Houston Style Magazine Vol 25 No 38

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Volume 25 | Number 38

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Jesse Jackson

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Patti LaBelle

Tr i a l D e l a y e d f o r N e w J u r y

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COMMENTARY

Jesse Jackson

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ast week, in a highly choreographed, tightly organized presentation, Apple rolled out the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

With the spotlights on and a global audience, Apple paraded a lineup of six white men to present its new products.

Even the entertainment -- U2 -- was all white.

Women, American Americans and people of color are major consumers of Apple products: the iPhone, iTunes music, iPod music players, iPads and more. Apple had a huge opportunity to demonstrate to millions around the world that it is committed to be as diverse as its customers are. It clearly didn’t even think about it.

Last month, Apple joined with a growing number of Silicon Valley firms to release its workforce diversi-

POLITICAL

By Burt Levine, Political Writer

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ort Bend County, majority minority for decades and known nationally in scholastic journals for being studied as the country’s most racially and ethnic balanced county, held last Friday an annual chamber of commerce state of schools forum for the first time with all three schools superintendents: Fort Bend ISD, Stafford MSD and Lamar CISD being African American.

“FBISD exists to inspire and equip all 72,000 students to pursue futures beyond what they can imagine. Our growing family consists of 7,200 dedicated teachers, administrators and support personnel whose priority is to ensure all our students are inspired and equipped to pursue futures beyond what they can imagine. That’s not just a mission statement – it’s a way of life that reminds us daily of why we do what we do. Our student achievements are vast, and we’re extremely proud of every national, state and district honor they achieve. We’re proud of every singular step our students take in their own educational journey,” FBISD Superintendent Dr. Charles Durpree said in starting the program at the Sugar Land Marriott.

Dupree began a year and a half ago heading the Sugar Land/Missouri City area school district having a background as exotic as being born in Casablanca, Morocco and as mun-

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Strengthening Apple’s Core ty and inclusion data. Seventy percent of Apple’s global workforce is male; 65 percent of its leadership is white.

Apple has a more diverse “non-tech” workforce than most of the rest of the Valley. Yet CEO Tim Cook announced: “As CEO, I’m not satisfied with the numbers on this page. They’re not new to us, and we’ve been working hard to improve them.”

After an appeal by the Rainbow Push Coalition, an increasing number of Silicon Valley firms have agreed to publish their diversity data.

Some have yet to take this first, but important, step. There is no way to know how far we have to go without first knowing where we are.

As Apple and other companies who have published their information are quick to note, there is much work to be done. At its best, technology can be a tremendously positive change agent for the world; at its worst, it can repeat old patterns that exclude people of color and women from opportunity and advancement. Silicon Valley and the tech industry must transform itself to resemble the America it depends upon for talent and customers.

The ranks of African-American consumers are disproportionate to their representation in boardrooms,

executive suites, business partners and workforce.

Diversity and inclusion are good for business. African Americans, Latinos, and women represent money, market, talent and location. Inclusion is the key to growth, and when there is growth everybody wins.

Technology companies that are serious about moving the needle must put a real plan in place: set goals, targets and timetables regarding diversity and inclusion on their boards, their c-suite leadership and their general employee base. They should partner with people of color and women in mutually beneficial, reciprocal, fair trade.

This includes not only the technical workforce, but also the areas of financial and professional services, marketing and advertising, and procurement.

Treat inclusion and diversity just as you would any serious, business line of a company, and measure it. Then create a plan to meet real goals.

Rainbow PUSH will be convening a public forum this fall to engage companies and communities to identify strategies and solutions to move the needle and truly “change the face of technology.”

The federal Employment Opportunity Commission and Office of

Contract Compliance should be proactively investigating to ensure that the technology companies are in compliance with all equal opportunity and affirmative rules.

As Apple’s diversity information demonstrates, more and more technology companies are recognizing the importance of diversity -- and of accountability in measuring progress toward greater equal opportunity. Diversity isn’t a default position. It takes action to break old patterns and open closed doors. And the time for action has come.

You can write to the Rev. Jesse Jackson in care of this newspaper or by email at jjackson@rainbowpush.org.

Follow him on Twitter @RevJJackson.

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Fort Bend Chamber State of Schools Features Black Superintendents at all Top Slots dane middle of America as being raised near Springfield, Missouri. He earned a BBA with a major in Accounting from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas and Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Houston. He received his doctorate in educational leadership at Lamar University in Beaumont and is a Certified Public Accountant.

