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The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast
The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast
Twenty-one years after the first allegations that Woody Allen abused his adopted daughter, that incident is back in the news thanks to the director's ex-partner, Mia Farrow, and estranged son, Ronan Farrow. But what does a closer examination reveal?
Editor's Note, Feb. 1: Dylan Farrow wrote an open letter in the New York Times addressing her allegations against Woody Allen for the first time in public. Read it here.As anyone with access to a computer knows, Woody Allen has been pilloried of late across the internet, over allegations that 21 years ago, he molested the daughter he and Mia Farrow adopted in 1985. Countless people have weighed in on this, many of them without the slightest idea of what the facts are in this matter. I consider myself allergic to gossip and tabloids, and go out of my way to avoid them. So when a celebrity is being devoured by the two-headed piranha of gossip and innuendo, I usually have minimal understanding of what they did, or were alleged to have done. Woody Allen is an exception.
I produced and directed the two-part PBS special, Woody Allen: A Documentary, that premiered in the U.S. on the "American Masters" series. I also supervised and consulted on the brief clip montage that aired as part of the recent Golden Globes telecast, when Allen received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement.
When I went online the morning after the Globes broadcast, I found more than one email asking if I had seen the previous night's tweets from Mia Farrow and her son, Ronan. A quick search led me not only to the accusatory tweets, but to the explosion of internet chatter that followed in their wake. The more benevolent comments suggested Woody should rot in jail. Others were demanding his head on a pike.
Last fall, Vanity Fair magazine ran an article about Mia and her family, which included an interview with the 28-year-old Malone (née Dylan), who, at the age of seven, was at the center of Mia's allegations that made headlines during the brutal custody battle between her and Woody. In the recent interview, Malone stands behind her mother's accusation. It was the one-two punch of the Vanity Fair piece and the Farrow tweets that stirred up the hornet's nest that had remained somewhat dormant over the past 20 years.
My documentary covered Allen's relationship with Soon-Yi Previn (Mia's adopted daughter and Woody's wife of 16 years) and the ensuing fall-out, but I chose not to go down the rabbit hole detailing the custody case, as my film was primarily about his work, and I had no interest in allowing it to turn into a courtroom drama. I did, however, thoroughly research the entire episode in order to reach my own conclusions about what did or didn't take place.
My association with Woody is primarily a professional one, though we've remained friendly since the documentary and still occasionally correspond by email via his assistant (since Woody still types on a 60-year old manual typewriter). When I wrote him the day after the ceremony, he was vaguely aware that Mia and Ronan had badmouthed him (again), but he wasn't certain what Twitter was. (He's heard of blogging and always confuses the two.) Because he doesn't go online, he was blissfully unaware of how much ink (sorry, bandwidth) the story was getting. If he had known, he still wouldn't have cared. Mia's accusations were old business, and the fact that Ronan was publicly chiming in meant nothing to Woody, who hadn't even seen his (alleged) son for 20 years. I also knew Woody would never publicly respond to any of this. His indifference to the gossip has always struck me not as a decision so much as an involuntary and organic reaction. In fact, during a written exchange that day in which I mentioned the tweet attack, he was more focused on giving me advice about a stye I had on my eyelid that I joked was probably a brain tumor: "I agree, you probably do have a brain tumor. You should get your affairs in order quickly as those things can move rather rapidly. You'll probably start to have some problems with your balance—don't panic—it's quite natural for a brain tumor." He then counseled me not to use up my "remaining days" fretting over Mia.
As the day progressed, it seemed the misinformation on the internet was growing exponentially spurious by the minute. The more even-keeled bloggers and pundits were asking, "Is it possible to separate the art from the artist?" or "Is America ready to forgive Woody Allen?" The very phrasing of these questions presumed that Woody had done something terrible, and we had to decide how much we would let it bother us. My wife suggested that in absence of a response by Woody, he was being swiftboated. His silence created a vacuum that everybody with a keyboard was going to fill with whatever they believed or thought they believed or heard from someone else who heard from someone who linked to the Vanity Fair article.
I considered whether to enter the fray, since my credentials were in order, so to speak. I had researched these events, I knew Woody—was friendly with him, but we weren't so close that anyone could rightfully accuse me of being in his pocket. Quite the opposite in fact, as Woody had already advised me not to get involved. But as I came across more and more articles and blogs filled with misinformation, my wife said something to me that struck a chord: "You have just as much right to weigh in on this as anyone else, regardless of what Woody thinks."
So here I go—contributing to the very noise I've been complaining about.
There are basically two issues at play here. One is Woody's starting a romantic/sexual relationship with Mia's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn, in 1991. The other is Mia's accusation—used during their custody battle for their three shared children—that Woody molested their 7-year-old adopted daughter Dylan. People tend to confuse these two issues, so let's examine them separately.
First, the Soon-Yi situation:
Every time I stumble upon this topic on the internet, it seems the people who are most outraged are also the most ignorant of the facts. Following are the top ten misconceptions, followed by my response in italics:
#1: Soon-Yi was Woody's daughter. False.
#2: Soon-Yi was Woody's step-daughter. False.
#3: Soon-Yi was Woody and Mia's adopted daughter. False. Soon-Yi was the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and André Previn. Her full name was Soon-Yi Farrow Previn.
#4: Woody and Mia were married. False.
#5: Woody and Mia lived together. False. Woody lived in his apartment on Fifth Ave. Mia and her kids lived on Central Park West. In fact, Woody never once stayed over night at Mia's apartment in 12 years.
#6: Woody and Mia had a common-law marriage. False. New York State does not recognize common law marriage. Even in states that do, a couple has to cohabitate for a certain number of years.
#7: Soon-Yi viewed Woody as a father figure. False. Soon-Yi saw Woody as her mother's boyfriend. Her father figure was her adoptive father, André Previn.
#8: Soon-Yi was underage when she and Woody started having relations. False. She was either 19 or 21. (Her year of birth in Korea was undocumented, but believed to be either 1970 or '72.)
#9: Soon-Yi was borderline retarded. Ha! She's smart as a whip, has a degree from Columbia University and speaks more languages than you.
#10: Woody was grooming Soon-Yi from an early age to be his child bride. Oh, come on! According to court documents and Mia's own memoir, until 1990 (when Soon-Yi was 18 or 20), Woody "had little to do with any of the Previn children, (but) had the least to do with Soon-Yi" so Mia encouraged him to spend more time with her. Woody started taking her to basketball games, and the rest is tabloid history. So he hardly "had his eye on her" from the time she was a child.
Let me add this: If anyone is creeped out by the notion of a 55-year old man becoming involved with his girlfriend's 19-year old adopted daughter, I understand. That makes perfect sense. But why not get the facts straight? If the actual facts are so repugnant to you, then why embellish them?
It's understandable that Mia would remain furious with Woody for the rest of her life. If I were in Mia's position, I'm sure I'd feel the same way. (Though I'd likely handle it as a private matter and not be tweeting about him being a pedophile, just before tweeting, "omfg look at this baby panda.") I also understand the simmering anger of Ronan Farrow (née Satchel), who has famously said of Allen, "He's my father married to my sister. That makes me his son and his brother-in-law. That is such a moral transgression." However, this particular dilemma might be resolved by Mia's recent revelations that Ronan's biological father may "possibly" be Frank Sinatra, whom Farrow married in 1966, when she was 21 and the crooner was 50.
