context. Jeanne Gallée: Yeah, so this research study. Was really an amazing endeavor on part of everyone who was involved. It felt like a grassroots effort to find the speech language pathologists around the world who aren't associated with a particular institution who do work with primary progressive aphasia. So of course it will never be a fully representative sample of every clinician who does so, but I do think we worked very hard to cast a wide net. So we used a snowball method. I contacted almost 40 institutions and governing bodies to find speech language pathologists who do have experience with PPA, because while more and more non-specialist providers will be seeing this patient population, we wanted to hear from the people who currently are in the field and creating their own expertise and toolkits to work with these individuals. So, what we found is that a lot of people are out on their own creating their own wheels, so to speak. And it just really led to that beautiful conclusion of now with the power of our globalization of education and sharing of resources, we can come up with a resource that's shared worldwide. Of course, there will be adaptations to fit different contexts, cultures, languages, but one of the issues has been that the systems of care for PPA have often relied upon very specific individuals. And that's reflected in the educational level. Even I was in the master's program between 2017 and 2019, I didn't hear about PPA formally in my coursework, and if it was mentioned we did not go into any of these aspects of specialized care. Part of that might have been because I didn't take very specific courses that then you know were optional or precluded, so I might have missed it, but I really didn't receive that education in the classroom. I received it through my clinical training, which I would argue is possibly even more valuable, right? You have that experiential training. But I think for clinicians who might want to transition in their careers, or you know, inadvertently in their place of work, are transitioning based on who shows up, that is a huge disservice. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, agreed. And it's a complex issue, right, because I can remember actually teaching about this back before Tom [Sather] was in my department. I taught the aphasia class and the acquired cog class, and I was thinking, like, where do I talk about primary progressive aphasia? Do I talk about that in acquired com? Do I talk about that in aphasia? Do I do it in both? Where do I talk about end of life care, and like, how does that fit in, because that's, you know, at that point I was teaching dysphasia, too. Believe it or not, and I'm like, it's kind of there, it's kind of here, it's kind of, it's kind of in counseling, it's all right. So that makes it tricky to have kind of a uniform message when it's all over the place. And love to just get your thoughts on that too. Like, where do you put that stuff? Like, it's it's PPA, it's end of life care, it's aphasia, it's right, it's counseling, it's so many things at once. Jeanne Gallée: It is so many things at once, and I do think that speaks to the fact that it may well need its own class as part of progressive conditions. Jerry Hoepner: Yeah. Jeanne Gallée: But I do think a large part of what we share there is that understanding of we may also need to shift the identity of who we think about when we think about life care. And when we think about a progressive condition. Since a huge flavor, so to speak, of PPA is the fact that it is early onset, and especially with our cultural shifts, and you know, people starting families later in life. The face of a person with PPA looks very different from, at least in my childhood, of what looked like typical Alzheimer's disease dementia. And it's a younger, possibly more dynamic working person, possibly with little kids at home. And I think that's where that symptom-led approach has been most beneficial for my practice. Where we think about "What are you experiencing and how is it impacting your life?", rather than saying "This is the diagnosis, let's put you over here in this box." Jerry Hoepner: Yeah, the idea of putting it in a box and siloing things really resonates in this context, and I love what you said about identity, right? The identity - what we all have in our mind's eye when we think about end of life care is not the typical person with primary progressive aphasia. Like I can remember as an elementary school student visiting the nursing homes and singing to the residents and things like that, and this was not, this was not the group of people that we were thinking about in that context. Very, very different, and I just think that's a really good mindset shift to recognize how actually broad that is. I'm sure there's people listening to this who work in, you know, end of life pediatric care who want to slap me in the face right now, but right, we have such a different mindset when we're thinking about end of life care, and that reset that you just made super important. Jeanne Gallée: Yeah, yeah, and easier said than done, I think, As well as just seeing who shows up to the University of Washington support groups, and just the own perspectives that individuals bring there. But I think we can do it. I think, as a field, that will be the way in which we can become the best generalist provider, so to speak, where we take general principles of addressing symptoms or situations, and then apply those to diagnoses across the spectrum. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, really well said, and a great place to kind of wrap up our questions, but I want to give you the opportunity, are there points that you want to share before we kind of close our conversation? Things that we missed. Jeanne Gallée: I think the general thread throughout our conversation has just spoken to the power we do have as providers or researchers working with patients with primary progressive aphasia or related conditions, I think when we feel that our expertise in the newest theories or approaches might be lacking, we can always rely upon our empathy and full body listening, just to bring in elements that go across the lifespan, and that in of itself can lead to so many honest and transparent choices in our clinical care that can best serve our communities. I think we are much more empowered than we think we are. Jerry Hoepner: Absolutely, that's a really important thread through many places where clinicians feel uncomfortable. They've got it there and they just have to gain that confidence, and being empowered to step into those moments. Well said. Well, Jeanne it's been just a really fun conversation. I'm sure we could talk all afternoon, but I look forward to catching up to you at future conferences and things like that. It's been my pleasure to have this conversation. So, thank you for being a part of it. Jeanne Gallée: Right back at you, Jerry. Thank you so much. This has been a really fun conversation, and like you said, I hope to meet in person in the near future. Jerry Hoepner: Agreed. On behalf of Aphasia Access, thank you for listening to this episode of the Aphasia Access Conversations Podcast. For more information on Aphasia Access, and to access our growing library of materials, please go to www.aphasiaaccess.org. If you have an idea for a future podcast series or topic, email us at info at aphasia access.org Thanks again for your ongoing support of Aphasia Access.   Resources and Readings 1) The RAISE Assessment Framework: Gallée, J., Cartwright, J., Volkmer, A., Whitworth, A., & Hersh, D. (2023). "Please Don't Assess Him to Destruction": The R.A.I.S.E. Assessment Framework for Primary Progressive Aphasia. American journal of speech-language pathology, 32(2), 391–410. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00122  Gallée, J., Volkmer, A., Whitworth, A., Hersh, D., & Cartwright, J. (2024). Applications of the R.A.I.S.E. Assessment Framework to Support the Process of Assessment in Primary Progressive Aphasia. American journal of speech-language pathology, 33(5), 2280–2290. https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_AJSLP-24-00085 2) A roadmap for clinicians just starting to work with PPA: Gallée, J. (2023). A Roadmap to enhance care for people living with primary progressive Aphasia: What Can Be Done Now?. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 8(5), 847-862. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-0002  3) Aspects of language functioning in early and late-onset Alzheimer's disease dementia: Gallée, J., Gibbons, L. E., Choi, S. E., Lee, M., Scollard, P., Trittschuh, E. H., Mez, J., Saykin, A. J., Foldi, N. S., Mukherjee, S., & Crane, P. K. (2025). Facets of language performance in early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease dementia. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(9), e70705. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70705 4) The Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (in production at Alzheimer's & Dementia, but here is the preprint): Gallée, J., Cartwright, J., Henry, M. L., Mooney, A. R., Stark, B. C., Volkmer, A., Dietz, A., Nakano, C., Battista, P., Beales, A., Beber, B. C., Cadório, I., Caldwell, M., Davies, K., Ezzes, Z., Gauch, M., Graney, T., Grobler, S., Haley, K. L., Hausmann, A., … Crane, P. K. (2025). The Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (PACT): A Strengths-Based Approach to Multidomain Evaluation for Intervention. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences, 2025.11.25.25340904. https://doi.org/10.64898/2025.11.25.25340904 5) A global survey on SLP perspectives on the management of PPA: Gallée, J., Cartwright, J., Grasso, S., Jokel, R., Lavoie, M., McGowan, E., Pozzebon, M., Beber, B. C., Duboisdindien, G., Montagut, N., Norvik, M., Sugimoto, T., Townsend, R., Unger, N., Winsnes, I. E., & Volkmer, A. (2024). Global perspectives on the management of primary progressive aphasia. Scientific reports, 14(1), 19712. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70156-5 6) Aspects of language functioning in early and late-onset Alzheimer's disease dementia: Gallée, J., Gibbons, L. E., Choi, S. E., Lee, M., Scollard, P., Trittschuh, E. H., Mez, J., Saykin, A. J., Foldi, N. S., Mukherjee, S., & Crane, P. K. (2025). Facets of language performance in early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease dementia. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 21(9), e70705. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70705