“Today FBISD features students from homes with more one than 90 languages and dialects. In 1992 with half the students as today Fort Bend was 45 percent white. Today it is 19 percent white. It was 28 percent black. Today It is 29 percent black. It was 14 percent Hispanic. Today it is 27 percent Hispanic. It was 11 percent Asian. Today its 22 percent Asian,” he said.

Stafford Superintendent Dr. Robert Bostick bragged about his “jewel hidden between the metropolis of Houston and growing East Fort Bend County, SMSD that maintains its small-school environment while addressing educational needs of the 21st century. What began as a grassroots mission with 547 students has evolved into a mid-sized, 3A public school

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Superintendents Drs. Bostic, Dupree and Randle

district with an enrollment over just 3,200.”

Bostick came to Stafford from Denton last spring. Born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, he earned his Bachelor’s from Langston University and his Master’s of Education degree from University of Central Oklahoma and most recently received his Superintendent’s Certificate and Doctorate in Education degree at the University of North Texas.

“Today’s fast growing SMSD is about 42 percent African American, 39 percent Hispanic, 10 percent Asian and 6 percent white with test scores more competitive for all those groups than most people would have ever believed before seeing our students first hand,” he said.

Dr. Thomas Randle has been

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with Lamar CISD since 2001 and is proud of his Richmond, Rosenberg, Fulshear to Greatwood school district.

“We’re proud of our history, which dates back to Stephen F. Austin, and our future, which is extremely bright,” said Randle who prior to coming to Lamar CISD served as superintendent in La Marque ISD for six years. Randle earned his Bachelors and Masters from Texas A&M. He began his career in education as a teacher in Sweeny, Texas.

After earning his Doctorate from Oklahoma State University, he held administrative positions in the Conroe ISD serving as Assistant Principal, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education.

“We’re a TEA-rated Recognized District, with 75 percent of our schools ranked in the upper tiers of the Agency’s rankings -- 11 schools ranked Exemplary and another 13 ranked Recognized. We achieved all this while maintaining one of the lowest tax rates in the Houston area,” Randle explained about his district that today is 14 percent African American, 38 percent Hispanic, 32 percent white and five percent Asian.

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oustonISD has set aside $59 million to build a new Jack Yates High School and recently held a meeting to keep parents, alumni and the community informed about the plans for the new building. HISD officials showed a rendering of the propose school to show that the school would face Alabama Avenue and was unprepared for what followed. The meeting got very heated as attendees expressed their displeasure over the design of the school. The community wants the design of the school to include room for programs that were once held at the school. HISD officials have said that design plans for the new school have not been confirmed and that they will have more meetings to discuss the design of the school. For more information, visit stylemagazine.com.

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M.D. Anderson Doctor Dubbed a Scorned Lover

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rominent M.D. Anderson Dr. Ana Maria Gonzalez-Angulo is on trial now facing aggravated assault charges for allegedly putting ethylene glycol, a compound used in antifreeze, in the coffee of her ex-boyfriend and fellow M.D. Anderson oncologist Dr. George Blumenschein. The two were having an affair when Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo allegedly gave Dr. Blumenschein the laced coffee. After experiencing slurred speech, loss of balance and some motor skills, Dr. Blumenschein went to the emergency room. Upon examination, doctors found damage to his nervous system and he has renal failure and cardiopulmonary problems. If convicted, Dr. Gonzalez-Angulo faces 5-99 years in prison. For more information, visit stylemagazine.com.

Houston bus station in 2011. The bodyguard reference in this incident was tried and found not guilty.

However, King has drafted a new federal civil suit that was suppose to go to trial this Monday but has since been delayed.

U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison called for a more diverse jury after defense attorneys said the all white jury that was chosen was not diverse enough. For more information, visit stylemagazine.com.

Houstonian Named MacArthur Fellow

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local man is among 21 people in the 2014 class of MacArthur Fellows, commonly known as the “genius grants.” Rick Lowe, founder of Project Row Houses, was recognized for his unconventional approach to community revitalization. The MacArthur Foundation annually recognizes individuals with a track record of achievement according to the release. As a fellow, Lowe will receive a no-strings attached $625,000 prize paid out over 5 years to use to continue his creative passion. For more information about Lowe’s award, visit macfound. org.

