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Welcome back to Strength in Recovery! We're thrilled to introduce our guests for today's episode, Matt and Terri Carlson. The mother/son duo sit down with Jaye and discuss Matt's journey to recovery. Learn about what brought Matt to treatment, the impact his sobriety journey has had on his family, and how Mom supported him throughout the way. It's a beautiful story that speaks to the importance of a family's support while finding sobriety. We're proud to share it as Mother's Day approaches - we love all the moms out there!*The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot share favorite songs about the end of the world from artists ranging from Johnny Cash to Fishbone. They're also joined by their production staff with their picks for songs that creatively deal with the apocalypse. Then recent feedback from listeners is played.   Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9T Become a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvc Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnG Make a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lU Send us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah  Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops   Featured Songs: The Doors, "The End," The Doors, Elektra, 1967The Beatles, "I Get By (With a Little Help From My Friends)," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967Sharon Van Etten, "The End of the World," Resistance Radio: The Man in the High Castle Album, Columbia, 2017R.E.M., "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," Document, I.R.S., 1987David Bowie, "Five Years," The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, RCA, 1972Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction," Eve of Destruction, Geffen, 1965Matt Maltese, "As the World Caves In," Bad Contestant, Atlantic UK, 2018Postal Service, "We Will Become Silhouettes," Give Up, Sub Pop, 2005Randy Newman, "Political Science," Sail Away, Rhino/Warner, 1972Nico, "The End," The End..., Island, 1974Phoebe Bridgers, "I Know the End," Punisher, Dead Oceans, 2020The Verve, "Bitter Sweet Symphony," Urban Hymns, Hut, 1997Fishbone, "Party At Ground Zero," Fishbone, Columbia, 1985Madonna, "4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)," Hard Candy, Warner Bros., 2008Method Man, "Judgement Day," Tical 2000: Judgement Day, Def Jam, 1998Johnny Cash, "The Man Comes Around," American IV: The Man Comes Around, American Recordings, Universal, 2002Xixa, "May They Call Us Home," Genesis, Julian, 2020Reckling, "Spitter," Reckling, Reckling, 2018Cam Cool, "Everyone Texts and Drives," Everyone Texts and Drives (Single), Cam Cool, 2023Syl Johnson, "Concrete Reservation," Is It Because I'm Black (Deluxe 50th Anniversary Edition), Numero, 2019Support The Show: https://www.patreon.com/soundopinionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Au menu de l'actualité :Région des Grands Lacs :  António Guterres exhorte les groupes armés et politiciens à déposer les armes et en finir avec l'incitation à la haineL'ONU appelle à adopter un « Pacte bleu » en faveur des océansLe rôle critique des sages femmes en RCAPrésentation : Cristina Silveiro

Book Vs. Movie: The Thin ManThe Dashiell Hammett Novel Vs. the 1934 Classic FilmThe Margos are looking for actors with chemistry and witty banter, so we had to dive into the fabulous world of Nick and Nora Charles and The Thin Man. What began as a feature in Redbook magazine in December 1933 turned into a best-selling novel by one of the most important writers of the 20th Century--Dashiell Hammett. We discussed Hammett when talking about The Maltese Falcon, and for several reasons, The Thin Man became his last novel. Hammett was a passionate anti-fascist who joined the Communist Party in 1937. By the 1950s, Congress investigated him before the House of Un-American Activities (HUAC), where he refused to “name names.” He went to a federal penitentiary in West Virginia and found himself impoverished afterward. His partner Lillian Hellman would go on to run his estate posthumously. The Thin Man is a story about a former New York City police officer (Nick Charles) who marries a wealthy socialite (Nora Charles) and spends his time between the city and San Francisco living as a bon vivant. One day, back in NYC, he runs into Dorothy Wynert, the daughter of a former client looking for her father.Later, we learn that his secretary (and former lover), Julia Wolf, was found murdered by his former wife, Mimi. The police think she was murdered by her gangster friend Shep Morelli. Mimi's new husband is much younger, tall, handsome, and slim (the THIN man!) There are all kinds of banter, double-crossing hijinks, and more plot holes than you can shake a stick at. The movie, directed by W. S. Van Dyke in 1934, stars William Powell & Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles and their dog, Asta. Screenwriters Albert Hackett & Francis Goodrich simplified the plot in the first six films about the couple. Powell and Loy shine with their glamorous look, which delighted audiences during the Great Depression, and would go on to be nominated for four Academy Awards (It Happened One Night swept that year.) So between the book and movie--which did the Margos like better? In this ep the Margos discuss:The backstory of Dashiell HammettMovies during the Great DepressionThe legacy of the movieThe cast of the 1934 film: William Powell (Nick Charles,) Myrna Loy (Nora Charles,) Maureen O'Sullivan (Dorothy Wynant,) Nat Pendleton (Lt. John Guild,) Minna Gombell (Mimi Wynant Jorgenson,) Porter Hall (Herbert MacCauley,) William Henry (Gilbert Wynant,) Cesar Romero (Chris Jorgenson,) Natalie Moorhead (Julia Wolf,) Harold Huber (Arthur Nunheim,) Edward Ellis the “thin man,” and Skippy as Asta the dogClips used:The audience meets Nora CharlesThe Thin Man (1934 trailer)Nick meets Dorothy for the first time in yearsNick shoots his Christmas presentNick fights an intruder (knocks out Nora!)Music: William Axt Radio production, RCA 1936 The Thin ManBook Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynMargo www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

Terrah, a Native New Yorker, has enjoyed a rich and multi faceted career in the entertainment industry having worked  as an actress, director, producer,, singer/ songwriter,  screenwriter, and Manager. On-camera a few of her TV  Recurring/Guest Star credits include: STUCK WITH YOU,  DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, BOSCH, GAMES PEOPLE PLAY,  9-1-1 and more.  She is co-Creator-Executive Producer-Writer, and star of  THE WRIGHT TURN”, streaming now on Tubi TV, and co Director-Producer-Co-Stars in EXTRACTION. Terrah's stage  credits range from Broadway to Regional Theatre.  Behind the camera, Terrah made her directorial debut with  the feature film !FLIP THE SCRIPT,” and is currently  directing the television show AFTER MIDNIGHT. She  recently completed directing a pilot for the new sitcom,  SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS, and is scheduled to direct  the Rom/ Com feature film, MY PERFECT LIFE... ONCE I  CHANGE YOU!  She was one of the lead singers in the RCA recording group  “ALTITUDE”, and is an ASCAP songwriter. This mother of  three, is also the CEO/Founder of Royal One Entertainment, and Reclaim Haven, a wellness platform for  women. https://reclaimhaven.com/https://www.instagram.com/bitesandtidbits/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810115/https://www.instagram.com/theterrahbennettsmith/?hl=enhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/royal-one-ent-terrah-bennett-smith-5a67ba7https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247298/https://www.instagram.com/carlatwirls/?hl=enhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Carla-Earle/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/carla-earle-77537https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUC-i4Ry0FkGet ready to register for the upcoming "Reclaim Inner Peace Haven" Wellness Retreat........ Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

Here's the Supporter-only Q&A from April 27th, 2023. All comments and questions are fielded through the supporter service Q&A page. Please consider supporting this channel via monthly support services, tips, or even just by using our affiliate links to purchase things you were already going to buy anyway, at no extra cost to you: https://www.retrorgb.com/support.html These are also available as an audio-only podcast: https://anchor.fm/retrorgb T-Shirts: https://retrorgb.link/tshirts Amazon Recommended List: http://retrorgb.link/amazon TIMESTAMPS (please assume all links are affiliate links): 00:00  Welcome! 00:29  Mark's Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/markfixesstuff 03:01  Portable Monitor Review:  https://youtu.be/f3q49jn1Vz 05:02  Do PSU caps affect video quality? / 4KTV calibration tips? 11:45  OpenMVS:  https://www.retrorgb.com/openmvs.html / Direct-Wire Arcade Controllers:  https://www.retrorgb.com/direct-controller-input-mod.html 15:52  RCA cables keep popping out of BNC adapters 19:48  Can MiSTer dump carts via a cart reader?  No, but try this:  https://www.retrorgb.com/open-source-cartridge-reader-v3-alter.html 22:28  NES Controller Info / Building your own controller latency tips:  https://youtu.be/dahbvSYV0KA 27:59  Is there a multimeter with a configurable “circuit breaker” in it? 30:20  SMS Light Phaser via SNAC / How far should a sound bar be from a CRT? / Saturn beta core questions / Bluetooth headphone lag 34:59  Swapping parts to use a SNES in a SFC shell.  ANYONE WANT TO TRADE? 37:18  Mic & Camera Testing ZV-1 New:  https://amzn.to/3HksqQH ZV-1 Used:  https://ebay.us/CsGzPv Please note:  Do NOT purchase the "1F" version, as that doesn't have the 1000fps modeAll other A/V Gear:  https://www.amazon.com/shop/retrorgb --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retrorgb/support

Au menu de l'actualité : Burkina Faso : l'ONU demande une enquête sur le massacre de 150 civils Soudan : l'ONU s'attend à un exode massif de réfugiés soudanais au Tchad et au Soudan du Sud République centrafricaine : lancement d'une nouvelle campagne contre les violences basées sur le genre à Bria  Présentation : Cristina Silveiro

Lords: * John * Quil Topics: * Taking advantage of a rare opportunity to play a Legend of Zelda game before every aspect of it is documented on the internet * RCA's implementation of color television is one of the most impressive engineering feats of the 20th century * The guy next to me on BART talked to me the entire ride home from GDC. He made me play the phone game he was addicted to and compared my performance to the coworker he was also making play the game. He got a call from his wife and introduced me to her. He told me he was in prison for 30 years for murder. His step son is a pitbull breeder and he complained about how few free pitbulls he was getting. He smelled weed on the train and put on a loud voice to announce "I'm a cop, put your vape pen away." My stop was also his stop, so the monologue didn't let up when I got off the train. I finally escaped when he was distracted by girl scout cookies. * http://blueridgejournal.com/poems/rl-fall.htm * Are dumplings universal? It seems like every civilization has at some point invented their version of 'carbs around a protein' food Microtopics: * The best part of the show. * The Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue. * How best to keep a pigeon. * Hiding in the discord * Solving problems in interesting ways. * A very interesting idea that just barely pays off. * Playing a new game all weekend for the first time in your life. * A game that is too spiky to be solved by one person. * A matchmaking service that puts you on a forum with fifty people who are each starting a Dark Souls game for the first time. * Accidentally playing geez Fez with your sister. * A riddle about risk management. * Not being able to throw away radioactive waste because you don't want to waste food. * Deciding which cookie to put in your mouth * Finding the password to someone's laptop in a video game by googling their information in real life. * Digital vs. Analog circuitry. * Piggybacking the color signal on top of the black and white signal. * Quadrature amplitude modulation. * Racing the Beam. * Being banished from the kingdom for partly understanding how television works. * Inventing two televisions so you can run one backwards. * Extroverts who when meeting an introvert, think to themselves "it's my job to bridge the gap" * Escaping when someone is distracted by Girl Scout Cookies. * Encountering the ARG that you made for yourself and then forgot about. * Not getting as many free pitbulls as you thought. * Getting off the train early to get away from the person who won't stop talking to you and he's like "oh ok I'll get off here too." * Your wife who hates when you impersonate a cop. * The episode of Train Hot Dog which was just Jim reading a stack trace for twenty minutes. * Trying to figure out what web site you can browse on your phone to get the person sitting next to you to stand up. * Jim's preferred San Francisco residents. * The orange bland ambassadorial face of the moon. * Wild spiders crying together. * What to do when the air raid sirens go off. * Moving to a new place where they don't have monthly nuclear accident drills. * John Vanderslice. * The Human Missile Crisis. * Showing fear for humanity before it's cool. * Poetry that is not meant to be read aloud. * Stripping the formatting out of e e cummings's poetry. * A poem that skips around on the page like Chutes and Ladders. * Topic Troves. * Carbs around a protein food. * A rooster named Pierogi. * Whether dumplings have to be slimy. * Putting the pudding in a protein. * A particleboard meat. * A McRib that's been injected with custard. * Sweet and savory things placed inside a carb. * What civilizations have never invented the dumpling. * How to get from agriculture to the Hot Pocket. * The singular of funfetti. * How to get into the Topic Lords discord. * Topic Lords the Phone Game. * Cheap Bots Toot Sweet.

