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In this engaging conversation, keyboardist Danny Bedrosian shares his journey from a young fan of Parliament Funkadelic to becoming the longest-tenured keyboardist in the band. He discusses his musical upbringing, the formation of his own band Sweet Motha Child, and the pivotal moments that led him to join P-Funk. Bedrosian also reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on his health and career, and the process of writing his book that documents the legacy of P-Funk, including interviews with key figures in the band. In this conversation, Danny Bedrosian shares his journey of writing and publishing his book on P-Funk, detailing the challenges he faced and the support he received from industry connections. He reflects on the success of his first book, which became a bestseller shortly after its release, and discusses his upcoming projects, including a new book focused on the pivotal year of 1975 for P-Funk. The conversation also delves into the intricacies of live performance, the role of George Clinton in shaping the band's sound, and the importance of maintaining health in the demanding music industry.#dannybedrosian #georgeclinton #funk #pfunk #musiciansreveal TakeawaysDanny Bedrosian's journey to P-Funk began at age 11.He was influenced by hip hop sampling of P-Funk music.Bedrosian's family background in music shaped his career.He formed the band Sweet Motha Child at a young age.Joining Parliament Funkadelic was a dream come true for him.COVID-19 prompted Bedrosian to focus on health and writing.His book documents the extensive history of P-Funk.Interviews with original band members were crucial for the book.George Clinton's memory of sessions is remarkable.Bedrosian's dedication to music has led to a 22-year tenure with P-Funk. The journey to publication can be challenging but rewarding.Networking and connections are crucial in the publishing industry.Success can come quickly after years of hard work.Upcoming projects can build on past successes.Live performance requires adaptability and skill.George Clinton's influence is pivotal in P-Funk's sound.Health and wellness are important for longevity in music careers.The legacy of musicians is shaped by their contributions and collaborations.Understanding the history of music can enhance appreciation for the art.Mentorship plays a significant role in the music industry.George Clinton and P-Funk: https://www.georgeclinton.comDanny Bedrosians P-Funk Book: https://www.amazon.com/Authorized-P-Funk-Song-Reference-Parliament-Funkadelic/dp/1538183420Musicians Reveal official website: https://www.musiciansreveal.comMusicians Reveal Mixcloud station: https://www.mixcloud.com/joekelleyradio/

Carol Bedrosian founded Spirit of Change Magazine after a positive experience she had with an acupuncturist. Hear her story, the birth and demise of the print version and the rebirth of the online version.  Spirit of Change is also the main sponsor of the Natural Living Expo. This New England event features a marketplace of over 200 exhibits and vendors,  sessions and workshops. Carol's daughter, Michella Brudner, is the founder & producer of this expo, which started as a tribute for the Spirit of Change's 20th anniversary. Now celebrating its 17th year, it is known as a can't miss event uniting holistic practitioners and those interested in the healing practices.#healthylivingwithyogaanita #naturalhealthexpo #spiritofchange #carolbedrosian #holistichealth

As we approach fall and hunting season, it's a crucial time to reflect on our impact on the environment and wildlife we cherish. In this episode of Wild Things & Wild Places, we're diving into the importance of lead-free hunting and fishing practices. We're excited to feature Dr. Bryan Bedrosian from Sporting Lead Free, a leading voice in the movement towards lead-free ammunition and tackle. Bryan, both an avid big game hunter and a raptor biologist, has dedicated over 15 years to studying the impact of lead-based ammunition on wildlife. In this episode, we highlight a new video titled "Unleaded," produced for Sporting Lead Free. The video serves as a powerful reminder of how hunters, outdoors enthusiasts, and anglers can contribute to preserving our habitat and protecting the animals we love. You can watch the video here. Dr. Bedrosian discusses the science behind lead poisoning in wildlife and how switching to lead-free ammunition can significantly reduce this threat. He also emphasizes the importance of steering the conversation away from any anti-hunting rhetoric and instead focuses on promoting an unbiased, non-political message about the benefits of using lead-free sporting options. Join us as we explore how adopting lead-free practices can help preserve both our hunting heritage and the incredible wildlife of Wyoming. Tune in to this insightful conversation with Dr. Bryan Bedrosian, and let's make a positive impact together. For more information visit Sporting Lead Free's website and follow their initiatives. Stay informed, stay engaged, and let's work together for a lead-free future. Don't miss out on furthering the journey with Wild Things & Wild Places. Become a member of the Muley Fanatic Foundation and help make a difference. Join an organization that gets things done. Find out more here.  

Constantine the Great founded New Rome, or Constantinople, in the 4th century. However, there was already a city there centuries earlier. For the mythical roots of Byzantium, we have to go back to yet another man with dubious parentage- this time called Byzas... Sources for this episode: Angelov, D. (2019), The Byzantine Hellene: The Life of Emperor Theodore Laskaris and Byzantium in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bernstein, N. W. (2023), The Complete Works of Claudian: Translated with an Introduction and Notes. Oxon and New York: Routledge. Doležal, S. (2020), The Reign of Constantine, 306-337: Continuity and Change in the Late Roman Empire. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. Genesios (1998), On the Reigns of the Emperors. Translated by A. Kaldellis. Canberra: Australian Association for Byzantine Studies. Kazhdan, A. P. (ed.) (1991), The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Volume 1-2-3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Mango, C. (1990), Nikephoros Patriarch of Constantinople Short History. Washington D. C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. Michael the Syrian (2013), The Chronicle of Michael the Great, Patriarch of the Syrians. Translated by R. Bedrosian. Long Branch, New Jersey. Oldfather, C. H. (1963), Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes. Volume II: Books II (continued) 35- IV, 58. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press. Smith; W. (ed.) (1867), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. In Three Volumes (Vol. 1-3.). Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. Venning, T. (ed.) (2006), A Chronology of the Byzantine Empire. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Whitby, M. and Whitby, M. (2007), Chronicon Paschale, 284-628 AD. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Wiseman, T. P. (1983), The Wife and Children of Romulus. Classical Quarterly 33(ii): 445-452. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Byzas (online) (Accessed 25/06/2024).

For the first time, scientists have recorded how salps form chains and swim in corkscrews to reach the ocean's surface each night. Also, a wind utility company in Wyoming is trying to make wind turbines more visible to birds by painting just one blade black.The Small Jelly Creatures That Link Up And Swim in CorkscrewsSalps are small, transparent barrel-shaped jelly creatures. They are sometimes confused with jellyfish, but they are so much more complex. Salps have nervous, circulatory, and digestive systems that include a brain, heart, and intestines.Salps are known to link themselves together in long chains. And each night they journey from the depths of the ocean to the surface to feast on algae. New research shows that the key to their efficiency is swimming in corkscrews.Ira talks with Dr. Kelly Sutherland, associate professor of biology at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Oregon, about her work studying salp swimming patterns.Painting Wind Turbine Blades To Prevent Bird CollisionsWind energy is expected to be a big part of the transition away from fossil fuels. But that comes with consequences, including the potential for more deadly collisions between turbines and birds and bats. One experiment underway in Wyoming is studying a potentially game-changing—and simple—solution to this problem.In the Mountain West, large and iconic avian species—such as owls, turkey vultures and golden eagles—are consistently colliding with the human world. At the Teton Raptor Center in Wilson, Wyo., veterinarians, avian scientists and volunteers often treat birds for lead poisoning, crashes into infrastructure, gunshot wounds or other injuries.For the center's conservation director, Bryan Bedrosian, his work is about preserving the wildlife that makes Wyoming special.“We should be proud of the fact that we in Wyoming have some of the best wild natural spaces and some of the best wildlife populations,” he said. I think, unfortunately, it comes with a higher degree of responsibility.”Wyoming is a critical habitat area for many species, especially golden eagles. Tens of thousands live here year-round and the state is also a huge migration corridor between Alaska and Mexico. Unlike its cousin the bald eagle, the golden eagle population is stable at best and could potentially decline in parts of the U.S. Bedrosian said wind energy growth is a threat for a species that has always been “at the top of the food chain.”Read the full story at sciencefriday.com.Transcripts for each segment will be available after the show airs on sciencefriday.com. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.

Welcome to podcast by Dr Dad, the podcast where we delve deep into the intersection of technology, child development, and mental health. I'm your host,Dr Gaurav Nigam, MD, and in today's episode, we embark on a journey to understand the profound effects of excessive screen time on children, particularly in relation to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the emergence of what some experts term as "virtual autism." In an age where screens dominate our daily lives, from smartphones and tablets to computers and gaming consoles, children are growing up in a digital landscape unlike any previous generation. While technology undoubtedly offers myriad benefits, it also poses significant risks, especially when it comes to the delicate process of child development. Excessive screen time refers to prolonged and unrestricted use of electronic devices, often to the detriment of other activities essential for healthy growth and learning. With the rise of virtual classrooms, online gaming, and social media, children are spending more time than ever in front of screens, blurring the lines between virtual and real-world experiences. But what happens when screen time surpasses healthy limits? How does it impact the developing minds of children, particularly those on the autism spectrum? These are the questions at the heart of our discussion today. Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges in social interaction, communication, and repetitive behaviors. While the exact causes of autism remain elusive, research suggests a complex interplay of genetic, environmental, and neurological factors. In recent years, experts have observed a concerning trend: the convergence of excessive screen time and symptoms resembling those of autism. This phenomenon, often referred to as "virtual autism." One of the hallmarks of autism spectrum disorder is difficulty in navigating social interactions and understanding nonverbal cues. Children with autism may struggle to engage in reciprocal conversations, maintain eye contact, or interpret facial expressions—all essential skills for building meaningful relationships. Furthermore, prolonged exposure to screens may disrupt the development of neural circuits responsible for processing social and emotional information, further complicating the social deficits associated with autism. Studies have shown that excessive screen time in early childhood is linked to delays in language acquisition, attentional difficulties, and reduced empathy—a trifecta of challenges for children already grappling with the symptoms of autism. But the impact of excessive screen time extends beyond social interaction and communication. Research suggests that prolonged screen exposure can alter brain structure and function, particularly in regions involved in attention, memory, and executive functioning. References: Cristiana BĂLAN, Virtual Autism and Its Effects On the Child's Evolution https://www.afahc.ro/ro/afases/2018/43-CristinaBalan.pdfHermawati, D., Rahmadi, F. A., Sumekar, T. A., & Winarni, T. I. (2018). Early electronic screen exposure and autistic-like symptoms. Intractable & rare diseases research, 7(1), 69–71. https://doi.org/10.5582/irdr.2018.010071.Bedrosian, T. A., & Nelson, R. J. (2017). Timing of light exposure affects mood and brain circuits. Translational psychiatry, 7(1), e1017. Autism Parenting Magazine is a very good source for reading further. A lot of this podcast has been taken from that website. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2016.2622.Chonchaiya, W., & Pruksananonda, C. (2008). Television viewing associates with delayed language development. Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992), 97(7), 977–982. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00831.xMiller, V., & Gomez-Nicola, D. (2014). How can we exploit the brain's ability to repair itself?. Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 14(12), 1345–1348. https://doi.org/10.1586/14737175.2014.985659,

Moiya invites musician and writer Roux Bedrosian to gush about a world they love: the video game Bioshock! Long live Sander Cohen, the little sisters, and the big daddies! HOSTED by Dr. Moiya McTier (@GoAstroMo), astrophysicist and folklorist GUEST Roux Bedrosian is a musician, writer, and a multi-talented creator. Their website is rouxbedrosian.com and you can follow them on social @harleyroux  MESSAGES Listen to Big Game Hunger every Monday Sign up to support The Details of Our Escape at bit.ly/detailsof Take my Solar Eclipse Class with Atlas Obscura! HOUSEKEEPING Order my book, THE MILKY WAY: https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/moiya-mctier/the-milky-way/9781538754153/ BUY EXOLORE SWAG: store.dftba.com/collections/exolore   FIND US ONLINE patreon: patreon.com/exolorepod twitter: twitter.com/ExolorePod instagram: instagram.com/exolorepod website: exolorepod.com subreddit: reddit.com/r/ExolorePod   CREDITS Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Cover art: Stephen J. Reisig, http://stephenjreisig.com/ Editing: Mischa Stanton, https://www.mischastanton.com/    ABOUT US How would you like to swim in an ocean ruled by matriarchal squid, or fly over a planet as it rotates with a swarm of migrating wasps? No, it's not the latest VR craze (... yet); it's Exolore! Exolore helps you imagine other worlds with the help of facts and science. Every other week, host Dr. Moiya McTier invites experts to build a world from scratch or sits down with a fiction fan to dive deep into their favorite worlds. Every episode will make you laugh, go "huh?" and appreciate how special our world really is. Exolore is a member of Multitude Productions, an independent podcast collective and production studio.

Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian and Dr. Mark Robson discuss the new guideline from ASCO and SSO on germline testing in patients with breast cancer. They discuss the framework for which patients should be offered BRCA1/2 testing, and what additional moderate- and high-penetrance genes may be considered for inclusion in germline testing. They highlight key aspects of personal and family history, recommendations surrounding counseling for genetic testing, and the impact for patients and their families. They close the conversation with a discussion of gaps in the research. Read the full guideline, Germline Testing in Patients with Breast Cancer: ASCO-SSO Guideline TRANSCRIPT This guideline, clinical tools, and resources are available at http://www.asco.org/breast-cancer-guidelines. Read the full text of the guideline and review authors' disclosures of potential conflicts of interest disclosures in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.23.02225 Brittany Harvey: Hello and welcome to the ASCO Guidelines Podcast, one of ASCO's podcasts, delivering timely information to keep you up to date on the latest changes, challenges, and advances in oncology. You can find all the shows, including this one, at asco.org/podcasts.  My name is Brittany Harvey, and today I'm interviewing Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian from the University of Texas MD Anderson and Dr. Mark Robson from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, co-chairs on “Germline Testing in Patients with Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology – Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline.”  Thank you for being here, Dr. Bedrosian and Dr. Robson. Dr. Mark Robson: My pleasure. Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Thank you, Brittany. Brittany Harvey: Then, before we discuss this guideline, I'd like to note that ASCO takes great care in the development of its guidelines and ensuring that the ASCO conflict of interest policy is followed for each guideline. The disclosures of potential conflicts of interest for the guideline panel, including Dr. Bedrosian and Dr. Robson, who have joined us here today, are available online with the publication of the guideline in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, which is linked in the show notes.  So then, to jump into the content of this particular guideline, Dr. Bedrosian, could you give us a general overview of both the scope and the purpose of this guideline? Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Yeah, sure. So, in the last decade or so, the whole area of clinical cancer genetics has become incredibly complicated, driven, I think, predominantly by the development of extended gene testing. And in the midst of this complexity, our goal here was to try to give providers a framework through which they can think about the application of germline testing within their patient population. And really, this framework was to help them think through how testing can best be applied to patients that were both newly diagnosed with breast cancer or had a history of breast cancer, and also to help them think through the scope of that testing as well, be it BRCA testing or testing in a more extended fashion that may help inform longer-term decisions such as risk management. Brittany Harvey: Absolutely. We appreciate your efforts to provide recommendations in this framework in this complicated space.  So then, I'd like to review the key recommendations of this guideline developed by the expert panel. So first, Dr. Robson, who should be offered BRCA1/2 testing? Dr. Mark Robson: Thank you. I think this is perhaps one of the most important things that comes out of the guideline is that we, and the group, are now recommending that anyone who is either newly diagnosed with breast cancer at or before the age of 65, or if they're over 65 and have suggestive personal or family history criteria, or alternatively, if they are eligible for PARP inhibitor therapy, that they all be offered BRCA1 or BRCA2 testing. And the same would hold for women who had a personal history of breast cancer but were not currently under active treatment if their diagnosis had been made at or before 65 or older than that, with certain criteria then they should be offered testing. This is a much simpler way to look at things than the rather complicated existing criteria, which are perhaps a bit both difficult to remember and unfortunately inadequately sensitive in a setting where there is such critical, both therapeutic and risk management implications to the identification of a BRCA mutation. Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Yeah, I would just also add there's one other, albeit a much smaller group of women for whom BRCA testing could be considered, and those are women who develop a second primary breast cancer. That's another group that I think we can think about offering BRCA1/2 testing to. Brittany Harvey: Understood. I appreciate you both reviewing those recommendations for BRCA1/2 testing.  So, Dr. Bedrosian, which additional genes does the panel recommend including in germline testing? Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Yeah. So, in this area, outside of BRCA genes, Brittany, I think the panel didn't make any definitive recommendations or any specific genes that should be tested for. I think the panel felt that the decision to test for additional high penetrance genes and also for some moderate penetrance genes should be guided by the specifics of the individual case, whether the identification of germline mutations makes sense in the context of the patient's personal history and family history. So, in other words, is there a worrisome pattern in the family that might warrant more in-depth testing beyond BRCA, and also considerations around the implications of those test results. Would it change the management for the patient themselves? Either in the treatment of the index malignancy, which, in the case of most of these non-BRCA genes, there really is not changes to the management of the breast cancer that would be offered based on the finding of non-BRCA germline mutations. But potentially, the finding of a non-BRCA germline mutation in a breast cancer patient might help better understand risks of second malignancies that would then be addressed. And certainly for families as well of the patients, identifying those that are carriers could offer opportunities for risk assessment, risk mitigation. Dr. Mark Robson: I totally agree with Dr. Bedrosian. One thing I think it's important to understand is that most commercial testing done in the United States now does involve panels of genes. And the group certainly did not intend to suggest that that practice not continue. So, I think if somebody has a history of breast cancer, I think the panel felt that it would at least be reasonable to test for breast cancer susceptibility genes. However, this issue of do you test for all of the high penetrance genes when the family history doesn't suggest it, was certainly something we left open and we did not want to imply that it was obligatory to test for a large number or large panel of genes that weren't related to the patient's personal and family history. So, in other words, didn't want to imply that it was obligatory to do an extremely large panel just as a target of opportunity, if you will. Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: I think really a key part of these guidelines was that we wanted to afford the oncologist flexibility. It's very difficult beyond BRCA to be prescriptive. There are so many considerations about testing, and those considerations will be applied differently in every patient context. So, we really wanted to let providers know that while they have to think about these other genes, and oftentimes there'll be good reason to do these other genes as part of the overall germline testing, again, that it's not obligatory to do so. It's not a fixed set that needs to be tested for. And really, the understanding of the patient's personal history, family history, therapeutic goals, and risk assessment goals should be used to determine kind of the ultimate scope of the testing. Brittany Harvey: It sounds like these decisions will be individualized, based on patient characteristics and with working between both patients and their clinicians. So that leads into my next question. But, Dr. Robson, how should patients with breast cancer considering genetic testing be counseled? Dr. Mark Robson: With this recognition and emphasis on the therapeutic implications for patients with breast cancer, both surgical and potentially systemic using PARP inhibitors, the approach has gradually moved away from the concept of testing for personal utility, in other words, just wanting to know, and more towards the idea of this being a clinically useful test that's to some extent necessary for the appropriate management of a fair number of patients. And so the counseling is usually- the pre-test counseling is perhaps more educational than we have used in the past, rather than this extensive discussion of whether or not somebody wants to know. Obviously, it's always the patient's ultimate decision whether or not to be tested, and we have to give them the same elements of education that we would have given back in the day. But it can be delivered in a more didactic type of context rather than necessarily the back and forth that takes place with formal genetic counseling.  Now, for patients who have complicated or extensive family histories or who have histories that may suggest predispositions other than those for breast cancer, the type of thing that Dr. Bedrosian was talking about earlier, they could certainly benefit, again, from a more formal evaluation by a provider experienced in cancer genetics to help select what the scope of the testing should be, for instance, and also to help interpret those results. And certainly anybody who had a pathogenic variant or a likely pathogenic variant identified should be considered for meeting with somebody who's experienced in clinical cancer genetics both to interpret and also to help with family expansion when appropriate.  Brittany Harvey: Excellent. Thank you for reviewing those recommendations from the expert panel. So, Dr. Robson just touched on this a little bit, but Dr. Bedrosian, how will these guideline recommendations affect patients with breast cancer and their families? Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Yeah, so from a patient perspective, I think there are two ways that these recommendations can impact care. For those women that are identified as germline carriers, specifically with BRCA, it will open the door for receipt of PARP inhibitors, which are currently recommended for patients that are high-risk primary cancer or those with metastatic disease. The other ways that patients will be affected by a germline testing is really in this idea of second cancer risks. Some of these germline mutations are well established to carry risks of either second primary breast cancer or non-breast malignancies. And understanding those risks will allow the patients and their providers to create management strategies, be they surgical or with more intensified screening that will help them mitigate the effects of that germline-driven risk.  And I think similarly for the families of patients, the ones the proband has identified, I think that family now has a very real opportunity to better understand their cancer risks and again be able to more effectively manage those risks through either surgical or non-surgical means. And it would really underscore the family component of this. I think oftentimes oncologists are very much focused on the patient and admittedly so that is the person that has the most immediate needs. But I think there's a real opportunity to extend efforts at prevention and early detection by identifying the at-risk family members and allowing them the opportunity to access care that mitigates their cancer risks and hopefully will improve survival outcomes in so doing. So, I think the opportunities for families here to understand risks of germline testing is a really important one to underscore from these recommendations. Dr. Mark Robson: Just to expand a little bit on what Dr. Bedrosian was saying, I think this is a very important place for collaboration between the oncology community and the clinical cancer genetics providers because the oncologist is pretty occupied taking care of all of their cancer patients, and the approach to people who are unaffected is a little bit different. People who are unaffected perhaps do need a little bit more pretest counseling to understand the pros and cons of choosing to be tested for the familial mutation. And certainly that idea of family expansion is something that's well known to clinical cancer genetics providers and that's really very much something that they can help the primary oncologists do. Brittany Harvey: Absolutely, these recommendations have impacts beyond just the individual patient, but also for their families as well.  So then, finally, Dr. Robson, what are the outstanding questions regarding germline testing in breast cancer? Dr. Mark Robson: Oh, there are so many. Where should I start? I think over the years we've become, as a community, pretty comfortable managing individuals who have BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. There are certainly some questions left, but there's a lot of familiarity with that. I think the challenges expand into these what we call moderate penetrance genes and how to guide people with alterations in those genes. Because except for PALB2, which is relatively uncommon, many of the other genes don't really have the same implications for therapy because it's not clear that they confer PARP sensitivity. It's not at all clear that they have high risks of contralateral breast cancer. And even in the unaffected setting, we know that there's a wide distribution of risk for people who carry these alterations. And some individuals with these alterations probably are not at increased risk at all because they have protective factors. So the management of breast cancer susceptibility genes beyond BRCA1 and BRCA2 is still very much in evolution. They can't be handled exactly the same way as a woman with a BRCA carrier.   And then, of course, this issue of how much should we test and what do we do with some of the alterations that we find, if you will, out of context, what are the implications for that and what's the most appropriate management? Those still remain very much open questions. So I think there's still plenty of work to do. Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Yeah, I agree. I think one of the enormous challenges has been the disconnect between how rapidly our technology has advanced and can sequence alterations, and our ability to really understand the biologic and clinical implications, which really is a time-dependent issue. We need to see over time how patients do for us to understand the implications of some of these germline findings. So that disconnect is a very difficult one to bridge, particularly, I think, for surgical oncologists because they are oftentimes referred patients who don't have a cancer history, necessarily, or have a distant history, and really the concern is “I'm at risk and I would like to reduce my risk.” And it becomes very difficult to counsel patients as to the benefits of risk reduction when we don't have such a great handle on the degree to which they are actually at risk. So that really is a significant gap, I think, for surgeons in particular to have to contend with. Brittany Harvey: Definitely. We'll look forward to answering some of those questions as we learn more and get more data to address those gaps.  So I want to thank you both so much for your work to develop this framework for genetic testing in breast cancer, and thank you so much for your time today, Dr. Robson and Dr. Bedrosian. Dr. Isabelle Bedrosian: Thank you, Brittany.  Dr. Mark Robson: Thank you for having us. Brittany Harvey: Thank you to all of our listeners for tuning in to the ASCO Guidelines Podcast. To read the full guideline, go to www.asco.org/breast-cancer-guidelines. You can also find many of our guidelines and interactive resources in the free ASCO Guidelines app, available in the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. If you have enjoyed what you've heard today, please rate and review the podcast and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.  The purpose of this podcast is to educate and to inform. This is not a substitute for professional medical care and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests on this podcast express their own opinions, experience and conclusions. Guest statements on the podcast do not express the opinions of ASCO. The mention of any product, service, organization, activity or therapy should not be construed as an ASCO endorsement.