Jack Yates Alumni Not Happy About New Building

Patti LaBelle Trial Delayed

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ENTERTAINMENT Laz Alonso on New Series

By Lisa Valadez, Hispanic Managing Editor

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‘The Mysteries of Laura’

n the upcoming series premiere of The Mysteries of Laura, directed by McG and starring Debra Messing, Josh Lucas and Laz Alonso, the-comedy drama focuses on its title character – a working mom raising twin boys and dealing with a husband (Lucas) who is reluctant to sign divorce papers. In this one-hour cop-comedy, Detective Laz Alonso Laura Diamond (Messing) aims to solve homicides alongside her partner, Detective Billy Soto played by Breakout Kings alum Laz Alonso.

Alonso, who recently starred in NBC’s shortlived “Deception” co-starring actress Meagan Good, spoke with Houston Style Magazine about his role in the new series.

take ourselves too seriously (the characters] and even the criminals, yes they’ve done serious things but the way it transpires- it leaves a lot of room for comedy.

Houston Style Magazine: Tell us about The Mysteries of Laura. What can we expect from the show?

LA: Yes, in spurts. The case is always the main thing that we’re focused on but in pieces you do see what he [Detective Soto] does when not working on cases.

But the main focus of the show is to watch is each week solve a homicide case.

Laz Alonso: Well, yes, it is a fun show. I always want to start off letting people know that it is a fun show.

Yes, it is considered a one hour cop drama on television but what makes it different from a lot of the other cop dramas is that it’s funny – situations, things happen unexpectedly that will make you laugh. We never

HSM: Your character, Billy Soto, can you tell us about him and his relationship with his partner?

LA: I play Laura Diamond’s partner who is played

by Debra Messing. We come from two different walks of life but because of the fact that we have different experiences, we make a good set as partners.

She brings things to the equation such as being a single mom and having certain empathy to those when we’re working on a case. From that standpoint she brings a certain sensibility that my character naturally doesn’t and my character brings a certain sensibility that her character doesn’t. So putting us together is kind of like a match made in Heaven. My character is the one that she fends to sometimes, in a comedic way.

HSM: In the show do we catch a glimpse of your (Detective Soto) background, personal life?

HSM: How did you prep for the role?

LA: Well, we definitely spent a lot of time with

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NYPD, the detectives – homicide detectives in their unit. We did ride-a-longs with the detectives. We also had a technical advisor on set. We had a lot of references that we used to kind of see how they moved.

At the end of the day, all you can absorb is what you witness and what you learn through our personal research with the officers themselves.

HSM: Your character on this show is of Afro-Cuban descent, which mirrors your real life as well. Is this highlighted in the show?

LA: Oh yeah, There are a lot of moments where he gets to interact with Latin people in his own language.

There are moments where certain things take place in a more Latin environment where he gets to shine and show that he has comfort in that environment. There are moments when you get to see the Latin side of Billy and the Lain side of New York. I think it’s important to highlight just because New York is such a cultural melting pot.

HSM: Where and when can our readers tune in to watch you on your new show?

LA: Tune in to NBC on Wednesday nights at 8pm.

The official start of the season is September 24th but I heard they’re gonna sneak peek the pilot episode on September 17th.

For more information on the Mysteries of Laura, visit nbc.com. To read more about Laz Alonso, visit IMDb.com

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FEATURE

Joe Sample: One of the Coolest Guys in Music Remembered

By Jo-Carolyn Goode, Managing Editor

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hough he rose to fame some 50 years ago Joe Sample was still one of the coolest guys in music because he loved all genres of music. That love of music allowed him to effortlessly blend funk, blues, jazz, gospel, Latin and Zydeco. On Friday, September 12th the man known to electrify music passed from this world to the next. Joe Sample died at the age of 75 in Houston.

Born Joseph Leslie Sample on February 1, 1939, in Houston. Joe was one of five children. It was as a child when Joe fell in love with music. One of his favorites was Ray Charles on the electric piano, which would be a great inspiration later in Joe’s life.

Traveling musicians were always in his home since his other brother played in the Navy band and musicians would stop by his house to get some of his mom’s good Creole cooking. A young Joe also started his love affair with the piano at 5 years old as a student of organist and pianist Curtis Mayo.

While at Phills Wheatley High School Joe’s musical talent really blossomed when he hooked up with Wilton Felder and Nesbert “Stix” Hooper. With their piano, saxophone and drum the three established the group called the Swingsters. Wayne Henderson, Henry Wilson, and Hubert Laws would join the trio after meeting Joe on the campus of Texas Southern University when he studied music. New members meant a new name so the group became the Modern Jazz Sextet. The six friends had quite a following in Houston but it was just the beginning until they made the big move.