***** Listener discretion is advised - no little ears on this one!!! Waylon set himself on fire... Yup. That happened. This is just one of the standouts from this week's episode, as we step off the tragedy and move along to the utterly insane. Waylon's first marriage crumbled under the weight of several affairs. Speaking of old relationships, Waylon parted ways with his first record label to join RCA. And, if that weren't crazy enough, Waylon shared a room with the one and only Johnny Cash... who trashed Waylon's caddy in a wayward search for pills. I don't think that room survived, but find out on the Rock and Roll Heaven Podcast! Check out our friends on the Yeah Uh Huh Podcast!! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/yeah-uh-huh/id1565097611 Our social stuff: Patreon.com/rockandrollheaven Twitter: @rockandrolllt Instagram: Rockandrollheavenlt Facebook: Rock and Roll Heaven Pod Our website: https://rockandrollheavenl.wixsite.com/mysite Tick Tok: rockandrollheavenpod Email us! rockandrollheavenlt@gmail.com Check out the other awesome Pantheon Podcast at www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Loin de la guerre d'Ukraine, la situation au Soudan remet sous les feux de la rampe les oppositions entre puissances. Des combats meurtriers mettent face à face, depuis plusieurs jours, deux clans militaires soudanais engagés dans une lutte pour le pouvoir. Les combats ont été déclenchés par les Forces de soutien rapide, une milice dirigée par le général Mohamed Hamdan Dogolo, plus connu sous le surnom de Hemetti. Hemetti est aussi lié à la société de mercenaires russes Wagner, avec laquelle il a des liens d'affaires. En face d'Hemetti, un autre général Abdel Fattah Al-Bourhane, le chef de l'armée régulière, d'abord installé au pouvoir lors de la mise à l'écart d'Omar Al-Bachir en 2019. Puis en 2021 avec le feu vert de l'Égypte de son ami le maréchal Al-Sissi. Le Général Al-Bourhane qui est, par ailleurs, soutenu par les États-Unis. Une situation d'opposition entre clans qui n'est pas sans rappeler entre autres situations ce que connaît la Libye. Le groupe WAGNER et l'Afrique.   Regard avec nos invités : Thierry Vircoulon, coordinateur de l'Observatoire pour l'Afrique Centrale et Orientale de l'IFRI. Co-auteur d'un rapport intitulé « La Zone grise ? L'engagement militaire, mercenaire et criminel de la Russie en Afrique » du Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, février 2022.  Mathieu Olivier, journaliste politique et d'investigation à Jeune Afrique. Auteur d'une enquête sur les affaires de Wagner en RCA et au Cameroun.

