Podcasts about zumi

Do you have kids? Maybe nieces and nephews? Or maybe you work in a school environment? Maybe it's just friend's who know you're a programmer and ask about how they should go about introducing programming concepts with them. Anna-Lena Popkes is back on the show to share her research on when and how to teach kids programming. We spend the second half of the episode talking about concrete apps and toys you might consider for each age group. Plus, some of these things are fun for adults too. ;) Episode sponsors WorkOS Talk Python Courses Links from the show Anna-Lena: alpopkes.com Magical universe repo: github.com Machine learning basics repo: github.com PyData recording "when and how to start coding with kids": youtube.com Robots and devices Bee Bot: terrapinlogo.com Cubelets: modrobotics.com BBC Microbit: microbit.org RaspberryPi: raspberrypi.com Adafruit Qualia ESP32 for CircuitPython: adafruit.com Zumi: robolink.com Board games Think Fun Robot Turtles Board Game: amazon.com Visual programming: Scratch Jr.: scratchjr.org Scratch: scratch.org Blocky: google.com Microbit's Make Code: microbit.org Code Club: codeclubworld.org Textual programming Code Combat: codecombat.com Hedy: hedycode.com Anvil: anvil.works Coding classes / summer camps (US) Portland Community College Summer Teen Program: pcc.edu Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm --- Stay in touch with us --- Subscribe to us on YouTube: youtube.com Follow Talk Python on Mastodon: talkpython Follow Michael on Mastodon: mkennedy

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Slīdēju, aizķēros, kritu, stipri sasitos, sāp, pampst. Braukt uz slimnīcu, vai nebraukt? Ir lauzts, vai nav lauzts? Vai nogaidot var ko nokavēt? Kādēļ lūzumu pēc traumas uzreiz var izmeklējumā neredzēt? Priekš kam septiņas dienas pēc - vērts veikt atkārotu izmeklējumu? Kādos gadījumos nepieciešama datortomogrāfija? Kad liek longeti, kad ortozi, kad ģipsi, kad operē un kad nedara neko? Kādēļ jebkādu darbību lūzuma “labošanai” veic pirmajās divās nedēļās? Kādas ir pazīmes, ka kaut kas ar jau fiksētu lūzumu nav kārtībā, kā rīkoties? Un ja nu bojāts nervs? Kas par to liecina un ko tālāk? Kādēļ lūzums neaug? Vai nepareizi saaudzis lūzums ir problēma ar tālejošām sekām?  Cik ļoti par lūzumiem un to dzīšanu jāsatraucas – par to šajā sarunā ar Andreju Finogejevu ORTO Klīnikas traumatologu, ortopēdu

The Children’s Justice Centers (CJC) in the state of Utah are established to provide a neutral, comfortable place for coordinated services during the child abuse investigative process. These centers are even more important when you consider that nationally, 1 in 7 children have experienced abuse or neglect in the past year, and even fewer accounts are reported to authorities. On this last part of a three-part series on the stories and services of CJCs, our Relentlessly Resilient hosts have a crucial conversation on issues surrounding child physical and sexual abuse and human trafficking. In this episode, a mother shares the story of when she turned to her local CJC’s services after a family member had abused her young daughters.  Zumi’s life was turned upside down when her husband had a tragic accident, and she turned to an adult nephew to help take care of her three and four-year-old daughters. Sadly, their situation was made worse when she returned home to one of her daughters disclosing sexual abuse from that nephew. Zumi carefully took the steps she could to protect her daughters, remove them from the situation, and get the authorities involved. She used the medical, investigative, and therapeutic services of her local Children’s Justice Center, even as others wanted to sweep the allegations under the rug. Justice is served as the attacker is sentenced to decades in prison.  Listeners are encouraged to educate themselves on the signs of child abuse, the responsibility of reporting, how to report, and the carefully coordinated services provided by Utah’s local CJC as part of the investigative process. Great care and research have been given into the development of the process and services in order to provide a comfortable, neutral, child-friendly atmosphere for children and their families receiving care. This includes accreditations from the National Children’s Alliance and a multidisciplinary team trained to minimize trauma and facilitate improved coordination with investigators, as well as resources for survivors of any age.  While a CJC cannot accept child abuse reports directly, please report suspected abuse by contacting one of the following: Utah Division of Child & Family Services at 1-855-323-3237, your local police department or sheriff’s office, and if it is an emergency; call 911.   Even though we live in challenging times, we can become Relentlessly Resilient as we lean on and learn from one another’s experiences. Hosts Jennie Taylor and Michelle Scharf are no strangers to overcoming adversity; Michelle lost her husband to cancer, while Jennie’s husband, Major Brent Taylor, was killed in the service of our country. Their stories bond them together, and now listeners can join them weekly as they visit with others enduring challenges and who teach us how they are exercising resiliency, finding value in their grief, and purpose in moving forward.  Listen to the Relentlessly Resilient Podcast regularly on your favorite platform, at kslpodcasts.com, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL NewsRadio App Join the Resilience conversation on Facebook at @RelentlesslyResilient and Instagram @RelentlesslyResilientPodcast. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

Can Human Design help improve your health and well-being? The field of Human Design is an interesting topic that I really didn't know much about, to be honest, before having this conversation with my guest today. Kelsey Abbott is an intuitive Human Design and Money Coach who uses science, spirituality and play to help people welcome more ease, abundance and joy into their lives. Kelsey has a scientific background, like me, so it was interesting to hear about her journey into this more spiritual world, and the difference that it has made for her, personally, as well as her clients.  In addition to being a coach, Kelsey also lives a wonderful life in Florida, as she is also an accomplished triathlon racer and takes plenty of time to play in nature with her husband and her dog, Zumi. One of the things that we talk about in this episode is the various ways that Human Design can influence your health, and how you can use it to optimize your well-being, if you feel called to go further down the path with Human Design. We talk about the fact that we are all different and we are all unique, and how what works for one person is not going to work for another person – something that I know to be true from my many years in the medical field. What I enjoyed learning about, in terms of Human Design, during this conversation with Kelsey, is the permission to be unique, and the permission to listen to your intuition, which I think are things that so many of us have had drummed out of us. Full episode notes: https://drkimfoster.com/147

To celebrate Zumi's 1st birthday, Pete and I recorded a little something special about the lessons we have learned during the first 365 days of Zumi. Our little fur baby is quite a powerful teacher. Listen in to hear what we've learned in our first year with him. Happy birthday Zumi!!Listen to the story of how Zumi came into our lives hereLearn more about working with Kelsey here.Check out the shop here.Get your free Human Design chart here.Get a free love note for your Human Design energy type here.

Do you know your Human Design? You might want to after listening. Joining me in this is episode is Human Design coach and money educator, Kelsey Abbott. We are chatting about - you guessed it - human design. Kelsey has a remarkable understanding of this system, as a result, she is able to see magic in someones chart and guide her clients to fulfillment. Her ability to explain the often complex Human Design system literary rolls off her tongue like she's describing the most amazing meal she's ever had, and why you should try it too! Kelsey seriously knows her stuff and can help lead you to your life purpose, and ultimately bring you joy. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: - In this episode we chat about the different energy types, and other variables, like where in the body you might feel and experience messages that are guiding you in the right direction, or preventing you from moving in the wrong direction. - Kelsey shares how this experiment, as it known, transformed her life once she discovered her own design map. - Kelsey believes that joy is our natural state and the universe wants us to be as sparklyAF! Through using science, spirituality, play and financial education, Kelseys reveals how she teaches people to tap into their true essence so they can experience more ease, joy and abundance. And isn't that what we all want? - We also talk about the polyvagal theory (the science of feeling safe), and why that's important. - And I share a little about my experiences with Human Design. MORE ABOUT KELSEY: Kelsey studied at the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) where she earned certifications as a Certified Professional Coach, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner and Cor.E Performance coach. She also studied at the Applied Nueroscience Institute, earning her NeuroPositive Certificate in using neuroscience to change how the brain processes challenges. Before becoming a Certified Professional Coach, Kelsey earned her Masters in Marine Biology and graduate certificate in non-fiction writing. She worked as a nationally-recognized science writer, as a marine biologist studying dolphins and killer whales, as a personal trainer, a group fitness instructor, a swim coach, a triathlon coach and a food blogger. She also was (and still is) a triathlete who races both nationally and internationally. After a decade in Maine and 16 months of traveling around the U.S. in a small camper, Kelsey now lives in Sarasota, Florida with her husband Pete and doberman Zumi. Kelsey is also the host of the: The Find Your Awesome Podcast You can learn more about her work, book a session or an online course: https://www.kelseyabbott.com