George Clinton's keyboardist, Parliament-Funkadelic (P-Funk0 member - Boston native Danny Bedrosian - takes us through is new discographic book - "The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023" and selects his favorite P-Funk songs. These are tunes that are detailed in Danny's monster hardcover that celebrates everything about this legendary sprawling funk group and it's many offshoots including Parliament, Funkadelic, George Clinton, Incorporated Thang Band, Jessica Cleaves, Brides of Funkenstein and more. The episode concludes with some of Danny Bedrosian's solo work with his own group Secret Army, and host Chuck Da Fonk's songs with P-Funk members from early in his career, including his very first collaborations with Billy Bass Nelson and Richard Kush Griffith. Tune into new broadcasts of FSQ, Thursday from 3 - 6 PM EST / 8 - 11 PM GMT.For more info visit: https://thefaceradio.com/fsq///Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

* PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music's foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 313 (Part 2 of 2): Classically trained funk keyboardist, singer, composer and producer Danny Bedrosian, who first appeared on TRUTH IN RHYTHM in 2017 ( https://youtu.be/njDBM5WZZ1o ). For the past 20 years, he has been best known as a central and touring member of Parliament-Funkadelic, a.k.a. George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars. During that time, he has also appeared on numerous P-Funk and associated studio recordings and led many of his own projects, several of which feature fellow Funk Mob players.  In addition, he has compiled an exciting new book – titled “The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023.” This landmark book fully documents the vast recording history of one of music's most prolific and monumental acts. Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Authorized-P-Funk-Song-Reference-Parliament-Funkadelic/dp/1538183420/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TOVLLW74KH7F&keywords=p-funk+book&qid=1696876342&sprefix=p-funk+book%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1 RECORDED OCTOBER 2023 LEGAL NOTICE: All video and audio content protected by copyright. Any use of this material is strictly prohibited without expressed consent from original content producer and owner Scott Goldfine, dba FUNKNSTUFF. For inquiries, email info@funknstuff.net. TRUTH IN RHYTHM is a registered U.S. Trademark (Serial #88540281). Get your copy of "Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk" today! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541256603/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1541256603&linkCode=as2&tag=funknstuff-20&linkId=b6c7558ddc7f8fc9fe440c5d9f3c40

** PLEASE SUBSCRIBE ** Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott "DR GX" Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on THE ONE: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music's foremost masters of the groove. Become a TRUTH IN RHYTHM Member through YouTube or at https://www.patreon.com/truthinrhythm. Featured in TIR Episode 313 (Part 1 of 2): Classically trained funk keyboardist, singer, composer and producer Danny Bedrosian, who first appeared on TRUTH IN RHYTHM in 2017 ( https://youtu.be/njDBM5WZZ1o ). For the past 20 years, he has been best known as a central and touring member of Parliament-Funkadelic, a.k.a. George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars. During that time, he has also appeared on numerous P-Funk and associated studio recordings and led many of his own projects, several of which feature fellow Funk Mob players.  In addition, he has compiled an exciting new book – titled “The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956-2023.” This landmark book fully documents the vast recording history of one of music's most prolific and monumental acts. Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Authorized-P-Funk-Song-Reference-Parliament-Funkadelic/dp/1538183420/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3TOVLLW74KH7F&keywords=p-funk+book&qid=1696876342&sprefix=p-funk+book%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1 RECORDED OCTOBER 2023 LEGAL NOTICE: All video and audio content protected by copyright. Any use of this material is strictly prohibited without expressed consent from original content producer and owner Scott Goldfine, dba FUNKNSTUFF. For inquiries, email info@funknstuff.net. TRUTH IN RHYTHM is a registered U.S. Trademark (Serial #88540281). Get your copy of "Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk" today! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1541256603/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1541256603&linkCode=as2&tag=funknstuff-20&linkId=b6c7558ddc7f8fc9fe440c5d9f3c400

We delve into the exciting and tasty world of culinary tours with Rick Bedrosian and Chef Ric Orlando. Ray Graf hosts.

Eli Bedrosian LPC and Paul Krauss MA LPC discuss the ideas of Personal Growth Space Available Immediately, Navigating Changes in Life, Good Mental Hygiene, and Guilt As Evidence of Progress. Eli and Paul also speak about the effects of environment, habit, adverse experiences, and trauma on a person's mental health. If you are curious about the process of change as well as how an EMDR / Somatic Experience Therapist could help, then listen to this episode. Elijah Bedrosian LPC earned a Masters in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University. He completed his counseling internship at The Meadows. He worked 4 years at the Meadows in different therapist roles. The focus of the work at the Meadows was family of origin work, supporting people in healing from trauma and recovering from addictions. He then worked at Psychological Counseling Services for close to 6 years. There was a focus on trauma and addiction there as well, and also specifically compulsive sexual behaviors. He is a Somatic Experience Practitioner and an EMDR therapist. He is currently in a Sex Therapist training program through the University of Michigan. He has been an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) for 11 years. He has been in private practice for about 10 months. He provides psychotherapy for individuals, couples and families. Eli practices at the Biltmore Wellness Collective in Phoenix, AZ. Get involved with the National Violence Prevention Hotline: 501(c)(3) Donate Share with your network Write your congressperson Sign our Petition Looking for excellent medical billing services? Check out Therapist Billing Services. A behavioral and mental health billing service developed by therapists for therapists. Preview an Online Video Course for the Parents of Young Adults (Parenting Issues) EMDR Training Solutions (For all your EMDR training needs!) Paul Krauss MA LPC is the Clinical Director of Health for Life Counseling Grand Rapids, home of The Trauma-Informed Counseling Center of Grand Rapids. Paul is also a Private Practice Psychotherapist, an Approved EMDRIA Consultant , host of the Intentional Clinician podcast, Behavioral Health Consultant, Clinical Trainer, and Counseling Supervisor. Paul is now offering consulting for a few individuals and organizations. Paul is the creator of the National Violence Prevention Hotline (in progress) as well as the Intentional Clinician Training Program for Counselors. Paul has been quoted in the Washington Post, NBC News, and Wired Magazine. Questions? Call the office at 616-200-4433.  If you are looking for EMDRIA consulting groups, Paul Krauss MA LPC is now hosting weekly online and in-person groups.  For details, click here. For general behavioral and mental health consulting for you or your organization. Follow Health for Life Counseling- Grand Rapids: Instagram   |   Facebook     |     Youtube  Original Music: ”Alright" from the forthcoming album Mystic by PAWL (Spotify) "You Are Loved Eternally" from Spectra by Jenny O. (Spotify) "Pleasure in Function" from Spectra by Jenny O. (Spotify)

Marc Kapetan welcomes to the show a prominent figure of the Armenian Community, Jane Bedrosian.   Bedrosian shares her love for music, all she does for the Central Valley, her work within the AG community and lots of greats stories that include how she went from living in New York to living in Fowler.   Please Like, Comment and Follow 'The Marc Kapetan Podcast' on all platforms:     ---   The Marc Kapetan Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts and wherever else you listen to podcasts.     Kapetan Brothers Law Website    http://www.kapetanbrothers.com/       --   Marc Kapetan's Socials     Facebook    https://www.facebook.com/KapetanBrothersLawFirm/        -   KMJ Socials     https://www.kmjnow.com/    https://www.facebook.com/kmjnow       https://twitter.com/kmjnow     ---   More KMJ Original Podcast's   https://www.kmjnow.com/podcasts-3/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bass Month has been wonderful !! Aram Bedrosian is an amazing solo bassist with a great story, awesome sense of humor and one of a kind playing style. Sit back, relax and enjoy the show! "Born and raised in Burlington, Vermont, Aram began playing at 13 and developed his technique playing in progressive rock and funk bands. He studied composition in college while frequently performing live and recording with various touring acts all over the U.S.. After earning a reputation as a first-class pro bassist he released his debut album of emotionally resonant and technically dazzling original unaccompanied solo pieces. It quickly earned glowing reviews and worldwide attention; leading to co-billings with Buckethead, Joe Bonommassa and other world-class artists as well as numerous endorsements. Also a highly sought-after bass instructor in Vermont and worldwide, he is the resident bass faculty member at Johnson State College, the founder of the Burlington Music Dojo musical collective in Vermont, and a contributor to the Bass Players United online community. He also still does frequent session work and regularly performs live with drummer Jon Fishman of Phish." -www.arambedrosian.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesunshineshow/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thesunshineshow/support

Aaron Kindle sits down with the founders of Sporting Lead Free and the North American Non-Lead Partnership while they were together for a meeting of the key players working to reduce lead on the landscape from hunting and fishing activities. We discuss why we decided to convene at this time with the greatest minds on non-lead hunting and fishing, what the goals of the summit were, and where we hope the movement to reduce lead on the landscape goes from here. Aaron asks about other critters beyond the most well-known stories of poisoning in raptors, about human health impacts, and about ammunition pricing and availability. We also discuss the respective organizations, particularly the newest group on the scene, Sporting Lead Free, and discuss some of the common misconceptions surrounding lead free ammunition. Links: https://www.nwf.org/Outdoors/Our-Work/Lead-Free-Landscapes https://nonleadpartnership.org/ https://sportingleadfree.org/ Show notes: 3:53 – Brayan, Chris, Leland, and Aaron share what they've been doing outside recently, in particular, spreading the word about the voluntarily use of non-lead alternatives in the field. 7:25 – Bryan shares a little background on Sporting Lead-Free. 11:15 – Chris and Leland share a little background on the North American Non-Lead Partnership.  15:25 - The group talks about the event that brought them together in Boise and recent work in the realm of lead-free hunting and fishing. 17:41 – The group chimes in on the material (lead) being the problem. How can we improve the sustainability of the practices by shifting the use of this material in the field? 27:59 – What direction is this lead-free movement heading?  34:15 – Short break for a message from our partner podcast, Artemis Sportswomen! Be sure to follow NWF Outdoors AND Artemis Sportswomen on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. *Inserted ads from our hosting platform may affect the time slots below* 35:44 - Talking about the science and its relationship to the lead-free movement.  40:22 – Why do people switch to non-lead alternatives? Performance… Wildlife conservation… Food consumption… 46:58 – “We are all decedents of hunters…”  51:55 - Where else and how else are we going to spread the word so more people will make the switch to non-lead alternatives in the field. 59:35 – Where do we hope to be in ten years?