What you'll learn in this episode:   How Melanie discovered that classic pearls could be seen in a new light. Why younger people, especially men, are embracing pearl jewelry in a new way.  How Melanie's collaboration with Tasaki broke barriers for Japanese customers.  The difference between types of pearls, and what it's like to work with them.  How launching her brand right after art school gave Melanie a crash course in the jewelry business.    About Melanie Georgacopoulos   With a background in sculpture, jewellery designer Melanie Georgacopoulos works with materials in new ways to release their potential and stimulate new interpretations. She began her exploration of the pearl during her Master's degree at the RCA in 2007, after which she worked as a freelance designer under Antoine Sandoz for major international brands, before establishing her eponymous label in 2010.   In Melanie's work the paradoxical, intriguing nature of pearls and mother of pearl is at the core of every piece, whilst the aesthetic remains simple, structured and timeless. She continually strives to challenge the existing preconceptions of these organic materials and that of traditional jewellery design itself. It is this unique approach which has given her the opportunity to showcase her pieces regularly at fairs, exhibitions and galleries worldwide.   Melanie became well known internationally for her work with pearls, leading to her collaboration with TASAKI, which began in 2013. Directional line M/G TASAKI was born, marring Melanie's flair to cross design boundaries with the Japanese jewellery company's world renowned craftsmanship. Following the huge success of the seasonal collections Melanie was appointed Head Designer for M/G TASAKI in 2015. She has been a visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins for the last four years whilst she continues to create her own collections and one-off pieces for special projects.   Additional Resources: Website Instagram Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the second part of a two-part episode. If you haven't heard part one, please head to TheJewelryJourney.com.    Today, we're talking with Melanie Georgacopoulos. Melanie occupies some unusual niches. She's a specialist in designing with pearls, which is very unusual. For those of you who are listening who think that pearls are too old-fashioned or too formal, she has really changed the way pearls are viewed. She lives in Hamburg but has her office in London. She's also the Chief Designer for a collaboration with a Japanese company, Tasaki. Welcome back.    Do you work with pearls in all colors?   Melanie: Absolutely. This journey over the last few years has also been a journey for myself. I also started with this idea that there are only white, round pearls out there, and that's not true. There are Tahitian pearls, South Sea pearls, Akoya pearls. There's a whole world of natural pearls. There are different shapes, different sizes. Some are extremely rare, like conch pearls or melo pearls. Some are very common, like freshwater pearls.    During this journey of discovery for myself, I've tried to launch some collections which focus on a certain kind of pearl to highlight it. For one of the collections I did, the Nacre Collection, I paired a pink pearl with a pink mother of pearl in way that's like the return of the pearl to its oyster, or a golden South Sea to the golden sea mother of pearl shell. Sometimes I'm sent messages through Instagram by suppliers or pearl farmers who say, “Hey, have you seen this? Do you want to work with what I make?” I'm like “Wow! This is new to me.” I've been working with pearls for 10 years and it keeps on giving. I find that fantastic.   Sharon: Do you have a favorite pearl? Do you think one is better than another? Is a South Sea pearl better or easier to work with than an Akoya?    Melanie: I don't think there's a better one. In terms of value, of course the more expensive the pearl, probably the better it is for investment. Another common thing I've heard said is that at the end of the day, you just have to like what it is you're buying. You want to wear it. You don't want to necessarily buy it and put it in the safe because you're too scared to wear it or use it because it's something too valuable.   I really enjoy working with South Seas because they are so large. I've almost finished a bracelet which has a mix of Tahitians and Akoyas, and it's black and white. So, I'm mixing different kinds. The challenge with pearls is that they don't all come in all the sizes and the colors you want. So, depending on the size or the color you want for a design, you have to get it from a specific place. A lot of times, people don't mix a Tahitian pearl with a freshwater pearl because it's not considered to be right. You just have to use Tahitians or you just have to use freshwater. Because I'm very design-led, I will say, “No, if I want to have a pearl graduation from a two-millimeter pearl to a three-millimeter pearl, then I'm going to mix the pearls.” But color-wise, they're going to look exactly the same and they're going to match together. So right now, it's definitely South Seas, but ask me next year. I might have a different answer.   Sharon: I want to know where you find a three-millimeter pearl. That's a big pearl.    Melanie: You wonder if it's hiding something inside.    Sharon: Do people come to you and say, “Here are my grandmother's pearls or my mother's pearls. I want something different made out of them”?   Melanie: I have that too. They're probably the most challenging pearls to work with because first of all, they're very sentimental to their owners. It's the one thing you can't throw away, but you also don't want to wear it and you don't know what to do with it. A lot of those poor pearl necklaces stay in boxes, and it's challenging to say to someone, “Can I drill that necklace? Can I change it quite a bit? Are you sure, or do you want to keep it original the way you inherited it?”    But I have some great clients that text me photos and are like, “Oh, I have this necklace and I don't know what to do with it. Maybe you have an idea.” Then I say, “O.K., but then you have to tell me who you are,” because it's designed for them. It's not even a piece they chose to buy themselves. It's something they inherited. They never decided, “This is the pearl size I like or that suits me.” A lot of times, I need to add or change it quite dramatically so they can incorporate it into their daily life and feel that it's part of them. But I love those challenges, I have to say. I invite those challenges. I learn a lot from them.   Sharon: Do you look at a necklace and see what it could be?   Melanie: I have to get the measurements. This is the age of digital now, which means photos. I ask them to take a photo of the necklace next to a ruler so I understand how big it is, how long the necklace is or how big the pearls are, because you're not going to ask a person you've never met to send you their pearl necklace. We have a lot of conversations before anything actually happens. I need to understand what their budget is—that's also important—and what their expectation is. Sometimes they want a bracelet; sometimes they want earrings. So, we need to discuss that. Then see what I can actually do with the piece they have, because sometimes they have unrealistic expectations. I have to rein them in a little bit.   Sharon: When you say unrealistic expectations, do they expect you to make the pearl larger when it's really small?   Melanie: Yeah, I think sometimes they have an idea of a pearl necklace or a piece of jewelry, a bracelet, and that's not possible with the pearls from the necklace they have. So, we either need to add pearls, or we need to start fresh and use the existing pearl necklace for something else.   Sharon: You also mix gold and other things with your pearls. You had a couple of necklaces with gold woven in.   Melanie: Yeah, I use gold, 18 carats. I also use diamonds. I've worked with sapphires before, anything really. I used silver chains at the beginning. A few years ago, I was doing larger pieces, so it made more sense to use silver. I used palladium at some point.    You can't do everything with everything. The best thing is to figure out what you want to make and then the best way to make it. Sometimes it's a question of cost. Sometimes it's a question of what the client wants. Sometimes it's what I want the design to be and how much I'm willing to compromise, but at the end of the day, it needs to be a piece of jewelry that can be worn and enjoyed. That's when the piece of jewelry really becomes alive.   Sharon: So, you have your own brand and your Tasaki collection. That's a lot of designing.    Melanie: Yeah, I love it. I'm really lucky. It's exactly what I wanted.    Sharon: Have you ever been approached by other places who see what you do with the pearls? Do they say, “Hey, that's really different. Why don't you come do it for us?”   Melanie: Yes, but so far, my relationship with Tasaki is working so well that I don't need to look anywhere else. I'm also not greedy. I'm very loyal. I want this to run its course, until whenever it's meant to go, and see what happens. Obviously, there are elements I can control, and that is how much I love to work for them and how good the designs are. There are a lot of cultural, social, political elements I can't control. There's no way to know when this is going to end or slow down, but for now I haven't found another partnership that has offered me the degree of freedom I have and the satisfaction I get from seeing the M/G Tasaki pieces on demanding Japanese clients.    Sharon: Has anybody ever brought you a whole bunch of conch pearls or melo pearls or natural pearls and not realized what they had?   Melanie: Not yet. I think that's part of my wish list, that someone comes with a suitcase full of conch or melo pearls and says, “How much are these strange-looking pearls?” I would send them straight to the bank or to an auction house. I think it's the age where more people know what they have because they're able to find a lot of information on the internet. I think more and more it's the sentimental aspect of what you have. Of course, if you are a millionaire, then it's different, but I'm not. I think a lot of times, we cherish things that have no monetary value, but they're highly, highly sentimental. So, we'll see. Maybe someone does have one.    Sharon: Do they bring natural pearls to you?   Melanie: Some do, yes. They have natural pearl strands, but the pearls tend to be quite small. They were made at a different time. A hundred years ago, you didn't have access to cultured pearls. That trend had just started. So, there are still people who have inherited a small, thin strand of natural pearls.   Sharon: You won a prize for the Diamond Fishbone Bangle, which I thought was gorgeous. Tell us about the prize and how you heard about it. Can you wear this bracelet with the mother of pearl? It looks very fragile. That's what it looks like.   Melanie: It's not as fragile as it looks. No one really goes around banging their hands when they're wearing jewelry. I think you're a bit conscious when you wear something. Even when you're wearing a nice pullover, you're not going run your arm on the wall. You're a bit more self-conscious. The prize was great because it's a wonderful group, the Cultured Pearl Association of America, if I'm not mistaken, and Jennifer Heebner is the executive director. We've been in touch with her. It's a great recognition. It's always nice when your peers recognize something good you've done.    Recently I got another award in London from the Goldsmiths, which is a very old institution. They awarded my lapidary work. I submitted a bangle made of mother of pearl which was carved. I had two old mine-cut diamonds inserted and set with gold prongs. I think they recognized the audacity and the search to present something new. This is how I took the award, and it gives me energy to carry on what I do. But I get the award and then the next day, I still wake up and take my kids to school. Life goes on very quickly after the awards, but it's still a nice recognition.   Sharon: Why did you name it the Diamond Fishbone?   Melanie: Because I'm not very good with names of jewelry. I always try to stay quite close to reality. Because the sheets of mother of pearl are layered in a fishbone pattern, I thought I would name it the Fishbone.   Sharon: I see, O.K. Originally, I thought, “Why is it a fishbone?” Did the prize make any difference in what you do?   Melanie: If it had been accompanied with a check of $500,000 U.S. dollars, it could have made a big difference. I could have bought some conch or some melos. No, it doesn't really, but it's a nice recognition. Unfortunately, they don't come with monetary prizes, which would be nice, to be honest, because it's nice to get that kind of support. But it's already a really nice accolade. That's why I entered last year also, and that's why I try and present work to these awards. I think it is important that other people become aware of the work I do. I think it's quite inspiring to students to see that these pieces are possible to make and that someone is doing them.   Sharon: Some people feel like they entered and didn't win, so why are they going to all this trouble? Do you feel that way at all?   Melanie: No. I entered the Susan Beech Award recently over Christmas. I spent a big chunk of my Christmas writing that proposal. I didn't get shortlisted, and that's O.K., but that was quite a difficult entry for a competition. You have to write down the budget, and it was a lot of work. It wasn't just, “Oh, I'm submitting a photo and the dimensions of the piece.”    Sometimes someone comes a few years later and says, “Hey, I was part of the award panel, the judging panel. You didn't get it, but I still remember that piece you did. Maybe you want to do something now.” So, even if the result is not immediate in that I might have expected to win the award, other things are happening in the background that I'm not necessarily aware of and which might surface a few months or a few years later. So, it's a process. It's not really about winning. It's more about making steps, connecting to people, being active and not expecting things to come to me. I really see it like this.   Sharon: I have questions about several things you said. I read this on your website or Tasaki's website; I don't remember where. Actually, I remember a couple of things. You talked about a statement piece. I happen to like statement pieces, but every time I look at statement, they're not my kind of statement. But you had really different statement pieces, so I thought, “Well, that's interesting.” You described pearls as gems. Do you consider them a gem of sorts?   Melanie: They are officially gemstones.   Sharon: Are they?   Melanie: Yeah, they are classified as gemstones. There are other organic gemstones such as coral, but there was a time when pearls were considered the only organic gemstones. That's why I also call them gems. I think the way they're made is fascinating, because even if they're cultured—most pearls are cultured these days—you still need a little oyster to do the work for a couple of years to get one. Of course, the oyster is inseminated, but you still need that little animal to do this. For me, this is magical. It feels like a gem anyway because it is precious, but I think officially we call them gemstones.   Sharon: I don't think of them as gemstones, but that's interesting. What I was surprised at was that you developed cufflinks for men. Not many people design jewelry for men. What does that do for you?   Melanie: I think this is a sector which is going to grow. I think more and more men are interested in their appearance. You see the cosmetic industry growing. Fashion, of course, is growing. If you look at red carpets, the Oscars, you see more and more men wearing not only jewelry, but pearl necklaces. That has happened in the last year, year-and-a-half. It's always the classic white pearl necklace, because I think this is the contrast they're looking for in terms of cultural significance. I don't know if it's going to progress into different kinds of pearl jewelry, but there is a lot of interest from men now to extend their style into jewelry, and cufflinks are quite a big part of how they dress formally, although not in their everyday lives necessarily.   Sharon: I have been told that men collect cufflinks. My husband doesn't wear them, but I have been told that men do collect cufflinks. You're very international. Is it that your dad is Greek and your mom is Greek and French?    Melanie: My dad is Greek. My mother is French. Now I am married to a German, hence living in Hamburg, and my brother lives in Switzerland. We're still European, so I guess not that international, but it's interesting to grow up with two languages. It's the same as my kids now, growing up with two languages and just being open to the world.   Sharon: So, you learned French before, and then you learned English just by going to school and learning?   Melanie: Yeah, English is the first international language taught in Greece. From the age of seven, I learned Greek at school. Then when I was able to study in Edinburgh, that's where I really learned English in the sense of everyday life. Now I've learned German, so I speak my fourth language.   Sharon: Wow! How does it happen that you have a London office? You live in Hamburg, but you have a London office. How did that come about?   Melanie: That is because after I finished my studies at the Royal College of Art, I stayed there. I had my office and my business, and when we moved to Hamburg seven years ago, I decided to keep that. Moving to Hamburg was for personal reasons, and it made sense to keep all my contacts and my clients and my business where it started. Of course, there was Covid in between, but now what I'm trying to do is grow the German part. The business in London is still there. I have someone working for me there.    I'm able to fly quite often now after Covid, and now I'm in the process of looking at what kind of fairs I can do here in Hamburg. Of course, in Munich, there is a very big jewelry scene. I was at Munich Jewelry Week last week. I think there's a lot to do in Germany because there's a lot of jewelry manufacturing, and there are a lot of jewelry artists and practitioners. I haven't had the opportunity to connect with this part of my life here in Hamburg yet, but I'm in the process of doing that now. It's exciting.   Sharon: Were you unusual in that you opened your business right after school, right after the Royal College of Art?    Melanie: I don't think so. That's a positive and a negative, but if you finish a college like Central Saint Martins or the Royal College of Art, you are expected to be a designer or to start your own practice. I say it's a negative because a lot of times you're not encouraged or not given the possibility to work for other people so you really learn more about how a business is run with all the steps. You're supposed to start everything from scratch by yourself. Obviously, this has its own challenges, but I think lots of us started our own brands straight after. Of course, over time, some people do end up working for others, and some people continue to do their own practice like I have.   Sharon: That's very hard. Did you have business classes in school?   Melanie: No.   Sharon: No, nothing.   Melanie: After all the possible mistakes—and I'm going to make more—I've come to a conclusion that I've learned a lot from all the mistakes, and I've figured out how to do things my way. If I could go back, I think I would work longer for someone else, simply because it's an invaluable experience. Once you've started your own company, it's hard to then work for someone else, but it is what it is. I feel like I can stand on my own two feet now.   Sharon: Well, 10 years is a long time. It's a short time and it's a long time.    Melanie: Hopefully it's a short time for me.   Sharon: Thank you so much for being with us today. We really appreciate it.    Melanie: It's been a pleasure talking with you Sharon. Thank you.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.   Thank you again for listening. Please leave us a rating and review so we can help others start their own jewelry journey.    