While we're on the subject, a word about this Sinatra business: To even say that Ronan is "possibly" Sinatra's son implies that Mia was fooling around with her ex-husband decades after their divorce. Backdating from Ronan's birthdate, it means that Farrow and Sinatra "hooked up" in March of 1987 when Mia was 42 and Old Blue Eyes was 71. This sort of dispels the myth that Woody and Mia had this idyllic, loving, monogamous relationship until Woody threw it all away in 1992, since Mia was apparently diddling her ex, five years earlier. If Mia was "just kidding" about the Sinatra scenario, it was an awfully insensitive thing to say, considering the fact that Sinatra's wife, Barbara, is still very much alive. Did Mia stop to think how her coy tease might be perceived by the widow Sinatra? One can only wonder if this also fits Ronan's definition of a "moral transgression." (One may also wonder whether Woody is owed a fortune in reimbursement for child support.)
I am not here to slam Mia. I think she's an exceptional actress and I seriously admire her political activism. (I even follow her on Twitter.) But those who hate Woody "for what he did to Mia," should be reminded that if Sinatra was indeed Ronan's biological father, it's not the first time Mia had a child by a married man. In 1969, at the age of 24, she became pregnant by musician/composer André Previn, 40, who was still married to singer/songwriter Dory Previn. The betrayal is said to have led to Dory Previn's mental breakdown and institutionalization, during which she received electroconvulsive therapy. She would later write a song called, "Beware of Young Girls" about Mia. Maybe sleeping with your friend's husband doesn't earn as many demerits as sleeping with your girlfriend's adopted daughter, but if you're waving the "Never Forget" banner in Mia's honor, let's be consistent and take a moment to also remember the late Dory Previn. (Or better yet, let's forget the whole damn thing, considering it's none of our business.)
Now, on to the more delicate issue of Mia's accusations during the custody case that Woody sexually abused Dylan/Malone.
A brief but chilling synopsis of the accusation is as follows: On August 4, 1992, almost four months after the revelation about Woody and Soon-Yi's relationship understandably ignited a firestorm within the Farrow household, Woody was visiting Frog Hollow, the Farrow country home in Bridgewater, Connecticut, where Mia and several of her kids were staying. During an unsupervised moment, Woody allegedly took Dylan into the attic and, shall we say, "touched her inappropriately." Later in the day, it was alleged that the child was wearing her sundress, but that her underpants were missing. The following day, Mia's daughter allegedly told her mother what had happened, and Mia put the child's recounting of the story on videotape as evidence.
Did this event actually occur? If we're inclined to give it a second thought, we can each believe what we want, but none of us know. Why does the adult Malone say it happened? Because she obviously believes it did, so good for her for speaking out about it in Vanity Fair. Her brother Ronan believes it happened, so good for him for sticking up for his sister in 140 characters or less. They've both grown up in a household where this scenario has been accepted as indisputable fact, so why shouldn't they believe it?
I know I'm treading a delicate path here, and opening myself up to accusations of "blaming the victim." However, I'm merely floating scenarios to consider, and you can think what you will. But if Mia's account is true, it means that in the middle of custody and support negotiations, during which Woody needed to be on his best behavior, in a house belonging to his furious ex-girlfriend, and filled with people seething mad at him, Woody, who is a well-known claustrophobic, decided this would be the ideal time and place to take his daughter into an attic and molest her, quickly, before a house full of children and nannies noticed they were both missing.
Even people who give Woody the benefit of the doubt and defend him on the internet are often confused on a few points. Some mistakenly say that the court found him "not guilty" of the molestation charges. The fact is there was never such a ruling because he was never charged with a crime, since investigative authorities never found credible evidence to support Mia's (and Dylan's) claim.
[Woody] was never charged with a crime, since investigative authorities never found credible evidence to support Mia's (and Dylan's) claim.
Let's back up a bit: Mia's allegations of molestation automatically triggered a criminal investigation by the Connecticut State Police, who brought in an investigative team from the Yale-New Haven Hospital, whose six-month long inquiry (which included medical examinations) concluded that Dylan had not been molested. I've since read a recurring canard that Woody "chose" the investigative team. Yet nobody has suggested how or why Mia's team would ever outsource the investigation to a team "chosen" by Woody. Others have said that the investigators talked to psychiatrists "on Allen's payroll" before letting him off the hook. The only way I can explain this is that the investigators, naturally, would have spoken with Woody's shrinks before giving him a clean bill of health. So technically, yeah, Woody's shrinks would have been paid a lot of money by Woody over the years. (Let's even call it an annuity.) The same would be true of his dentist, his eye doctor, and his internist.
As for the evidentiary videotape of young Dylan's claims, it's been noted that there were several starts and stops in the recording, essentially creating in-camera "edits" to the young girl's commentary. This raises questions as to what was happening when the tape wasn't running. Was Mia "coaching" her daughter off-camera, as suggested by the investigators? Mia says no—she merely turned the camera on whenever Dylan starting talking about what Daddy did. Maybe we should take Mia at her word on this. Since I wasn't there, I think it's good policy not to presume what took place.
The videotape and the medical exams weren't the only problems Mia faced in bringing abuse charges against her former lover. There were problems with inconsistencies in her daughter's off-camera narrative as well. A New York Times article dated March 26, 1993, quotes from Mia's own testimony, during which she recalled taking the child to a doctor on the same day as the alleged incident. Farrow recalled, "I think (Dylan) said (Allen) touched her, but when asked where, she just looked around and went like this," at which point Mia patted her shoulders. Farrow recalls she took Dylan to another doctor, four days later. On the stand, Allen's attorney asked Mia about the second doctor's findings: "There was no evidence of injury to the anal or vaginal area, is that correct?" Farrow answered, "Yes."
In the midst of the proceedings, on February 2, 1993, a revealing article appeared in the Los Angeles Times, headlined: "Nanny Casts Doubt on Farrow Charges," in which former nanny Monica Thompson (whose salary was paid by Allen, since three of the brood were also his) swore in a deposition to Allen's attorneys that she was pressured by Farrow to support the molestation charges, and the pressure led her to resign her position. Thompson had this to say about the videotape: ""I know that the tape was made over the course of at least two and perhaps three days. I recall Ms. Farrow saying to Dylan at that time, 'Dylan, what did daddy do… and what did he do next?' Dylan appeared not to be interested, and Ms. Farrow would stop taping for a while and then continue."
Thompson further revealed a conversation she had with Kristie Groteke, another nanny. "She told me that she felt guilty allowing Ms. Farrow to say those things about Mr. Allen. (Groteke) said the day Mr. Allen spent with the kids, she did not have Dylan out of her sight for longer than five minutes. She did not remember Dylan being without her underwear."
On April 20, 1993, a sworn statement was entered into evidence by Dr. John M. Leventhal, who headed the Yale-New Haven Hospital investigative team looking into the abuse charges. An article from the New York Times dated May 4, 1993, includes some interesting excerpts of their findings. As to why the team felt the charges didn't hold water, Leventhal states: "We had two hypotheses: one, that these were statements made by an emotionally disturbed child and then became fixed in her mind. And the other hypothesis was that she was coached or influenced by her mother. We did not come to a firm conclusion. We think that it was probably a combination."
