Podcasts about SCA

Special thanks to Jeff Gouge for sharing his thoughts on consolidating vulnerability management.  We also thank our sponsor Nucleus Security for supporting this episode. Consistently tracking and prioritizing vulnerabilities is a difficult problem.  This episode talks about it in detail and helps you increase your understanding in: Various application security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, Container, IoT, Secret Scanners, Cloud Security Scans, ...) and why companies need so many How CVSS base scores are actually calculated so you can understand its strengths and weaknesses How Threat Intelligence Data improves CVSS scoring Knowing which vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by bad actors through the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Knowing with vulnerabilities are being exploited in your industry or organization Knowing how the Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) can predict which vulnerabilities will be exploited soon Learning about the Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization Guide (SSVC) Note a Full Transcript of this podcast can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dWDS8rd-iscZuZ28U27IBuPPfrlFAV69/

What is a peptide? And before you ask, the collagen peptides you find on the shelf at WalMart don't count.The more scientific term is SCA - short chain aminos. But we call them peptides because they, well, put a bit of a pep in your step.My guest today Regan Archibald is the founder of the East West Health, and has been unofficially coronated as the Peptide King. Whether you're brand new to the world of peptides, or are well-versed, you won't want to miss this informative episode on the industry that is taking the health and wellness universe by storm.In this episode with Regan Archibald, you'll discover:-What is mitochondria, and how does it affect your energy levels?...05:01-Regan's thoughts on "stacking" healthy habits...10:15-What is a "peptide" and when to know if they're right for you...14:24-Basic peptides that Regan loves to recommend...19:40-Peptides that can help with everything from leaky gut to injuries...24:01-Regan describes his daily routine...28:55-The biggest pain point people have when they come to Regan for the first time...31:13-One thing most people don't know about Regan...33:10-And much more!Resources mentioned:East West Health websiteEast West Health FacebookNever Stop Healing book and podcastConnect with today's guest!Regan Archibald, Lac, FMP, is one of the leading Peptide Specialists in the nation and serves as a Regenerative Therapy and Peptide Consultant at the award-winning clinic he founded in 2004, East West Health (acueastwest.com) and now, Integrated Pain Specialists. Regan is the founder of Go Wellness and is the creator of the Peptide Mastery Course. He is a member of the International Peptide Society. He is the author of 8 books including, Never Stop Healing and Your Health Transformation.As a Peptide Expert, Licensed Acupuncturist, and Functional Medicine Practitioner, Regan brings immense innovation and cutting-edge options for those looking to recover from pain, balance hormones, or increase performance or optimize their health. His clinic, East West Health, is the first Medically Managed Peptide Program that includes the use of Acupuncture and Herbs, Regenerative Medicine, and Functional Medicine.Regan believes that health isn't a destination and disease doesn't take vacations. That's why he's created one of the most innovative wellness curriculums in America called the “Health Accelerator Course.” He and his partners Cade Archibald and Scott Frogley, DC, combine their talents to create a best-in-industry patient experience. With over 1000 active members participating in weekly “HACs” (Health Accelerator Challenges), and thousands more tuning into his podcast, Never Stop Healing, Regan is truly not to miss on your health adventures.If not teaching, writing, or working with patients in-office or virtually, you will find Regan in the Wasatch mountains with his wife Jessica and his kids, Zoe, Dominic, and Jonah. He loves to ski, snowboard, mountain bike, take ice baths, bio-hack, and is passionate about bringing art back into the practice of medicine.

Hosts Dan and Phil are joined by Marc Lewis, Founder and Dean of School of Communication Arts 2.0. Marc shares his incredible story from Croydon scallawag to educator extraordinaire via dot com success. In This Episode: Marc's entrepreneurial start in life and fortuitous enrolment to SCA Problem solving as an entrepreneur Educating creatives for the future How agencies can promote inclusivity   About This Wonderful Person: Marc Lewis was a scholarship student at SCA when it last existed in the 1990s. He left to work for Leo Burnett as a writer, but ended up creating technology companies. Marc's start-ups created over £50m in shareholder value, but he fell out of love with money and wanted to do something more meaningful...   Read More

Phillip Breeden is one of America's busiest competition pitmasters. His LC BBQ team, based in Bandera, Texas, can be found cooking nearly every weekend on one circuit or another, with his name more often than not called at or near the top of the standings. LC BBQ recently was crowned Team of the Year on the Champions Barbecue Alliance and on Episode 191 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, Phillip joins us to discuss his season and his line of LC BBQ products. We also catch up with Richard Fergola of Fergolicious BBQ for the final “Fergie Time” segment of the season. Richard recaps his season, which found Fergolicious 10th in the KCBS Team of the Year standings, previews some upcoming BBQ classes and gives an update on the soon-to-open new Proud Souls BBQ Kansas City store. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve also recap their Thanksgiving cooking adventures and talk a little college and pro football. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. We have just three episodes remaining in Season 4. If you're interested in joining us as a show partner for Season 5 in 2023, shoot me an email at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Gwen Fosse is a Clinical Outreach Specialist at U of MI Congenital Heart Centre at Mott Children's Hospital. She has almost 50 years of experience working with patients affected by CHD and their families. In this episode, Gwen Fosse, RN shares about what SCA is, who is affected, what Project A.D.A.M. is, and what people can do to be #READY to help someone who might have an SCA. Gwen's Links:Project ADAM –·       National: https://tinyurl.com/3bh5hpxc·       Michigan: https://tinyurl.com/8vfd6bf3Michigan Dept of Health & Human Services – MI HEARTSafe Schools Program·      https://tinyurl.com/2ppdv9tcData:·       AHA info: https://tinyurl.com/mr3mv86x·     AED App. https://tinyurl.com/ycxef3j5 ·       SCA Outcomes: https://tinyurl.com/3t62b9svPediatric Guideline·       https://tinyurl.com/3xubxckjSchool Nurses·       https://www.nasn.org/home·       Cardiac Emergency Response Planning for Schools: https://tinyurl.com/5e9ubnhcAHA·       https://www.heart.org/·       CPR and First Aid https://cpr.heart.org/en/CPR – Hands-Only resources:·       http://heart.arizona.edu/learn-cpr·       www.heart.org/handsonlycpr  (AHA 2012)·       The Michigan Way - https://tinyurl.com/vf3brvj5SCA conditions info.:·       SADS Foundation: https://sads.org/·       Medication cautions: https://crediblemeds.org/Heart to Heart with Anna SCA episodes:Saving a Life from Sudden Cardiac Death: https://tinyurl.com/bdcwu9ufJackie Renfrow's show (about Long Q-T Syndrome): https://tinyurl.com/58b7w338Championship Hearts: https://tinyurl.com/8dy2m2ztNonprofit organizations providing AEDs and heart screenings to the community:Championship Hearts Foundation – https://www.champhearts.orgLiving for Zachary – https://tinyurl.com/b6575u7sVia Heart Project – https://viaheartproject.org/ CARES: https://tinyurl.com/h43tdsd3European Parliament Roberta Metsola's speech about SCA – https://tinyurl.com/2fhuybceAmerican Red Cross OSupport the showAnna's Buzzsprout Affiliate LinkBaby Blue Sound CollectiveSocial Media Pages:Apple PodcastsFacebookInstagramMeWeTwitterYouTubeWebsite

Tamiko Ivy is a dispatcher at SCA trucking company. She currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Her professional goal is to be a help for others that have been through her same journey and also help parents insure their loved ones.Tameka took her accomplishment of being a mom very seriously. She gave her son all that she had and all that she knew. Her hobbies are shopping, spending time with family, and giving advice. Her goal is to inform women on how it is important for you to have a village to help out with the kids.

Första avsnittet av SCAs fjärde poddsäsong. Vi får besök av Sofia Malmberg som valde att göra sitt exjobb på SCA R&D Centre under sin utbildning till civilingenjör. Det ledde vidare till en anställning på SCA som utvecklingsingenjör. Tillsammans våra poddvärdarna pratar hon om exjobbet, sitt hållbarhetsintresse och vad som gör det nya jobbet på Östrands massafabrik både intressant och lärorikt.  

On Episode 190 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we catch up with one of the busiest people in BBQ a day after the launch of not one, not two, not three … but SIX new Blues Hog spice rubs. Tim Scheer of Blues Hog, Gateway Drum Smokers and Marble Ridge Farms joins me with a description of each of the new rubs, plus a breakdown of a 2022 season that included a Memphis in May World BBQ Championship. The planning for a title defense next May on the riverfront is underway. We also welcome a former show “Under the Radar” guest who's now blazing quite a trail in the competition world. It's Brian Peyton of Meat Me in St. Louis, fresh off his first KCBS Grand Championship against a star-studded field at the Atlanta BBQ Store Classic. Brian discusses that cook, plus other career highlights including a world baked beans championship at this year's American Royal World Series of BBQ. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve preview their Thanksgiving cooking plans, touch on the merits of tofu turkey (not that anyone who eats tofu listens to this show) and take a quick tour of the sports world. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. We have just three episodes remaining in Season 4. If you're interested in joining us as a show partner for Season 5 in 2023, shoot me an email at lscranton755@gmail.com Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has welcomed the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA's) decision to uphold the Gauteng High Court's finding that former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole was illegal. The DA applied to the Gauteng High Court in September to review and set aside former Correctional Services Commissioner Arthur Fraser's decision to place Zuma on medical parole. Judge Tati Makgoka ruled that Zuma must return to the Estcourt Correctional Centre to finish serving his prison sentence. “This SCA judgment is a victory for the DA on behalf of the people of South Africa. It is a victory for the rule of law, for the principle of equality before the law, and for accountability, all of which are essential prerequisites for a successful, prosperous society,” said Steenhuisen. The DA pointed out that Fraser's medical parole decision was unlawful because it was taken against the recommendation of the Medical Parole Advisory Board, which did not want to grant medical parole to Zuma. The party went on to state that if left unchallenged, Fraser's parole decision would have harmed the court and future decisions made by the judiciary. It also lambasted President Cyril Ramaphosa for not challenging Zuma's parole and for moving Fraser from the State Security Agency to Correctional Services. “The president's ulterior motive for allowing Mr Zuma to be placed on medical parole has become clearer with the benefit of hindsight. It was not only an attempt to placate the Zuma faction of the ANC for the sake of ANC unity, and to avoid another frenzy of mass destruction as happened in KZN in July last year after Mr Zuma was convicted. It was also aimed at stopping the president's own smallanyana skeletons from tumbling out the Phala Phala closet, since Mr Fraser held the key to that closet,” Steenhuisen said.