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What you'll learn in this episode:   How Melanie discovered that classic pearls could be seen in a new light. Why younger people, especially men, are embracing pearl jewelry in a new way.  How Melanie's collaboration with Tasaki broke barriers for Japanese customers.  The difference between types of pearls, and what it's like to work with them.  How launching her brand right after art school gave Melanie a crash course in the jewelry business.    About Melanie Georgacopoulos   With a background in sculpture, jewellery designer Melanie Georgacopoulos works with materials in new ways to release their potential and stimulate new interpretations. She began her exploration of the pearl during her Master's degree at the RCA in 2007, after which she worked as a freelance designer under Antoine Sandoz for major international brands, before establishing her eponymous label in 2010.   In Melanie's work the paradoxical, intriguing nature of pearls and mother of pearl is at the core of every piece, whilst the aesthetic remains simple, structured and timeless. She continually strives to challenge the existing preconceptions of these organic materials and that of traditional jewellery design itself. It is this unique approach which has given her the opportunity to showcase her pieces regularly at fairs, exhibitions and galleries worldwide.   Melanie became well known internationally for her work with pearls, leading to her collaboration with TASAKI, which began in 2013. Directional line M/G TASAKI was born, marring Melanie's flair to cross design boundaries with the Japanese jewellery company's world renowned craftsmanship. Following the huge success of the seasonal collections Melanie was appointed Head Designer for M/G TASAKI in 2015. She has been a visiting lecturer at Central Saint Martins for the last four years whilst she continues to create her own collections and one-off pieces for special projects.   Additional Resources: Website Instagram Photos available on TheJewelryJourney.com Transcript: Melanie Georgacopoulos has done a few things to pearls that would make an old-school pearl lover gasp. She's cut them, drilled them and combined them in taboo ways, but the result is elegant, modern jewelry for a new generation. She joined the Jewelry Journey Podcast to talk about her collaboration with Japanese pearl brand Tasaki; which types of pearls she loves to work with; and why she didn't appreciate pearls until she saw what was inside. Read the episode transcript here.    Sharon: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Jewelry Journey Podcast. This is the first part of a two-part episode. Please make sure you subscribe so you can hear part two as soon as it's released later this week.    Today, we're talking with Melanie Georgacopoulos. Melanie occupies some unusual niches. She's a specialist in designing with pearls, which is very unusual. For those of you who are listening who think that pearls are too old-fashioned or too formal, she has really changed the way pearls are viewed. She lives in Hamburg but has her office in London. She's also the Chief Designer for a collaboration with a Japanese company, Tasaki. We will hear all about her jewelry journey today. Melanie, welcome to the program.   Melanie: Thank you for inviting me, Sharon. I'm delighted to be here.   Sharon: Melanie and I went through a lot of iterations with the time, so I'm glad we did connect. Tell us about your jewelry journey and how you started working with pearls.    Melanie: I have to say I am very lucky, because I've known from quite a young age that I wanted to be creative, and more specifically that I wanted to work in the field of jewelry. I must have been around 12 or 13 years old when I started making things with my hands. I didn't quite know what to do with them, so my brother suggested I use them as jewelry somehow. That gave me a purpose to create objects that related to the body somehow. By the time I finished school, I was 100% focused on the idea that I wanted to involve myself in jewelry.    I grew up in Greece, by the way, so my first step was to study in Athens. I found a private vocational school where I learned about traditional Greek jewelry techniques, handmaking and production. It was more focused on technique rather than design. After those three years, I decided to broaden my horizons, so I went to Edinburgh College of Art and studied sculpture. I went from something quite small to something very large. I did a BA there. After that, I felt that I still needed help to figure out exactly what my voice was.    I was very lucky; I applied for the Royal College of Art and got a place in the jewelry department, which is a master's of two years. I had a fantastic time there. It was during those two years that I discovered pearls. At the time, I was working with a lot of different materials, and I was designing a lot, but I hadn't really found my voice yet. By chance I started working with pearls. My first thought was, “What's inside them? They look intriguing.” I cut one up and saw those broad circles, and I was fascinated; I was surprised; I was intrigued, and I started learning about pearls. I graduated from the RCA, the Royal College of Art, with a collection of deconstructing the pearl necklace.   After graduating, I decided to stay in London. I worked as a jewelry designer for a brand. We designed for other companies. A few years later, I decided to start my own brand because there was still a lot of interest in what I was doing, and I felt there was a niche to be explored. That was 10 years ago already. There was a niche to be explored about contemporary pearl jewelry. There wasn't really anything exciting being done in the field, I felt. This is how my journey started into pearl jewelry.   Sharon: Did you have the emotional support of your family in this?   Melanie: I was very lucky. My parents encouraged me from a young age to find what I was interested in and pursue it. I was very passionate from a young age, and they recognized and encouraged that. They supported me for my studies, which in hindsight I'm also very grateful for because I was completely free to focus on my studies without any financial constraints. They said to me, “We just want you to find what you're really interested in and the rest will follow,” and it has, actually.   Sharon: Did you come from an artistic family? Were they creative? Were they sculptors?   Melanie: In a way. My dad is a lawyer, but he always liked to build things with his hands and work in the garden. He really enjoyed that. My mom is an interior decorator. We always credit her for the artistic name in the family, but I think my dad secretly was also quite artistic, just not for his work. My brother ended up becoming an industrial designer. We were both encouraged to be quite creative. There were no constraints. At the time in Greece, there was a lot of focus on either becoming a doctor or a lawyer. Thankfully they kept us away from that career path.   Sharon: I'm very surprised that English schools would accept somebody who hadn't already gone through their system.    Melanie: I think I was lucky. Going to the Royal College of Art was easier because I had graduated from Edinburgh. In order to get into Edinburgh, I needed to pass an English exam for the language and submit a portfolio which I had worked on. It wasn't just, “O.K., if I show up, I'm going to get a place.” I had to compete for that.    I have to say it was quite a shock culturally to move from Greece to Scotland, but at the same time, it was an excellent training for my English. It was a place where you have to figure things out by yourself. There is no one there to hold your hand, so it made me quite resilient from the beginning. Also, I think it might be the English or British mentality that you have to work hard for what you get. No one is going to be there to hold your hand and provide things to you. You have to find your own way to make things happen, which is what I have continued up until today.   Sharon: When you went from Edinburgh to the Royal College of Art, was it a big change then, or was it just a continuation?   Melanie: It was a big change because I basically had no understanding of the impact it was going to have on me. I was moving to an extremely creative environment, very competitive, but also the people who are chosen to go to the Royal College of Art are extremely talented, extremely focused, extremely passionate. You come in thinking, “Oh, I'm going thrive here. I'm going to be the best,” and you realize that the other 20 people in your class are exactly the same as you, if not better. But it was a very nice context. It wasn't competitive in a bad way; it was actually competitive in a good way.    It was very international. I still have contacts all over the world because I studied there. It was also a change because London is still a very international city in comparison to a place like Edinburgh. In hindsight, I'm so grateful to have come to Edinburgh because I did get a taste of Britain, whereas in London, you get a taste of the world, but not necessarily that much of England.    Sharon: So, you were studying, and you saw a hole in the marketplace? Tell us about that.   Melanie: When you do a master's, you obviously try to do a lot of things at the same time. You're trying to figure out who you are relatively, what is your own point of view in whatever you study, but let's say it's jewelry. I was trying to find my voice because there are all different kinds of jewelry, as you know. There's high jewelry, artistic jewelry, fashion jewelry, and I was trying to figure that out. At the same time, you study a lot of things. You have to write essays. You have to do projects with market research. You have to do specific projects with companies during your studies, like a weeklong project, for example. Part of those projects is to understand not only the context you're thinking of going into in terms of jewelry, but understanding the general context of what is out there. I think it helps you to find your place if you find certain niches or areas that you feel are potentially unexplored.    When I came across pearls, at the beginning, I had absolutely no prior relationship to them the way some cultures do. I didn't really understand the impact of pearls or their cultural significance. I also had no fear because after all these years, I realized people have a lot of connotations about pearls. Wit the more valuable pearls, you are to treat them with respect—I put that in brackets. You're not supposed to cut them, and you're not supposed to do things to them. But because of my sculptural context, I actually saw them as a material, not necessarily as a precious gemstone. That made me free to explore them as a material, but also culturally and design-wise in my subsequent designs. I think that was a very good start for me, to be in this comfort zone of studying where I could be very experimental and put down some solid foundations, which then I was able to grow and expand after my studies as a young professional and as someone who has to make a living out of what they do.   Sharon: When you first looked at the pearls, did you just see, like most people do, strands you put around your neck?    Melanie: Absolutely, yes. The context was really the single pearl strands, the little earrings. There was hardly any pearl jewelry—and by that I include fashion jewelry—on the high streets. Slowly but surely I started seeing fashion jewelry on the catwalks, with brands like Alexander McQueen. Later there was Christopher Kane. Now, for example, there is Simone Rocha, who started putting pearl embellishments on her clothes. All this has the effect that it trickles onto the high streets. Then, the 14, 15, 16, 17-year-olds start wearing plastic pearls, and they slowly understand that it's not that old-fashioned. Then by the time they're 30, they can pay a bit more. They want to wear more expensive jewelry because they can afford it. They start to invest in fine jewelry and keep progressing.   Over the years, I realized I have two sorts of clients. One is the older client who has the classic necklace and earrings, probably the white ones or the darker ones depending on where she's from. She's looking for something different, because I think now is the time that people look for individual jewelry that expresses their style rather than copying something they see in a magazine.   The second type of client is a younger customer who is not particularly interested in pearls but likes the design. They might also happen to have pearls. I think it gives me a nice challenge to try and create pieces that attract both of those clients, because clearly, they look for different things, different scales. Also, they have different budgets.    Sharon: Besides the one in Japan, do you design for companies? Do people come to you and say, “I want my pearls different”? How does it work?   Melanie: I have been in touch with Tasaki since 2012. By that time, I had already started my brand. I was wholesaling in a few stores, and I decided to focus on pearls. When Tasaki approached me, they wanted to take the sliced idea I was known for and turn it into M/G Tasaki Jewelry. They wanted to slowly build an M/G Tasaki brand with me. Unfortunately, my last name, as you know, is very long, so we decided to do M/G Tasaki rather than Melanie Gerogacopoulos, which would be far too long. So, I design exclusively for them.   Then on the side, I have my own brand where I'm able to be creative completely without any boundaries. This is also where I have expanded the last two years on working with mother of pearl, as you may have seen. So, I have clients who approach me because they've seen my work for Tasaki and they want to buy Tasaki pieces, which they can also do through the Tasaki website or in the Tasaki shops. I also have clients who approach me because they want a special piece, a commission, something else I have done for my own brand.   Sharon: When I look at mother of pearl, it looks very fragile or like you have to be very careful with it. Am I wrong with that?   Melanie: You have to be careful, but it's not as fragile as people think. Actually, mother of pearl has been used quite a lot in watches and dials. It's been used in fine watches for a long, long time. We've seen it more and more in fine jewelry in the last few years, but you have to treat it differently than pearl. This is one aspect of it that I find fascinating. It's so close to a pearl. It's the actual oyster that makes the pearl, but you buy it in flat sheets. It's translucent. It's also got the same colors as pearls. You can do different things with it. Even though it's like the first cousin of the pearl, it allows you to do other things that you wouldn't be able to do with pearls. It's a similar material. It's in the same family, yet it's a completely different thing altogether.   Sharon: Do you buy your pearls one by one, or do you say, “Send me a batch and I'll pick the ones I like”?   Melanie: It depends on whether I'm designing a collection. In that case, I have suppliers, for example in Hong Kong, for freshwater pearls. I ask for different sizes and strands that they have in different colors. They send me photos and price lists, and then I decide. I always try to buy more than I need because I think there's no point getting something sent from Hong Kong if it's just for one pearl. So, I'm trying to buy a bit more to have more stock in the office.    Then I have suppliers in London. If I have a special commission, there's a system where they can lend you a few pearls or strands on approval, which means you can borrow them for three weeks, I think, to show them to the client. They can keep them for a few days, and then they return them to you when they've made a decision. It's part of the experience when you work with a private client; they get that extra service so you can customize something for them. You give them the luxury to look at the gemstones, in this case the pearls, before they are mounted on a piece of jewelry. They can look at the pearls against their skin color, for example, and decide before having the finished piece of jewelry in their hands.    So, how I source the materials depends on what I intend to do with them. Because I make collections as well as individual pieces, I have suppliers who can give me access to pearls or other gemstones, depending on what I'm going to be using them for.   Sharon: Did Tasaki approach you because—if you think of Japan, you think of pearls. Well, I do at least.    Melanie: I think we all do, yes. I think it was just extremely good timing. They saw my pieces in the High Street Market in London, which is a big shop and a very conceptual store. They found the products interesting because I was cutting them and joining them and making necklaces, and they were selling very well. They thought, “O.K., someone's doing something interesting. We've never seen this before. It's different than what exists out there, what other competitors are doing.”    I'm sure you've heard of Mikimoto as being a Japanese pearl brand, and they were looking to offer a different perspective on pearl jewelry at the time. So, I was lucky that they saw my pieces when they were searching for new ideas. They suggested we do this joint brand. Every time I think about this, I'm so grateful they placed so much trust in me, a young 30-year-old, Greek/French sculpture jewelry graduate with a young brand, a creative person. A year after we met, we launched the first collection. Luckily it went well, but it could have equally been rejected by the very discerning Japanese customers.   Sharon: You're saying you did the collection a year later. Do they have their own stores, or would they put it in department stores?   Melanie: Yeah, they are a pretty big company, but they're not very well known in the west. They're working on that, but they have a lot of stores in Japan, Korea, China and Taiwan. They're actually quite well-known there, and they were able to place the collection straightaway in their stores and some of the biggest department stores there. Since then, we've made on average one or two collections a year. We launch between 20 to 30 different pieces a year. I've designed over 30 or 40 collections and we're still working together, which is a huge compliment for myself to be designing for a Japanese company for so long.   Sharon: If they're so well-known, is it like if your boyfriend brings you into Tiffany? Your boyfriend brings you to Tasaki?   Melanie: I guess, yeah. I have to say, I really admire that they are Japanese. The stereotype of Japanese people making things extremely well, that's totally true. Being appreciative of tradition and craftsmanship is totally true, but at the same time, they're really wanting and looking for something extremely avant garde. You can see that in the fashion and the fashion companies. I find it very brave of a company to go in that direction in pearl jewelry, because pearls are very culturally significant in Japan. They have a completely different relationship to them than we do. To propose sliced pearls as a first collection, I think that was very daring, and it worked.    Sharon: How did you introduce it? Let's say somebody is 50 and has their pearl necklace they've had for 30 years. You were slicing pearls and doing different things. How did you move them to a younger vibe?   Melanie: I think people always look for something they don't have. There's no point in making another classic pearl necklace if someone already has it, and you're not going to persuade a young person to buy one if they are associated with their grandmother, or the one that stayed in the safe for the last 30, 40 years. I am particularly interested in design more than as a jeweler, more than the value of stones. I feel that my strong point is to create designed pieces which are hopefully innovative and stand through time, but represent the time we're in. They do stand the test of time, and I hope this is what attracts younger people to the jewelry. It's something they haven't seen before, something they feel represents the time we're in now. The way to do that is by introducing good design. This is my hope for the jewelry that I present.   Sharon: We will have photos posted on the website. Please head to TheJewelryJourney.com to check them out.    

