Jackson was born the seventh of nine children on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, an industrial suburb of Chicago, to an African American family. His mother, Katherine Esther Scruse, was a devout Jehovah's Witness, and his father, Joseph Walter "Joe" Jackson, a steel mill worker who performed with an R&B band called The Falcons. Jackson had three sisters, Rebbie, La Toya, and Janet, and five brothers, Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Randy.
Jackson had a difficult relationship with his father. He said that he was physically and emotionally abused during incessant rehearsals, whippings, and name-calling, though he credited his father's discipline for his success In one altercation recalled by Marlon, Joseph held Michael upside down by one leg and "pummeled him over and over again with his hand, hitting him on his back and buttocks". Joseph would also trip or push the boys into walls. One night while Michael Jackson was asleep, Joseph climbed into his room through the bedroom window, wearing a fright mask and screaming. He said he wanted to teach the children not to leave the window open when they went to sleep. For years afterward, Jackson said he suffered nightmares about being kidnapped from his room Joseph acknowledged in 2003 that he had whipped Jackson as a child.
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First & foremost though, sideboards are decorative. Thier large top is the perfect place to display a beautiful vase of flowers or a stunning table lamp. As all of the storage is hidden away in the drawers &/or cupboards the manufacturers can ensure that the design of the exterior concentrate on the outside, putting finishes & details on almost any sideboard to make them a desirable object. As doors & drawers are not too big they can often be made without handles, a very popular look in contemporary sideboards.
Once called a buffet, the item of furniture we now know as a sideboard is a free-standing, low to medium cabinet with cupboards, or drawers or a mixture of both. Doors can be sliding or hinged & drawers can be visible or hidden inside cupboards.? Strictly speaking, sideboards & chests of drawers & are two different things, but these day the word sideboard can be used more to refer to the overall look, for example a long, low chest of drawers with legs is also a sideboard. Originally used in the dining room sideboards were used to store as flatware, silverware, cutlery, crockery, napkins, glasses & drinks, especially the ‘good’ silver, glasses etc for special occasions.
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When you have an idea what style you like you need to consider size.? Unfortunately, sideboards are not built to standardardized measurements, so if you have an exact ssize in mind you will probably need to shop around – a lot. Available in a mind numbing variety of sizes, there is no such thing as a standard height, width or depth. Then there is the inside of the sideboard to consider. Often, when a sideboard is bought it is bought to store specific types of items, so the size & location of details like shelves is important. Sometimes shelves can be moved or removed, but not usually, so this is yet another factor to think about. Again, there is absolutely no standard internal format.
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Most sideboards these days are made in modern designs, & as contemporary furniture has become more prevalent sideboards have too. BNot just a piece of dining furniture any more, sideboards are also used in the lounge room too & even the hallway, as a place to store the ‘bits & pieces’ of daily life, or more & more as a TV cabinet. The invention of Plasma TVs has meant that most sideboards can fit a TV on top, as well as a DVD player etc, great because you can hide cables behind it & use the drawers to keep remote controls & DVDs tucked away.