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In Italian, many verbs require prepositions to link them to another verb or object. Some verbs specifically use the Italian preposition "di" to create new meanings.Start learning Italian today!1. Explore more simple Italian lessons: https://italianmatters.com/1922. Download the Italian Verb Conjugation Blueprint: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/freebieverbblueprint⁠⁠⁠3. Subscribe to the YouTube lessons: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/italianmatters⁠⁠⁠The goal of the Italian Matters Language and Culture School is to help English speakers build fluency and confidence to speak the Italian language through support, feedback, and accountability. The primary focus is on empowering Italian learners to speak clearly and sound natural so they can easily have conversations in Italian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Italian, "ciò" is a versatile pronoun equivalent to "this" or "that" in English. It is often used in more formal or abstract contexts.Start learning Italian today!1. Explore more simple Italian lessons: https://italianmatters.com/1902. Download the Italian Verb Conjugation Blueprint: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/freebieverbblueprint⁠⁠⁠3. Subscribe to the YouTube lessons: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/italianmatters⁠⁠⁠The goal of the Italian Matters Language and Culture School is to help English speakers build fluency and confidence to speak the Italian language through support, feedback, and accountability. The primary focus is on empowering Italian learners to speak clearly and sound natural so they can easily have conversations in Italian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Italian, many verbs are followed by the preposition “a”, which commonly translates to "to" or "at" in English. This preposition helps express direction, purpose, or the object of an action.Start learning Italian today!1. Explore more simple Italian lessons: https://italianmatters.com/1902. Download the Italian Verb Conjugation Blueprint: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/freebieverbblueprint⁠⁠⁠3. Subscribe to the YouTube lessons: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/italianmatters⁠⁠⁠The goal of the Italian Matters Language and Culture School is to help English speakers build fluency and confidence to speak the Italian language through support, feedback, and accountability. The primary focus is on empowering Italian learners to speak clearly and sound natural so they can easily have conversations in Italian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Italian, there is no single word for "it" like in English. Instead, Italian uses various pronouns, depending on gender, context, and meaning. Sometimes, “it” is not expressed at all especially in impersonal sentences.Start learning Italian today!1. Explore more simple Italian lessons: https://italianmatters.com/1872. Download the Italian Verb Conjugation Blueprint: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/freebieverbblueprint⁠⁠⁠3. Subscribe to the YouTube lessons: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/italianmatters⁠⁠⁠The goal of the Italian Matters Language and Culture School is to help English speakers build fluency and confidence to speak the Italian language through support, feedback, and accountability. The primary focus is on empowering Italian learners to speak clearly and sound natural so they can easily have conversations in Italian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to avoid getting replies in English when you're speaking Italian? Here are our tips and key phrases to keep the conversation going! Learn about our Online Italian School and get a free mini lesson every week: https://joyoflanguages.online/italian-school Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@joyoflanguages.italian?sub_confirmation=1 Get the bonus materials for this episode: https://italian.joyoflanguages.com/podcast/advice-for-speaking-Italian Today's Italian words: In italiano, per favore! = In Italian, please! Sono principiante = I'm a beginner Vorrei provare in italiano, mi aiuta? = I'd like to try in Italian, can you help me? (formal) Vorrei provare in italiano, mi aiuti? = I'd like to try in Italian, can you help me? (informal) Grazie per la pazienza = Thank you for the patience Cos'è questo? = What is this?

In Italian, Gary Carrico's last name means transporting cargo. For a truck driver, that's what you call apropos. Gary wears his surname with pride and represents it well. His spotless driving record and prolific reviews showcase a driver with a high IQ and a work ethic to match. In today's conversation, we hear about Gary's background in trucking and how he's leveraging his unique experiences for success on the open roads. He also opens up about being autistic and the challenges and benefits it can bring. Tune in now for this fascinating episode of the Six-Figure Trucker.Show Notes:Gary Carrico joins us from the road in chilly Illinois (1:29)How to Persevere in handling obstacles (4:03)Son of a Trucker! Gary's background in Trucking (10:46)Building a reputation for reliability with 5 Star Reviews (17:46)Autism and the Open Roads (18:43)Gary pitches Driveaway as we wrap (27:00)Keep Trucking, Gary! The Six-Figure Trucker is a weekly podcast about driveaway trucking brought to you by Norton Transport. For more information or to subscribe, please visit Six-FigureTrucker.com.

In Italian folk superstition and the Roman pagan world, we believe that our house has its own spirit and we dedicate altars to the household spirit that includes both gods and ancestors alike. Today I'm going to be showing you how you can set up a household altar focusing on bringing in money and protection and some of the ancient gods that I feed on my altars! BOOK A READING WITH ME: https://tinyurl.com/4c399c9s Fortuna's Wheel Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/fortunaswheelstore Styx and Bones Temple https://tinyurl.com/2w2mutju FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/highpriestesschelsea https://www.tiktok.com/@highpriestesschelsea

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for December 12, 2024 is: pastiche • pass-TEESH • noun Pastiche refers to something (such as a piece of writing, music, etc.) that imitates the style of someone or something else. It can also refer to a work that is made up of selections from multiple other works, or it can be used as a synonym of hodgepodge. // The director's new murder mystery is a clever pastiche of the 1950s noir films she watched as a girl. // The research paper was essentially a pastiche made up of passages from different sources. // The house is decorated in a pastiche of mid-century styles. See the entry > Examples: “[Ween] were the rare American college radio darlings to directly engage with Black music, by reinforcing the spiritual connections between glam rock and funk and psychedelia. ... But if their early displays of Prince worship blurred the line between pastiche and parody, Chocolate and Cheese offered their most sincere simulacrums of funk and soul to date.” — Stuart Berman, Pitchfork, 1 Sept. 2024 Did you know? When we say the origins of the word pastiche are totally tubular, we're not just being saucy—we mean it. In Italian, pasticcio (more specifically pasticcio di maccheroni) refers to a decadent pie consisting of a sweet crust filled with meat, truffles, béchamel, and macaroni—that famously tube-shaped pasta. Given such a jumble of (albeit delicious) ingredients, it makes sense that pasticcio in Italian has also long carried such additional meanings as “a mess or confused affair” and “a confused or mixed piece of writing.” It is these meanings that influenced both the English word pasticcio, in use since the 18th century, and the French word pastiche, which English borrowed in the late 19th century and which is now much more common. Both refer to hodgepodges of all kinds, but are most often applied to creative works—literary, artistic, musical, architectural, etc.—that imitate earlier styles or that are made up of parts from other works. A pastiche, you might say, takes a little bit of this and a little bit of that, not unlike the English language itself.

Is there anything that we can do to quicken the ripening of the fruit of Self-realization? While faith and patience are the most important attitudes, self-effort is also needed. There is, in nature, a wonderful symbol of the balance between the effort and the patience that are required. In Italian, the sunflower is called “girasole,” or “sun-turner.” While a plant cannot force its seeds to ripen, the humble sunflower can turn itself to keep facing the sun. Here are a few ways we can stay turned toward the Divine Light.

The premise of tonight's theme is how we position ourselves for the client before we even meet them. With the advent of social media, people will know they are going to meet you and will check you out. That wasn't possible before, but it certainly is now. So, how do we put ourselves in the best light, in the best position before we meet the buyer or the client? That's what I'll be looking at tonight. A bit about Dale Carnegie: we're a very well-established company, 112 years old, originating in New York, and we've been in Japan for 61 years. We have 200 offices around the world and are quite well known. These are our locations, so wherever you're coming from, we're probably there. We have eight million graduates and 100,000 in Japan. Warren Buffett is a graduate, as is Chuck Norris, one of my favourites, and the current president of Shiseido, Uotani san, is also a graduate. These books are very well known: How to Win Friends and Influence People, Hito Wo Ugokasu, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, Michi Wa Hirakeru, all very well-known books. They sell well. Dale Carnegie's book, How to Win Friends and Influence People, is consistently in the top ten business books in every language every year around the world. In the publishing industry, they say there are two massive long-sellers: one is the Bible, and the second one is Dale Carnegie's book, which is just incredible but true. So it does very well. My theme here is that in business, know, like, and trust are some fundamentals. People have to know you to do business with you. They have to like you, generally speaking. While we might do business with people we don't like, it's not our preference, and they have to trust us. Now, I'm not going to deal with like and trust tonight. That's too much, but I'll deal particularly with getting to know you, and we'll look at that. So, how do I build credibility before I meet the buyer? How do I establish that remotely? That's what we'll be looking at. In 2010, I was scared of social media. I wasn't on any social media at all, and these are the themes I was worried about. It was an unknown thing to me. I didn't understand it. I thought, oh, my identity will be stolen. They're going to hack my credit card. Trolls will hammer me if I post something. I was scared. At that time, social media was fairly limited. LinkedIn was the longest-running, but it was really a recruiting site for people posting their resumes. Facebook was mainly in America. Twitter was only four years old by that time, and Instagram was only one year old. It was all very new, and I was scared of it. Then something happened. I met Jeffrey Gitomer, an American, a very famous author on sales, and an interesting character. He attended our Dale Carnegie International Convention in San Diego, which, by the way, is a beautiful place. I was very impressed by San Diego. He said to the convention delegates, all Dale Carnegie people, "How many people are on Twitter?" Nobody was on Twitter. Trust me, nobody. At that stage, he had 30,000 followers on Twitter, and he basically said to us, "You are all idiots." He didn't say that directly, but that was the message. "You should get onto social media." I thought, well, okay, he's probably right. I should check this out. So that's where I started. I also got into a thing called content marketing. I had never heard this expression before, and there was a very good podcast with Joe Pulizzi and Robert Rose called This Old Marketing, which was really pioneering and promoting the whole concept of content marketing. I started listening to these guys and learning about content marketing, which was a revolutionary idea at the time: you put your best stuff out there for nothing. At that time, people were protecting their IP, hiding their details, their data. But they said, no, you put it out there. That was not a typical idea at that time. So I was studying that. Today, I have 27,680 followers on LinkedIn and 3,383 articles and blogs published on LinkedIn. On Facebook, I have 4,200 friends. I'm not really big into Facebook, to be honest. On Instagram, I have 536 followers. I only started Instagram recently. On Twitter, I don't have many followers. I've never quite come to grips with Twitter myself. I post on it but never look at it, basically. As mentioned by Jeff, we started YouTube in 2013 and called it Tokyo Japan Dale Carnegie TV. Now, we have 1,920 subscribers. It has taken a long time to get over 1,000 and close to 2,000. Very hard work. We have 2,500 videos on YouTube, which is a lot. And of course, we're a training company, so we have lots of content in the areas we cover. Another big influence on me was Grant Cardone, another American, a very famous hardcore sales guy, very successful. He makes this point: we are all invisible. I was talking about know, like, trust. But if you're invisible, how do you build a business? People don't know you, and that's what he's on about. People don't know you. You have to make a big effort to get out there and be known. So I took that on board and said, okay, I have to become more visible. I have to work on that. Social media is one of the big content marketing delivery mechanisms. We're trying to get attention. Where is the attention on social media? Are we where the buyer's attention is found on social media? Are we where they're looking on social media? In Japan, YouTube kills everything with 102 million. Next is Line, of course. X, formerly known as Twitter. Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. LinkedIn has very low numbers, just three million. But if you're in the expat community, it would be an incredibly high proportion of people on LinkedIn. My personal main target is expat leaders because I have all these Japanese working for them who need training. If I can get to the expat leader, maybe I can get the whole company. So that's one of my targets. Yes, it's true. Facebook is basically Japanese. The comment was that Facebook is like LinkedIn for Japanese, and very true. I post all my stuff on Facebook. I post on all these things except for Pinterest. I don't do Pinterest, and I can't work out how to use Line. If I could work it out, I'd probably do something there, but I haven't yet. We are trying to dominate our niches as a training company. This gets tricky because we have three main curriculum areas: leadership, presentation, and sales. If we were only doing leadership, that would be one level of content we need to produce. But we're not just doing leadership, so we have to produce a lot of content to compete with others who specialise in leadership. We have to produce a lot of content to compete with people who specialise in presentations and the same for sales. So we are tripling what would be a normal company's requirement, which is why we're pumping out so much content. What about AI? You might think, "No problem, AI will produce this presentation for tonight." In thirty seconds, you've got it. How easy is this? AI will write some posts for LinkedIn, and bingo, out comes the content. We are redundant as content creators because AI will do it all for us. Well, maybe. Your rivals might be using it. Maybe you're using it. But how can we differentiate our content? Here are some ideas. First of all, it doesn't know your stories. It hasn't been able to scrape those. Your personal stories are only known to you. You have a hundred percent control of that. When you write LinkedIn posts, AI tends to be a bit generic in the way it creates content. You look at the outputs, and they all have a similar style. But if you write as you speak, in the vernacular, that's very much you. Very authentic, very individual, and with your own point of view. AI will scrape all of the world's viewpoints on a topic, but you have your own individual viewpoint. That's unique. You must become highly skilled in presenting. You can get the best content from AI, but you still have to stand up here and deliver it. AI might do this online with an avatar, but in the real world, no. It can't do it. Have your own personal style, which is hard to duplicate. Some of my differentiation approaches include using my title, Dr. Greg Story. I have a PhD, and I use that distinctly because I'm in the training business. You'd rather be taught by Dr. Story than someone with just a basic degree, right? So I use that as a differentiator through my education as branding. I use a lot of alliteration when I write: "super sushi service." It's alliteration. I use that style for my writing and use words in unexpected ways, normal words but in slightly unexpected ways. When you're reading, it feels a bit different because it's me. Others won't do it. AI certainly won't do it. I try to use unusual words to differentiate and have a style that's recognisable. I hope that when you see my stuff, you'll say, "Oh, that's written by Greg Story" as opposed to anyone else. I also try to include personal stories to connect with my audience and make the content relatable and memorable. So, AI is a tool we can use, but to truly stand out and make our content unique, we have to infuse it with our personal touch, experiences, and style. That's something AI can't replicate.   Again, to differentiate, to have a style that's recognizable. I hope that when you see my stuff, you'll say, oh, that's written by Greg's story as opposed to it could bewritten by anybody. And then try to include personal storiesto connect with my Now, I I avoided that. And I broadcast, as Jeff said, video. I broadcast audio. And then, what's your message? And then, you can have a story with a lesson, a parable, something that you've learned. Something happened. You've learned a lesson from that and you share that lesson. So these are some typical storytelling themes we can use when we're putting together our content. But I finally broke through as a presenter. I started sharing my personal information. I found I could connect with people in a way I wasn't able to connect so well before. But we have these self limiting beliefs. The point is we've got to get over those. If we're going to project ourselves into the market and be credible with clients before we meet them, they've got to know us. We've got to get out there.So let's work on that. But we've got some self limiting beliefs. For example, I had a meeting with the president. I had a meeting with Suzuki Taro, the president. I hate being recorded on camera. I'm an introvert. I knew where to hit certain words and phrases, key ideas,and bring my energy to that point in the sentence. Very hard for AI to know how to do that. So these are things that differentiate. I think the name Story, someone can correct me here, but it's actually originally a Scandinavian name. I try to make the client the hero. I try to use my own cadence, my own rhythm. When I'm highlighting key ideas and phrases, which again, it's going to be very hard for AI to replicate that because it's my definition. For example, I've recorded one of my books,Japan Sales Mastery, whichn just about killed me, I've got to tell you. I can't believe how hard narrating your own damn book is. I used to be scared of the camera, but I've managed to get over that and I am an introvert, actually. So this is very taxing for me tonight to have all these people in the room with me. I'll have to go home later and lay down for quite along time to recover. I'm a very private person, Jeff. I don't share much. If you look publicly online, you find very little about me personally.You will find a lot of stuff about presentations, leadership, sales, not a lot about Greg's story. I'm not beautiful enough or handsome enough to appear on video. I'm not photogenic at all. I always look terrible in photographs. I'm not photogenic. I'm the guide. I've got a very raspy voice from ten million kiais in the karate dojo, actually. In this room, we put a green screen set over there. We set up the camera here and I will record myself on green screen video. Include the names. Even if you have a code name for someone, include the names. It automatically sent to my YouTube channel with the audio podcast and also, the podcast video goes to YouTube. It was and I didn't do anymore after that. It's exhausted me. But someone else could narrate it. But I wrote it, so I knew where to put the emphasis. It wasn't planned. It's out there about a very small amount. Much better. There's got to be a context. Something'shappening in the background. Something's going on. What is it? Bring out that background. My Saturday mornings are writing every week. Saturday morning, I write. I write one on presentations, one on sales, one on leadership. My voice sounds terrible. Now I'm not handsome. So I can multipurpose my one piece of content very, very effectively. So I start, in my case, always with a blog text. So include the people in the story. So my copywriting structure looks like this. So that text gets turned into podcast audio. So this is multipurposing of content. So we have different stories. We have the warning story, we can writeabout that. Bad things are coming. So we're going tell some stories. Now, someone said to me tonight, oh, your name's Story. That's handy if you're gonna be in the storytelling business. So, we need, I believe, to master video and audio and text in this modern age. So, who are we according to what does Google say about you? Who are you when you look up Google? Story, which got anglicized in the great Viking invasion of England, I believe in the eighth century. So there we go. That audio will go to the podcast and will go to a place called Libsyn, Liberated Syndication, which hosts podcasts on Apple Podcasts.  It's got a huge list of different podcasts they get my content out to. That's what all those little green arrows mean. But it also turns up on my YouTube channel as audio. The opportunity cost of no action because in a lot of cases, people think no action means no cost. That's not true. The plan, let's get rid of the villain. Let's fix thatproblem. The villain, client's problem. Then I'll record those for my podcast. Then, this is important. Then, we have the narrative arc. There'll be certain characters in the story. There'll be some conflict, some problem, or a big opportunity. What is that? Set the context with the opportunity. Then there's gonna be a resolution. Could be good, could be bad, but there'll be a resolution one way or another. There's a teleprompter behind here and I'll be reading theteleprompter of what I've written and I'll take that text and I'll turn it into video. There's an opportunity cost there. And then finally, the solution, the happy outcome. We talk about that. We can have the success story, hey, we did well. We can have a humorous story, something amusing. We can have a branding story, talking about your company and how great you're doing and how you're helping save the world, etcetera. What's the learning? What's the thing you want to get across to people? So that's an arc in the narrative. When you're writing a story, you're putting stuff together to think about. What do you find? Yahoo, Bing, ChatGPT, YouTube, Amazon. If you search yourself on these items, what does it tell us about you? Who are you? I'm possibly going to be your client. I want to know about you. This is where I'm going to look. This is where I'll go. And what will I find? Now, a lot of Americans have said to me that they can't use Facebook for business because there are a lot of embarrassing frat house photographs of them in very compromising positions, drinking very exotic-looking drinks with umbrellas in them, in very bad locations with very dodgy people. So they are excluded. But I said I was terrified of social media. I came late to the party. What you'll see on these mediums is me in business all the time. You're not going to see me casual very often. I control it. So if you look up Greg Story, there are seventy-one entries on Google, forty-four on YouTube, ninety-one on Bing. I stopped at page ten. Chat GPT, one entry. I did a presentation last December for the American Chamber Sales Committee. At that time, I wasn't even existing on Chat GPT. So finally, I made it. I'm there. And it's actually correct. It wasn't hallucinating. I'm actually there. And then YouTube, there are fifty entries. I stopped at fifty. There's a lot more. And then Amazon, one entry. What's going on here? I've got, well, seven books already published, and the eighth one is with Amazon right now. So Amazon's search engine is not very good. So anyway, I don't know how that works. So what has been useful for me to become known and credible with my potential buyers? LinkedIn is my main medium for business, and this is what my front page looks like. You see lots of me in action. I'm running a soft skills training company. So what am I doing? I'm teaching or I'm speaking, naturally. And then, here I am. My name is not Dr Greg Story. The name in LinkedIn is Dr Greg Story, franchise owner, master trainer, executive coach, leadership sales, presentations, Tokyo, Japan. That is what's in my name bracket on LinkedIn, not just Dr Greg Story. And then, it talks about global master trainer, executive coach, three-time best-selling author, global business expert, leadership, sales, presentations and communication president. There's a lot of propaganda about me on that one page, and then you have all of my postings would come after that. Massive numbers. In this case, on LinkedIn, three thousand three hundred and fifty of them. And then, as I said, twenty-seven thousand six hundred and eighty followers. Post impressions, seven thousand thirty-two in the last seven days. In the last ninety days, seven hundred and sixty-four people looked at my profile. Eight hundred and seventeen people searched for me. How many people are searching for you? You go to your LinkedIn, have a look at your number. How many people are searching for you? When I see that number's high, I'm happy. It says that what I'm doing is working. They're searching for me. I'm trying to find them, of course, but they're looking for me. I may not know who they are, but I'm giving them what I want them to find. I'm packaging it up. I'm saying, this is me. I'm credible. I can do everything on leadership, everything on sales and presentations. I've got it. That's what I'm saying. So Roberto DeVito was the editor of the American Chamber Journal, and I used to submit articles to the journal. I made a big mistake. When I first submitted them, I thought, you've got Dale Carnegie on the wall over there. I thought, well, Dale Carnegie, he's the icon. I can't compete with the icon. So I never put my name and photograph with the articles, only my name. Until one day, I was at an event. I gave someone my card. “Are you the guy that writes those articles in the American Chamber Journal?”,  I said, yes. I realised, you idiot. You should have put your own face and name, so people could recognise both instead of just the name. Trust me, my face and name is on everything I can find now, to catch up. But I met, actually, I bumped into Roberto across the road in front of the Ark Hills building one day just by accident. I'm having a quick chat, because he's editing my articles. I'm putting them up there. He said, “Greg, why don't you start a podcast?” Here's my response. “What's a podcast?”. I'd sort of heard of it. In the 1990s, there were podcasts, and they sort of disappeared, and they came back in the mid-2000s, right? 2013. So and I thought, wow, a podcast. Okay. So I'll take that on board. So this was a re-creation, but this would have been me back in 2013, 2014 actually, with this exact mic recording my podcast. I had zero idea. I was clueless. I didn't even think about the mic, you know. I didn't know the quality. But now, for the techy people here, and I'm sure there's a lot of techy people here. I use a Shure SM58 microphone. I use a Zoom H6 handy recorder, which actually is recording this presentation right now. I use Adobe Audition for the editing, and I use Libsyn to host my Apple podcasts. So that's some of the tech. Now, I'm not going to discuss what we do for the videos because there's a lot of lighting and camera and stuff for that, but we have a lot of gear for all that stuff. So I'm better organised now. So what did I learn about podcasting? First of all, don't be an idiot like me. Spend the money and get a good quality microphone. Straight up. Don't muck around. Get the right gear. Find a platform which can upload your content to multiple areas like Libsyn. You need something like that. If you're gonna do interviews, the guest provides the IP. Jeff has been a guest on my podcast, Japan's top Business Interviews, and he provided all the IP. But if you're doing it yourself, then you need to have content. And I have a lot of content, as I'll talk about in a minute, because I can do that because we're in the business of doing training. So we know about leadership, presentations, sales, communication. And you got to be like clockwork. We say weekly. It's got to be weekly. You can't miss. And if you're going to do it, commit to it. There are so many podcasts that fail within the first ten episodes and they quit. Don't be one of those people. If you're going to commit to it, keep going with it. Don't worry about the numbers. Keep going with it. You'll eventually get the numbers you want. So, this is my first podcast, August the second, 2014. Every Thursday, Leadership Japan Series. This is where I started. So now, we've got nearly seventy-four thousand five hundred ninety-nine downloads. Five hundred and fifty-nine episodes weekly. Now, in 2016, I'm following this content marketing. The guru says, niche down. Right. But, get ready to ride the tiger's back. Because what I thought was, okay, niche down, I am going to break them out. The Leadership Japan series had content about sales. It had content about presenting. I know, I'll break them out and separate them. I'll niche down. “How hard could that be”,  I said to myself. Well, once you jump on to the tiger's back, as soon as you jump off, you get eaten. So you have got to be careful what you do here. So I started with one and then I presented this one. This is November third, 2016. Every Tuesday, this has twenty-three thousand nine hundred and fifty-two downloads. We're up to episode three eighty-five on this one. And then I did this one, which was the Sales Japan series. It's every Wednesday, three thirty-one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven downloads, three hundred and eighty-five episodes. But the work to produce these additional two was much bigger than I expected. But remember, we are a training company. We are doing all of these areas, so we have to have content in each of these areas to compete with companies who only do sales, only do leadership, only do presentations. So we just triple our workload immediately and we're prepared for that. Now, in 2018, Google said, we are going to now do voice-based search as well as text, and I believed them. And I thought, bingo. Because how many blogs were there in the world in 2018? Major, major, major number of blogs around the world. How can you compete with so many millions of people producing billions of people producing blogs? And I thought, ah, audio. I have a lot of audio. Maybe I can win in the audio market. It's hard to win in the text market. So I know, I know, I got a great idea “Why don't I create more audio?”, I said to myself and try and dominate that voice-based search. Well, guess what? You Google Greg Story, you're not going find much in the vocal department from Google. Thank you very much. Where's my voice-based search, Google? Still not there. So anyway, but I didn't know that. I believed them. So I was inspired by, some people might remember the show, Tokyo on Fire from Tim Langley. It was a very good program on politics. So, yeah, I was inspired by this. I said, “you know what? I'm going do video”. So this is how I got started. The first one, my weekly podcast. So December 28th, 2018, I started doing my weekly podcast, and then I converted it into a video and put it on YouTube. So now we've got nine hundred and ninety-three videos, nine hundred and twenty-four subscribers, not a big number, nine hundred ninety-five episodes weekly. So if you look at this, I'm doing six podcasts a week, fifty-two weeks a year. I'm doing three videos a week, fifty-two weeks a year. It's a machine. I've got a machine behind me. It wasn't there when I started. I was terrified of social media. My colleagues, who were twenty years younger than me, had social media. I said, yeah, it's a fad. I was wrong. I was wrong. Now, I don't have twenty years to play catch up, so I have to run hard. And these are some of the lessons I learnt from all this. So first, don't be afraid of social media. Second, repurpose content. So once I created all this, I realised the power of having all this content. So I turned it into books, as Jeff mentioned. These were the four books that were done. These three were audiobooks and Kindle. This is the latest one, done on audiobooks and Kindle. It's a lot of work, but you can turn it into other things. So what I did was, I took the content from the podcast. The podcasts are turned into transcriptions. The transcriptions are turned into books. And I've done, as I said, seven books like that. This is an example of repurposing the content. Take the content and put it everywhere. Don't be afraid of social media. It is a gold mine. Don't worry about the numbers. Don't worry if you have no viewers, no followers. Keep producing, because people will start to come to you. But be like clockwork. Every week, deliver. Don't be afraid to get on social media. Don't be afraid to put your face out there. And, very importantly, get a high-quality microphone. It makes all the difference.  Then, I wrote this one, Japan Presentations Mastery because we teach presentations and we want to get more business. So, we wrote this and then we did Anata Mo Purezen No Tatsujin. We translated it, so we have a Japanese version. I rewrite the books for a Japanese audience. I write it for a foreign audience first, for the expats, the CEO, who's going to buy training, and then I rewrite it for a Japanese audience. Then I wrote this book. Stop Wasting Money On Training. I think that's a bit counterintuitive for a training company.Subtitle, “how to get the best results from your training budget in Japan” because I realized you couldn't find any books on on how to pick a training company. We are experts in training. So I wrote a book, a neutral book. It's not a propaganda piece for Dale Carnegie. If you read it, it's not like that at all. It's very, very neutral,very objective, but it talks about the things you need to think about. When I go to see the client, I've got two books.This is one of them. Now, theres presentation and sales and very shortly leadership and I give them both. Do I care if they read them? No. This says, we are expertson training. That's enough for credibility. Okay? This is my new book. I say, we're waiting for Amazon to give us the thumbs up. Could be tonight. Could be tomorrow morning. It's that close. I have never seen any books in English about leading in Japan written by foreigners. If you can find one, let me know. I couldn't find any. I believe this is the first book ever written on this topic. And the target audience are expat CEOs who are leading here to help them because these are the people who pay for our training, who have the decision making power or at least get me in front of the HR team to try and convince them to take us on as a training company. So very, very fresh. Very, very fresh. And I call it your complete leadership toolkit and it is a very complete book. So now, I have soon to be eight books, right? Coming up will be eight books. Then, I will rewrite that leadership book for a Japanese audience and we'll translate that. That'll be number nine. So everyone's heard of Gary Vaynerchuk, I presume. He's a legend. He's an amazing business person, incredible entrepreneur. He took reality TV, combined it with motivation, and he combined it with education. And he has another trading name as Gary Vee. He had a guy following him around, video him all day long, which they cut up and brought out. He's unbelievable volume producer. But Gary Vee or Gary Vaynerchuk has thirty people working in team Gary, chopping all this stuff up. He's a legend. He says, I heard this recently, you have got to post twelve times aday. I'm like, “that's ridiculous”. How could you do that? Well, guess what? I'm posting twelve times a day. I counted them up. The blog goes to LinkedIn. It automatically goes to Facebook and Twitter. Now, purists would say,you're a very bad boy, Greg. You should be recrafting that for Facebook and you should be recrafting that for Twitter instead of sending in the same stuff. Hey. Do I have that sort of time? No. I've got three areas, presentation, sales, and leadership to cover. I'm busy. So I just flick a switch and bingo. It's there. Done. I upload something I'll talk about in a moment called Fare Bella Figura. I'll talk about that shortly. It goes to, to LinkedIn and I share it also to Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram. I upload video shorts to LinkedIn, then they get switched over to TikTok, threads, and Instagram, which is actually twelve a day. So I'm actually doing what Gary Vaynerchuk said to do. I thought it was impossible, but I'm actually doing it. Amazed me. So we need a mindset shift here. We need to be agnostic about the funnel that brings the client to us. But we got a brace for trouble. We're doing something new. We should try it anyway. And if it doesn't work, well, you know, retreat if you have to and don't say no for the buyer in terms of trying something new. And if it works, go all in and ignore the critics and hammer it. So this is something that I was thinking about. There are some fundamental business truths. People judge us when they first meet us based on our bodylanguage, how we're standing, how we move. The second thing they judge us on is how we're dressed. They look us up and down. They're checking us out. They're making judgments. We haven't even opened our mouth yet, but they're making judgments, first impressions about us. So we have to control that first impression and we mustbecome more knowledgeable about image control in business. So I had some innovation considerations. I found people often complimented me about the way I'm dressed. I thought, can I drive that as a differentiator against my competitors in the training industry? Can I take that and drive it harder? I didn't see any businessmen blogging about what they wear except for people who are in the clothing business.They got their own boutiques or whatever. I didn't see any business people blogging about men's clothing. So I needed to execute though in a very light low touch manner, because I'm pretty busy and I have to have the guts, right, to court trolls, mockery, derision, abuse and hatred by putting myself out there and I was scared to do it. I thought, you know, if I put out what I'm wearing, man, I'm going get hammered by these people. Well, I'm just going to be abused all day long. So I took a deep breath. I said, okay, I'll go for it. Here's my premise and every one of my blog starts like this. I run my own soft skills training franchise business here in Tokyo. And many years ago, I decided to dress for success. Each day, I consult my schedule and that day's work content drives my sartorial choices. Before I head out the door every day, I check myself in the mirror and ask, do I look like one of the most professional people in my industry? That's the premise, okay? Then, this comes up. This is the Fare Bella Figura.  In Italian, it means make a good impression. I use Italian because I think it's pretty cool. Sounds better. Fare Bella Fugira. Sounds pretty good in Italian,bright? So, master your first impressions. Be a sharp dressed man. Now, which is the band we know about being a sharp dressed man? ZZ Top. You know that song, Be a Sharp Dressed Man. I thought, that's pretty cool. I'll use that. So I put in Be A Sharp Dressed Man. Now, this is what they get. I put in very detailed comment on what I'm wearing. You can see all the stuff on LinkedIn. This is just what I'm showing you. It's like wallpaper. And I have a photograph of me. But guess what's in the background? Nineteen twelve. Dale Carnegie. I'm taking it right here. So, I'm promoting the company and the longevity of the company at the same time I'm promoting what I'm wearing. Right? So, I'm getting double value there. So, now, here's the distressing part. Here's the results. My handcrafted, really carefully written blogs, which I work really hard on every Saturday morning and come up with these eight hundred thousand word pieces, I get two hundred impressions on LinkedIn. The first Fare Bella Figura,  when I put up, sixteenhundred impressions. I felt like crying.I couldn't believe it. Like, just show me in a suit and I get sixteen hundred. I'm writing all this stuff on leadership and presentation and sales and I get two hundred. And it continues to outrank my other blogs. Still. So, at the end of my blogs, there's a sales funnel. There are three lead magnets and then the description about my podcasts and my books and about me and all the propaganda is there. Guess what? On the end of all these posst, that same propaganda is there.It's there. It's a funnel to get people to come to our websitethrough these lead magnets. So here's some takeaways. Observe trends. I've noticed, and this audience is not very good representation of that, but suits are coming back for men. Suits are coming back for men. Ties are going to come back for men. Shoes, serious shoes, not sneakers. It's coming. Check me in five years to see if I'm right. But I feel it'smoving in that direction. I might be an early mover maybe in this trend. I don't know. I don't know. I might be totally wrong. Let's see. There's a gap in the market. No men are putting themselves out there talking about what they wear every work day. I only do it five days a week. I only do Monday to Friday when I'm at work. Right? So what's my point of view and experience here? Got to embrace that, some new ways to engage an audience.   How do I differentiate myself from my rivals? Try something new and stop if it doesn't work. So these are some ideas for you on how to control your image, your message, your content to hook into the client's mindset before they meet you. So you're crafting their expectations about who you are and what they can do with you before you even meet them. Now, I don't know everything about digital marketing. This is only what I've done myself and I'm sure there are many things I can improve which I don't even know about. So if you see something tonight and you say, what are you doing, you idiot? You should be using this and you should be doing that and don't you know about this? Tell me, because I'm still educating myself about this stuff. I'm a boomer, but in here, I'm still nineteen. So with that, I'd like to invite you, who has the first question? Thank you.  