This month, Jaye sits with two of our newest RCA Alumni Coordinators, Marty Dunphy and Peter Gregory, to talk through different coping skills they've learned in recovery. We learn about the disconnect between one's old life in addiction and their new, the importance of being patient with your new self, and finding sober friends in unsuspecting places (like a Grateful Dead concert!) Our friend Marty leaves us with an incredible surprise at the end of this episode - you'll just have to listen to find out! This powerful episode is a must-listen for those in the recovery community. We hope you enjoy. *The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.

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Legendary singer and actor Elvis Presley's death on August 16, 1977, stunned the music industry and devastated millions of fans worldwide. In the days following his funeral, speculation grew among a small group of skeptics that Elvis might not have died after all. Despite clear statements from doctors and a coroner that he was dead, disbelievers were adamant that he had faked his own death to go into hiding. There are even theories that Elvis's twin brother, who died at birth, never really died and sometimes took his brother's place on stage. SOURCEShttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2450/jesse-garon-presleyhttps://vault.fbi.gov/Elvis%20Presley%20/Elvis%20Presley%20Part%201%20of%2012/viewhttps://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt0994/940915/09160009.htmhttps://www.graceland.com/biographyhttps://www.biography.com/musicians/elvis-presleyhttps://biography.elvis.com.au/Inner Elvis, by Dr. Peter Whitmer

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In a continuation of last week's conversation, technology experts Jeffrey Funk and Robert J. Marks explore the question of where today's technological innovation is fostered. Academia? Private corporations? The military? Since many universities now prize publication over innovation, much of the real progress is being made elsewhere.  Additional Resources Source

This week's guest is Cindi Miller. She was a  women's volleyball player at UNC Asheville. In this episode, we chat about recruiting, injuries, adversity, and advocating for yourself.- Name: Cindi Miller- Sport: Volleyball- Schools UNC Asheville- Instagram: @sportsfoodandmentalhealthSports Food and Mental Health WebsiteEmail Cindi: cindi@sportsfoodandmentalhealth.comEpisode with Liz McKenna talking about athletes struggling to make their own decisions.- Patreon - If you love RCA and want to give financially to support the podcast you can do so through Patreon. Depending on what tier you give, you will receive exclusive content as a thank you for supporting us.- Sign up for our monthly (non-spammy) newsletter here!Housekeeping:- Website: www.retiredcollegeathletes.com- Instagram: @retiredcollegeathletes- Facebook: Retired College Athletes- YouTube: Retired College Athletes- Twitter: @RCAathletes- Email: sydney@retiredcollegeathletes.com

On March 7 2023, Loom users started seeing each others data as a result of cookies getting leaked from the CDN. This loom security breach is really critical. Let us discuss 0:00 Intro 1:00 Why Cookies 2:00 How this happens 5:50 What caused it? 7:30 How Loom solved it? 8:20 Reading the RCA 10:30 Remedies

Tous les jours, les journalistes et correspondants de RFI ainsi que des spécialistes répondent à vos questions sur l'actualité. Ce matin :  RCA : le président Touadéra dénonce l'ingérence des Occidentaux. Par François Mazet, journaliste au service Afrique de RFI. Chine : hausse conséquente du budget militaire. Par Stéphane Lagarde, correspondant permanent de RFI à Pékin. Football : Corinne Diacre limogée, quelles conséquences ? Par Antoine Grognet, journaliste au service des sports de RFI.  RDC : pourquoi le cessez-le-feu a une fois de plus été violé ? Par Godefroid Muzalia, professeur à l'Institut supérieur pédagogique de Bukavu, directeur du groupe d'études sur les conflits et la sécurité humaine.     * Par téléphone : de France : 09 693 693 70 de l'étranger : 33 9 693 693 70 * Par WhatsApp : +33 6 89 28 53 64 N'OUBLIEZ PAS DE NOUS COMMUNIQUER VOTRE NUMÉRO DE TÉLÉPHONE (avec l'indicatif pays). Pour nous suivre : * Facebook : Rfi appels sur l'actualité * Twitter : @AppelsActu

Hello listeners! We're back with a brand new episode of the Alumni Association's Strength in Recovery Podcast! Today, our host Jaye sits down with one of our newer Alumni Coordinators, Henry Love. Henry is based at our St. Charles, IL facility. Henry walks us through his recovery journey and provides us with some great wisdom surrounding addiction, surrendering to a higher power, and accepting help as it comes. We thank Henry for being so open with Jaye - we have no doubt this episode will give you a fresh perspective on recovery. We hope you enjoy! *The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.

Apple Interactive Television Box (1994) Before Apple TV, there was "The Apple Interactive Television Box", or ITV, also internally identified as STB (set-top box). Learn more about it, and check the photos and vid of ours (we have one!) ... Wikipedia - The Apple Interactive Television Box (AITB) is a television set-top box developed by Apple Computer in partnership with a number of global telecommunications firms, including British Telecom and Belgacom. Prototypes of the unit were deployed at large test markets in parts of the United States and Europe in 1994 and 1995, but the product was canceled shortly thereafter, and was never mass-produced or marketed. The Apple Interactive Television Box is based upon the Macintosh Quadra 605 or LC 475. Because the box was never marketed, not all specifications have been stated by Apple. It supports MPEG-2 Transport containing ISO11172 (MPEG-1) bit streams, Apple Desktop Bus, RF in and out, S-Video out, RCA audiovideo out, RJ-45 connector for either E1 data stream on PAL devices or T1 data stream on NTSC devices, serial port, and HDI-30 SCSI.[2] Apple intended to offer the AITB with a matching black ADB mouse, keyboard, Apple 300e CD-ROM drive, StyleWriter printer, and one of several styles of remote controls. The hard drive contains parts of a regular North American Mac OS 7.1.1 with Finder, several sockets for network connection protocols, and customized MPEG1 decoding components for the QuickTime Player software. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Interactive_Television_Box https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Apple_Interactive_Television_Box https://pippin.fandom.com/wiki/Apple_Interactive_Television_Box #MARCHintosh Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ ----------------------------------------- #adafruit #apple

James C. Leake was a Television pioneer along with his wife Marjory Griffin Lake and brother-in-law John “J.T.” Griffin. In the 1940s, they applied to the FCC for licenses to put television stations in Little Rock, Arkansas (KATV), Tulsa, Oklahoma (KTUL) and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (KWTV). They put these three stations on the air in nine months.What you are about to hear is James Leake describing the process from application time, their competition, money issues, to building studios, and to when they went on the air, December 1953.It was February 3, 1998, when Mr. Leake recorded this oral history account of Oklahoma and Arkansas television. He was 83 years old when he talked for an hour without an interviewer or notes as he recalled in interesting detail the many challenges they faced in constructing these stations “put on by folks who had never seen it.”We are grateful to Nancy and Richard Sevenoaks (daughter and son-in-law) of Jimmy Leake for providing this recording. James C. Leake was 86 when he died July 3, 2001.

This week's guest is Dr. Sarah Lee. She was a  women's volleyball player at Cal State University, Fullerton,  and in this episode, we chat about the adversity you hit as you transition out of your sport and how to navigate it.- Name: Dr. Sarah Lepe- Sport: Volleyball- Schools: Cal State University, Fullerton- Instagram: @rebrandedathleteRebranded Athlete websiteRebranded Athlete linktree- Patreon - If you love RCA and want to give financially to support the podcast you can do so through Patreon. Depending on what tier you give, you will receive exclusive content as a thank you for supporting us.- Sign up for our monthly (non-spammy) newsletter here!Housekeeping:- Website: www.retiredcollegeathletes.com- Instagram: @retiredcollegeathletes- Facebook: Retired College Athletes- YouTube: Retired College Athletes- Twitter: @RCAathletes- Email: sydney@retiredcollegeathletes.com