Leventhal further swears Dylan's statements at the hospital contradicted each other as well as the story she told on the videotape. "Those were not minor inconsistencies. She told us initially that she hadn't been touched in the vaginal area, and she then told us that she had, then she told us that she hadn't." He also said the child's accounts had "a rehearsed quality." At one point, she told him, "I like to cheat on my stories." The sworn statement further concludes: "Even before the claim of abuse was made last August, the view of Mr. Allen as an evil and awful and terrible man permeated the household. The view that he had molested Soon-Yi and was a potential molester of Dylan permeated the household… It's quite possible —as a matter of fact, we think it's medically probable—that (Dylan) stuck to that story over time because of the intense relationship she had with her mother." Leventhal further notes it was "very striking" that each time Dylan spoke of the abuse, she coupled it with "one, her father's relationship with Soon-Yi, and two, the fact that it was her poor mother, her poor mother," who had lost a career in Mr. Allen's films.
Much is made by Mia's supporters over the fact that the investigative team destroyed their collective notes prior to their submission of the report. Also, the three doctors who made up the team did not testify in court, other than through the sworn deposition of team leader Leventhal. I have no idea if this is common practice or highly unusual. I won't wager a guess as to what was behind the destruction of the notes any more than I'll claim to know why Mia stopped and started her video camera while filming her daughter's recollections over a few days, or who was alleged to have leaked the tape of Dylan to others, or why Mia wouldn't take a lie detector test. (Woody took one and passed.) In any event, destruction of the notes may have been part of the reason that, despite the very conclusive position taken by the investigators that Dylan was not abused, presiding Judge Elliot Wilk found their report "inconclusive."
Judge Wilk would ultimately grant Mia custody of Satchel and Dylan. 15-year-old Moses chose not to see Woody, which was his right. It was a hard-won victory for Mia who returned home with eight of her nine children intact. She would go on to adopt six more, including Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, named in honor of the Honorable Judge Wilk.
Woody was granted supervised visitation of Satchel, but his request for immediate visitation with Dylan was denied until the young girl underwent a period of therapy, after which a further review of visitation would be considered. As a legal matter, the investigation of possible criminal abuse would continue.
Almost four months after Wilk's decision, the Connecticut authorities abandoned the criminal investigation, resulting in an unusual statement from Litchfield, Connecticut County Prosecutor Frank Maco, who dismissed the abuse charges against Woody, but still maintained that he had "probable cause" to believe Dylan. In the minds of many, the decision would leave Woody in a kind of moral limbo. Legally, he was cleared of everything—except a dark cloud of suspicion. Woody was furious, and called a press conference in which he referred to the state's attorney office as "cowardly, dishonest and irresponsible. Even today, as they squirm, lie, sweat, and tap-dance, pathetically trying to save face and justify their moral squalor… there was no evidence against me. There is none now. I promise you, smear as they may, they will always claim to have evidence; but notice that somehow they will manage to find reasons why they can't quite show it to you."
Woody's ad-hoc press conference made for good television and was widely covered in the press. Less widely disseminated was a news item that appeared in the New York Times five months later (Feb. 24, 1994), which reported that a disciplinary panel found the actions of County Prosecutor Frank Maco (the "probable cause" guy) were cause for "grave concern" and may have prejudiced the case. It winds up that Maco sent his "probable cause" statement to the Surrogate's Court judge in Manhattan who was still deciding on Allen's adoption status of Dylan and Moses, which Mia was trying to annul. The panel wrote, "In most circumstances, [Maco's comments] would have violated the prosecutor's obligation to the accused. [His actions were] inappropriate, unsolicited, and potentially prejudicial." The article states that the agency could have voted sanctions against Maco ranging from censure to disbarment. Though the decision was quite damning, Maco got what amounted to a slap on the wrist. Two years later, the reprimand was overturned, but Mia was unsuccessful in her bid to annul the adoptions. Legally, Woody remains the adoptive father of Dylan and Moses.
Moses Farrow, now 36, and an accomplished photographer, has been estranged from Mia for several years. During a recent conversation, he spoke of "finally seeing the reality" of Frog Hollow and used the term "brainwashing" without hesitation. He recently reestablished contact with Allen and is currently enjoying a renewed relationship with him and Soon-Yi.
Life would go on for both Woody and Mia, respectively. Aside from tending to her growing family, Farrow would come to be recognized as a leading human rights advocate, with special concern for the plight of children in conflict-torn regions. She has worked diligently to bring attention to the Sudanese genocide in Darfur, and has made many trips to the region, receiving several awards for her humanitarian efforts in the process. Woody Allen would continue his ritual of writing and producing a film per-year—an unprecedented pace he's maintained since 1969. The accolades and awards continue to pour in, and no one is less impressed than Allen, who has traditionally stayed away from all awards shows.
In 1997, Woody and Soon-Yi would marry in Venice, Italy, and over the next few years adopt two daughters. Anyone who has adopted is familiar with the vetting process conducted by social workers and licensed government agencies charged with looking out for the child's welfare. Suffice it to say, the case of Woody and Soon-Yi was no exception, especially considering the highly-publicized events of 1992-93. Both adoptions, in two different states, were thoroughly reviewed by state court judges who found no reason why Woody and his wife shouldn't be allowed to adopt. The girls, now aged 15 and 13, are named Bechet (after jazz saxophonist/clarinetist Sidney Bechet) and Manzie (after jazz drummer Manzie Johnson).
It took me little more than two years to complete my film, Woody Allen: A Documentary. I conducted hours of filmed interviews with Woody, who put forward no ground rules about questions I could ask, or topics to avoid. Although I shot some film on location with Woody in London and Cannes, most of our filming took place in New York City. On more than one occasion, when I was planning to interview Woody, I found I had to schedule around mornings when he'd walk his kids to school, or attend parent-teacher conferences. The normalcy of his domestic life was somehow surprising to me. I've not spent a lot of time with his kids, but I've met them on a few occasions where I've received the cursory "hello," as they went about their business doing girl stuff with their friends. The only parent-child tensions I've been privy to are that his girls think their father's mean for not letting them have a dog, and that he's an idiot for not knowing how to work a computer. Lest anyone accuse me of being in Woody's pocket, I'll confess that I side with his kids on both counts.
My more recent professional association with Woody took place last month, when I was asked to work on the Allen clip montage for the Golden Globes. The montage editor, Nicholas Goodman, and I wanted to include a brief moment from The Purple Rose of Cairo, in which Mia appeared. The producers were concerned about whether she would sign a release for the clip. (The Screen Actors Guild maintains very strict rules about obtaining authorization from any actor who appears in a clip excised for compilations.) I thought it unlikely that Mia would object, as I had obtained a signed release for my documentary, in which she granted permission for her appearance in many lengthy clips from several Allen films. At the time, I was extremely grateful for her cooperation, for without it, I would have had a 12-year gap in my film, and Mia would have been extremely conspicuous by her absence. I even took it as a possible sign that 20 years after the fact, perhaps the healing process had begun to take hold. As a further sign of good will, Mia agreed to the use of her "Purple Rose" clip in the Golden Globe montage. The producers of the show were grateful. Everyone agreed it would have been a shame not to acknowledge Mia's contribution to so many of Allen's best films.