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Ep. 220 features Neil Dillon, Founder of Solas Compliance, to discuss how AI is transforming marketing compliance for regulated industries. Neil shares his journey from Betfair and Flutter to launching Solas, explains why compliance remains one of the biggest bottlenecks for operators, and offers practical insights into building enterprise-grade AI products for the betting industry. Hear them discuss:  Neil's career journey from Betfair and Flutter to founding Solas Compliance after identifying a long-standing pain point in marketing and legal workflows. How Solas Compliance uses AI to review marketing assets before they go live, helping operators reduce risk while dramatically speeding up compliance reviews. Why enterprise AI requires far more than a simple ChatGPT wrapper, including the importance of consistency, audit trails, security, and regulatory readiness. Early traction with tier-one operators, solving real-world compliance challenges during major events like the FIFA World Cup, and expanding across multiple regulated markets. The realities of enterprise software sales, aligning legal, compliance, and marketing teams, and driving adoption across large organizations. Neil's fundraising journey, securing early venture backing, raising £670,000, and preparing for the company's next investment round. Common misconceptions about AI, why bigger models aren't always better, and the value of specialized models built for specific enterprise tasks. Balancing life as a first-time founder and new father, and how both experiences have shaped his perspective on building a business. Solas Compliance's vision to become the global standard for AI-powered marketing compliance across betting, financial services, pharmaceuticals, and other regulated industries. Neil's advice for founders embracing AI, building customer trust, and creating products that solve real operational problems in highly regulated markets   Applications for the 2026 Affiliate Draft are now open until August 1. Eligible startups are encouraged to apply here: https://www.alphahub.tech/programmes/affiliate-draft-2026/   Learn more