In this episode, we explore the effects of blue light on our health and well-being. From digital eye strain and disrupted sleep to an increased risk of chronic diseases, we discuss the negative impacts of blue light exposure from electronic devices and artificial lighting. However, we also examine the positive effects of natural light on our health, including improved mood, cognitive function, and bone health. We also provide tips and tools for protecting against blue light, including blue-light blocking glasses and limiting virtual communication. Join us as we dive deep into this important and relevant topic in today's modern world. BonCharge Blue Light Blocking - https://bit.ly/3ZtPFPv 15% off coupon Code "healthy-and-awake" www.RedPillHealthAndWellness.com - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138738/ - Salehpour, Farzad, et al. "Therapeutic potential of intranasal photobiomodulation therapy for neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders: A narrative review." 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EXP Realty Icon Podcast with Dawood Bedrosian Why EXP Realty - EXP Realty Explained You're probably asking yourself, "Why should I choose EXP Realty over any other company?" We'll give you great reasons here in our video! Want to Hire a Virtual Assistant? Visit → https://www.sphererocketva.com

Litigation over unreported foreign account is unpredictable. Many rejoiced in 2017 when a District Court determined in Bedrosian v. United States that the taxpayer was not “willful” in failing to declare a large Swiss account. They were down, though, when the same District Court, on remand, reluctantly held that the taxpayer acted “recklessly,” which sufficed. Less than one month later, the government agreed to settle willful FBAR penalty case at the last minute in Jones v. United States. Details of the settlement are confidential, but logic dictates that the government, after a string of FBAR victories and a win in Bedrosian, would not concede anything, unless it had real concerns about losing and setting precedent favorable to taxpayers. The enclosed article describes the applicable law, the two notable FBAR decisions, and where things stand with respect to willfulness.

The Yellowstone area is a hub of North American wildlife, but lead (Pb) poisoning via ingestion of Pb hunting ammunition remains a serious concern for some species. The interplay of the Yellowstone area as an important area for both wildlife and human activities such as hunting is undoubtedly complex.  In this episode, we dive into the issue with Bryan Bedrosian, Conservation Director of the Teton Raptor Center as well as the Director & Co-founder of Sporting Lead Free. Bryan has spent the past 2 decades studying the issue of lead in many species in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem including eagles and ravens. We discuss the various pathways of lead exposure and its impacts on wildlife, as well as the challenges of capturing and sampling raptors and ravens in the wild. We dive into the Sporting Lead Free initiative with Bryan and discuss their efforts to drive non-political, voluntary reductions in lead consumption by wildlife and people.  Let's Go!   We're a podcast with a purpose! One of our main goals is to support all the individuals and organizations fighting the good fight and working to keep our wildlife and ecosystems healthy.  If you enjoyed this episode, please check out the great work of Teton Raptor Center and Sporting Lead Free:   To Learn More About Bryan's work at Teton Raptor Center:   Website:  https://tetonraptorcenter.org/  IG:  https://instagram.com/tetonraptorcenter  FB:  https://m.facebook.com/tetonraptorcenter    To learn more about Sporting Lead Free: SPORTING LEAD FREE Website:  https://sportingleadfree.org/  IG:  https://instagram.com/sportingleadfree  FB:  https://m.facebook.com/Sportingleadfree    Here's the direct link to become a member of Sporting Lead Free and receive an AWESOME COOZIE for free or preferably with a donation: https://sportingleadfree.org/become-a-member    *** Connect with Us! Website | https://wildlifehealth.org/podcast/  Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/wildlife_health_connections/  Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/WildlifeHealthConnections   

Funkatopia interviews Parliament Funkadelic's keyboardist Danny Bedrosian to talk about his 20 years with George Clinton. Plenty of stories from 5 minutes shows, playing for Putin in Russia, performances with Sly Stone, supporting Armenians in Syria, and so much more. Another action packed show.

Today, USC Senior Olivia Olson, speaks with USC Price Center for Social Innovation and Imagine LA to understand a partnership study that examined the complex social safety network for low-income working families to identify stagnation points. The study looked at the total resources families have available and identified the threshold points where the safety net may actually become a barrier towards economic independence — a benefits cliff, where an increase in earnings leaves a family worse off, or a resource plateau, where such an increase leaves a family no better off in terms of the total resources available to them (income and benefits). Most families receiving social benefits will experience lengthy resource plateaus, where an increase in earned income is met with the equivalent loss of some benefit. However, the ecosystem of social benefits is challenging to navigate and protects mainly families with extremely low incomes by providing childcare and housing benefits. This partnership also created a tool for families to use to help with the complexities of the myriad benefits available to them, how these benefits overlap. Learn about the policy recommendations and demystify the complex social safety for low-income working families. Olivia Olson, USC Dornsife Senior Leilani Reed, Imagine LA Program Graduate and Ambassador Jill Govan Bauman, President & CEO, Imagine LA Brit Moore Gilmore, Director Of Business Development at Aneuvia | Social Enterprise & Small Business Consultant Soledad De Gregorio, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Price Center for Social Innovation Gary Painter, Professor, Chair of the Department of Public Policy, Director of the Sol Price Center for Social Innovation Director, Homelessness Policy Research Institute

This trusty reliever—and controversial Cy Young winner—was the bedrock for several pitching staffs. Also, he's a master of karate and friendship for everyone. Card 440 and 407 on Beckett Follow-up: Grandma's Reds Scorebook 1987 All-Star Game NBCSports.com: "How in the world did Phillies reliever Steve Bedrosian win the '87 Cy Young?" It's Always Sunny in Philadephia: "Mike Schmidt" Steve and Cam save a cat from a tree

"Bedrock" Steve Bedrosian won the Cy Young Award while pitching with the Phillies in 1987. His son Cam is now in the bullpen for the Phillies. They talk about Cam, playing hockey, and playing in the 1989 World Series with the Giants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Episode 2 features Roux Bedrosian of East Brunswick reading her short story, “The Graveyard Shift”. You can learn more about Roux at https://rouxbedrosian.com/.

Episode 2 features Roux Bedrosian of East Brunswick reading her short story, “The Graveyard Shift”. You can learn more about Roux at https://rouxbedrosian.com/.

Eddie is joined by musician and historian Danny Bedrosian to talk about Danny's craziest touring stories, how he got started in music, and his upcoming written history on Parliament-Funkadelic. 

Originally recorded for “The Bigger Picture” podcast by the USC Bedrosian Center with host Oliva Olson. Falling is the number one cause of injury and the seventh leading cause of death in adults ages 65 and older. In the newly published “Breaking Down Silos to Improve the Health of Older Adults,” Richard Green (Director, USC Lusk Center), Patricia Harris (MD and Geriatric Medicine Specialist, UCLA Health), and Anthony Orlando (Assistant Professor in the Finance, Real Estate, and Law Department, California State Polytechnic University and USC Bedrosian Center Faculty Affiliate) make the case for Medicare coverage of home safety renovations to minimize injurious falls. Olivia Olson speaks with the authors about their recent paper and the changes they hope to see in Medicare coverage.   The Bigger Picture:  https://bedrosian.usc.edu/category/bigpicture/   Lusk Perspectives:  https://lusk.usc.edu/perspectives

Greg knows his Star Wars, Speedmasters and NASA history inside out. Greg's rebuttal to Allen's deconstruction of "Grand American Space Narratives" via the Swiss watch industry opens up new ways of thinking about the Omega Speedmaster, humanity's role in space, and much more.

On this episode, the G Crew gets to chat with Danny Bedrosian who is the keyboard player for George Clinton & Parliament- Funkadelic!   For more exclusive content, go to: www.patreon.com/g_crew  

Dusty Baker visits with Ronnie Bedrosian of the Brewers organization to discuss the 2021 offseason as well as working with the Brewers minor league affiliates. Bonus: The In-N-Out vs. Whataburger debate is finally settled.