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has found that former prisons boss Arthur Fraser had no legal power to override the Medical Parole Advisory Board and release Jacob Zuma – and slammed him for using the July unrest as justification for his "unconstitutional decision". In a ruling written by Judge Tati Makgoka, the SCA on Monday morning confirmed that the medical parole granted to Zuma by Fraser was unlawful and set it aside. The unanimous Bench stressed that the effect of this order was that "Mr Zuma, in law, has not finished serving his sentence". "He must return to the Estcourt Correctional Centre to do so. Whether the time spent by Mr Zuma on unlawfully granted medical parole should be taken into account in determining the remaining period of his incarceration, is not a matter for this Court to decide," the court ruled. "It is a matter to be considered by the Commissioner. If he is empowered by law to do so, the Commissioner might take that period into account in determining any application or grounds for release." The Department of Correctional Services said it was still studying the ruling, which effectively put the decision about Zuma's future incarceration in its hands – with the caveat that the commissioner must be "empowered by law" to make a call on the impact of Zuma's time on medical parole on his 15-month sentence for contempt of the Constitutional Court. That will put significant pressure on the department to make sure that any decision it makes in regard to Zuma can withstand legal scrutiny. Zuma was jailed by the apex court after he defied its ruling to appear before the State Capture Inquiry to answer questions that did not implicate him in specific crimes and then launched scurrilous attacks on its justices. His imprisonment was followed by eight days of deadly unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, which left 350 people dead and resulted in billions of rands in damage to businesses and properties. Fraser had tried to use the unrest to justify his decision to grant Zuma medical parole, which he granted despite the Medical Parole Advisory Board – which is made up of doctors and medical experts – finding that the former head of state did not qualify for it. While stressing that Fraser did not have the legal power to override the board after it recommended against medical parole being granted, Makgoka found that – even if he was "the ultimate decision-maker" on medical parole – the former Zuma administration spy chief's decision "does not pass muster". The judge said Fraser "took into account factors which are totally irrelevant in the enquiry of whether Mr Zuma qualified for medical parole", including the former president's age, his "status as former Head of State" and "the riots which occurred in parts of KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng in July 2021, allegedly as a result of Mr Zuma's incarceration". Fraser had also claimed that the Department of Correctional Services had "no capacity to give Mr Zuma the specialised care that he requires". "While these factors may well be taken into consideration in an application for normal parole, they have no bearing at all in an application for medical parole. To that extent, the Commissioner acted irrationally," Makgoka said. Makgoka said Fraser also failed to make any mention of a crucial requirement for the granting of parole: the risk of re-offending. Following his release on medical parole, Zuma has continued his unsubstantiated attacks on the courts that have ruled against him. "Thus, on any conceivable basis, the Commissioner's decision was unlawful and unconstitutional," Makgoka said. "The High Court was correct to set it aside." Crucially, the SCA's ruling has confirmed that the commissioner of correctional services cannot grant medical parole to an inmate "unless the [Medical Parole Advisory] Board makes a positive recommendation on the appropriateness to grant medical parole". The "upshot", Makgoka said, was that, "once the Board has properly applied its ...

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has upheld a decision of the High Court in Pretoria that Jacob Zuma's release on medical parole by former Correctional Services commissioner Arthur Fraser was illegal, invalid and unconstitutional. Zuma was jailed for contempt for 15 months for refusing to testify before the Zondo Commission. But he was released on medical parole after just two months. The Medical Parole Advisory Board did not find Zuma was permanently incapacitated nor was he suffering from a terminal illness, one of which must be present for placement on medical parole. Fraser, instead, overruled the panel of medical experts and approved Zuma's release. The Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) was a respondent in the appeal filed by Fraser and Zuma with the SCA. HSF director Nicole Fritz explained to BizNews correspondent Michael Appel the significance of the judgment, as well as what this spells for Zuma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA) dismissal of former president Jacob Zuma's appeal on the legality of his medical parole — a decision resulting in Zuma having to serve another 13 month in jail on his contempt of court conviction — legal expert Ulrich Roux outlines how he got to this point, what the ruling means for Zuma and what legal avenues are available to him.  He can still challenge the SCA ruling in the Constitutional Court. Roux says given Zuma's past dealings with South Africa's legal system, it is likely he will follow this course of action — but his chances of a different verdict are "slim to none".  Political analyst Prof Susan Booysen adds that while imprisoning Zuma may result in further riots, not holding him to account sets a dangerous precedent for dealing with corrupt officials. 

 The  Correctional Services Department says it is still studying the judgment of the Supreme of Appeal in Bloemfontein in the former president Jacob Zuma's medical parole appeal case. The SCA has upheld the High Court order which declared Zuma's release on medical parole unlawful, he'll not serve his remaining sentence. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to News24 legal journalist Karyn Maughan

The Institute for Race Relations (IRR) believes the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment means Jacob Zuma must go back to prison. This after the SCA upheld a decision of the High Court in Pretoria that Zuma's release on medical parole by former Correctional Services commissioner Arthur Fraser was illegal, invalid and unconstitutional. Zuma was jailed for contempt for 15 months for refusing to testify before the Zondo Commission. But he was released on medical parole after just two months. The Medical Parole Advisory Board did not find Zuma was permanently incapacitated nor was he suffering from a terminal illness, one of which must be present for placement on medical parole. Fraser, instead, overruled the panel of medical experts and approved Zuma's release. The IRR was an amicus curiae (friend of the court) in the matter. IRR head of campaigns Gabriel Crouse joined BizNews correspondent Michael Appel for an expansive discussion on what the judgment means for the embattled former president. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his first year in competition BBQ, he went and placed at the Jack and made it to the royal. His first SCA, he got his golden ticket.  Larry talks about his journey over the years, and he gives us great pointers on how to win SCA!  

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This is the 3rd in a 3-part series with Yannis Apostolopoulos, the CEO of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). In this 3 part series, Yannis and Lee explore the role the SCA plays in the specialty coffee association.In this episode of The Daily Coffee Pro podcast, Yannis gives us insight into the 3 objectives the SCA is looking to achieve this decade.Connect with Yannis on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yapostolopoulos/ Connect with the SCA here: https://sca.coffee/

This is the 2nd in a 3-part series with Yannis Apostolopoulos, the CEO of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). In this 3 part series, Yannis and Lee explore the role the SCA plays in the specialty coffee association.In this episode of The Daily Coffee Pro podcast, Yannis and Lee explore the question "Whose interests does the SCA represent?".Connect with Yannis on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yapostolopoulos/ Connect with the SCA here: https://sca.coffee/

If there was one thing you think society should talk more about, what would it be?“There are signs from the universe (or whatever your name for it is), every day, all around us - once you know what you're looking for.”________If a human could be described as a unicorn crossed with a rainbow - it would be today's guest. She makes you happier just being in her presence and the world is a better place with her in it. I'm talking about none other than the dynamo that is Zoe Sheridan. I was super excited about interviewing Zoe because it's not often you get a chance to have her on the ‘other side' of the mic being the legendary radio presenter she is. Zoe began her radio career with Triple M Adelaide and has since worked for Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth radio on local and national shows for 2DayFM, Nova, WSFM, KISS. She is now, 20 years later, back with 2DayFM where you can hear her lovely tones & gorgeous personality in the morning slot.  Zoe's also hosted TV shows including kid's game show, Challenger, co-hosted Russell Gilbert Live and The Catch Up. Zoe's talent for radio interviews got her noticed by the MTV crew and she was offered a job presenting Music News and co-hosted shows with David Campbell. Through radio and TV, Zoe has interviewed some big talents including Katy Perry, Maroon 5, Oasis, Janet Jackson, Mel Gibson, John Legend, Oliva Newton John, Kylie Minogue, John Travolta, Russell Crowe and Robin Williams.  What Zoe is really passionate about is meditation and I've been lucky enough to experience some of her beautiful sessions. Zo teaches adults, teens and children and recently began teaching teachers 'how to teach meditation', which she is now turning into a book!   Zoe has also taught meditation to her radio peers at SCA, ARN, NIDA students and Di Jones Real Estate, who saw an increase in sales after just one session! Her meditations are on Qantas and JetStar international and domestic flights and have just launched on iTunes. Zoe's passion has taken her to Brazil, India and the USA where she ran adult and children's meditation for members at SOHO House.  Zoe's big news is that she's about to start her very own podcast (you heard it hear first people) and it will be a ripper - so look out for that. I couldn't wait to talk to this divine human, so please enjoy the fascinating topics Zoe Sheridan has in store for us. ____For more information about Zoe, check out these places;-Instagram: @zoesheridan11Linkedin: Zoe SheridanHead to michellejcox.com for more information about the ONE QUESTION podcast, your host or today's guestsConnect with Michelle on Linkedin here:- @MichelleJCoxConnect with Michelle on Instagram here:- @michellejcoxConnect with Michelle on Facebook here - @michellejcoxAND, if you have a burning topic you'd love people to talk more about, or know someone who'd be great to come on the One Question podcast, please get in touch;- hello@michellejcox.com

  Sponsored by Weavolution If you would like to support the show, become a Weavolution Patron and get access to exclusive Patron content from Erica. Where to find us: iTunes, please leave us a review on  Podcast FB Page! E-mail! We have an e-mail account, please feel free to e-mail us! Podcast Instagram: fiberatthespeedoflifepodcast Finished Objects Erica finished sewing a new Persian Robe out of purple and fuscia handwoven twill fabric! TJ finished weaving off the warp on his rigid heddle loom! Erica will be warping the loom up again for lessons for other kids in the SCA here in the UK and Europe. WIP's Erica is working on thank you gifts for her upcoming Laurel elevation ceremony. She has woven wool cloth for her Laurel Robe of Honor and is using the rest to make the covers of needle case books! She has warped the loom for about 15 handwoven hankerchiefs, because she knows of few of her close friends will be crying a lot of tears of joy during the ceremony! :) Erica has been working on another pair of socks for TJ.