We had the pleasure of interviewing Amber Run over Zoom video!London's introspective indie rock trio Amber Run recently released their fourth studio album, 'How To Be Human'. The album title is a nod to the wish of a human guide book that could teach us how to be happy, how to be content, how to find peace within the world and, crucially, within ourselves. What this album emulates is exactly that.In celebration of the 13 track album, the band also released ‘The Hurt (Act III)' - the final part of a trilogy of EPs that doubles as an expansive collection of songs that helped create the upcoming album. The track ‘'Hurt'' has landed on Spotify's The Indie List, All New Rock, New Music Friday UK, Indie Brandneu, New Music Friday BE and New Music Friday NL in addition to Apple Music's New In Alternative and New In Rock playlists. ABOUT AMBER RUNAmber Run - consisting of frontman/guitarist Joe Keogh, bassist Tomas Sperring and keyboard player Henry Wyeth - have managed not just to continue but to thrive on their own terms through making music together. They released their debut album ‘5AM' in 2014 via RCA, where they built lasting relationships with a fanbase who had found relatability in their deeply moving songwriting. On their second & third LP ‘For A Moment, I Was Lost' and ‘Philophobia', the band continued building their fanbase organically, inviting open dialogues with songs that often cut to the quick of life's more difficult moments. Throughout all of this, their early 2014 single ‘I Found,' has taken on a life of its own; currently sitting at a gargantuan 300 million Spotify plays, it's been adopted by a new generation of fans on TikTok where more than half a million people have created videos inspired by the track. Offline, the band recently sold out their first Europe and North American tour dates, culminating in their biggest shows to date including London's Roundhouse before signing to TRIPEL for their, ‘How To Be Human' album.We want to hear from you! Please email Hello@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com#podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #AmberRun #HowToBeHuman #TheHurt #NewMusic #ZoomListen & Subscribe to BiBhttps://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn's “Disrupting Class” is an unsettling title for a book about the schooling process. The title conveys multiple meanings. The principal message is that disruption can usefully frame why schools have struggled to improve and how to solve these problems. We welcome back the author of “Disrupting Class, How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns: Michael B Horn Find Michael here: https://michaelbhorn.com 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:02 Clayton Christensen Relationship 00:05:53 The Why of Disrupting Class 00:08:14 What Does The Theory Have to Say? 00:10:37 Intrinsic v Extrinsic Motivation and Jobs Theory 00:14:47 Interdependence and Modularity 00:22:15 Organisational Design and Authority 00:28:40 Train people how to think not what to think 00:29:37 Model of Disruptive Innovation 00:32:42 Non-Consumption Contexts 00:37:42 Resistance from the Status Quo 00:41:02 Cramming 00:46:06 RCA, Vacuum Tubes, Sony and Transistors 00:49:09 Incubation Outside the Core 00:53:43 Value Network and Ecosystem 00:56:28 The Role of Regulation 01:02:13 Jobs To Be Done Theory 01:06:12 Democratising the theories 01:10:10 Final Thoughts on Disrupting Education 01:10:10 Final Thoughts on Clayton Christensen

This week's guest is Dumebi Egbuna. She was a  women's basketball player at Emory University,  and in this episode, we chat about going D3, when loving your sport isn't enough, and why she decided to walk away after her sophomore year.- Name: Dumebi Egbuna- Sport: Basketball- Schools: Emory University- Instagram: @dumebiegbuna- Patreon - If you love RCA and want to give financially to support the podcast you can do so through Patreon. Depending on what tier you give, you will receive exclusive content as a thank you for supporting us.- Sign up for our monthly (non-spammy) newsletter here!Housekeeping:- Website: www.retiredcollegeathletes.com- Instagram: @retiredcollegeathletes- Facebook: Retired College Athletes- YouTube: Retired College Athletes- Twitter: @RCAathletes- Email: sydney@retiredcollegeathletes.com

In this episode of RCA Radio, host Brandon Miller is joined by Eric Januszewski, Senior Director of Client Relations for US and Europe, at Regulatory Compliance Associates® (RCA) to talk about outsourced technical program management and the increased demand caused by the shortage of qualified subject matter experts.Listen in as Eric goes over what outsourced program management is, the benefits clients receive when having a technical program manager, and the heuristic approach RCA takes with their program managers to transfer knowledge to the clients internal team. About RCARegulatory Compliance Associates®  (RCA) provides worldwide services to the following industries for resolution of compliance and regulatory challenges:PharmaceuticalBiologic & BiotechnologySterile compoundingMedical deviceLab TestingWe understand the complexities of running a life science business and possess areas of expertise that include every facet of R&D, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and manufacturing. We are used to working on the front lines and thriving in the scrutiny of FDA-and globally-regulated companies.As your partners, we can negotiate the potential minefield of regulatory compliance and regulatory due diligence with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our unique expertise and experience.

Au menu de l'actualité :- RCA : la crise humanitaire menace le processus de paix- L'ONU demande 2,25 milliards de dollars pour aider la RDC- Education : l'UNESCO prône l'enseignement multilingue dès l'école primaire  Présentation : Cristina Silveiro

This week's guest is Braie Swann. She was a  gymnastics athlete at the University of Arkansas, and in this episode, we chat about what she wish she knew before becoming a college athlete,  player-coach dynamics, and much more- Name: Braie Swann- Sport: Gymnastics- Schools: University of Arkansas- Instagram: @ayybraiebraie- TikTok: @ayybraiebraie- Patreon - If you love RCA and want to give financially to support the podcast you can do so through Patreon. Depending on what tier you give, you will receive exclusive content as a thank you for supporting us.- Sign up for our monthly (non-spammy) newsletter here!Housekeeping:- Website: www.retiredcollegeathletes.com- Instagram: @retiredcollegeathletes- Facebook: Retired College Athletes- YouTube: Retired College Athletes- Twitter: @RCAathletes- Email: sydney@retiredcollegeathletes.com

The podcast is back!!- Patreon - If you love RCA and want to give financially to support the podcast you can do so through Patreon. Depending on what tier you give, you will receive exclusive content as a thank you for supporting us.Today's Scout:- Name: Sydney Umeri (the host)- College: University of Virginia & University of Kansas- Sport: BasketballSign up for our monthly (non-spammy) newsletter here!Housekeeping:- Website: www.retiredcollegeathletes.com- Instagram: @retiredcollegeathletes- Facebook: Retired College Athletes- YouTube: Retired College Athletes- Twitter: @RCAathletes- Email: sydney@retiredcollegeathletes.com

Hello listeners! Welcome back to season 2 of the Strength in Recovery Podcast. Today, Jaye sits down with Justin & Megan to talk about what recovery looks like in a relationship. Justin and Megan break down their communication methods, making amends, and how their relationship has changed from before Justin's time in treatment to now, This is a powerful episode that emphasizes the importance of one's support system on their recovery journey. We're grateful Justin & Megan sat down with us to share their story. Thank you for tuning in! *The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.

Au menu de l'actualité :Le Secrétaire général de l'ONU appelle à soutenir les populations turques et syriennes affectées par le séisme de lundi.Des experts jugent qu'il faut lutter contre la commercialisation abusive de préparations pour nourrissons.Enfin, en République centrafricaine, le Plan de réponse humanitaire pour 2023 a besoin de 465 millions de dollars.Présentation : Florence Westergard

February is notorious for wintry and icy weather in the Northern Hemisphere. Joel and Allen discuss the recent blast of ice in Texas, the problems for blades damaged by ice, and how technicians battle their cold and wet nemesis. Visit Pardalote Consulting at https://www.pardaloteconsulting.com Wind Power Lab - https://windpowerlab.com Weather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.com Intelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us!  151 Bonus Allen Hall: This is a special bonus episode of the Uptime Wind Energy Podcast, and I have Joel Saxum here. Joel's down in Texas at the moment, and they're having some pretty massive ice storms. It seems like January, February in Texas is quite the adventure, and there's been some blade damage and ice being thrown, and a lot of RCAs and evals happening on blades. Allen Hall: And that'll just be a good time to discuss since it is winter. What to do about some of these icing conditions and how we're handling in them and what's the, some of the path forward. Allen Hall: Joel, would you like to just give us an idea of what you're seeing right now?  Joel Saxum: Yeah, I'll tell you I'll give you the environmental conditions in Texas right now and then kind of talk about some of the things we saw on the field in the last few days. But and this is for people who maybe you're in an area of the world that doesn't see icing or you are, and you may have some great feedback to, to tell us. Joel Saxum: But right now, so I'm in, I'm in between San Antonio and Austin, Texas, and I'm looking out the window, and this is not normal for this corner of. But there's a pin oak tree in the front yard that's probably got, I don't know, 5,000 pounds of ice in the, in the leaves and branches. I mean, there I, there's, there's 14 inch branches that are just boom, bent right down to the ground, right? Joel Saxum: So, All there's power lines failing. There's I mean there's a half inch of ice on the deck everywhere. I drove last night. We had a wind on the wind power lab team. We did an RCA up in Northern Texas. We were up by Up by Wichita Falls. And so we had to do some traveling around the state and the Dallas Fort Worth, metrop just got pounded with snow and ice, something that normally doesn't happen there, right? Joel Saxum: You think Texas, you're thinking, oh, you know, shorts, shorts and long sleeved shirt or something in the, in the wintertime when you're good. But I mean, I, I counted in one stretch of highway yesterday while traveling 19 different accidents because of the icing on the roads. Wow. Right. And so, so when you think about this now, there's some, some general thoughts. Joel Saxum: It rains, it's 32 degrees. If the blades are cold, they're gonna pick that ice up and as they, they travel around, they're gonna get ice and more ice and more ice and more ice. Also that that happens, but it also can happen where you may not even be getting any ice on the ground, any accumulation of rain or sleet or anything like that, but a hundred feet above you, there may be this fog layer and that sometimes is an ice fog. Joel Saxum: And when things spin around in that ice fog, it's almost worse because of the way it builds up on the wind turbine blades, they lose performance. And then once they get kind of jagged and, and spiky with the, the ice build up on the edges, it just tends to build up more and more and more and more. So an ice accumulation that's not shiny and clean tends to build up even more and more ice.

Twitter: @podgaverockInsta: @podgaverockSpecial Guest Host: John ShafranskiHarry Nilsson “Without You" from the  1971 album "Nilsson Schmilsson" released on RCA. Written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans and produced by Richard Perry. Personel:Harry Nilsson – vocalsGary Wright – pianoJohn Uribe – acoustic guitarKlaus Voormann – bass guitarJim Keltner – drumsPaul Buckmaster – string and French horn arrangementsCover:Performed by Josh BondIntro Music:"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Written by Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton.Other Artists Mentioned:Toto “Africa”Aha “Take On Me”Mariah Carey