You keep scrolling past someone else's summer and quietly deciding yours doesn't measure up. Mid-summer is when the comparison creeps in. You look at what everyone else is doing, where everyone else is going, and you start keeping score against a life that was never yours to live. This episode gives you a real way to get your feet back on the ground and actually enjoy the season you're in. In this episode: Understand why comparing yourself to anyone, even one person, will always leave you feeling not good enough Learn how to spot the pressure of your own past seasons, not just other people's lives Walk away with four practical steps to get present and build a summer that actually fits your life Finally see why your limitations this season might be a gift instead of a problem Resources mentioned: The previous episode on crafting a vision for your life Love, Brittany Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start: The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step.  Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open.  Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out.  Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath. If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.

What new top level domain name applicants should know about running a TLD. The clock is ticking down if you want to apply for a top level domain name. Applications close on August 12. On today's show, I talk with someone who has launched a top level domain name to better understand the business. Colin […] Post link: The new top level domain playbook – DNW Podcast #596 © DomainNameWire.com 2026. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only, and may not be published on any site without permission. If you see this message on a website, contact editor (at) domainnamewire.com. Latest domain news at DNW.com: Domain Name Wire.

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This Cardano ADA news update starts with the Linux Foundation's x402 Foundation and the rise of internet-native AI agent payments. Cardano is listed through the Cardano Foundation, but the membership tier raises a bigger question: is Cardano shaping the standard, or just appearing beside it?Peter then connects that x402 story to Masumi, Hydra, DeltaDeFi, SBI's move with Solana in Japan, AlphaGrowth, Blockfrost, and the upcoming Van Rossum hard fork. The core theme is simple: Cardano has serious technology, but the ecosystem needs stronger business development, marketing, liquidity, and user adoption if those projects are going to survive and grow.Chapters:0:00 Intro and x402 setup1:18 AI agent payments explained3:01 x402 membership tiers5:13 Cardano associate member question7:17 Masumi, Hydra and AI payments9:06 DeltaDeFi pauses operations11:51 SBI, Solana and Japan14:10 Cardano adoption problem15:44 AlphaGrowth proof case19:10 Blockfrost infrastructure risk23:46 Cardano needs marketing26:19 Van Rossum hard fork warningWhat you'll learn:- x402 shows AI-native payments are becoming a serious internet payments category, with major finance, cloud, and crypto organisations involved.- Cardano Foundation is present in x402 as an associate member, but Peter questions how much influence that gives Cardano over the standard.- Masumi, Hydra, Leios, and Cardano's eUTXO model give Cardano a credible technical stack for AI agent payments.- DeltaDeFi pausing operations shows that strong Hydra-based products can still struggle when users, liquidity, and awareness do not arrive.- SBI choosing Solana in Japan highlights why business development and commercial representation matter, not just technical capability.- AlphaGrowth and Blockfrost are framed as examples of the growth and infrastructure support Cardano needs to turn technology into adoption.Links & References:Linux Foundation has launched the x402 Foundation:- https://link.learncardano.io/CixMMPCardano Foundation has joined x402 as an Associate Member:- https://link.learncardano.io/VZngLHLinux Foundation Announces Operational Launch of x402 Foundation to Standardize Internet-Native Payments for AI Agents and Applications:- https://link.learncardano.io/86s6Bs- https://link.learncardano.io/V5qvDKProjects on Cardano Using x402:- https://link.learncardano.io/643BBv- https://link.learncardano.io/5rilqGexplanation page for x402 on Cardano:- https://link.learncardano.io/JgPgBwDeltaDeFi operation will be paused effectively today:- https://link.learncardano.io/pgXJudSBI Partners with Solana Foundation:- https://link.learncardano.io/VsLBCbIf you Build It, They Will Come:- https://link.learncardano.io/ULtbrKAlphaGrowth's Work on Compound:- https://link.learncardano.io/vY9rlbAlphaGrowth Cardano Prime:- https://link.learncardano.io/5xOoK0Future of Blockfrost:- https://link.learncardano.io/mba82eCardano Node Update:- https://link.learncardano.io/9C45RS- https://link.learncardano.io/svhdpVPulse on Midnight:- https://link.learncardano.io/LsYlUOWebsite: https://link.learncardano.io/bQ68RcX/Twitter: https://link.learncardano.io/3a1QtvDisclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only. Nothing constitutes financial advice.DISCLAIMER: This content is for informational and educational purposes only and is not financial, investment, or legal advice. I am not affiliated with, nor compensated by, the project discussed—no tokens, payments, or incentives received. I do not hold a stake in the project, including private or future allocations. All views are my own, based on public information. Always do your own research and consult a licensed advisor before investing. Crypto investments carry high risk, and past performance is no guarantee of future results. I am not responsible for any decisions you make based on this content.