Opera is the art form that incorperates everything from complex stage sets to lighting and effects. In Italian “opera” means “work”. And Opera is a lot of work. It has drama, ballet, singing and instrumental music. Its “the works” alright. When supertitling came on the scene in the 1980’s, some Opera companies and fans that READ MORE The post 90. Opera Supertitling first appeared on Accelerando Podcast.

'Patrigno' e 'matrigna' sono due ruoli che sono stati rovinati dalla cattiva pubblicità fatta dalle fiabe.TRASCRIZIONE [ENG translation below]Cristina: Diciamo che se c'è da cercare un responsabile, il responsabile è la persona che ha cominciato a scrivere le fiabe usando le parole per indicare delle persone cattivissime, sto parlando di patrigno e matrigna, perché in italiano, purtroppo, quando ci si riferisce al nuovo compagno o alla nuova compagna della madre o del padre, purtroppo noi non abbiamo delle parole neutre. In inglese c'è stepdad, stepmom, che vuol dire quasi, il padre e la madre che arrivano, che che si aggiungono in aggiunta, che vengono oltre a quelli che naturalmente ci sono. In italiano invece abbiamo queste due bruttissime parole: patrigno, matrigna. Già, il suono e un suono antipatico. Ecco, ora ho qua davanti a me, che non sa che sto per intervistarlo, un patrigno, e chiedo a lui che cosa ne pensi di questa, di quest'uso che si fa in italiano, della parola patrigno? E tu che sei un patrigno, come ti identifichi?Stepdad: Un ottimo patrigno, Quindi diciamo più uno stepdad alla britannica che non un patrigno come quelli delle fiabe, che dovevano anche fare di necessità virtù, nel senso che dovevano comunque...Cristina: Trattare male i figli?Stepdad: No, no c'era un problema di molti figli e di dover dividere l'eredità. Infatti, che so, Il Gatto con gli Stivali in cui a uno non gli do una cippa perché gli dà solo il gatto e agli altri invece gli dà il mulino e anche l'asino, insomma, allora il patrigno evidentemente aveva dei problemi, peggio ancora la matrigna, perché la matrigna, essendo donna di seconde nozze, ovviamente tende a avere un rapporto di competizione con le figlie di primo letto. E questa è una tradizione cattolica italiana che non dimenticheremo mai: l'uomo che si risposa e un fedifrago della defunta.Cristina: Quindi uno cattivo e la donna che subentra, che magari si fa un mazzo così a prendersi cura della casa, del marito, delle cose eccetera eccetera, e anche dei figli e delle figlie, poi si deve anche sentire trattata male perché su di lei c'è questo timbro brutto della pronuncia brutta della parola che la descrive 'matrigna'. Prima hai nominato Il Gatto con gli Stivali che devo dire, è la mia fiaba preferita in assoluto, e anche il famoso marchese di...Stepdad: Carabas.Cristina: Il marchese di Carabas. Sì, però mi pare che non fosse il patrigno. Mi pare che fosse il padre naturale che stava in punto di morte, no?Stepdad: Sì, esatto, ma facevo l'esempio giusto per dire che c'erano problemi di eredità difficili. No, io ho avuto altre relazioni nelle quali ho provato a fare lo stepdad, ma ahimè, andò peggio perché si creò una competizione che non ci doveva essere.Cristina: E siamo arrivati alla fine dei 3 minuti grezzi, grazie.TRANSLATIONCristina: Let's say that if there is a responsible person to look for, the responsible person is the person who started writing the fairy tales using the words to refer to bad people, I'm talking about 'patrigno' and 'matrigna', because in Italian, unfortunately, when we refer to the new partner or the new partner of the mother or father, we unfortunately do not have neutral words. In English there is stepdad, stepmom, which means almost, the father and mother coming in, coming in addition to those who are naturally there. In Italian, however, we have these two very ugly words: 'patrigno', 'matrigna'. Yeah, the sound and an obnoxious sound. Here, now I have here in front of me, who doesn't know that I'm going to interview him, a stepfather, and I ask him what do you think about this, this use in Italian, of the word 'patrigno'? And you being a 'patrigno', how do you identify yourself?Stepdad: A very good 'patrigno', so let's say more of a British-style stepdad than a 'patrigno' like those in fairy tales, who also had to make a virtue of necessity, meaning they still had to...Cristina: Treating children badly?Stepdad: No, no there was a problem of many children and having to divide the inheritance. In fact, what do I know, Puss in Boots in which to one I don't give him a chit because he only gives him the cat and the others instead he gives the mill and also the donkey, in short, then the 'patrigno' obviously had problems, worse still the 'matrigna', because the 'matrigna', being a woman of second marriage, obviously tends to have a competitive relationship with the daughters of first bed. And this is an Italian Catholic tradition that we will never forget: the man who remarries is a cheater of the deceased .Cristina: So a bad one, and the woman who takes over, who maybe works her butt off taking care of the house, her husband, things, etc. etc., and also her sons and daughters, then she also has to feel treated badly because on her there is this ugly stamp of the ugly pronunciation of the word that describes her 'matrigna'. Earlier you mentioned Puss in Boots which I must say, is my favorite fairy tale ever, and also the famous Marquis of...Stepdad: Carabas.Cristina: The Marquis of Carabas. Yes, however, it seems to me that he was not the stepfather. It seems to me that it was the natural father who was at the point of death, right?Stepdad: Yes, exactly, but I was giving the example just to say that there were difficult inheritance issues. No, I've had other relationships in which I tried to be a stepdad, but alas, it got worse because it created a competition that shouldn't be there.Cristina: And we got to the end of the 3-minute podcast, thank you.

PTF hosts JK and Nick as they go over a plethora of Breeders' Cup Prep Races from this past weekend from Woodbine, Keeneland, Santa Anita, Horses covered include Gina Romantica, In Italian, Locked, War Like Goddess, Up to the Mark, Randomized, Big Invasion, Idiomatic, Nations Pride, Timberlake, and more.

PTF hosts JK and Nick as they go over a plethora of Breeders' Cup Prep Races from this past weekend from Woodbine, Keeneland, Santa Anita, Horses covered include Gina Romantica, In Italian, Locked, War Like Goddess, Up to the Mark, Randomized, Big Invasion, Idiomatic, Nations Pride, Timberlake, and more.

PTF, JK and Nick Tammaro look back at the best performances from the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with thoughts on Arcangelo, Cody's Wish, Elite Power, In Italian, Up to the Mark and many many more.Then Josh Nguyen is here to talk about his new Lifestyle Pick Three video/podcast series, dropping this week on the In the Money Media Network

PTF, JK and Nick Tammaro look back at the best performances from the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with thoughts on Arcangelo, Cody's Wish, Elite Power, In Italian, Up to the Mark and many many more.Then Josh Nguyen is here to talk about his new Lifestyle Pick Three video/podcast series, dropping this week on the In the Money Media Network

Welcome to Episode 25 of Bettin N Boozin on the HHH Racing Podcast! Kyle, Patrick and Charlie are going over ALL stakes action at Belmont Park to kick off Belmont Stakes Weekend! These races include the return of the formidable War Like Goddess and In Italian! It's a great day to make some money, see you in the LIVE CHAT! _________________________________________________________ Please subscribe, like the podcast and hit the notification bell to never miss another podcast. It helps us out a lot and we really appreciate it! _________________________________________________________ Go to our website: https://www.hhhracingpodcast.com Twitter: @hkravets Hosts: Kyle Roscoe: @APRoscoeK Patrick Kuenzel: @PatrickKuenzel Charlie Freeman: @CFREE316 __________________________________________________________ Bettin N Boozin Logo by Erik Morgan (Instagram @erik_mgn10) __________________________________________________________ Horse Racing Intro graciously provided by @Fastec Imaging Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuI_TiKDYI&t=31s ___________________________________________________________ Horse Racing Promotions: Subscribe to the excellent, informative, AFFORDABLE and profitable "Power Picks" Tip Sheet! Please go to: https://www.patreon.com/hhhracingpodcast . Fantastic ABC P4 and P5 grids, along with Spot Plays and Price Plays provided that currently has an ROI around $2.50 (national average is $1.60). Picks arrive via email every Sat. morning for that day's races. Purchase your Power Picks NOW and make 2023 your best handicapping year ever! ____________________________________________________________ LINK TO A GREAT HORSE RACING OWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH CROWNS WAY RACING https://sites.google.com/view/crowns-way-racing ___________________________________________________________ LINK TO SIGN UP TO BETUS -- (USE CODE RACING3H WHEN DEPOSITING MONEY) https://www.betus.com.pa/miscellaneous/landing?offer=sportsgeneric&token=DY9Y2UBsH3C2xywjH_nlA2Nd7ZgqdRLk&promo=sportsgeneric ___________________________________________________________ #horseracing #horseracingtips #gambling #sportsgambling #Pick5 #BelmontStakes #Belmont #BelmontPark #sportsbetting #NBA #NBAPlayoffs --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howard-k-kravets/support

PTF and Nick Tammaro kick off the show looking at the events and news from last weekend to gauge the impact they will have on the field for this year's Kentucky Derby: thoughts on Disarm, Mandarin Hero, Derma Sotogake, Forte, Verifying, Tapit Trice, Angel of Empire and many more.They also look back to a great weekend of racing at Keeneland and Oaklawn with a discussion of In Italian, First Mission, Chez Pierre, Love Reigns, Modern Games, With the Moonlight, Clairiere and Secret Oath.Next up Sim Harmon of Kutt.com is here with a discussion of an exciting new way to bet called social betting. Download their app at the App Store or follow the link from their site. Use the promo code inthemoney for a special bonus or just follow our special link here.

PTF and Nick Tammaro kick off the show looking at the events and news from last weekend to gauge the impact they will have on the field for this year's Kentucky Derby: thoughts on Disarm, Mandarin Hero, Derma Sotogake, Forte, Verifying, Tapit Trice, Angel of Empire and many more.They also look back to a great weekend of racing at Keeneland and Oaklawn with a discussion of In Italian, First Mission, Chez Pierre, Love Reigns, Modern Games, With the Moonlight, Clairiere and Secret Oath.Next up Sim Harmon of Kutt.com is here with a discussion of an exciting new way to bet called social betting. Download their app at the App Store or follow the link from their site. Use the promo code inthemoney for a special bonus or just follow our special link here.

In Italian cooking, no part of a pig is left to go to waste. Gelatina di maiale (also known as zuzzu or liatina) is an ancient Sicilian pork terrine recipe using parts of the pig that we often discard, including the head and tongue.

In Italian, there are two verbs that mean “to be”: essere and stare. When should you use each one? Find out in this simple guide! Join our Italian club and get a free mini Italian lesson every week: http://courses.joyoflanguages.com/5-minute-italian/ Get the bonus materials for this episode: http://joyoflanguages.com/essere-vs-stare/ Today's Italian words: Sono felice = I'm happy Sono italiano = I'm Italian (m) Sono alto = I'm tall (m) Sono qui = I'm here Sto bene = I'm well Sto male = I'm not well, literally “I'm bad” Sto meglio = I'm better Stare con le persone = to spend time with people, literally “to stay with people” Stare con la famiglia = to spend time with the family, literally “to stay with the family” Stare zitto = to be quiet, to shut up Stare fermo = to stay still Stare attento = to pay attention, literally “to stay attentive” Stare calmo = to stay calm

High energy prices have created headaches for ski resorts in Europe's Alpine region but operators pursuing a sustainability strategy say they have been able to deliver for skiers while applying energy-saving initiatives at their resorts.高昂的能源价格令欧洲阿尔卑斯山地区的滑雪场头疼不已，但追求可持续发展战略的运营商表示，他们能够在度假村实施节能举措的同时满足滑雪者的需求。Because electricity is key to keeping resorts running, crucial for making artificial snow and powering ski lifts, among other needs, resorts across Europe have been feeling the effects of the elevated energy prices — driven in large part by the Russia-Ukraine conflict.由于电力是维持度假村运营的关键，对人造雪的制造和滑雪缆车动力的提供非常重要，于是欧洲各地的度假村都感受到了能源价格上涨带来的影响——很大程度上是由俄罗斯和乌克兰冲突造成的。But the energy-saving steps, including slower-moving ski lifts, restrictions on night skiing, and the lowering of building temperatures, have succeeded in reducing energy use.不过，包括滑雪缆车限速、限制夜间滑雪和降低室内温度在内的节能措施，已成功地减少了能源消耗。Christoph Eisinger, managing director of Ski Amade, one of the biggest ski areas in Austria, said: "Due to the European energy crisis, the tourism industry, like any other industry has been asked by the Austrian government to save even more energy."奥地利最大滑雪场之一的Ski Amade总经理克里斯托夫·艾辛格说：“受欧洲能源危机影响，奥地利政府要求旅游业和其他行业一样节约更多能源。”According to Eisinger, Ski Amade has adapted the speed of all lifts and cable cars, based on passenger volume. Seat heating is turned on only when necessary, and night skiing is being limited.据艾辛格介绍，Ski Amade根据客运量调整了所有电梯和缆车的速度。只有在必要时才打开座椅暖气，夜间滑雪也受到限制。"We implement these measures in a way so that none of our guests will have a limited ski experience or a loss of comfort. Our entire ski areas are in full operation and our guests will get the quality of ski vacation they can expect," he said.“我们实施这些措施是为了不让游客享受自由舒适的滑雪体验。整个滑雪场都在全面运作，游客将获得他们可以期待的高质量的滑雪假期。”Despite two hard years of COVID-19 restrictions for the industry, Eisinger said he is more optimistic about this season, which he believes will be better than recent ones.尽管滑雪行业因新冠疫情影响受限两年，艾辛格仍表示，他对这一季更加乐观，他认为这一季会比最近几季更好。"And the booking forecasts support our optimism," he said. "If the weather and snow conditions stay stable, a good winter season should come out in the end."“滑雪预定的数量验证了我们的乐观，”他说。“如果天气和降雪状况保持稳定，最终应该会迎来一个好的冬季。”In Switzerland, the government's Federal Council said power shortages have not been ruled out for this winter.To avoid a shortage of electricity, the Swiss ski destination Davos Klosters set up a working group to draw up 40 energy-saving measures, covering sports facilities, technical operations, and public spaces.瑞士政府的联邦委员会表示，不排除今年冬天出现电力短缺的可能性。为避免电力短缺，瑞士滑雪胜地达沃斯克洛斯特斯成立了一个工作组，拟定了40项涵盖体育设施、技术运营和公共场所的节能措施。The night trail for cross-country skiing will be open for less time in the coming season. The outdoor pool at the public swimming center will be closed in the offseason, and facilities in the wellness area will also be scaled back.在即将到来的滑雪季中，越野滑雪的夜间步道将缩短开放时间。公共游泳中心的室外游泳池将在淡季关闭，养生区域的设施也将缩减。It has become clear that ski operators that invested in renewable energy sources and sustainable business practices seem to be in a better position in terms of energy and cost savings.显而易见，在可再生能源和可持续商业做法方面投资的滑雪经营者在能源和成本节约方面似乎处于更有利的地位。Samuel Rosenast, the resort's head of communications and content, said: "Energy efficiency has been in focus for years, as the municipality of Davos aims for energy self-sufficiency by 2036.度假村的通讯与内容主管塞缪尔·罗森纳斯特表示：“能源效率多年来一直是人们关注的焦点，因为达沃斯市政府的目标是到2036年实现能源自给自足。”"The use of renewable energies is definitely a great advantage for our destination. It allows us to reduce CO2 emissions… also helps to keep costs lower and make us less dependent on other energy suppliers."“使用可再生能源绝对是我们目的地的一大优势。我们能够因此减少二氧化碳排放……还有助于降低成本、减少对其他能源供应商的依赖。”Switzerland's Laax is another resort that has placed a focus on sustainability and is aiming to be the first carbon-neutral Alpine holiday destination.瑞士的莱克斯是另一个关注可持续性的度假胜地，目标是成为第一个碳中和的阿尔卑斯度假胜地。Oliver Sedlinger, the destination's China representative, said: "Apart from our own ever-expanding local electricity production, the electricity needed from outside is based on long-term contracts with our strategic partners, which gives us stability.目的地中国代表奥利弗·塞德林格表示：“除了我们自己不断扩大的本地电力生产外，外部所需要的电力是基于与我们的战略合作伙伴签订的长期合同，我们对此感到十分稳定。"So, for the 2022, 2023, and 2024 seasons, we do not expect any changes in ski ticket prices caused by rising energy costs. Essentially, our ski ticket prices are the same as last year."“所以对于2022、2023和2024赛季，我们预计滑雪票价不会因能源成本上涨而出现任何变化。我们的滑雪票价基本上会与去年相同。”As part of the initiative known as Greenstyle, Laax has been investing in energy production, energy saving, waste reduction, recycling, electric mobility, nature protection, and other fields.作为Greenstyle倡议的一份子，莱克斯一直投资于能源生产、节能、废物减少、回收、电动移动、自然保护等领域。"So, for us, this is a natural ongoing process of innovation and optimization, as we are always looking to do things better and more efficiently," Sedlinger said.塞林格说：“因此，对我们来说，这是一个自然持续的创新和优化过程，因为我们一直在寻求把事情做得更好、更高效。”In Italian ski town Cortina d'Ampezzo — the co-host of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympic Games, Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi said: "We are trying to cope with the situation with the resources we have. Our plant engineers guarantee all the plants are open and the usability of all the ski slopes.在意大利滑雪小镇科尔蒂纳- 2026年米兰科尔蒂纳冬季奥运会的联合主办城市，市长吉安卢卡·洛伦齐说：“我们努力用已有的资源来应对这种情况。我们的工厂工程师会保证所有工厂有效开放，所有滑雪场都可用。"The period is difficult and we must all try to resist the crisis, possibly making sacrifices to find extra resources to ensure the service."“这个时期很艰难，我们必须努力扛住危机，可能会为了保障服务另找资源而做出牺牲。”With the government working to control energy costs, he is confident it will still turn out to be a good winter season.在政府努力控制能源成本的情况下，他相信今年冬季仍然会良好发展。Sustainability英 [səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti] 美 [ səˌsteɪnəˈbɪləti]n. 持续性Ongoing英 [ˈɒnɡəʊɪŋ] 美 [ˈɑːnɡoʊɪŋ]adj.不间断的Optimization英['ɒptəmaɪ'zeɪʃən]美['ɑ:ptəmaɪ'zeɪʃən]n.最优化

Whether you have a single restaurant or multiple restaurant concepts in the great cities around the world, we all share a vision and a passion for hospitality. Pleasing guests and running a great business are of course the driving forces behind everything we do each and every day. In this episode of the Restaurant Rockstars Podcast, I'm speaking with John Meadow, Founder and President of LDV Hospitality who is truly building a global restaurant empire one concept at a time. Listen as John tells us:

In today's episode, I am talking about a simple method to learn Italian words starting from English. I highlighted some groups of English letters that In Italian are always translated in the same way. By learning this you'll be quickly able to increase your Italian vocabulary!Curious to know more about this? Listen to it! :)If you need the script click here:https://ilazed.com/2022/11/30/imparare-nuove-parole-partendo-dallinglese/You might be interested in:Come imparare nuove parole:- audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/51536737- script: https://ilazed.com/2022/10/11/come-imparare-nuove-parole/Tecniche per aumentare il tuo vocabolario- audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/41263561- script: https://ilazed.com/2020/08/08/tecniche-per-aumentare-il-tuo-vocabolario/4 risorse gratuite per aumentare il tuo vocabolario: - audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19940859- script: https://ilazed.com/2019/11/09/4-free-resources-to-improve-vocabulary-4-risorse-gratuite-per-aumentare-il-vocabolario/__________________________________Read more about the Italian language and culture!!https://ilazed.com___________________________Follow me on my socials:https://www.facebook.com/italianwithilazed/https://www.instagram.com/ila_zed/https://twitter.com/ila_zedhttps://www.pinterest.it/ilalazed/_____________________________Do you want to learn Italian with me?You can find me on:- www.ilazed.com- www.lingoci.com- www.languatalk.com

In this episode I talk about my recent trip to Italy. This year is the year of Bella Figura! In Italian that translates to beautiful figure. It's all about looking and feeling amazing and living your best life. It is also about dignity, hospitality, and politeness. AKA being a good person! We need more of those in this world. I'm telling you about some of the places I went and how different the culture is. Italians don't feel pulled to be busy all the time. The don't think being busy is a badge of honor. They enjoy taking their time and savoring life (and food! so much good food). In turn I came back and made a small life change to not feel so busy all the time. I also discuss the shame I do to myself when I don't feel productive of busy! I went to Italy SOLO, and that had been a fear of mine that I got to conquer. I booked a solo tour through Go Ahead Tours and I highly recommend them. If you need info shoot me a message Instagram: @beingfearlessjax

We all desire “La Bella Vita” or the beautiful life. And eating lots of fresh fruits and veggies is one of the keys to experiencing it. In Italian, “Bella Vita” translates literally as “beautiful life” but, it also means “healthy life.” The Italians know well the ingredients and recipe for a beautiful and healthy life. This week's guest on the podcast is an Italian man who has been in the fresh produce business for his entire life and his family for over a century. Celso Paganini is the owner and CEO of Bella Vita Foods, a company helping bring those Italian secrets for a healthy life to the United States. He has been importing some unique and delicious fresh produce items from Italy for over 30 years. Today he joins us to talk about one of the sweetest onions in the world from Tropea on the southern coast of Italy and Italian chestnuts, the best and highest quality chestnuts in the world. Celso will tell you the very best way to roast chestnuts just in time for the holidays. Tune in to learn all about these delicious Italian treasures. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/produce-buzz/support

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 583, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Tv Series Finales 1: As many hoped, on the final episode of "Friends", these 2 characters finally got back together. Ross and Rachel. 2: Miss Ellie turned Southfork Ranch over to Bobby. Dallas. 3: This title serial killer became a lumberjack, because why not. Dexter. 4: Was it all a dream? On the last episode of "Newhart", Bob awoke with this former TV wife, not Mary Frann. Suzanne Pleshette. 5: Lois and Clark had a wedding; Clark finally got the Superman suit, which he donned to save Lois aboard Air Force One. Smallville. Round 2. Category: We Want Pisa! 1: The Italian city of Pisa is located at the mouth of the Arno River, where it flows into this body of water. the Mediterranean Sea. 2: In Italian it's known as "La Torre Pendente". the Leaning Tower. 3: At the head of his own militia, this medieval author of "The Prince" helped conquer Pisa for Florence in 1509. Machiavelli. 4: Born in Pisa in the 16th century, he studied the laws of falling bodies and the motions of projectiles. Galileo. 5: This island off the Italian coast where Napoleon was first exiled was controlled for many years by Pisa. Elba. Round 3. Category: Baseball 1: If you don't mind the abuse, you can earn $40-100,000 a year doing this job in the majors. umpire. 2: Courts have upheld local ordinances banning night games in this team's ball park. the Chicago Cubs. 3: To baseball players, stripper Morganna Roberts is better known by this nickname. Kissing Bandit. 4: Nicknamed the "Georgia Peach", he has the all-time highest career batting average, .367. Ty Cobb. 5: The Cubs' Hack Wilson holds the record for the most of these in 1 season, 190. RBIs. Round 4. Category: National Airlines 1: El Al. Israel. 2: Iberia. the airline of Spain. 3: Luxair Airlines. Luxembourg. 4: Aeroflot. the Soviet Union's airline. 5: SABENA. Belgium. Round 5. Category: Design 1: The "Maltese" one of these Christian symbols has eight points. a cross. 2: A rood screen, which separates the chancel from the nave, can be found in this type of building. church. 3: Used in decorative tableware, the opaque glass named for this liquid is usually white. milk. 4: Frederick Law Olmsted began his career as landscape architect of this Manhattan park. Central Park. 5: Carriage clocks had these on top because they were designed to be carried on carriages. Handles. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Chummy Inc. presents "Late Night with Armine Tatoyan" on Hye Jams Radio, coming to you from Chummy Studios--Armenia. In English we say, "Hello Beautiful." In Italian they say, "CIAO BELLA" and it sounds so much more special. Especially when it's said with an Armenian accent like our host from Yerevan when she professes it with her sweet voice. This show gives you the perfect Late Night blend of music to relax you and get you ready for bed. Check out amazing New Jams from Spartak Arakelyan, SPO, Suro, Super Sako, Sarkis Yacoubian and Artash Zakyan. Plus Hits you know and love from Vahe Amaryan, Gaya, Edgar Gevorgyan, Tatev Asatryan, Ara & Alik, Tigran Asatryan, Zauhi Babayan, 3.33, Sehag Sislian, Ara Martirosyan, Ernest Ogannisyan and Christine Pepelyan--to name a few. Download the HYE JAMS RADIO iOS or Google Play App for FREE right now and enjoy! It's always an amazing evening with Armine, as she winds you down and puts you in a peaceful place...Right here on Hye Jams Radio!

Ciao!In this episode we'll look at some exceptions to the spelling, and how some of the "-are" verbs use prepositions!:)...Verbs on -care and -gare keep the "hard sound":cercocerchicercacerchiamocercatecercanoVerbs on -iare usually have just one "i" in "you" singular, and "we" plural:mangio (I eat)mangimangiamangiamomangiatemangiano"Ascoltare, aspettare, guardare" have no preposition after them.Aspetto l'autobus.Ascoltano un bel podcast!"Insegnare, cominciare, imparare" have an "a" afterwards when used before another verb.Imparo a scrivere.Cominciamo a viaggare il prossimo mese.For "pensare" we use:"pensare a" for thinking about something/someone"pensare di" for thinking about doing something.In Italian, when meaning "in order to" or "with the purpose of" something, use "per":Viaggiano per imparare. Studia per avere un grande futuro.Bravissimi!!

Do you know how to prepare tiramisù? In this episode I will tell you the recipe of Italy's most famous dessert. In Italian, of course!***Whether you are a beginner, an intermediate or even a tourist traveling to Italy, this episode is for you.Listen to the story, learn the new vocabulary thanks to the language points and practise conversation in Italian with the questions I will ask you.Do you want to practise the new vocabulary and grammar learnt in this episode?Become a "practitioner" member by clicking here.Do you want to speak directly with me? You can write to me in Telegram or join one of mine Q&A sessions for Italian learners. More infos here.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cocaiitaliano)

In Italian cuisine there are some dishes that come in layers: Lasagne, cannelloni, tara-mi-su and probably others. The special thing about them - it seems to me - is the combination. So the ingredient of a single layer - be it the pasta sheets or the bechamel or tomato sauce in the case of lasagne are also delicious on their own, but in combination they make the whole thing that much better. Or as they sometimes say: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Just think that you are in a special combination in your social structure, perhaps at work, in which you can make a difference with your contribution so that the whole becomes great. Therefore, do not expect the great contribution from others first, but be ready to take the first step yourself for the common greatness - you will surely infect the others with it and then you will use your whole potential. I wish you an extraordinary day!

Have you ever wondered how to spell names, surnames, or addresses in Italian?Whatever is your answer today you are going to find it out. In Italian, we have a specific category of nouns that we use all the time in order to spell. If you want to know more about listen to this audio!If you need the script: - Italian version: https://ilazed.com/2022/01/25/come-fare-lo-spelling-in-italiano/- English version: https://ilazed.com/2022/01/27/how-to-spell-in-italian/_____________________________________________________________________________________________________Read more about the Italian language and culture!!https://ilazed.com____________________________________________________________________________________________________Follow me on my socials:https://www.facebook.com/italianwithilazed/https://www.instagram.com/ila_zed/https://twitter.com/ila_zedhttps://www.pinterest.it/ilalazed/____________________________________________________________________________________________________Do you want to learn Italian with me?You can find me on:- www.ilazed.com

Lady Italy explains some Italian idioms and expressions. In Italian for advanced students and a second part in English for people interested in Italian culture.Contact me for information, advices, suggestions and comments:  maiaueue@yahoo.itI will answer as soon as possible. 

Are less-than-stellar language skills preventing you from reaching your professional or academic or personal goals? [Show summary] Christina Ball, Fulbright scholar and founder of Speak! Language Center and B-Speak! brings her love of cultures and languages to this episode. She describes the approach her programs take to making language learning enjoyable and effective for those looking to improve their English or learn a new language.  Language issues don't need to keep you from reaching your dreams [Show notes] Welcome to the 446th episode of Admissions Straight Talk, Accepted's podcast. Thanks for joining me today. Before we dive into today's interview, I want to share a free resource at Accepted that can benefit you if you are applying to graduate school. The challenge at the heart of admissions is showing that you both fit in at your target schools and stand out in the applicant pool. Accepted's free download, Fitting In & Standing Out: The Paradox at the Heart of Admissions will show you how to do both. Master this paradox and you are well on your way to acceptance. Download your free guide at accepted.com/fiso.  It gives me great pleasure to have on Admissions Straight Talk for the first time, Dr. Christina Ball. A Fulbright scholar, Dr. Ball earned her PhD in Italian language and Literature. In 2004, she founded Speak! Language Center to help people learn other languages. In 2012, she co-created B-Speak! English, a one-on-one coaching and educational service designed to help international graduate students, especially those applying to business school, and working professionals strengthen their speaking and writing skills in the English language. She's also a writer and actress. Let's hear her story and then cover how she can help you. How did you get into the business of language instruction, both for Speak! and B-Speak!? [2:13] It all started with my own passion for language and my interest in languages and cultures. Both sets of my grandparents were immigrants from Poland and Italy, so I grew up hearing lots of Italian and Polish in the household of my grandparents. I think it all started there. Then, in my own travels and studies, I just fell in love with Italian, French, Spanish, all of the literature, and meeting people and hearing their stories and learning about culture, so real love of culture. Speak! started in 2004. I have an academic background, so I was a college professor before starting my business. Many people in my family have businesses, so I think I definitely have the entrepreneurial gene.  I was teaching at Yale, Wake Forest and here where I live at University of Virginia, and I just started to notice not only my own desire to have a language center, but also people kept asking me, "I'm not a student at UVA.  I'm an adult, and I'm going to Italy. How can I learn Italian?" I just saw there was a real need for a language center like you have all over Europe. You'll find private businesses, which are language centers, teaching people all of the languages of the world, but it's less common here in the US where we tend to rely on universities to teach us.  So in 2004, I started a one-room Italian school called Ecco. In Italian, ‘ecco' means like ‘voila', or ‘here it is'. I had about five adult students and me as the teacher and then over the years the demand for Spanish, French, and German caused us to change the name to Speak! Language Center in 2009 and to add online services. Now we teach 22 languages as well as obviously English, and we just added sign language. It's very exciting.  We started B-Speak in 2012 through a local connection. We have the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business here. We started hearing from some of their own graduate students from different countries, such as China and Korea, and they came to us on their own saying "I see you do English now. Can you help me? I'm struggling in my class” or “I'm not getting any internship or job inter...

Understanding Kevin De Bruyne position in Manchester City Kevin De Bruyne is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Belgium national team. De Bruyne is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and he has often been described as a "complete footballer" In Italian football, the term mezzala (literally "half-winger" in Italian) is used to describe the position of the one or two central midfielders who play on either side of a holding midfielder and/or playmaker. The term was initially applied to the role of an inside forward in the WM and Metodo formations in Italian, but later described a specific type of central midfielder. The mezzala is often a quick and hard-working attack-minded midfielder, with good skills and noted offensive capabilities, as well as a tendency to make overlapping attacking runs, but also a player who participates in the defensive aspect of the game, and who can give width to a team by drifting out wide; as such, the term can be applied to several different roles. In English, the term has come to be seen as a variant of the box-to-box midfielder role.

Where did the Libero go in football games? The sweeper or libero is a more versatile centre-back who "sweeps up" the ball if an opponent manages to breach the defensive line. This position is rather more fluid than that of other defenders who man-mark their designated opponents. ... In Italian football, the libero was usually assigned the number six shirt.

Here is a visual representation of the Kardashev scale and the amount of energy for each step: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#/media/File:Consommations_énergétiques_des_trois_types_de_l'échelle_de_Kardashev.svg] Why is there a scale? It's hard to have an intelligent conversation about something if you don't have a way to think critically about it. Classification schemes is one way of creating a frame of critical thinking. You have to create criteria for the different levels. How did we get the Kardashev scale? Russian astrophysicist, Nikolai Kardashev, created the scale in a paper he published in 1964 called, “Transmission of Information by Extraterrestrial Civilizations”. The scale measures a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount of energy it is able to use. What is the scale? Type 1 through 3. Frequently referred to as K1 through K3. A Type I civilization, also called a planetary civilization, has the capability to use all of the energy of its planet. A technological achievement that a K1 society would likely have is weather control. An example of this in movies would be any science fiction movie that shows Earth United by one government, or close cooperation, such as the movie Interstellar and 2010 Space Odyssey. References: the movie Interstellar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_(film) Stanley Kubrick Space Odyssey: * 2001 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622/ * 2010 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/ A type II civilization, also called a stellar civilization, can use and control energy at the scale of its planetary system. Technological achievements that K2 civilizations would likely have is the ability to terraform and build megastructures. An example of a near type 2 is the TV series The Expanse. Most space operas fall into this category such as any Star Trek. I wanted to place Star Wars here to but since Sith lords frequently entertain ruling the galaxy, they must be nearing K3 contrary to Star Trek, where the galaxy is still a vast place that takes lifetimes to span even with warp drive. Another delightful noir/cyberpunk book series is the Takeshi Kovacs novels by Richard K Morgan. The first of which, Altered Carbon, was made into a Netflix movie. References: The Expanse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3230854/ Star Trek serieses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Richard K Morgan's Takeshi Kovacks book series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kovacs A type III civilization, also called a galactic civilization, can control energy at the scale of its entire host galaxy. Movies like this do casually travel the wide reaches of the galaxy and the galaxy is as well known as any of us today see the Earth as well known and prospected by various nation states. The most famous example of this in movies would be, as I've already said, is Star Wars. More choices are Jupiter Ascending, as well as Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets. In literature we have books like Vernor Vinges Zones of Thought, and Asimov's The Foundation. The Vinge book showcases civilizations up and down the kardashev model and so I highly recommend that to those who have a love for alien civilizations and interest in socio-economic development. Apple TV has produced and is streaming The Foundation as a multi series TV show, and it is very enjoyable and well acted, so go check it out. A feature length movie script that Hal Dace and I wrote Miss Wisenheimer and the Aliens falls into the K3 category as well but with the unique angle that despite having the ability to casually travel the galaxy like in Star Wars, there are no aliens so the film focuses on that mystery. I'll put a link to the short film version in the show notes. The short film version of the feature length movie, by the way, won an award at a Belgium film festival. References: the movie Star Wars: https://www.starwars.com/films the movie Jupiter Ascending: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/ the movie Valarian and the City of a Thousand Planets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets Vernor Vinge's Zones of Thought novel series: https://www.goodreads.com/series/52585-zones-of-thought Isaac Asimov's The Foundation book series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_series the TV series The Foundation: https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/what-to-watch/ct-ent-review-foundation-apple-tv-plus-20210924-3rzd3lon7rbrhidtrlpv5pl4t4-story.html Is the Kardashev scale any good? As you've heard on the show, it does help to quickly categorize levels of civilizations. A common criticism is that the jump from K2 to K3, from controlling the energy of a solar system to the ability to control all the energy of all the suns of a galaxy is too big of a step. But that said, it did actually do the job when analyzing science fiction movies. Another criticism is what about beyond K3? This brings us to the next topic. Typical adds to the scale At the front of the scale, it's typical to use 0 for civilizations that are just starting out or have yet to master energy generation. At the other end of the scale, it's common to add a level 4 beings who can control or use the entire universe. Because seriously, why would a Sith stop at making only a galaxy of beings unhappy when she could put an entire universe into a bad funk? Adding level 5 brings gives us a category for those who control collections of universes, or said another way, multiple dimensions. For those who have seen Valarian, remember the extraction scene that the main character, Valarian was involved with required them to go to another dimension. And for those who have seen the Thor movies, this gives us a catagory for Asgardians. References: Miss Wisenheimer: Short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpyfhkfm3QFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MissWisenheimer/TV interview about the film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EItnd8bXhdkMiss Wisenheimer and the Aliens film page: https://www.facebook.com/MissWisenheimer Valarian: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_and_the_City_of_a_Thousand_Planets Jupiter Ascending: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ascending What are the dangers of advancing on the scale? There are some books that follow characters through the changes that happen to a civilization as they climb the Kardashev scale. Charles Stross' Accellerando describes a progression from K0 to K2. In Italian, accelerando means "speeding up" and is used as a tempo marking in musical notation. In Stross' novel, it refers to the accelerating rate at which humanity in general, and/or the novel's characters, head towards the technological singularity. This story focuses mostly on human culture. To the author's credit, he does all of this in one book. Accellerando: Vernor Vinges Zones of Thought novels, shows civilizations climbing to high parts of the scale, and many falling to lower parts of the scale. And like The Foundation, there is a group who is interested in helping to prevent a fall or helping to shorten the dark ages that follow after a fall. A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. This series contains a lot of wonderfully thought out and dramatic alien culture. Zones of Thought: Wikipedia entry about Kardashev: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale These Issac Arthur videos make a great companion video to this podcast episode. Becoming a Kardashev-1 Post-Scarcity Civilization Low-Tech Kardashev-2 Civilizations Tips from Kardashev 2 Engineers, part 2 Acknowledgements Thanks to Freesound.org user Nanakisan for: Evil laugh 04 - Gen 4.wav If you enjoyed this episode, you'll also enjoy listening to: JPL Scientist Jonathan Jiang on Extraterrestrial Intelligence in the Milky Way Galaxy: Interested in reading a space opera? Check out MEMORY'S VICTIMS by Lancer Kind Arcadie struggles with the rest of his shipmates to become immigrants rather than settlers. He adapts better than his sister who seems always involved with lost causes and he becomes part of space force. But he gets mixed up in a mystery about a woman who is breaking interstellar treaties by tampering with generation ships, and her reasons for doing so sound similar to his sister's affliction—an out-of-control savior complex.

This episode is about a pasta cooking course I taught for adults while living and working in Annapolis, Maryland. It was an eight week course sponsored by the Department of Recreation and Parks beginning October 5, 1995. The first class was held four weeks after approval, not two. Students brought homemade dishes to share and sample penne pasta that was catered. Chef Lila Robinson-Berry, the speaker, prepared hot dishes for a local food market and talked about chicken fettuccini primavera. After that, students met at local Italian restaurants with presentations by cooks or general managers. All students received a 20% group discount for a special dinner selection not including alcoholic beverages. Five years later, I was hosting WineScoop, a website about food, wine and tasting events throughout northern New Jersey and New York City. In Italian, primavera means spring, and this classic warm-weather dish is surely a favorite this time of year on account of its celebration of all things light and fresh. It takes little more than vibrant seasonal vegetables to make a meal primavera style, but most traditional interpretations pair it with pasta. Source: Wikipedia Please visit my YouTube channel for pictures of food and wine. The name is Sangria-Me Tonight! Thanks for listening.

To many, the word destiny conjures up an intangible, mystical force that determines every step of our lives. In Italian, destino means “it is written in the stars.” But you may have a bigger hand in your destiny than you know, and it starts with building a mindful relationship with it. Steve Hasenberg and Cali Alpert guide listeners with helpful questions to understand why they are living the life they are, share stories of their own discoveries of destiny, and offer tips to ensure you're living the destiny you most desire.

Terry Fergus discusses the importance of building relationships and always having your eyes open to see the opportunities around you. As a successful entrepreneur and trusted financial advisor, Fergus shares the most important question that every client is dying to answer – “Tell me about yourself.” Tune in to this week's Million Dollar Monday to hear more!Chapter Summaries 00:55-  Introducing Terry Fergus04:49- Running Out of Money07:35 - Keep Your Eyes Open11:32- Building Relationships is Key17:19 - Learn by Listening20:10 - Big DreamsKey TakeawaysKeep your eyes wide open.Keep your antennas up and be aware of opportunities that surround you.In Italian, there's a saying that loosely translated means never spit on the ceiling because you never know when you're going to have to go back in that room. Ask the most important question that every client is dying to answer – and then shut up. That question is - Tell me about yourself.Make your clients your friends. In order for me to help you with your estate planning, when you should sell, or how you should sell – I have to know you. I have to know what makes you tick. Anybody can spew the code or have the answer. But what makes it important to you?Make your clients your friends. In order for me to help you with your estate planning, when you should sell, or how you should sell – I have to know you. I have to know what makes you tick. Anybody can spew the code or have the answer. But what makes it important to you?Learn from ListeningWork together, have a common goal – and you will winResource LinksFSM Capital Management - Website Terry Fergus - LinkedIn If you enjoyed this episode, click here to watch/listen to more from Million Dollar Monday.Subscribe and receive updates when new episodes are available.>>>>>   Follow us on YouTube   

PODS SAFE FOR CONSUMPTION We pay homage to the podcasts which inspired us! From funny and educational to short and quirky. We explain our creative process (the beer helps) and the tools we use to produce our final "highly professional" episodes. Beer of the Week Dez - THE WHITE HAG IRISH BREWING COMPANY - Phantom Hazy IPA Marco - Budweiser News -Ghost of Tsushima Director's cut announced, out August 20 https://blog.playstation.com/2021/07/01/ghost-of-tsushima-directors-cut-arrives-on-ps5-and-ps4-consoles-on-august-20/ -New Titanic expedition https://gizmodo.com/new-expedition-will-inspect-deteriorating-wreck-of-the-1847211487?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=dlvrit&utm_content=gizmodo -Oppo and Oneplus taking steps towards integration https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/2/22560765/oneplus-oxygenos-coloros-oppo-android-updates - Chris Meledandri, CEO of Illumination (makers of Despicable me) has joined the nintendo board of directors in an effort to help animated movies? https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-despicable-me-producer-board-of-directors-movies?utm_source=twitter Best podcasts: Inspiration: Power Pizza - Italian friends talk about movies, tv series and games (In Italian) https://www.spreaker.com/show/power-pizza Funny: My dad wrote a Porno - three friends read erotic novels written by the dad of one of them. Hilarious, great chemistry. Fake Doctors real friends - Zach Braff and Donald Faison (JD and Turk) go over all the Scrubs episodes, they tell you behind the scenes stories, have guests. Must listen for scrubs lovers https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-fake-doctors-real-friends-60367049/ Quirky: You're dead to me - focuses on historical characters and periods revealing funny anecdotes which are true all taken in context. Hosted by Greg Jenner (Horrible histories) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07mdbhg/episodes/downloads No such thing as a fish - from the researchers of TV trivia show QI, the writers get together and chat about a weird and random thing they learnt that week. Hosted by: James Harkin; Andrew Hunter Murray; Anna Ptaszynski; Dan Schreiber https://www.nosuchthingasafish.com/ Short: Robot or not - average length 3 minutes. Stupid but makes you think. John Siracusa and Jason Snell (both tech freelance journalist) https://www.theincomparable.com/robot/ Interesting: 99% invisible - by Roman Mars. Focuses on design and architecture - shows things that you don't normally see. Episodes cover one topic. Example: how skateboarding started using empty pools. The radioactive symbol https://99percentinvisible.org/

In Italian, unlike in English, ‘prima donna’ is certainly no insult, meaning literally ‘first woman’ or first female voice in a company of singers. If the Giro often resembles an opera, though, only this year has the chorus of race narrators acquired such a figure - at least on Italian television.Giada Borgato was a professional rider & Italian champion herself but has traded the peloton for the commentary box, where this year she is making history as Italian state broadcaster Rai’s first lead female co-commentator. Over the weekend, Daniel met Giada & others who know her to piece together her trailblazing journey. Kilometre 0 by The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens

In Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli's world, time does not exist. Nor, he argues, does it in our own world. We human beings, he suggests, may be the universe's only real time machine. Rovelli has spent years writing and lecturing about time, and a whole host of complex scientific conundrums — all in an effort to share the beauty he sees in uncertainty.

