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Welcome / CroesoRestored with your comfort and the environment in mind, Old Rectory Barn is located within the Brecon Beacons National Park and dates from the early 16th Century. The barn is available for short breaks or longer stays as one large property sleeping up to 10 guests or as two independent cottages Loft & Stables. Check latest availability and prices.
The Barn offers five star comfort for families or friends and is an excellent base for exploring this beautiful and historic area which offers a range of outdoor activities for all ages and abilities and is renowned for its excellent local produce and restaurants. * Luxury accommodation for 4 to 10 guests * Visit Wales 4 & 5 Star Rating * 'Green Tourism' Gold Rating * Welcome pack of local produce * Stone built with oak beams and contemporary styled interior * Views to the Blorenge and Sugar Loaf mountains * Dogs welcome Set in five acres above the village of Maesygwartha and in the South-East corner of the Brecon Beacons National Park the Barn has wonderful views of the countryside from all rooms. There are so many things to do both on the doorstep and within a short distance that we are delighted to welcome guests back year after year. Nick Stewart from Greentraveller stayed at the Barn in 2012 - please check out his review on the Greentraveller website here. Maesygwartha is within easy driving distance of London, the Midlands and Manchester. It is well serviced by local and national train services via Abergavenny, Hereford and Newport (London - Swansea main line). Nearest village is Gilwern 1 mile, with shops and pubs, Crickhowell 4 miles, Abergavenny 5 miles. There are bus services to Gilwern & Abergavenny. Here's how to find us. We look forward to welcoming you at the Old Rectory Barn in the near future. Hilary & Graham Lipscombe 'What a fantastic way to finish and start a year! We have had a great time' Uitz, Bristol, January 2015
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text: Samuel FinleyFinley, Samuel, 1715–66, Presbyterian minister, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), b. Ireland. He went to North America in 1734 and is believed to have studied under William Tennent. He preached in the series of religious revivals known as the Great Awakening, mainly in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In the early 1740s, Finley founded a school in Nottingham on the Pennsylvania-Maryland border (now the West Nottingham Academy). He became president of the College of New Jersey in 1761. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. See more Encyclopedia articles on: Protestant Christianity: Biographies |

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This month, Gender Links will conduct training workshops on covering gender based violence for media in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). These capacity building workshops are part of on-going media support and capacity building initiatives under the centres of Excellence for gender in the media project. Media will partner with local councils to give publicity to various council activities during the upcoming 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children campaign which runs from the 25th of November to the 10th of December.
These activities are in line with the requirements of the SADC Protocol on Gender and development which has set a time bound target of halving the current levels of gender based violence by 2015.
The media is a powerful tool in fighting GBV because it not only reports on society but helps shape public opinion and perceptions. The media calls attention to social issues and problems and it can hold leaders accountable. As such GL will be conducting three day training workshops in Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The main aim of these workshops is to broaden the media's understanding of gender based violence, the different forms it takes as well as to highlight gaps in prevalence data, prevention, responses, support and treatment.
20 journalists will be trained in each of the countries. The training will also result in in-depth gender based violence stories, 'I' stories as well as contributions to the GL Directory of sources project. Gender links will consolidate the sources into the e-book and circulate to its journalist across the region. These I stories will be collected and they will give a much needed human face to the current coverage on GBV. Councillors and journalists will plan how to partner during the campaign. GBV trained journalist will be encouraged to cover the events during the 16 days campaigns.


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This week, their feature travel segment focuses on New Orleans, and we must say they chosen some great spots to visit. From cooking, to carriage rides, to a stroll along Frenchmen Street, excellent meals, and more, their visit gives a well rounded view of some of the wonderful "can't miss" locations throughout the Crescent City.
When hearing that Gailen David and Bobby Laurie were coming to town, we knew we had to invite them out to see the Honey Island Swamp. We're so happy they had time in their itinerary to for the tour.
Check out the video below for The Savvy Stews' visit to the camp. You'll see us around 1 minute, 15 seconds in. Looks like they had fun!