Ellen Bernstein-Ellis, Director of the Aphasia Treatment Program at Cal State East Bay speaks with Dr. Joanne Lasker. We'll have the pleasure of discussing how AAC and LPAA models can work together to support meaningful intervention and participation for individuals with aphasia.   Guest Bio: Joanne Lasker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Emerson College in Boston, MA. Most recently, she has served as the Graduate Program Director for the new Speech@Emerson Online Master’s Program. She has published numerous papers and chapters related to assessment and treatment of adults with acquired communication disorders who may benefit from augmentative and alternative communication techniques, in particular people living with aphasia and apraxia of speech. In collaboration with Dr. Kathryn L. Garrett, Joanne created an assessment tool entitled the Multimodal Communication Screening Task for People with Aphasia (MCST-A), designed for people with aphasia who may benefit from AAC strategies.   Listener Take-aways: In today’s episode you will:   Learn how a recreational sailing program for individuals with aphasia positively impacted impairment, participation, and personal domain changes.   Gain some "insider" advice on how to administer two assessment tools used for aphasia AAC evaluations   Find out how Life Participation and AAC approaches both embrace a relationship-centered philosophy.   Edited Interview transcript follows Ellen (interviewer): Welcome Joanne, I am so glad we get to have this conversation today.   Guest: Joanne Lasker Thank you for having me, Ellen.   Absolutely. We can just jump into this first question. Do you have a favorite clinical experience that points to the value of incorporating the life participation approach to aphasia LPA into your clinical work?   Lasker: I would love to speak about a client that I worked with fairly early in my career. He was the type of person who loved to tackle difficult things. And he was, of course, before his stroke right handed. When he had his stroke, he chose to keep his “ good” working left arm looped behind his back in his belt, and he forced himself to use his impaired limb for all of his daily activities. He essentially implemented a form of constraint induced limb therapy on himself. He was pretty amazing. He ultimately regained full use of his right hemi-paretic arm. When I first met him, he had been doing melodic intonation therapy for his aphasia/apraxia for about six years. We evaluated him and arranged for him to obtain a speech generating device through his insurance.   When he received this system, he immediately took to it. Very quickly after he acquired it, he came in and showed me how he used the pre formulated messages on this tool for his own speech practice. Now, I didn't suggest this, but he chose to do this himself, similar to how he chose to work on his own limb use. We engaged him in treatment around both improving his use of the speech generating device and also improving his speech productions through a series of treatments. We were using a combined restorative and compensatory treatment approach. And he did ultimately regained some spoken language. But he continued, notably, to use his speech generating device across all activities in his life. And his case, illuminated for me how important it is to combine restorative and compensatory approaches to help all of our clients really meet their life goals and fully participate in their own lives.   I think that really very much aligns with LPAA values. And that is the focus of today's conversation. But first, I have one more fun question I want to ask you. I've been following your AAC work for many years and it's truly informed my practice. I want to thank you for that. But at ASHA 2019, we got to share this great conversation about your poster. And your poster wasn't on AAC, it was actually a sailing project with individuals with aphasia. I was quite surprised when I stopped and read it and looked at who I was talking with. Tell us a little bit about that endeavor, even though we don't get to go sailing, right now.   Lasker: Yes, of course. I first want to acknowledge my colleagues at Emerson College, Laura, Glufling-Tham and Lynn Conners who are both involved in the Robbins Center at Emerson College, because without them, the sailing project wouldn't have happened. Laura had a daughter who was very involved with sailing. And at Emerson, the Robbins Center where we see our clients, is a very short walk to the Charles River. There's an active community boating organization there. They offer specifically accessible sailing programs. We decided to offer this as a 10 week activity to adults in our acquired disorders groups from the Robbins center. It was a wonderful experience because we were able to integrate their communication goals with an engaging, exciting activity on the water. The people with aphasia who participated in this were all accompanied by a student clinician. We actually did go out on the water. We began each session with a short school experience where the students and the clients were on the shore with instructors from the sailing school learning all of this terminology on how to operate a sailing vessel. They learned terms like tiller and jib, and we learned terms like tiller and jib. Those concepts were then utilized in the boat, along with visual supports for some of our clients with aphasia. Then we did pre and post test measures on the individuals who participated. We found that many of our participants, and they ranged in severity of impairment and also physical capability, made changes in their auditory comprehension, which is interesting, as well as their self-ratings of their own communicative confidence. And some of the changes that we noticed were also in quality of life as assessed through The Assessment of Living with Aphasia tool. It was a really productive and fun kind of activity that we did with them.   At the ASHA poster we tried to brainstorm on the ever intriguing challenge of what measures best capture outcomes in this type of participation project. I just wondered if you've had any new thoughts about that?   I wish I had a great answer for you. But I continue to believe that we have to triangulate our outcomes. So when we reviewed the outcomes pre and post, we found that we saw changes in different people through both the standardized formal assessments, particularly as I said, auditory comprehension, but also the more self-efficacy related measures, and then also the interview with the client and interestingly, their spouses.   One of the most compelling stories involved one of the clients who had a very significant global aphasia. He was, prior to his stroke, a big outdoors person. He was the Scoutmaster for his sons. Before his stroke, he did sail. While he was really struggling to produce spoken language, on the boat, using the tiller, he was supreme--he was the best one at that activity. His wife spoke to us about the fact that when he was on the water, she actually used this terminology, she said his aphasia disappeared. He became, “like his old self”. She used that phrase exactly. He himself communicated to an unfamiliar partner later, using a combination of gesture and drawing to talk about his favorite experience from sailing, which was doing a slalom race in the water. He drew a figure eight on the table. He indicated very clearly how good that experience was. And it was such a beautiful example of using a participation based approach and a combination of strategies and tools to support the communication of our clients. It made such a huge difference in this this person's life   It makes me think of what Dr. Aura Kagan says so often about the importance of unmasking competence. And it seems like that's a beautiful example of that, offering meaningful activities to individuals with aphasia.   I want to credit you with the title of our episode, Cementing the Friendship Between Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Life Participation. It's something you said when we first spoke about this conversation. In fact, in the 2013 SIG 12 article about communication partner training, you say that the Life Participation Approach is consistent with the principles of AAC. So, it seems to me that AAC and LPAA share the same end game Do you agree?   Lasker: I completely agree they have the same end game and the same underpinnings. So meaningful participation is really at the core of AAC. And we want to credit Dave Beukelman and Pat Mirenda for this idea that there's a participation model that underlies all of AAC work. We know that AAC works most effectively when we target that participation in ways that are specific and personalized to every individual. So I, for example always ask anyone I work with whether they are coming to see me for specifically AAC purposes or aphasia related language purposes. What do you want to be doing that you are not currently doing in your life? And with that question, it leads me to a set of meaningful treatment goals and strategies. So I've never seen a division between AAC and the Life Participation Approach. To me, they are the same.   I've often wondered why there was ever a division. One of the thoughts I've had, as we've considered this topic is whether the presence of technology is somehow concerning to folks who are embracing the life participation approach and somehow they feel that AAC is this other approach in our speech treatment arsenal, that doesn't get included. I think that we have maybe somehow turned people off by including AAC technologies as part of our tools strategy kit. But I think, of course, that's crucial.   Another thought I have is that maybe we use the term partner dependent, and that some people might have felt offended by that. One of the things we've tried to do is to stress that this is a continuum of skill. And when we say dependent, we're talking about relying on strategies to support communication, not that the person themself is in any way dependent on another person. So I wonder if there have been potentially some misunderstandings between these two branches of our field and I appreciate the opportunity to clarify what I think is similar, and in fact, I think they're highly similar. We really have tried to emphasize this continuum of skill set for people who have aphasia. We never intended to imply that a partner dependent communicator was a bad thing. We were simply talking about their ability to access the strategies and tools that AAC has to offer. To my mind, LPAA and AAC, are very similar. In fact, I have a hard time finding differences between them.   We were talking earlier, what are the AAC and LPA models? Are we close friends? Are we cousins? Are we siblings? And I think that's what you're what you're really addressing right now.   Lasker: I think I am saying that they are actually super imposed upon each other. If it makes you feel more comfortable to think of the Life Participation Approach as the umbrella and AAC as a set of strategies within that umbrella, that's fine. I don't have a problem with that. I just want us to be clear that we're not operating from opposite or opposing ends of the field. I would say we're very close siblings, if not twins, in terms of how we interact with each other as a field. It's always made me a little sad, that when someone was working with aphasia, they didn't think,  “Oh, let me try some AAC approaches.” And people from the AAC perspective, many of us have always had a foot in both camps, right? We've always been in the aphasia world and in the AAC world. Kathy Garrett and Aimee Dietz, Sarah Wallace, Julia King, Fischer, all of us have been in both of those worlds. I think it's really important that there's a close tie between these two sets of ideas. I don't see why there should be any conflict.   Linda Worrall and colleagues in a 2010 article argue that relationship-centered care should be at the heart of aphasia rehabilitation and the life participation approach is a receptive model for that relationship centered theory. Now, in your 2013 SIG 12 article about teaching partners to support communication, you spoke to the SLPs role as a privileged and trusted one. So is it a relationship-based approach? Is that another point of commonality for AAC and LPAA?   Lasker: Yes, I think so. Because, certainly, we in the AAC world often think about social purposes of communication. We get a lot of those ideas from Janice Lights work from the 80s, 1988 in particular, where she highlighted what are the reasons we communicate in the first place? What are the reasons we actually engage with other people? To communicate basic wants and needs, to transfer information, and then to engage in social etiquette, but most importantly, to engage in social closeness. So the idea of being able to initiate, establish, and maintain relationships and conversations with other people has been at the core of what we do in AAC. We want to target that isolation that people with aphasia and other people with severe communication disorders experience. Typically, in the cases of people with aphasia, they have means to indicate their basic wants and needs, and they can get that stuff taken care of. What they can't do is engage as they used to in their lives. We try to address the importance of those relationships when we program systems, create messages, and give them strategies and tools that incorporate life activity and partners to improve these outcomes.   You have a award winning 2008 article with Katherine Garrett in the ASHA Leader. It's called Aphasia and AAC: Enhancing Communication Across the Healthcare Settings. Joanne, it's been downloaded 6700 times, which I think is pretty impressive. That article points out that AAC for people with aphasia goes beyond talking boxes and picture boards. Rather, it's a comprehensive collection of communication strategies that provide external support for people who cannot understand or generate a message on their own. That same ASHA Leader article provides a framework for understanding the conversational status of the individual with aphasia as either an independent or partner dependent communicator. And you have a detailed set of subcategories as well. You mentioned this earlier, that maybe that taxonomy has been a problem, but can you describe how that that approach directs treatment planning?   Lasker: So we always want to maximize outcomes for all of our clients, all the people we work with. In the framework that you mentioned, we talk about people across the continuum of living with aphasia, both in acute care in rehab hospitals and outpatient in their lives. After all of that is done, we talk about how they may progress from improving speech and language skills, but also their strategic use of the tools that we can offer them to meet their life goals. When we talk about accessing AAC tools, we talk about moving from a more partner supported end of the continuum where they need those tools. And more importantly, they need support from partners to access those tools. So we're going in with the assumption if we work with people who have aphasia, and we are incorporating an AAC mindset, that we can use whatever tools we want. It's all multimodal, we always want to incorporate a whole variety of tools, but we want to help our clients improve in their ability to strategically access those strategies, right? There’s kind of a redundancy to it, but you get what I'm saying?   Absolutely.   We want them to be able to literally make use of all of the various methods for communication and participation. Some people need more support to do that. And then they move through a phase that we would call transitional, where they maybe need some intermittent support or queuing, a partner to say, “Hey, can you show me that in your book?”, or a partner to say, “Let me write that out for you so that it's clearer.” And then ultimately, on the other end of this continuum. We have a person with aphasia who does what we all love to see, right? You meet this individual, he pulls out his wallet to show you his address on his license. He gestures that he caught a fish last week, and he uses his residual speech and all of the other tools. Well, that's what we all love to see. But sometimes we have to help people with aphasia develop that skill set. And I think that's what an AAC lens to the work with people with aphasia can do.   Maybe we can discuss some other terminology and tools in this conversation. I've noted that sometimes we use the same terms like written choices or keyword writing. And those are both strategies for lengthening and deepening conversation. And they emerged out of the AAC research, is that right?   Lasker: That is so true. So Kathy Garrett and David Buekelman wrote about augmented input conversation strategy and written choice conversation strategy. These are parts of the same overall approach. Augmented input is where we're going to be as partners in the conversation, offering written keywords, gestural cues, or visual supports to help someone with aphasia tune into the conversation who may need additional input to truly understand and decode the language that they're hearing. And then the written choice conversation strategy, which is, instead of helping to improve receptive understanding in a client with aphasia, it's actually helping someone with aphasia use a response pool provided by the partner to engage in an expressive way to participate.  They can offer their ideas and information by responding to the choices offered by the partner, or by indicating along a rating scale, how they feel about a particular idea. So those are examples of the written choice conversation strategy. We couple that with augmented input, and we have two very powerful techniques that we can teach partners to help support people with aphasia in conversation.   I wonder if that's one little point of difference? I don't always use the term augmented input. You know, I talk about multi-modality approaches. But are they the same? Are we just using different words?   Lasker: Multimodal, to me, includes incorporates augmented input, but also allows for the use of gesture and picture supports by the person with aphasia. I think it's all a huge collection of tools and strategies. And I agree, maybe that is also a point of difference in that the partner has a role in conversation that may appear initially, for some partners, even to be burdensome, not something that they bargained for. Right? I didn't expect to have to offer the support to someone with aphasia to participate. But in fact, it yields such a successful result that part of what we do is showing that to families in our sessions with people with aphasia. I do this very early in my sessions, showing partners, “Look, I offered these sets of choices to your wife, and she could tell me where she wanted to go to dinner. And she could tell me that she really is not a big fan of your brother” or whatever it is. So yes, incorporating that into the work that we do is really important.   