At the ceremony in Beverly Hills, actress Emma Stone, having just worked with Woody on his latest film Magic in the Moonlight, introduced the montage, followed by Diane Keaton's surrogate acceptance speech, which was typically sentimental, loopy, and very Keatonesque. Woody, who would have never stopped throwing up had he been there, was instead in New York at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre for the opening of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, whose book was written by Woody's friend Doug McGrath. Woody had already told me that if the show let out early enough, he was hoping to get home in time to catch the last quarter of the football playoffs.
Apparently, Mia and Ronan assigned more significance to the festivities than did Woody, seeing the televised occasion as a perfect opportunity to bring him down a few pegs. The first of Mia's tweets, issued as the Woody segment commenced, was restrained and kind of cute: "Time to grab some icecream & switch over to #GIRLS." I smiled when I read it, and thought, "Why not? You already saw the montage when you approved the use of your clip." Her second tweet, referencing the recent Vanity Fair article, was nastier: "A woman has publicly detailed Woody Allen's molestation of her at age 7. GoldenGlobe tribute showed contempt for her & all abuse survivors."
This one puzzled me. I thought it was odd to say the Globe tribute showed contempt for abuse survivors when Mia willfully participated in the festivities by expressly agreeing to the use of her clip, when she had every opportunity to decline. She certainly wasn't pressured, and we had an alternative version of the montage (sans Mia) all ready to go in case she passed. It seemed Mia either wanted it both ways, or simply assumed no one would ever learn that she was complicit in the tribute. By the time I saw her third tweet, asking, "Is he a pedophile?" and linking to the Vanity Fair article, my most charitable thought was that this woman needs to get over herself. A more mischievous part of me wanted to repost her tweet, but swap out her link for one leading to an article about the recent 10-year jail sentence received by her brother, John Charles Villiers-Farrow, for multiple counts of child molestation—a topic she's been unusually quiet about, considering her penchant for calling out alleged (let alone, convicted) molesters to whom she's exposed her children.
During a recent conversation, [Moses Farrow] spoke of "finally seeing the reality" of Frog Hollow and used the term "brainwashing" without hesitation.
I was actually somewhat impressed with Ronan Farrow's now-famous tweet from the summer of 2012: "Happy father's day—or as they call it in my family, happy brother-in-law's day." The target was fair game, and I remember thinking Ronan had inherited his father's wit—before his actual paternity came into question. (A good sense of humor and the ability to think on his feet will serve him well on his own show on MSNBC.) But his tweet the night of the Globes was a bit more vicious: "Missed the Woody Allen tribute—did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?" Brevity may be the soul of wit, if not nuanced accuracy. Had he stated that a woman publicly "alleged" molestation, it probably wouldn't have triggered quite the reaction Ronan was looking for, just weeks before his show debuts. To remind readers that the woman is recalling memories from the age of seven, when a six-month investigation characterized her as being "emotionally disturbed," and making statements that were likely "coached or influenced by her mother," takes a little more than 140 characters.
I've already said this, but it bears repeating: I know Dylan/Malone believes these events took place, and I know Ronan believes so too. I am not in a position to say they didn't, any more than all the people on the internet calling for Woody's head can say they did. The point is that accusations make headlines; retractions are buried on page twelve, and coerced accusations are as much a reality as coerced confessions. Since Woody literally pays no mind to this stuff, and he continues to work and have a happy home life, I would never suggest he's a victim in this case. The real victim has always been Malone. For me, however, the real questions are: who's doing the victimizing, and does pain really heal better in the public spotlight? I don't pretend to have answers for either question.
Malone, who is now a writer and artist, and happily married to an information-technology specialist, had been living a seemingly quiet life out of the spotlight. Obviously, if she feels that an interview with Vanity Fair is a necessary part of her healing process, that's her right. I can only hope it brought her some closure, and I sincerely wish her all the happiness and peace she's been looking for. I can even clear up one tiny mystery for her, of which I have personal knowledge. In the Vanity Fair article, Malone says that while a senior in college, she received in the mail a stuffed, manila envelope from Woody, filled with old photos of the two of them. She didn't recognize the handwriting, but "(the envelope) had a fake return name: Lehman." When I was working on my documentary, I'd occasionally request material from Woody's office, which would be mailed to me by his assistant whose name would appear on the return address. During Malone's senior year in college, Woody had an assistant whose surname was Lehman. So there's one mystery solved. If only all the others were so easy.
As to the overall reliability or objectivity of Vanity Fair, I can't really take a position. I do know that the publication was sued for libel in 2005 by director Roman Polanski who, in 1977, pled guilty to unlawful intercourse with a thirteen-year-old girl in Los Angeles that year. The magazine published an article stating that in 1969, Polanski was seen fondling and hitting on a young model at Elaine's restaurant in New York City on his way to the funeral of his late wife Sharon Tate, who had been brutally slain by the Manson family. One of the witnesses who testified on Polanski's behalf was Mia Farrow, who, I'm told, remains friendly with the director to this day. I commend her for standing by her friend and going on record as a character witness. That's what friends do. In fact, her support of Polanski is so steadfast that when he won the Oscar for best director for his 2002 masterpiece, The Pianist, Mia never even suggested that the Motion Picture Academy showed contempt for all abuse survivors in so honoring him. But then again, those were the days before Twitter.
Polanski won his libel suit against Vanity Fair. It was proven that the director wasn't even in New York on his way to his wife's funeral, which took place in Los Angeles.
Robert B. Weide is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker whose documentaries have covered the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Mort Sahl, Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen and Kurt Vonnegut. He was also the Executive Producer and director of the HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm. He tweets mostly nice things @BobWeide.


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The twelfth hour of the revolution was near. The Smolny was being transformed into a fortress. In its garret there were a dozen or two machine-guns, a legacy from the old Executive Committee. Captain Grekov, commandant of the Smolny, was an undisguised enemy. On the other hand, the chief of the machine-gun company came to tell me that his men were all on the side of the Bolsheviks. I instructed some one perhaps Markin to inspect the machine-guns. They proved to be in poor condition as a result of continuous neglect – the soldiers had grown slack because they had no intention of defending Kerensky. I had a new and more reliable machine-gun detachment brought to the Smolny.
October 24 1, a gray morning, early. I roamed about the building from one floor to another, partly for the sake of movement and partly to make sure that everything was in order and to encourage those who needed it. Along the stone floors of the interminable and still half-dark corridors of the Smolny, the soldiers were dragging their machine-guns, with a hearty clangor and tramping of feet – this was the new detachment I had summoned. The few Socialist-Revolutionists and Mensheviks still in the Smolny could be seen poking sleepy, frightened faces out at us. The music of the guns was ominous in their ears, and they left the Smolny in a hurry, one after the other. We were now in full command of the building that was preparing to rear a Bolshevist head over the city and the country.
Early in the morning, two workers, a man and a woman, panting after their run from the party printing-works, bumped into me on the staircase. The government had closed down the central organ of the party and the paper of the Petrograd Soviet. Government agents, accompanied by military students, had put seals on the printing-works. For a moment the news startled us; such is the power exercised over the mind by legal formality.
"Couldn't we break the seals?" the woman asked.
"Break them," I answered, "and to make it safe for you we will give you a dependable escort."
"There is a battalion of sappers next door to us; the soldiers are sure to back us," said the woman printer, confidently.
The Military-Revolutionary Committee immediately issued an order: "(1) The printing-works of revolutionary newspapers to be reopened. (2) The editorial staffs and compositors to be invited to continue publishing the papers. (3) The honorary duty of protecting the revolutionary printing-works from counter revolutionary attacks to be intrusted to the gallant soldiers of the Litovsky regiment and the Sixth Sapper Reserve Battalion." And from that time on, the printing-works ran without interruption, and both newspapers continued publication.