Twitter: @podgaverockInsta: @podgaverockSpecial Guest Host: John ShafranskiHarry Nilsson “Without You" from the  1971 album "Nilsson Schmilsson" released on RCA. Written by Pete Ham and Tom Evans and produced by Richard Perry. Personel:Harry Nilsson – vocalsGary Wright – piano John Uribe – acoustic guitarKlaus Voormann – bass guitar Jim Keltner – drums Paul Buckmaster – string and French horn arrangementsCover:Performed by Josh BondIntro Music:"Shithouse" 2010 release from "A Collection of Songs for the Kings". Written by Josh Bond. Produced by Frank Charlton.Other Artists Mentioned:Jeff BeckDavid CrosbyThe ByrdsCrosby, Stills, and NashGallagherBob DylanThe Beatles “A Day in the Life”The YardbirdsCSNY “So Far”Neil Young “Decade”David Crosby “Almost Cut My Hair”The Byrds “Mr. Tambourine Man”They Byrds “My Page Pages”CSN “Guinneviere”CSN “Deja Vu”The Byrds “We've All Been Burned”Buffalo SpringfieldThe Byrds “Triad”CSN “Wooden Ships”SupermanMonterrey Pop FestivalAmerica the BeautifulBarack ObamaCSNY “Four Way Street”Mariah CareyHarry Nilsson “Everybody's Talkin'”Harry Nilsson “One”Paul McCartneyBadfingerHarry Nilsson “Gotta Get Up”Harry Nilsson “Early in the Monring”Harry Nilsson “Jump Into the Fire”Captain BeefheartFats DominoTiny TimCeline DionTitanticWhitney Houston “I Will Always Love You”Dolly PartonGary Wright “Dream Weaver”John LennonGeorge HarrisonThe Beatles “Revolver”The Traveling WilburysDavid Bowie “Space Oddity”Elton John “Levon”Elton John “Tiny Dancer”Elton John “Your Song”The Rolling Stones “Moonlight Mile”The Rolling Stones “Sway”The Beatles “For No One”Ringo StarrSam CookeRoy OrbisonThe Beatles “Yesterday”The Rules of AttractionJames van der BeekGlen CampbellAfrica “Toto”The Skyliners “Since I Don't Have You”Guns n Roses “November Rain”The Platters “Only You”Billy JoelPhil Collins “Against All Odds”Billy Vera “If You Don't Know Me By Now”Sinead O'Conner “Nothing Compares To You”U2 “With or Without You”BonoO, Holy NightAretha FranklinWhitney HoustonTG Sheppard 

We continue our look at the music in the eight volume set from RCA records of the complete Victor recordings of Benny Goodman. This week we start volume five and get into volume six. Martha Tilton is still the featured vocalist but gradually there are sideman changes in the orchestra. Gene Krupa leaves in March of 1938 to start his own orchestra and then there are a few other changes. The music, however, is still top notch. One thing I noticed while going through this volume is that Benny is recording more pop hits of the day. Most of these songs are unheard of today. It is still a great volume and I hope you enjoy the music in volume number five and six. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

 In this episode of RCA Radio, host Brandon Miller, Steve Lynn, and Susan Schniepp explore what is happening in the Pharmaceutical industry in 2023 and provide you with insight on how to prepare yourself for these upcoming initiatives. Steve is Regulatory Compliance Associates®  (RCA) Executive Pharmaceutical Consultant and Susan is the chair of PDA and as well as a Distinguished Fellow at RCA. Listen in as we go over the increase in spending in the industry as a whole, the continued expansion of cell and gene therapies, drug and device combination products for home and office use, cybersecurity in combination products, non-life science company's getting into the pharma industry, data integrity and compliance issues, vaccine development with the expansion of mRNA technologies, the post pandemic shift of 503b compounders, and finally the cultural shift around retiring. About RCARegulatory Compliance Associates® (RCA) provides worldwide services to the following industries for resolution of compliance and regulatory challenges:PharmaceuticalBiologic & BiotechnologySterile compoundingMedical deviceWe understand the complexities of running a life science business and possess areas of expertise that include every facet of R&D, operations, regulatory affairs, quality, and manufacturing. We are used to working on the front lines and thriving in the scrutiny of FDA-and globally-regulated companies.As your partners, we can negotiate the potential minefield of regulatory, compliance, quality, and private equity due diligence with insight, hindsight, and the clear advantage of our unique expertise and experience.

This week's guest is the music superstar Elle King! She has a new album coming out called Come Get Your Wife.  While it's a shorter conversation, it's packed with several topics I know her fans are going to love hearing, such as how the name of the album even came about and how much her tongue gets her in trouble. In this episode:Her new album, Come Get Your WifeThe attitude in the albumBeing yourselfWorking with Charlie WorshamIronically incredible things that came from her concussionWhat made her forget to play some of her songsSlowing down and taking care of herselfTouring with Chris StapletonHer site: https://www.elleking.comAbout Elle: (From Wikipedia)Tanner Elle Schneider (born July 3, 1989), known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical style is influenced by country, rock and blues.[1]In 2012, King released her debut EP, The Elle King EP, on RCA; one track from that EP, "Playing for Keeps", is the theme song for VH1's Mob Wives Chicago series.[2]She released her debut album, Love Stuff, in 2015. It produced the US top ten single "Ex's & Oh's", which earned her two Grammy Award nominations. King has also toured with acts such as Of Monsters and Men, Train, James Bay, The Chicks, Heart, Joan Jett, Michael Kiwanuka, and Miranda Lambert. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Rob Schneider and former model London King. King uses her mother's surname to distinguish her career and identity from her father's. "People know who my dad is," she told ABC News, "but I think that my voice and my music speaks for itself: that I am my own person."[3]King is a four-time Grammy Award nominee, two each in the rock and country categories, and received honors from the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.www.GaryScottThomas.com

Synopsis On this day in 1946, Igor Stravinsky conducted the New York Philharmonic in the first performance of his Symphony in Three Movements, a work inspired in part by World War II newsreels. “Each episode in the Symphony,” Stravinsky wrote, “is linked in my imagination with a specific cinematographic impression of the war. But the Symphony is not programmatic. Composers combine notes—that is all. How and in what form the things of this world are impressed upon their music is not for them to say.” What Stravinsky did say was that images of goose-stepping soldiers influenced its first movement, and its third movement was inspired in part by newsreels of the victorious march of the Allies into Germany. The themes of middle movement, however, had nothing to do with the war, but consisted of bits and pieces Stravinsky salvaged from his unused and unfinished score for the 1943 movie The Song of Bernadette. The producers decided instead to go with a score by Alfred Newman, a more experienced film composer. To Stravinsky's embarrassment, Newman's score for The Song of Bernadette won an Oscar for the Best Film Score of 1943. But Igor needn't have felt too chagrined—his music may have failed in Hollywood, but it triumphed at Carnegie Hall. Music Played in Today's Program Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Symphony in Three Movements Berlin Philharmonic; Pierre Boulez, conductor. DG 457 616 Alfred Newman (1901-1970) Song of Bernadette National Philharmonic; Charles Gerhardt, conductor. RCA 184

On Part Three of the Complete RCA Victor recordings of Benny Goodman, we start with the last recording that Helen Ward sang with the band. Benny used a few substitutes while he was looking for Helen's replacement so we'll hear a number by each of those vocalists. Then at the end of the program I have included the first couple of numbers that Martha Tilton recorded with the band. Also, it was during this time in 1937 that Benny recorded one of his biggest hits, it was called Sing, Sing, Sing. We'll hear the whole commercial recording which took up both sides of a 78 rpm record. I hope you are enjoying these recordings from the 8 double album set of RCA Victor recordings released by RCA in the mid 1970's. Please visit this podcast at http://bigbandbashfm.blogspot.com

Join us in this episode as Corinna talks about her compassion for her husband finding recovery through SAA, her own recovery journey in and out of various programs, and healing the inner child. We also talked about Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA) and Healthy Intimate Relationship (HIR) meetings in the SAA & COSA fellowships.   Links mentioned in this episode for HIR meetings & RCA: HIR meeting info in San Francisco (SAA): https://bayareasaa.org/meetings/healthy-intimate-relationships/?tsml-day=6 HIR meeting info (COSA): https://cosa-recovery.org/meeting/saturday-healthy-intimate-relationships-onl-19-ca-29/2023-01-21/ RCA information (no afflilation with SAA): https://recovering-couples.org/   Be sure to reach us via email: feedback@sexaddictsrecoverypod.com If you are comfortable and interested in being a guest or panelist, please feel free to contact me. jason@sexaddictsrecoverypod.com Launching soon: https://sexaddictsrecoverypod.com/ SARPodcast YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn0dcZg-Ou7giI4YkXGXsBWDHJgtymw9q   To find meetings in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to visit: https://www.bayareasaa.org/ To find meetings in the your local area or online, be sure to visit the main SAA website: https://saa-recovery.org/meetings/   The content of this podcast has not been approved by and may not reflect the opinions or policies of the ISO of SAA, Inc.

The duo of Rachael & Vilray courtesy of Rachael Price, lead singer of the popular band Lake Street Dive, and the New York-based singer and guitarist Vilray may sound like classic guitar jazz right out of the 1920s-1940s; Vilray's guitar chops dip into the style of the great “gypsy-jazz” guitarist Django Reinhardt; and Rachael Price croons into an old RCA ribbon mic, up close, warm and intimate, with no reverb. Rachael & Vilray's new originals are equal helpings of literate and populist, with cutting observations and character studies that might be operatic and humorous, allowing for the way that people contain multitudes. Their latest record, I Love A Love Song, continues to draw on, and in their own sly way, extends the tradition of the Great American Songbook.  The duo joins us in-studio to play some of their new, old-sounding songs (with one even featuring a lyric about narwhals.) - Caryn Havlik Set list: “Is A Good Man Real?” “Hate Is The Basis (of Love)” “Join Me In A Dream” Watch “Is A Good Man Real?”: Watch “Hate Is The Basis (of Love)”: Watch “Join Me In A Dream”:

Hello listeners, and welcome to Season 2 of the Strength in Recovery podcast: real people, real experiences, real hope. 2022 was an incredible year for the RCA Alumni Team – aside from launching this podcast, our team was able to host recovery meetings every day, host free events for our Alumni community, and save lives by helping people start their recovery journey in our treatment centers. We're proud of the road we were able to pave in 2022, and it only leaves us more excited for what we have coming up in this New Year.In 2023, the Strength in Recovery podcast will feature interviews from more RCA staff, alumni, friends, family, and others on their recovery journey who are interested in sharing their story with our listeners. Together we'll laugh, we'll cry, we'll relate, we'll gain new perspectives, and ultimately we will continue on this road together to ensure that 2023 is a year of health, happiness, and growth.The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.If you or a loved one is struggling and needs support, please do not hesitate to call us at 1-833-RCA-ALUM. We are available 24 hours day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Don't wait.

Hello listeners! Welcome back to the Strength in Recovery podcast. Season 2 is starting off strong- we have an interview with former RCA Alumni Coordinator and current Treatment Advocate Deb Riccelli. Deb & Jaye talk through Deb's sober journey alongside her husband, the importance of finding a solution in recovery, and also relive some of Jaye's favorite Deb stories. It's a great way to kick off 2023. Tune in now!The views and opinions expressed by the guests of this podcast are their own and not necessarily those of RCA. These interviews are personal testimonials of recovery and should not be considered medical or treatment advice.