This is the first in a 3-part series with Yannis Apostolopoulos, the CEO of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA). In this 3 part series, Yannis and Lee explore the role the SCA plays in the specialty coffee association.In this episode of The Daily Coffee Pro podcast, Yannis answers the question, "What Does The SCA Do?"Connect with Yannis on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yapostolopoulos/ Connect with the SCA here: https://sca.coffee/

In this episode we talk about:Coffee production in KenyaThe similarities between latin and african coffee productionHow we consumers perceive coffee producers vs how coffee producers would like to be seenThe success paradox, when too much financial success can turn off some buyers Resources:Support the show on Patreon to join our live Discord hangouts.And if you don't want to commit, show your support here with a one time contribution: PayPalSign up for the newsletter for behind the scenes pictures.If you're interesting in joining me in Colombia in JanuaryFermentation Training Camp 3Vava Coffee IncA bit about Vava Angwenyi...In 2009, Vava Angwenyi started VAVA COFFEE – a Benefit Corporation (B-corp) with a Social enterprise model that exports, roasts and consults on coffee value chains, the organization aims to contribute to better future prospects for coffee communities and the industry as a whole. The company ensures sustainable livelihoods for the people and communities in which it works. Vava is also the co-founder and director of business development & fundraising at GENTE DEL FUTURO (People of the Future). GDF formed in 2017 is an organization born out of a partnership between African Plantations Kilimanjaro, Vava Coffee and Oro Molido three private sector players within the coffee sector to tackle two of the main problems we face as an industry - Producer profitability and Next generation involvement. Gente Del Futuro's focus is to amplify the voices of youth by creating economic empowerment, choices and sustainability for the coffee industry. The organization offers young people a unique and one of a kind learning opportunity by fusing coffee cultures and knowledge from three different growing origins : Tanzania, Kenya and Colombia.Vava holds a Masters degree-Msc in International Finance and Management from University of Groningen as well as Certificate in Global Asset Management from Warrington College of Business, UF and a BSC in Statistics & Actuarial Science from University of Western Ontario- Canada. Vava's vision is to challenge the status quo and promote positive social disruption within the Coffee industry. This vision comes from an inborn passion for transformative change and a drive to promote the sustainable production of coffee at various origins by tracing the production of high quality coffee beans to the independent smallholder coffee farmer, who works day in and day out, against major obstacles and with meager resources to produce some of the world's best tasting coffees, often without an understanding or appreciation of the final fruits of their labor.Vava is also a Q grader and was part of the 2015 IVLP program a prestigious State Department sponsored program. Vava Coffee has also been recognized over the years for its grassroots initiatives and contribution to smallholder farming communities and Youth in agriculture. Vava served on the SCA board 2019- 2020 on the Finance and Sustainability Committees. In 2019 Vava Coffee was recognized as a Best for the world community Honoree - B Corp.Vava recently authored the book “Coffee Milk Blood”. Coffee Milk Blood is a project and book inspired by her own experience as an African woman in the industry and the theme of the book touches on appropriate storytelling/depiction of producers - how producers want to be seen beyond the coffee and as Women , the African woman, the culture of the place as well as underpinnings of Colonialism that are the structures we still operate within in our indust

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Katie to continue to talk about the health benefits of coffee. This time the focus is on making coffee in a way that ensures that you get the maximum benefit from each and every cup. KEY TAKEAWAYS If coffee smells a little stale or the aroma is weak, the chances are it is not that fresh. Look for a roasted-on date. That is the best way to tell how fresh the coffee really is. Lighter roast coffee contains more antioxidants, so is generally healthier. For drip coffee, a 16/18 to 1 ratio of water to coffee is about right. Buy whole beans when you can, they degrade slower than ground coffee. The water you use is important, it makes up 91 to 95% of your cup. When you make coffee at home make sure it is around 195 to 205 Fahrenheit. BEST MOMENTS ‘Usually, the cups that taste the best black are the healthiest for you. ´ ‘If you're in a coffee shop, look and see if they are using a scoop. Are they using a scale when they're weighing out the beans, because that can make a difference in the quality.' ‘The higher the elevation, the denser the bean, and the higher the quality of coffee.'   EPISODE RESOURCES   Umble Healthy Coffee Calculator™️ - https://umblecoffee.com/calculator/ Third Wave Water - https://thirdwavewater.com/ SCA certified home brewers - https://sca.coffee/certified-home-brewer Coffee 101 episode about farm elevation - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-coffee-farm-elevation-impacts-cup-quality/id1616624229?i=1000563766427     VALUABLE RESOURCES Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/   You're disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn't the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black. At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don't sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That's Umble Coffee.   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/   Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee   ABOUT THE HOST As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it's like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He's one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he's a multi-year US Coffee Roasters' Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you. “Life's too short to drink bad coffee.” CONTACT METHOD Want to reach Kenneth? Have questions, show ideas, or want to just let us know you're enjoying the show? The best way is to leave us a great review and put your thoughts in the comment section - Kenneth reads all of them! The second-best way is through DM on social media.   HOW TO LEAVE A REVIEW Enjoying the show?!  We'd love for you to leave us a review. It helps us grow and educate more people about coffee! Here's how: if you're on apple podcasts, ‘search' for us as if you didn't already follow the show. When you click on the show, scroll down to ratings and you'll see where you can leave a rating. Spotify is a little easier - follow and listen to the podcast, and then you can rate and review it.   Podcast Description Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you're a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!      BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brennon Nielson updates us on his SCA career.  We talk about rules you may not have known in judging, the new things he is doing to get back on top, and some cool gear he uses for his cooker.  We gleaned a lot from this episode and hope you do as well. 

Get caught up on the latest news from around the pulp and paper world in our weekly program, including updates from Paper Excellence, Weyerhaeuser, NORPAC, Graphic Packaging, Argowiggins, UPM, Kimberly-Clark, Suzano, Klabin, SCA, Holmen and more. Nips is a weekly show of contemporary information related to the pulp and paper industry worldwide.  Available on iTunes Listen live at 6 p.m. EDT on Sunday, 30 October 2022, or anytime afterward. globalpapermoney.com     nipimpressions.com

This episode takes us on an enlightening discussion on taste, smell, and how we can better develop our palates for tasting. Supertaster Candice Madison helps us understand the hows and whys of taste and how we can all benefit from exploring different tastes and smells. Candice Madison has worked in specialty coffee for almost 15 years, as an accomplished barista, roaster, green buyer, and instructor. They are a Q Arabica Instructor for the Coffee Quality Institute which awards the highest sensory certification in the professional coffee industry. They are also an experienced Authorized Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) Trainer, teaching on SCA-certified campuses, as well as at the annual SCA Event, World of Coffee, and Coffee Roasters Guild Retreat. A past World Coffee Events Head Judge, Candice began work on their own project, Kandake Boutique Coffees, which expects to launch in the winter of 2022. Previously a member of several SCA committees, including the Equity Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, Candice is the outgoing Vice President of the Coffee Coalition for Racial Equity (CCRE). They continue to partner and consult with multi-national corporations, and smaller companies, all the way through to home enthusiasts. This approach, they believe, democratizes the coffee industry, ensuring that all consumers feel welcome, seen, and heard, enjoying all coffee has to offer. A published writer, Candice embraces a range of topics concerning technical aspects of specialty coffee itself and the industry in general. Their work has been featured in a range of national and international publications. In addition, they have also been the subject of interviews, podcasts, and book contributions. But their core mission is not to advance themselves but to engage and collaborate with those who look to ensure quality in specialty coffee throughout the supply chain. Most important to Candice's work is that they ultimately support sustainable livelihoods for farmers, producers, and all of those along the supply chain, recognizing the invaluable role that women and people of color play. Their vocation is the unceasing quest for the highest quality of coffee and the constant, sustainable improvement in the quality of the lives of those who produce it.

This episode of the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Podcast is Part 2 of a 2 part ‘After Dark' series recorded at the always amazing Kangaroo Valley Craft Beer and BBQ Festival. In Pt 2, I'm joined by Chad Griffin from Smoke Masters BBQ in a stint as co-host, as well as Matt Brien from Smokin' Forties, Drinkin' Shorties, and Cheyne Whitemore from Long Paddock Meats and That South Coast Rub Guy. So settle in and get comfortable for this really interesting chat with some up and comers on the competition BBQ scene. Wanna continue the conversation? Come join us over on Facebook at the Smoking Hot Confessions BBQ Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smokinghotconfessionsbbqcommunity

On Episode 184 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast, we visit with one of the nation's hottest pitmasters. Chris Webb and Bushmaster BBQ out of Colorado finished as Reserve Grand Champion at the American Royal World Series of BBQ Invitational and followed that up with a Grand Championship last weekend in Casper, Wyoming. We visit with Chris about his outstanding 2022 season, how the U.S. Army vet got into competition BBQ and his role with one of America's fastest-growing BBQ brands, Proud Souls Barbecue & Provisions. Then it's time for the October edition of “Arkassippi Alley” with one of America's top competition steak cooks, John Lindsey of Arkansas' All Q'ued Up. John has cooked more than 80 SCA events already with more on the way and, in between, is filming all varieties of open-fire cooking recipe videos and working with partner Ronald Burns to expand the line of Arkassippi Combo rubs. Meanwhile, Lyndal and Steve recap their cooking weeks, focusing on chicken wings, and give a short recap of the St. Louis Cardinals' short stay in the baseball playoffs. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

We were fortunate to carve out a few minutes with Heath during his busy day to chop it up when it comes to the marketing side of the business with a brief overview of his bbq history that started at just 18 years old. Heath Riles BBQ. A name synonymous with high quality bbq rubs and a bbq team with some heavy clout! Heath is an industry leading expert in both competition BBQ rub & sauce empire with the creation of his award-winning line of BBQ rubs, sauces, marinades and injections. Additionally he's got the marketing know how to get it into the homes and cook trailers of bbq fans all over the US! He is the definition of a BBQ legend, over 70 championships, multiple perfect scores, and other outstanding awards in MBN, SCA, GBA, KCBS & whatever the next competition that arises I'm very certain he'll be on the stage there too! HeathRilesBBQ.com is where you can get your hands on his products and find him on all social channels at Heath Riles BBQ. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Our inaugural episode for Season 2 we spill the tea with the spirited and lovely Tricia Lu of Spirit Tea. We chat tea, community, and what's it like being in a coffee adjacent field. Tricia Lu (she/her/hers) is the West Coast sales manager for Chicago based tea company Spirit Tea and has been part of the coffee industry for over ten years. Before she was tea she was coffee and her background in the industry ranges from dishwasher to barista to educator to consulting to sales. You've probably seen her at the after parties of Coffee Fest and SCA with a Miller High Life in hand. Her passion is community and helping people and brands that she believes in. When she isn't drinking tea or coffee she is watering her plants, eating Korean bbq, and hanging with her fam.

