{"id":1601,"date":"2015-06-03T15:42:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T15:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tedlekas.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2024-02-20T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:40:24","slug":"kevin-pollak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tedlekas.com\/?p=1601","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Pollak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_section-94d3ee0527fad3ae60afec441b41752f\">\n.avia-section.av-av_section-94d3ee0527fad3ae60afec441b41752f{\nbackground-color:#2c3539;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-94d3ee0527fad3ae60afec441b41752f main_color avia-section-no-padding avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-custom av-height-custom  container_wrap sidebar_right'   data-av_minimum_height_px='45'><div class='container av-section-cont-open' style='height:45px'><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1601'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031{\nheight:35px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-9a4b51fdc01b8b13bd201ffe5054f031 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">THE STORIES!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-1601'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'><div  class='flex_column av-av_one_third-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-eca4c508a285734afdb5ea9eb44c07f3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-eca4c508a285734afdb5ea9eb44c07f3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-eca4c508a285734afdb5ea9eb44c07f3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-eca4c508a285734afdb5ea9eb44c07f3 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-4  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-621 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-621 avia_image ' src='https:\/\/www.tedlekas.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Pollak-41-300x225.jpg' alt='A man in a red sweater holding a microphone.' title='Pollak 41'  height=\"225\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_third-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">KEVIN POLLAK SAVE<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">S &#8220;IT&#8217;S A WONDERFUL LIFE!&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #bcc6cc; 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