Synopsis The German composer Johannes Brahms would probably have nodded in approval if he could have heard Orson Welles intone “We will sell no wine before its time” in those old TV ads for Paul Masson. Brahms was a notorious perfectionist, an obsessive polisher, and a cautious taste-tester of any of his own musical fermentations. So, if one notes that Brahms appeared at the piano on today's date in 1895, accompanying clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld at a high-profile Viennese performance of his Clarinet Sonata No. 1, one can safely assume there had been a number of trial performances beforehand. In the summer of 1894, during his annual holiday in the Austrian countryside, Brahms composed this sonata. The very first performances of the new Clarinet Sonata followed in the fall of 1894 for the Duke of Meiningen and his sister, with an additional test run in Frankfurt for Clara Schumann. After Clara gave the new work a thumbs up, Brahms apparently felt it was fit for public consumption: first on January 7, 1895 for members of Vienna's Tonkünstler Society, and four days later for an even more “toney” audience attending the Rosé String Quartet Quartet's chamber music series. After all, as Brahms and Mühlfeld might have put it: “We play NO sonata before its time!” Music Played in Today's Program Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Clarinet Sonata No. 1 Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Richarde Goode, piano RCA 60036

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot look at the music of 2022 from the rearview mirror. Jim and the producers share some of their favorite singles of the year, review some missed obituaries and Greg plays an excerpt from his legendary annual mixtape. Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lUSend us a Voice Memo: Desktop: bit.ly/2RyD5Ah  Mobile: sayhi.chat/soundops Featured Songs:Bad Bunny, "Moscow Mule," Un Verano Sin Ti, RIMAS ENTERTAINMENT, 2022Irene Cara, "Flashdance...What a Feeling," Flashdance: Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, Casablanca, 1983Irene Cara, "Fame," Fame: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, RSO, 1980The Clean, "Anything Could Happen," Compilation, Flying Nun, 1986Hawkwind, "Master of the Universe," In Search of Space, United Artists, 1971Public Image Ltd, "Public Image," Public Image: First Issue, Virgin, 1978Robyn Hitchcock, "The Man Who Loves the Rain," Shufflemania!, Tiny Ghost, 2022Ateez, "Guerilla," The World EP.1 : Movement, KQ Entertainment, 2022Lil Nas X, "That's What I Want," Montero, Columbia, 2021Glass Animals, "Heat Waves," Dreamland, Wolf Tone, 2020Superchunk, "If You're Not Dark," Wild Loneliness, Merge, 2022GAYLE, "abc (nicer)," abc (nicer) (Single), Atlantic, 2021Nicki Minaj, "Super Freaky Girl," Super Freaky Girl (Single), Young Money, 2022Taylor Swift, "Would've, Could've, Should've," Midnights (3am Edition), Republic, 2022Dummy, "Mono Retriever," Mono Retriever (Single), Sub Pop, 2022PLOSIVS, "Hit the Breaks," Hit the Breaks (Single), Swami, 2021Bodega, "Statuette on the Console," Broken Equipment, What's Your Rupture?, 2022Thee Oh Sees, "A Foul Form," A Foul Form, Castle Face, 2022Anna Calvi, "Ain't No Grave," Tommy - EP, Domino, 2022Brittany Davis, "I Choose to Live," I Choose to Live - EP, Loosegrove, 2022Say Sue Me, "To Dream," The Last Thing Left, Damnably & Beach Town Music, 2022Yola, "Strange Things Are Happening Every Day," ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), RCA, 2022Stillwater, "Fever Dog," Almost Famous, DreamWorks, 2000

Welcome back from your Holiday break! This week we have a review of the SVS Soundbase Pro. A powerful and compact integrated amplifier that should be on any music lover's short list of products to buy in 2023. CES started this week but due to the timing of our show schedule we'll have that for you next week. We also have a backlog of your emails as well as the week's news. News: YouTube Wins Rights to NFL Sunday Ticket LG's 2023 OLED TVs: smarter, lighter, and significantly brighter Roku does the obvious thing and announces its own TV line SVS Prime Wireless Pro SoundBase A few weeks ago we had Gary Yacoubian and Nick Brown of SVS on the show talking about their new Wireless Pro line of products. The Prime Wireless Pro Powered Speakers are a feature rich set of powered speakers which are available for $899.99 for the pair. The Prime Wireless Pro Soundbase is a smart wireless integrated amplifier that will add connectivity options to your older beloved speakers that were never dreamed of when they were originally built.  Ara owned the original version of the Soundbase for years and was extremely satisfied with sound but it lacked an important feature for him, Apple Airplay 2 support. The new Soundbase Pro fixed that issue and added many more features making the upgrade no-brainer. The original Soundbase cost $500, the new version costs $200 more. You may be asking, is the new Pro worth $200 more? The answer is yes! And we'll tell you why.  The full specs are: Amplifier Specs 300 Watt (150 watts x 2) Class-D Power Amp Acoustic Data Rated Bandwidth: 10Hz-20kHz (±1 dB) SN Ratio: 90dB @1V input, 2 x 150W output Power Amp: 300 watts RMS (150 watts x 2 into 4ohm) Input Specs HDMI audio input. Supports ARC and eARC Left/Right RCA Input: Input Impedance: 20K 3.5mm Aux Input: Input Impedance: 20K Toslink Optical Input: S/PDIF receiver works at a wide range of sampling frequencies up to 96kHz Bluetooth 5.0 with AAC and aptX 6 front panel presets for one-touch access to music services and playlists Ethernet USB service port also for powering wireless accessories (See SoundPath Wireless Audio Adapter) 3.5mm IR control input Wireless Streaming Options DTS Play-Fi: Lossless 192kHz/24-bit via Critical Listening Mode over WiFi Apple Airplay 2 for iPhones and iOS devices, Chromecast for Android Phones and Devices: CD Quality Bluetooth 5.0 with AAC and aptX Spotify Connect WiFi Connectivity for Wireless Streaming - Native control via Apple Airplay 2 for iPhone and iOS, Spotify Connect, & Google Chromecast for Android Phones and Devices App-Based Control over WiFi - Smartphone, tablet, or PC control with the DTS Play-Fi app 6 Custom Presets - 6 custom preset buttons on the front panel and remote provide instant access to your favorite podcast, playlist, streaming station, or other content, with a single touch. Voice Control - Alexa, Siri, and Google voice commands via supported devices Setup Like the previous Sounbase, setup was simple. The first thing to do was get the unit onto your wifi and for that you need to download and use the DTS Play-Fi app. You will need to use this app if you want to listen to your music at 192kHz/24-bit for lossless streaming. More on that in a bit. You can also pair your devices via Bluetooth if you choose. Our primary listening mode was wifi for Airplay 2 and DTS Play Fi. We did, however, connect our MacBook Pro to the Sounbase via Bluetooth so we could listen via AAC just for comparison. Unfortunately Apple removed a developer option to allow you to connect via AptX so we were not able to evaluate this codec.  You can also use an RCA, 3.5mm, HDMI (Arc and eARC) or Toslink Optical to connect external devices to the SoundBase. There is also a Subwoofer output in case you want to connect a subwoofer. We could not find at what frequency the amp is crossed over for the subwoofer. The SoundBase also has an Ethernet jack for a hardwired connection to your network and a USB port for firmware upgrades. The other thing worth noting is that the Soundbase Pro is small! It roughly measures 12X12X6 inches. It can fit anywhere. Also new for the Pro is a 3.15” wide display that will show you what is playing should you feel the need to walk up to it and look. The display lights can be dimmed or turned off making the front panel completely black. A great feature if you are using the amp to power some speakers for your TV. Performance Our listening was performed on CSS Audio Criton 2D speakers that Ara built a while back. They have great frequency response and good tight bass. We primarily listened to Heart Like a Truck by Lainey Wilson and Unholy by Sam Smith and Kim Petras (warning you won't get this song out of your head when you hear it!). We also mixed in other songs that we are very familiar with for specific segments that we thought would push the Soundbase.   What can we say? We have come to expect high quality sound from SVS and the new Soundbase Pro delivers! It takes everything we loved about the original Soundbase and adds the features we were clambering for in the original.  The amplifier has plenty of power and it was put to the test. Ara's neighbors can attest to that. It's probably more power than you will need but hey, it's always good to have power. They will drive anything from desktop to tower speakers with ease. Sound quality is excellent, as good as any two channel amp that we have used. Details come alive and are bright. One complaint we had was there is no way to adjust the treble. With my speakers the brightness of the sound was exaggerated at times.  Then it was time to have fun with test tones. Many amps can go low but can they rattle walls? This one can! To the point where Ara's wife walked into the room asking if he was trying to shake things off of the shelves in the room next door. Speakers matter here so your results will vary depending on whether your speakers can handle low frequencies. Our testing went down to 20 hertz where it pushed the Criton 2Ds to its limits. One complaint we had about the original Soundbase was a lack of Remote Control. SVS heard us and now includes a remote that allows you to select inputs, presets and control the volume from the comfort of your seat.  If you want to make use of the Critical Listening (192kHz/24-bit lossless streaming) mode you need to download the DTS Play-Fi app which is easy enough. But that's where the ease stops. The DTS app is cumbersome to use and not intuitive. But once you figure it out you can activate the Critical Listening mode by tapping the Hi-Res button and listen in Hi-Res.  After listening via wifi and Airplay2 we switched over to Tidal. And the best way to describe the experience was that it sounded “louder and more defined”. It's not like we could hear frequencies that we couldn't before. Its more like it sounded clearer and more detailed with a fuller bass. You could feel the kick drum in your chest. We could feel this with AAC as well but it's hard to explain, the Hi-Res just seemed to have a more pronounced impact.  We really wish we didn't need a Tidal subscription and could listen to Hi-Res via Apple Music! Conclusion The new Soundbase Pro takes everything we loved about the original and then adds a bunch of great features. After spending time with it, you'll wonder how SVS packed all these features into a small yet powerful amp! If you are really into music you probably have some speakers that you really love. Odds are they are not wireless though. The SVS Prime Wireless SoundBase brings those speakers into the connected era with enough power to drive anything from bookshelf to towers. This is a great addition to any music lover's setup. But hey, you don't have to believe us. SVS offers a 45 day risk free in home trial with free shipping both ways. We will wager that if you try it you won't ship it back!  

Hi Clever listeners! We're taking some time to recharge our batteries and welcome in the new year. Please enjoy some of our favorite episodes from 2022. We'll be back in 2023 with some fantastic new episodes!---Industrial designer and founding partner of Barber Osgerby, Jay Osgerby, grew up in a small town in England, with his close-knit multi-generational family and the backdrop of his grandparents' experiences through WWII. His childhood was filled with making things - inspired by his Swiss ancestors' stories of watch and camera making. His parents were incredibly resourceful, whether it was opening a shop together or repurposing curtains when the local cinema closed. This pioneering spirit is something that Jay has carried with him throughout his career - from his studies at RCA where he met long-time business partner and friend, Ed Barber, to designing the 2012 Olympic Torch, to revolutionizing how people work remotely with Soft Work seating. Now, 25+ years into design, Jay reveals the triumphs and tragedies that lined his path and forged his character with candor, humor, and an unflagging optimism that burns bright and steady like the inextinguishable flame of the Olympic Torch. Images, links and more from Jay Osgerby!Please say Hi on social! Twitter, Instagram and Facebook - @CleverPodcast, @amydeversIf you enjoy Clever we could use your support! Please consider leaving a review, making a donation, becoming a sponsor, or introducing us to your friends! We love and appreciate you!Clever is hosted and produced by Amy Devers with editing by Rich Stroffolino, production assistance from Ilana Nevins and Anouchka Stephan, and music by El Ten Eleven. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.