This is the 5th episode in a 5-part series with Cosimo Libardo - Consultant, SCA Treasurer, and former SCA at Toby's Estate and Carimali. With 20+ years in specialty coffee, in this week's series of The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD, Cosimo and Lee explore "The viability of cafes and roasteries for small business owner's in today's market"In this 5th instalment of the series, Cosimo and Lee discuss the cafe of the future and what is does and doesn't look like.Connect with Cosimo on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosimo-libardo-64899913/

This is the 4th episode in a 5-part series with Cosimo Libardo - Consultant, SCA Treasurer, and former SCA at Toby's Estate and Carimali. With 20+ years in specialty coffee, in this week's series of The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD, Cosimo and Lee explore "The viability of cafes and roasteries for small business owner's in today's market"In this 4th episode of the series, Cosimo answers the question "What role does innovation play in increasing the viability of small businesses over the coming decades?" and gives us his insight into what his analysis has uncovered on this subject. He believes that there's one common thread successful innovative specialty coffee businesses all have whether they know it or not.Connect with Cosimo on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosimo-libardo-64899913/

This is the 3rd episode in a 5-part series with Cosimo Libardo - Consultant, SCA Treasurer, and former SCA at Toby's Estate and Carimali. With 20+ years in specialty coffee, in this week's series of The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD, Cosimo and Lee explore "The viability of cafes and roasteries for small business owner's in today's market"In this 3rd episode of the series, Cosimo and Lee try to answer the question "who's making the most profit in the coffee supply chain?". You may or may not be surprised by the answers here.Connect with Cosimo on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosimo-libardo-64899913/

In this episode, Kenneth sits down with Jeremy Moore of Bonlife Coffee in Cleveland, TN to discuss coffee tasting notes. In particular the flavor wheel. They explain what it is and how it is used in a way that anyone can understand.  They also talk about some of the other tools they use including the sensory lexicon. Jeremy also shares details of how Bonlife Coffee has evolved and found ways to discover the best coffees you can buy. KEY TAKEAWAYS The original flavor wheel, which was produced in 1995, had to be updated to keep pace with changes in the way coffee was being roasted. The new wheel is more scientifically based and considers how everyday coffee drinkers perceive taste. Initially, the core flavors are identified, which are in the middle of the wheel. Coffee tasting also involves smelling the coffee to pick up the fragrance and aroma, which feeds into the taster's assessment of what flavors are present. In the same way that sommeliers do for wine, coffee tasters have to constantly practice before they can identify different flavor notes and assess the coffee properly. There are food items coffee tasters can sample to improve their understanding of what each section of the flavor wheel should taste like. Some tasters use both Counter Culture's and the SCA's flavor wheel together. On the wheel, the flavor notes are quantifiably related to each other. How is explained in the podcast. BEST MOMENTS‘When we are talking about flavor, we´re not just talking about the taste…. ´‘The more you can pick out some of those individual scents, the more you are likely to be dealing with a really exceptional coffee.'‘Process is becoming a very big part of what you're tasting. Especially in the most unique and differentiated coffees.' GUEST RESOURCESGUEST - Jeremy Moore of Bonlife Coffee in Cleveland, TN - https://www.bonlifecoffee.com/ EPISODE RESOURCESSCA Coffee Flavor Wheel - https://atlanticspecialtycoffee.com/wp-content/uploads/SCA_TasterWheel_English_8.5x11.pdf Counter Culture Flavor Wheel - https://counterculturecoffee.com/learn/resource-center/coffee-tasters-flavor-wheel World Coffee Research Sensory Lexicon - https://worldcoffeeresearch.org/resources/sensory-lexiconVALUABLE RESOURCESAward-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/ You're disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn't the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black. At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don't sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That's Umble Coffee.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee ABOUT THE HOSTAs a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it's like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He's one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he's a multi-year US Coffee Roasters' Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you. “Life's too short to drink bad coffee.” Podcast DescriptionCoffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you're a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf!BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the 2nd episode in a 5-part series with Cosimo Libardo - Consultant, SCA Treasurer, and former SCA at Toby's Estate and Carimali. With 20+ years in specialty coffee, in this week's series of The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD, Cosimo and Lee explore "The viability of cafes and roasteries for small business owner's in today's market"In this 2nd episode of the series, Cosimo and Lee explore the barriers to profitability in specialty coffee small businesses and why those barriers are becoming more amplified as global economic, supply chain, cultural, and geopolitical pressures increase.Connect with Cosimo on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosimo-libardo-64899913/

This is the first episode in a 5-part series with Cosimo Libardo - Consultant, SCA Treasurer, and former SCA at Toby's Estate and Carimali. With 20+ years in specialty coffee, in this week's series of The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by MAP IT FORWARD, Cosimo and Lee explore "The viability of cafes and roasteries for small business owner's in today's market"In this first episode of the series, Cosimo and Lee discuss whether specialty coffee small businesses (primarily cafes and roasteries) are profitable in today's market.Connect with Cosimo on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cosimo-libardo-64899913/

You ask USPAP: "Are listings important?"  This is a question that comes frequently from appraisers - especially inexperienced appraisers.  It even comes in from well-seasoned appraisers, too.  But the question is valid, especially in a changing market.  We all understand the market in the last half of 2022 is different from the market in the first half.  How so?  Details are not all that important here, since  you are familiar with them.  But as we see the volume of sales dropping, the volume of listings increasing, and first mortgage interest rates increasing, listings become more important, too.  For that matter, so do pending contracts (see the next paragraph).  Listings become more important since they reflect what is happening now in any given market.  In a hot market, the sales give you this information.  But as markets cool, understanding the current competition in the market is a trend the appraiser must analyze.  Currently, the market is cooling.  Our clients and state appraisal boards expect us to stay on top of these trends and report them clearly and non-misleadingly.  So in a cooling market, listings tend to represent the top of that market.  Therefore, yes, we analyze listings and show them as the subject's competition on the SCA grid. So, you ask USPAP, "Are listings important?".  That answer is clearly yes.  But how about the question, "USPAP, are  current purchase and sale agreements important, too?"  Yes!  Why?  Assume you are appraising a property currently under contract of $450,000.  Assume, too, this contract meets the definitions of Market Value, was an arm's-length transaction, and so forth.  Yes, this contract is another data point to collect, verify, and then analyze as you would any comparable sale. So, you ask USPAP, "Are listings important?"  "Are contracts for sale and purchase important?  Now, answer those questions yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW7gaKX_H0Y   RMF ISSO Controls: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B6QKT8DR SCA Course (early release) https://securitycompliance.thinkific.... 0:00 start of convocourses 02:23 Security Controls Book and SCA courses (no longer 2 usd) 07:13 Prepare for a SCA Interview (CVE - Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures 23:10) 26:51 Security Controls Book on Amazon & SCA course 34:48 Cyber Security is a great career move 40:19 ITJobs part 1 How Match My Resume with Job I want to Market My self 53:04 ITJobs part 2 Get the Actual Security Experience you did on your resume 59:09 Master Degree in Cybersecurity still no job 1:01:08 GRC and 8140 cybersecurity certifications 1:07:57 The Security Control Assessment Courses has started 1:10:20 Information Security gives Robust Cybersecurity Experience 1:12:06 How to Do CPEs for ISC2 CAP 1:22:51 Cyber security assessor role 1:36:28 Cybersecurity Community on Tiktok & the NIST 800 control book