In partnership with Futuretech Media, we coming to an end to our Women's series with our guest Zumi Njongwe about her journey as a leader and how she views digital transformation from a media perspective. Zumi is passionate about being a champion of the African story and leads from the Heart. She believes that self-introspection is the fundamental basis of growth. She says, "If you want to grow and innovate, push yourself to the edge of possibility, there's nothing like working across different markets. It build your character and social skills and humbles you in the process." She has been mentored by strong women and men who have shaped her leadership style, values and passions through the years. Being surrounded by like-minded and across different spectrum of the business allows one to grow exponentially. Zumi goes on to share how Nestle is transforming digitally and some of the unique capabilities they are building to be future ready. Webpage · Instagram Page

In partnership with Futuretech Media, we coming to an end to our Women's series with our guest Zumi Njongwe about her journey as a leader and how she views digital transformation from a media perspective. Zumi is passionate about being a champion of the African story and leads from the Heart. She believes that self-introspection is the fundamental basis of growth. She says, "If you want to grow and innovate, push yourself to the edge of possibility, there's nothing like working across different markets. It build your character and social skills and humbles you in the process." She has been mentored by strong women and men who have shaped her leadership style, values and passions through the years. Being surrounded by like-minded and across different spectrum of the business allows one to grow exponentially. Zumi goes on to share how Nestle is transforming digitally and some of the unique capabilities they are building to be future ready.

Want to know the words that flow through me every morning and night and sometimes in between? In this episode, I share my daily prayers—and how you can have your very own copy in your home. I also read my love notes to each Human Design energy type—Generators, Manifestors, Projectors, Reflectors and Manifesting Generators. But the real gold in this episode is the story of how our puppy, Zumi, came into our lives. There's plenty of magic and joy in this short episode. Enjoy! Get your posters here: www.kelseyabbott.com/posters Book a Human Design Reading with Kelsey here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/humandesign Email Kelsey to co-create your own coaching adventure at: Kelsey@kelseyabbott.com Book Coaching with Kelsey here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/coaching-with-kelsey Access the MG Master Class, the Emotional Authority Master Class + the 4/6 Profile Master Class: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/human-design-classes Get on-demand core classes with Kelsey here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/core-with-kelsey Access Kelsey's meditation library here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/meditations-by-kelsey Get your free Human Design chart here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/free-human-design-chart Join Kelsey's newsletter list here: https://www.kelseyabbott.com/lovenotes

Let's talk, church. Eoin and Peter takeover the podcast and talk door to door evangelism in the Holylands. Episode also includes beans, Shrek, and Zumi. #letstalkcharts SHREK: (Reading a storybook) Once upon a time there was a lovely princess. But she had an enchantment upon her of a fearful sort which could only be broken by love's first kiss. She was locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon. Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this dreadful prison, but non prevailed. She waited in the dragon's keep in the highest room of the tallest tower for her true love and true love's first kiss. (Laughs, tears out a page of the book) Like that's ever gonna happen. What a load of - (toilet flush). "All Star" by Smash Mouth begins to play. Shrek exits an outhouse and goes about his day like taking a mud shower, brushing his teeth with bug paste, and farting in his pool in the swamp . In a nearby village, an angry mob gather up to go after Shrek. At night, the villagers head into the swamp and wait outside Shrek's home.

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How can a five-year-old program a robot? Very easily--as long as they're having fun. And that's exactly what San Diego-based educational startup Robolink has just made possible, with their new robotics kit, Buildy Bots! As Robolink CEO Hansol Hong explains in our current episode, Buildy Bots allow young creatives to build ten different robots. And then--without a computer screen--kids five to eight years old can use an ingenious "block" system to get their creations to move, light up and make sounds. Since 2012, Robolink has been creating highly imaginative robotics kits for students. Over time, their operation has grown to include robotics classes, robot camps and a virtual community. Over the years, we've had the pleasure of learning about the Rokit Smart, Robolink's first product. Then about the CoDrone, their programmable drone. And, in 2019, Robolink introduced "Zumi"--the first educational self-driving car robotics kit! Buildy Bots represents another exciting innovation: Robolink's first robotics kit for younger students, ages five to eight. At the time of our conversation, Robolink was completing a highly successful Kickstarter campaign for Buildy Bots. Ultimately, the campaign garnered five times their stated goal amount. While Robolink will currently be humming with activity, fulfilling the promised Kickstarter orders by Christmas, 2021, Hansol says that the next batch of kits should be available in early 2022. Hansol shared the story of Buildy Bots, explained how young students can make the new creation work and offered his perspectives on the current educational robotics market. On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover: The story of Buildy Bots; How Buildy Bots work; How Robolink's summer-camp students tested the Buildy Bots prototypes; The story of Robolink, which celebrates its tenth anniversary next year!; A closer look at Robolink's other educational robots, including CoDrone and Zumi; An exciting award which Robolink received; What Hansol and his team find most rewarding, in their creative journey as innovators!

As we began our exploration into retail and the so-called B2B commerce platforms, we kept asking about the nature of last-mile retail. Why is it so fragmented? And can we expect retail consolidation? In this episode, we explore why retail looks the way that it does in African markets, and how B2B commerce platforms are working to empower retailers in the context of the way in which last-mile retail works to meet the demands of their customers, the mass-market consumers across the continent. These platforms aggregate demand at the fragmented last mile, to ensure that products not only get to consumers but get to consumers more efficiently, with the aim to ultimately reduce the costs of goods, which, as we talked about last episode, are disproportionately expensive in African markets.[05:12] - Why is retail in Africa so fragmented? As Twiga Foods' Peter Njonjo explains, it's largely due to the rate of population growth in urban cities across the continent.[07:42] - How are B2B commerce platforms attempting to provide solutions for retailers in the context of massive fragmentation? We go on a journey of discovery with ZUMI's William McCarren.[14:29] - So what exactly do B2B commerce platforms do, and how does retailer aggregation work? Sokowatch's Daniel Yu explains.[16:52] - And as a result, these platforms can offer embedded finance offerings to SMEs and retailers who may not have previously had access to credit.[22:07] - On the back of demand aggregation, platforms like Twiga Foods and Sokowatch are both needing to invest further upstream at the supply level of the value chain, as well.[31:30] - A retrospective conversation with The Flip's host, Justin Norman, and b-mic, Sayo Folawiyo.This season is sponsored by MFS Africa.All this season, we're exploring value chains. And in the payments value chain, no fintech has a wider reach on the continent than MFS Africa. Through their network of over 180 partners - MNOs, banks, NGOs, fintechs, and global enterprises - MFS Africa's API hub makes connects over 320 million mobile wallets across 30+ countries in Africa.

This week on JobMakers, Host Denzil Mohammed talks with Umesh Bhuju, owner of Zumi's Espresso in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about how a business model based on selling nothing but fair-trade products can thrive in a world driven by profit. He describes his early experiences in his homeland of Nepal, where he witnessed child labor, and how that has shaped his pursuit of the American dream. Source

This week on JobMakers, Host Denzil Mohammed talks with Umesh Bhuju, owner of Zumi’s Espresso in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about how a business model based on selling nothing but fair-trade products can thrive in a world driven by profit. He describes his early experiences in his homeland of Nepal, where he witnessed child labor, and how that has shaped his pursuit of the American dream. Source

This week on JobMakers, Host Denzil Mohammed talks with Umesh Bhuju, owner of Zumi's Espresso in Ipswich, Massachusetts, about how a business model based on selling nothing but fair-trade products can thrive in a world driven by profit. He describes his early experiences in his homeland of Nepal, where he witnessed child labor, and how […]

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TALK's sixth episode with Artist, Musician, Model & Muse - Zumi Roscow. On episode 6 Dana sits down with Zumi to discuss Zumi's artistic path, they cover how she became involved in The Black Lips, recording an album with Sean Lennon (in John and Yoko's studio!!), walking a runway show for Balenciaga, and balancing an incredible personal loss whilst becoming the Gucci muse to Alessandro. Sit back and take this interview in, we have no doubt you'll understand why Zumi Roscow is an inspiration. Zumi tells us about her experience post-college when she found herself back in Los Angeles with no desire to partake in the world of acting and constant rejection that comes with the territory. She reached for her saxophone having not played it in over a decade and soon after found herself playing in bands. Fast-forward to the present day and in non-pandemic times you could find Zumi touring and performing with The Black Lips. A self-described “late-bloomer,” Zumi also discusses how she went through years of self-doubt and how important it is to work with the right people, people who can keep you confident and elevated. She also points out how important it is to really go through all the experiences you can, that there is no skipping out on life experiences and moments. Ultimately going through life's hardships make us all more empathetic and human connection can help overcome self-doubt -- a philosophy that checks out in our opinion. The themes that come up throughout the episode are empathy, confidence, and fighting the idea of “perfection.” Why TALK loves Zumi -- Zumi's humanity shows through when she speaks. Clearly an artistic soul, you very quickly understand that you are in the presence of a sensitive and empathetic person -- important qualities for any creative person to have. We also love that she has consistently found herself in situations where she has been able to challenge the status quo (walking a Balenciaga show at 35 years old) and fully thrives in doing so. FOLLOW ZUMI: INSTAGRAM

