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This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Mary Hart Bryan about the importance of strong social connections in the older adult years, and the impact on health and wellbeing. Dr. Bryan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a geriatric psychiatrist at MUSC.

“J” is for Johnson, William Woodward (1931-2017). Banker. Johnson rose to chairman of the executive committee of Bank of America and was a director of the corporation.

Zebra swallowtail, Eastern swallowtail, spice bush swallowtail, black swallowtail, palomides swallowtail - all of each of these species of butterfly has its primary, of not sole, larval food plant.

Our notions of “truth” in the history of musical ideas and performance practice may not always be quite as solid as we think.

One of the things I’ve learned as a string teacher is that good habits can often replace a student’s bad habits quickly, because the good habits make playing easier. But it was Mark Twain, strangely enough, who helped me to realize that the switch can only result from a very conscious and rational process on the student’s part, a process of understanding and acceptance.

Performers and performances come and go, but what lasts is the music.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Jeffrey Blice about vitamins and lifestyle to delay progression of macular degeneration. Dr. Blice is an ophthalmologist who specializes in diseases of the retina, at Storm Eye Institute at MUSC.

I had the enormous good fortune as a young man to get to work with the great cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Rostropovich, or “Slava,” as everybody called him, was the music director of the National Symphony Orchestra when I played in that ensemble, and with all his other engagements he still somehow made time to give master classes just for members of the orchestra.

The cryptocurrency market has been on a steady rebound this year. Ok, well maybe steady is not the right word because it has certainly continued its traditional volatility. So where does it go from here? Mike Switzer interviews Allen Gillespie, chief investment officer at FinTrust Capital Advisors in Greenville, SC.

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is the most common hummingbird in eastern North America.