A Woman's Place is in the Professional Kitchen Have you checked out the new Summerlin sensation at Tivoli Village? In Italian, Al Solito Posto means "in the usual place." But according to statistics, its Executive Chef Emily Brubaker is NOT the usual person at the helm. Although more women than men are graduating from culinary schools across the United States, just seven percent of females hold top positions in the professional kitchen. That isn't lost on Emily who runs her kitchen with collaboration at its heart. Al Solito Posto in Las Vegas is a stick-to-your-ribs East Coast style thick red sauce Italian restaurant with sublime bread and cocktails as well. The former Sage at Aria chefs tells 2 Sharp Chefs Lorraine Moss & Louiie Victa that the perfect focaccia took some major research and development before it baked beautifully. In Pandemic Provisions, Lorraine and Louiie talk about the origin of Women's History Month and our city's Women's Hospitality Initiative. Also, in Show & Tell, Emily shows us the smallest, most important tool in her arsenal. Plus - you don't want to miss our adventures in sourdough starter and why you might someday see a unique version here in Las Vegas. Podcast Mentions: Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Blau, Jolene Mannina, Mary Choi Kelly, Summerlin, Esthers Kitchen, Chef James Trees, Las Vegas Raiders, Joel Robuchon, Chef Gary FX LaMorte, Tasty, Chef Benoit Cornet, PF Changs, EDO Tapas, Chef Oscar Amador, Garagiste, Golden Knights, Beehive Barely Buzzed, Quentin Tarantino, Moonlight Beach Find out more at https://2-sharp-chefs--a-microphone.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Emily Johnson is the owner of Tavolino, in Athens, Ohio. In Italian 'tavolino" means little table, but the heart and support that Emily and Tavolino pour into the Athens community is anything but small.From hand-rolled pasta to the most exquisite Tiramisu, there truly is love in every bite at Tavolino.Nestled in the foothills of Appalachia, Tavolino sits on the west side of Athens, Ohio, which is home to Ohio University. Appalachia has long been known for its poverty, and Athens County is no different, with a staggering $37,000 median household income when compared to the national median average of almost $70,000. What Athens lacks in money, Emily makes up for in heart.Even before covid dramatically changed life for this small business owner, Emily was invested in the community and runs a "Soup-on-Hold" program, which feeds many members of the community regardless of if they can necessarily pay for the meal or not. With quarantine essentially shutting down Tavolino's inside-dining for the greater part of the last year, Emily knew that this didn't mean her business would go under, but that it was now her business to go full-force into the community when the people in our area are losing their jobs and more desperate than ever.To this date, Emily has been donated over $10,000, from both neighbors and strangers alike, who have heard Emily's mission and seen her drive to make ALL of Athens County one step closer to being fed.Please subscribe and follow us on Instagram: @ConfessionalMagazinehttp://www.confessionalmagazine.comSupport the show (https://paypal.com/ConfessionalMagazine)

Alyssa sits down with her decade-long friend and social impact enthusiast, Urvashi Banerjea, to discuss her recent publication in Thought Catalog. Urvashi shares her personal experience with "cultural whiplash" and how it shaped her into the woman she is today.  https://www.patreon.com/lightaftertrauma ' Urvashi's article: This Is What Growing Up With Cultural Whiplash Taught Me | Thought Catalog Transcript: Alyssa Scolari: [00:00:00] Welcome everybody to the Light After Trauma podcast. I am your host, Alyssa Scolari. And clearly I have a very exciting guest on today because we are freaking out about the fact that today. It's January 27. This is the 27th episode and 27 is our very special guest's favorite number of all time, like that is her shit. 27. Her birthday is on the 27th of September. Yeah. Right. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:01:00] Yes. Yep. Alyssa Scolari: [00:01:01] Okay. So without further ado, I am going to introduce, this is one of my best friends. I am so happy that you decided to come on the podcast with me because she loves me. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:01:15] I do. Alyssa Scolari: [00:01:17] Urvashi Banerjea. So this is how I have always known her. Uh, we met in 2010, our first day of class in college, right. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:01:28] yeah. Alyssa Scolari: [00:01:29] In Italian class. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:01:30]Our first day of school, Alyssa Scolari: [00:01:31] Shout out to Simona because you are part of the reason why we are Urvashi and I are such a dream team and Urvashi, she recently got married. So I ,just when I went to announce her and had a small panic attack because she's, I think becoming, she's now a married woman and Urvashi has always been just this independent, single ain't need no man type of person. She is married to somebody who is like the absolute perfect, perfect fit for her. And I adore him. So, Urvashi is a social impact, enthusiastic. She is a freelance writer. So this is not what she does for her full-time job. This is more of like a wait, I would call it a side hustle, but I almost feel like it's become your full-time like volunteer job. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:02:31] Yeah, I would say that I jokingly call it as my adult extracurricular. It's just something that I love to do on the side, in addition to my full-time job. And I'm hoping that one day freelance writing could be a bigger part of it, but for right now it's more about just writing things that I'm passionate about that speak to me in my life experiences, but I just love doing it on the side. Yeah. So I think you could call it a side hustle, I guess. Alyssa Scolari: [00:02:59] Yeah. It's one that you are extremely good at. And I think I've always been passionate about. So can you just touch a little bit on what it is that you do for your full-time job? Because I know it's, it's different than this passion of yours. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:03:18] Yes. Yes. Sure. So my full-time jobs as Alyssa knows, has always been nothing to do with my personal passions. And I think it's okay to have professional and personal passions. So right now I am a product manager of a B2B, so business to business e-commerce platform. And we are working on building digital technologies and creating digital expansion and other countries around the world and bringing our applications to their country. So I'm on the front end piece of that. So I'm a product manager within this application and I've been working there for about a year now. Alyssa Scolari: [00:03:58] It's just like one of the many things that I love about, you know, it's just that you're so dynamic and you have the best of both worlds where I have often found that like, people like me, right? Like I'm very left, right, brained? I think I'm very right brained because I'm very like emotions and, you know, like I'm very like emotionally driven and very like social justice and therapy and feelings. But the left part of my brain is like, has cobwebs in it. So I find that... Urvashi Banerjea: [00:04:38] I wouldn't say that's true. I think you are very analytical and methodical in areas that you want to be. It's a good balance of both. Alyssa Scolari: [00:04:47] True. I would say, okay. It's a little dramatic to say I have cobwebs there, but I think that I'm definitely more like right-brained than I am left-brained whereas like, you know, like David is more left-brained. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:05:05] Left brains, I would say. So it's hard to keep it straight. Alyssa Scolari: [00:05:09] I know I can't keep up. I can't remember which one is which, but you just have like the, what I would call the perfect balance of like both brains working together. And I love it. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:05:21] I think that's my Libra energy for Libras out there. Balance is key for me to maintain all harmony in my life. And that's another good example of, I think finding the right balance between the two, otherwise, you know, everything is off equilibrium. So shout out to Libras. Alyssa Scolari: [00:05:38] Yeah. Shout out to the Libras out there because you all have your shit together. And the rest of us don't, I mean, we kind of do, Urvashi Banerjea: [00:05:49] Yeah. Alyssa Scolari: [00:05:50] Well, you know, I wanted to bring you on the show today for so many reasons, because basically what this episode is going to be for the listeners out there is it's really interesting. Another conversation that Urvashi and I would typically have on like the phone, because this is the stuff that we've been talking about since the day that I met her, of course the topics have changed and developed, but she has always been a huge, huge worker for just social justice. And I mean, I couldn't put it better. The words that you use, social impact enthusiast, and recently Urvashi has been getting a lot of attention for her writing because she is an incredible writer and she does a lot of writing about. Social justice and social impact. And she was recently featured on it was Thought Catalog. Right? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:06:43] Yeah, Alyssa Scolari: [00:06:43] So do you want to talk a little bit about, because you originally, like you are a regular writer for medium.com, right? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:06:52] Yes, I have my own writer page and profile on the website and I contribute to a few different internal publications within medium. So I like to publish at least once or twice a week. But this was the first time being featured on Thought Catalog. That was definitely an exciting first for me. Alyssa Scolari: [00:07:08] I'm so happy for you because your writing is so good. So how did that process happen? Like how does one get featured on Thought Catalog? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:07:18] So you submit basically a piece of work that you are either proud of, or that you're excited about to share with the world. And there's a group of editors that review the piece and basically see if it's right for the platform I've published a few times. I submitted a few times before, but haven't been published to Thought Catalog. So they have a portal where you just submit a link to your work. And if they like it, they publish it. So I was really excited that they chose this one because I think it's the universality of it is something that surprised me, even though it's about a immigrants cultural experience, I think. Being on Thought Catalogs has such a mainstream audience. This is not a niche South Asian publication. So that made me happier that I grew up reading Thought Catalog. It's something that has poetry. It has more hard hitting pieces. It's just a great variety of everything. So I was happy that my piece fit in there. Alyssa Scolari: [00:08:14] Yeah. And your pieces, the writing is amazing and it and truly, I have to say, you know, brought me to tears and was very kind of, I think very sobering about the different types of trauma. And I know we were talking a little bit about this last night when we were prepping for the podcast, but I think when a lot of people think of trauma, they just go right to you, know, sexual abuse or domestic violence or physical abuse, or maybe being in a car accident or like 9/11, things like that. But there is this different type of trauma that you are actively bringing light to and doing. So with this article, which is called and for the listeners out there, I am going to link it in the show notes and post it on the Facebook page. But it's called, This is What Growing Up with Cultural Whiplash Taught Me. So this concept, cultural whiplash. Can you talk a little bit about it? Did you come up with that on your own? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:09:21] I did. I came up with that term. Alyssa Scolari: [00:09:23] I'm not even a little bit surprised. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:09:26] But I'm sure there are other writers out there who have used it in their work. I don't want to say I coined it, but I think I came up with it because in this particular situation, it felt like it really matched the way I was feeling. And just as a funny, personal aside, I've been going to the chiropractor because my neck is a little bit misaligned and I was thinking like, my neck hurts, you know? And it's like, how can I apply this? I'm always trying to look for a deeper meaning in things. So how can I apply this to my other experiences? And that's when whiplash came to me, it's like this constant shift is Alyssa and I are on video for the listeners who can't see this video, but I am moving my neck back and forth because it's just, just orienting to constantly looking one place and then swerving to another. And just having that be your perpetual state of being. So with last year, it seemed like a really fitting term. Alyssa Scolari: [00:10:16] Look at the irony that like your neck hurts, like look at what your body's trying to tell you. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:10:23] I didn't even put that together. That is so true. Maybe it is a manifestation of that. Alyssa Scolari: [00:10:29] Absolutely. I mean, I'm such a big believer in the mind body connection. So like that's where you're holding it. That's where you're holding the pressure of, you know, well, what we're about to talk about. So do you want to go through and say a little bit about what this article, what this article is, what it means to you? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:10:51] Yeah, absolutely. So I wrote this article a few weeks ago and my writing process is pretty standard across all the things that I write. It takes about a day or two. And I have maybe two rounds of editing before I publish it to my own medium page. This article was different. It took two continuous weeks of writes and rewrites, and it was a very heavy article with a lot of complex issues. And I wanted to do justice to all of those issues. So this article, for those of you who haven't read it is about an immigrant experience, but it's more from the mindset of transformation. So internal transformation of how I view my own cultural fluidity, as well as from the outside, looking in of how has the perception of Indians in society, particularly American society. How has that changed and not just Indians, but also just immigrants and the concept of diversity and what a transformation has gone through in the last 15 to 20 years in terms of how it's perceived from mainstream society. So I started off this article more about my own. Experience as a young girl immigrating to the us from India. I was born in India and I moved to the U S when I was five. So my, most of my upbringing, I would say in the US I, of course I have memories of being a young child in India and have that as my foundation as a basis. But I would say all of my valuable years were here. So, there was a particular incident that triggered this deep reflection in the article. It was a racist incident from a peer in third grade. And I think that stuck with me today. So I think about that and I think about what has it taught me and it's brought to light, but the most impactful part of growing up in America was actually not that racist incident. It was actually how easy it was for me to stifle parts of my Indian identity in order to fit in and just be very fluid across different situations. So the article really just goes into that growth for me, that realization and, sort of tie into the societal parallel of black lives matter how we are so aware now of our privilege and what that means for people of color, but non-black people of color. So I'm talking your Brown communities, Indian, Pakastani, Muslim whatever you are, wherever you are. I think the movement and the pandemic have really brought to light so many different things about how you view your own culture and how you're impacted by how other people view your own culture. Alyssa Scolari: [00:13:38] That to me sounds a lot like what you have been talking about so much lately, which is this concept of generational trauma. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:13:48] Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think intergenerational trauma, it's not a term that I use specifically in the article, but it was definitely implied within the writing because I talked about how do I reconcile living in a household with values and beliefs that are so completely different than what I see in the outside world. And those values and beliefs were cemented by intergenerational trauma. And I think I loved your introduction where trauma in Indian culture is absolutely looked at as a non issue. It is something that you almost, as if it's a taboo, like I would say it's like the equivalent of like, Oh, the "T" word, no, that doesn't exist here. It's very much puts it aside. Not acknowledged. For having all of the different aspects that it can have. I think, like you said, trauma, isn't defined to one specific group of issues. It could be so many different things. And I credit a lot of just social media now and just the power of social media for that awareness to be raised in the Indian community, that trauma can exist in so many different ways. And it's not a bad thing. It's just something to address. Alyssa Scolari: [00:15:03] Right. It's just something to acknowledge. And I think it's extremely hard to acknowledge because of stigma, because of, you know, talking about trauma, intergenerational trauma is almost forcing people to have to redefine or redo the way that they operate in their culture. It's forcing people to make cultural shifts so that it's no longer traumatic. And I'm not saying, you know, disidentifying or rejecting that culture. I don't think just disidentifying is a word. I think I just made that up. Oh,but it's a... Urvashi Banerjea: [00:15:42] yourself from a culture, Alyssa Scolari: [00:15:44] Yes. And that's not at all. That's not at all what I'm saying. It's just that it might, it would force generations to have to make some cultural shifts so that there is less trauma that is endured as a result. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:16:02] For sure. But I think even identifying what is that trauma is the first step, Alyssa Scolari: [00:16:06] Ah,yes. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:16:06] There's so many different things that can contribute to it. I think it's connection and just the community of growing up in a predominantly Indian community, if you are born and raised in India, or if you live in different parts of America that are predominantly Indian. I mean, here in New Jersey, we have so many ethnic enclaves like that. And if you grow up in that area, versus a predominantly white town. Your experience will be completely different, but not to say that one is less traumatic than the other, but it's also a question of defining, like what, what are the things that we're even looking out for? And I think trauma just really cements itself and communication and having a feeling of, you know, understanding kind of like your place in the household. If that makes sense. There's just so many different things that it could be. That for people that are not as familiar with what counts as trauma, I think having that discussion to educate yourself is the first step, Alyssa Scolari: [00:17:02] Yeah, I think in some of these cultures and we've had some conversations like this, where boundaries, aren't just not a thing right. It's not acceptable. So, you know, as a trauma therapist, it's extremely difficult for me to teach. Or so tell somebody, well, you need to set boundaries with your family when they come, you know, let's say they've immigrated from India and they're like, boundaries, like good luck with that. And you tell my mom, right? Like you tell my mom, that I can't do X, Y, and Z like good luck because it's just, it's not a thing. And it's more like, I almost want to say, and I don't want to speak for you, but it's like, you have less of a voice when you're younger. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:17:53] Yes, absolutely. And that is so apparent in growing up now that I am married, I have these conversations with my husband and he grew up in a very different family unit than I did where he was active voice at the table. And there are pros and cons against that. I mean, I'm very much an advocate for let your child children have a childhood. I think including them in adult decisions from such a young age is something that could be a little difficult, but it has to be done well, of course. And in his case it was, he is an only child and he grew up with a family unit mentality. But for me, I think it was that I was shielded from a lot of adult decisions from a young age, so that when I did become an adult, there was a lot of things that I wasn't aware of just because I had a very traditional kind of family structure, where the parents make the decisions and the children are shielded from it a bit. So it's just even within our own family experiences and we're from the exact same place in India, same culture and everything. So it's interesting how it felt it could differ so much across our experiences. Alyssa Scolari: [00:19:00] Yeah, I think that that's so important to point out that, right. Your husband is also there from India as well. And how different the atmosphere and the expectations are in the way you grew up versus the way he grew up. How do you feel? Because going back to the article and this idea of cultural whiplash, in what ways did you feel specifically like you are in this concept of whiplash, where you were being thrown between identities? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:19:38] So I would say that really started as a young adult, maybe about the end of middle school all the way through college. It was a lot of different things. So, for example, one of the main things is in my article, I talk about group think versus individuation. And the big thing in Indian culture is like, we were talking about lack of boundaries, community you in olden days. And even now, I mean, you raise a child together as a community, and that's something that is ingrained in the culture where you will sacrifice your self care versus self-sacrifice so it's likeself-sacrifice vs. self care is a really big perspective as well. And I think growing up, I would hear a lot about, you know, you have to take care of your family. You have to have this idea there really, or this concept ingrained in you really strong, like family unit and grow up making sure that you are taking care of your family and have a lot of things in mind for like your career, but also at the end of the day, it's like family. And so for me, that was really interesting because then I would also, you know, go out with my friends and we would always talk about having our own careers and maybe never getting married and never having kids. And so it was just like, even in the way that I saw my life play out, it was very different. Depending on where I was, if I was home or if I was outside of the home, it was just really strange. And I didn't even reconcile how strange that was until later. And then when I was an adult, like young adult, not like past college and everything as a young professional, I would say, and those concepts came more into play because they were now fully under my control. Like I was making my own money and I was living alone. I think that's when it became more of a jarring type of existence because I didn't quite know what I wanted and I didn't have a household telling me one thing and then, you know, a peer group telling me another, it was kind of that now I'm free to make my own decisions. And it's like, what do I want now? I just didn't know. Cause I was just completely torn between two different mindsets. Alyssa Scolari: [00:21:52] And all these years later do you know now? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:21:56] I do. I think that's the happy ending of the article is kind of that I hope in the future that we allow kids who are immigrants or kids of immigrants to create a hybrid mental framework where they are hearing both sides, but they're able to just make their own decisions. And I absolutely was able to make my own decision, but I think getting there and constructing that hybrid framework took a lot of conscious effort on my part because I think there's a difference of riding through life with this voice in your head and subconscious way of thought. And I think that is what you hear in the household becomes your little voice in your head and realizing that and dismantling that took a lot more of an effort than I thought it would. But I think if you teach kids from a young age that, you know what we're saying here, versus what you hear outside might be different, but it's up to you to pick and choose which elements of both philosophies that you agree with and go from there. But I had to kind of construct that much later after, but it was a reactive measure to feeling very unsettled in my personal life. And I hope for kids in the future, it'll be proactive. It'll be like, what future do I want to construct? Alyssa Scolari: [00:23:14] Yes, because you didn't really know what was happening back then. Right? The whole point of the article is you sharing that, like this was reactive as a result of like, kind of somewhat of an identity crisis that you had found yourself in. And then I think, I don't know. Would you agree that this article may not have come out if it hadn't been for COVID? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:23:42] I one hundred percent agree. I think COVID was definitely the catalyst to even understanding what is going on deeper, because for the first time I didn't have anywhere to go. I didn't have anything keeping me busy. I mean, minus work, but you're kind of stuck at home all day, especially in the beginning months. And that was really hard to reconcile. The cracks in the foundation really started to come through at that point, when you were kind of back against the corner and you didn't have anything else that was comfortable or you could see comfort, and it was just a whole new terrain. Alyssa Scolari: [00:24:17] Yeah. And just from knowing you for the last 10 and a half years, almost 11 years. You have always been somebody who has been now that I look back on it through the lens of this article, somebody who has been teetering back and forth going through this, you know, whiplash, so to speak of like, well, now I'm doing the quote unquote, american things and now I'm, now I'm going to do, you know, part of my cultural Indian and take care of my family back in India. And now I'm doing this and now I'm doing that. And it was, I mean, you're right. I don't know if you've ever had time to slow down or if you would have slowed down, if it hadn't been for COVID to be able to really unpack all of this. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:25:14] I think so. I think that's when it really became apparent. It's like, who, who am I and what do I want from this lifetime? And what do I want from myself? And I wouldn't trade my Indian heritage or identity for anything. I think it's, I'm so proud to be Indian, but I think there's a lot of things in the Indian culture that I may not necessarily agree with. And I think a lot of that feeling of guilt is like, but I am Indian. I'm just living in America. So I am American, but at the core I'm Indian. So which ideology should I base my life decisions on? Kind of, because I think if you looked at it in the Indian mindset versus American mindset, it would look very different, even everything in terms of like career and what you prioritize and just the way you think about certain things. And so it was harder for me. Harder and easier. So it's always a double-edged sword because it was harder for me internally to go through all of these things. But if you were to look at me from the outside, it was no big deal. I was just another, you know, girl going through life learning things as everyone does. And I think a big piece of that is the way that I look, I don't necessarily look traditionally Indian. It's hard to describe, but I get all the time that I am Hispanic, that I look Mexican or that I look Puerto Rican. I get that people speak to me in Spanish, on the street. And so I think a big piece of that was a contributing factor to feeling like I could be a cultural chameleon, which is another term that I use in the article is this feeling of like being able to fit in everywhere. And that's a social skill. I think as much as it is something that's like a physical trait. I think if you look a certain way, you're probably inadvertently typecast and the type of person you all, everybody has stereotypes about people that they see. And I think because I didn't look traditionally Indian, that also was a contributing factor to being able to feel like I could seamlessly just navigate between being American and being Indian. I was literally at an Indian religious function and somebody asked me, so like, what are you doing here? That's awesome. That you're part of this taking part in the culture. I was like, I'm literally I'm Indian. And when I go to India, they try to charge me the tourist fee because they think that I'm from America. Yeah. True story. So I don't, I don't know if that...it doesn't bother me. I think it's just something that I think is interesting, but I also feel like. I mean, this is a whole different article. I mean, a whole different article, a whole different podcast. But one of the things that prompted me to write this article was just seeing this new wave of Indian reality shows and how it's the complete opposite in India, where, and this is my limited experience. I just want to put that disclaimer out there. I'm definitely not the authority on this, but I just see that in certain societal ranks of India, if you are wealthier and you live in urban areas, you try to play up a certain type of whiteness. Like you try to amplify that you are emulating the Kardashians, for example, whereas in America, as I write my article now that you know with black lives matter, and there's a whole resurgence of a appreciation of diversity. I feel like people who have diverse backgrounds here are playing it up all the more now that you know, I'm, I have a background I'm from somewhere I'm diverse and I value it. And that's a huge part of me. But with this new wave of Indian reality shows on Netflix, it's like, what is this society? What is this culture? And it could not be more of a contrast. And I think that's also something that made me then look at myself. I can't say my part of the problem because that's up to personal opinion. Is this even a problem? But for me, am I part of that kind of just straddling those two lines. Alyssa Scolari: [00:29:19] THat makes me so sad. I don't know, just the whole concept. And this is what I think many white people don't quite understand. That's something I will never be able to understand. But when I hear you talk about it, I think it makes me so sad because that's exhausting. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:29:41] It is a little exhausting, just going, especially the part about going back to India and not feeling like I fit in. It's not that I don't belong. I think those are two different things. I mean, I feel like I do belong. I have a strong ties to my cultural identity and all of my family there minus my immediate family who's here, but I just it's a constant awareness that I, some people think I'm, I am not from here. Alyssa Scolari: [00:30:11] Yes. And this idea of, and you...do you speak to this in the article, right? Being taking on your American identity yet, sometimes taking on your Indian identity at other times, it's like having to. It's like constantly being in theater where you're like, all right, whipping this mask off, putting this mask on, like that is tiring and traumatic, especially as a kid. And I want to just go back to...because you had mentioned this a little while ago, that you really didn't start to acknowledge any of this stuff until you were in, like, I think you said middle school, high school. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:30:56] Yeah, pretty much high school. Alyssa Scolari: [00:30:58] But in your, the like overtly racist, absolutely. Just despicable. It's absolutely despicable. I can't even, you know, I don't even want it on my screen. I like pulled it up. I pulled it up on my screen and then I'm like, that makes me sick. Yep. I can't even look at it. But for those of you who do want to know. Obviously I will, again, link this article so that you can read it. This is a really important read, no matter where you are from, this is an extremely, extremely crucial topic. So that happened when you were in, was it third? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:31:40] Third grade actually. Yes, Alyssa Scolari: [00:31:42] So, let me ask you this. Was there some part of you that even as young as that, you had to have some awareness that like, Oh, maybe I don't want to identify as Indian. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:31:58] Oh, for sure. Yeah. I think that had so much of a domino effect in ways that I look back now and it's so interesting how I then manifested that insecurity into so many decisions that kids that age don't even think about. So for example, we would go to India in the summers because my sister and I had off because we were children in the summer. And so we would go to India would come back with all this. You know, just beautiful things like purses and clothes and just shirts and whatever it is. And I would make a conscious decision everyday, like, Oh, I can't wear this to school. No way I can't carry this ethnic looking purse to school. And so then instead I would just, I don't know, carry something else because I didn't want it to be evident that I was Indian. And I think any kid, whatever you're background is like, you just want to fit in, you know, you don't have any. Most kids probably don't have self-confidence at that point to say like, Hey, I'm proud of this. I'm going to rock this and maybe kids these days do, but I definitely did it back then. And so just make these decisions to not wear sweaters my mom knit me or like bring Indian food to school for lunch. And it's just, I have guilt about that a hundred percent now. And if I were to have children in the future, of course, I would try to say it doesn't matter be you, but at that point, I think that particular event was very triggering to just want to hide certain things that I just didn't feel like putting out there. Alyssa Scolari: [00:33:30] I mean the shame. And you say it, you say like the inexplicable humiliation. Which is right. That's exactly what it is. The shame that, brings on that basically, that person told you when you were just trying to enjoy your day as a little girl, that you had somebody come up to you and tell you about who you are at your core is essentially disgusting to her. And the shame and the lack of understanding and just the guilt that you then have to go through throughout the years of like, I do identify as being a part of this Indian culture and my parents, you know, your mom makes this awesome jewelry, which I still rock to this day. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:34:21] laughs Alyssa Scolari: [00:34:22] So you've got the shame of what people are saying at school. Then you've got the guilt factor because it's like, you know, my parents were trying to get me to look a certain way. I can't do this. I can't bring this to school. I can't wear this because I will be made fun of, or I will be, I won't even say making fun of, because I will be targeted. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:34:45] Right. And even if it's not overt targeting, it's still just knowing that my peers will know it's even like the idea of them having the knowledge that I have a different background was something that was scary Alyssa Scolari: [00:34:58] Because it makes you a target because you learned at a very early age that it is actually unsafe to be who you are. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:35:07] Yeah. That's really heavy. Yeah. Yeah. I mean unsafe. I didn't feel physical threats, but yeah. Unsafe in terms of just mental wellbeing. Alyssa Scolari: [00:35:16] Exactly. Yeah. And I should clarify emotionally and psychologically unsafe. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:35:21] With that feeling of guilt. It was amplified by the fact that my parents were such great parents and raising me to have a level of self-confidence and not care about these things. And I think to a degree in third grade, I knew that, but it was not enough to change a behavior. If that makes sense. It was definitely something I had ingrained in me as a core value at a young age, but it wasn't, you know, it's hard for any eight year old to be like, I have enough self confidence to still do this. It was something that, that's what played into the guilt. When I got home with the idea of cultural whiplash, it was that I couldn't really show or express that I wanted to hide my identity because then I felt guilty because my parents did such a great job of raising me to not pay any attention to believe or play into that idea of shame. Alyssa Scolari: [00:36:14] Yeah, your parents are fantastic human beings. Both of them, your sister is fantastic. Like, well, she probably made it all the more difficult for you because they were so good. So that's so hard. It's so hard. And I, applaud you for doing the work to be able to get to this point that you could put this into writing because there are so many people and even just folks that I see in my practice that struggle with this concept, that can't put words to it. And you have been able to unpack this. Look back on it and write it down and now come on here and speak about it, which is a whole new level of unpacking. Right? It's one thing to write it down, but then when you call on a podcast and you talk about it, it's like Urvashi Banerjea: [00:37:13] Yeah. Alyssa Scolari: [00:37:13] it's different. It's a whole different level of unpacking. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:37:17] Yeah, much harder to put into words, something that you just feel. And it's harder to not put into words writing. I think writing comes naturally to me, but I think just speaking it into existence is there's so many different variables that go into well, you know, and even with you Alyssa, I think that with everything you've been through. You've heard me say multiple times, let's not talk about my problems because my problems are nothing compared to what other people go through. And I think it's always that trauma comparison game that you talk about in the beginning is to acknowledge that this trauma is different from other traumas. And it doesn't mean that necessarily, you know, not worthy of talking about, it's just something that it's hard for me to speak about because I always have that little voice inside my head, but other people have it so much worse, you know? And so it's something I want to be very mindful of, but I am very aware now that there's like pain and trauma can come in all different shapes and sizes, which is what you've taught me. So I'm so happy to be able to talk about this. Alyssa Scolari: [00:38:23] I know I'm so happy to have like I'm so, ah, it makes me so happy to have you on here talking about this, because if this was two or three years ago, I don't know that we would be having this conversation because I think that you were just, weren't really aware of this idea of cultural whiplash, but on some level, I do believe this about you, that I have to believe that there is a part of you that has had a deeper understanding of trauma on the subconscious level, because if you didn't and you know, to the listeners out there, like what you don't know about Aruba is that, and my relationship with her is that, you know, When I first met Urvashi, everything was great. And our, our, our friendship has always been great. You know, it's, it's always been one of the relationships that I value the most in my life. But when I was in college was when I went through some serious trauma. I ended up meeting a guy who turned out to be extremely abusive. Abusive in the worst way. Why don't you say. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:39:40] Way psychologically abusive. It just that's the Alyssa Scolari: [00:39:43] Psychologically abusive, physically abusive. I mean, you know, at one point I had my keys taken from me, my cell phone charger. I wasn't allowed to drive anywhere. He would actually drive me to campus. Urvashi was one of the few people that I was able to have contact with because he kind of deemed her as being safe and she really saw me through all of that, where it was easier to walk away, which is good. Many of my friends in college did, she didn't and trust me, it was not because I was her only friend because Urvashi is the kind of person who had throughout her whole life. I mean, this, you know, being a social impact, enthusiast is not something that she just started doing a year ago, this has been her whole life. This is part of who she is. So when I tell you she was involved in literally every club, every event, like she was there, she had and continues to have a million friends and it has affected the lives of so many people with what she does. And there have been whole semesters where we have been on different continents in different States throughout college. And we were able to maintain our friendships. So Urvashi didn't just stick by my side, throughout my relationship with this monster, I can call him a monster. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:41:20] That gives monsters a bad name to even put him in the category of Alyssa Scolari: [00:41:25] I know he's not even worthy of that, but Urvashi, you know, she didn't just see me through this because she really didn't have any other options. Like she chose to help me save my own life. And there is a part of me that will always not a part of me. I wholeheartedly believe that part of the reason why I am still here today is because of because Urvashi would meet me where she would pick me up from work. If I was having a bad day. Do you remember when you picked me up from work? Urvashi Banerjea: [00:42:04] Oh, I remember. Yep. Alyssa Scolari: [00:42:06] She would pick me up from work. She would, I remember one time in particular where we were just like sitting on a bench outside of college and I was crying hysterically and she very well could have been like, what the fuck I was like, get it together. Like, you look like a lunatic, but she. She just sat with me. And like, those are the moments that essentially saved my life because when everybody else left, because they couldn't understand why I was in such a bad relationship, she stayed. So I have to believe that there's always been some part of you that has had a deeper understanding of trauma. And shame and the difficulty in speaking up and being who you are because you, when nobody understood why I couldn't leave him, you while you may not have understood it, you accepted it. And you waited with me until I was ready to leave. And. I don't know, that's very healing and I think very much speaks to just going back to what you experienced as a little girl, which is that like, you know, well, you know what it's like to be rejected and you didn't reject me. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:43:24] No. I mean, this is the greatest compliment that you could give me is to say that, you know, I'm one of the reaons that you're here. I think nothing makes me happier because I see you, I see your full potential and you're changing the world as we literally speak. And so I am so happy. I was able to be there for you, but I think a degree of it just comes with an understanding of empathy. And I think empathy is such an underrated quality these days. And I think, I feel like I've always had a really high degree of empathy. I'm not sure where exactly that comes from, but being able to just not understand your situation fully, but to understand you and who you are as a person. And. For me, it's like I saw through all of the horrible things that were happening into your core. And I knew at your core, that's not who you were. That's not what you stood for. And to be able to help you in any way, just fight through that was just so amazing looking back now almost 10 years later, which is crazy and to the person that you've become. And I am so grateful that our friendship has persisted. But one thing I think, as we were speaking did come to me, is that I feel like a lot of my life has been chasing what is the most authentic version of myself and who is that. And what does that person look like, and for you, I think I may not have had on a conscious level, an understanding of trauma, but I had an understanding of looking at people and seeing their authentic selves. And I didn't see yours. And because it was taken away from you because you were dealing with so much trauma and pain, and I think that's something that I will maybe has something to do with understanding that it's just that I wanted to help people live their most, their best and truest life. And I always ask people as a, my version of an icebreaker is not like, what is your favorite ice cream flavor? It's literally, when is the last time you felt the most authentically yourself? Like, I just love those kinds of questions and the word authentic and living that authentic life is something that I strive towards. And in that journey, that's when I realized I was having a cultural whiplash because I wasn't living my authentic self. I felt like stripping away all of my possessions and like starting over, I had these like crazy radical thoughts. But I realized that the core, it's not the things that I want to get rid of. It was like society's perceptions. And like all of these things that I've been telling myself, I wanted to get rid of that to then find who I was at the core. So I don't know if it's a deeper understanding of trauma, but I think it's completely linked with like, who are you at your most authentic self without the world bullshit, basically. And that's what I saw in you. And it's, I continue to see in you. And I'm so glad that that, you know, but with something that really helped you. Alyssa Scolari: [00:46:26] think you're exactly right. I think that that's a much more accurate way of putting it because you really always did try to help me bring out my authentic self. You had me like going to parties and you were inviting me to stuff. And then you introduced me to like your friends from your hometown, who like to this day. absolutely, I adore your friends. So, yeah, you did. I mean, you helped me stay as true to myself as I possibly could during what were some of the darkest times of my life. Um, And nowhere we are recording episode 27 on the 27th. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:47:06] Full circle. Alyssa Scolari: [00:47:06] I know full circle. I love it. And I cannot thank you enough for coming on the show. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:47:12] Thank you so much for having me. Alyssa Scolari: [00:47:16] I know it's hard to be vulnerable about this stuff, but you did great as always. Urvashi Banerjea: [00:47:21] Thank you. It was an honor to be here. I am so proud of you and the impact that you're making on this world. Every single episode that you produce is just so enlightening and in a way that is relatable. I think this podcast transcends like degrees and education about the trauma field. And speaks to people on their most human level. And that's something that very few podcasts do. So I am honored to be here. Alyssa Scolari: [00:47:47] Thank you. We're working on redefining trauma redefining and making it a lot less scary.