text: Archive for February 5th, 2014 View: News Blogs Programs News Judge denies motion to challenge Echo Park gang injunction Crime & Justice | February 5th, 2014, 7:03pm | Erika Aguilar A Los Angeles judge denied a request by some residents to intervene and challenge the city on its gang injunction for Echo Park. California is so dry, some diners won't get water unless they ask Environment & Science | February 5th, 2014, 5:46pm | Eliza Barclay | NPR Across the state, cities see waste in water left behind. Santa Cruz is one of the first California towns to bar restaurants from serving drinking water unless requested. Scientists help Western states prepare for drought as new norm Environment & Science | February 5th, 2014, 4:27pm | Kirk Siegler | NPR Amid the historic drought gripping California and much of the West Coast, scientists are studying how states can manage with a lot less water in the future. Firefighter handcuffed at crash scene for not moving truck Local | February 5th, 2014, 3:48pm | AP with KPCC A firefighter responding to a San Diego-area crash site was handcuffed and held in a patrol car for failing to move a fire truck immediately after police asked him to. Rarely seen photos of 19th-century LA, Santa Monica unveiled Arts & Entertainment | February 5th, 2014, 1:45pm | KPCC staff The Huntington Library's new collection of rare photographs of Santa Monica and Los Angeles depict the cities before they were heavily populated. View them here. After guilty plea, families mourn murdered USC students Crime & Justice | February 5th, 2014, 12:43pm | Rina Palta On Wednesday, Bryan Barnes, 21, pled guilty to murdering Ying Wu and Ming Qu — an admission that will land him in prison for the rest of his life. It's Ontario vs Los Angeles in battle over airport Business & Economy | February 5th, 2014, 12:22pm | Shirley Jahad The city of Ontario is moving forward with its lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles over control of the Inland Empire airport. Court dismisses case against former Miramonte teacher Crime & Justice | February 5th, 2014, 12:17pm | Rina Palta with KPCC staff Prosecutors say the case against Martin Springer has been dropped after the alleged victim declined to testify. Our brains rewrite our memories, putting present in the past Environment & Science | February 5th, 2014, 11:39am | Nancy Shute | NPR Even people with good memories can have a hard time remembering the past accurately. That may be because the brain is constantly editing memories. Ladies: Good bacteria in yogurt may be good for waistlines, too Health | February 5th, 2014, 11:34am | Maria Godoy | NPR Women who took a probiotic in yogurts daily while on a diet regime lost significantly more weight and fat than their counterparts who received a placebo. Hoffman autopsy inconclusive; further tests needed Arts & Entertainment | February 5th, 2014, 11:16am | Jake Pearson and Tom Hays | AP There was no timetable for Hoffman's autopsy to be finished, said medical examiner office spokeswoman Julie Bolcer, who declined to discuss the pending tests. Religion and Culture: Bollywood dance comes to Los Angeles Arts & Entertainment | February 5th, 2014, 11:09am | Heather McIlvaine | USC Annenberg Knight Program on Media and Religion "Hollywood's favorite Bollywood Choreographer" Nakul Dev Mahajan brings the distinctive dance styles to Southern California devotees. Suspect pleads guilty to murder of 2 USC Chinese grad students (Update) Crime & Justice | February 5th, 2014, 9:47am | Rina Palta Police say Barnes and another suspect killed two Chinese engineering students in the West Adams neighborhood. Prosecutors have agreed not to seek the death penalty in exchange for the plea. Google, EU settle antitrust case; new search pages in Europe? US & World | February 5th, 2014, 8:44am | Juergen Baetz | AP Google would significantly change the ways it displays some search results in Europe in favor of its competitors. See before and after screenshots of the concessions. Panama Canal expansion stops amid dispute US & World | February 5th, 2014, 8:31am | AP The canal's administrator says the stoppage will give authorities time to analyze how to proceed on the project to widen the canal amid a dispute over $1.6 billion in cost overruns. Sandra Fluke announces bid for state Senate Politics | February 5th, 2014, 8:00am | KPCC staff The attorney and women's rights activist is seeking the seat of state Sen. Ted Lieu, who announced he will seek to replace outgoing Rep. Henry Waxman. CVS Caremark plans to stop tobacco products sales Business & Economy | February 5th, 2014, 6:33am | Michael Felberbaum and Tom Murphy | AP The nation's second-largest drugstore chain said Wednesday that it will phase out cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco by Oct. 1. Earthquake safety: LA school district to spend $41M on 2 Sylmar structures Politics | February 5th, 2014, 5:01am | Sharon McNary The district spent $19 million retrofitting 17 at-risk buildings at other campuses, but it's poised to spend double that on two middle school buildings in Sylmar Blogs Owners of former SoCal real estate investment firm arrested The Breakdown | February 5th, 2014, 5:53pm | Wendy Lee Two owners in a Southern California real estate investment firm were arrested on Wednesday. Both were apparently involved in a Ponzi scheme. Can Magic Johnson save the LA Sparks? The Breakdown | February 5th, 2014, 5:39pm | Ben Bergman The Dodgers' ownership group turned around the team quicker than anyone expected, but MLB isn't the WNBA, which hasn't just been losing money, but also teams. House passes drought bill; state water war moves to Senate Represent! | February 5th, 2014, 4:29pm | Kitty Felde All eyes are on the Senate where California senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer promise to introduce their own water bill this week. Disney's net income rises 33 percent in its first quarter The Breakdown | February 5th, 2014, 4:21pm | Wendy Lee Disney saw revenue increases in all of its divisions. Earnings were boosted by the success of movies "Frozen" and "Thor: The Dark World." The 626 Night Market branches out beyond the San Gabriel Valley Multi-American | February 5th, 2014, 12:33pm | Josie Huang The popular Asian-themed night market will hold events in Orange County and downtown Los Angeles. In immigration news: Senate GOP leader says no reform, a longer citizenship form, activists hint at compromise, robots and jobs, more Multi-American | February 5th, 2014, 9:48am | Leslie Berestein Rojas While House Republicans are talking legalization and some immigration activists have hinted at compromising on a path to citizenship, there's still skepticism as to whether immigration reform can make it through Congress. This and more. Maven's Morning Coffee: Dangers of cycling to work Represent! | February 5th, 2014, 8:07am | Alice Walton Today is Wednesday, Feb. 5 and headlines include a first-hand account of cycling in L.A., a technology officer for the city, and retrofitting schools in Sylmar. Small businesses are sad to see 'The Tonight Show' leave Burbank The Breakdown | February 5th, 2014, 5:30am | Brian Watt Take-out, dry cleaning and on-set coffee: In leaving Burbank, "The Tonight Show" leaves behind small businesses that were happy to help. Programs Jump to: Take Two The Loh Down On Science AirTalk® First Person Take Two Episode: Sochi scene, CVS tobacco ban, 'Tonight Show' leaves LA and more Wasps may help rid SoCal crops of Asian citrus psyllid infestation February 5th, 2014, 10:40am | Take Two Efforts in Riverside to rid citrus crops of the Asian citrus psyllid are well underway. After conducting several tests, researchers there found that wasps are a natural enemy of the psyllid, the tiny insects that spread the incurable citrus greening disease. The Hummus takes a satirical look at Islamophobia Arts & Entertainment | February 5th, 2014, 10:22am | Take Two There's a new satirical new site called The Hummus that's being hailed as The Onion for Muslims, founded by three Silicon Valley-based practicing Muslims in their 20s. Freezing temps in California destroy $441M worth of citrus crops February 5th, 2014, 10:13am | Take Two It's been a rough year for citrus crops in California. New estimates out this week show that a week of freezing temperatures in December wiped out nearly a quarter of the state's $2 billion citrus industry. How will California farmers fare under the $1-trillion farm bill? February 5th, 2014, 10:03am | Take Two After two years of Congressional infighting, the U.S. farm bill finally passed both the House and the Senate. It now goes to the President for his signature. GOP lawmakers show support for preschool programs February 5th, 2014, 9:54am | Take Two Preschool has become one of the hottest topics in politics. While Republicans have been pushing for big cuts and spending almost everywhere else, many are pumping lots of cash into early education. Will Forte on 'Nebraska' nerves and missing his 'SNL' days Arts & Entertainment | February 5th, 2014, 9:49am | Take Two Will Forte joins the show to talk about his favorite memories from "SNL" and his foray into more serious dramatic acting. Sports Roundup: Lakers lose again, Richie Incognito, and more February 5th, 2014, 9:22am | Take Two The Lakers are historically bad, will a little Magic save the Sparks? And Richard Sherman shows off some hand/eye interpretation. That means it's time for sports with Andy and Brian Kamenetzky, who have covered the sports scene for ESPN and the L.A. Times. Mexican government pledges $3.4 billion to stem violence in Michoacán February 5th, 2014, 9:13am | Take Two Peña Nieto unveiled the plan Tuesday on a visit to the state capital Morelia. The plan includes loans for small