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An Over Coffee® special-edition podcast Robots used to be the stars of sci-fi. Today they show up all over the place.  They can be fun, educational, or literally lifesaving. Over the years of producing Over Coffee®, we've had the privilege of seeing some incredibly cool robots.  Here are just a few personal favorites--and the ways you can get involved with them. In this week's podcast, we take a look at the Robotics Society of Southern California. One of the world's first robotics societies, RSSC started in the 1970s!  Boardmembers Alan Timm and Walter Martinez talk about their projects, which include the InMoov robot, the world's first life-sized 3D printable robot.  There's an exciting enhancement: Walter created one which he could move through brain waves. And heads-up: nonprofit RSSC is having free virtual meetings, the second and fourth Friday of every month!  You're invited: here's the link for more information. Next, we explore the Zumi robot, which is a kit created by multiple award-winning educational software startup Robolink.   Robolink CEO Hansol Hong and his team have designed Zumi to teach students--middle-school to high-school age--how to work with artificial intelligence. Last, but certainly not least, is a look at sustainable robot P.E.T.E.R., which Pleasant Robotics CEO and Founder Gabriella Pleasant created.  P.E.T.E.R. is a biodegradable robot which purifies water! On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: What two boardmembers of Robotics Society of Southern California created with 3D printers; Factors that enable RSSC to create more fun robots inexpensively; How brain waves moved a robot!; What a conversation with a humanoid robot could be like; How Robolink came to create an AI robot for students; How Robolink's latest educational robot, Zumi, works; Why Zumi is effective (hint: she's had some very tough critics!); The story of the P.E.T.E.R. robot; How Gabriella designed P.E.T.E.R. to help create a more sustainable planet.

Dami Odufuwa is definitely a future Renaissance woman. This week's episode, Dami shares how she built her career, her social justice community in Nigeria - Wine 'N' Whine and being a muse for many in the African media space certified by her recent OkayAfrica 100 Women of the year. Dami shares with us her journey to being the Cofounder of Wine and Whine. An online support group for women living in Nigeria. She is also currently Head of PR in Africa for cryptocurrency exchange company, Binance. But that's not it! Dami has held titles as former Editor in Chief for Zumi, Zikoko and Konbini in Nigeria. As well as being the social media maven and creative producer previously at National Geographic, CNN and MTV. Capping all that off with being announced as OkayAfrica’s 100 Women of the year at the end of 2019, Dami will leave you inspired and ready to work.  If you like what you hear, please share with everyone, please review and be sure to sign up to the mailing list. That's where the interesting stuff happens Check out www.thinkrandomlybig.com and follow on Instagram @thinkrandomlybig  

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Over Coffee® is headed for CES® 2020!  Here is one of our top podcast episodes from CES® 2019. What if you could teach a child how to program an autonomous vehicle? Thanks to San Diego-based educational technology company Robolink, that was not a hypothetical question. At CES® 2019, in Las Vegas, we saw Robolink CEO Hansol Hong. Robolink creates educational robot platforms for students, grades K through 12.  For CES® 2019, they had just launched another brand-new robotics kit: Zumi. And Zumi, which is an autonomous-vehicle robot kit, is designed to teach kids of all ages how to program a self-driving vehicle!  Hansol and his staff have designed the kit to make artificial intelligence understandable for kids, and us "bigger kids". When we spoke at CES® 2019, Robolink had just launched their Kickstarter campaign for Zumi.  Hansol said they raised $20,000 during the first day of the campaign!  (They would go on to raise $150,000, according to Robolink's website--tripling their Kickstarter goal of $50,000.) And--Zumi had also won a "Best of CES®" award! Zumi shipped in mid-2019.  According to Robolink's Facebook page, Purdue University listed her in their "Engineering Gift Guide" for the Christmas season. But no matter how many other honors Robolink receives for excellent (and fun!) products, they may never have a better accolade than when we first met at the 2015 Orange County Mini Maker Faire. At the time, Hansol and Sebastian Sanchez were exhibiting Robolink's twelve-robot kit, Rokit Smart. A small boy, near the display, began to wail.  He was crying so loudly that we turned to see what disaster had occurred. The problem?  It was time to go home, his father was taking him to the car--and he didn't want to leave the robots! Our previous conversations with Hansol include a look at the Rokit Smart kit--and at Robolink's innovation for CES® 2016, the CoDrone. We can only hope Robolink may be exhibiting at CES® 2020--because we can't wait to see what they'll come up with next! On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: What the new educational kit, Zumi, can do for students; Why Zumi is a female robot!; How Hansol and his crew found out about the Innovation Award; How Zumi works, for two different groups of students; The development process which Hansol and his team employ, prior to marketing any robot; What Hansol considers to be the most important lesson he has learned, as an educator and innovator, while creating his robotics kits.

First seen in the Gucci Spring Summer 2019 fashion show in Paris, Zumi Rosow walked the runway carrying her namesake Gucci Zumi bag. In this episode, writer and model Georgia Graham talks to Zumi Rosow, the inspiration and muse behind the new bag collection: Gucci Zumi. As well as making bespoke jewellery, modelling and acting, she is an experimental musician who plays the saxophone for the punk rock band The Black Lips and the musical saw for her band Crush. She is joined by Los Angeles based poet Alaska Lynch, who has written a collection of poems dedicated to her. These poems have been adapted and published in a special mini book and are featured alongside illustrations by Alex Merry of the Gucci Zumi line. This creative duo is currently travelling the globe on the Gucci Zumi tour with Alaska performing his poetry and Zumi DJing for special events. Listen to this episode to hear about their travels and inspirations, and creative collaborations with Gucci. Read a special interview with Zumi Rosow: on.gucci.com/GucciZumiQA_ Discover more about the handbag design: on.gucci.com/__ZumiBag

First seen in the Gucci Spring Summer 2019 fashion show in Paris, Zumi Rosow walked the runway carrying her namesake Gucci Zumi bag. In this episode, writer and model Georgia Graham talks to Zumi Rosow, the inspiration and muse behind the new bag collection: Gucci Zumi. As well as making bespoke jewellery, modelling and acting, she is an experimental musician who plays the saxophone for the punk rock band The Black Lips and the musical saw for her band Crush. She is joined by Los Angeles based poet Alaska Lynch, who has written a collection of poems dedicated to her. These poems have been adapted and published in a special mini book and are featured alongside illustrations by Alex Merry of the Gucci Zumi line. This creative duo is currently travelling the globe on the Gucci Zumi tour with Alaska performing his poetry and Zumi DJing for special events. Listen to this episode to hear about their travels and inspirations, and creative collaborations with Gucci. Read a special interview with Zumi Rosow: on.gucci.com/GucciZumiQA_ Discover more about the handbag design: on.gucci.com/__ZumiBag

San Diego-based educational robotics firm Robolink is looking ahead. With a sense of fun and play, CEO Hansol Hong keeps coming up with new robotics kits to educate tomorrow's generation of roboticists. His latest?  A robot called "Zumi", which is a female robot and geared towards young girls! And she's designed to teach her users to code autonomous vehicles through AI! Routing algorithms, ethics and deep learning are all a part of the skills Zumi teaches. Zumi's Kickstarter program launched at the start of CES® 2019, and will continue through March 9th.   Zumi's Kickstarter program reached its $50,000 goal within the first week, according to their Kickstarter page.   At this point, pledges received have more than doubled that  goal--and counting. We've had the pleasure of covering Robolink's previous innovations since the 2015 Orange County Mini Maker Faire. So far, we've seen the Rokit Smart kit--which enabled future roboticists to build a dozen robots... ...and the CoDrone, a 2016 kit which allowed users to program their own drones in about ten minutes.   As we walked into CES® 2019's Robotics and AI pavilion, Hansol was the first exhibitor we saw, at his Zumi booth.  And he was displaying another new award, for his latest creation! (The CoDrone, in 2016, won a finalist award in CES®' "Last Gadget Standing" competition.) "How cool is that," was our initial reaction.  Even more so, when we learned that the goal is to teach the young creators how to program self-driving vehicles! Hansol's newest innovation won a "Best of CES® Innovation" 2019 award at the Las Vegas show in January.  From the floor of the "Robotics and AI" hall, Hansol shared the story of Robolink's newest robot, his goals for the future and how Zumi works. On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: What the new educational kit, Zumi, can do for students; Why Zumi is a female robot!; Hansol's experiences with Kickstarter for Zumi, and when the kit will be available; How Hansol and his crew found out about the Innovation Award; How Zumi works, for two different groups of students; The development process which Hansol and his team employ, prior to marketing any robot; What Hansol considers to be the most important lesson he has learned, as an educator and innovator, while creating his robotics kits.  