Following their dreams, the Modern Jazz Sextet became the Jazz Crusaders as four of them

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moved from Houston to Los Angeles. Finding success quickly Joe, Wilton, Stix, and Wayne recorded their first recording, “Freedom Sounds,” in 1961.

Each man talented in their own way and it was their unique sounds and styles combined that capture the sound of the of the day, hard pop, which is an infusion in jazz music of rhythm and blues, gospel music, and blues.

Although the group found great success they wanted to test the waters as solo artists. Joe grabbed his opportunity in 1969 on the recording of “Fancy Dance,” where he was the featured pianist. As the time and musical interest of the public change the Jazz Crusaders adapted by dropping jazz from their group name and modernizing their sound. Sample also was gaining greater success as a solo artist as a studio musician. If you love Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer,” or Joni Mitchell’s “Court and Spark” then you are a fan of Joe. His days as a studio musician allowed him to work with B. B. King, Steely Dan, Anita Baker, Lalah Hathaway, and many more. But Joe’s music wasn’t just in the realm of jazz it crossed over to hip-hop.

The piano accompanied in Tupac Shakur’s “Dear Mama” really makes that track amazing and yes, that’s Joe’s music.

The piano was cool for Joe but what made him the coolest cat was when he tickled on the electric keyboard. He adapted to the instrument before it became widely popular making him a pioneer of electric music in jazz. His skills helped the Crusaders with the crossover into more modernize music for them to make such hits as “Street Life” featuring Randy Crawford and be the first instrumental band to open up for the Rolling Stones tour.

Joe was a constant musician always working and entertaining. Before his death Joe had reunited with the

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remaining Crusades and started yet another ensemble known as the Creole Joe Band that honed in on his Creole roots. The band played lively Louisiana style Zydeco music. Joe also was working on a collaboration with Jonatha Brooke and Marc Mantell for the musical “Quadroon” that had a reading this summer at The Ensemble Theatre.

Joe had a huge heart for music and even bigger heart for his community. When he moved back to Houston he saw how run down his old stomping grounds had gotten and decided to do something.

He held a fundraising concert at Galveston’s Grand 1894 Opera House to benefit his childhood school, Our Mother of Mercy, and other inner city Catholic schools. From that first concert birth the Joe Sample Youth Organization, Inc. and the annual JSYO Henriette Delille Legacy Concert.

Joe once said of JSYO, “ I saw that something needed to be done and decided I couldn’t wait around while others talked.” In the first three years of JSYO, Joe and volunteers were able to raise over $150,000 for schools to replace out dated textbooks, heating system, playground equipment, and library furniture.

Despite two heart attacks and a bout with Epstein-Barr Joe kept trucking. It was music that fueled his soul with the love of his family. Sadly, although he put up a brave fight, Joe would succumb to complications of lung cancer. The music world has a lost a legendary pianist, keyboard player, and composer.

Cherishing Joe’s memory is his wife, Yolanda; son, Nicklas; 3 stepsons; 6 grandchildren; 1 sister; and a host of fans.

Houston Style Magazine extends our deepest sympathy to the Sample family.

A public wake and viewing will be held for Joe on Friday, September 19, 2014 from 6:009:00pm at Our Mother of Mercy Church, 4000 Sumpter St., Houston, TX 77020. Joe will be funeralized and laid to rest in a private ceremony. In lieu of flowers, etc., the family asks to make donations to the Joe Sample Youth Organization, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit. Contributions can be made via paypal/ credit card using the following link: https://www. paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=QV5AUC3H6AGQL or via check to the following address: Joe Sample Youth Organization, P.O. Box 590254, Houston, TX 77259.

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About Houston Style Magazine Our 25th Anniversary Awards Gala Reception is themed, “Reflecting on our History, Investing in our Future.” The ‘Style Gala Reception’ is an elegant evening spanning across a quarter of a century of journalistic excellence that will showcase the progression of Houston Style Magazine’s history from community involvement to its growing impact in the digital space. As a part of the celebration, we are honored to have Global Social Change Influencer, Ndaba Mandela, the grandson of the late world leader, Nelson Mandela, as one of our featured speakers. As the #1 African-American multi-platform media company in Texas, we are honored to have you share this momentous occasion with us!