On the 24th, there was difficulty at the telephone exchange. Military students had intrenched themselves there, and under their protection the telephone operators went into opposition to the Soviet and refused to make our connections. This was the first, sporadic instance of sabotage. The Military-Revolutionary Committee sent a detachment of sailors to the telephone exchange, and the detachment placed two small guns at the entrance. The telephone service was restored. Thus began the taking over of the organs of administration.
On the third floor of the Smolny, in a small corner room, the Committee was in continuous session. All the reports about the movements of troops, the attitude of soldiers and workers, the agitation in the barracks, the designs of organizers of pogroms, the intrigues of the bourgeois politicians and the foreign embassies, the happenings in the Winter Palace all these came to this centre, as did the reports of the conferences of the parties formerly in the Soviet. Informants came from all sides workers, soldiers, officers, porters, socialist military students, servants, wives of petty officials. Many of them told us utter rubbish, but some supplied us with serious and very valuable information.
All that week I had hardly stepped out of the Smolny; I spent the nights on a leather couch without undressing, sleeping in snatches, and constantly being roused by couriers, scouts, messenger-cyclists, telegraphists, and ceaseless telephone calls. The decisive moment was close at hand. It was obvious that there could now be no turning back.
On the night of the 24th, the members of the Revolutionary Committee went out into the various districts, and I was left alone. Later on, Kamenev came in. He was opposed to the uprising, but he had come to spend that deciding night with me, and together we stayed in the tiny corner room on the third floor, so like the captain's bridge on that deciding night of the revolution.
There is a telephone booth in the large empty room adjoining us, and the bell rings incessantly about important things and trifles. Each ring heightens the alertness of the silence. One can readily picture the deserted streets of Petrograd, dimly lit, and whipped by the autumn winds from the sea; the bourgeois and officials cowering in their beds, trying to guess what is going on in those dangerous and mysterious streets; the workers' quarters quiet with the tense sleep of a war-camp. Commissions and conferences of the government parties are exhausting themselves in impotence in the Czar's palaces, where the living ghosts of democracy rub shoulders with the still hovering ghosts of the monarchy. Now and again the silks and gildings of the halls are plunged into darkness the supplies of coal have run short. In the various districts, detachments of workers, soldiers, and sail ors are keeping watch. The young proletarians have rifles and machine-gun belts across their shoulders. Street pickets are warming themselves at fires in the streets. The life of the capital, thrusting its head from one epoch into another on this autumn night, is concentrated about a group of telephones.
Reports from all the districts, suburbs, and approaches to the capital are focussed in the room on the third floor. It seems that everything has been foreseen; the leaders are in their places; the contacts are assured; nothing seems to have been forgotten.
Once more, let us go over it in our minds. This night decides. Only this evening, in my report to the delegates of the second congress of the Soviets, I said with conviction: "If you stand firm, there will be no civil war, our enemies will capitulate at once, and you will take the place that belongs to you by right." There can be no doubt about victory; it is as assured as the victory of any uprising can be. And yet, these hours are still tense and full of alarm, for the coming night decides. The government, while mobilizing cadets yesterday, gave orders to the cruiser Aurora to steam out of the Neva. They were the same Bolshevik sailors whom Skobelev, coming hat in hand, in August begged to protect the Winter Palace from Kornilov. The sailors referred to the Military-Revolutionary Committee for instructions, and consequently the Aurora is standing tonight where she was yesterday. A telephone call from Pavlovsk informs me that the government is bringing up from there a detachment of artillery, a battalion of shock troops from Tsarskoye Syelo, and student-officers from the Peterhof military school. Into the Winter Palace Kerensky has drawn military students, officers, and the women shock troops. I order the commissaries to place dependable military defenses along the approaches to Petrograd and to send agitators to meet the detachments called out by the government. All our instructions and reports are sent by telephone and the government agents are in a position to intercept them. But can they still control our communications?
"If you fail to stop them with words, use arms. You will answer for this with your life."
I repeat this sentence time and time again. But I do not yet believe in the force of my order. The revolution is still too trusting, too generous, optimistic and light-hearted. It prefers to threaten with arms rather than really use them. It still hopes that all questions can be solved by words, and so far it has been successful in this hostile elements evaporate before its hot breath. Earlier in the day (the 24th) an order was issued to use arms and to stop at nothing at the first sign of street pogroms. Our enemies don't even dare think of the streets; they have gone into hiding. The streets are ours; our commissaries are watching all the approaches to Petrograd. The officers' school and the gunners have not responded to the call of the government. Only a section of the Oraniembaum military students have succeeded in making their way through our defenses, but I have been watching their movements by telephone. They end by sending envoys to the Smolny. The government has been seeking support in vain. The ground is slipping from under its feet.
The outer guard of the Smolny has been reinforced by a new machine-gun detachment. The contact with all sections of the garrison is uninterrupted. The companies on duty are on watch in all the regiments. The commissaries are in their places. Delegations from each garrison unit are in the Smolny, at the disposal of the Military-Revolutionary Committee, to be used in case the contact with that unit should be broken off. Armed detachments from the districts march along the streets, ring the bells at the gates or open the gates without ringing, and take possession of one institution after another. Nearly everywhere these detachments are met by friends who have been waiting impatiently for them. At the railway terminals, specially appointed commissaries are watching the incoming and outgoing trains, and in particular the movement of troops. No disturbing news comes from there. All the more important points in the city are given over into our hands almost without resistance, without fighting, without casualties. The telephone alone informs us: "We are here!"
All is well. It could not have gone better. Now I may leave the telephone. I sit down on the couch. The nervous tension lessens. A dull sensation of fatigue comes over me.
"Give me a cigarette," I say to Kamenev. (In those years I still smoked, but only spasmodically.) I take one or two puffs, but suddenly, with the words, "Only this was lacking!" I faint. (I inherited from my mother a certain susceptibility to fainting spells when suffering from physical pain or illness. That was why some American physician described me as an epileptic.) As I come to, I see Kamenev's frightened face bending over me.
"Shall I get some medicine?" he asks.
"It would be much better," I answer after a moment's reflection, "if you got something to eat." I try to remember when I last had food, but I can't. At all events, it was not yesterday.
Next morning I pounced upon the bourgeois and Menshevik-Populist papers. They had not even a word about the uprising. The newspapers had been making such a to-do about the coming action by armed soldiers, about the sacking, the inevitable rivers of blood, about an insurrection, that now they simply had failed to notice an uprising that was actually taking place. The press was taking our negotiations with the general staff at their face value, and our diplomatic statements as signs of vacillation. In the meantime, without confusion, without street-fights, almost without firing or bloodshed, one institution after another was being occupied by detachments of soldiers, sailors, and the Red Guards, on orders issuing from the Smolny Institute.
The citizen of Petrograd was rubbing his frightened eyes under a new regime. Was it really possible that the Bolsheviks had seized the power? A delegation from the municipal Duma called to see me, and asked me a few inimitable questions. "Do you propose military action? If so, what, and when?" The Duma would have to know of this "not less than twenty-four hours in advance." What measures had the Soviet taken to insure safety and order? And so on, and so forth.