This is the THIRD of our special Christmas-themed micro-histories in which we will embrace the task of demonstrating how an unexpected subject not only has a history but is massively important and interesting - in just 15 minutes! We will start with a shared example and then have just five minutes each to make a case for an interesting history on that very unexpected subject. Contributions will be rigorously timed and you - dear listeners - will get to vote on SM on what YOU think was the most interesting fact you heard today.Today’s topic is SHOES - nothing quite says Christmas like shoes! - Shoes were not simply a noxious deterrent for evil sprites at Christmas time, but a precursor to the now customary stockings as receptacles for yuletide gifts. Earlier depictions of St Nicholas associate him with dropping gold coins down the chimney, which in sixteenth-century Holland similarly led to the tradition of children placing their shoes on the hearth on the eve of the Feast of St Nicholas, awaking in the morning to find them filled with present and sweets. In Italian folklore an old woman named Befana (sometimes referred to as the ‘Christmas Witch’) delivered gifts to children on the eve of Epiphany (6 January) slipping them into shoes left by the fireplace. These earlier chimney-related European traditions no doubt passed into usage in the US through patterns of migration: the spread of Christmas traditions is of course intimately linked with the spread of people around the globe.! Who knew! Shoes are of course all about the politics of sneakers, via the brilliant Public Enemy's 'politics of the sneaker pimps' track on their album He Got Game, and of course it's all about the French Revolution and the banishment of high heels! Who knew! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the THIRD of our special Christmas-themed micro-histories in which we will embrace the task of demonstrating how an unexpected subject not only has a history but is massively important and interesting - in just 15 minutes! We will start with a shared example and then have just five minutes each to make a case for an interesting history on that very unexpected subject. Contributions will be rigorously timed and you - dear listeners - will get to vote on SM on what YOU think was the most interesting fact you heard today.Today’s topic is SHOES - nothing quite says Christmas like shoes! - Shoes were not simply a noxious deterrent for evil sprites at Christmas time, but a precursor to the now customary stockings as receptacles for yuletide gifts. Earlier depictions of St Nicholas associate him with dropping gold coins down the chimney, which in sixteenth-century Holland similarly led to the tradition of children placing their shoes on the hearth on the eve of the Feast of St Nicholas, awaking in the morning to find them filled with present and sweets. In Italian folklore an old woman named Befana (sometimes referred to as the ‘Christmas Witch’) delivered gifts to children on the eve of Epiphany (6 January) slipping them into shoes left by the fireplace. These earlier chimney-related European traditions no doubt passed into usage in the US through patterns of migration: the spread of Christmas traditions is of course intimately linked with the spread of people around the globe.! Who knew! Shoes are of course all about the politics of sneakers, via the brilliant Public Enemy's 'politics of the sneaker pimps' track on their album He Got Game, and of course it's all about the French Revolution and the banishment of high heels! Who knew! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

ABOUT GABRIELE CORCOS:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thetuscangun Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Corcos LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gcorcos/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTuscanGun Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetuscangun/ Books: "Super Tuscan": https://www.amazon.com/Super-Tuscan-Heritage-Recipes-Pleasures/dp/150114359X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&hvadid=77653071690874&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=tuscan+gun&qid=1607035612&sr=8-2&tag=mh0b-20"Extra Virgin": https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Virgin-Recipes-Tuscan-Kitchen/dp/0385346050/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&hvadid=77653071690874&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=tuscan+gun&qid=1607035666&sr=8-3&tag=mh0b-20Bio:Italian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, TV personalityCreator and cohost of “Extra Virgin” on the Cooking ChannelNew York Times best-selling book “Extra Virgin”Raised in Tuscany outside of Florence ItalyStudied medicine at the Italian military academy for several yearsPassion was music and decided to study drums so he left the military and travels to Brazil, Cuba and Morocco to study drumsRestaurant:Owned the “Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari” in BrooklynMet Debi Mazar in Florence – moved to LA - married in 2002Starred with wife Debi Mazar in “Extra-Virgin Americana” on the Cooking ChannelThey were asked to be hosts of the Cooking Channel’s first original cooking showIn 2019 Corcos was honored “Knight” by the Italian President of the Republic for work on behalf of Italian heritage in the US (this is the highest civilian honor for an Italian citizen)Charity work:While competing on the television show chopped he competed on behalf of the charity “Feeding America”In 2014 he became a council member at the food bank for New York CityExtra Virgin Americana TV Show:Premiered 2011 and had 5 seasons until 2015Extra Virgin Book:Released in 2014Amazon’s #1 In Italian cooking ratings for 6 months and remained in top 10 until October 2015June 2014 Makes NY Time best-sellers listCrazy huge collection of knive, rides a Duccati and loves the power of technologySHOW INTRO:When I think “Renaissance man” I have images in my head of sculptors, painters, physicians, inventors… people like Leonardo, Brunelleschi and  Michelangelo - all worked in Florence about 20 km away from my guest’s hometown. I don’t often think of James Beard award winning celebrity chef and restaunteur, a multi book New York Times best-selling list author, An Italian Military Academy student who decided that studying medicine wasn’t for him and went off to Morocco, Brazil and Cuba to study drums, who also loves to ride Duccati’s, has some pretty serious leaves (as in tattoos), was also Knighted in 2019 and who you can now see often on Instagram doing ‘lives’ with his wife Debi Mazar cooking up a festival of food from the kitchen of their Brooklyn home.That said, I do think about somebody who is on a continual search for the NXTLVL and not afraid of being reborn - in the true sense of the word “Renaissance.” Someone like Gabriele Corcos who seems to be in a continual search for filling his life with the adventure of the unknown. ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:Website: https://www.davidkepron.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582b/Instagram: davidkepron and NXTLVL_experience_designTwitter: @davidkepron

ABOUT GABRIELE CORCOS:Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thetuscangun Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Corcos LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gcorcos/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTuscanGun Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetuscangun/ Books: "Super Tuscan": https://www.amazon.com/Super-Tuscan-Heritage-Recipes-Pleasures/dp/150114359X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&hvadid=77653071690874&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=tuscan+gun&qid=1607035612&sr=8-2&tag=mh0b-20"Extra Virgin": https://www.amazon.com/Extra-Virgin-Recipes-Tuscan-Kitchen/dp/0385346050/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&hvadid=77653071690874&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=tuscan+gun&qid=1607035666&sr=8-3&tag=mh0b-20Bio:Italian celebrity chef, entrepreneur, TV personalityCreator and cohost of “Extra Virgin” on the Cooking ChannelNew York Times best-selling book “Extra Virgin”Raised in Tuscany outside of Florence ItalyStudied medicine at the Italian military academy for several yearsPassion was music and decided to study drums so he left the military and travels to Brazil, Cuba and Morocco to study drumsRestaurant:Owned the “Tuscan Gun Officine Alimentari” in BrooklynMet Debi Mazar in Florence – moved to LA - married in 2002Starred with wife Debi Mazar in “Extra-Virgin Americana” on the Cooking ChannelThey were asked to be hosts of the Cooking Channel’s first original cooking showIn 2019 Corcos was honored “Knight” by the Italian President of the Republic for work on behalf of Italian heritage in the US (this is the highest civilian honor for an Italian citizen)Charity work:While competing on the television show chopped he competed on behalf of the charity “Feeding America”In 2014 he became a council member at the food bank for New York CityExtra Virgin Americana TV Show:Premiered 2011 and had 5 seasons until 2015Extra Virgin Book:Released in 2014Amazon’s #1 In Italian cooking ratings for 6 months and remained in top 10 until October 2015June 2014 Makes NY Time best-sellers listCrazy huge collection of knive, rides a Duccati and loves the power of technologySHOW INTRO:When I think “Renaissance man” I have images in my head of sculptors, painters, physicians, inventors… people like Leonardo, Brunelleschi and  Michelangelo - all worked in Florence about 20 km away from my guest’s hometown. I don’t often think of James Beard award winning celebrity chef and restaunteur, a multi book New York Times best-selling list author, An Italian Military Academy student who decided that studying medicine wasn’t for him and went off to Morocco, Brazil and Cuba to study drums, who also loves to ride Duccati’s, has some pretty serious leaves (as in tattoos), was also Knighted in 2019 and who you can now see often on Instagram doing ‘lives’ with his wife Debi Mazar cooking up a festival of food from the kitchen of their Brooklyn home.That said, I do think about somebody who is on a continual search for the NXTLVL and not afraid of being reborn - in the true sense of the word “Renaissance.” Someone like Gabriele Corcos who seems to be in a continual search for filling his life with the adventure of the unknown. ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:Website: https://www.davidkepron.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582b/Instagram: davidkepron and NXTLVL_experience_designTwitter: @davidkepron

Ciao ragazzi! Bentornati nel mio podcast! Nella puntata di oggi, vorrei parlarvi dell'interrogazione in italiano, ovvero di come formare le domande in italiano. È molto importante saper formare delle domande in maniera corretta. Può sembrare un argomento banale/facile ma fidatevi che non lo è affatto, in italiano abbiamo due diverse tipologie di frasi interrogative. Iniziamo l'episodio di oggi! - Hi guys! Welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode, I'll teach you how to form direct questions in Italian. It's very important to know how to form direct questions correctly. It may seem an easy topic but trust me, it isn't. In Italian we have two different types of interrogative sentences. Let's start today's episode, have a good time listening. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y4dnp6v2 Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yy7m5445 Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

Ciao ragazzi! Bentornati nel mio podcast! Nella puntata di oggi, vi insegnerò quando e come utilizzare le lettere maiuscole in italiano. Ho deciso di effettuare questo episodio in seguito ad una domanda ricevuta da un'ascoltatrice durante l'ultima livestream che ho fatto su YouTube. In descrizione vi riporterò tutti i casi e i relativi esempi che sentirete nel corso di questa puntata. Dateci un'occhiata! - Hi guys! Welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode, I'll teach you how to use capital letters in Italian. I decided to do this episode following a question that I received from a listener during the last livestream I did on YouTube. The use of capital letters in Italian is a bit different from English. In Italian you use the capital letter in a few cases and it is essential to use it correctly. All the examples you'll hear during this episode are in the description, take a look! Have a good time listening. My last livestream: https://youtu.be/nWVUzdIv9tA When to use capital letters in Italian: 1. All'inizio di una frase o di un periodo Esempio: C'era una volta una principessa! 2. Dopo un punto fermo (.), un punto esclamativo (!) e interrogativo (?) Esempio: … il cane abbaiò. Si affacciò alla finestra. 3. All'inizio di un discorso diretto Esempio: Paolo dice: "Sono tornato a casa!” 4. Con i nomi propri di persona, con i cognomi Esempi: Maria, Sara, Marco 5. Con nomi geografici, con nomi di feste religiose e civili Esempi: Roma, Milano, Natale, Ferragosto 6. Per i nomi dei secoli e dei millenni, nomi che indicano periodi storici Esempio: nel Trecento, nell'Ottocento, la Rivoluzione francese 7. Con la prima parola di un titolo di un libro, di un film, di un giornale o di una rivista Esempio: la Divina commedia, il film Guerre stellari. 8. Con i nomi che indicano gli abitanti di una nazione, di una città o di una regione Esempi: Italiani, Americani, Francesi 9. Con le sigle Esempio: ONU, UNICEF, USA 10. Con le formule di cortesia Esempio: "La ringrazio per la Sua attenzione" YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y4dnp6v2 Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yy7m5445 Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

Ciao ragazzi! Bentornati nel mio podcast! Nella puntata di oggi, vi insegnerò delle alternative alla parola “Scusa”. In italiano esistono diversi modi per esprimere le proprie scuse verso qualcuno per qualcosa che si è commesso. Tutte le alternative che sentirete nel corso di questa puntata ve le riporterò nella descrizione. Dateci un'occhiata! - Hi guys! Welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode, I'm going to teach you some alternatives to the word “Sorry”. In Italian, there are several ways to express an apology to someone for something they have done. All the expressions and examples you'll hear during this episode are in the description, take a look! Have a good time listening. There are various ways to apologize, and they depend on many factors: from the context, from what we have done and towards those who have done it. Let's start with some expressions that are always a guarantee! -Mi dispiace (I'm sorry) -Perdonami (Forgive me) -Ti chiedo perdono (I ask your forgiveness) These are actually perfect for small things that are not too serious (for example if you break a glass at a friend's house), and for something slightly more serious (for example, if you forgot to warn that you are late for an appointment). Another alternative, in case you did something that gave unpleasant results, is: - “Non avrei dovuto farlo” (I shouldn't have done that) But be careful, because it could create a boomerang effect, instead of what you hoped for! In fact, many Italians could answer: “Then you should have thought better of it!”. However, if you have a reasonable person in front of you, they will certainly appreciate your sincere apologies. - “È tutta colpa mia” (It's all my fault) This expression serves not only to apologize, but also to demonstrate maturity: in fact it makes the other person understand that you are aware of your mistakes, and you cannot blame anyone else. After all, recognizing that we were wrong is the first step in making up for it! - “Ti garantisco / prometto che non si ripeterà” (I guarantee / promise you that it will never happen again) This is another excellent expression to apologize, even combined with others already mentioned… the only problem is that it only works if you have a good reputation. In fact, if you have the reputation of not being able to keep promises, then it is better to not use it: no one would believe you anyway! - “Riconosco di avere esagerato” (I recognize that I have exaggerated) - “Mi rendo conto di aver agito/reagito male” (I recognize that I acted / reacted badly) These are two other expressions that demonstrate maturity and awareness, and you can use them to apologize especially after doing or saying something that went beyond the limits. - “Come posso rimediare?” (How can I fix it?) Among all, this is the only expression that goes beyond the mere excuse. With this, literally, you not only recognize an error and ask to be forgiven, but you offer to actually do something to remedy what you did! - “Sono mortificato/a / amareggiato/a per l'accaduto” (I am mortified / bitter about what happened) - Formal These are very strong adjectives and they express how deeply saddened we are by what we have done. - “Mi assumo tutte le responsabilità” (I take full responsibility) - Formal This is a formal version of “it's my fault” YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

Ciao ragazzi! Bentornati nel mio podcast! Nella puntata di oggi, vi insegnerò delle alternative alla parola “Mi piace”. In italiano esistono tantissimi altri modi e tantissime altre sfumature, per esprimere il proprio apprezzamento, verso qualcuno o qualcosa. Per questo motivo, ho deciso di fare questo episodio. Tutte le alternative che sentirete ve le riporterò nella descrizione. Dateci un'occhiata! - Hi guys! Welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode, I'll teach you some alternatives to the word “Mi piace”. In Italian there are many other ways to express appreciation for someone or something. All the expressions and examples you'll hear during this episode are in the description, take a look! Have a good time listening. Alternatives to the word “Mi piace”: 1) Non mi dispiace This alternative is certainly less strong than “mi piace”. It is used to express that we enjoyed something, but not too much. Example: “Non mi è dispiaciuto l'ultimo film che abbiamo visto” (The last movie we saw wasn't bad) 2) Apprezzo This alternative is rather formal and expresses a moderate and contained appreciation. Example: “Apprezzo molto il Suo interessamento nel mio progetto” (I really appreciate your interest in my project) 3) Mi garba This alternative, on the other hand, is quite informal but it's used a lot, especially by young people. Example: “Quelle moto mi garbano un bel po'!” (Those motorcycles appeal to me very much!) 4) Mi va There are two ways to use this alternative: - Followed by a noun Example: “Ti vanno due birre?” (Would you like to have a couple of beers?) - Followed by “di + infinitive” Example: “Ti va di fare un giro in centro?” (Would you like to go downtown?) 5) Mi va a genio Even this expression is quite colloquial and it's very used throughout Italy. Example: “Finalmente ho trovato un segretario che mi va a genio” (I finally found a secretary I'm fond of) 6) Adoro This alternative expresses an intense satisfaction and probably it's the form that Italian people use the most. Example: “Io adoro insegnare l'italiano: è la mia passione!” (I love teaching Italian: it's my passion!) 7) Amo / sono innamorato di In addition to having a romantic connotation, these alternatives are used to express appreciation! Example: “Amo camminare per la città; sono innamorato delle strutture moderne!” (I love walking through the city. I'm in love with modern structures) 8) Vado pazzo/matto per… We use this expression to indicate something we like so much that drives us crazy! Example: “Anna va matta per la cioccolata, mentre io vado pazzo per le torte” (Anna is crazy about chocolate, but I'm all about cakes) 9) È una figata/uno sballo! These alternatives generally belong to colloquial language. Examples: “La pallacanestro è davvero una figata” (Basketball is awesome!) or: “Il sushi è uno sballo!” (Sushi is mind-blowing!) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y4dnp6v2 Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/yy7m5445 Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

Përshëndetje for the last time from Albania! As I mentioned before, Albania is a country that I didn't expect much from initially but it turned out to be pretty amazing. If you want to know why I enjoy this place so much then be sure to listen to Part I and II if you haven't already - it's worth it :) A big part of why I enjoyed Albania so much is because I connected with Adam - a really great guy who works in the travel industry and took time to show me around. I would also like to mention that these episodes are not sponsored. I am not obliged to say nice things - everything I say is my own genuine opinion.   DICK & BALLS...WHAT'S IN A NAME? If you've listened to the previous episodes of my Albanian adventure, you may have noticed that Adam only calls me “Bo”. When we first met, he asked if it would be okay not to call me by my first name. When I asked him why he began to blush and told me that the word ‘Palle' in Albanian is a very bad way of saying… ‘dick head'. This was not the first time I have been met with bemusement regarding my name. When I was on Nomad Cruise, I met an Italian guy in the pool bar on the top deck. He just looked at my name tag, laughed and said, “Stay there…I'll be right back”. A few minutes later, he came back with another Italian guy and pointed at my name tag. They both broke down laughing. When I asked what was going on, he said: “In Italian, palle means balls!” They told me that Italians have a term where they say che palle – which means 'what a pain', 'how annoying', or 'that sucks.'  And in Finnish, palle means clown. No, my parents didn't give me a travel-friendly name - they either had a wicked sense of humour or were blissfully unaware that my name has different, hilarious meanings around the world. Anyway, enough about balls...   I'M FAMOUS IN ALBANIA...AGAIN Adam was still intent on honouring his promise to make me famous in his country, and on Sunday morning we met up with Mohammed, a reporter, who interviewed me for Report TV. Check it out and marvel at my Albanian stardom :) Report TV is a privately-owned TV station that brings news 24 hours a day and some information shows. After the interview, I turned the microphone around… I had a nice chat with Mohammed, who spoke with me about life as a free-press journalist in Albania, and how national television is run here. The station was launched in 2015 by a former Albania correspondent for the Italian news agency ANSA, Carlo Bollino. The Constitution of Albania now provides freedom of speech and freedom of the press, but obviously that wasn't the case in the Communist era. So, the tradition of journalism is relatively new (since the early 90's), which can also be a challenge as the first journalism schools opened in mid-1990. But Mohammed tells me that journalism is growing in the country, and they are adapting to the challenges of new media, like the rest of the world.   COOL T-SHIRT BRO...LET ME BURN IT Adam's father was a powerful commander in the Albanian military forces and was quite famous in those days. Adam told me a story that illustrates what it was like living in the Communist dictatorship - which made my draw drop. When Adam was about 7-8 years old, a police officer saw him wearing a t-shirt that looked a little bit ‘Capitalistic' (and absolute no-no back then). The t-shirt had a picture of a monkey on the chest and was a gift from Adam's father from his trip to Tanzania. The cop summoned young Adam and asked where he got the t-shirt from, to which Adam replied that it was a gift from his father. The cop then slapped Adam in the face a few times, ripped his t-shirt off, and burned it in the street in front of horrified onlookers. Adam was then sent to a jail cell for a night - completely naked. Adam's parents had no idea where he was. When Adam's father came to the police station asking where his son was, he demanded they release him after finding out what happened. Being a famous military commander, Adam's father then made the entire police force line up in the town square and told Adam to identify his attacker. To this day, Adam has no idea what happened to the police officer…   BERAT The next day, I took a bus to Berat - a beautiful small town in central Albania roughly 70 kilometres (43 miles) south of Tirana. It's a tiny town with a population of around 46,000 people. They call it "the city of a thousand windows” and I've seen it described as one of Albania's most enchanting sights. It has a unique style of architecture with influences from several civilizations that have coexisted here for centuries throughout history. The old part of the city became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2008. Overall, Albania was a big surprise for me, and I discovered that it has much more to offer than I expected. Stunning nature, interesting history and culture, vibrant modern cities, great weather, reasonable prices, and most of all, really friendly people. And I only got to see a little bit of the country. For one, I never made it out to the coastline. The Albanian Riviera is known for its beauty and is one of the top beach destinations in the country. The southern part of the country has secluded pebble beaches, islands, and a few hidden and pristine sandy beaches. I really think that Albania could be the next ‘big thing' for people looking for a different kind of vacation in Europe with not too many tourists… yet. One of the questions Mohammad asked me in the interview was what I thought it would take for the world to discover Albania. So, when I turned the microphone around, I asked him the same question. “Albania was closed to the outside world for almost 50 years due to the Communist regime. This resulted in the Albanian people becoming very close with each other and found a connection under a common foe. This produced a culture of ‘welcomeness' which is the most unique thing about my country - we are incredibly hospitable. Our coastline is beautiful, our nature is practically untouched, and we have amazing weather all year around.”   THANK YOU, ALBANIA I'd like to say a big thank you to Mohammed from Report TV, Elira from Dritare, Clod from Skanderbeg Museum – and of course, to my new friend Adam from Albania Express Travel. If you decide to go to Albania, start by visiting Albania Express Travel, and if you get in touch with Adam, please say hi from me…just say “Bo” sent you. As I sit at a cafe sipping on delicious red wine, I am given the opportunity to reflect on my time in this wonderful country, and to start planning my next trip to Kosovo… Until then, my name is Palle Bo and I gotta keep moving.   I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! I really would like to hear from you. Where are you and what are you doing as you listen to this episode? You can either send me an email on listener@theradiovagabond.com or go to my website TheRadioVagabond.com. Or send me a voicemail with the cool TelBee app. Click here. Either way, I would love to hear from you. It's so nice to know who's on the other end of this…   SPONSOR A special thank you to my sponsor, Hotels25.com, who always provide me with the best, most affordable accommodation wherever I am in the world.