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Use It or Loose It

By Jade Gold, Fitness Writer

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f only the benefits of exercise were like money earning interest in the bank. It’s a sad but a true fact that to maintain your hard-earned workout results, you have to stay fit by continuing to exercise regularly.

In fitness parlance, this is called the reversibility principle. In layman’s terms – use it or lose it. Without a doubt, you will eventually lose whatever fitness benefits you gained by working out when you stop exercising.

This reality can actually discourage a lot of people from even starting to exercise. I have heard many physically inactive people defend their lifestyle by saying, ‘‘What’s the use of exercising? When I stop, I’ll just get fatter.’’

You will lose muscle if you stop working out. However, it’s not instant. It’s not like if you stop working out for a week you’re going to shrivel away to nothing. But if you let yourself go several weeks on end with no weight training then you will start to lose your muscle strength and fullness.

If you don’t use it, you will lose it. You have to provide stress and demands on the muscle in order to give it a reason to grow bigger and stronger.

However, the good news is that you can re-gain lost muscle quick-

er the second time around. This is what’s referred to as muscle memory. It’s easier and faster to re-build muscle that you had previously then it is to build that muscle mass in the first place. So while it may have taken you a year Jade Gold or more to build up to a certain level of muscular development.

You should be able to return to that level within several weeks of regular workouts in the gym.

The main thing you need to focus on is being consistent with your workouts so that you make regular weight training a part of your lifestyle.

And not get caught up in the whole working out on and off again pattern.

Here are a few tips how to best maintain the work your putting in at the gym: 1. Eat protein before & after you weight train 2. Keep a consistent balance with regular cardio and weight training 3. Get plenty of rest and always stay

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well hydrated with water 4. Train with high volume and medium intensity 5. Push each exercise to “near failure” 6. Keep a consistent clean diet only allowing yourself the occasional cheat meals.

7. Train a minimum of 3 days a week and always allow a full day of rest in your week

8. Keep emotional stress to minimum this causes excess chemistry changes in the body that effect the response of your workouts 9. Understand progress is not an overnight process, it’s a journey 10. Learn to love fitness and incorporate the family in the daily process

For more tips from Jade Gold, visit facebook.com/jadegoldfitness.

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CULINARY Sweet Heat Jam

By Yolanda Pope, Culinary Writer

Shakes Up the Competition

Please join State Representative Sylvester Turner and the Host Committee for

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oday our culinary journey starts in Katy, Texas with a visit with another finalist from H-E-B’s “Quest for Texas Best” competition.

Mother and son, Christine and Nolan Stillwell, are the operators of Sweet Heat Jam Company, which makes a variety of fruit jams that are enhanced with fresh peppers. Some of which are grown in the Stillwell’s backyard. The company was started in 2011 by Nolan, who is described as a culinary artist, an avid gardener, and an entrepreneur, who loves to help others.

Sweet Heat Jam Co., began when the Stillwells were faced with a couple of dilemmas; Nolan who was graduating high school and searching for a career to pursue. At that time, it seemed that Nolan’s choices were limited because he was born with Down Syndrome. Secondly, that same year the Stillwell’s garden had flourished with an abundance of fresh hot peppers that were not to be wasted.

Furthermore, since Nolan loved to cook and there were not any schools that offered a culinary program for students with special needs, the Stillwells decided to go to their own kitchen and use those freshly picked peppers to create a unique condiment that had a versatile flavor profile. After several trials, samplings, and recipe modifications, Sweat Heat Jam Co. began distributing their products in local markets such as: Katy Budget Books, Local Pour, Brookwood Community Gift Shop and Berings Hardware. A complete listing of stores can be found by going to: http://nolanssweetheat. com/where-to-find-us/.

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Sweet Heat Jam Co. has not only helped Nolan pursue his dream but they have also helped many other students with special needs. “By providing a hands-on learning environment, life skills training and character enrichment experiences for Nolan and others like him we are providing the opportunity to reach further than we imagined. Special needs students who complete the program acquire strong business skills that can be transferred to a wide variety of industries,” said Christine. Additionally, “in order to help students achieve such success, Imperial Sugar has agreed to donate 3,600 pounds of sugar over the next three years to be used in the [jalapeno] jams produced by Sweet Heat Jam.”