businesses, improvements to local ports and roads and funds for education and healthcare. For recovering addicts, the ever-present threat of relapse looms February 5th, 2014, 9:11am | Take Two The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman of an apparent drug overdose was a shock to almost everyone who heard the news. Hoffman, it's been widely reported, had over two decades of sobriety under his belt before relapsing into addiction last year. Small businesses are sad to see 'The Tonight Show' leave Burbank February 5th, 2014, 9:10am | Brian Watt | Take Two More than 150 people at NBC will lose their jobs after The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ends. Some nearby businesses will also feel the pinch. CVS to stop selling tobacco products in October 2014 February 5th, 2014, 9:09am | Take Two Today, CVS announced they would stop selling all cigarettes and tobacco products nationwide by October. Narco traffickers slash protected rainforests US & World | February 5th, 2014, 9:09am | Laurel Morales, Fronteras Desk | Take Two Scientists working in Central America have discovered an unexpected consequence of the drug war: deforestation. For the Fronteras Desk, Laurel Morales reports. Much ado about Sochi's Winter Olympics accommodations February 5th, 2014, 9:08am | Take Two Whether it's terrorist threats, construction issues or political unrest, the Games have been constantly surrounded by controversy and concerns. Now, leading up to the eve of the Olympiad, there have been recent reports that even the hotels aren't ready to host such a global event. The Loh Down On Science Episode: Could social media help prevent epidemics? Could social media help prevent epidemics? February 5th, 2014, 6:01am | The Loh Down On Science Tweeting our symptoms to the world AirTalk Episode: AirTalk for February 5, 2014 Oscar-nominated designer on crafting the grifter's world in 'American Hustle' February 5th, 2014, 11:33am | AirTalk David O. Russell's "American Hustle" has received critical acclaim, garnering a number of Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. The film, a period crime drama set in the 1970s, follows a FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) as he recruits a con-man (Christian Bale) to uncover corrupt politicians. Should the public weigh in on the Dylan Farrow letter? February 5th, 2014, 11:15am | AirTalk Over the weekend, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof ceded his column space to Dylan Farrow, the adopted daughter of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, who published an open letter detailing the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered when she was 7 at the hands of Allen. New report shows Affordable Care Act's impact on workforce February 5th, 2014, 11:04am | AirTalk A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates 2.5 million Americans will leave the full time workforce by 2023. This number, revised from an estimate of 800,000, takes into account the availability of healthcare under the Affordable Care Act. CVS gets healthier with plan to discontinue cigarette sales (Poll) February 5th, 2014, 10:30am | AirTalk Drugstore and pharmacy chain CVS announced today that they plan to end sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products by October 1. The discontinuation of tobacco sales is, according to CVS president and CEO Larry Merlo, in line with the chain's efforts to become a larger part of providing healthcare to customers. Portland community says no to Trader Joe's over fears of displacement February 5th, 2014, 10:27am | AirTalk Trader Joe's has pulled out of plans to build a new store in a historically African-American neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. Activists in the area said the high end grocer would be too expense for locals and perpetuate the area's income inequality gap. 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We're gonna just go ahead and snag our opening line from the photographers behind today's super fun wedding, Paco & Betty, who called Kat + Danny the masters of ALL THINGS FUN! And we think you can tell from that intro image, they definitely didn't oversell these two. K + D's day was all smiles, color, whimsy + fun and we're super jazzed to share it with you! From the best of backdrops, Ace Hotel Palm Springs, to all the playful details sprinkled throughout the day, we only have one more thing to say: We wish we were invited to this one! Let's hear a bit more about it from Paco & Betty:
Their brightly colored day was filled with so much love, laughter and surprises!!! From singing a funny duet at the end of their vows to marching into their reception with a local high school band, they had their guests rolling on the floor laughing + even crying. But the fun + tears didn't end there. After dinner their guests actually surprised K+D with a FLASH MOB!!!
