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Inventor auditions for “Shark Tank” soon after heart transplant
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Steve Albin grew up in the Santa Clara Valley prune orchards in northern California and has lived in nearby Los Altos his entire life. He has always appreciated the little things of his everyday life, and even more so now. Towards the end of his successful 42-year career as the owner of a custom picture… Read more
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Jazz singer, Joan Cartwright, pursues doctorate at 68
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Joan Cartwright has spent a good portion of her life traveling around the world singing jazz. Music had been her first love since the age of four when her mother put her in dance school, and her childhood home in Queens, NY was often filled with the sounds of jazz records being played by her… Read more
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The King of Latin Soul, Joe Bataan, on what matters in life
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Born Bataan Nitollano to an African American mother and Filipino father, Joe Bataan grew up in Manhattan’s East Harlem in the 1950’s and 60’s – otherwise known as “Spanish Harlem,” or “El Barrio.” During that time, “El Barrio,” was a mainly Puerto Rican neighborhood where many Latin sounds started to boom. Bataan, who ultimately became… Read more
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The secret to romantic relationships from an 81-year-old expert
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Dr. Pat Allenhas figured out the secret formula to romantic relationships, but it took the end of her rocky first marriage, lots of education, and a few other relationships to find it. Now that she has, she has been happily devoting her life to helping others lead successful relationships for the past four decades. At… Read more
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Jay Z’s 6th grade teacher continues to share real-life lessons
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Renee Lowden grew up in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn and graduated from James Madison High School. She calls it “quite an experience” to have gone to the same high-achieving school as characters like Bernie Sanders, Carole King, and Ruth Bader Ginsberg. However, no matter her educational attainment at the time, she says women didn’t have many… Read more