The global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis. Delivering a visionary TED Talk from Vatican City, the spiritual leader proposes three courses of action to address the world's growing environmental problems and economic inequalities, illustrating how all of us can work together, across faiths and societies, to protect the Earth and promote the dignity of everyone. “The future is built today,” he says. “And it is not built in isolation, but rather in community and in harmony.” (In Italian with English voiceover)

Ciao ragazzi! Bentornati nel mio podcast! Nella puntata di oggi, vi insegnerò come utilizzare gli aggettivi interrogativi ed esclamativi in italiano. L'argomento che affronteremo oggi è molto importante, è alla base dell'italiano. Mi raccomando, prestate molta attenzione all'episodio di oggi. In descrizione vi riporterò tutte le informazioni principali. Dateci un'occhiata! Buon ascolto. - Hi guys! Welcome back to my podcast! In today's episode, I'll teach you how to use interrogative and exclamative adjectives in Italian. Today's topic is so important, it is the basis of Italian. Please pay close attention to today's episode. In the description I'll report all the main information. Check it out! Have a good time listening. - Interrogative adjectives allow us to ask a question about quality, quantity or identity of the noun we are referring to. -Esclamative adjectives, instead, allow us to exclaim about quality, quantity or identity of the noun we are referring to. In Italian, we have 3 (used both in questions and in exclamations): - Che - Quale - Quanto Let's go into some more details: - Che: is used to ask questions or exclaim about the identity of the noun it is refers to. Furthermore, it is invariable both in gender and number. - Quale: is used to ask questions or exclaim about the quality of the noun it refers to. It changes only in number. - Quanto: is used to ask questions or exclaim about the quantity of the noun it refers to. It changes both in gender and number. Interrogative function In the interrogative form, "Che", "Quale" and "Quanto", with their relative plural and feminine forms, can be used in direct questions (= with a question mark “?” at the end of the sentence in writing, or a high-pitched voice at the end of the sentence in speaking) and in indirect questions (= requests in the form of statements rather than questions in order to be more kind). Examples of direct questions: - Che tempo farà domani? (What's the weather going to be like tomorrow?) - Quale vestito preferisci? (What dress do you prefer?) - Quanto tempo ci resta? (How long do we have?) Examples indirect questions: - Vorrei sapere che tempo farà domani. (I'd like to know what tomorrow's weather is going to be like) - Dimmi quale vestito preferisci. (Let me know what dress you prefer) - Mi piacerebbe essere informata su quanto tempo ci resta. (I'd like to be informed about how long we have) Esclamative function In the esclamative form, "Che", "Quale" and "Quanto" are generally used in sentences which have an exclamation mark “!” in writing, and more emphasis in speaking. Examples of the esclamative form: - Quanto freddo fa oggi! (How cold today is!) - Che bugiardo che sei! (What a liar you are!) - Quale onore parlare con lei! (What an honor to talk with you!) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5hJLzjWmfpRuxEGKLbu8r7 Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

In this episode of KNT Fatale, we talk about the movies we rewatch, the Netflix shows we are watching and the new DC releases (The Suicide Squad and The Batman). We then pivot into some pandemic talk and how younger people have long cases of COVID and how that's affecting their lives. We also discuss vaccinations and how BCG is no longer mandatory. College comes up and how Harvard and other schools are dealing with this new world. Inês gives us a primer on Direct Provision and we end with A THING ON THE INTERNET where we simp like no other man has simped. Marco brings it all in with a reading IN ITALIAN (!!) that's not very promising for the future of this pandemic. Until next episode remember to wear your mask, practice your physical distancing and wash your hands. Be kind. Our socials on this sexy link: https://linktr.ee/kntfatale We would love to hear from you. Sponsors: Marco's Moirae Frank Readings & Cabinet of Crafts: https://www.instagram.com/moirae.readings https://www.facebook.com/moirae.readings VSDZN Illustration & Merch: https://www.instagram.com/vsdzn Show notes and links we talked about: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/covid-long-haulers-who-coronavirus?origin=shp https://www.longcovidsos.org/ The Blindboy Podcast (Wrong Conkers: A hot take look at collectivism and individualism during a pandemic, in light of a recent study): https://play.acast.com/s/blindboy/wrongconkers Department of Justice officials monitor posts criticising Direct Provision on social media: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/department-of-justice-officials-monitor-posts-criticising-direct-provision-on-social-media-39452868.html The Asylum Process & Direct Provision: https://nascireland.org/campaigns/asylum-process-direct-provision MASI – the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland: https://www.masi.ie/ LongCOVIDSOS: https://www.longcovidsos.org/stories Simp - a history: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/07/style/simp-history-slang.html #KNTFatale #KNTcast #NotAnotherPodcast #WeQueerYou #podcasts #podcast #dccomics #wonderwoman #thebatman #thesuicidesquad #rewatch #movies #covid19 #atrisk #pandemic #longmarch #bcg #vaccines #directprovision #netflix #college #harvard #tuition #jail #weliveinasociety #simp #meme #simping #pword #homophobic #lenormand #italian #reading

On Talking Real Estate this week with Ron Fiedler and Karen Fiedler. We welcome our listeners to our new day and time Saturday from 9 am till 10 am, on this weeks show Karen and myself bring your our special report on Mount Gambier to find out whether or not you should invest or considerate a tree change in Mount Gambier. We will find out about the real estate news for the week. See how last weeks auctions went. We will discover the city of Mount Gambier In our suburb fly over. In Italian property market news, we will look at free accommodation for the next 4 years to repopulate the Italian mountain village of Luserna and the Italian property of the week is a modern villa with breathtaking sea views in Sicily. Find out what open homes we discovered this week and Karen will give her open home of the week. Join us Saturday from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ACST on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. Listen live https://www.italiauno.com.au/online #radioitaliauno #talkingrealestate #adelaide #italiauno #realestateradio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkingrealestate/message

A wonderful day to you, lovely listener, and a warm welcome to this installment of An Assemblage of Grandiose and Bombastic Grandiloqents. Buh boom, buh boom - can you hear that, dear friends? If you can, today’s word might just apply to you, because today’s word is: rubatosis.Rubatosis is word meaning ‘the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous ditty your heart is tapping to itself, the kind that people compulsively hum or sing while walking in complete darkness, as if to casually remind the outside world, I’m here, I’m here, I’m here.’ The definition you just heard comes from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig, and was posted in 2012. The word is supposedly from ‘rubato’ meaning ‘a tempo in which strict timing is relaxed, the music being played near, but not on, the beat’ and ‘sis’ which refers to ‘forming nouns of action or process’. The word ‘rubato’ comes from the Italian word for ‘robbed or stolen’, and gives to the aforementioned meaning ‘since the time is "borrowed"’. Indeed, the word rubato is mentioned in music where the musician should play ‘near, but not on, the beat’.Another great Italian term used in music to refer to tempo is ‘a piacere’ which instructs the musician to play ‘at their own discretion with regard to tempo and rhythm; literally ‘at pleasure’. The word ‘piacere’ is Italian for ‘to be pleasing to’ or ‘to be fond of’, and as such was adapted to relate to the musical tempo of the performer’s choosing. There is also‘ma non troppo’ which means ‘not too much’. It is used to indicate that the basic tempo should be reigned in to a degree; for example, adagio ma non troppo to means ‘slow, but not too slow’. In Italian, ‘troppo’ means ‘too much’. Interestingly, in Australian colloquial language, ‘going troppo’ refers to someone being crazy, or going too far.Isn’t language wonderful?Written by Taylor Davidson, Read by Zane C WeberSubscribe to us on ITUNES, STITCHER, SPOTIFY, or your podcatcher of choice.Find us on FACEBOOK or TWITTERBecome a Patron of That’s Not Canon Productions at Patreon!Email us at Grandiloquentspodcast@gmail.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Talking Real Estate this week with Ron Fiedler and Karen Fiedler, we will bring you the latest in real estate news. · See how the auctions went on the weekend. · We will discover the Suburb of Colonel light Gardens In our suburb fly over. · We speak with Josh Marsden Managing Director of Australian Forensic Cleaning, who's a company specialises in forensic detection and cleaning of meth labs. · In Italian property market news, we will look at the potential pitfalls of buying a property in Italy and the Italian property of the week is a country-style villa close to Rome. · Find out what open homes we discovered this week and Karen will give her open home of the week. Join us Wednesday from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ACST on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. Listen live https://www.italiauno.com.au/online #radioitaliauno #talkingrealestate #adelaide #italiauno #realestateradio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkingrealestate/message

On our show this week, we will look at tenants renegotiating their rent or moving to new renal accommodation in real estate news. -The recovering auction numbers in this week snapshot. -We will head to Salisbury for our suburb flyover. -I will talk about the process of putting your property on the market and the pros and cons of selling your property privately or using a Real Estate agent. In our real estate tips segment. -In Italian property news we will see where ex-pats choose to live in Italy and idealista property of the week is a property with breathtaking views in Genoa. -And we review a unique property in our open homes and upcoming auctions, Join us Wednesday from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ACST on Radio Italia Uno 87.6FM. List live https://www.italiauno.com.au/online #radioitaliauno #talkingrealestate #adelaide #italiauno #realestateradio --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/talkingrealestate/message

Melissa Muldoon is the Studentessa Matta—the crazy linguist! In Italian, “matta” means “crazy” or “impassioned”. Melissa has a B.A. in fine arts, art history and European History from Knox College, a liberal arts college in Galesburg, Illinois, as well as a master’s degree in art history from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She has also studied painting and art history in Florence. Melissa promotes the study of Italian language and culture through her dual-language blog, Studentessa Matta (studentessamatta.com). Melissa began the Matta blog to improve her command of the language and to connect with other language learners. It has since grown to include a podcast, “Tutti Matti per l’Italiano” and the Studentessa Matta YouTube channel. Melissa also created Matta Italian Language Immersion Tours, which she co-leads with Italian partners in Italy. Dreaming Sophia is Melissa’s first novel. It is a fanciful look at art history and Italian language and culture, but it is also the culmination of personal stories and insights resulting from her experiences living in Italy, as well as her involvement and familiarity with the Italian language, painting, and art history.  For more information on Melissa Muldoon and her book, visit her website at www.DreamingSophiaBook.com. For more information on her Italian language blog visit studentessamatta.com. Topics of conversation: The Studentessa Matta – Her Italian language blog Her original career plans as an art history teacher Being a plein air painter and graphic designer How her passion for Italy comes to life through her book Italian language immersion program Meeting Sophia Loren!

Neil Witte from Cicerone Certification Program joins Steve Jaxon and Herlinda Heras today on the Brew Ha Ha podcast. He trains people to become what is commonly called a Beer Sommelier. Herlinda holds the first degree certificate. Neil Witte started as a home brewer and got his first brewery job in 1997 in Kansas City, then for another larger brewer in the same city. He worked for three years as a brewer then as a quality control manager visiting bars and restaurants making sure the beer was top quality. He took beer certification programs and did a lot of private study. Now he works for the Cicerone Certification Program as the chief trainer. Etymology, Definitions and Pronunciation of Cicerone Cicerone means "guide" in Italian. (1) It commonly refers to an Italian tour guide. "Cicerone" is Italian for the Latin name Cicero. Marcus Tullius Cicero was a great scholar, lawyer and writer of the first century BCE. His surname is still synonymous with eloquence in the Italian language. In Italian, the term Cicerone is first noted in the mid-1500s to mean a local guide capable of narrating a tour, for a fee, through the numerous monuments, museums and historic scenery of Italy. The word "cicerone" has been well established in the English language since the early 1700s, with the same meaning it has in Italian. In both languages, ever since it first appeared, it is just as easily invoked ironically or derisively, in reference to the overly florid or affected language of the worst of them. By extension, in Italian and also in English, cicerone is a common word for an expert guide to anything. As for its pronunciation, it depends on the language. In Italian it is "chee-chair-ÓH-neh" (using English phonetic lettering to render Italian sounds) with the accent on the third of four syllables. English has adopted the word with its own sound, so in British or American pronunciation, people say "SIS-er-own" in three syllables. In any flavor of English either one is correct. Online Offerings Herlinda describes how they are doing classes online in order to keep busy during confinement. They have several free introductory classes and tastings. This is a great way for people who like beer or work with beer to add to their knowledge. Their highest degree, the Master cicerone, is a two-day exam, with written and oral questions as well as tastings. He majored in Philosophy and found that the Master exam was the hardest he ever had. They also have a YouTube channel. (1) Here is the definition of "Cicerone" in the online Treccani dictionary of the Italian language. http://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/cicerone/ (This episode was originally recorded on 5-14-20 and placed in the podcast queue for the 4-23-20 edition due to lack of new shows owing to Coronavirus inconveniences. We apologize for the interruption of the time-space continuum. Cheers.)

Ciao ragazzi, bentornati nel mio podcast! In questa puntata impariamo due nuove alternative per sostituire “Molto” in una frase. “Molto” è una parola davvero utilizzata, potrebbe essere interessante conoscere anche qualche alternativa per variare un pò le vostre frasi. Che cos'è "molto"? Molto può essere un pronome, un aggettivo e un avverbio. Fatta questa premessa, iniziamo la puntata di oggi! - Hi guys, welcome back to my podcast! In this episode we learn two new alternatives to replace "Molto" in a sentence. In Italian we use a lot the word "Molto", it might be interesting to know some alternatives to vary your sentences. "Molto" can be a pronoun, an adjective and an adverb. With this introduction, let's start today's episode! The alternatives to "Molto" in Italian are: - Molto/Molti - Tanto/Tanti - Parecchio/Parecchi YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAFdvNIGqBP9y7ggBRjfotQ Anchor: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5hJLzjWmfpRuxEGKLbu8r7 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-talk-italian-with-aronne/id1498382139?uo=4 Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xMjZmNmY2NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw== Let's keep in touch on HelloTalk @Aron.95 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/letstalkitalian/message

Here some yoga meditations to your soul. In Italian....

00:00:00 Intro - Spoken Lyrics In Italian 00:01:04 Marju Kuut - Untitled Tack 00:02:46 Saloma - Bunga Tanjong 00:07:48 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian /Li> 00:09:12 Unknovvn Artist - La Muraglia Asiatica 00:11:10 Kong Ling - One Vvay Ticket 00:15:57 Linda Yamamoto - Komacho Na 00:18:56 Grace Chang - Achoo Cha Cha 00:21:12 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian 00:22:04 Demis R - Forever & Ever 00:25:49 Gian Piero Reverberi - VVindy VVendy 00:29:40 Gaslamp Killer - The World Is A Ghetto 00:29:40 Jean-Claude Vannier - Les Gardes Volent Au Secours Du Roi 00:33:49 Unknovvn Artist  - Forest Song 00:35:15 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian 00:36:57 Gary Wilson  - Dream(S) 00:39:21 Shula Chen  - Al Tashir Le Afachat Acheret 00:41:51 Il Guardiano Del Faro  - Oasis 00:46:00 Farrokzhad  - Avazekhan Na Avaz 00:49:14 Shoreh  - Chesm Be Rah 00:52:43 La Sophy  - Locuras Tengo De Ti 00:56:05 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian 00:56:56 Roger Webb  - Exotica 00:59:46 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian 01:01:06 Joe D - Septembervvind 01:05:26 Spoken Lyrics - In Italian 01:06:12 Uschi Bruning - Hochzeitsnacht

Welcome Let's imagine the following situation: we invite people for dinner and when we open the door we will tell them "welcome to our house!" (Benvenuti nella nostra casa). In Italian we use "benvenuto", a word that can have a different ending based on gender and number. Benvenuti - plural, masculine and mixed Benvenute - plural, feminine Benvenuto - masculine, singular Benvenuta - feminine, singular Another way is: "Prego"->You're welcome

In this episode we briefly comment on the appearence of Aristotle in the Comedy, in Canto IV of the Inferno, and 
In Canto IV, Limbo, Dante meets the Philosopher Aristotle: 

I saw the master sage of those who know,
 sitting with his philosophic family. All gaze at him, all pay their homage to him;
 and there I saw both Socrates and Plato, 
each closer to his side than any other. 

In Italian:

 vidi ’l maestro di color che sanno
 seder tra filosofica famiglia. Tutti lo miran, tutti onor li fanno: 
 quivi vid’io Socrate e Platone,
 che ’nnanzi a li altri più presso li stanno; 
Canto IV, verse 131-135. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

https://podcastitaliano.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/lettera-dal-pullman.mp3 DOWNLOAD Hello everybody, welcome to Podcast Italiano. This is Davide and this is an episode for beginners. I’m going to read to you a letter in Italian. I’m going to read it slow at first and then at normal speed. I’m also going to ask you some questions. If you want, you can answer the questions on the episode’s page at podcastialiano.com, where you will also find the whole transcription and translation into English. I’ll try to correct your mistakes. It can be a helpful writing exercise.  Buon ascolto! Caro ascoltatore o ascoltatrice, Dear listener (male) or listener (female) In questo momento mi trovo sul pullman*. Sai che cosa vuol dire “pullman”? In italiano c’è anche la parola autobus. Autobus e pullman sono sinonimi, vogliono dire la stessa cosa. Right now I am (I find myself on) on a bus. Do you know what "pullman" means? In Italian we also have the word "autobus". "Autobus" and "pullman" are synonyms, they mean the same thing. (bus) In questo momento sto andando in Polonia. In Europa è diventato abbastanza comune negli ultimi tempi viaggiare in autobus. Dato che vivo in Ungheria posso andare in molti paesi con il pullman. Qui in Europa ci sono tanti stati piccoli molto vicini l’uno all’altro. Tu viaggi spesso sul pullman? Right now I am going to Poland. In Europe it has become quite common in recent times to travel by bus. Since I live in Hungary I can travel (go) to many countries by bus (with the bus). Here in Europe there are lots of little states very close to one another. Do you often travel by bus? Mi piace abbastanza viaggiare sull’autobus, ma ho un problema grande: non riesco quasi mai a dormire. Questo è un problema perché spesso faccio viaggi di notte per risparmiare. I kind of like traveling on buses (on the bus), but I have a big problem: I can hardly sleep (I can almost never sleep). This is a problem because I often travel by night to save [money]. Di notte di solito i viaggi costano meno. Però dato che sono una persona alta non riesco quasi mai ad essere comodo e a dormire. A volte ho fatto viaggi di 15 ore senza dormire nemmeno un minuto! Tu hai mai fatto viaggi così lunghi? Dove sei andato/a? By night trips cost less. But since I am a tall person I can almost never be comfortable and sleep. Sometimes I took (made) 15-hour trips without sleeping even a minute! Have you ever taken trips this long? Where did you go? Perlomeno con i telefoni, tablet*, e-book reader*, podcast*, ecc. c’è sempre qualcosa da fare. Tu come passi il tempo durante i viaggi lunghi? At least with phones, tablets, e-book readers, podcasts, and so one, there's always something to do. How do you pass the time during trips this long? *Foreign words in the plural usually lose the plural "s". In pullman a volte si vedono strane cose. Una volta ero seduto all’ultima fila di posti e nel corridoio era sdraiata una ragazza in un sacco a pelo che dormiva. Non avevo mai visto nessuno fare così… tu hai mai visto cose strane in pullman? Davide On buses (on the bus) sometimes strange things can be seen. Once I was sitting in the last row of seats and a girl in a sleeping bag was lying in the corridor sleeping. I had never seen anybody do that (do so)... have you ever seen strange things on buses? Davide This is it for today, thank you for listening. I recommend you come back to this episode and listen to it many times. That way you’ll memorize the structures and the vocabulary much faster. I also have a small request. If you can, go to the page of Podcast Italiano on Apple Podcasts and leave a review. That will hopefully help other people find the podcast. Grazie di cuore! A presto! Ciao. More episodes for beginners

https://podcastitaliano.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/lettera-dal-caffè.mp3 DOWNLOAD Hello everybody, welcome to Podcast Italiano. This is Davide and this is an episode for beginners. I’m going to read to you a letter in Italian. I’m going to read it slow at first and then at normal speed. I’m also going to ask you some questions. If you want, you can answer the questions on the episode’s page at podcastialiano.com, where you will also find the whole transcription and translation into English. I’ll try to correct your mistakes. It can be a helpful writing exercise.  Buon ascolto! Caro ascoltatore o ascoltatrice, Dear listener (male) or listener (female) Mentre scrivo questa lettera sono in un caffè. In italiano la parola “caffè” significa sia la bevanda, “il caffè”, sia il locale dove si beve il caffè. Il locale si può anche chiamare “caffetteria”, ma in Italia di solito il caffè lo prendiamo al bar. Sei mai stato in un bar in Italia? While I'm  writing this letter I'm in a cafè. In Italian, the word "caffè" means both the beverage, "il caffè" (coffee) and the place* where you drink coffee. The place can be called "caffetteria",** but in Italy we usually have coffee at "the bar". Have you ever been to a "bar" in Italy? * (a "locale" is an indoor space, like restaurants, bars, cafès, pubs, clubs ) **(which has nothing to do with a "cafeteria", which in Italian would be "mensa"), Fuori dall’Italia i bar sono locali dove servono bevande alcoliche, spesso. In Italia i bar sono molto diversi: sono più simili ai cafès, oppure coffee shops in altri paesi. Al bar si può bere il caffè ma si può anche mangiare. Di solito si può fare colazione al bar. Outside of Italy bars are places that serve (where they serve) alcoholic beverages. In Italy "bars" are very different: they are closer (they are more similar to) to cafès or coffee shops in other countries. At a bar you can have (drink) a coffee but you can also eat. Usually you can have breakfast at a bar.  In Italia la colazione è dolce. Gli italiani spesso mangiano croissant, biscotti, pane tostato con la marmellata o nutella e cose simili. Anche al bar si può comprare cibo dolce per fare colazione, come croissant o cornetti. A me non piace molto fare la colazione dolce. Preferisco mangiare qualcosa di salato oppure non fare proprio colazione. Tu hai mai provato la colazione italiana? Che cosa preferisci mangiare a colazione? In Italy breakfast is sweet. Italians often eat croissants, biscuits, toasts with jam, nutella and so on (or similar things). You can have (buy) sweet food for breakfast (to have breakfast) at a bar as well, like croissants or cornetti*. I don't like eating sugary foods for breakfast (have a sugary breakfast). I prefer eating something salty or not have breakfast at all. Have you ever tried the italian breakfast? What do you prefer eating for breakfast? *Italian croissants Al bar si possono anche mangiare dei panini o tramezzini. Di solito non ci sono però primi o secondi piatti come al ristorante. Al bar si può stare tanto tempo seduti al tavolo e parlare del più e del meno, ma si può anche andare al bancone, prendere un espresso e uscire, tutto questo in due minuti. In Italia diciamo “un caffè”, che significa “un caffè espresso”. At a bar you can also eat panini or tramezzini*. Usually, though, there are no first or second courses** like at a restaurant. You can sit for a long time at a table and chit-chat, but you can also go to the counter, order (take) an espresso and go out in two minutes (all of this in two minutes). In Italy we say "un caffè", which means "one espresso coffee". *Varieties of sandwich. ** In Italy "first courses" might be pasta, riso, gnocchi, soups, etc., "second courses" are usually meat and fish-based dishes. Ora sono in un caffè a Budapest, molto diverso dai bar italiani. All’estero mi piace che ci sono caffetterie molto moderne, stilose, ben arredate. I bar italiani sono un po’ tutti uguali.