In this episode, Kenneth once again sits down with Andrew McCaslin of Kaldi´s Coffee to talk about coffee cupping. This time they talk through how to explain what you are smelling and tasting to others, something professionals do using the language of coffee cupping. Kenneth and Andrew talk about how different types of defects affect the taste, what happens to roasts that do not meet the parameters, and how to achieve consistency. They also explain what the 10 different cupping attributes are, including body, uniformity, acidity, after taste and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Cupping is an important part of testing the roast, getting feedback, and fixing issues. The smell of the dry grounds is what the SCA scores fragrance on. Aroma is something different, which is explained in the episode. Flavor is the dominant taste or characteristic you experience from the first sip to the aftertaste. Coffees that have several very distinctive flavors tend to score high. There are different types of acidity.  For example, coffee can be citric like lemons or taste a little sour like grapes. The SCA does not actually have a sliding scale score for sweetness. BEST MOMENTS ‘Acidity can range from low intensity to high.' ‘Clean cup is really all about looking for defects.' GUEST RESOURCES Website: https://kaldiscoffee.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mccaslin-7a7360b9 VALUABLE RESOURCES Award-winning single-origin specialty coffee: https://umblecoffee.com/ You're disciplined and high achieving. You never settle. Shouldn't the fuel that helps you reach your goals be held to those same standards? Instead of a crash-inducing cup of jo, you need coffee with optimal antioxidants and anti-inflammatories. A coffee so good that you can drink it black. At Umble Coffee, we only roast specialty-grade arabica coffee from around the world with cupping scores 84 and above. Don't sabotage yourself in pursuing your goals - drink coffee that tastes better and is better for you. No crash, great taste, and better long-term health benefits. That's Umble Coffee.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/umblecoffee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/umblecoffee/ Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/umblecoffee ABOUT THE HOST As a coffee lover, physician, chemical engineer, serial entrepreneur, competitive runner, writer, and family man, Kenneth knows what it's like to push yourself to achieve goals very few accomplish. He's one of the best specialty coffee roasters in the United States as he's a multi-year US Coffee Roasters' Competition Finalist. He created Umble Coffee Co with the belief that, if sourced and roasted right, coffee can taste phenomenal and be good for you. “Life's too short to drink bad coffee.” Podcast Description Coffee 101 is an educational show on all things coffee. The host, Kenneth Thomas, starts with the most basic questions about coffee and builds your knowledge from there. If you love coffee, are curious about coffee, or you're a business just looking for a resource to train your team, Coffee 101 is without question the show for you!  Season 1 is all about coffee's journey from seed to shelf.BUY COFFEE!: https://umblecoffee.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 181 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast qualifies as an All-Star edition with two of the biggest names in open-fire cooking joining us for some terrific BBQ talk. First up is Jess Pryles, who arguably knows more about meat from hoof to table than anyone on the planet. The “Hardcore Carnivore” tells us about emceeing the recent World Butcher Challenge in San Diego where teams from around the world showed their knife skills. We also visited with Jess about her summer trip to Europe, the beef tallow trend, best bangs for the buck at the meat counter and her product line that soon will introduce the first Hardcore Carnivore sauce. Then it's time to catch up with Heath Riles to discuss his busy 2022, which includes his first Memphis in May World Ribs Championship. Heath describes what went into the victory and what it meant to him on a personal and business level. And what about the apparent concerns about the future of Memphis in May? Heath gives us his thoughts while explaining the expanded content of his Heath Riles BBQ brand and we also toss the avid college football fan a fun question: Who is the Nick Saban of BBQ? A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Imagine cooking a steak that's worth $10,000. We talk to the man who made that a reality on Episode 180 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast as Brett Davis joins us. Brett, of Springfield, Missouri, won the big prize at the High Steaks Showdown in St. Louis underneath the Gateway Arch after a unique final round as eight finalists grilled ribeyes inside a steel-cage called “Steaktagon.” We also talk it over with one of the most-consistent cooks on the 2022 KCBS circuit. Jason Halterman from Can Country Outlaw has 14 overall top-10 finishes in 21 events and he does it with a distinctive style of using drum smokers in conjunction with his Outlaw stick burner. Jason tells us how he got into competition cooking and discusses the reason behind his inspirational, motivational stories he posts on Facebook. Co-hosts Lyndal and Steve also recap their cooking weeks and take a look at Albert Pujols' continued pursuit of 700 home runs. And what about Patrick Mahomes' and the Chiefs' demise after the loss of receiver Tyreek Hill? What a shame. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Interviewer I'm Ellen Bernstein-Ellis, Program Specialist and Clinical Supervisor for the Aphasia Treatment Program at Cal State East Bay and a member of the Aphasia Access Podcast Working Group. AA's strives to provide members with information, inspiration, and ideas that support their aphasia care through a variety of educational materials and resources.  Today, I have the honor of speaking with Dr. Jamie Lee who was selected as a 2022 Tavistock Distinguished Scholar. We'll discuss her research interests and do a deeper dive into her work involving the study of texting behaviors of individuals with aphasia and her efforts to develop an outcome measure that looks at success at the transactional level of message exchange.  As we frame our podcast episodes in terms of the Gap Areas identified in the 2017 Aphasia Access State of Aphasia  Report by Nina Simmons-Mackie, today's episode best addresses Gap areas:  Insufficient attention to life participation across the continuum of care;  Insufficient training and protocols or guidelines to aid implementation of participation-oriented intervention across the continuum of care;  Insufficient or absent communication access for people with aphasia or other communication barriers  For more information about the Gap areas, you can listen to episode #62 with Dr. Liz Hoover or go to the Aphasia Access website.   Guest bio Jaime Lee is an Associate Professor in the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at James Madison University. Jaime's clinical experience goes back nearly 20 years when she worked as an inpatient rehab SLP at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab). She later worked for several years as a Research SLP in Leora Cherney's Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment. Jaime earned her PhD at the University of Oregon, where she studied with McKay Sohlberg. Her research interests have included evaluating computer-delivered treatments to improve language skills in aphasia, including script training and ORLA, examining facilitation of aphasia groups, and most recently, exploring text messaging to improve participation, social connection and quality of life in IWA.   Listener Take-aways In today's episode you will: Learn about why texting might be a beneficial communication mode for IwA Explore the reasons it's important to consider the communication partner in the texting dyad Find out more about measures examining texting behaviors, like the Texting Transactional Success (TTS) tool. Consider how Conversational Analysis may be helpful in understanding texting interactions Edited show notes Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Jamie, welcome to the podcast today. I'm so excited that we finally get to talk to you. And I want to offer a shout out because you mentioned two mentors and colleagues who I just value so much, McKay Solberg and Leora Cherney, and I'm so excited that you've also had them as mentors.   Jaime Lee  02:44 Thanks, Ellen. It's really great to talk with you today. And speaking of shout outs, I feel like I have to give you a shout out because I was so excited to meet you earlier this summer at IARC. We met at a breakfast. And it was exciting because I got to tell you that I assigned to my students your efficacy of aphasia group paper, so it was really fun to finally meet you in person.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  03:11 Thank you, that is the paper that Roberta Elman was first author on. I was really proud to be part of that.   I was excited to get to come over and congratulate you at the breakfast on your Tavistock award. I think it's very, very deserving. And I'm excited today that we can explore your work and get to know each other better. And I'm just going to start with this question about the Tavistock. Can you share with our listeners what you think the benefits of the Tavistock Distinguished Scholar Award will be to your work? Jaime Lee  03:43 Sure, I think first off being selected as a Tavistock Distinguished Scholar has been really validating of my work in terms of research and scholarship. It's made me feel like I'm on the right track. And at least maybe I'm asking the right kinds of questions. And it's also really meaningful to receive an award that recognizes my teaching and impact on students. And I was thinking about this and a conversation that I had with my PhD mentor McKay Solberg. And it was early into my PhD when we were talking about the impact of teaching and how important it was, where she had said that when we work as a clinician, we're working directly with clients and patients were hopefully able to have a really positive meaningful impact. But when we teach, and we train the next generation of clinicians, you know, we have this even greater impact on all of the people that our students will eventually work with throughout their career. And so that's just huge.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  04:51 It really is huge. And I have to say I went to grad school with McKay and that sounds like something she would say, absolutely, her value of teaching.  I just want to do a quick shout out to Aphasia Access, because I think they also recognize and value the importance of teaching. They have shown that commitment by their LPAA curricular modules that they developed and make accessible to Aphasia Access members, so people can bring content right into their coursework, which is helpful because it takes so much time to prepare these materials. So, if you haven't heard of these curricular modules yet, please go to the website and check them out.  So yes, I'm so glad that you feel your work is validated. It's really important to validate our young researchers.  I think there's an opportunity to expand who you meet during this year. Is that true? Jaime Lee  05:40 That is already true. This honor has already led to growing connections with other aphasia scholars and getting more involved with Aphasia Access. I'm excited to share that I'll be chairing next year's 2023 Aphasia Access Leadership Summit together with colleagues Esther Kim and Gretchen Szabo. We're really enthusiastic about putting together a meaningful and inspiring program. I am just really grateful for the opportunity to have a leadership role in the conference. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  06:17 Wow, that's a fantastic team. And I, again, will encourage our listeners, if you've never been to a Aphasia Access  Leadership Summit, it is worth going to and everybody is welcomed. We've had several podcast guests who have said that it has been a game changer for them-- their first attendance at the Leadership Summit. So, we'll be hearing more about that.  Well, I want to start our interview today by laying some foundation for your work with texting and developing some outcome measures for treatment that captures transactional exchange in individuals with aphasia. And let me just ask what piqued your interest in this area? Jaime Lee  06:57 Yeah, thanks. Well, before I got interested specifically, in texting, I had this amazing opportunity to work as a research SLP with Leora Cherney and her Center for Aphasia Research and Treatment. And we all know Leora well for the contributions she's made to our field. At that time, she had developed ORLA, oral reading for language and aphasia, and a computerized version, and also a computerized version of aphasia scripts for script training. And these were treatments that not only improve language abilities in people with aphasia, but I really had this front row seat to seeing how her interventions really made a difference in the lives of people with aphasia, and help them reengage in the activities that they wanted to pursue-- reading for pleasure and being able to converse about topics that they want to do with their script training. So at the same time, I was gaining these really valuable research skills and understanding more about how to evaluate treatment. I was also able to start learning how to facilitate aphasia groups because Leora has this amazing aphasia community that she developed at what was then RIC. I'm just really grateful for the opportunity I had to have Leora as a mentor, and now as a collaborator. And her work really helped orient me to research questions that address the needs of people with aphasia, and to this importance of building aphasia community. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  08:37 Wow, that sounds like a really amazing opportunity. And I think it's wonderful that you've got to have Leora as a mentor and to develop those interests. Then look at where you're taking it now. So that's really exciting to talk about with you today. Jaime Lee  08:54 As for the texting interest that really started after I earned my PhD and was back at the Rehab Institute, now Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, Leora was awarded a NIDILRR field initiated grant and I served as a co-investigator on this grant. It was a randomized, controlled trial, evaluating ORLA, combined with sentence level writing.  The two arms of the trial were looking at ORLA plus writing using a handwriting modality, versus ORLA combined with electronic writing or we kind of thought about this as texting. So we call that arm T-write. And ORLA was originally designed to improve reading comprehension, but we know from some of Leora's work that there were also these nice cross-modal language improvements, including improvements in written expression. This was a study where we really were comparing two different arms, two different writing modalities, with some secondary interest in seeing if the participants who were randomized to practice electronic writing, would those improvements potentially carry over into actual texting, and perhaps even changes in social connectedness? Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  10:15 Those are great questions to look at. Interest in exploring texting's role in communication has just been growing and growing since you initiated this very early study. Jamie, would you like to explain how you actually gathered data on participants texting behaviors? How did that work? Jaime Lee  10:32 Yes. So we were very fortunate that the participants in this trial, in the T-write study, consented to have us extract and take a look at their real texting data from their mobile phones prior to starting the treatment. So, for those who consented, and everyone, I think we had 60 participants in the trial, and every single participant was open to letting us look at their texts and record them.    We recorded a week's worth of text messages between the participant and their contacts at baseline, and then again at a follow up point after the treatment that they were assigned to. And that was so that maybe we could look for some potential changes related to participating in the treatment. So maybe we would see if they were texting more, or if they had more contacts, or maybe they might even be using some of the same sentences that were trained in the ORLA treatment. We haven't quite looked at that, the trial just finished so we haven't looked at those pre/ post data. But when my colleagues at Shirley Ryan and I started collecting these texting data, we realized there were some really interesting things to be learned from these texts.  And there have been a couple of studies, we know Pagie Beeson's work, she did a T-CART study on texting, right? And later with her colleague, Mira Fein. So we had some texting studies, but nothing that really reported on how people with aphasia were texting in their everyday lives.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  12:08 Well, Jamie, do you want to share what you learned about how individuals with aphasia texts are different from individuals without aphasia? Jaime Lee  12:15 We saw that first, people with aphasia do text, there were messages to be recorded. I think only a couple of participants in the trial didn't have any text messages. But we took a look at the first 20 people to enroll in the trial. We actually have a paper out-- my collaborator, Laura Kinsey is the first author. This is a descriptive paper where we describe the sample, 20 people, both fluent aphasia and nonfluent aphasia, a range of ages from mid 30s up to 72. And one striking finding, but maybe not too surprising for listeners, is that the participants with aphasia in our sample texted much less frequently than neurologically healthy adults, where we compared our findings to Pew Research data on texting. And our sample, if we took an average of our 20 participants and look at their texts sent and received over a week, over the seven days, they exchanged an average of about 40 texts over the week. Adults without aphasia, send and receive 41.5 texts a day. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  13:36 Wow, that's quite a difference. Right?  Jaime Lee  13:39 Yes, even knowing that younger people tend to text more frequently than older adults. Even if we look at our youngest participants in that sample who were in their mid 30s, they were sending and receiving text much less frequently than the age matched Pew data. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  13:56 Okay, now, I want to let our listeners know that we're going to have the citation for the Kinsey et al. article that you just mentioned in our show notes. How can we situate addressing texting as a clinical goal within the life participation approach to aphasia?  Jaime Lee  14:14 I love this question. And it was kind of surprising from the descriptive paper, that texting activity, so how many texts participants were sending and receiving, was not correlated with overall severity of aphasia or severity of writing impairment?  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis I'm surprised by that. Were you?    Jaime Lee Yes, we thought that there would be a relationship. But in other words, having severe aphasia was not associated with texting less. And we recognize, it's dangerous to draw too many conclusions from a such a small sample. But a major takeaway, at least an aha moment for us, was that we can't make assumptions about texting behaviors based on participants' language impairments, also based on their age, their gender. You know, in fact, our oldest participant in the sample, who was 72, was actually most active texter. He sent and received 170 texts over the week period. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  15:22 Wow, that does blow assumptions out of the water there, Jamie. So that's a really good reminder that this to be individualized with that person at the center? Because you don't know.  Jaime Lee  15:32 You don't know. Yeah. And I think it comes down to getting to know our clients and our patients, finding out if texting is important to them. And if it's something they'd like to be doing more of, or doing more effectively, and going from there.    Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Wow, that makes a lot of sense.    Jaime Lee   Yeah, of course, some people didn't text, before their stroke and don't want to text. But given how popular texting has become as a form of communication, I think there are many, many people with aphasia, who would be interested in pursuing texting as a rehab goal.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  16:08 Right? You really have to ask, right?    Jaime Lee  16:11 Yes, actually, there's a story that comes to mind about a participant who was in the T-write study, who had stopped using her phone after her stroke. Her family had turned off service; she wasn't going to be making calls or texting.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Well, I've seen that happen too many times.  Jaime Lee   And when she enrolled in the study, and she was a participant at Shirley Ryan, because we ran participants here at JMU and they ran participants in Chicago. And she was so excited. I heard from my colleagues that she went out and got a new phone so that she could use her phone to participate in the study. And then her follow up data. When we look at her real texts gathered after the study at the last assessment point, her text consists of her reaching out to all of her contacts with this new number, and saying hello, and getting in touch and in some cases, even explaining that she'd had a stroke and has aphasia.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  17:13 Oh, well, that really reminds me of the value and importance of patient reported outcomes, because that may not be captured by a standardized test, per se, but man, is that impactful. Great story. Thank you for sharing that. So well, you've done a really nice job in your 2021 paper with Cherney that's cited in our show notes of addressing texting's  role in popular culture and the role it's taking in terms of a communication mode. Would you explain some of the ways that conversation and texting are similar and ways that they're different? Jaime Lee  17:45 That is a great question, Ellen and a question I have spent a lot of time reading about and thinking about. And there is a great review of research that used conversation analysis (CA) to study online interactions. This is a review paper by Joanne Meredith from 2019. And what the review tells us is that there are many of the same organizing features of face to face conversation that are also present in our online communications. So we see things like turn taking, and we see conversation and texting or apps unfold in a sequence. So what CA refers to as sequential organization.  We also see, just like in face to face conversation, there are some communication breakdowns or trouble sources in online communication. And sometimes we see the need for repair to resolve that breakdown. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  18:45 Yeah, Absolutely. I'm just thinking about auto corrects there for a moment. Jaime Lee  18:51 And they can cause problems too. When the predictive text or the AutoCorrect is not what we meant to say that can cause a problem.Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  18:59 Absolutely. Those are good similarities, I get that.   Jaime Lee  19:03 I think another big similarity is just about how conversation is co-constructed. It takes place between a person and a conversation partner and in texting, we have that too. We have a texting partner, or in the case of a group text, we have multiple partners. There's definitely similarities. And another big one is that purpose, I think we use conversation ultimately, and just like we're using texting to build connection, and that's really important Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  19:32 Yeah, I can really see all of those parallels. And there are some differences, I'm going to assume. Jaime Lee  19:39 Okay, yes, there are some definite interesting differences in terms of the social aspects of conversation. We do a lot in person, like demonstrating agreement, or giving a compliment, or an apology, or all of these nonverbal things we do like gesture and facial expression and laughter. Those nonverbal things help convey our stance, or affiliation, or connection. But in texting, we can't see each other. Right? So we have some different tools to show our stance, to show affiliation. What we're seeing is people using emojis and Bitmojis, and GIFs, even punctuation, and things like all capitals. We've all seen the all caps and felt like someone is yelling at us over text, that definitely conveys a specific tone, right? Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  20:34 I was just going to say emojis can be a real tool for people with aphasia, right? If the spelling is a barrier, at least they can convey something through an image. That's a real difference.   Jaime Lee  20:45 Absolutely, I think some of the problematic things that can happen and the differences with texting have to do with sequencing and timing. Because people can send multiple texts, they can take multiple turns at once. And so you can respond to multiple texts at once, or that can lead to some confusion, I think we're seeing, but texting can also be asynchronous, so it's not necessarily expected that you would have to respond right away Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  21:16 So maybe giving a person a little more time to collect their thoughts before they feel like they have to respond versus in a person-to-person exchange where the pressure is on?    Jaime Lee   Absolutely, absolutely.  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Well, why might texting be a beneficial communication mode for individuals with aphasia, Jamie, because you have spelling challenges and all those other things.   Jaime Lee  21:37 Yeah, I think it comes back to what you just said, Ellen, about having more time to read a message, having more time to be able to generate a response. I know that texting and other forms of electronic communication like email, can give users with memory or language problems a way to track and reread their messages. And in some cases, people might choose to bank responses that they can use later. We know this from actually some of Bonnie Todis and McKay Sohlberg's work looking at making email more accessible for users with cognitive impairment. So I think there are some really great tools available to people with aphasia to feel successful using texting. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  22:30 That's great. I think banking messages is a really important strategy that we've used before, too.  Jaime Lee  22:37 So there's all these other built-in features, that I'm still learning about that are in some mobile phones, that individuals with aphasia can potentially take advantage of. I think some features might be difficult, but there are things like we've just talked about, like the predictive text or the autocorrect. And then again, all these nonlexical tools, like the emojis and the GIFS and being able to link to a website or attach a photograph. I think this is a real advantage to communicating through text. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  23:10 It lets you tell more of the story, sometimes. One of my members talks about when his spelling becomes a barrier, he just says the word and then that speech-to-text is really helpful. It's just one more support, I guess.   Jaime Lee  23:24 Yes. And we're needing to find out a little bit more about the features that people are already using, and maybe features that people don't know about, but that they would like to use like that speech-to-text. That's a great point.    Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  23:37 Well, how did you end up wanting to study texting for more than an amount of use or accuracy? In other words, what led you to studying transaction? Maybe we can start with a definition of transaction for our listeners?  Jaime Lee  23:51 Sure. Transaction in the context of communication is the exchange of information. So it involves understanding and expression of meaningful messages and content. And this is a definition that actually comes from Brown and Yule's concepts of transaction and interaction and communication. So Brown, and Yule tell us that transaction again, is this exchange of content, whereas interaction pertains to the more social aspects of communication. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  24:26 Okay, thank you. I think that's really good place to start. Jaime Lee  24:29 Part of the interest in transaction, first came out of that descriptive paper where we were trying to come up with systems to capture what was going on. So we were counting words that the participants texted and coding whether they were initiated or are they texts that are simple responses. We counted things they were doing, like did they use emojis or other multimedia? But we were missing this idea of how meaningful their text were and kind of what was happening in their texting exchanges. So this kind of combined with another measure we had, it was another measure in T-write really inspired by Pagie Beeson and Mira Fein's paper where they were using some texting scripts in their study.  We also love scripting. We wanted to just have a simple measure, a simple brief texting script that we could go back and look at. We had as part of our protocol a three turn script. And I remember we sat around and said, what would be a really common thing to text about? And we decided to make a script about making dinner plans. And so we're collecting these simple scripts. And as I'm looking at these data coming in, I'm asking myself, what's happening here? How are we going to analyze what's happening? What was important didn't seem to be spelling or grammar. What seemed most important in this texting script was how meaningful the response was. And ultimately, would the person be able to make dinner plans and go plan a dinner date with a friend. So it seemed like we needed a measure of successful transaction within texting. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  26:23 Jamie, I'm just going say that that reminded me of one of my very favorite papers, whereas you started out counting a lot of things that we can count, and it did give you information, like how much less people with aphasia are texting compared to people without aphasia, and I think that data is really essential. But there's a paper by Aura Kagan and colleagues about counting what counts, right, not just what we can count. And we'll put that citation and all the citations in the show notes-- you're  bringing up some wonderful literature. So I think you decided to make sure that you're counting what counts, right? In addition to what we can count.    Jaime Lee  26:59 Yes. And I do love counting. I was trained at the University of Oregon in single case experimental design. So really, behavioral observation and counting. So I am a person who likes to count but that sounds, like counting what counts. I love that. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  27:13 Yeah, absolutely. In that 2021 paper, you look at the way some researchers have approached conversational analysis measures and you acknowledge Ramsberger and Rende's 2002 work that uses sitcom retells in the partner context. And you look at the scale that Leaman and Edmonds developed to measure conversation. And again, I can refer listeners to Marion Leaman's podcast as a 2021 Tavistock distinguished scholar that discusses her work on capturing conversation treatment outcomes, but you particularly referred to Aura Kagan and colleagues' Measurement of Participation in Conversation, the MPC. We'll put the citation in the show notes with all the others, but could you describe how it influenced your work?   Jaime Lee  27:58 Yeah, sure. That's funny that you just brought up a paper by Aura Kagan, because I think I'll just first say how much Aura's work on Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia, SCA, how influential it's been throughout my career. First as a clinician and actually interacting with people with aphasia, and then later in facilitating conversation groups and helping to train other staff on the rehab team, the nursing staff. And now, it's actually a part of my coursework that I have students take the Aphasia Institute's free eLearning module, the introduction to SCA, as part of my graduate course, and aphasia, and all of the new students coming into my lab, do that module. So they're exposed really early on to SCA. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  28:50 I'm just gonna say me too. We also use that as a training tool at the Aphasia Treatment Program, It's really been a cornerstone of how we help students start to learn how to be a skilled communication partner. So I'm glad you brought that up. Jaime Lee  29:03 Absolutely. So yes, Kagan's Measurement of Participation in Conversation (MPC), was really influential in developing our texting transactional success rating scale. And this is a measure that they created to evaluate participation and conversation. And they were looking actually both at transaction and interaction, I needed to start simply and just look at transaction first. They considered various factors. They have a person with aphasia and a partner engage in a five minute conversation. And they looked at factors like how accurately the person with aphasia was responding, whether or not they could indicate yes/no reliably, and could they repair misunderstandings or miscommunications. And then the raters made judgments on how transactional was that conversation? So, we looked at that measure and modeled our anchors for texting transactional success after their anchors. We had a different Likert scale, but we basically took this range from no successful transaction, partial transaction, to fully successful. And that was really modeled after their MPC.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  30:17 Wow. Thank you for describing all of that. Jaime Lee  30:20 Yeah. Another big takeaway I'll add is that, and this really resonated with what we were hoping to capture, the scores on the MPC weren't necessarily related to traditional levels of severity. So Kagan and colleagues write that someone even with very severe aphasia, could score at the top of the range on the MPC. And I think similarly, what we feel about texting is even someone with severe writing impairments could be very successful, communicating via text message, really, depending on the tools they used, and perhaps, depending on the support they received from their texting partner.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  31:02 You and your colleagues develop this Texting Transaction Success tool, the TTS, right? What is the goal of this measure?    Jaime Lee  31:13 The goal of the TTS is to measure communicative success via texting. We wanted this functional measure of texting, not limited to accuracy, not looking specifically at spelling, or syntax, or morphology, but something that reflected the person with aphasia-- his ability to exchange meaningful information. I think the measure is really grounded in the idea that people with aphasia are competent and able to understand and convey meaningful information even despite any errors or incorrect output. So this is really relevant to texting because lots of us are using texting without correct spelling or without any punctuation or grammar. Yet lots and lots of people are texting and conveying information and feeling that benefit of connecting and exchanging information. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  32:08 It sounds like a really helpful tool that you're developing. Could you please explain how it's used and how it's scored? Jaime Lee  32:16 Sure. So the TTS is a three-point rating scale that ranges from zero, which would be no successful transaction, no meaningful information exchanged, one, which is partial transaction, to two, which is successful transaction. And we apply the rating scale to responses from an individual with aphasia on the short texting script that I was talking about earlier. So this is a three-turn script that is delivered to a person with aphasia where the first line there, we ask them to use their mobile phone or give them a device, and the prompt is: “What are you doing this weekend?” We tell the person to respond any way they want, without any further cues. And then the script goes on, we deliver another prompt, “What about dinner?” And then another prompt, “Great, when should we go?” Each of those responses, we score on the TTS rating scale. We give either a zero, a one or a two. We have lots of examples in the paper of scores that should elicit a zero, a one or a two.We feel like it should be pretty easy for readers to use.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  33:33 Wow, that's going to be really important. I always appreciate when I can see examples of how to do things. Jaime Lee  33:40 We did some really initial interrater reliability on it. The tools are pretty easy to score. We're able to recognize when something is fully transactional, even if it has a spelling error or lexical error, we can understand what they're saying. And a zero is pretty easy to score, if there are graphemes letters that don't convey any meaning, there's no transaction. Where things are a little more interesting, are the partial transaction. I think about an example to “What about dinner” and the participant responded, “Subway, Mexico.” So that's a one because the conversation, the texting partner, would really need to come back and clarify like, “Do you want to get a Subway sandwich?”  Or “Do you want to go eat Mexican?” It could still be really transactional, and they could resolve that breakdown, but the partner would have a little bit more of a role in clarifying the information. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  34:36 When you were actually trying to validate the TTS and establish its interrater reliability in your 2021 article with Cherney you mentioned using the Technology Confidence Survey from the 2021 Kinsey et al. article. Having tools that allow us to understand our clients' technology user profile is really informative in terms of understanding what modes of communication might be important to them. We talked earlier about not assuming, right, not assuming what people want to do or have done. Can you describe the survey? And is it available? Jaime Lee  35:13 Sure, yes. This is a survey we developed for the T-write study, the ORLA Plus Electronic Writing study. It's a simple aphasia friendly survey with yes/no questions and pictures that you can ask participants or clients about their technology usage. from “Are you using a computer? Yes or No” or  “Are using a tablet?”, “Are you using a smartphone?”  We ask what kinds of technology they're using and then what are they using it for? Are they doing email? Are they texting? Are they looking up information? Are they taking photos?  It also has some prompts to ask specifically about some of the technology features like “You're texting? Are you using voice to text?” or “Are you using text to speech to help you with reading comprehension of your text?”  At the very end, we added some confidence questions. We modeled this after Leora Cherney and Ed Babbitt's Communication Confidence Rating scale. So we added some questions like, “I am confident in my ability to use my smartphone” or “I am confident in my ability to text” and participants can read that on a rating scale. We use this in the context of the research study to have some background information on our participants. I think it could be a really great tool for starting a conversation about technology usage and goals, with people who are interested in using more technology, or are using it in different ways. This (survey) is in the Kinsey et al. article. It's a supplement that you can download. It's just a really good conversation starter, that when I was giving the technology survey to participants, many times they would take out their phone or take out their iPad and say, “No, I do it. I use it just like this”. It was really hands on and we got to learn about how they're using technology. And I definitely learned some new things that are available. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  37:20 I think many of us use kind of informal technology surveys.  I'm really excited to see the very thoughtful process you went through to develop and frame that (technology use). That's wonderful to share. Jamie, can you speak to the role of the TTS in terms of developing and implementing intervention approaches for texting? You just mentioned goals a moment ago? Jaime Lee  37:42 Sure. I think we have some more work to do in terms of validating the TTS and that's a goal moving forward. But it's a great starting place. If you have a client who wants to work on texting, it only takes a few minutes to give the script and then score their responses and gives us a snapshot of how effectively they're able to communicate through text. But in terms of developing intervention, to support texting, that's really where we're headed with this. I mean, the big drive is to not just study how people are texting, but really to help support them and texting more effectively and using texting to connect socially and improve their quality of life. But with any kind of intervention, we need a really good outcome measure to capture potential changes. Another reason I'm motivated to continue to work on the TTS, if people with aphasia are going to benefit from a treatment, we need rigorous tools to capture that change and document that potential change. 38:50 Ellen Bernstein-Ellis Absolutely. Absolutely. Jaime Lee  38:53 At the same time, I'd say the TTS isn't the only method we are focused on, we're really interested in understanding what unfolds during texting interactions. What's happening in these interactions. So, most recently, I've been working with my amazing collaborator, Jamie Azios, who is an expert in Conversation Analysis. I've been working with Jamie to say, “Hey, what's happening here? Can we use CA to explore what's going on?”  Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  39:25 Well, Jamie, you probably heard this before, but Conversation Analysis can sometimes feel daunting for clinicians to use within their daily treatment settings. In fact, we've had several podcasts that have addressed this and have asked this question. What are you finding? Jaime Lee  39:40 I can definitely relate because I am still very new to CA and learning all the terminology. But Jamie and Laura and I are actually working on paper right now, a CAC special issue, because we presented some data at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference and then will have this paper. We'll be submitting to a JSHL on how we're applying CA to texting interactions. That goal is really based around understanding how people with aphasia and their partners are communicating via texting and looking at these naturalistic conversations to see what barriers they're coming across, and what strategies they are using to communicate in this modality. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  40:27 That makes a lot of sense. And it really circles back again to communication partner training. That does not surprise me. Jaime Lee  40:33 We're seeing some really interesting, creative, and strategic behaviors used both by people with aphasia and their partners. We're seeing people link to a website, or instead of writing out the name of a restaurant, you know, “meet me here” with a link, or using an emoji to help convey their stance when they can't meet up with a friend. They might have more of an agrammatic production. But that emoji helps show the emotion and we're seeing a lot of people with more severe aphasia using photographs really strategically. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  41:09 So those are the strategies are helping and I'm sure that CA also looks at some of the barriers or breakdowns, right?  Jaime Lee  41:15 Yes, we're seeing some breakdowns, trouble sources in the CA lingo. In some instances, we see the partner clarify, send a question mark, like, “I don't know what you're saying”. And that allows the person with aphasia, a chance to self-repair, like, “Oops, here, this is what I meant.” And that's really useful. We also have seen some examples of breakdowns that may not get repaired. And we don't know exactly what was happening. In those instances, I suspect there were some cases where maybe the partner picked up the phone and called the person with aphasia, or they had a conversation to work out the breakdown. But we really don't know because we're using these data that were previously collected. So a lot of this does seem to be pointing towards training the partners to provide supports, and also helping people with aphasia be more aware of some of the nonlinguistic tools, and some of the shortcuts that are available, but there's still a lot to learn. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  42:22 Well, Jamie, as you continue to explore this work, I know you're involved in a special project that you do with your senior undergrads at your university program at James Madison. Do you want to describe the student text buddy program? It sounds really engaging. Jaime Lee  42:38 Sure. This is a program I started here at JMU. JMU has a really big focus on engaging undergrads and research experiences. And we have students who are always asking for opportunities to engage with people with aphasia. Particularly during COVID, there weren't these opportunities. It just wasn't safe. But I know some of the participants from the T-write study and some people with aphasia in our community here in Harrisonburg, were looking for ways to be involved and continue to maybe practice their texting in a non-threatening situation. So this was a project and I was actually inspired by one of the students in my lab, Lindsay LeTellier. She's getting her master's degree now at the University of New Hampshire. But Lindsay had listened to an interview with one of our participants where she said she wanted a pen pal. And Lindsay said, “Oh, this participant says she wants a pen pal, I'd love to volunteer, I'll be her pen pal.” And I said, “Lindsay, that's great. I love the idea of a pen, pal. But if we're going to do it, let's make it a research project. And let's open it up and go bigger with this.” So Lindsey helped spearhead this program where we paired students with people with aphasia to have a texting pen pal relationship for four weeks. And in order to be able to kind of watch their texts unfold, we gave them a Google Voice number, so that we can watch the texts.  We've really seen some really interesting things. We've only run about 10 pairs, but all of the feedback has been really positive from the people with aphasia, they felt like it was a good experience. And the students said it was a tremendous learning experience.  We're seeing some interesting things. Using CA, Jamie and I presented this at IARC, sharing what the students/person with aphasia pairs are doing that's resulting in some really natural topic developments and really natural relationship development. Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  44:39 Nice! What a great experience, and we'll look forward to hearing more about that. Jamie, I can't believe how this episode has flown by. But I'm going to ask you a last question. What are you excited about in terms of your next steps for studying texting? Jaime Lee  44:57 I think we definitely want to continue the Text Buddy project because it's such a great learning experience for students, so we'll be continuing to do that. Jamie and I have applied for funding to continue to study texting interactions and use mixed methods, which is a pairing of both of our areas of expertise. I think there's just more to learn, and we're excited to eventually be able to identify some texting supports to help people with aphasia use texting to connect and be more effective in their communication.   Ellen Bernstein-Ellis  45:35 Well, Jamie, this work is going to be really impactful on the daily lives and the daily ability for people with aphasia to have another mode of support for communicating. So thank you for this exciting work. And congratulations again on your Tavistock award, and I just am grateful that you are our guest for this podcast today. Thank you. Jaime Lee  45:58 Thank you so much, Ellen. This has been great, thanks. 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An AED can't save a life, if it cannot be found. In this podcast, listen to tips for an effective AED program. A special thank you to the National Fire Protection Association. NFPA LiNK® is the information delivery platform set to revolutionize how you work. Put safety expertise at your fingertips with digital access to NFPA® codes and standards, plus exclusive enhanced content. Utilize dynamic search functionality, bookmarking, and the ability to share and collaborate with others to save time and get the job done right. With NFPA LiNK, you can go by the book without the book to get the job done right faster and more efficiently. Learn more at nfpa.org/link