From Kat, Right after we said our vows, we read a "poem" to the audience that ended up being the lyrics to "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. The DJ piped in with the song as we got to the chorus. We Rick Rolled our guests and got them dancing in their seats.
Major love for this modern + colorful escort display!
The marching band. The Palm Springs High School marching band really killed it. They marched us into dinner playing "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce.
Any advice for those planning now? It wasn't easy, but it was totally worth it. Write up a detailed run of show, then turn it over to a day of planner you trust, so you can completely enjoy the day.
photography: Paco & Betty // venue, catering + cake: Ace Hotel Palm Springs Palm Springs, California // event design: bride & groom // day of planner: Bullet Liongson (uncle) // florals: Cachet Fiore // wedding dress: Ceremony – Paloma Blanca from Preowned Wedding Dresses,


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Even as demands and reports of fast-track trials in cases of crime against women pour in ever since the heinous Delhi bus gangrape two months ago, the district courts in Chandigarh have been dispensing speedy justice in such cases since 2009 as a norm.
In fact, there have been instances where the trial has been concluded in a single day.
This has been possible thanks to faster and more frequent hearings of cases where the victims are women or children. The fast-tracking became a norm on directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court administrative wing in 2009.
Public prosecutor Manu Kakkar, who argues most of these cases, explains, "It has to be ensured that all the witnesses are present in the court on a given time, apart from making sure that the case property is also produced in the court on the same day."
On the effort that goes in, he says, "Putting trials on the fast track requires planning and co-ordination between different wings of the justice delivery system. A lot depends on the service of summons that has to be done in an effective manner and in advance."
"We have to see how many witnesses are there, and how man would be required to prove the case.
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Engagement - Decker/Lutz
Stephanie Amber Decker and Mitchell David Lutz of Sandy will be married Saturday, Aug. 13, in Boring.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Greg and Michelle Decker of Boring. Stephanie attended Open Door Christian Academy in Troutdale and is a homemaker.
The groom-to-be is the son of Michael Sr. and Laura Lutz of Pine Hollow. Mitchell attended Sandy High School and is a heavy equipment operator for Pacific Earth Excavating.


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That second film, a cunning satire called Pulp Fiction, not only captured and defined a sly, ineffable contemporary humour, it also created its own genre: the ironic, retro-hip, instant replay Pop Flick, the post-modern, pump-action gorefest - an extraordinary vehicle, capable of recontextualising any reference and refreshing any cliche, and instantly reviving even the most moribund acting career (pace Travolta). Pulp Fiction's critical and commercial success unleashed a new wave of knowing, independent- spirited film-making: suddenly all kinds of previously unbankable, unthinkable, totally unviable projects found their way onto the screen.
Because whatever else Hollywood thought about your profusion of blood- drenched, smack-snorting, bible-quoting, basement torturing, homicidal, cap-popping, monosyllabic buffoons, it loved the bottom line. Made on a budget of $8 million, Pulp Fiction was a world-wide cinematic phenomenon that took an astonishing $250 million gross at the box-office. Like they say, a hard act to follow.
So you - Quentin Nerdmeister Tarantino, supreme overlord of movie geeks everywhere, the ex-video-store assistant who parlayed his trainspotting passion for Kung Fu chop 'em ups, westerns and gangster movies into a glittering career - an Oscar for Best Screenplay and the Palme d'Or at Cannes - you now must come up with the goods.
You've been stalling for three years, trying to chose the right project. In the meantime, you've done precious little that could be described as Tarantino-esque, unless that includes overacting in budget movies. Oh yes, there was an embarrassing guest-host slot on Saturday Night Live, and your contribution to the 1995 flop comedy Four Rooms. To be fair, From Dusk Till Dawn, a gangster-horror whimsy which you wrote, produced and starred in with George Clooney, was well received and did respectable business. But the truth is, people are talking. They're wondering if your hard drive has stalled. The moment of truth approaches.