You just really touched base on my next line of thought. There's a growing evidence base around the training and implementing skilled communication partners. Both the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia and AAC embrace that vital role. I’m giving a quick shout out for the Aphasia Access Teach-in, because Aphasia Access has posted all of the presentations, including a fantastic talk by Dr. Christine Marie Hale looking at current practices, teaching models, target groups, and system impact of communication partner training. I just want to let our listeners know that this resource is on the Aphasia Access website.   You've done some wonderful research looking at the impact of communication partner attitude on the outcome of AAC. You address Finger’s framework for key personnel in your 2001 article with Jan Bedrosian. Can you describe that for us?   Sure. What we did there was focused not only on the communication partners attitude, but also the person with aphasia’s  attitude. We actually did some work with a client who had aphasia, who benefited greatly from a voice output device with some preprogrammed phrases on it. However, as is typical with many people who have aphasia, he was initially reluctant to use the system in public because he felt it was stigmatizing. Although, of course, it was a useful tool for him. He acknowledged it was useful, but he actually communicated to us, “Don't feel right. Don't feel right” because it didn't feel right to him to use it in public. It was certainly a change from his habitual method of communication prior to his stroke which didn't require the use of a small computer that spoke. However, he acknowledged this was a good tool.   So we worked with him to desensitize him to using the system in public, as something that might work within his life. We began, of course, by staying within the clinic. We brought in unfamiliar partners to do role plays with him multiple times. Then we started to go out into the community as a team, with us as a support person. We went to various locations and helped him, as sort of a “standby assist”, to use the system to engage with people in the community. What we found was that he received a variety of responses. But one in particular was particularly positive. This was from someone in a post office. He went up to the counter and he asked for stamps or something. And she said, “What is that? That is so cool. I wish my my mother had had that tool.” She was so positive and so warm and so friendly. That went such a long way in helping this client to feel like, “Hey, this is okay. I was able to use it to communicate what I needed to say, and I didn't get a negative response.” And so after that process of desensitization, he did continue to use this tool   It reminds me of the person I mentioned at the outset of our talk, the one who put his hand behind his back to train his other arm. He basically insisted that, even though his speech improved considerably, he needed this machine to help him in all the various aspects of his life. He lived independently. He had to take care of his home. He traveled. When we asked him do you need this system still to talk with, he said, “Oh, yes, I need it, I need it.” And in fact, he traveled on airplanes with it. He went to the State Fair. He went out with it. He used it in the bar and ordered his drinks with it. He did everything. He appreciated being an ambassador for this system. Everyone has a different response, of course, to technology and the way it interacts with them and their life. But in his case, it was clear, it was not as much of a stigma for him, as it had been for this other gentleman, and we needed to go through a process of helping him alter his attitude towards the system that he was carrying with him every day.   I'm going to jump to this question then. Because as you reflect on your research exploring user and partner attitudes towards using AAC strategies, would you like to discuss the AAC acceptance models as they tie in here?   Lasker: Sure. We talk about a process by which we need to find the right mix of the person who fits well with the technology we're choosing in the contexts or the milieu that we're working in. So this is sometimes called the Matching Persons and Technology (MPT) model. It comes from work by Marcia Scherer, initially. We adapted it to help clinicians problem solve is this is going to be an appropriate tool for the individual? Do we have the person's skills commensurate with what's required of the system? Do we understand the needs that they have in their environment? Is their desire for participation being met by this tool? And so using this combination of looking at the person, the features that they need that are consistent with the technology and what it offers or the strategies and what they offer, as well as the demands of their own environment? Are they all consistent and aligned? If they are, we're likely to see a more successful outcome. What happens is when we have a person who has a tool that is not usable for them, whatever that tool may be, because it's too difficult or cumbersome or stigmatizing. They don't like the voice. There are lots and lots of reasons why a person might reject a strategy or a tool. So this model helps us begin to analyze that.   I'm going to shift to another tool. We talk about motivational interviewing as one tool for helping to collaboratively set meaningful and relevant goals. And you recommend a careful interview using the Aphasia Needs Assessment. Again, the link for this is in the show notes. The Aphasia Needs Assessment is a comprehensive set of questions looking at: Who are the partners? What are the preferred topics and contexts? What is the method of communication and functions and degree of success? It can feel like a lot to navigate with an individual with aphasia. Can you share some tips on how to use this tool to make it more aphasia-friendly? What's been your experience?   Lasker: We actually don't expect that most individuals with aphasia can do this tool independently. Instead, we offer this tool to the informant, often a family member or a spouse. And at the same time, we also want to take some of the items on this tool and deliver them with augmentation to the person with aphasia. We create a set of questions that have rating scales associated with them. So how important is it for you to talk about your service in the military or how important is it for you to talk about family finances on a scale of one to five? This is a lot like some of the work we talked about in AAC known as Talking Mats.   But we also take a lot from a tool called the Social Networks Inventory. Looking at the circles of communication partners for an individual with aphasia, one of the things we want to do is be sure that not only are our goals helping with a person's activity in life, but that they're engaging with the people they want to engage with. We did an analysis of the social network of a person with aphasia to determine who they would like to be communicating with. The way we had to do this was through written choice and augmented input to get this information from the client with aphasia who was very limited in terms of his ability to speak at that point. What we discovered was that this young stroke survivor wanted desperately to speak with his 10 year old son who was living at a distance and wanted to communicate with him. From this analysis, we came up with the goal of helping our client learn to use email more effectively, because that was something that he was stymied by. And if this had been done, a couple of months ago, or a year ago, it would have been about texting, right? Or  FaceTime. But the idea here is that we want to support the completion of those tools through some of the partner supported communication strategies as needed. So we get the information directly from the client with aphasia as we can, and use informants to fill in the rest.   You mentioned another tool, social networks, which I think is a commonality between the Life Participation Approach and AAC. We both use that as a touchstone concept.   Another substantial AAC tool is the measure you and Katherine Garrett developed, the Multimodal Communication Screening Task for Persons with Aphasia. And you've generously made this open source. The link is in the speaker notes to both the test and to your 2006 article. It provides a very different type of information than a standard aphasia battery. Can you describe the tool and how you use it?   Lasker: Thanks for that question. It's so surprising to Kathy and me how widely use this tool has become. We developed it out of our own clinical need. We needed a way to look at the strategy usage by people with aphasia, how we would typify that, and their potential to benefit from AAC strategies. It’s been translated into about 12 different languages. And that's amazing to us. We're happy to have that happen.   I know that it's a challenging tool to use, because we haven't created a standardized resource. But, we're certainly working on that. I hope to create some sort of video-based resource for it. But this tool is essentially a sample communication notebook that is given to a person with aphasia. They have an opportunity to look it through, and then the clinician or whoever's administering the MCST-A will say, “How would you tell me that you want to buy some new shoes?”  “How would you tell me that you need to refill a prescription?” How would you, etc. So that's the idea.   As those questions are posed, the person with aphasia is encouraged to use any modality to communicate a response. It can be the communication book that they've just been given. It could be their speech or it could be a gesture. And the interesting part of it is that each test item can be delivered three times, so that it's not just once and done. It's a dynamic assessment tool. We're looking to see how much cueing, how much support, does an individual need to communicate this idea adequately to another person. As a result, by making it a dynamic assessment tool, allowing at least three different attempts to respond to this item, and then also cuing in-between items, we’ve made it very flexible, but also challenging to do as a clinician tool.   We've really appreciated it in our Cal State East Bay clinic when we've used it. But I'm going to be frank that we found the multi-dimensional scoring both incredibly rich and informative, but a little bit daunting to do live, especially with student clinicians. Do you have any advice? Or is it just a matter of practice--we'll get better at it if we just keep doing it? Are there any video training resources? You just were hinting that you might be working towards that?   Lasker: We are  definitely working toward that. But, I do want to say that we don't do a good job of scoring it live either. A recording will really help you to score it. I want to also stress the most important scores. From this test, because you don't have to administer all of it, you can do portions of it to show how many attempts the client need to communicate this idea. So we're looking at overall number of attempts and overall number of cues per item because what we found, and this makes total sense when you when you think about it, someone who needs a lot of attempts and a lot of cues, falls more toward the partner supported end of the continuum. Someone who is actually able to communicate an idea, a concept with one attempt, or with only minimal cueing from us as the administrator of the test, that person moves towards that more independent end of the continuum. They're able to access strategies without a partner's support cuing them to do so. So those are the two, I think, most important pieces--how many attempts per item and what are the number of cues you provide? And you're free to provide as many cues as you want, because we want to see how much it takes for the client to be successful at communicating this idea.   That makes sense. That is how you start to hone in on your treatment planning, perhaps?   Yes, exactly. So in fact, that has helped us decide on where does this particular person with aphasia need support in learning how to access the strategies that we're going to offer them. It might be that they need help navigating from page to page or location to location, or maybe they need help determining which is the best method for them to use to communicate an idea.   So maybe we have a client who has lots of skill sets, but they need to learn that they should try speaking first, then looking in their communication book, and then maybe looking somewhere else, or using a gesture or writing down a first letter. We sometimes need to teach that sort of sequence of behavior to help. I think there's a misunderstanding, sometimes, that people should be just able to use AAC strategies without any teaching or learning. That is another misconception. I always tell the students I work with, you know, we don't come out of the womb knowing how to do AAC “right”. It's not something we're born being able to do. We need to be taught. The MCST-A does highlight some of the things that we might need to be teaching our people with aphasia, so that they can access the strategies that could be helpful to them.   Joanne, we could do another show discussing how the AAC tools like visual scenes or communication remnants can increase participation of an individual with aphasia in meaningful conversation, because these are two more AAC approaches that are focused on individualization. I wish we had more time. But what else do you want to have opportunity to share about this “friendship” as we wrap up?   Lasker: I understand. I agree. I think I would like to acknowledge that with careful planning, with an extended time for clinical support, AAC interventions can really enrich the communication and participation options for people with aphasia, and their partners, virtually at all stages of their adjustment to living with aphasia. I think we want to be aware of all of the methods available, and not see AAC as a divide, as an other--that there's the AAC world, and then there's the aphasia world. I think that we should focus on ongoing assessment and intervention for people with aphasia over the long term, by reframing all of our work in terms of meaningful participation. And that includes incorporating AAC strategies. I think that can drive what we do in the future.   That is a wonderful closer to help us understand not to see AAC as an “other”, but really as a way we work together and bring so much more richness and meaning to the services we provide. Thank you again for sharing your expertise with us today and with our Aphasia Access listeners and members.   On behalf of Aphasia Access, we thank you for listening to this episode of Aphasia Conversations podcast. For more information on Aphasia Access or to access our growing library of materials go to www.aphasia access.org. If you have an idea for a future podcast topic, email us at info@ aphasia access.org     Resources: Citations and Links Garrett, K. L., Lasker, J. P. & King Fischer, J. (2020). AAC supports for adults with severe aphasia and/or apraxia of speech (pp. 553-603). In D. Beukelman & J.Light (Eds.), Augmentative and alternative communication for augmentative and alternative communication: Supporting children and adults with complex communication needs. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes. Lasker, J., & Bedrosian, J. (2001). Promoting acceptance of augmentative and alternative communication by adults with acquired communication disorders. Augmentative and alternative communication, 17(3), 141-153. Lasker, J. P., LaPointe, L. & Kodras, J. (2005). Helping a professor resume teaching through multimodal approaches. Aphasiology, 19(305), 399-410. Lasker, J. P. & Garrett, K. L. (2006) Using the Multimodal Communication Screening Test for Persons with Aphasia (MCST-A) to guide the selection of alternative communication strategies for people with aphasia. Aphasiology, 20(2/3/4), 217-232. Lasker, J. P., Garrett, K., & Fox, L. (2007). Severe aphasia. In D.R. Beukelman, K.L. Garrett, & K.M. Yorkston, (Eds.), Augmentative communication strategies for adults with acute or chronic medical conditions (pp. 207-242). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes. Lasker, J. P. and Garret, K. L. (2008). 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In Episode 48, expert Peter Zalewski of Condo Vultures interviews Orlando developer Seema Kara of Palmeira Holdings and Dawood Bedrosian - director of international sales at RE/MAX Town Centre in Orlando - about the latest trends in residential real estate, multifamily development and the hotel industry in Central Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic era.       In Segment 1, Kara and Bedrosian discuss how and why they each individually relocated to Florida from Toronto, Canada. Kara and Bedrosian have formed a partnership focused on working with Canadian buyers who are interested in investing in real estate in Central Florida.   In Segment 2, Kara and Bedrosian talk about the makeup of the Orlando real estate market, where single-family houses and townhouses are much more prevalent than condominiums. Kara and Bedrosian provide insight into the Orlando economy that goes beyond the hospitality industry that is dominated by Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney World.      In Segment 3, Bedrosian discusses a new townhouse development that he is selling to provide insight into what investors can expect when purchasing in Orlando. Kara  discusses her investment strategy and how it has changed as a result of the pandemic. Kara and Bedrosian wrap up the podcast with predictions about the Orlando real estate market going forward.  To send a comment, please email the podcast at Inquiry@CondoVultures.com     Please be sure to patronize our advertising supporters: Condo Vultures® Realty, Condo Vultures® Condo Correction Tours, and CVR Realty.  Click here to subscribe to the Condo Vultures® Distressed Market Intelligent Report. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/condovultures/message