You keep making the same decisions and wondering why you never end up where you want to be. This episode gives you one simple question that changes that. You've built the vision. You know where you want to go. But every single day is made up of a hundred tiny choices, and most of them don't feel like a big deal in the moment. This episode hands you one filter you can run every one of those choices through, so you stop drifting away from the life you actually want and start moving toward it on purpose. In this episode: Learn the one question to ask before any decision, big or small Understand why most of your daily choices aren't about right or wrong, but about the posture of your heart Walk away with real examples (scrolling, wine, conflict, saying yes) so you can apply this today Finally see why a derailed plan doesn't mean you failed Resources mentioned: The previous episode on crafting your vision for what God has for you Restoration Theory, a framework developed by Dr. Terry Hargrave, referenced as the pain cycle and the four steps Love, Brittany Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start: The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step.  Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open.  Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out.  Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath. If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.

Socially Democratic is back with the July Mailbag, and we're here to answer your questions on AI regulation, nationalising critical infrastructure, and whether Victorians should be nervous about the state election.Host Stephen Donnelly is joined by former Chief of Staff to Daniel Andrews and Managing Partner at FMRS Advisory Lissie Ratcliff, and the Director of Campaigns and Strategy at Unions NSW, Todd Pinkerton.They cover:

Send us Fan MailIn this episode Jonathan Chang and Jason Robertson discuss three sources of medical ethics and reflect on how they can inform the modern clinic. Drawing first from a phrase attributed to the Tang dynasty physician Sun Simiao ( 孫思邈, 581-682 CE) then considering scrolls Dr. Wang had painted for his office walls and finally going back to concepts attributed to the mythical Warring States period physician Bian Que (扁鵲, 407-310 BC?), the conversation reveals that some clinical dilemmas are ageless.  Who to treat, what attitude to have and where to draw the line with difficult patients are all concepts that have confronted physicians in every era. For those interested in the original Chinese phrases, see below:孙思邈 - Sun Simiao  (from 備急千金要方)大醫精誠王居易- Wang Juyi (a traditional quote he kept on his clinic wall)天不言高而自尊，地不言厚而自重。扁鵲- Bian Que  (from 史記·扁鵲倉公列傳)    1-  驕恣不論於理      2- 輕身重財    3- 衣食不能適     4- 陰陽并藏氣不定     5- 形羸不能服藥     6- 信巫不信醫Music by The Strayun: Clancy of the Overflow. If you're interested in listening to the entire song, please visit:  thestrayun.bandcamp.com/track/clancy-of-the-overflow

The real problem with AI isn't AI. It's the level of consciousness we bring to what we build, and what we collectively refuse to examine.We are at the edge of the second great technological revolution. The internet gave us global reach. Artificial intelligence is now accelerating everything we are, including everything we have refused to look at.This essay moves through what that acceleration reveals: the architecture of extraction, from slavery to cheap labor to data; the illusion of freedom we've accepted in place of the real thing; why the consciousness gap between human wisdom and technological intelligence is the most urgent conversation we are not having; and what a genuinely different future could look like, rooted in Solarpunk principles, decentralized power, and the kind of consciousness that can actually hold it.This is not an argument against technology. It is an argument against human unconsciousness. Every tool we have ever built reflects the level of awareness its creators brought to it. The question has never been what we can build. It has always been who we are when we build it — and who owns it.Topics covered in this video:The illusion of progress and why AI is accelerating our collective shadowWhy "cheap labor" is a moral anesthetic, and what we're actually describing when we use that phraseThe architecture of extraction: from land, to labor, to dataAI, power concentration, and the next phase of invisible slaverySolarpunk, decentralization, and the consciousness-led alternativeAncestral healing, shadow work, and the personal responsibility embedded in all of itIf this conversation is pointing at something real for you, The Axis Point is my private mentorship for leaders, creatives, and executives ready to build the internal structure that the external world demands of them.Applications: https://silvanaisaza.com/mentorship/#AIandHumanity #ArtificialIntelligenceEthics #Solarpunk #ConsciousnessGap #EthicalAI