On Christmas Day, to be exact. That's when Tarantino's much-vaunted Jackie Brown opens in the US, though British audiences will have to wait until some time around next Easter to see it. Basically a sly twist on the Seventies blaxploitation genre, Jackie Brown has a black female star in the title role, in a stylistic nod towards its filmic predecessors, slick sistas-with-attitude movies like Cleopatra Jones, Coffy and Foxy Brown. And in a typically fan-boy gesture, it is the female star of these last two movies, the cult actress Pam Grier who plays Tarantino's eponymous heroine.
The labyrinthine plot, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel Rum Punch, will delight the legions of QT fans. Ruthless international gun runner Ordell Robbie (Samuel L Jackson) is on the verge of retirement, and looking to smuggle the last $500,000 of his ill-gotten gains into Los Angeles from his Mexican base in Cabo San Lucas. Flight stewardess Jackie Brown (Pam Grier) has been working as Ordell's mule, carrying cash from Mexico to LA. But after being caught by federal agents carrying Ordell's money, plus a drug consignment she didn't even know about, Brown finds herself unexpectedly bailed by Ordell, who seems certain to have her killed. In a risky move, Brown apparently plays ball with FBI agent Ray Nicolet (Michael Keaton), agreeing to cooperate with the feds in a "sting" operation, and subsequently testify against her gun-runner boss. Of course, she's secretly plotting to double-cross both Ordell and Nicolet, leaving them high and dry - or better still, dead - and make off with the money. Naturally, her plan is complicated by the fact that several other characters are thinking along similar lines, including Ordell's extremely violent hoodlum acquaintance Louis Gara, played by Robert De Niro.
So far, the only people to have seen Jackie Brown, outside of production company Miramax and Tarantino's cast and crew, are 200 citizens of Seattle, invited along to an impromptu screening while queueing at one of the city's multiplex cinemas. But according to them, and the various unofficial Internet sites set up by devotees to proclaim the return of their saviour, Jackie Brown meets all the criteria for a bona fide QT experience. There is the trademark use of Seventies funk and pop, with special attention given to soul crooners The Delfonics. Also featured are cult favourites such as Little Feat and Bobby Womack, with an anachronistic smattering of Supremes thrown in for good measure; all will appear on the inevitable soundtrack album, to be released by Madonna's Maverick label (remember Tarantino's "Like a Virgin" monologue in Reservoir Dogs?)
There are other typical stylistic flourishes, too, such as the slick use of Seventies-style split screen, and a section where the same scene is viewed from differing viewpoints, offering three different interpretations of the same events. And though Tarantino appeared in all three of his previous directing efforts, he will not make a cameo appearance in Jackie Brown. Likewise, for the first time, fetish actor Tim Roth is absent from the cast list.
However, as one would expect, the script includes rambling monologues littered with oblique observations on junk culture, and plenty of foul-mouthed and gratuitous drug references, including a speech about how coughing while smoking grass increases the drug's potency. Once again, Tarantino will give middle America a little erection with his persistent use of its taboo nominative "nigga". Indeed, the word is used no less than 30 times in the opening 10 minutes of "Jackie Brown", and at one point Samuel L Jackson's character declares, scathingly, of an LA neighbourhood: "I bet you come here on a Saturday night, you need nigga repellent to keep them off yo' ass." Ordell also claims the quintessential Tarantino-killer comedy line: "When you absolutely, positively, gotta kill ever muthafucker in the room, accept no substitute!"
Perhaps it is not surprising that Tarantino should have chosen to parody the "badass" movie genre. The blaxploitation vibe has been wafting through the smog that passes for Hollywood air for some time, and Tarantino would certainly have been aware of Orion's recent moderate success with Original Gangstas, an all-black action pic with a cast composed almost entirely of Seventies blaxploitation actors, including Fred Williamson (Black Caesar), Ron O'Neal (Superfly), Richard Roundtree (Shaft) and - surprise - Pam Grier of Foxy Brown fame. In Original Gangstas the cast give a knowing nod to their own cinematic past, by playing a bunch of middle-aged former street-gang members who come out of "retirement" to rid their crime-plagued neighbourhood of third-generation Uzi-toting gangsters with no respect for their elders.