Moreover, according to Christine, their local area H-E-B supported their efforts by encouraging them to enter their jams into the contest. Nolan considers the manager and other employees of that particular store “his friends” his mother said. Finally, after making it to the top 25 of the competition, Sweet Heat Jam Co. has been slammed with holiday orders since early summer, and once again H-E-B stepped up to the plate by offering the company a wholesale discount on fresh produce so that they can keep up with all of the orders.

I can’t wait to try my samples that are coming, and I will let you know what I think about my jam selection on my blog: www.eatingwithstyle. blogspot.com. You can also follow me on twitter: @YPEatingwStyle.

We’re celebrating Rep. Sylvester Turner’s 25th year in the Texas Legislature with a special fundraising event: WHEN: Tuesday, Sept 23, 2014 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.

WHERE: Irma’S SouTHweST GrIll

1314 Texas @ austin, Houston, TX 77002 TICKETS: $100 per person RSVP: www.SylvesterTurner.com/25years

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Join the Host Committee!

Champion: $25,000 K Sponsor: $10,000 K Host: $5,000 K Patron: $2,500 Supporter: $1,000 K Friend: $500 K Benefactor: $250

Contact Pat Strong at (713) 942-5816 or Pat@StrongStrategies.com.

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BOOK REVIEW Cosby: His Life and Times

By Mark Whitaker

By Terri Schichenmeyer, Literary Writer

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or many years, you spent every Thursday night in the living room of a friend - and you never left your easy chair.

Those Thursday nights were appointments you wouldn’t think of missing, and you always left with a smile. The Huxtable family was just like your family. And in the new book “Cosby: His Life and Times” by Mark Whitaker, you’ll learn what that TV show almost was, and more.

William Henry Cosby, Jr. was born into a storytelling family.

Though his father was mostly absent, young Cosby was heavily influenced by his paternal grandfather, a spiritual man who loved telling Bible stories. Cosby sometimes had a hard time understanding his grandfather’s Southern accent, but the elder man’s methods of holding an audience stuck with him forever.

After dropping out of high school, and once home from a stint in the Navy (where he worked in the Hospital Corps and got his GED), Cosby left Philadelphia and headed to New York City. There, he slept on the storeroom floor of a Greenwich Village club, and performed on a rickety stage beneath a leaky ceiling. Eventually, it paid off: word got around that he was a funny guy, one who didn’t rely on pro-

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fanity or racial material to get laughs.

Cosby soon had a manager, a wife, and a seat next to Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show.

For Cosby, personally, it was a golden time: his comedy career was soaring, he was starring in a TV crime-drama, and he’d become a father. Offstage, however, the nation was working its way through the Civil Rights Movement and for Cosby, that created a stronger urge to help his “people.” As much as possible, he insisted on hiring more African Americans backstage, and assisted many in their show-business careers. He was also fierce about education (he had once wanted to be a teacher), and created children’s programming with that in mind.

In 1984, having heard that Bill Cosby was open to the possibility of a sitcom, Marcy Carsey and Tom Werner asked for a meeting. They had something in mind for a different kind of comedy.

Cosby had some ideas of his own…

Reading “Cosby: His Life and Times” is kind of like visiting your childhood on paper. Who among us hasn’t felt like we’ve always known Fat Albert and the Huxtable family? Who didn’t want to run away and live with Cliff

By Susie Stillwell, Entertainment Writer

and Claire?

Not many, I’d guess, and that’s why readers will be surprised at what author Mark Whitaker uncovered. Not only are we treated to the good in Cosby’s life, but Whitaker includes the warts, both onstage and off, as well as the what-ifs within Cosby’s career – and I just couldn’t get enough of it. What if, for instance, Cliff Huxtable had been a limo driver?

Are you shaking your head now? Me, too, as I devoured this comfort-food biography – and if that sounds tasty to you, then here’s your next book.

Grab “Cosby: His Life and Times” and head for your easy chair.

c.2014, Simon & Schuster $29.99 / $35.95 Canada 544 pages Mark Whitaker

The Forest and The Trees!

Susie Stillwell: I didn’t realize that.

FW: Yeah, Philippe’s character in Ripple Effect was tormented and unable to move past the things he’d done in his past. So, it’s a similar thematic.

Susie Stillwell: What interested you in producing and starring in Repentance?

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’m Susie Stillwell and I am just sitting here talking to Forest Whitaker about his career, personal life, family, and experiences on and off the stages of his career and life. From film to TV, Forest Whitaker is a consummate superstar.