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You keep making choices you don't love, and you can't figure out why you keep ending up in the same place. You want to live differently. You can feel it. But without a clear picture of where you're actually headed, every little decision just pulls you wherever the current takes you. This episode gives you a practical starting point to change that. Brittany walks you through how to build a vision for whole living that is specific enough to actually guide your daily choices. In this episode: Understand why a vague vision keeps you stuck and why getting specific is the thing that finally makes it useful Learn how to build a whole-living vision using your five senses and a set of questions that go way beyond a goal list Walk away with a personal picture of what your life could look like that you can return to again and again Finally see how every small daily decision is either moving you toward that life or pulling you away from it Resources mentioned: Jeremiah 17:9 The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer Take Back Your Family by Jefferson and Alyssa Bethke Holy Hula (author noted as Ericsson, approx.) Declutter Like a Mother by Allie Casazza Love, Brittany Ready to go deeper? Here's where to start: The Unstuck Workshop — $37 and self-paced. If you want to finally understand why you keep feeling stuck and walk away with a tool to actually change it, this is your first step.  Made Whole Academy — The full 10-week journey. Real tools, real community, and lasting change. Applications are open.  Free Quiz: What's Actually Keeping You Stuck? — Not sure where to start? Take the quiz and find out.  Find everything else at madewholepath.com and come say hi on Instagram at @madewholepath. If this episode helped you, share it with a friend who needs it. That's how women like us find each other.

In this episode, Frank sits down with Devansh Devansh, founder and head of AI at Iris, whose journey spans from building a thriving tech community of over 10,000 on Substack to developing advanced legal AI tools that revolutionize how lawyers work through complex reasoning. The conversation explores Devansh Devanche's unconventional path into AI, his experiences navigating the evolving landscape of machine learning, and the unique challenges of creating transparent, trustworthy agentic systems in legal tech. Along the way, we uncover the story behind his distinctive "chocolate milk cult leader" branding, his philosophy on startup building, and why he believes that innovation in AI is more accessible than it may seem. Whether you're a technologist, a lawyer, or just curious about the future of AI, this is an episode packed with insight, optimism, and actionable advice.LinksDevansh on LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/devansh-devansh-516004168/Devansh on SubStack -https://substack.com/@chocolatemilkcultleaderTime Stamps00:00 Transitioning to Substack and AI Journey05:32 Starting to publish research insights07:37 Connecting with Senior Leaders13:27 Issues with Legal AI Systems16:55 Challenges with current AI systems19:49 Demand for AI in legal and non-legal sectors23:29 Challenges with AI system state management24:51 Compounding AI returns over time30:50 Meeting the CEO of Iris34:20 Tailoring Startup Strategy to Strengths36:26 Insights on Cluli's Market Presence40:27 Opportunities in AI Innovation42:57 Reflecting on market evolutions

Headline: AI Productivity vs. Headcount in the Small Business Sector Guest: Gene Marks Marks argues that AI is not replacing workers but rather increasing productivity for existing staff. He highlights innovative applications like the "AI Shop Advisor" at The Vitamin Shoppe and automated inventory management tools like Zenput. Small businesses continue to face a shortage of labor. (12)

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.politix.fmBrian's vacation continues for a second week, so Matt is joined by Caitlin Legacki, a Democratic strategist and Third Way fellow, to talk about some of the less-covered but more-successful 2026 senate recruits starting with former North Carolina governor Roy Cooper. In this episode Matt and Caitlin discuss: * Why objectively successful red state governors struggle to obtain national attention. * The constraints and upsides of dealing with an opposition legislature.* The New South tradition of business-friendly pro-growth Democrats. * Applications of these points to Alaska, Michigan, and other states that lack the underlying economic strength of California or New York. Paid subscribers also get to hear about the left's misguided attacks on former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and a brief update on events in Maine. Further reading:* Roy Cooper's tough on crime ad campaign.* What Mary Peltola means when she says she's “pro-fish.”* The American Prospect complains that the Commerce Secretary met with commercial enterprises.