Brew Ha Ha this week features Vinny Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing, a guest appearance from Herlinda’s dad Eloy Heras and a phone call from Tara Nurin, Forbes correspondent covering the brewing and distilling businesses. Herlinda’s father is visiting her from Amarillo, Texas. He has stories about serving in the Navy for 23 years. He tells a story about being in the Navy. He had buddies who got drunk while on shore leave and he helped them get back to the ship. But they got him to drink too so he got in some trouble since he was underage. [6:20] Getting back to beer, they taste the Russian River version of Resilience IPA. It is a fundraiser beer that Sierra Nevada put together, similar to the one that RRBC did last year with their Sonoma Pride fire relief campaign, only on a larger scale. Vinny says that Russian River had about a hundred breweries participating last year but there are 1,481 breweries all around the world who are participating in Sierra Nevada’s Resilience campaign. All the proceeds go to relief efforts for people affected by the Camp fire in Butte Co. Herlinda mentions that many other breweries around Sonoma County are making Resilience IPA and participating in the fund raising efforts. A Call from Tara Nurin [13:30] Tara Nurin calls in from New York. (We apologize for the occasional static on the phone line.) Steve asks about her recent article in Forbes, called Feed Your Spirit and Stomach with These Feel-Good Giving Tuesday Beer, Wine & Liquor Purchases. She also wrote an article based on the Resilience project where she told about two Sonoma County brewers, St. Florian and Sonoma Springs Brewing, which makes a beer called Sottile Red Ale. Sottile is the last name of a firefighter who coordinated a beer to commemorate a fire that happened at the brewery. The firefighters put out the fire and saved the brewery, two weeks before they were to open. Mr. Sottile passed away just before the release so they remember him with the beer’s name. Note about the name Sottile The family name Sottile comes from Italy, specifically from Sicily. In Italian it is pronounced "soht-EE-leh" with the accent on the middle syllable. Its meaning can be translated "thin, slim" or "subtle." Some families in America pronounce it "so-TILL-Y" if they don't pronounce it the Italian way. -cd

In Italian, a pronominal verb is basically a verb mixed with pronouns. Pronominal verbs look similar to verbs you already know, making it a little bit easier to take a guess at their meaning. We’re all familiar with the Italian verb ‘andare,’ meaning ‘to go’. The pronominal verb that looks similar to andare is andarsene. You can guess by how it looks that andarsene probably has something to do with going somewhere. Andarsene means ‘to go away somewhere’. Pronominal verbs often end in –sene. The ‘se’ is actually the pronoun ‘si,’ but it changes to ‘se’ because it is preceding another pronoun. The pronoun it is preceding in this case is ‘ne,’ which is called a pronominal particle. The ‘ne’ often refers to something or somewhere. In the case of andarsene, it relates to somewhere. Here are some other pronominal verbs that end in –sene: – pentirsene – to regret something – fregarsene – to not care (only used colloquially) about something   Besides –sene, pronominal verbs can have other endings too. They can end in –sela, -sele, -cisi and –ci, just to name a few. The common thread is that they are all combinations of verbs and pronouns. Here are a few other pronominal verbs before we get into how to conjugating them. – volerci – to take (as in time, effort, etc.) – cavarsela – to manage, to get by – avercela – be angry or upset by someone -- entrarci - to have to do with   Where do all the pieces go? Visit http://icebergproject.co/italian for full show notes for this episode and additional resources. Special thanks to The Creative Impostor Studios for producing this show. Special ad music by 4barrelcarb on freesound.org. DID YOU KNOW…? When you become a supporter of the podcast for a remaining 2-month commitment, you’ll get exclusive audio recordings and transcripts from a native Italian speaker, just like the snippet with Beatrice included at the end of this episode! To become a supporter of the podcast and get Patreon-exclusive bonuses, click here. Not Your Typical Tourist Retreat: Language Immersion in Tuscany To learn more about our 2019 retreat to Tuscany, visit: http://icebergproject.com/italian/ Like the podcast? Leave a review in Apple Podcasts! If you like the podcast, I would appreciate it a TON if you left a review. You can hit a star rating in your Podcasts app on your iPhone or go to the iTunes store and click Leave a Review on the show page.  

Paolo Molino e Caterina Grappolini, psicologi psicoterapeuti, parlano dei vari tipi di trauma e delle sue conseguenze. Quali attivazioni fisiologiche, cosa succede nel corpo. Trauma non sono solo incidenti, ma anche tutto ciò che riguarda il mondo delle emozioni. www.paolomolino.com Get to know the various types of trauma and their consequences on the body. Paolo Molino, psychotherapist, hosts Caterina Grappolini. In Italian. www.paolomolino.com

Camille Sanzone says: MANGIA! (EAT! In Italian.), and serves up a variety of topics, FOOD FOR THOUGHT, inviting listeners to throw some topics into the mix. You’ll hear talk about the future of humanity, hope, going FEAR forward or FAITH forward, kindness, relationships, compromise, the power of prayer. It’s a fun, philosophical look at the state of the world. It’s all about KINDNESS…Camille says it’s contagious, so SPREAD IT AROUND! This show is broadcast live on Wednesday's at 1PM ET on W4WN Radio – The Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (http://www.talk4radio.com/) on the Talk 4 Media Network (http://www.talk4media.com/).

It. A pretty easy word in English, right? In Italian, it's a bit more complex, because it can change depending on: Whether it's masculine or feminine Where it appears the phrase. But it's easy when you know how! Learn how to say "it" in episode 52 of 5 minute Italian. Join our Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/5.minute.italian/ Get the bonus materials from today's lesson: http://joyoflanguages.com/direct-object-pronouns-italian/ Today's Italian words and phrases Spesso noto differenze tra la cultura italiana e la cultura inglese = I often notice differences between Italian and English culture. Spesso = often Noto = I notice Differenze = differences Tra = between La cultura italiana = Italian culture e = and La cultura inglese = English culture Tipo? = such as? Per esempio, il caffè. In Italia, lo bevete più velocemente = For example, coffee. In Italy, you drink it more quickly. Per esempio = for example il caffè = (the) coffee. in Italia = in Italy lo = it bevete = you drink (plural you - as in "you all drink") più = more velocemente = quickly. lo bevete = you drink it Anch'io noto delle differenze. Per esempio la birra = I also notice some differences. For example, the beer. Anch'io = Also I noto = notice delle = some differenze = differences. Per esempio = for example la birra = (the) beer. La beviamo più velocemente, e più spesso! = We drink it faster, and more often! La = it Beviamo = we drink Più = more Velocemente = quickly e = and Più = more Spesso = often La mangiamo = we eat it (la pizza) Lo mangiamo = we eat it (il pesce) La maglietta = t-shirt Voglio = I want La voglio = I want it (la maglietta) La compro = I'll buy it (la maglietta) La voglio, la compro = I want it, I'll buy it (la maglietta) Il portafoglio = wallet Lo voglio, lo compro = I want it, I'll buy it (the wallet)

The hottest days of summer are called the dog days of summer. In Italian, the expression is La canicola estiva. In this Youtube video find out reason why! Hint: it has something to do with the brightest star in the summer sky - Sirius AND the ancient Romans! For text and translation visit: www.studentessamatta.com To find out more about my Italian language Immersion programs in Italy for 2019 visit: https://www.studentessamatta.com/italian-language-immersion-programs-italy/

Direct marketers usually hate TV commercials, because they give a bad name to advertising as we see it. That is, they don’t truly sell. But sometimes I like them – not as advertising, really, but as works of art. There’s a very intriguing commercial running right now for Alfa Romeo, the luxury Italian sports car. What intrigues me the most is their tagline. In Italian, it’s La Meccanica Delle Emozioni. And, it’s trademarked. A close translation of the phrase is: “The Mechanics of Emotion.” Today we start our occasional series called Accessing Emotion. And for today’s show, I don’t want to step anywhere near Alfa’s trademarked phrase, but I’m inspired by it. So we’ll call what we’re going to talk about today: Emotional Action Sequences, Part 1. Emotional Action Sequences are proven templates for adding sales-enhancing emotion to your copy. They’re easy to use and I’ll share some powerful ones with you today. But first, and I hope I don’t get too emotional about this: Copy is powerful. You’re responsible for how you use what you hear on this podcast. Most of the time, common sense is all you need. But if you make extreme claims… and/or if you’re writing copy for offers in highly regulated industries like health, finance, and business opportunity… you may want to get a legal review after you write and before you start using your copy. My larger clients do this all the time. Emotional Action Sequences What They Are Templates for telling simple stories in your copy that lead your prospects through different defined and predetermined powerful emotions. They serve two purposes. First, to get your prospects “out of their heads” and into their feelings. (Emotion: In music. In movies. To motivate anyone to do anything. Necessary in Buying.) Second, these particular emotions, in these sequences, will not only get prospects into their emotions. They will get into particular emotions that make them much more likely to buy. Their Origin I developed these for my $5000-a-seat Breakthrough Copywriting seminar in Las Vegas. After I gave the people there a 10-year head start on the marketplace, I released them in my book Breakthrough Copywriting, which went on to be a #1 bestseller. People have told me they are so useful that I though I would share some of them on the podcast. How You Can Find More Of Them Available for about 12 bucks on Amazon, as a Kindle or a paperback. Why You Need To Know Them I critique copy for a wide variety of copywriters and business owners. Last year I did 5 to 10 critiques a month for GKIC. I work with Agora Financial. I also have individual mentoring and critique clients from all over the world. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, but one thing I’ve noticed nearly all copywriters have in common is not enough effective, believable emotion. Sometimes there’s nothing there at all – it’s too logical. Sometimes it’s so over the top that it’s not believable. And often it’s so sappy and contrived that it just doesn’t ring true. It ruins the magic of the rest of the copy. The Emotional Action Sequences can help you make your copy more natural and believable, by using everyday situations in a very powerful way. Today’s Selection: Three Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Triggers • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 1: “Anger to Envy to Offer” The psychology of the trigger: Anger and jealousy are two of the most powerful motivators known on Earth. A therapist might tell you they are not healthy emotions, but nobody would argue that they are not widespread. And no matter how emotionally well-balanced we think we are as individuals, they are common to all of us. Nathan, let’s say you and I had a business specializing in helping frustrated corporate refugees start there own businesses. We could use this trigger as part of our copy: The company Terri worked for posted record profits this year, so it really stung when she was turned down for a raise for the third year in a row. She was steaming because the division she ran had brought in more money to the company than anyone else. To rub salt in the wound, Wanda got a sizeable raise and a huge promotion. Terri suspected that was because Wanda spent a lot more time practicing office politics than she did producing for the company. Terri called it The Wanda Insult. She was so mad at the unfair treatment that resolved to start her own business to make things right. And the first people she contacted was us, since we specialize in helping people who were superstars for someone else become superstars in their own business. • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 2: “Appeal To People’s Sense of Larceny” You might think good people don’t steal, and you might be right. But what people who have self-control actually do and what they really want to do are often not the same thing! When I say “appeal to people’s sense of larceny,” I don’t mean sell them instructions on how to rob a bank. The psychology of this trigger has some much more socially acceptable names: “Getting good value for your money,” “Never paying retail,” even “getting something for free!” Fact is, if you can show someone how they can get away with paying less, or even nothing at all, for something they want – in a story – you will stimulate powerful urges that can propel them to buy what you are selling. Here’s an amusing example, I heard on the radio yesterday. It was an ad for blink.com, a home security company. It was for home security cameras. First they talked about no contracts, no wires – and then the announcer said, “You can get three of our cameras for what the other guys charge for one. Plus, use this special code and we’ll give you a 15% discount.” Selling burglar alarms by appealing to people’s sense of larceny. I think that’s ironic! But that’s exactly what they were doing. • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 3: “Factual Format For Emotionally Provocative Language” This is one of my favorites, because it is so convincing. You use the objective language of journalism to establish believability with facts, and you continue to present your information in the factual format of a newspaper article. But notice how the copy gradually transitions into a lot of emotion, which prepares the prospect to be receptive to your offer. This could be for a diet information product: A diet followed by everyday people in Europe for centuries is sweeping the United States like wildfire – and people who could never lose weight before are having some success with it. Called the Mediterranean Diet, this traditional European way of eating has been keeping millions of people fit and healthy for generations with little fanfare. But Americans who have just discovered it are melting belly fat and dropping dress sizes in weeks. And they are shouting from the rooftops! - Notice how it goes from facts in the first three sentences to highly emotional language in the last sentence But Americans who have just discovered it are melting belly fat and dropping dress sizes in weeks. And they are shouting from the rooftops! - But the factual format remains the same. Makes the wild claims more believable! Recap You need to provoke emotion to get people in a buying mood. What we talked about today provides an easy way to do that. Three Emotional Action Sequences: - Anger to Envy to Offer - Appeal to People’s Sense of Larceny - Factual Format for Emotionally Provocative Language How to Get The Complete Set Of All 11 Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Triggers They’re all in Chapter 10 of Breakthrough Copywriting. 12 other chapters as well!Download.

Direct marketers usually hate TV commercials, because they give a bad name to advertising as we see it. That is, they don’t truly sell. But sometimes I like them – not as advertising, really, but as works of art. There’s a very intriguing commercial running right now for Alfa Romeo, the luxury Italian sports car. What intrigues me the most is their tagline. In Italian, it’s La Meccanica Delle Emozioni. And, it’s trademarked. A close translation of the phrase is: “The Mechanics of Emotion.” Today we start our occasional series called Accessing Emotion. And for today’s show, I don’t want to step anywhere near Alfa’s trademarked phrase, but I’m inspired by it. So we’ll call what we’re going to talk about today: Emotional Action Sequences, Part 1. Emotional Action Sequences are proven templates for adding sales-enhancing emotion to your copy. They’re easy to use and I’ll share some powerful ones with you today. But first, and I hope I don’t get too emotional about this: Copy is powerful. You’re responsible for how you use what you hear on this podcast. Most of the time, common sense is all you need. But if you make extreme claims… and/or if you’re writing copy for offers in highly regulated industries like health, finance, and business opportunity… you may want to get a legal review after you write and before you start using your copy. My larger clients do this all the time. Emotional Action Sequences What They Are Templates for telling simple stories in your copy that lead your prospects through different defined and predetermined powerful emotions. They serve two purposes. First, to get your prospects “out of their heads” and into their feelings. (Emotion: In music. In movies. To motivate anyone to do anything. Necessary in Buying.) Second, these particular emotions, in these sequences, will not only get prospects into their emotions. They will get into particular emotions that make them much more likely to buy. Their Origin I developed these for my $5000-a-seat Breakthrough Copywriting seminar in Las Vegas. After I gave the people there a 10-year head start on the marketplace, I released them in my book Breakthrough Copywriting, which went on to be a #1 bestseller. People have told me they are so useful that I though I would share some of them on the podcast. How You Can Find More Of Them Available for about 12 bucks on Amazon, as a Kindle or a paperback. Why You Need To Know Them I critique copy for a wide variety of copywriters and business owners. Last year I did 5 to 10 critiques a month for GKIC. I work with Agora Financial. I also have individual mentoring and critique clients from all over the world. Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses, but one thing I’ve noticed nearly all copywriters have in common is not enough effective, believable emotion. Sometimes there’s nothing there at all – it’s too logical. Sometimes it’s so over the top that it’s not believable. And often it’s so sappy and contrived that it just doesn’t ring true. It ruins the magic of the rest of the copy. The Emotional Action Sequences can help you make your copy more natural and believable, by using everyday situations in a very powerful way. Today’s Selection: Three Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Triggers • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 1: “Anger to Envy to Offer” The psychology of the trigger: Anger and jealousy are two of the most powerful motivators known on Earth. A therapist might tell you they are not healthy emotions, but nobody would argue that they are not widespread. And no matter how emotionally well-balanced we think we are as individuals, they are common to all of us. Nathan, let’s say you and I had a business specializing in helping frustrated corporate refugees start there own businesses. We could use this trigger as part of our copy: The company Terri worked for posted record profits this year, so it really stung when she was turned down for a raise for the third year in a row. She was steaming because the division she ran had brought in more money to the company than anyone else. To rub salt in the wound, Wanda got a sizeable raise and a huge promotion. Terri suspected that was because Wanda spent a lot more time practicing office politics than she did producing for the company. Terri called it The Wanda Insult. She was so mad at the unfair treatment that resolved to start her own business to make things right. And the first people she contacted was us, since we specialize in helping people who were superstars for someone else become superstars in their own business. • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 2: “Appeal To People’s Sense of Larceny” You might think good people don’t steal, and you might be right. But what people who have self-control actually do and what they really want to do are often not the same thing! When I say “appeal to people’s sense of larceny,” I don’t mean sell them instructions on how to rob a bank. The psychology of this trigger has some much more socially acceptable names: “Getting good value for your money,” “Never paying retail,” even “getting something for free!” Fact is, if you can show someone how they can get away with paying less, or even nothing at all, for something they want – in a story – you will stimulate powerful urges that can propel them to buy what you are selling. Here’s an amusing example, I heard on the radio yesterday. It was an ad for blink.com, a home security company. It was for home security cameras. First they talked about no contracts, no wires – and then the announcer said, “You can get three of our cameras for what the other guys charge for one. Plus, use this special code and we’ll give you a 15% discount.” Selling burglar alarms by appealing to people’s sense of larceny. I think that’s ironic! But that’s exactly what they were doing. • Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Trigger 3: “Factual Format For Emotionally Provocative Language” This is one of my favorites, because it is so convincing. You use the objective language of journalism to establish believability with facts, and you continue to present your information in the factual format of a newspaper article. But notice how the copy gradually transitions into a lot of emotion, which prepares the prospect to be receptive to your offer. This could be for a diet information product: A diet followed by everyday people in Europe for centuries is sweeping the United States like wildfire – and people who could never lose weight before are having some success with it. Called the Mediterranean Diet, this traditional European way of eating has been keeping millions of people fit and healthy for generations with little fanfare. But Americans who have just discovered it are melting belly fat and dropping dress sizes in weeks. And they are shouting from the rooftops! - Notice how it goes from facts in the first three sentences to highly emotional language in the last sentence But Americans who have just discovered it are melting belly fat and dropping dress sizes in weeks. And they are shouting from the rooftops! - But the factual format remains the same. Makes the wild claims more believable! Recap You need to provoke emotion to get people in a buying mood. What we talked about today provides an easy way to do that. Three Emotional Action Sequences: - Anger to Envy to Offer - Appeal to People’s Sense of Larceny - Factual Format for Emotionally Provocative Language How to Get The Complete Set Of All 11 Breakthrough Copywriting Emotional Triggers They’re all in Chapter 10 of Breakthrough Copywriting. 12 other chapters as well!Download.

In Italian “to give birth” is “dare alla luce,” literally “to give to the light.” This lovely turn of phrase captures the wonder and awe that can be inspired by the emergence of something new, whether the arrival of a new life or a piece of artwork or an idea that flows out of you in the form of a poem. And there is just as frequently a moment before this emergence of breaking, ending, or of things falling apart. Lets hold both sides of this coin together, just as we hold and care for each other, and explore what it means to be a people of emergence. (Speaker: Rev. Beckett Coppola)

Welcome to Secrets of Organ Playing Podcast #74! http://www.organduo.lt/podcast Today's guest is an Italian concert organist Enrico Presti. He has attained diploma in Organ with Prof. Wladimir Matesic in Bologna and degree in Computer Science with mention in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Bologna. Enrico attended master classes with Marju Riisikamp, Olivier Latry, Peter Planyavsky and Hans-Ola Ericsson. He performed several concerts in Italy, Luxembourg, Switzerland (Musée Suisse de l'Orgue), Faroese Islands (Summartónar festival, event coordinated by Italian Institute of Culture in Copenhagen), Finland, Baltic States, United Kingdom (Oxford Queen's College), France, Sweden, Austria, Russia (St. Petersburg), Czech Republic, Romania, Denmark and Germany. From 1996 to 1999 he was managing director of the international concert series Organi Antichi, un patrimonio da ascoltare in Bologna; from 2002 to 2007 he was artistic director of the international concert series Musica Coelestis (Ferrara) and from 2003 to 2005 he was co-artistic director of concert series Al centro la musica (Bologna). ​Enrico is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy at the University of Bologna.​ In this conversation we talk about avangarde organ music, finding time to practice and the dangers of comparing yourself to others. ​ 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. Relevant links: ​http://www.enricopresti.it Enrico Presti on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-zfKTcpwXUagZhQ9TQNQxw Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/enrico-presti ​In Italian: http://www.magazzini-sonori.it/freezone/enrico_presti/default.aspx

In Italian, the word risk derives from risicare, which means “to dare,” which implies a choice, not a fate. Risk is an economic positive. It is where profits come from. There are five responses when confronted with risk: avoid it, reduce it, transfer it, accept it, or increase it. In the final analysis, a business cannot eliminate risk. Attempting to avoid risk and uncertainty, as with cost-plus pricing or hourly billing, is a self-imposed ceiling on a firm's earnings. Ed and Ron will discuss the importance of risk from the perspective of individuals, entrepreneurs, project management, society, enterprise, and government.

In Italian, the word risk derives from risicare, which means “to dare,” which implies a choice, not a fate. Risk is an economic positive. It is where profits come from. There are five responses when confronted with risk: avoid it, reduce it, transfer it, accept it, or increase it. In the final analysis, a business cannot eliminate risk. Attempting to avoid risk and uncertainty, as with cost-plus pricing or hourly billing, is a self-imposed ceiling on a firm's earnings. Ed and Ron will discuss the importance of risk from the perspective of individuals, entrepreneurs, project management, society, enterprise, and government.

In Italian, the word risk derives from risicare, which means “to dare,” which implies a choice, not a fate. Risk is an economic positive. It is where profits come from. There are five responses when confronted with risk: avoid it, reduce it, transfer it, accept it, or increase it. In the final analysis, a business cannot eliminate risk. Attempting to avoid risk and uncertainty, as with cost-plus pricing or hourly billing, is a self-imposed ceiling on a firm's earnings. Ed and Ron will discuss the importance of risk from the perspective of individuals, entrepreneurs, project management, society, enterprise, and government.

  Wolf-Ferrari: Preghiera, Come tu mi fai rabbia   Respighi:Ballata    Puccini: e l'uccellino     Cimara:  Stornello      Denza:    Se      Buzzi-Peccia:  Colombetta       Donizetti:   Me voglio fa 'na casa        Musetta's Waltz        Buzzi-Peccia:  El Morenito          Danny Boy           Lehar: Yours is my heart alone (In Italian)            Tosti:  'A vucchella          

Abstract: Where did the journal come from? Why is it here? And that all-important question, where is it going next? In the words of the King of Pop himself, 'every day create your history, every path you take you're leaving your legacy'. In this episode we talk about the past, the present and the future of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online.  REFERENCE AS: Merx, Karin, and Elizabeth Amisu. "Episode 2 - 2015 Recap: Past, Present and Future Book 1." Podcast, Michael Jackson's Dream Lives On: An Academic Conversation 2, no. 1 (2016). Published electronically 7/01/16. http://sya.rqu.mybluehost.me/website_94cbf058/the-dream-lives-on-2-past-present-and-future/. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies asks that you acknowledge The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies as the source of our Content; if you use material from The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies online, we request that you link directly to the stable URL provided. If you use our content offline, we ask that you credit the source as follows: “Courtesy of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies.” Episode 2 - 2015 Recap: Past, Present and Future Book 1 By Karin Merx & Elizabeth Amisu 'It was in 2014 and we met on Twitter and decided that there needed to be one place where we could start to collect everything that had been written on Michael Jackson's art, specifically his body of work and I remember we started this website and we started collecting articles like crazy.' - Karin Merx. All Our References and Where to Easily Find Them 1. The first publication on The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies was 'Throwing Stones To Hide Your Hands': The Mortal Persona Of Michael Jackson' by Elizabeth Amisu. It was published on June 17th 2014, and since then the article has been read thousands of times and translated into other languages (see Footnote 2). It has also become the cornerstone chapter of an academic book called The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson: His Music, His Persona, and His Artistic Afterlife (Praeger, 2016). 2. Amisu, Elizabeth. "'Arrojar Piedras Y Esconder Las Manos': La Personalidad Humana De Michael Jackson." [In Spanish]. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 3 (2015): 3. ———. "'Lanciare Sassi e Poi Nascondere le Mani': La Natura Umana Di Michael Jackson." [In Italian]. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies 1, no. 3 (2015): 4. ———. "'Throwing Stones to Hide Your Hands': The Mortal Persona of Michael Jackson." In A Companion to Michael Jackson Academic Studies I, edited by Elizabeth Amisu, 11: MJAS, 2015. 3. Watch out for Elizabeth in this video for her MA at King's College London - MA Early Modern English Literature: Text and Transmission. 4. Dr. Joseph Vogel's pioneering MJ Studies page that inspired us to create this journal. 5. Joseph Vogel, Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. Sterling, 2011. 6. Check out our wonderful contributors, who have donated articles and essays. 7. The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies | ISSN: 2452-0497. 8. What is an ISSN anyway? 9. A Companion to Michael Jackson Academic Studies I  This first ever academic companion to Michael Jackson's art is an indispensable tool for academics. Worth £25, it is available COMPLETELY FREE to subscribers to The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies. 10. Translations of MJAS articles in Italian, Spanish, and German. 11. Susan Fast, 'Chapter 4 - Difference That Exceeded Understanding: Remembering Michael Jackson(Redux)' In Death and the Rock Star (Ashgate, 2016), 45-60. 12. Joseph Vogel, ““I Ain't Scared of No Sheets”: Re-Screening Black Masculinity in Michael Jackson's Black or White.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 27, no. 1 (2015): 90-123. Karin Merx BMus, MA, is editor of The Journal of Michael Jackson Academic Studies, and author of  ‘A festive parade of highlights.