FW: I’d say the fact that it’s a movie that talks about dealing with your past issues and past pain, and being able to move forward in the future from that. I think that’s a lesson that we all have to deal with and learn from. In addition, the film offered me a great opportunity to do a really interesting character with an amazing cast of actors, and to be directed by a friend and associate, one of my partners. We own a company together. So, a lot of things came together to make this happen for us.

Susie Stillwell: I really enjoyed this new movie, Susie Stillwell: What message do you think people Repentance. Although it’s a little different, for some took away from Repentance? reason, it reminded me of an art house film of yours many people might have missed called Ripple Effect. FW: Understanding and searching for the truth by dealing with issues from the past, by taking them out Forest Whitaker: It’s very different, in a way, be- and allowing them to be present so that you can move cause my character in Ripple Effect was very actual- past them or with them into your future. I think this ized. In that case, he totally forgave the lead charac- film suggests it’s possible to address even those hidter played by Philippe Caland, who happens to be the den secrets that we keep sequestered under the rug of our minds. director of this movie.

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Susie Stillwell: How do you prepare for a role? What steps do you take to understand and become the script character?

FW: I read a number of different books and articles on mental illness… about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, medications and issues surrounding those topics. And I also did some interviews with people dealing with those things. So, that helped shaped part of the character. For the rest of it, I tried to look at grief and pain. I wanted to understand the stages of grief, and the escalation that might happen if this person was in deep pursuit of the truth about the loss of his mother, and then you put the other stuff on top of that. So, I just kept piling it on until it started to leak out in the movie.

Susie Stillwell: What consideration enters into your decision to take on a role?

FW: I think every character bears it, but I’d like to know that the movie’s going to shed some more light on our humanity, and open up another door for me. I think the biggest thing that motivates me when I’m choosing a part is a role that will help me continue to grow as a person and as an artist, and a role that will deepen my understanding of humanity, and my connection to it.

To get a complete look at all of Forest Whitaker’s movie, TV, film and stage credits. Go to http:// www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845/bio?ref_=nm_ ov_bio_sm

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Funeral Home Offers Drive-Thru Visitation

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Macy’s Brings Same-Day Delivery to Houston

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ouston is one of the lucky test cities to be able to utilize Macy’s new same-day delivery service.

Macy’s is joining the pool of stores joining in this market to compete with sites like Amazon.com and eBay. The program is starting slow and is only offered in eight markets. If the program is successful Macy’s plans to expand the program to other markets. The maximum delivery distance is 15 miles and will available this fall. For more information, visit macys.com.

aradise Funeral Chapel owner Ivan Phillips wanted to give Saginaw, MI residents a different experience when it came to saying final good-byes to loved ones who had passed on. So on this past Sunday they introduce their drive-thru visitation service. Phillips said it feels the need for those who may be disabled and can’t get around easy as well as those who may have apprehension about going to a funeral home. At no extra charge mourners can simply drive up drop a memorial in the memorial box, sign the register book, drive forward where a sensor will open and close a curtain for viewing for three minutes. For more information, visit paradisefuneralchapel.com.

New Company Claims It Can Bring Billions Back to the Community

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Toyota Green Initiative Donates New Hybrid to Local HBCU’s

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oyota showed its commitment to sustaining Historically Black Colleges and Universities by presenting Texas Southern University, (TSU) and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) with a brand new hybrid vehicle to support the 2014-2016 athletic years. TSU and PVAMU are two of twenty-two select Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) and Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) schools to receive a one-year lease of a Toyota Prius lift-back. The donation is in conjunction with the Toyota Green Initiative five-year partnership with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will help schools to continue their commitment to sustainability. The vehicles will be used by school staff for campus-related athletic, administrative and facilities use. For more information, visit ToyotaGreen.com.

errance Amen, founder of 3ufirst. com and author of Black Unity: The Total Solution to Financial Independence and Happiness, says we can bring billions of dollars Terrance Amen back to our community by using the money we’re already spending. Amen based 3ufirst, the company, on his book. He created the company in order to solve the major problems within the community, which include unemployment, lack of wealth creation, and lack of funding for the best programs across the country that are presently under-funded.

3ufirst will accomplish its goals by giving back fifty percent of the net profits from African Americans shopping online for their favorite name brand products and services. There’s no extra cost to the consumer; they simply go through 3ufirst. com to find a product or service.

pose has been ill served as cellphone texters have not stop texting and walking. For more information, visit stylemagazine.com.