At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, we catch up with CEO Hansol Hong of Robolink, who demonstrates Zumi, their CES Innovation Award-winning product that helps kids learn about things like programming, artificial intelligence, and self driving cars. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss  - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

At ShowStoppers in Las Vegas, we catch up with CEO Hansol Hong of Robolink, who demonstrates Zumi, their CES Innovation Award-winning product that helps kids learn about things like programming, artificial intelligence, and self driving cars. This edition of MacVoices is sponsored by Smile, the makers of PDFpen and PDFpenPro, PDFpen for iPad, PDFpen for iPhone, PDFpen Scan+, as well as TextExpander for Mac and TextExpander for iPhone and iPad, as well as the new TextExpander for Windows. Great software to help you get more done. Show Notes: Chuck Joiner is the producer and host of MacVoices. You can catch up with what he's doing on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and LinkedIn. Subscribe to the show: iTunes: - Audio in iTunes - Video in iTunes - HD Video in iTunes Subscribe manually via iTunes or any podcatcher: - Audio: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesrss  - Video: http://www.macvoices.com/rss/macvoicesvideorss

I'm really excited to be chatting with Dave Diamond today – he's the eCommerce brains behind several businesses in Australia. Originally the founder of Colourblocker a source of dropshipped products for sellers In 2014 he founded Zumi – growing it to 7-figure turnover, and to be Australia's number 1 electronics interest free retailer, he recently sold his interest in Zumi, and now works with a number of eCommerce businesses including Cactus Watches.com – Australia's Favourite Kid's Watch Brand. Wow! We talk remarketing, abandoned baskets, SEO, Shopify, payments and much much more This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi are back again to talk pancakes, the benefits of CBD oil, and how exactly the robots are going to enslave us all. Good fun! You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi are at it again, discussing the joys of becoming a man, perusing historic pimp daddies, and why you should never take kids anywhere. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi delve ever deeper into the world of film, go swimming with the terrors of the deep, and forge more entertaining BS than you can fit into a lunch break. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this short episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Zumi takes the reins and goes it alone, discussing film, Rick and Morty, and how he ended up in Spokane Washington. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi discuss the frustrating game of golf, M. Night's return, and the deepest and darkest recesses of the internet. As an added bonus, Lon reads a funny "husband and wife" story that is sure to tickle your fancy. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi are once again joined by Solomon to discuss the tantilizing world of piercings, delve into the mysteries of women, and make a surprise wager that promises to whet your appetite. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw 

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi get all Starship Trooper with the newly announced Space Force, rampage on some new film discussion, and test the political waters with some corruption rhetoric. What more could you ask for? You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Zumi goes it alone in storytime fashion, discussing bathroom stall etiquette, NBA Finals, and short term memory loss. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi discuss the downfalls of Kathleen Kennedy, life threatening ticks, and the many horrors of living in Tanzania. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi delve into the world of television, boil raw testosterone, and ponder the age old question of the perfect 3 wishes.  You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi are joined by the ridiculously handsome former MLB player, Charles Fick, to talk about all things sports and life. You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi discuss the ancient witchcraft of chiropractors, pump up your testosterone with sports, and battle the mighty dragon of feminism!  Visit NBTLT on the official website at www.nbtltpodcast.com, and send Lon and Zumi an email with your questions and comments at mail@nbtltpodcast.com . You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