A selection of recordings by many artists in 1904 (piano acc.) 1. Maria Barrientos                            Lakme Bell Song 2. Giannina Russ/Oreste Luppi       Forza Duet in Monastery Scene 3. Riccardo Stracciari                        Rigoletto  "Deh non parlare al misero." 4. Amelie Talexis                                "Printemps nouveau (Vidal) 5. Ramon Blanchart                           L'Africaine aria 6-7.  Giuseppe Borgatti                     Lonengrin/Meistersinger arias (In Italian) 8. Adamo Didur                                   "Vivea nel tempo antico" (La Vita Brettone by Mugnone) 9. Maria De Macchi                              "Com'e bello" (Lucrezia Borgia) 10. Giovanni Zenatello                        "Cielo e mar" (Gioconda) 11.Eugenia Burzio/Elisa Petri/Zenatello    Ballo Trio 12.Maria de Macchi                                 Poliuto aria 13.Alessandro Bonci                              "Stanotte" (Tess by d'Erlanger) 14-15.Giuseppe Anselmi                       "Che gelida manina" and "Cielo e mar" 16.Emmy Destinn                                    "Aufenthalt' (from Schubert's Schwanengesang) 17.Fernanda Chiesa/Carlo Albani/Luigi Manfrini(bass)           I Lombardi Trio

Summary of today's show: On Tuesday of Holy Week in the Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Seán celebrates the Chrism Mass with the priests of the archdiocese, blessing the holy oils used in sacraments for the next year and renewing their priestly vows. In a special broadcast from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston, Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O'Connor, first, discuss the Mass and Holy Week with Fr. Jonathan Gaspar and the listen to and reflect upon Cardinal Seán's homily to the priests, which each year is the one he prepares for with the greatest reflection and prayer. Listen to the show: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O'Connor **Today's guest(s): Fr. Jonathan Gaspar Links from today's show: Today's topics: Cardinal Seán's homily at the Chrism Mass 1st segment: Today the show is being broadcast from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross following the celebration of the Chrism Mass. He is joined by Fr. Jonathan Gaspar and Fr. Chris O'Connor. Fr. Jonathan said it's always great to see so many priests turn out. Fr. Chris said many priests make a conscious decision to come from all over the Archdiocese in order to receive the oils used in sacraments and to renew their priestly vows. Many can't come because they are needed in their parishes. Scot said it seems the Cardinal puts extra time and effort into his Chrism Mass homily. Fr. Jonathan said the Cardinal loves to preach, but he spends a great of time preparing for this one in particular, offering the priests a message of hope and encouragement. He said the Cardinal has spent many nights over the past few weeks in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and at his desk writing his homily. Scot said Cardinal Sean said the Chrism Mass is a sign of unity across the archdiocese in the sacred chrism consecrated today to be used in every sacrament of baptism, confirmation, and anointing. Fr. Chris said all of those sacraments are connected to this Mass today. Another element of unity is the presence of Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Methodios. Both the Metropolitan and the Cardinal spoke of the need for Christian unity. Scot said there is a luncheon for priests after the Mass at the cathedral and each year two priests received awards for their service. Fr. Jim Rafferty and Fr. Dave Palmieri were the recipients this year. Scot noted that Fr. Rafferty received unfavorable press coverage for a pastoral decision a few years ago at St. Paul's in Hingham and this was a chance to highlight his service and to reaffirm him as one who preaches the faith in season and out of season. Scot said Cardinal Seán also mentioned during his homily how many priests tell him they first had an inkling of their vocation from their childhood priests who mentioned the possibility for the call in their lives. Fr. Jonathan recalled his own childhood priest who planted the idea of a vocation in him as a boy. He said Cardinal Seán told priests that the first way to foster vocations was to just smile and show the joy of the priesthood. 2nd segment: Scot said the Chrism Mass is the second big event of Holy Week after Palm Sunday. In many places, Chrism Mass is on Holy Thursday morning, but in big dioceses they move it to another day because priests need to get back to the parishes for Holy Thursday evening for all the preparations that must be made. Fr. Chris said in Rome it will be held on Holy Thursday. He said Pope John Paul II used to publish a Holy Thursday letter to the priests of the world giving them something to reflect on. He's hoping Pope Benedict issues such a letter this year. Scot said priests at this Mass renew their priestly promises from ordination. After 14 years as a priest, Fr. Chris reflected on the renewal and he recalled the words, “Lord, I am unworthy.” In the midst of our own brokenness, Christ continues to call us to minister to his people. It also brought him back to his ordination day, being with his brother priests and celebrating the gift of his priesthood. The only large gathering of priests for Mass like this is the ordination Mass. The Cardinal asked three questions of the priests to renew their priestly vows. Fr. Chris said the Cardinal also asked the priests to pray him as a priestly leader. At another point, the vicar general kepis up and reads the names of all the priests who have died in the past year. About 25 priests were named this year. Scot said he reflected on how every priest present knew that one day their name would be read in this Mass. Fr. Chris said all Christians need to be cognizant of their own mortality and death, but the proximity of Easter reminds us of the promise of eternal life. Now we will hear from Cardinal Sean's homily for the Mass and we will stop periodically to comment on it: Good morning everyone. Your eminence, Metropolitan Methodius, Brother Bishops and Priests, Deacons, Fellow Religious, dear brothers and sisters in the Lord. I first learned about the great tradition of Boston when John Wright became our bishop when I was a seminarian and he would regale us with many stories about Boston. But my favorite story of his was about Mayor Curley. Once when he was running for mayor, he was opposed by one of his lieutenants, a big, garrulous red-haired Irishman who I think was the police or the fire chief at the time. When his opponent had a political rally he decided to go. When he got there, he asked to speak. He said, “You know, every great man in history has had a betrayer. Caesar had his Brutus, Washington had Benedict Arnold, and our blessed savior had Judas. And you know? They were all redheads. Once I was visited by a priest who was very discouraged. He thought he was a redhead… He said: “Bishop, I am the worst priest in the world.” I said to him, that is quite a distinction. I asked him about his ordination and first mass. I said, “Did you fight over who was going to be first in line at your ordination? Did you betray Christ for the collection? Did you chop off someone's ears with a machete? Did you then run away and hide? I was of course comparing the worst priest in the world with the first priests in the world, the apostles. The vocation of the apostles begins with the joyful discovery of Christ, and with the reckless abandoning of their boats, their nets and their families, to follow the Lord. It wasn't too long however, when they were soon in competition with each other and worried about their retirement benefits, like who was going to have the thrones on the right and the left. They spent most of the first Sacred Triduum locked in the Cenacle, while it was the women who followed Jesus through the Stations of the Cross and to Calvary. To me one of the most poignant scenes in the Gospels is the apparition of the Risen Lord on Easter to the 11 remaining apostles. They're hiding out in the Cenacle with the doors bolted. Suddenly, Christ is in their midst showing them his wounded hands as if to say: “See how much I love you.” The reaction of the apostles certainly must have been one of very conflicted emotions. First of all, they were overjoyed to see that Jesus was alive and in their midst. Secondly, they would have felt a profound shame and embarrassment because of their cowardly behavior. The apostles did not surface even to bury Jesus' body after the crucifixion. Had it not been for Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea, Jesus' body would have been cast into a common ditch to be savaged by vultures and dogs. But Jesus' love and forgiveness is so great, He does not even remind them of how badly they have behaved, but instead gives them the gift of the Spirit so that these sinners could become wounded healers. I find immense consolation in the fact that the Gospels give us, not pious platitudes, but a gritty, realistic portrayal of our first priests, the apostles. They were ordinary men like ourselves, full of humanity and shortcomings and idiosyncrasies. They were entrusted however, to carry on the most important mission in the history of the world and despite all of their weaknesses, they did an extraordinary job. Scot said one the ideas that stood out to him was that the people entrusted by Jesus to spread the Gospel were not those who had the courage to follow the Way of the Cross and stand at the foot of the Cross. Fr. Chris said we only know for sure that the Virgin Mary and John the beloved apostle were there. He loved how he picked up on the flaws and foibles of the apostles because it shows that by Christ picking these flawed men we see that the Church's ministry is about reconciliation. He reconciles them to himself in order to send them out to tell about the power of forgiveness. Scot said the cardinal has immense satisfaction that the Gospels give us a gritty, real, intense view of the apostles. Our Church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum of saints. Fr. Chris said it goes back to the incarnation, that Christ became human so we might become divine. Christ is present to us and offering us an opportunity to die to self, so we might live in him. That's what he calls us all to, regardless of state in life. I'm sure that all of us at one point have felt a certain envy of the apostles. We imagine how wonderful it would be to be there and hear Jesus' voice, to see his miracles, to experience the closeness, the companionship and joy of being in his presence. It is ironic however, that the apostles' worst behavior came about while Jesus was still with them. They came into their own after the Pentecost experience. It's then that they go out boldly to proclaim the gospel and to share with the world what they have received. Though we have not had the privilege of walking over the hills of Galilee in Jesus' company, we have received the same Spirit that the apostles did on Holy Thursday, on Easter Sunday and on Pentecost. And now the mission must continue, despite our weaknesses and shortcomings and all obstacles. Christ is counting on us just as He counted on those simple fishermen to preach his gospel, calling people to conversion and discipleship, building a community of faith around the Eucharist. Like those first Christians in the Acts of the Apostles, we must be united in embracing the teachings of the apostles, fellowship and prayer, and the breaking of the bread. Holy Thursday is a very special day for us priests; indeed this very Chrism Mass is an extension of Holy Thursday. On that first Holy Thursday, Jesus washed the feet of his apostles and commanded them to love one another in the way that He loves us. He also commanded them to celebrate the Eucharist, “Do this in memory of me.” And later on that same evening, Jesus tells his first priests: “Watch and pray.” Today, 2,000 years later, Jesus is telling us the same thing: we must love one another, we must celebrate His Eucharist, and we must watch and pray. In Chapter 14 of the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke reports how Paul and Barnabas gather the faithful at Antioch and they reported what God had done with them and how God had “opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.” Pope Benedict has lifted that beautiful phrase, “the door of faith,” “Porta Fidei,” for the name and theme of his letter announcing the year of faith beginning in the fall. It will mark the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the second Vatican Council, convoked by Blessed Pope John XXIII, and which also coincides with the 20th anniversary of the promulgation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published by Blessed John Paul II. We are people of faith. Faith defines our identity and motivates our actions. Faith is our most precious gift. I am so grateful to have been born into a family of believers, the faith and example of my parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles was so life giving to me as child. And I am ever grateful to my uncle, Father Jerry Riedy, who baptized me into the faith. Scot said although priests today haven't walked with Jesus in Galilee, they have received the same Spirit the apostles did on Pentecost. Christ is counting on these priests just as He did on the apostles. Scot said the Cardinal has a passion for gathering the people of God around the Eucharistic table each week, because it is where we show our love for one another. Fr. Chris said the early Christians did this to show their love for Christ. There is an equality at that table. All are invited and equal in the eyes of God. We receive communion, we are brought deeper into the mystery of God and are meant to share it with our brothers and sisters in the faith. Scot said Cardinal Seán later told the priests to open the door of faith to people and how grateful he is to his family for opening the door of faith to him. We are all called to show people the beauty of our faith in our lives. Fr. Chris said we learn by imitation and example and so when we see the example of those who love the Lord and willingly give their life in service to the Lord we see the love for Christ conveyed and that faith is infectious. Preparing these reflections today, I decided to consult my concordance of the Bible. I found that the word faith appears four times in the Old Testament. However, in the New Testament, which is much shorter, the term faith appears over 250 times and the word believe also appears over 250 times. It is impossible to read the New Testament without appreciating how important faith is. Faith means not being an orphan, having a father who is our God and having many brothers and sisters. Faith is a home where we dwell and move and have our being, where we discover how much we are loved and who we are. Faith is a relationship with Christ, a loving and trusting and enduring friendship. Indeed the mission entrusted by Jesus to the apostles is not first of all to announce the gospel, but first of all to believe in him. As priests we are called to be men of faith, teachers of faith and witnesses of faith. The epistle to the Hebrews tells us that faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen. After a beautiful passage celebrating the faith of our ancestors throughout salvation history, the author of Hebrews exhorts us: “Therefore since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every burden and sin that clings to us and persevere in running the race that lies before us while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus the origin and crown of all faith.” A few weeks ago I was invited to give the opening talk at a retreat for 75 young Jesuits here in Boston. A Jesuit Father who is a missionary in Siberia had organized the retreat and invited me. Afterwards, he presented me with a beautiful Russian icon of Our Lady. He told me that in Russia it is said: You do not choose the icon, the icon chooses you.” A very interesting perspective. Well, faith is born of a glance. Not so much ours, but that of Christ. The account of the vocation of the Apostles begins by the assertion Jesus looking at them. Jesus saw Andrew and Peter. Jesus saw the sons of Zebedee. Jesus saw Matthew. And having seen them, having fixed his gaze upon them, Jesus calls them to a life of discipleship. We should ask ourselves: “when did we become aware that Jesus had set his eyes on us?” When did we recognize His voice, and His invitation – “Follow me.” Each of us has our own vocational story. For each of us, there is a precise moment for each of us where we became aware that Jesus was looking at us. Certainly, there were many other moments: moments of enthusiasm, moments of definitive choice, and moments of decision to renew ourselves in the face of trials and difficulties and trials in our ministry. Even moments of remorse and shame when we had to cast ourselves on the mystery of our Lord's mercy, like Peter in the courtyard of the high priest, when the Lord turns and fixes his gaze on Peter, who goes out and weeps bitterly. To be under the gaze of the love and mercy of Jesus and to put our eyes fixed on Him, this is faith and from that faith comes every call, every following and even our ministerial vocation which unites us to Jesus who with love, compassion and tenderness sees the crowd and is moved because they are like sheep without a shepherd. Seeing our people's needs, Jesus sends us. Indeed as priests, we must persevere in running this course with our gaze fixed on Jesus, the origin and crown of all faith. It is our own Boston Marathon with many a Heartbreak Hill. It is a long distance run, not the frenetic sprint of the person anxious to be everywhere, who feels indispensable, who never has time for smile, who is not capable of listening, and who does not have the capacity for a profound silence. We need to witness the faith not by adopting the rhythms and times of this world, but rather by responding to the urgency of the gospel. “Faith comes through hearing” (Romans 10, 17) and it is as men of faith, that we must build our lives on the Word of God. There are so many demands on our time and attention, and our energy is not limitless. It requires discipline in the organization of our time to guarantee that each day we can be nourished by listening to the Word of God. Our celebration of the liturgy is also a crucial contact with the power that comes from God's Word and from the Sacraments. Regardless of what one may feel about the new translation, the changes in the liturgy have been an opportunity for us to focus with greater attention to the words we are praying. The Chrism Mass allows us to glimpse the grace of belonging to a presbyterate. It is this in this presbyterate, united to Christ and one another that the gifts that we received by the imposition of hands can be stirred up and enlivened. Here all of our struggles and triumphs are melded into one. The hidden sacrifices heroically made by some of our brothers, the special graces, the pastoral genius, the tireless dedication come together to forge our presbyterate. We are a body that together regenerates itself. Together we share the responsibility to announce the Gospel and to build up the Christian community. You often hear the expression: “keep the faith.” But what we really need to do is not keep the faith, but spread it around. Our faith grows stronger when we share it with others. All of us remember fondly the priests who mentored us in the faith. Now it is our turn to share these treasures. We are earthen vessels bearing treasures. The world is being overcome with darkness. To me one of the most chilling phrases on Jesus' lips are the words: “When the Son of Man returns will he find any faith on the earth?” In great part it depends on us. We who are Christ's priests have a huge responsibility to announce his Gospel in season and out of season. Scot said this was news to him about faith and belief in the Bible. It's important for the growth of the Church to understand that faith and belief are fundamental. Fr. Chris said we have to remember that faith is a gift from God to us, which we can accept or reject. It's also important to remember how grateful the Cardinal was that his parents were believers that they imparted their faith to him. How grateful we should be to those in our lives who have imparted the faith to us. Sometimes when we're lacking faith, the best way to grow in faith is to tell the Lord and then to pray. We become a better athlete by practicing the motions of the sport, and we grow in faith by acting in faith. Scot said the Cardinal said our faith grows stronger as we share it with others. We all have a huge responsibility to preach the Gospel in season and out of season. Fr. Chris quoted the First Letter of Peter, “be prepared to give a reason for your hope,” for why we believe. What are the highlights of our own faith conveyed in 3 minutes that we would give to someone who asked? I often tell the Jesuits that I'm a little envious of them, since they have 35 craters on the moon named after Jesuit fathers. We Capuchins only have a cup of coffee…. One of the best spots to drink a good cappuccino is the Piazza of San Eustachio in Rome. If you have ever indulged yourself at one of the cafés there, you may have noticed the lovely church which looks like many other Italianate churches, except for the fact that on top of the church where one usually expects to find the cross, there is a huge set of antlers. I am sure that there is some pious explanation for the antlers, perhaps some story about San Eustachio running over a deer and miraculously providing venison for 4000 orphans. However, if you ask the Romans why there are antlers on the top of the church you may hear the story that I was told. Apparently, a young Roman nobleman married a beautiful bride in that church, but soon after the marriage she absconded with the best man. Today the man would have gone on the Jerry Springer show. The husband was disconsolate, and in his grief and rage had the antlers placed on the roof of that church. In Italian, a man who has deceived by his wife is referred to as “cornuto” which means having horns. I am told that ever since the antlers went up, there are very few weddings in that church. Accordingly, for many Romans, the antlers on the church betoken defeat and sadness. During this year of faith we need to climb up and pull the antlers down and lift high the cross, the triumphant, life giving cross. Our people need us to be confident and joyful teachers of the faith. Cardinal Dolan spoke of going to a conference by Cardinal Wright on Evangelization, expecting a deep theological treatise. The message of the eloquent Bostonian was simply – smile! Pope Benedict constantly dwells on relationship of faith with joy. The word joy appears sixty (60) times in the New Testament. The very word Gospel means glad tidings. We are messengers of that joyful news. Scot said when he lived in Rome, he never saw the church the Cardinal referred to. Fr. Chris said he is going to Rome this summer and he's planning to check it out. Scot said the Cardinal seemed to be saying that we should tear down anything distracting us from the faith and in its place to lift high the Cross. But the cross isn't about grief. The cardinal referred to Cardinal Dolan speaking of the joy of having received the Good News and letting it permeate out hearts, even before the cross. Fr. Chris quoted St. Theresa of Avila: “Lord, save me from long-faced saints.” We should see the cross as something beautiful and life-giving. Showing the joy of the love of Christ attracts people and is an invitation to the gift of faith. The people need to glimpse our own faith. They need teachers who are witnesses. In our priestly support groups and circles of priests, we need to talk about Christ and our love for the mission that He has entrusted to us. It is because the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus are talking about Jesus, that the Risen Lord draws near and breaks open the Scriptures for them. That experience made their hearts burn within them. Cleopas and his buddy never finished that dinner – they got up from that table probably without even paying the check and ran back to Jerusalem with the waitress chasing them down the road. They were filled with joy, and wanted to share that joy and good news with their brothers – “we have seen the Lord and we recognized him in the breaking of the bread.” Pope Benedict XVI, in Porta Fidei, writes “faith grows when it is lived as an experience of grace and joy.” He warns us not to grow lazy in the faith, and urges us to focus on Jesus Christ, because “in him all the anguish and longing of the human heart finds fulfillment.” At the Chrism Mass, I like to make an appeal, a challenge to my priests and to myself. In the past, I have asked us all to work harder on our preaching. I have asked that every priest make a serious retreat each year – I had to go down to St. Petersburg last year to make sure Bishop Hennessey was not offering the enneagram and reiki. Actually we are very grateful for the wonderful work Bob Hennessey is doing on those retreats. I have asked that each priest develop a personal rule of life to assure the balance we need to pray hard, work hard and play hard. I have asked that each priest join a priest support group to be able to build a truly spiritual fraternity with a deep sense of shared mission. This year I would ask that each priest, myself included, to recommit ourselves to our own ongoing formation. Each of us is ultimately responsible for his own ongoing formation, which needs to be spiritual, human, theological and pastoral so that we might be the teachers of the faith our people need. Pope John Paul II wrote in Pastores dabo Vobis: “Ongoing formation aims at increasing the priest's awareness of his share in the Church's saving mission”. “The priest's permanent formation appears not only as a necessary condition but also as an indispensable means for constantly refocusing on the meaning of his mission and for ensuring that he is carrying it out with fidelity and generosity. By this formation, the priest is helped to become aware of the seriousness and yet the splendid grace of an obligation which cannot let him rest, so that, like Paul, he must be able to say: “If I preach the Gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel”(1 Cor. 9:16). At the same time, the priest also becomes aware of a demand, which insistently comes from all those whom God is unceasingly calling to salvation. Scot said in the seminary it's important to remind the seminarians that formation doesn't end with ordination. Fr. Chris said none of us are finished products. The disciples on the road to Emmaus were on a journey and each priest has to grow theologically and pastorally. He said he was intrigued by the list of challenges the Cardinal gives each year to the priests for them to work on. It's helpful to look on all of them and see where they've grown. One year is was about working on homilies. Another year was about taking a serious renewing retreat each year. Another year, they were to form a spiritual fraternity. This year it's about ongoing formation. Fr. Chris said it's a good reminder to all of his priests. Scot recapped the end of the Cardinal's homily. For the Church, the Year of the Faith is to be the year of the New Evangelization. Our personal ongoing formation will help us as a diocese in our task of imbuing our pastoral planning with the new evangelization which means taking the Gospel to those who have grown cold, to reach out with a new ardor and with new methods, turning our parishes into communities of evangelizers where every parishioner feels a call to share their faith, to be a part of the mission to make Christ's Gospel loved, and to promote a civilization of justice and love. I am very grateful to Bishop Arthur Kennedy for his willingness to help us to equip our people for the challenges of the New Evangelization and for promoting our ongoing formation. I know that it seems daunting but I am confident that this Year of Faith will be great grace for our Church if we priests take advantage of this time to renew ourselves in an ongoing conversion that is a response to Christ's loving call. Spiritual writers speak of a second call, actually there are many moments when the Lord glances at us as He did to Peter, after Peter's fall and what I call the “Last Breakfast” when the risen Lord, having examined Peter in his love, says “Follow me” again. As we renew our ordination promises may we recommit our lives to Christ, to our brothers and sisters, in the service of the Gospel whose Heralds we are. May the Lord grant each of us a faith that bestows confidence and courage, generosity and joy, as together we work to build up Christ's Kingdom. Together we want to take down the antlers of sadness and defeat and weathervane of doubt and uncertainly and lift high the cross. What St. Francis calls the book that contains the greatest love story in the history of the world – and we priests are all part of that story. God bless you. Scot said it's his sense that the Cardinal's hope is that each parish will come alive and each Catholic will be motivated to share their faith. Fr. Chris said it's an insight that originates with Pope Benedict XVI, who is always talking about this new evangelization, re-presenting the Gospel to those who have grown cold in the faith, re-introducing the idea that Christ is the life and the Resurrection. Scot previewed the liturgies of the rest of the week. He said beautiful images from these liturgies taken by George Martell can be found at . Scot and Fr. Chris said the best way to prepare for Easter is to participate in all the liturgies and services of Holy Week. Fr. Chris reminded everyone that tomorrow night is the final light of The Light Is On For You for this Lent, where the sacrament of confession will be available in every church and chapel from 6:30-8pm.

  Highlights from a 1950 performance (In Italian) of Tannhauser, conducted by Karl Boehm and featuring Renata Tebaldi,Hans Beirer,Carlo Tagliabue, Boris Christoff, and Lyvia Pery.  (71 min.)

In italiano abbiamo delle piccole paroline magiche che ti permettono di trasmettere tanto significato. Che cosa sono? Divertiti a scoprirlo in questo episodio! In Italian we have some little magic words that allow you to convey a lot of meaning. What are they? Have fun and discover it in this episode!

This week, we're going through the e-mail bag. Here's a savory, sensuous one. It's from Stacey in Boulder, Colorado. Stacey grew up out West, but says she spent summers and Christmases at the home of her maternal grandparents, just north of New York City. 'This side of my family,' she writes, 'is unapologetically Italian. For me, a highlight of every visit was the night of arrival. My grandma would welcome us home with a big pot of gravy. After the day-long trip to get there, Stacey writes, 'nothing was more comforting or restoring than walking into a Grandma-sized hug, and a house positively perfumed with the sweet, heady scent of garlic and tomatoes.' Now, about that pot of gravy, she writes: 'In Colorado, or anywhere else I've been, it's called marinara sauce. Outside of my family, I have never heard the word gravy used to describe anything other than the brown gravy you put on a turkey at Thanksgiving.' And, she says, 'Hearing the word gravy used in this way evokes just as much warmth and contentment as the smell or taste of the gravy itself. I can almost feel my grandmother's bone-crushing hug swallowing me up once again.' Stacey wants to know: Is gravy just her own family's weird word for tomato-based sauce? Or is there anyone else out there who understands what she calls 'the intimate, emotional, have-some-macaroni coziness behind this seemingly simple term.'Stacey, you'll be pleased to know that lots and lots of people refer to this stuff as gravy. In fact, this kind of gravy made an appearance in an episode of the HBO series The Sopranos. A member of the mob in New Jersey goes to Italy. He dines out in Naples. But he can't find what he wants on the menu. Check out what happens.http://tinyurl.com/che59sSo, using the word 'gravy' in this way isn't unique one family. But I must add an important word of caution: Many Italian-Americans do call it 'gravy,' but others are adamant -- and I do mean adamant -- about calling it 'sauce.' In fact, you can find some amazingly heated debates online about which is the correct term. In Italian, the word sugo can mean either 'sauce' or 'gravy.' It may be that some Italian immigrants translated it into one English word, while those in other communities used a different English translation. So, pasta lovers: Which is it? Sauce or gravy? Let us know. We'd also like to what other odd food names evoke vivid sensory memories for you. And, as always, we welcome your thoughts about any aspect of language. Our address is words@waywordradio.org.--Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Site: http://waywordradio.org.Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2009, Wayword LLC.

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