Aram Bedrosian joined host Tom Proctor on ‘Rocket Shop‘, Big Heavy World’s weekly local Vermont music radio hour on 105.9FM The Radiator. Catch up with him at facebook.com/arammusic

Rachel and Brad have a fascinating conversation with Greg Bedrosian on his Army leadership experience.  Greg discusses the history of the Army with becoming more inclusive and the paths they need to grow in.  He also talks about how organizations, businesses, and people can become entrenched versus being willing to acknowledge what isn't working and grow.  

Eli gives practical ideas to help you deal with anxiety, depression, and other emotions.  Eli talks on relationships, purpose, and different forms of self expression.  Eli also touches on the impact that our early relationships have on our current relationships with others and self.  Lastly, Eli gives an overview of EMDR and Somatic Experience Therapy.           Visit the PCS webpage for more resources.  

ABOUT THE EPISODE Thanks for joining us for another SIGGRAPH Spotlight! In this episode, the ACM SIGGRAPH International Resources Committee’s Asiya Asha (OMSCS, Georgia Tech) catches up with Chris Bedrosian (senior CG supervisor, Blur Studio) to discuss international collaboration for VFX, working on Netflix’s “Love, Death & Robots,” and more. || MUSIC Podcast theme, "SIGGRAPH," composed by Julius Dobos. || LINKS *Episode* http://www.blur.com/ | https://www.siggraph.org/connect/international-resources/ *Social Media* http://blog.siggraph.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/SIGGRAPHConferences | https://twitter.com/siggraph | https://www.youtube.com/user/ACMSIGGRAPH | https://www.instagram.com/acmsiggraph/ | https://www.linkedin.com/company/acm-siggraph/ *Conference Website* https://s2020.siggraph.org/

Brad continues his conversation with Greg Bedrosian on the shifting landscape of leadership in the military.  They discuss compliance vs commitment and the power of reserving judgment in leadership culture.

Brad and Greg talk about leadership effectiveness in the military arena and growing value of vulnerability in his life and leadership arenas.  

Marla Bedrosian is the Proprietor of Domaine de la Riviere in Sonoma County. Find out how this hospitality professional from New York decided to get into the California wine business. Discover how this bi-coastal woman is able to keep a good work/life balance while successfully being a wife and mother.

Reel Review, formerly known as the Price Projection Room, invites you to tune in for a third season with a fresh new design and social media presence: Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram, via the handle @reelreviewusc

Show Notes  Sharpened Artist: Colored Pencil Podcast    Release Date: October 22, 2018    Topic: Interview with Holly Bedrosian   Points of Interest:  Today’s episode features John and Lisa’s conversation with colored pencil artist Holly Bedrosian. Holly shares her background in art, her artistic process, and some sage wisdom for artists searching for their signature style.   Links Referenced:   Holly Bedrosian Fine Art     Ready to take your business to the next level? Check out the copywriting and blogging services at Clarity & Flair:  www.clarityandflair.com    Free 30-day Audible Trial:  www.audibletrial.com/cppodcast      John’s Twitter: @sharpenedartist  Lisa’s Twitter: @lachri      As always, thanks for listening! Tune in next week for more from John and Lisa. In the meantime, be sure to visit www.sharpenedartist.com for additional updates and information. You can also join our Facebook group, Colored Pencil Podcast, or contact us by email at podcast@sharpenedartist.com .    If you want more colored pencil inspiration, snag a FREE sample issue of the COLORED PENCIL MAGAZINE here!    Stay sharp!  

Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Featured in this series (Part 2 of 2): Keyboardist […]

Brought to you by FUNKNSTUFF.NET and hosted by Scott Goldfine — musicologist and author of “Everything Is on the One: The First Guide of Funk” ― “TRUTH IN RHYTHM” is the interview show that gets DEEP into the pocket with contemporary music’s foremost masters of the groove. Featured in this series (Part 1 of 2): Keyboardist […]

In this week's episode of “How IC Sports,” hosts Cal Dymowski and Kaitlin Maniscalco chat with senior soccer player Shoshana Bedrosian. The trio talk about the team's 5–0 start, not having captains on the team, the difference between having a male and female head coach and of course, their favorite Starburst flavors. You can subscribe to our podcasts on iTunes and SoundCloud.

A quick update from our Producers:  We will use this feed, for the Our American Discourse podcast, to bring you a new series of conversations. We will change the title to PS You’re Interesting. PS will be a series of conversations on new and novel research in political science. We’re conceiving this as a way to keep Anthony’s amazing work alive, and continue on in his tradition. The Our American Discourse podcast will still live on his website and ours. So the archive of episodes will remain on all the different platforms to give other humans a chance to discover. Since you’re already a subscriber, we wanted to make sure you had a chance to check out the new series. We’ll pivot to this new conversation series with host and director of the Bedrosian center, Jeffery A. Jenkins. Jeff will be a tad more focused on political science rather than everything we do at the Price school. We hope you’ll like what we’re doing to keep this idea alive and that you’ll let us know what you think about it. Look for our first episode on September 26th. The first episode will feature Jeff in conversation with Ben Newman from UC Riverside. Ben is doing experimental work to look at discrimination in the policing of anti-immigrant hate crimes. We hope you’ll give it a listen and send in feedback! Follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/BedrosianCenter https://www.facebook.com/BedrosianCenter https://www.instagram.com/bedrosiancenter/  Email us if you have questions or ideas: bedrosian.center@usc.edu

Bryan Bedrosian provides a window into the nesting behavior of osprey. Nests are bursting with these young raptors all over the valley!

Haciendo un Puerto Rico pet friendly. Sylvie Bedrosian tiene una misión, que la está logrando, y es hacer cada negocio de Puerto Rico Pet friendly. Luego de los daños del huracán Maria Pet friendly PR recaudó más de $85k junto a la marca Pedigree y al "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Millán párala daños de los albergues en PR. ¡Disfruten la conversación! ☕️

It used to be that big mansions and fancy jewelry were the consummate signs of wealth, but new research shows that people are increasingly spending their wealth on less “conspicuous” forms of consumption. In today’s world, it pays more to signal your status with things like health care and education and nutrition. How did this change come about? And what does effect does it have on the rest of the population who can’t afford these new status symbols? In this episode, Elizabeth Currid-Halkett helps us walk a mile in the shoes of today’s “aspirational class” and see how they’re spending their wealth…and how it accelerates the rat race for the rest of society. Prof. Currid-Halkett is the James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She is the author of the new book The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class, which was named one of the best books of 2017 by The Economist.

I'm a little slow in getting around to this one, but back on September 20, 2017, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania released a taxpayer-friendly opinion regarding the “willfulness” standard in FBAR penalty cases. In Bedrosian v. United States, Case No. 2:15-cv-05853-MMB (E.D. Pa., Sept. 20, 2017), the district court held that the government had not met its burden of proof in establishing that Bedrosian willfully violated his FBAR-reporting requirements. As a result, the court ordered the government to refund to Bedrosian a sum of $ 9,757.89, the amount that he paid in partial satisfaction of his allegedly willful violation of Section 5314. This opinion could have a ripple effect on the way the IRS reviews its offshore voluntary disclosure cases and may cause some taxpayers to rethink their strategy when it comes to deciding between the offshore voluntary disclosure program and the streamlined procedures. There is no blanket approach when it comes to addressing non-compliance vis-a-vis the FBAR and all cards should be left on the table before making a decision as important as this one.

On this episode of Armenia Proud, Johno kicks off the show with one half of Arm Comedy, Sergey Sargsyan! Sergey talks to us about how he got started in comedy and he lets us know about the latest project Arm Comedy has been working on. Also, back by popular demand, Danny Bedrosian comes back after... The post Comedian Sergey Sargsyan and Musician/Historian Danny Bedrosian Join the Show! appeared first on Armenia Proud.

Hulu has adapted The Handmaid's Tale,  the classic novel by Margaret Atwood, into a 10 episode saga of life in the dystopia of Gilead. Gilead is a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States, ruled by a twisted Protestant fundamentalism in its ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred (played to much acclaim by Elisabeth Moss) is forced into sexual servitude as part of a caste of women called Handmaids. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between the men who rule with iron fists, the Commanders, as well as the deeply divided casts of women wealthy but bored Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids. Her goal is to survive, and one day find the daughter that was taken from her. Warning: *spoilers!* Host Jonathan Schwartz is joined by three fierce women of USC to discuss the series' timeliness, its narrative of motherhood, the fear of religious fundamentalism, and the absence of a discussion on race. Featuring host Jonathan Schwartz and guests Ange-Marie Hancock Alfaro, Melinda C. Finberg, and Tara McPherson. Special thanks to Dean Jack Knott, USC Price; Dean David Bridel, USC School of Dramatic Arts; and Dean Elizabeth Daley, USC Cinematic Arts for their support of this interdisciplinary conversation. The Price Projection Room (PPR) features engaging conversations about film and television with interesting folks and USC experts from across disciplines (public policy, governance, theatre, and cinema) to look at visual storytelling, media literacy, diversity, and the public good.  Sponsored by: USC Price Video Services http://www.usc.edu/pvs USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu  Content Partners: USC School of Dramatic Arts https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/  USC School of Cinematic-Arts https://cinema.usc.edu  Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http://priceschool.usc.edu

Do you think politics is only for the elites? It’s for the rich and powerful. It isn’t for people who look like you or talk like you or live like you.    Well, that may be the world we’ve constructed, but it’s not inevitable. You deserve better. Still not convinced? Good, then this episode is for you.    In this episode, inspirational speaker and social work professor Melissa Bird knocks down the misconceptions that marginalize us and shows us how to develop the attitude to take on the injustices in our nation today.

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #97! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is Gena Bedrosian who is a a lifelong musician and also a retired emergency physician and legal consultant. Sacred music speaks most closely to her. She sees music as worship to the glory of God, not just performance. In retirement she performs in three choirs, on piano and pipe organ. She reached out to me because she has a number of piano recitals coming up and one big organ recital planned for the next year. Gena faces a challenge in communicating with one particular church because they won't let her to advertise this recital using church's internal marketing tools: email newsletter, website promotion etc. It's a strange situation because it seems as though Gena has been scheduled to perform there, the church doesn't want people to come to her recital. So if you are facing similar challenges, I hope this conversation will be helpful to you because together we will find a solution how Gena could go about in solving this problem in a diplomatic way. ​Enjoy and share your comments below. ​And don't forget to help spread the word about the SOP Podcast by sharing it with your organist friends. Thanks for caring.