Summary: Laura Waudby works part-time as a service dog trainer who prepares dogs for different types of service dog work and teaching puppy raiser classes -- plus, she's a new mom. You can find her online at TandemDogSports.com. In her “free time,” Laura trains and competes in obedience, rally, agility, and dabbles in disc dog and trick training. She was halfway to her OTCH with her UDX Corgi, Lance, before his early retirement. She has also competed at the Master's level in agility.   Links Tandemdogsports.com  Next Episode:  To be released 4/20/2018, featuring Eileen Anderson, author of Remember Me? Loving and Caring for a Dog with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. TRANSCRIPTION: Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high-quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only the most current and progressive training methods. Today we'll be talking to Laura Waudby. Laura works part-time as a service dog trainer who prepares dogs for different types of service dog work and teaching puppy raiser classes -- plus, she's a new mom. You can find her online at TandemDogSports.com. In her “free time,” Laura trains and competes in obedience, rally, agility, and dabbles in disc dog and trick training. She was halfway to her OTCH with her UDX Corgi, Lance, before his early retirement. She has also competed at the Master's level in agility.   Due to the special behavior needs of one of her Duck Tolling Retrievers, Laura has developed a strong interest in learning how to create motivation and confidence in dogs that struggle, either through genetics or through less than ideal training, to make it into the competition ring. At FDSA, Laura offers classes for the Fenzi TEAM titles program and teaches Ring Confidence and several specialty classes including a class on articles and a class on stand for exam. Hi Laura, welcome to the podcast! Laura Waudby: Hey. I'm glad to be here. Melissa Breau: I'm excited to have you. So, do you mind starting us off by reminding listeners a little bit about who the dogs are that you have and what you're working on with them? Laura Waudby: My first dog is Lance, the Corgi. He is basically retired now due to an injury, but we do some obedience and trick training, and he likes to run around barking quite a bit. Then I have Vito, the Toler, and we mainly compete in agility, where we've worked on a lot of his ring stress issues. We still train in obedience, working on engagement, motivation, being brave. Then I have Zumi the Duck, who is my younger Toler. She's 3 years old right now. We are trialing now in agility, rally, and even obedience. These last few months she's started to awaken, so we're working on a lot of over-arousal issues now in both sports, but it's nice having a completely different set of issues than my other dog Vito. Then I usually have a foster dog or two around the house, service dogs in training. Melissa Breau: Congrats on getting in the ring with the youngster there. I've seen some of the videos. It looks like good stuff. Laura Waudby: Yeah, she's a lot of fun. Melissa Breau: I wanted to start out talking a bit about this idea of ring confidence. I think that most people who have a dog that loves training -- or even those who have worked super-hard to teach a dog to love training -- are often a bit surprised when they go into the ring for the first time and find they have a totally different dog than they're used to. Why is trialing so different from training? Laura Waudby: Everything about a trial is different than training. One of the biggest things is the atmosphere is really charged. There's nervous handlers and excited handlers both at the same time. It's clear that there's something specific about the ring area by the way that people are all crowding around it, everybody's watching. And then in obedience and rally, there's somebody there shouting orders at their mom or dad, so they can see that they're not really in charge. There's also the formality piece, really, even in sports like agility, when you're not really limited to how you praise and interact with your dog. There's still the stress excitement of the trial clams people up and you act really different than you would in a trial. So it doesn't take long for dogs to discover that the ring is very different. There's no food, there's no toys, and the absence of the reward can create a lot of stress too. Melissa Breau: Most people, I think, plan to work on it by taking their dog to lots of fun matches and training there until they think their dog is ready for competition, and while for some dogs, in some instances, maybe that's enough, I think often it's really not. What are some of the pieces that are maybe missing from that plan? Laura Waudby: I tend to find people use their run-throughs as getting that “trial experience.” They show up and their plan is to go through all the exercises or a full sequence of agility obstacles exactly like it was a trial, without rewards and extra praise, and without any support of their dog, who is probably struggling. The whole idea of doing all the exercises formally is really flawed to begin with. It's sometimes OK to test to see where you are and how the exercises hold up under pressure, but I think that should be pretty limited when you go to fun matches, because I don't think trial issues are due to the exercises themselves. It's more everything else I've talked about, with the formality and the pressure and the lack of rewards. So when I go to a fun match, I want to take advantage of that environment and work on showing my dog what the procedures are, things like, this is how we'll wait outside the ring, this is how someone will approach you and they'll take your leash, this is how we'll go to the start line together, or this is how we'll move in-between exercises. But practicing those little tiny things in a trial, I guess that's really where most of the stress issues tend to occur, and my main goal is just having a lot of fun, playing with the dog, helping them out, showing them there's nothing scary about being in the ring, having them feel good with all the pressure surrounding it. That's how I approach fun matches and run-throughs. Melissa Breau: Those are some of the pieces in the Ring Confidence class. Do you mind talking about how you work on that in that class? Laura Waudby: The Ring Confidence class has those two main goals of what we just talked about. The first goal is that ring equals fun. It should be a very happy and safe space for the dog, and that's pretty much through classical conditioning. It's entering the ring and having a party over and over and over again. It can take quite a while for dogs who have already been trialing, because you have to work on going to new places. It doesn't have to be a trial environment, but just going to a park or a shopping area and practicing entering a new spot and having fun. It's forgetting about training the exercises themselves and just playing with your dog, because if they're comfortable enough to play with you and focus on you, then they can work. The second part of Ring Confidence is working on that focus, and teaching the dog what to expect at a trial and what to do with all those little pieces, while turning those previous distractions and previous stressors into actual cues to focus on their partner. So it's mainly about providing that structure to the dog and to the human about what to do, such as how will they warm up the dog, how will they handle those delays in the ring, how will they handle talking to the judge, etc. Melissa Breau: Can you share a little bit more about what some of those aspects are that you look at that come with a trial environment and some of the ways that you train for those? Laura Waudby: When you're starting with a new dog, some of it is trial and error, and guessing how the dog responds to you, because you have to look at what does the dog need when arriving at a trial. Should you crate them inside, should you crate them in your car, how much time do they need to walk around the grounds, how much time works best before going back to the crate and giving them a little bit of a rest, how they need to warm up. So all of that is trial and error. Hopefully, you can get that from going different places with your dog, even if it's going to a park and seeing does your dog connect with really calm petting, do they need more energizing tricks and movement to feel comfortable, figuring out how far away from the ring do you need to be. All those little things are just trial and error as you go, but you can work on training different parts of it. And then looking at all the stuff once you're actually inside the ring, such as the people, pressure, practicing, the leash runner approaching your dog, practicing how you're going to keep that connection, and again, either building energy with a dog who stresses down, or with a dog who gets really over-excited, figuring out how you're going to keep that dog from boiling over as you move to your new setup spots or move between exercises. Melissa Breau: I know the class covers a couple of different sports. Are there differences there in what needs to be taught for the different sports? Laura Waudby: The basic concepts are pretty much the same, whether it's obedience, rally, agility, even we've had some freestyle students in the class. The main difference is that obedience you have a lot more stuff to train because you have a lot more pressure in the ring. You have to train for the judge approaching you, all the people approaching you at different times, and then, of course, the breaks in-between the exercises. In agility you have a lot more freedom of how you actually interact with the dog in the ring, while you work your way to the start line, how you handle delays. Encouraging a lot more active connections, such as jumping up and even barking, is perfectly fine in agility, so you have a lot more stuff you can do. And in obedience you just have a lot more things to train for. Melissa Breau: Fair enough. You mentioned handler nerves a little bit earlier, just the fact that there are excited people and there are nervous people and all the range along that spectrum. How significant of a role is that when it comes to a competition environment? Do you address handler nerves at all in class, or maybe you have recommendations from your own experience? Laura Waudby: Handler nerves are a huge part of trial issues. Dogs definitely sense our stress and this can shut them down or amp them up, depending upon the dog. Unfortunately, handler nerves are not my specialty at all. I still get very nervous before obedience trials. I'm just so focused on how I'm going to handle my dog for every part that I don't think other people can tell. We do a little bit of training in the Ring Confidence class to get the dog used to that picture of a stressed handler. We can work on things like holding our breath to mimic our really tense bodies, heeling to a metronome to mimic that extra concentration we have when listening to somebody else, but in terms of actually teaching the human part how to deal with their own stress and relax, I leave that up to Andrea. Andrea has all the wonderful Mental Management classes, so she is much better at dealing with that than I am. Melissa Breau: Denise taught the class, now you teach the class. As a competitor, are there any skills from this class that have really been game-changers for you and your dogs? I know that part of it's that you implemented the class, so maybe you could talk about that a little bit. Laura Waudby: This class I've already been doing for quite a while with my own dog Vito, because he's been a huge experiment for me in trying to get him happy in the ring. One of the things that Denise introduced me for this class was the idea that squish was having not just a safe place for the dog to be while waiting outside of the ring, but also that idea of teaching that release to be really … well, for Vito, who stresses down, for that release to be really energetic, drivey, focusing on me. I think that “on switch” has helped him quite a bit going into obedience. For agility, probably the biggest success for him in agility in implementing this class was actually teaching him to bark at me when entering the ring. It took a long time to get him to bark at me at the start line, and people don't believe me when I say that anymore, because he's a Toler and he loves Toler screaming, and he will scream a lot now on the start line. What that really did was it helped our connection. He used to stare at the ring crew, the leash runners, the judge, really worry about them, and now that we're entering the ring and he's barking at me, he's focusing a lot more on me and yelling at me, instead of looking around to find where all the scary people are. So that was our game changer for agility. Sadly, obedience does not allow the barking, so we're working on that squish and that release coming out of it, and all that personal play and jumping at me has been a work in progress to work on that motivation. Melissa Breau: For those who don't know what squish is, do you mind briefly describing what that looks like? Laura Waudby: A squish is a waiting position for the dog when you are outside of the ring. It could be when you're right up to the ring gates, if you have to wait close to the ring, or it could be further away from the ring. But it's a place for the dog to relax. They don't have to focus on you. Actually, you don't want them focusing on you. I want my dog to look around, to see the world, to look into the ring, see where the judges are, the stewards are, and just relax. And then we teach a release cue, which is pressure-based. I have a physical hand touch I do with my dogs on their chests, and when I release it, the dog should focus on me, with whatever drive and energy level you need that dog to do. So with my dog who stresses down, I really work … when I release Vito — he stands between my legs for his squish — when I release him, he should turn to me really quickly with a lot of energy. With Zumi, who stresses up a little bit, I work on a little bit of energy coming out, but a thinking type of energy and not just exploding randomly into the world. All my dogs wait between my legs for their squish position, but you could have them — whatever works for you. You could hold them in your arms, you could have them leaning against you. It's a place to feel safe. Melissa Breau: For people who are considering taking the class, could you talk a little about who is a good fit and how someone can decide if it's an appropriate class for them? Laura Waudby: The Ring Confidence