I replied by expounding the dialectic view of the revolution, and invited the Duma to send a delegate to the Military-Revolutionary Committee to take part in its work. This scared them more than the uprising itself. I ended, as usual, in the spirit of armed self-defense: "If the government uses iron, it will be answered with steel."
"Will you dissolve us for being opposed to the transfer of power to the Soviets?"
I replied: "The present Duma reflects yesterday: if a conflict arises, we will propose to the people that they elect a new Duma on the issue of power." The delegation left as it had come, but it left behind it the feeling of an assured victory. Something had changed during the night. Three weeks ago we had gained a majority in the Petrograd Soviet. We were hardly more than a banner with no printing-works, no funds, no branches. No longer ago than last night, the government ordered the arrest of the Military-Revolutionary Committee, and was engaged in tracing our addresses. To-day a delegation from the city Duma comes to the "arrested" Military-Revolutionary Committee to inquire about the fate of the Duma.
The government was still in session at the Winter Palace, but it was no more than a shadow. Politically, it had ceased to exist. During the day of the 25th, the Winter Palace was being surrounded on all sides by our troops. At one o'clock midday, I made a statement of the situation to the Petrograd Soviet. The newspaper account reports it as follows: "On behalf of the Military-Revolutionary Committee, I declare that the Provisional government is no longer existent. [Applause] Some ministers have been arrested. ['Bravo.'] Others will be arrested in the course of a few days or hours. [Applause] The revolutionary garrison, at the disposal of the Military-Revolutionary Committee, has dissolved the session of the Pre-parliament. [Loud applause] We have been on the watch here throughout the night and have followed the detachments of revolutionary soldiers and the workers' guards by telephone as they silently carried out their tasks. The citizen slept in peace, ignorant of the change from one power to another. Railway-stations, the post-office, the telegraph, the Petrograd Telegraph Agency, the State Bank, have been occupied. [Loud applause] The Winter Palace has not yet been taken, but its fate will be decided during the next few minutes. [Applause]"
This bare account may give a wrong impression of the mood of the gathering. My memory supplies these particulars. When I reported the change of power effected during the night, there was tense silence for a few seconds. Then applause began, a not very stormy, rather thoughtful applause. The assembly was feeling intensely and waiting. While they were preparing for the struggle, the working class had been seized by an indescribable enthusiasm, but when we stepped over the threshold of power, this unthinking enthusiasm gave way to a disturbed thoughtfulness. A sure historical instinct revealed itself here. Ahead of us there was probably the greatest resistance from the old world; there were struggle, starvation, cold, destruction, blood and death. "Will we overcome all this?" many asked themselves. That was the cause of the moments of disturbed reflection. "We will overcome it l" they all answered. New dangers were looming in the far distance. But now we felt a sense of a great victory, and it sang in our blood. It found its expression in the tumultuous welcome accorded to Lenin, who at that meeting made his first appearance after a four months' absence.
Late that evening, as we were waiting for the opening of the congress of the Soviets, Lenin and I were resting in a room adjoining the meeting-hall, a room entirely empty except for chairs. Some one had spread a blanket on the floor for us; some one else, I think it was Lenin's sister, had brought us pillows. We were lying side by side; body and soul were relaxing like overtaut strings. It was a well-earned rest. We could not sleep, so we talked in low voices. Only now did Lenin become reconciled to the postponement of the uprising. His fears had been dispelled. There was a rare sincerity in his voice. He was interested in knowing all about the mixed pickets of the Red Guards, sailors, and soldiers that had been stationed everywhere. "What a wonderful sight: a worker with a rifle, side by side with a soldier, standing before a street fire!" he repeated with deep feeling. At last the soldier and the worker had been brought together!
Then he started suddenly. "And what about the Winter Palace? It has not been taken yet. Isn't there danger in that?" I got up to ask, on the telephone, about the progress of the operations there, but he tried to stop me. "Lie still, I will send some one to find out." But we could not rest for long. The session of the congress of the Soviets was opening in the next hall. Ulyanova, Lenin's sister, came running to get me.
"Dan is speaking. They are asking for you."
In a voice that was breaking repeatedly, Dan was railing at the conspirators and prophesying the inevitable collapse of the uprising. He demanded that we form a coalition with the Socialist-Revolutionists and the Mensheviks. The parties that had been in power only the day before, that had hounded us and thrown us into prison, now that we had overthrown them were demanding that we come to an agreement with them.
I replied to Dan and, in him, to the yesterday of the revolution: "What has taken place is an uprising, not a conspiracy. An uprising of the masses of the people needs no justification. We have been strengthening the revolutionary energy of the workers and soldiers. We have been forging, openly, the will of the masses for an uprising. Our uprising has won. And now we are being asked to give up our victory, to come to an agreement. With whom? You are wretched, disunited individuals; you are bankrupts; your part is over. Go to the place where you belong from now on the dust-bin of history!"
This was the last retort in that long dialogue that had begun on April 3, with the day and hour of Lenin's arrival in Petrograd.
1. [By the Julian calendar which at the time was still the official calendar in Russia; November 6, by the calendar used in the rest of Europe. This accounts for the revolution being called sometimes the October, sometimes the November revolution.]↩


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Linking of PAN with Aadhaar while filing of ITRs – CBDT Circular
CBDT's order regarding linking of PAN with Aadhaar while filing of ITRs
Government of India
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New Delhi, dated the 30th of June, 2018
Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961
Vide its orders dated 31.07.17, 31.08.17, 08.12.2017 & 27.03.2018 in file of even number, CBDT had allowed time till 30th June, 2018 to link PAN with Aadhaar while filing the tax-returns. Upon consideration of the matter, the CBDT further extends the time for linking PAN with Aadhaar till 31st March, 2019.
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The business of memorializing our war dead done, President Obama headed out to the Fort Belvoir golf course today, finding his way onto the links for the ninth weekend in a row.
Obama earlier today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and met with families of those killed in battle. But he emerged from the day's solemnity to go golfing for the 12th time this year and the 70th time of his presidency.
The decision to golf on Memorial Day invites comparison with President George W. Bush, who gave up the game early in his presidency and said he did it out of respect for the families of those killed in Iraq.
Obama is out with the three younger aides he typically has in tow on his golf excursions, junior White House staffer Ben Finkenbinder, White House Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, and Energy Department staffer David Katz.
In a sign of his determination to play no matter what, Obama is golfing even though it is currently 95 degrees at Fort Belvoir and it "feels like" it's 98 degrees, according to The Weather Channel.


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Oranges and Apple sugar scrubs are easy to make, package adorably and are good for your skin! Homemade scrubs are one of the best gifts ever! They are my new latest craze {as you know} and after the recent success of my Lemon Sugar Scrub for Mother's Day gifts, my Coffee Sugar Scrub for Teacher Appreciation, and my cherry, peach, and strawberry sugar scrubs just because, I decided to go all out and try a few more fruity sugar scrubs! So, here's an easy-peasy, oranges & apples sugar scrub recipe (with FREE printable tag) that's perfect for gift giving!
I've been making a lot of sugar scrubs in little batches, and this recipe filled up the small Mason jar I purchased in a 4 pack at Target. I've had so much fun finding interesting containers to put sugar scrubs in! The recipe is super simple. I love that sugar scrubs can be used on the hands, feet and body. I like to use sugar scrubs in the shower because they are such great exfoliators and the hot water dissolves the sugar crystals before they can be too abrasive.