On the podcast this week, we're pulling back the curtain on the world of coffee competitions and exploring their profound impact on the coffee industry.We chat with competition organisers, judges and barista champions, Stephen Morrissey, of the Specialty Coffee Association, Gwilym Davies, Morgan Eckroth and Rastislav Kasár, to understand the role competitions play in the community, how they elevate coffee standards, and find out what it takes to win.Credits music: "Summer is for falling in love" by Sarah Kang in collaboration with The Coffee Music ProjectSign up for our newsletter to receive the latest coffee news at worldcoffeeportal.comSubscribe to 5THWAVE on Instagram @5thWaveCoffee and tell us what topics you'd like to hear 

Episode 179 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast features one of the hottest up-and-coming pitmasters on the KCBS circuit. Ryan Cain didn't begin cooking competition BBQ until 2020, but quickly became one of the best in the backyard division of the KCBS. Now Ryan's Damn Fine Beef & Swine, in its first series in the Master's Division, is celebrating its first “pro” Grand Championship, at last weekend's loaded Septemberfest in Omaha, Nebraska. Ryan discusses his BBQ journey and what's ahead on this week's show. It's also time for the latest “Arkassippi Alley” segment with John Lindsey from All Q'ued Up BBQ and the line of #arkassippicombo products. John, one of the best on the Steak Cookoff Association circuit, tells us about his latest travels and has some out-of-the-box ideas of how to spice up your backyard cooking by throwing fresh fruit on the grill this fall. A big thanks to our great sponsor/marketing partners who make Season 4 of the Tailgate Guys BBQ Podcast possible: Blues Hog BBQ Sauce, Royal Oak Charcoal, The Butcher Shoppe, Iowa BBQ Store, Fergolicious BBQ, Affordable Financial Services, Arkassippi Smoke Live and The Arkassippi Combo, Pro Technology Solutions, Vietti Marketing, In the Garden of Eden and Marty “Sign Man” Prather and Domino's. Have a great BBQ Week and thanks for listening! #SmokeEmIfYouGotEm