They say we live in the Information Age, but more and more, it feels like the public understands less and less about what really matters. How should you invest your money in a volatile economy? How should you vote when you don’t like your choices? The information is out there, but often it’s manipulated, spun, and diverted from your attention. The more information we have, it seems, the more education we need to understand it. That’s why, according to Paul Haaga, good financial advice and good journalism have never been more valuable. In this episode, he gives us an ample share of both. Mr. Haaga is the retired chairman of the board of Capital Research and Management Company. He is a member of the board of directors of National Public Radio, where he previously served as President and CEO. Prior to those roles, he was a partner in the law firm of Dechert Price & Rhoads, and before that, he was a senior attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He currently serves as a trustee of Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Georgetown Preparatory School, the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, where he is Chairman of the Board.

This crowd pleasing film centers on the overlooked stories of women of color whose mathematical work contributed to NASA's first successful launch of a human being into orbit during the space race of the 1960s. We discuss how the film both illustrated the racial divide in America while showcasing the work & struggle of African American women. Though we all have some criticism of the work, in the end it may be the telling of a story we never knew and it's representation of strong, smart black women that matters most. Hidden Figures is directed byTheodore Melfi and stars the dream team of Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe among many others - including Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, and Mahershala Ali. Warning: *spoilers!* Featuring Alessandro Ago, Lt. Colonel Olivia Nelson, Anita Dashiell-Sparks, and Erroll Southers Special thanks to Dean Jack Knott, USC Price; Dean David Bridel, USC School of Dramatic Arts; and Dean Elizabeth Daley, USC Cinematic Arts for their support of this interdisciplinary conversation. The Price Projection Room (PPR) features engaging conversations about film and television with interesting folks and USC experts from across disciplines (public policy, governance, theatre, and cinema) to look at visual storytelling, media literacy, diversity, and the public good.  Sponsored by: USC Price Video Services http://www.usc.edu/pvs USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu  Content Partners: USC School of Dramatic Arts https://dramaticarts.usc.edu/  USC School of Cinematic-Arts https://cinema.usc.edu  Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http://priceschool.usc.edu 

Evan Gattis joins Robert Ford and Steve Sparks from the Astros dugout following Wednesday's victory over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Manager A.J. Hinch then joins the show to talk about the success of Josh Reddick and Dallas Keuchel. Hinch is impressed with Keuchel's performance, saying "It's a sign that Dallas is the anchor we expect him to be." Finally, Angels relief pitcher Cam Bedrosian shares memories of his first game at Minute Maid Park, playing humble and playing with All-Star Mike Trout

I take a look at Albert Pujols and the EPIC COMEBACK in Game 7, Cam Bedrosian's surprising appearance in Game 6, and the Texas Rangers come to town.

Throughout the country, Americans are moving into the cities, and construction isn’t keeping up. Rents are rising faster than incomes. Housing costs are eating away an increasing share of the average family’s budget. Without sufficient renewal, the existing housing stock is aging, and the quality is declining. Affordability has reached crisis levels.  In this episode, we confront the crisis with Raphael W. Bostic. Professor Bostic holds the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise in the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC, where he is also the Chair of the Department of Governance, Management, and the Policy Process. From 2009 to 2012, he served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

American Gods is the story of America as a quilted patchwork of immigrant cultures with a diverse and every-growing number of beliefs. The story begins with Shadow, released from jail several days early because his wife is killed in a car accident. He encounters the mysterious Mr. Wednesday almost immediately upon release – once, twice, and again and is offered a job. He discovers that Mr. Wednesday is Odin, the Lord of Asgard, symbol of the forgotten gods living throughout America. With jobs ranging from prostitute to taxi driver, these "old" gods make do while they hope that Americans will remember, and honor them. Their holy places are the roadside attractions so dismissed by modern Americans. Their hope to be remembered is apparently in conflict with a new set of gods; Media, Town, Credit Cards, and others whose temples are our shopping malls. Shadow has a series of adventures, some in real life, some in dreams, as he journeys from someone not quite alive to the key individual in the upcoming battle for supremacy between the old and new gods. The novel is a fascinating exploration of the meaning of ethnicity, modernism, memory, and community in which we are reminded of the many ethnicities that make up America, but also their amalgamation into a secular American society with few gods. As multiple characters remind us, America is a hard place to be a god. This is a quintessential American novel from a quintessential British storyteller – it’s a sprawling road trip into the vast highways and byways of the American landscape, it’s a horror novel, a mystery, a romance, a western, a fantasy, and ultimately a look into the heart of America. Featuring Caroline Bhalla, Raphael Bostic, Lisa Schweitzer, and David Sloane

The City and The City by China Miéville is a noir detective murder mystery set in an urban fantasy landscape where the cities of Beszel and Ul Qoma are not just neighboring, but enmeshed in overlapping space. What begins as a question of whether the young woman's murderer transferred the body between the cities illegally (Breach) becomes a question of how deep the conspiracy behind her murder goes. Though the plot seems a usual murder mystery, the author takes us on the journey to discover how people learn to live in cities, how cities become entities, and how politics can be dictated through everyday actions learned from an early age. We discuss the many fascinating intricacies of this novel to look at how we walk in our communities. (Spoilers!)

In White Trash: The 400-year Untold History of Class in America, historian Nancy Isenberg traces white poverty and class from the earliest British settlements through to the 21st century. What she finds is that the mythology of social mobility and classlessness of American Exceptionalism is just that, a myth. By taking a deep dive into a sub-class of Americans, Isenberg hopes that Americans can face a truth about the enduring poverty on inequality that has shaped the American consciousness. That not only do we have classes, but these classes have been built by policies going back to the very reason British citizens came to the colonies. Our discussion of the book looks at where this history contributes to our current political conversation and where it could have been more focused to tell the story in a more cohesive way.

Special bonus track! An interview with The Sympathizer author Viet Thanh Nguyen.   On April 18, 2016, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize in the fiction category. Less than a month later, USC Professor Nguyen’s nonfiction book Nothing Ever Dies was published. These were written together over the last 13 years or so, are part of Nguyen’s exploration of the underlying issues of war and the aftermath of war on those countless affected. The novel while dark, gives voice to the things we hide from ourselves as societies when we try to build a history. The lines between good and evil are not stark but squiggly and porous. The themes in both the novel and the nonfiction that follows it are vital to explore when thinking of public policy & governance in a global world.   We are delighted to present this conversation with scholar Viet Thanh Nguyen, who was gracious enough to spend some time with our Acting Director, Aubrey Hicks.   For links to some of the things we talk about check out the showpage:   This podcast was produced by Aubrey Hicks and Jonathan Schwartz, recorded and mixed by Corey Hedden.

This edition of the book club features the astounding Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” whom we meet through a confession that we know to be some time after the Fall of Saigon. Our unnamed spy narrator is a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who was educated in America and returned to Vietnam during the conflict, spying on his American and army confederates. Things fall apart after the Fall of Saigon, as he tries to build a new life with other refugees in Los Angeles all the while secretly reporting back to his communist allies. We were lucky enough to be joined by three sympathizing souls to discuss the nature of identity and empathy in the aftermath of war and how conflicts of sympathy shape the lives of refugees and the new cultures they join.

This week's podcast features special guest Chris Bedrosian of Flora's Bake Shop. Chris is well known for her cbd infused products through her cottage foods business. Using organic ingredients and Colorado grown hemp, Chris' products provide therapeutic levels of cannabidiol in tinctures and oils. ​ Find more information on Flora's Bake show, visit www.florasbakeshop.com/. ​ If you are on disability, receive Medicaid or are a disabled veteran, check out Haven CBD for discounted cbd products at www.havencbd.com .

The Hornets season takes an unwanted detour west into a four game losing streak, including a terrible loss to the Phoenix Suns. Are injuries the only thing to blame? This weekend we talk with At The Hive rookie writer Jack Bedrosian on his first column, an absolute must read on Kemba Walker and Nicolas Batum and what makes them a perfect pair. Enjoy and don't forget starting January 21st we'll be adding a Thursday show! Hive Talk Live Thursdays brought to you by ESPN 730 with co-host Justin Thomas will be feature more in-depth analysis, player interviews and much more.  Like us on Facebook: Hive Talk Live PLUS The Hornets make a call about Bojan Bogdanovic, but how do you pronounce his name correctly? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this edition, we’re looking at the sci-fi classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick. DADES follows bounty hunter Rick Deckard on a mission to find and destroy 6 state of the art, rogue androids. The novel is the source material for the film Blade Runner. Written in 1968, DADES is set in a near future San Francisco amid a vast desertion to off-world colonies. Those remaining on Earth contend with nuclear fallout dust and other dangers. Dick asks fundamental questions in the novel and our discussion touches on just a few of these. Read next month’s book, The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander, along with us, and listen on July 27th. Let us know what you think. Tweet us @BedrosianCenter or, check out our showpage on the Bedrosian website, https://bedrosian.usc.edu, for links to speaker’s information and to some of the things we mention during the discussion. https://bedrosian.usc.edu/blog/podcast/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep/ This podcast was produced by Aubrey Hicks and Jonathan Schwartz. Sponsored by the USC Bedrosian Center http://bedrosian.usc.edu/  Recorded at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy http://priceschool.usc.edu 

Welcome to the Women of Golf Show! Cindy & I are excited to have joining us this week, The Symetra Tours -  Katie Kempter - Winner of the 2015 Volvik Championship. Later, Cindy & I interview :Melanie M. Bedrosian - Executive Director / Corporate Counsel for JBC Golf Inc. & LPGA Golf Clinics for Women / The Legends Tour Here's a little about Melanie: Melanie is the Corporate Counsel of JBC Golf, Inc. a golf management company based in Boston, Massachusetts and is the Executive Director of the LPGA Golf Clinics for Women. Melanie has been a part of the development of the current LPGA Clinic series for the past 15 years. As Executive Director, Melanie is responsible for cultivating and maintaining sponsor relationships from contract to on-site execution and fulfillment. Join Cindy & I Tuesday Morning at 9:00 AM EST on www.blogtalkradio.com/womenofgolf

David Bedrosian discusses Canadians buying Florida Real Estate

Summer EDM hits feautiring Projecct46, Kaskade, Avicii and more!

Garet Bedrosian says: “My life’s path has been motivated by curiosity and a desire to know the world around me at a deeper level.  I sensed energy and knew there was more which was evidenced in always wanting to know the “why” of things; therefore I’ve dedicated much of my life to self-exploration and following […]

For HealthMedia, Inc., the notion of health coaching without a coach is proving to be very successful for their patients in many areas. Dr. Richard Bedrosian, Ph.D., HealthMedia director of behavioral health, and Caren Kenney, director of corporate communications, discuss HealthMedia's Binge Eating Disorder (BED) program, a first-of-its-kind solution aimed at addressing binge eating disorder and its impact on healthcare costs in the United States. Dr. Bedrosian and Kenney also talk about what spurred the idea for the program, how it works and the benefits, challenges and drawbacks that go with this innovative new wave of Web-based coaching.

I just love quality, classic vocal Jazz standards from the American Songbook and beyond. Today Sandi Bedrosian delivers the goods with her bluesy-beautiful stylings.

I just love quality, classic vocal Jazz standards from the American Songbook and beyond. Today Sandi Bedrosian delivers the goods with her bluesy-beautiful stylings.

I just love quality, classic vocal Jazz standards from the American Songbook and beyond. Today Sandi Bedrosian delivers the goods with her bluesy-beautiful stylings.