class is probably my favorite class of all time. I love teaching it, and I really think it's for anybody who wants to trial or is trialing. The main audience are for dogs, though, who do perfectly fine at trials, they're fine hanging out in the crate area or walking around, but then they walk into the ring entrance, they walk into that ring, and bam, they're a completely different dog. They either stress down and start sniffing everywhere or just disconnect, or they stress up and have some over-arousal issues and really struggle to focus or have that thinking connection with their person. My ideal audience would be dogs who have not started trialing yet. It's kind of, I know, a novel idea to actually prepare your dog what to expect in a trial, but really getting them comfortable with the procedures before actually entering their first trial. Melissa Breau: In addition to the Ring Confidence in April, you're also teaching a TEAM 3 class. I know I've talked about TEAM, for those who are listening, a couple of times now in a few different episodes, but in case there's anyone out there listening for the first time, do you mind briefly sharing what TEAM stands for and what the concept is there? Laura Waudby: TEAM stands for Training Excellence Assessment Modules, and it's an online, video-based titling program. The first three levels were designed to set a very solid foundation for any dog sports. The emphasis is really on excellent training, breaking down exercises into their smallest pieces, and then seeing can the dog do just this little bit but do it very, very well. So it's more of that training title than “can the dog just do it,” because we want to see that they're … we're gradually adding the ideas of precision, reducing reinforcement, adding distractions, and then doing it in different environments. Melissa Breau: If somebody wants to compete in Obedience or Rally specifically, how can TEAM help them get there? Laura Waudby: I think of TEAM as providing a blueprint of how to break down all those advanced exercises into manageable pieces. So instead of spending all your time working just on heeling and recalls, which pretty much makes up most novice obedience organizations, it's like we introduce all the foundations for pretty much every single advanced exercise right from the start. In Level 1 we not only have pivoting, which is a foundation for really great heel work, but we also have backing up and scent articles and going out around a cone, teaching a vertical target for a go out, all these little things, and it builds from there until you … as the levels start to progress, we start to form little chains of those behaviors, so it starts to look more like the advanced exercises and not just those little pieces. Melissa Breau: I've heard a few times, in the Facebook group and talking to folks, that TEAM 3 is where things get fun. So I wanted to ask how TEAM 3 is different from those first two levels, and if you could talk us through a few examples of how it builds on those behaviors from TEAM 1 and 2. Laura Waudby: I agree, I do think of Level 3 as where it does start to get extra-fun. I think it's mainly because it starts to feel real. You're putting more behaviors together so that it actually looks like real obedience training to people who don't necessarily train this way. For example, in Level 1 and Level 2, you're doing all this pivot work with a prop and without a prop, and finally in Level 3, we actually allow you to heel forward, and that starts to look like really pretty heeling. We even test that by doing sidestepping in heel. Can the dog move laterally with their person by keeping their rear end nice and tight? And it looks really cool, but the dog already has the foundations for it from all that pivot training that he did in the earlier levels, so it's actually not that hard when you start to combine it together. With the combined behavior, the chains, it also means that there's also a lot more movement involved, and dogs just love that movement. There's still the technical pieces, but the extra movement they do, the running they get to, now starts to be more naturally rewarding for the dog and that makes it easier to start reducing their reinforcers. So at Level 3 you only get four cookies for the entire test, so it's like a reward every other exercise. It's really good trial preparation to gradually reduce the rewards, and the dog's having a lot of fun by doing all those movement-based exercises. Melissa Breau: In TEAM 3 submissions, are there any places that it's comment to see Not Yets — either because they're particularly tricky to train or because it's easy to misunderstand the rules and miss something when you're reading through? Can you talk us through what happens there? Laura Waudby: Overall, I think the students are doing a really great job with their Level 3 runs. They already have several successful Level 1 and 2 runs under their belts, so they're doing a much better job with remembering what the pieces are, how to handle their dog between exercises, and remembering where the exercises start. So I think there's a lot higher success rate at Level 3 than there are at the earlier levels. But there are two main places I see errors. The first is the heeling, just like Level 1 and Level 2. Level 3, at this point, we require two steps of forward heeling, a 180 pivot left, a 180 pivot right, and then the two feet of sidestepping right. The handlers can get a little bit over excited and forget that the pivots that they worked really hard on at earlier levels still have to be a true pivot in place at Level 3. We like doing really big, wide U-turns sometimes in heeling, but the dog doesn't have to move their rear end nearly as much in a U-turn, and they don't learn to stay parallel to us during the entire turn. The handler just needs to calm down a little bit and remember to do the really precise pivots to the left and to the right when they're doing the heeling work. Same thing with the side steps. Handlers tend to rush that. They get excited; they're a little stressed. I recommend doing several small shuffles sideways instead of trying to do two gigantic steps and leaving the dog in the dust. We want the dog to be parallel with you the entire time, so moving those smaller steps for the two feet tends to help with that. And the second exercise that I see, again, more handler errors than anything else is the directed cone send. This exercise is basically a baby version of a utility go out and directed jumping exercise you see in trials. We just use cones instead of jumps and have a shorter distance. The challenge here is that we also introduce the concept of cuing the dog to return directly to heel versus cuing the dog to come to fronts. They have to find that front from an angle, as the handler is not allowed to move their feet. What I find people are doing when they're practicing this is that they're waiting to cue the dog to find front or to find heel until the dog is all the way to them so they can use their hand signal as a guide. However, for the actual test, the cue to find heel or find front needs to be given when the dog is still at a distance just after they've rounded that correct cone. So this is more of a handler error than a training challenge, but if you look where you want the dog to go and give them the information they need soon enough, the dogs can do a great job of learning the difference when you're cueing them to find heel versus finding front. Melissa Breau: That's an interesting thing to include because — at least, I think — most of the time in the obedience ring they're coming to front, so it really forces some cue discrimination there. Laura Waudby: It's definitely not a skill that we need here in America, where the dog's pretty much always have to find front, except for the utility moving stand exercise. But this is really the first time they're doing it from such a big distance and with a lot of speed. Melissa Breau: This came up on the Facebook page, which is why I want to make sure I include it. Do students need to have their TEAM 2 title to take the TEAM 3 class? If not, how can they decide whether they're ready for it? Laura Waudby: They definitely don't need the TEAM 2 title. We actually encourage students to be looking ahead to the next level, or even further than that, and start training for it, even if they haven't done the lower level test. Dogs always have some behaviors they're really strong with that their handler needs to be raising the difficulty with challenging their dog and not just keep doing the same thing over and over and over again. With the behaviors that are still in progress, it's OK to still work at your lower level, even though you're also working on TEAM 3 or even TEAM 4 stuff with the behaviors the dogs are really good at. And if you're not quite there when you're looking at some of the TEAM 3 lectures, you just may need to add some props in or reduce the difficulty in another way. For example, the Level 2 test looks at getting position changes from 6 feet away with a 5-second pause, and that duration distance takes time to build. You just can't rush it. So it's OK if you want to work on Level 3, which adds in handler distractions, but now you'll just go back to standing right in front of the dog and not working as much duration. So your splitting out the distance and the duration from the idea of the dog listening to their cue, even if the handler is doing something weird, like lying on the floor or turning their back to the dog. That may even help them for the Level 1 and Level 2 test. Melissa Breau: So, I think this question probably applies to both classes. Probably one of the most useful things competitors can do is to really know the rules of whatever venue it is that they're competing in inside and out, so that they know what to expect and so they can train things properly. What kinds of things should people look for as they read through rules for whatever their sport and venue, and do you have any tips on keeping it all straight? Laura Waudby: Probably the biggest help is going to a trial in the sport you're pursuing or a particular organization, or in the case of TEAM is watching all the videos, and not just watching videos from the level you're at, but watching videos of the upper levels so you can see what that final picture is, where all your training is going. You can get a better idea, too, like for agility, what course styles there tend to be out there. For in-person obedience trials, you can also look for the details of where the judges tend to stand, what do the common layouts of the ring look at, just so you're a lot more comfortable with everything and how things tend to be judged. For in-person trials for terms of ring confidence, sometimes the biggest factor you should know before going into a trial is knowing specifically how that trial site is laid out. If you have a special-needs dog, like many of us do, you may need to plan exactly where your dog is going to wait before entering the ring, how you're going to get to that ring entrance with focus. Some trial locations are not easy for the dogs who get over-aroused, reactive, or stress. That's where TEAM is really nice, because everything is online, but there's a lot more pressure on you to remember the order and the precision needed for each test. I recommend that people, besides watching all the videos to know how things should look, I recommend memorizing the exercises in at least in a group of three. If you print out those lists and divide them in three exercises, that will help a lot with your flow. I see a lot of people in the videos stopping to read what the next exercise is, read the rules, and their dog … they're just left hanging out there and not knowing what's going on. So read those rules, memorize a little bit of an order, and plan your flow will help a lot in getting through that exercise with much less stress for you and your dog. Melissa Breau: I think people probably underestimate the value of having watched the videos and attended things in person. I know one of the big conversations constantly on the TEAM Facebook page is being strategic with your locations and where you do your tests, and if you don't think that through, you may use a location that would have been better for a later level early on, and that can make things a little more difficult on yourself. Laura Waudby: Yes. As your level goes up, you definitely need more space, so you don't want to use your biggest space for a Level 1 when you really need that for a Level 3-plus video where you need to go offsite. So definitely start to plan ahead. Melissa Breau: Finally, as somebody who has competed a fair amount, would you be willing to share a little bit of information on how you prep for a competition and what your pre-trial routine looks like with one of your own dogs? Laura Waudby: I don't think I really do any specific prep work before a trial outside of all of the ring confidence work I've done. I don't train differently before a trial than I do on non-trial weekends. The only thing I make sure of is I don't put any extra pressure on specific exercises, meaning that dogs make weird mistakes sometimes. Let's pretend my dog suddenly can't remember at all how to do a scent article, or how to do their weave pole entry, and it's a few days before a trial. I kind of ignore it. I'm not going to do any training to try and fix it, because that's just going to add pressure to it. I really just ignore it and go to trial, don't worry about it. The last thing I want is my dog getting stressed the exercise because I'm suddenly freaking out about it. Chances are the behavior is taught fine, it was just a weird thing that day, and if you don't draw attention to it, then it's not going to stick around. And if it does happen to stick around, then you have to develop a training plan for it anyway, and you freaking out a few days before a trial is not a good time to come up with a new training plan. So I don't really do a whole lot. Melissa Breau: Fair enough. Thank you so much for coming back on the podcast, Laura. This was great. Laura Waudby: Yeah, it was fun. Melissa Breau: And thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in! We'll be back next week with Eileen Anderson, author of Remember Me? Loving and Caring for a Dog with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction. If you haven't already, subscribe to our podcast in iTunes or the podcast app of your choice to have our next episode automatically downloaded to your phone as soon as it becomes available. Credits: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang.