Jason serves as the President for SCA, an ASC business. Prior to that he served as the Chief Operating Office for SCA, accountable for operations, sales, and clinical, with a focus on driving growth through talent development and strategic partnerships. Previously he was a Group President leading the Southeast, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and California. Jason originally joined SCA's Finance Department in 2008, supporting SCA's facilities in Southern California, before moving into Operations.

Our guest this week is legendary bridge player Bob Hamman. Bob also runs a company called SCA that basically insures large unlikely events. One example would be the Pepsi promotion where someone could win a billion dollars.We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge.Show Notes[00:00] Introduction bridge player and businessman, Bob Hamman[00:30] Bob's background in bridge[01:43] The Italian Blue Team[03:42] Bobby Wolff[04:16] What other games did Bob play?[05:27] Playing in major tournaments with various partners[06:54] Maintaining skill and alertness at an advanced age[08:15] Getting paid to play as a partner[09:10] The Dallas Aces[12:09] Does Bob still study bridge, review hands?[12:43] Online bridge, cheating[14:28] http://SouthPointCasino.com[15:56] http://BlackjackApprenticeship.com[16:26] http://VideoPoker.com/gwae[18:24] SCA, a company that insures unique promotions[21:00] Lance Armstrong promotion[22:54] Founding SCA[24:14] The Promise[25:47] Memorable contract negotiations[28:26] Kelly criterion[29:24] Pepsi $1B promotion[30:58] Illegal and/or immoral promotions[31:45] The most unusual thing that SCA has insured[35:36] Fraudulent winners[40:06] Do SCA representatives attend events?[43:45] Does SCA help to develop promotions?[45:45] Bridge as a game of skill, variance in games and promotions[51:25] Contacting SCA[52:04] Recommended: The Sicilian Ristorante, Patrick Veitch on YouTubeSponsored Links:http://SouthPointCasino.comhttp://BlackjackApprenticeship.comhttp://VideoPoker.com/gwaeGuest Links:http://Scapromotions.comRecommended:The Sicilian Ristorante - http://Sicilianristorante.wordpress.comPatrick Veitch on YouTube - http://Youtube.com/watch?v=WHnQhuug0J4

In this episode, we talk with Grant Elam about SCA Rates. This is a high level discussion about the Service Contract Act (SCA) and the obligations that government contractors have under SCA. A large percentage of government contracts require the contractor to be compliant with SCA. What does this mean? As a contractor, you have to know what the rates are per labor category and your company has to properly track the administration of these rates and benefits per employee. ----- Federal Access is helping Government Contractors win more contracts. It can help you too. Here's a special offer. Visit https://federal-access.com/gamechangers today and get started for just $29. *You are going to get access to a digital copy of the Government Sales Manual. * Over 85 strategy videos * More than 30 webinars * 300 documents and templates AND * SME support. So when you run into an issue, you can email me directly for help. Go check out this special offer today at https://federal-access.com/gamechangers

0 mins In this episode I am joined by Jaime and guest Nadia from PDAP.   We weathered the rare Valley storm and pushed through to give the people what they want.  We start off by showing some love to one of our favorite BBQ joints, Smoke Crafters BBQ. Over the weekend they suffered some damages from the wind and rainstorm. Nadia then gives us a recap of her fundraising event for Palmer Drug Abuse Program at the Landmark on Tower.  The event was a success with live music from Bucking Crazy and a very successful silent auction. Jaime throws his name in the hat again for next years auction. 10:00 minWe then talk about some BBQ as we visit GW BBQ for their 1-year anniversary. Jaime cuts in line and gets a $35 gift card for being the 65th customer of the day.   We both try the smash burger after Hector's recommendation, and we are very pleased with the result.  The burger is a half pound smash burger made of brisket trimmings with cheese and a super soft bun.  It's so tender that it's falling apart as we pick it up.  Accompanied by some steak fries, I'm telling you it's a must try.  Later that night we make some wings using the vortex method on the Weber kettle.  Once again good eats as the wings come out very crispy and full of flavor.  We share a Joe tip, but you'll have to listen to gain that knowledge.  The next day we go simple and make some fajitas and once again it's a success.  We talk about adding an SCA steak event to Nadia's cookoff next year and wonder what a pizza jackpot would be like.  35:00 minI unearth an old segment called Ready Set Q's where we field some questions from our fans.  The first question is popcorn a form of chip.  We all have some different views on what makes a chip. I don't think it's a chip because it can't be dipped.  Jaime says you can dip it in cheese? We then tackle the age-old question of wings: drums or flats? Again we both have our preferences and the online polls seem to be at 50/50.  Jaime shares some ordering advice at wing stop.  45:00 minLastly we ask if Marvel died with Iron Man.  This question is still open as some of us still follow Marvel loyally but not as loyal as we did during the golden era.  Nadia brings up a nachos question so I ask what type of nachos we prefer.  A bunch of joes that cook like pros!!!Law Office of Hector Hernandezhttp://hhernandezlaw.com/?fbclid=IwAR3kaG_wQzrsUJ-cVxJLUyjvipMPM1R59xo9YMKFFsiGHaaUgdZ8hd8cB7YGW BBQ BBQ | United States | GW's BBQ Catering Co. (gwsbbqcatering.com)Smoke Crafters Home - SMOKE CRAFTERS (ordersmokecraftersbbq.com)Palmer Drug Abuse Program Palmer Drug Abuse Program (pdapmcallen.org)

On today's episode of the HowToBBQRight Podcast, Malcom and I give some exciting new information about the Townsend Spice and Supply Competition (00:49), and Malcom gives out ALL of his secrets to winning an SCA Steak Cookoff (05:40). The Palmer Home Feed-a-Family Fundraiser is going strong (17:50). There have been layoffs industry wide in the BBQ industry (20:43), and is the decline of the BBQ Boom really happening (24:57)? Our community has been sharing some interesting tactics to refurbishing old grills (27:31). MaxTheMeatGuy smoked a WHOLE Octupus and it was interesting (29:04). Tyler recently came across some BBQ flavored Vodka (33:35), and Malcom had a run-in with Birthday Cake Pinnacle at the American Royal (38:20). Malcom absolutely has to make me this delicious recipe this weekend (40:40). Gamekeeper Butchery and HowToBBQRight are colliding for something HUGE (41:40). Where should YOU be buying your Wood Splits, online (47:50)? Finally, there are some banger TikToks headed down the pipeline (51:50).