As for Grier, though her name may not mean much here, 20 years ago she was one of only three actresses who could open a movie in American theatres - the others being Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli. And with the benefit of hindsight, she has come to be regarded as a proto-feminist icon for her performances in a host of money-spinning, black action movies. More recently she has given strong support in John Carpenter's Escape From LA and Tim Burton's Mars Attacks!.When shooting began in Culver City this summer, Grier pronounced herself "sincerely elated" to be cast in the title role of Tarantino's follow-up to Pulp Fiction, especially "when so few roles are being written for women of colour, under any circumstances." Tarantino, for his part, says that he never had anyone else in mind, and wrote the script specifically for Grier. Indeed, she is also mentioned in Reservoir Dogs, when her role in the TV series Get Christie Love comes up for discussion.
A clue to Tarantino's current thinking can be found in the name of the Jackie Brown production company. The film is made by Miramax and A Band Apart and produced by their specially formed joint company, Mighty Mighty Afrodite - a pun on the title role that earned Tarantino's current girlfriend Mira Sorvino an Oscar, in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite. And perhaps it is not Jackie Brown, but Tarantino's next movie, which will star Mira Sorvino, that we should be getting excited about. Because the plain fact is that his absolute mastery of form has disguised a lightweight content. Nobody wants Tarantino to turn into Woody Allen, but a little more emotional and intellectual meat on his bloody bones wouldn't go amiss. You can only do so many arch dialogues about burgers and Madonna songs without straying into half-assed self-parody.
This is the real challenge for Tarantino - to elevate his self-created genre, to transcend his cult-movie universe with its larger-than-life characters spouting cartoon lines. Sophisticated and witty though it may be, and beautifully crafted too, Tarantino's work is emotionally cramped. The bandwidth of feeling never broadens out beyond a certain spectrum, the characters develop in terms of plot necessity rather than self-awareness. Thus far, the only Tarantino script to actually confront love and desire, True Romance, did so in the most risibly cliche'd and banal terms - tart with heart of gold meets video-store geek in a doomed-lovers' shoot-'em-up road movie. Even allowing for Tony Scott's ham-fisted direction, True Romance is a strong reminder that Tarantino is much more at home with grotesque and exaggerated emotions like terror, contempt, fury and awe.
So far, he has been little more than inept when dealing with love and intimate relationships, and the subtle emotional states they entail. But his success merely heightens expectations. Will he eventually stop hiding and move beyond scenes of gore-spattered, breakneck determination and highly choreographed dances of death? Will he learn to touch us?
Not this time. Jackie Brown is a Christmas gift for die-hard QT fans everywhere. Let's hope that it's a cracker.
The Unofficial 'Jackie Brown' Homepage is at http://www.silcom.com/riffraff/jackie.htm
Is this scene, anonymously posted on the Unofficial 'Jackie Brown' Homepage, a genuine extract from the screenplay, as written by Tarantino?
The trunk of a car is opened. Ordell bends down into the trunk and pulls out a pump-action shotgun. Beaumont obviously doesn't want any part of any Ordell game that requires a pump-action shotgun as a playing piece.
ORDELL: Now you're gonna be in the trunk holding on to the shotgun. And I'm going to tell them I'm opening up my trunk to show 'em my goods. I open up the trunk, you pop up, rack that bad boy.
BEAUMONT: Fuck that shit, man. I ain't shootin' anybody.
ORDELL: What the fuck I tell you. You don't hafta shoot nobody. Just hold the gun. They'll get the idea.
BEAUMONT: I ain't gittin' in that trunk.
ORDELL: We only going to Koreatown. You'll be in there - 10 minutes.
BEAUMONT: Uh-uh. I ain't riding in that trunk no minutes. Why don't I just ride with you?
ORDELL: You can't ride with me. The surprise effect is 90 per cent of it.