In this episode of the NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi discuss the torturous abyss of car issues, masculinity in the workplace, and the pitfalls of progressive thinking.  Visit NBTLT on the official website at www.nbtltpodcast.com, and send Lon and Zumi an email with your questions and comments at mail@nbtltpodcast.com . You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

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In this episode of The NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi embark on a bogus journey through time, ponder the manly movies of old, and share stories of plague and providence. Join them on this epic adventure of quality entertainment! Visit NBTLT on the official website at www.nbtltpodcast.com, and send Lon and Zumi an email with your questions and comments at mail@nbtltpodcast.com . You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw ***Cryptic Wisdom Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CrypticWisdomHQ *** Tom vs Time: https://www.facebook.com/tomvstime/ ***

In this episode of The NBTLT Podcast, Lon and Zumi discuss the awesomeness that is Blade Runner 2049, futuristic contraceptives, and the circus that is NFL Postseason. Visit NBTLT on the official website at www.nbtltpodcast.com, and send Lon and Zumi an email with your questions and comments at mail@nbtltpodcast.com . You can find Lon and Zumi on their Facebook page, on Twitter @NBTLTPodcast, and on their Reddit home at www.reddit.com/r/NBTLT . You can also listen to each episode and watch every video discussed at their Youtube channel www.youtube.com/channel/UCHBclfiUoCvFaqeDl5Deiyw