Oranges & Apple Sugar Scrub Recipe
Mix Together {this recipe makes about 1 1/2 cups prepared}
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup olive oil, plus 1 TBS
- 2-3 drops of oranges & apple aromatherapy oil
- approximately 10 drops of peach soap colorant (I purchased a pack of 4 colors at Michaels for $4.00)
Decorate Jar
I used embellishments I had at home to decorate the jar. Ribbons and twine I had in my craft supply closet were used to tie on the "Oranges & Apple Sugar Scrub" tag. The tag was designed by Tricia Rennea exclusively for Seven Clown Circus, and can be downloaded for free! The sugar scrub was super easy to make and the whole project took me a total of 20 minutes including tying on the printable! It's THAT easy.
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That's it! The Oranges & Apple Sugar Scrub is read to use or give as a gift!


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Internationally acclaimed artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is featured in museums, galleries, organizations, and homes of many collectors, displays a deep sense of Spirituality, Majesty, Dignity, Strength and Grace in his images, that is done in a combination of realistic and larger-than-life interpretations of contemporary subjects that are ethnically rooted.
Born in San Pedro, California, and raised in Harbor City, California, Bibbs managed to work an eight-hour job, and use his God-given talent in his spare time. But In 1991, Bibbs decided to leave his management position of 25 years, to form his own publishing and distribution company, B Graphics and Fine Arts, Inc. Today, Bibbs is one of the top-selling artists in the country, and his company has grown to be one of the leaders in the African American art print market.
Bibbs strongly believe that we are the "Keepers of our Culture," and as such, have spent much of his time serving on boards of museums and art organizations to support the art community. He has lectured, and conducted panels and workshops in major cities, including the Charles Wright African American Museum in Detroit, Urban League of Pittsburg and the Riverside Metropolitan Museum. He has a sincere passion for supporting the youth, and as such, has mentored, taught and conducted numerous workshops for young aspiring artists.
In his quest to preserve and develop the visual arts, Bibbs founded Images Magazine, the first national publication dedicated to contemporary African American art, Art 2000 Visual Arts Association (and Mentorship Program for young and emerging artists), Art on Tour, The Inland Empire Music and Arts Foundation, Co-founder of the Creative Quarantine, an artist and residence program. In his professional artist career, Bibbs owned 7 art galleries, including the popular 626 Art Gallery at Studio B, located in the historic art district of Los Angeles downtown.


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Shrimp and grits is a quintessential southern dish, so much so that it's hard to avoid it when dining around the Gulf or Atlantic coastlines. In Louisiana we take our shrimp and grits very seriously, but there's no right or wrong way to tackle the dish. A classic New Orleans barbeque shrimp recipe with spiced butter smothering the grits is something to salivate over.
I like to use my Jay D's Spicy & Sweet Barbecue Rub as a blackening seasoning on shrimp as well. The rub adds a nice layer of sweet heat, and the blackening process develops some nice char and smoky flavors. Serve the tasty shrimp over some creamy, buttery grits and you've got a great combination of southern flavors! I used this recipe at the James Beard Foundation's Taste America Event and it impressed all the spectators. Feel free to use it for your gatherings as well.
Blackened Shrimp with Corn Grits
A tasting of my Blackened Shrimp with Corn Grits at the James Beard Foundation's Taste of American event. |
Serves 8-10 entree portions or around 70 tasting portions
4 cups chicken stock
4 cups whole milk
2 cups stone-ground yellow grits
Kosher salt and pepper to taste
4 oz. unsalted butter
3 lbs peeled and deveined gulf shrimp (21/25 ct)
6 Tbs. Jay D's Spicy & Sweet Barbecue Rub
1/4 cup canola oil
1 bunch scallions, chopped
In a large Dutch oven, bring the chicken stock, milk, and a pinch of salt up to a boil.
Whisk in the grits and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally for approximately 30 minutes. Stir in the butter and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Season the shrimp with Jay D's Spicy & Sweet Rub. In a large cast-iron skillet, heat the canola oil to medium-high heat. Working in batches, cook the shrimp for about 2 minutes per side, or until they're opaque in the center. Serve the shrimp over the grits and garnish with the chopped scallions.


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Diane rang us up the other day and told us one of her sons had been playing around with the family iPad when it slipped out of his hands and landed on the tile floor. The result you can see in the picture. The left side of the iPad 3 experienced a break with a few pieces of glass actually coming off the screen. The cracked iPad glass was sharp and could quickly hurt somebody if Diane wasn't care. She had seen someone with cracked iPad glass before and wondered if that had ever decided to get the screen replaced. Now, she was in the same situation – wondering if there was a company in Abu Dhabi or Dubai that could replace the cracked iPad glass on her son's iPad 3. She would hate for him to have to bring it into school looking like that. And she was concerned that he would chop off one of his fingers if he was careful. That is no way to have an iPad, she thought. The iPad still worked, but as you can see it did not look pretty. Diane was in need of getting the glass digitizer screen replaced on her fairly new iPad. She began looking around and asking some of the other folks who lived in her neighborhood if that had any idea as to how to go about fixing this problem. Were there any Apple service centers in Dubai or Abu Dhabi that would be able to help? Fortunately, she stumbled upon a wonderful repair service that provided the convenience of meeting her at the family's home and replacing the screen at the kitchen table. We set up an appointment to meet her at her house in Khalifa City A in Abu Dhabi. We sat right down at her dining room table and had it repaired in about 45 minutes. Back to normal, good as new!
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The 7th annual Sapphire Coast Rock 'n' Rodders Festival is on again during the Labor Day long weekend in March, in beautiful sunny Merimbula.
Merimbula is located half way between Melbourne and Sydney on the South coast of NSW and is about a 7 hour drive from Melbourne and 2 Hours 30 minutes from Canberra.
By now, everyone on the Rock 'n' Roll scene knows about our festival, but unfortunately not everyone can go, as the Weekend tickets are restricted in numbers to ensure those that do come are comfortable, have plenty of room to dance and have a great time.
The weekend tickets usually sell out by the end of October, but as we have two levels of the Club operating on the Saturday night, extra Friday and Saturday tickets are available and unlimited.
This year we have the Fender Benders (Melb), The Hoops (NSW), the Kieron McDonald Comb (Melb), Shadoogie (now NSW) and Stan Glennie (NSW.
More information can be found on www.sapphirecoastrockandroll.com.au
Our little festival has rapidly become a must go to gig and is ideal if you want to get away for a short break on the NSW South Coast.


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We ensure that all our products arrive to you suitably finished, polished or waxed and ready to use. However, over time they will require a little aftercare to keep them looking as magnificent as the day you received them. Some products require more maintenance than others and various cleaning and preserving techniques must be applied. Below, you will find some guidance on how to best care for your treasured chess set or backgammon set.
Chess pieces
Polished wooden chess pieces
Most wooden chess pieces are finished by applying by hand a thin coat of a natural polish such as shellac. This permeates the wood and provides a protective barrier from dirt and also from the oils produced by the skin which are transferred whilst handling. This type of polishing retains the look and feel of wood, yet offers a high level of protection which is very durable.
Caring for naturally polished chess pieces is relatively simple. Simply polish the pieces with a dry, lint free dusting cloth. There is no need to use any additional waxes or polishes as the original shellac does not wear off easily. If the pieces get coated or stained with a contaminant, carefully wipe with a damp soft cloth, then use another clean cloth to dry.