Cedeno Named USHCC Businessman of the Year

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he United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce has named Eligio Cedeno, majority owner and CEO of V-me Media Inc., as its 2014 Businessman of the Year. Cedeno will be recognized at the national convention in Salt Lake City later this month. Each year, the USHCC recognizes an executive whose outstanding leadership, pioneering spirit, social, and economic contributions exemplify the best of America’s business community.

The USHCC President & CEO Javier Palomarez said Cedeno was chosen for his passion toward educating and inspiring young children and families with quality television programming on V-me.

Eligio Cedeno For more information, visit ushccconvention.com.

Porsche and BlackBerry Partner Up for New BlackBerry

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orsche and BlackBerry are partnering again to release yet another BlackBerry, the P’9981. Coming to stores in October, the new phone is expected to have a heavy price tag with glass-like keys, high-gloss finish, steel frame, and leather back. The phone also will keep its QWERTY keyboard and the BlackBerry 10 operating system. No price has been released as yet but the phone will be available at Porsche Design stores when it is released. For more information, visit shopusa.porsche-design.com.

Starbucks Goes Smaller for Less Calories

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t seems everyone is watching their weight these days and Starbucks is helping their customers do the same.

In select markets, Houston and Denver, they are testing the new Frappuccino Mini. The new drink is 10-ounces, cost 30 cents less, and has fewer calories than the 12-ounce version. Starbucks officials said the move is all part of them listening to their customers’ needs.

China’s First Cellphone Lane

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e all know texting and driving is dangerous but so can walking and texting.

One city in China is combating that issue with a cellphone sidewalk lane called mobile phone sidewalks. The Meixin Group, that manages the cellphone lane, said the original purpose of the lane was to shed light on why texting and walking was so dangerous and not to make it more convenient for people to do so. There is a 50-meter stretch of pavement with one lane dedicated to those who text and walk and the other that prohibits cellphone use. Their pur-

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H-E-B’s 10th Annual Helping Heroes Service Project Photography By Roswitha Vogler

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n Thursday, September 11, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at Houston Fire Station #6 as H-E-B served local firefighters for the 10th Annual Helping Heroes Service Project. H-E-B employees provided breakfast and showed their support and appreciation for local firefighters. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Helping Heroes, H-E-B donated $100,000 to The 100 Club organizations across Texas. During the event, a check of $15,000 was presented to the Houston 100 Club. This community project honors September 11th as a National Day of Service and Remembrance that pays tribute to the men and women of the rescue teams who risked and lost their lives at the World Trade Center.

Statewide, more than 4,130 H-E-B Partners from 297 H-E-B stores along with manufacturing and support centers are participating in Helping Heroes, assisting at 636 fire stations across Texas.

American Advertising Federation Welcomes Clark Rector Photography by Vicky Pink

n Thursday, September 11, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the Houston O Federal Reserve Bank for American Advertising Federation’s Advertising and Government forum with special guest Clark Rector, American Advertising Federation’s Executive VP of Government Relations. Rector shared the “buzz” from Capitol Hill - he’ll discuss upcoming tax issues, big data and everything you need to know about advertising and government today. Some in attendance were Joe Fournet, Chris Jackson, Tony Marban, William Sexton, Jay Hagins, and Judy Foston.

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Comcast Internet Essentials Kick Off 2014

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Photography By Vicky Pink

n Wednesday, September 10, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at Baker-Ripley Neighborhood Center as Comcast Houston Region kicked off year four of Internet Essentials. Internet Essentials is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption initiative, providing low-cost Internet service and computer equipment and free digital literacy training. On this day more than 350 parents and students got access to technology. Some in attendance were Houston City Council Member Mike Laster, Neighborhood Centers-Baker Ripley School Principal Fidel Maffuz, Vice President of Fund Developments, Neighborhood Centers Inc. Ed Benyon, Senior Vice President for Comcast Houston Ralph Martinez, and Vice President for Comcast Houston Ray Purser.t

Houston Screening of The World They Knew Photography by Vicky Pink

n Thursday, September 11, 2014, Houston Style Magazine was on hand at the EnsemO ble Theatre for the Houston screening of The World They Knew hosted by Women Empowering Nations. The World They Knew is an inspiring documentary that follows the journey of three girls from Tulsa, Oklahoma through North and West Africa. Following the screening a reception and Q & A session led by on-air personality and philanthropist Jillian “JJ” Simmons with WEN Founder and Executive Director Carlisha Williams was held. To learn more about WEN, visit www.WENations.org.

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