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Summary: Laura Waudby was, until recently, a service dog trainer helping to prepare dogs for different types of service dog work. Now she's a new mom. In her "free time," Laura trains and competes in obedience, rally, agility, and dabbles in disc dog and trick training. She was halfway to her OTCH with her UDX Corgi Lance before his early retirement. She has also competed at the Masters level in agility. Due to the special behavior needs of her Duck Tolling Retriever Vito, Laura has developed a strong interest in learning how to create motivation and confidence in dogs that struggle, either through genetics or through less than ideal training, to make it into the competition ring. At FDSA Laura offers classes through the Fenzi TEAM Titles program and teaches ring confidence and several specialty classes including a class on articles and a class on stand for exam. Links mentioned: The Dogs are Really in Charge Silvia Trkman (lolabuland.com) Next Episode:  To be released 7/14/2017, featuring Denise Fenzi talking about FDSA camp 2017. TRANSCRIPTION: Melissa Breau: This is Melissa Breau and you're listening to the Fenzi Dog Sports Podcast, brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy, an online school dedicated to providing high quality instruction for competitive dog sports using only the most current and progressive training methods. Today we'll be talking to Laura Waudby. Until recently by day Laura was a service dog trainer to prepare dogs for different types of service dog work. Now she's a new mom. In her free time, and that's in quotes, Laura trains and competes in obedience, rally, agility, and dabbles in disc dog and trick training. She was halfway to her OTCH with her UDX Corgi Lance before his early retirement. She has also competed at the Masters level in agility. Due to the special behavior needs of her Duck Tolling Retriever Vito, Laura has developed a strong interest in learning how to create motivation and confidence in dogs that struggle, either through genetics or through less than ideal training, to make it into the competition ring. At FDSA Laura offers classes through the Fenzi TEAM Titles program and teaches ring confidence and several specialty classes including a class on articles and a class on stand for exam. Hi, Laura. Welcome to the podcast. Laura Waudby: I'm glad to be here. Melissa Breau: So to start us out, do you mind just telling us a little bit about the dogs you have now and what you're working on with them? Laura Waudby: As you already mentioned, I have the Corgi, his name is Lance. He did have to retire due to an injury, so right now he's pretty much just kind of my old dog at home. He's very sassy, pretty much barks his way through life. Occasionally competes at organizations that have a jumper on the ground, but he's my sassy man. Then I have the Toller, his name is Vito and he's my special need dog. He does have a lot of anxiety issues and some pretty severe ones, but luckily I've been able to kind of accommodate him through my lifestyle. Mainly right now we're working a lot on engagement training and choosing to work. He does compete in agility where he's mostly conquered his anxiety issues, but obedience is oh, kind of halfway on hold while we work on attitude, attitude, attitude. And then my youngest dog is the Duck. Her name is Zumi and she's two and a half years old so we're primarily working on foundations for agility, obedience, some disc dog field work, pretty much all the things right now. She did just start to compete in agility this past summer but hasn't really made her way yet into the obedience and rally ring. Melissa Breau: So how did you originally get started in dog sports? Laura Waudby: Well, when I was in high school I saw agility on TV and of course that's the flashy, the fun stuff and it kind of got me hooked on wanting to do that. Obedience, though, I kind of only started taking competition classes when I knew I wanted to become a dog trainer and I thought it would prove my skill, I thought I wouldn't like it very much and it was kind of lame, and then I actually started doing it and I realized how hard it was. and that's really what I came to love about it was trying to get that happy attitude in the ring along with the precision, so pretty soon I was kind of hooked on the sport of obedience which I thought I would hate to begin with. Melissa Breau: It's funny how much, those of us who enjoy dog training just because we enjoy training behaviors to a certain extent, I mean, obedience certainly appeals to that part, right? Laura Waudby: Oh, yeah, and it helps that the Corgi was very easy with me, kind of held my hands as I was learning things and showed me one by one where I kind of sucked in all the training and he eventually helped me fix them. Melissa Breau: So you mentioned you still have your Corgi. Have you always been a positive trainer? Did you start out that way with him? If not, what kind of got you started down that path? Laura Waudby: Yeah, he's always been positive training, at least in the traditional sense. So when I first started training dogs I was doing more pet training route and that was pretty positive, at least at the time, and I was also really lucky that we have one of probably the few, maybe the only I don't know, a positive-trained AKC club in the area, and so that was my introduction for the competition world. It's not very popular in the area because most people want to go to the traditional route, but we exist and we're trying to encourage people to compete positively, so I was really lucky to be pretty much positive straight from the get-go. Melissa Breau: And what area are you in? Laura Waudby: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Melissa Breau: I kind of mentioned in the intro that you were training service dogs full time. How long did you do that for? Laura Waudby: Seven years. Melissa Breau: Wow. So how did you go from training pet dogs to training service dogs? Laura Waudby: Well, my first experience with training service dogs actually was my last year of high school. I was able to do a community service class where we were able to volunteer with whatever we wanted to for basically half the day, and my parents were very generous and they allowed me to puppy raise during that time, so I took a little black lab service puppy home to live with us and I was responsible for all of its training. So that was my kind of my very first experience, and after I kind of graduated from school and their lack of dog training stuff, I went back to volunteer for them and they happened to have a job available at the same time I was volunteering again, so I was very, very lucky in that regard. But I'd say my first experience was as a high school student being a volunteer puppy raiser. Melissa Breau: That's awesome. I think so many people would love to spend all day doing nothing but training dogs. Laura Waudby: It certainly is easier than training people. Melissa Breau: Most of the time I'd go so far as to say, but… Laura Waudby: Yeah, most of the time. Melissa Breau: So I believe, and certainly correct me if I'm wrong, so you trained several different types of service dogs, right? Laura Waudby: Yeah. Another organization up here trains five different types of service dogs, which was actually really nice because allows us to have a very high success rate because the dogs who are lower key might do really well in one type or as the kind of nuttier job might do better at another type of job, so I guess the five types of dogs that we trained were mobility assist dogs. Those are the dogs who retrieve things, tug open doors, tug the laundry basket, help with the laundry. Those are most fun for me to train because kind of all the tricks that you think of in the service dog world. And then we have the hearing alert dogs. Those dogs are trained to alert to sounds in the environment. The diabetic alert dogs who are trained to alert to the smell of low blood sugar, the autism assist dogs who help kids with autism who tend to bolt, and then seizure response dogs who respond once a seizure is happening and help the person get through that seizure. Melissa Breau: That's quite a range of different skills. Laura Waudby: Yeah, it can help break up the day a little bit. Melissa Breau: I would think that the hardest part of teaching all that is really proofing the behavior for all environments. I mean, when you're talking service dogs you really need a dog who's going to do the work kind of no matter what's going on. Is that your perspective, is that really the hardest thing or is there something else that sticks out as maybe more difficult? Laura Waudby: Yeah, the training behaviors are really the easy part of the service dog training. It takes time to train their skills to be pretty solid, but that was great, the fun part. The hard part is that dogs have to focus anywhere and everywhere without any acclimation time. We talk a lot about acclimation time with our competition dog training, but the service dogs don't get that. They might arrive at a store and have to pick up keys at the entrance way, or maybe they just really get out of the car and they have to alert to a low blood sugar, so they kind of have to be ready to focus anywhere no matter what's going on, and that definitely takes quite a bit of training which is why most of the dogs who are two to three years old by the time they're placed with a client and they're still very, very young but definitely no longer puppies at that point. And of course the general public doesn't help, either, with all the I know I shouldn't but as they reach to pet your dog or are barking at your dog and all of the crazy stuff people do in public. Melissa Breau: Do you mind sharing just a little bit about kind of how you teach that so that the dogs can kind of do their work in those types of environments? Laura Waudby: Yeah. I'd say a lot of it is their personality. A lot of dogs simply aren't able to do that, like of the dogs I have now in my house, Lance, like the perfect Corgi, sassy guy, he'd probably be the only one who would make it as a service dog. Vito's anxiety issues, he couldn't do that. My young dog Zumi had a little bit of confidence issues where she's not quite ready to focus all the time. So their natural temperament has a lot to do with whether they make it or not. But past that point I do a lot of choose to working, a lot of distractions out to the side, rewarding focus, and of course we do it all without a command just like we do want the competition dogs to do. We don't want to be saying “Watch me, watch me, watch me,” or “Leave it, leave it, leave it.” We want the dogs, their name if they see something, that means their job is to look back at you. Kind of the exact same stuff we do with our competition dogs, just everywhere. Melissa Breau: And it's really teaching the dogs how to make the choice and think a little more independently at least than most people probably think about, right? Laura Waudby: Oh, yeah. It's a lot of free choice, especially because the clients, they might have limited range of mobility. They can't force the dog to do anything, the dogs have to want to do it, so it's a lot of choice-based training with the service dogs. Melissa Breau: So I want to switch gears a little bit and talk about TEAM. I know Denise and I talked about it briefly the very first episode of the podcast, but for those who aren't familiar with TEAM at all, do you mind just explaining a little about the concept, kind of what it is and how it works? Laura Waudby: Sure. So TEAM is an online video-submitted titling program. There are currently six levels that you can title in, and I think there might be plans to have more, I'm not sure. But the goal of TEAM unlike some other organizations, the emphasis isn't really on finished behavior change whereas I'm teaching the dog and the human each individual piece to get to a really high level of perfection. So basically even if you only get through the first three levels of TEAM, we're working on those foundational pieces being very solid to get you through pretty much any level of obedience training. Melissa Breau: Really kind of the concept, right? Is that if you do TEAM you can probably do almost anything else. Laura Waudby: Oh, yeah. Definitely takes you beyond utility even, I think. Melissa Breau: I don't think there's been an episode of the podcast yet where a guest hasn't talked about how important foundation skills are. I know that that's kind of one of the places where TEAM shines, right? How does it kind of do that, how does it approach teaching a foundation? Laura Waudby: Well, the way that testing is laid out, you're pretty much forced to work in all those little pieces. The first level you use a ton of props in it, throughout the testing so it pretty much guarantees that the dog is learning those little perfect movements. Basically you don't really teach just a sit and just a down, but you use a target to help us. The dog is not learning how to sit and down but they're learning how to do the individual position changes with zero forward movement so by the time you get to 40 feet away, the dog already knows how to do that perfect fold back down, tuck up sit without having any forward motion. It's kind of the little pieces that people tend to skip over if they don't know what the end result should look like. And the levels themselves I think really reward the handler for being patient and not rushing through those foundations because… Melissa Breau: Because they're really easy to rush through. It's easy to overlook kind of the precision that you're going to want later on early when you have a puppy who's eight or ten weeks old and you just want to sit. Laura Waudby: Yeah, definitely. Melissa Breau: So I believe you're teaching TEAM one in August, right? Laura Waudby: Yeah.   Melissa Breau: I know you've taught it once or twice now. Is there a skill that kind of stands out as something that people struggle with a little bit, and do you mind just sharing a couple of tips maybe on how they can approach it? Laura Waudby: Sure. Heel position is probably one that people struggle with the most. Primarily in the TEAM level one and two we're working on the foundational piece of pivoting, teaching the dog exactly what heel position looks like and how to move with the handler to maintain it. And a lot of people who haven't taught it that way before, because it's not the way heeling has been traditionally taught, it's a really hard skill for people to kind of figure out how to hold their hand and how the dog is supposed to move into you. And there are a lot of ways to teach pivoting, there's not. just one way. I tend to use a blend of shaping and luring that's a little bit more lure-based based. And generally probably the biggest tip for people is they want to use a really big arm where they have the dog go really wide, but generally you want the dog's head to be up a little bit more. Turning their head out causes their butt to swing in towards you, and sometimes it's easier to see that using a mirror so you can watch the dog's back legs easier, but generally not having such a big, wide head lure, but really keeping the dog's head nice and close to your body so he can focus on the head turning out and the back legs moving towards you. Melissa Breau: And that's what lets you get those really pretty corners, right? When you're making your turns in heeling? Laura Waudby: Oh, yeah, and makes the heeling look really sexy when you do all the side stepping, the backing up, the pivots, and so by the time you do any forward motion your dog already knows all those really fancy moves. Melissa Breau: I like that, it makes heeling look really sexy. So I want to kind of end things the way I normally end the episode, which is kind of what I guess my three favorite questions, so first, what's the dog-related accomplishment that you're proudest of? Laura Waudby: When I started thinking about that I first thought I would go with some of the service dog teams, but then I realized that's actually pretty self centered, and so definitely has to be about my own dogs. And Vito, my very special boy, we've been through a lot together, and my most proud accomplishment, and no particular trial with him, but just the ones where he's radiating pure joy where he's so happy to be with me and I can just see what the focus he has in me that all of his worries about the people and the stewards have kind of melted. You don't have that every time but the ones that he does do that for me is just really special, that shows all that hard work that we'd done. Melissa Breau: That makes it kind of magical. Laura Waudby: Yeah. Melissa Breau: I think this is probably the question I get told is the hardest question a lot of time, what is the best piece of training advice that you've ever heard? Laura Waudby: There's been a lot of good ones out there already, so I thought I would pick the you don't need to end a session on a good note. Generally if things are going pretty well you should enjoy it, quit before that just one more piece. But when things start going down hill, and they will, just end the session. Quit before you're digging yourself a hole that's even harder to get out of. I also would make sure that neither you or the dog are getting frustrated about it. So I have no problem just going well, I guess we're done for today, or at least done with that exercise, move onto something else before things get worse. Melissa Breau: And finally, who is someone else in the dog world that you look up to? Laura Waudby: One of my favorite trainers is Silvia Trkman, the famous Slovenian agility star, and while she only does agility, she doesn't actually compete in obedience, I really love her philosophy about having fun with the dog, not being afraid to experiment, respecting the dog in front of you. And Silvia is one where I got a really great piece of advice to help me and my Vito, teaching happy tricks to release stress, and that was probably the biggest change to help Vito a couple years ago to get him barking at me on the start line, get him sassy, jumping up, so that even if he doesn't feel brave and happy it forces him to kind of act like it and that has helped him a ton. So I really like Silvia Trkman a lot. Melissa Breau: I love that idea. They kind of have that line for people where if you stand in the Superman pose for two minutes before a talk it makes you feel more confident and like your body chemistry actually changes. It's a similar idea kind of for dogs, right? The idea that if they get happy and bouncy... Laura Waudby: It works a lot with people and I think it helps the dogs, too. Happy-making tricks. Melissa Breau: Yeah. I like that a lot. Thanks so much for coming on the podcast, Laura. Laura Waudby: Well, you're welcome. Melissa Breau: And thanks to our listeners for tuning in. We'll be back next week with a special episode with Denise Fenzi to discuss the inspiration behind the theme from camp a few weeks ago, and to chat a bit about next year. If you haven't already subscribed to our podcast in iTunes or the podcast app of your choice, to have our next episode automatically downloaded to your phone as soon as it becomes available. CREDITS: Today's show is brought to you by the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. Special thanks to Denise Fenzi for supporting this podcast. Music provided royalty-free by BenSound.com; the track featured here is called “Buddy.” Audio editing provided by Chris Lang and transcription written by CLK Transcription Services. Thanks again for tuning in -- and happy training!

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