Lacquered wooden Chess Pieces
These wooden chess pieces have a thick coat of lacquer such as melamine or nitrocellulose. These are very robust and really need very little aftercare. To clean lacquered pieces simply rub with a dry, lint free dust cloth. If the pieces get sticky or get tainted with a bonded contaminant, then a damp cloth with a little washing detergent should easily remove this.
If the lacquer sustains scratches it is possible to polish out or improve the appearance of these by using a tiny quantity of quality automotive scratch removal cream, such as Meguires Scratch X™. We do not recommend the use of strong ammonia or petroleum based scratch removers or rubbing compounds such as T-Cut™ as they are too abrasive and may crack or discolour the lacquer.
Metal chess pieces
Metal chess pieces usually have a very thin coat of clear lacquer which stops tarnishing and staining which can result from the natural oils released by human fingers. If the chess pieces have a lacquer coat then a simple dust with a dry, lint free dusting cloth is all that is required. If the metal pieces get sticky or have bonded substances on them, then use a damp cloth rinsed in a mild detergent to clean, then dry off.
If the metal pieces do not have a lacquer coating, they are usually manufactured from a material that does not easily tarnish. To clean just wipe with a dry dusting cloth. Again, if the pieces have bonded substances attached then a wipe with a damp cloth is all that's required.
Plastic Chess Pieces
Plastic pieces require no polishing or aftercare as such. If they get tacky or dirty through sustained use then simply wipe with a damp cloth rinsed in mild detergent and allow to dry.
Stone Composite / poly resin chess pieces
Synthetic or semi synthetic moulded pieces require very little aftercare. They do not require polishing, in fact we strongly advise against the use of any polishes, waxes or chemicals. To clean poly-resin pieces, just dust with a dry lint free cloth & wipe off any contaminants with a damp cloth rinsed on a very mild dishwashing detergent.
Chess Boards
Solid Wood Gloss Lacquered Chess Boards
Solid wooden boards are usually finished in a thick coat of lacquer such as melamine or nitrocellulose. Older chess boards my be coated in a solvent based lacquer, newer boards in an acrylic based version. Either way, the process of aftercare is the same. To clean, simply dust with a dry, lint free cloth. Dirt and contaminants can be wiped off using a damp cloth rinsed through in mild washing detergent.
Over time, lacquer can loose its sheen or sustain scratches through use. If this is the case, then there is the option to either polish out minor scratches or generally improve the sheen of the whole board. Use small quantities of quality automotive scratch removal cream, such as Meguires Scratch X™, working into one area of the board at a time. Use circular swirling actions and do not apply too much pressure. Once applied sufficiently, buff the whole board with a dry, lint free cloth.
We do not recommend the use of strong ammonia or petroleum based scratch removers or rubbing compounds such as T-Cut™ as they are too harsh & abrasive and may crack or discolour the lacquer.
Solid Wood Satin or Matt lacquered Chess Boards
General cleaning and care for these boards is very similar to gloss lacquered boards. Dust daily or weekly with a clean, soft cloth. Remove any dirt or bonded marks with a slightly damp soft cloth rinsed in mild dishwashing detergent.
NOTE: Polishing or removing scratches from satin or matt lacquered boards is not recommended. The mechanical act of rubbing will result in the area becoming shiny and glossy as you are basically buffing the satin finish into a gloss finish.
Solid Wood Polished Chess Boards
Solid wood polished boards are usually finished with some sort of wax. Animal bases waxes such as beeswax are the most favoured. This wax treats the wood and offers ar reasonable level of protection for a limited time. Therefore, these items usually need the wax product to be reapplied every now and then. We recommend that naturally polished boards be re-waxed every six months using a good quality beeswax such as Briwax™.
We don't recommend any waxes that are turpentine based as they are harmful to both the environment and to you!
The process is quite simple. Apply a small amount of the wax to a lint free clean rag and rub lightly into the wood using small circular motions. Once the whole board has been waxed, allow to dry for 10-15 minutes. After this time, buff off any excess wax and polish to a fine sheen. If this process is done, daily or weekly care should only require a light dust with a clean, soft dust cloth.
Veneer Wood Gloss Lacquered Chess Boards
Veener gloss lacquered boards can be treated in the same fashion as gloss lacquered solid wood boards. Take note that most veneer boards do not have quite the same thickness of lacquer coating as their solid wood counterparts, therefore extra care should be taken if using polishing products to remove minor scratches or blemishes.
Veneer Wood Satin Lacquered ChessBoards
Satin lacquered veneer boards require the same care as satin varnished solid wood boards- simply clean with a dry, clean dust cloth. Wipe stuck on dirt or marks with a damp cloth rinsed in mild dishwashing detergent. Do not polish or rub with polishing or scratch removal products as this will result in unsightly shiny areas on the board.
Veneer Wood Polished Chess Boards
Naturally polished veneer wooden boards require the same aftercare as a solid wooden naturally polished board. Please note that veneers are much thinner and therefore require less product ( i.e. beeswax ) to be applied.
Folding Chess Sets
Gloss Lacquered folding chess sets
High sheen lacquered folding chess sets are usually pretty robust and do not need much aftercare. Simply wipe with a clean & dry soft cloth at regular intervals. Remove bonded marks with a damp cloth rinsed in mild washing detergent. Small surface scratches and marks can be reduced or polished out completely by using a modern automotive scratch removal product such as Meguires Scratch X™.
Polished folding wooden chess sets
Naturally polished wooden folding chess sets are usually finished in light rub of Beeswax. This offers a limited level of protection and needs to be reapplied every 6 months or so. Use a popular, natural beeswax such as Briwax™ and rub in sparingly. Allow to dry and buff up to a soft sheen. Everyday care just requires a light dusting with a clean, dry soft cloth.
Wooden Backgammon Sets
Most wooden backgammon sets are either natually polished or have a light coat of satin lacquer. Simply wipe the cabinet with a dry soft cloth or use a damp cloth to remove any stubbern dirt. Dry with a soft cloth straight away and do not use any polishes or waxes.
Leather backgammon Sets
Leather backgammon sets need little more than a wipe with a clean dry soft cloth. Every year it is advsed to clean the cabinet leather with a good quality leather conditioner.
Leatherette Backgammon
Faux leather backgammon sets need only a wipe with a damp soft cloth.


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You can't change the world, but you can prepare her for it.
Today's girls face a number of challenges we never dealt with at their age. From skyrocketing anxiety rates to bullying on social media, the Enemy's lies are everywhere. How do you help the girl you love walk in freedom?
Equip her with Truth. Dannah Gresh, author of Secret Keeper Girl and Lies Young Women Believe (coauthored with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth) brings you Lies Girls Believe. This fun, easy-to-read book engages your daughter in the twenty most important truths she needs. She'll help solve problems using fun sidebars and it's packed with wisdom, quizzes, games, exploded quotes, and graphics to help her absorb the message. Prepare your daughter for the difficult challenges she'll face in the world today with sections addressing:
Lies Girls Believe is designed to help your daughter fully understand the Truth so she can live the way God meant for her to live—free!
For the best results, use the accompanying AMom's Guide to Lies Girls Believe which invites you to critically examine the lies girls believe and discover how to set your daughter free. It also helps facilitate discussion between you and your daughter.