BEAUMONT: Well, I'm sorry, man, but I ain't gittin' in that trunk.
ORDELL: I can't believe you do me this way.
BEAUMONT: I ain't doin' you no way. I just ain't climbin' in that trunk. I got a problem with small places.
ORDELL: Well my ass has got a problem spending ten thousand dollars of my own goddamn money to get ungrateful, peanut-head niggas outta jail, but I do it -
BEAUMONT: Look, man, I know I owe you -
ORDELL: - Well, if you owe me, git your ass in the trunk -
BEAUMONT: - I wanna help you, but I don't wanna be locked in the trunk of no car.
ORDELL: - You think I wanted to spend ten thousand dollars on your ass?
Beaumont starts to speak -
ORDELL: [continuing] - Answer the question, nigga. Do you think I wanted to spend ten thousand dollars on your ass? Yes or no?
BEAUMONT: Of course you didn't.
ORDELL: But the only way to help you was to do that, so I did it. [pause] Okay, how 'bout this? After we're through fuckin' with these Koreans, I take you to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. My treat.
Beaumont smiles. So does Ordell.
ORDELL: [continuing] Just think, man. That 'Scoe's special, smothered in gravy and onions. Get a side of red beans and rice. Uuuummmm, that's some good eatin'.
They laugh together ... then Beaumont says:
BEAUMONT: Now exactly how long I gotta be in this motherfucker?


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Up and down the Ebro
Trip Start
Oct 30, 2012
Trip End
Nov 06, 2012
Where I stayed
Our Ryanair flight was on time and only half fulll, but we were warned by the staff not to brandish red peppers during the flight or to bombard fellow passengers with peanuts because there was a person travelling who was allergic to both. This seems ludicrous. I can think of no good reason why someone else's allergy (or fad) should prevent me from enjoying a Star Bar or a Picnic (do Picnic still have peanuts in them?) or indeed a salad with a bit of pimento. I never rub my food against strangers. In fact I don't molest people that I know well with ingredients of my meals either and surely, as a minimum the alleged allergic would need to come into contact with the substance – I have a bad reaction to mussels and as a consequence avoid eating most shellfish, but I don't have a problem with companions eating them and I've never been force fed a whelk in all my life. Pah!
Apart from that the flight was reasonably well-behaved and arrived on time – hardly surprising given that the flying time is less than two hours and the scheduled times about 30 minutes longer and with no bags to pick up we were soon at the Goldcar desk and picking up our somewhat battered (bruised, almost) Ford Focus.
The Allotjament Marjal in Poblenou del Delta was our destination but we took a bit of a detour to a village that I head read about on a travel forum. Appropriately enough, Miravet is right next to the River Ebro and we would be spending the next two days in the Ebro delta so it was nice to see what the river looked like further up its course. The weather was glorious and a nice improvement on the damp and cold of the England we left behind and an hour or so after touchdown, having negotiated the traffic in Reus, though it might have been quicker finding a way around the city, we were queueing up for the tiny ferry that takes people across the river to the village.
The ferry was part of the reason we were here. I had read that it was little more than a wooden raft, which sounded like fun and I wasn't disappointed. I don't think it runs to a schedule but simply makes the crossing when there is enough traffic to make it worthwhile. There were two vehicles in front of us and the ferry had already started off. Whilst we stepped out of the car to get some photos and check the tariff (€3 for a normal car) several more vehicles arrived. Looking at the ferry I guessed that it would hold a maximum of three cars plus some foot passengers but the automobile in front of us was a large minibus sort of thing and I wasn't sure if we would make this crossing, but the chap directing traffic knew what he was doing and we managed to squeeze on. I don't think we were even protruding over the end of the boat.
Close up we could see that we were on a flat wooden platform attached to a couple of pontoons or perhaps very large canoes and that there was a cable crossing the river that also linked to the boat. I never did work out what actually propelled it though. Presumably the cable, because I couldn't hear any engine noise.
The minibus was occupied by a small party of Americans from Florida and Michigan who didn't quite spot my reference to one of their modern cultural icons when I mentioned the possibility of a "Missouri boat ride" (they got it the second time around) but who seemed to be having an interesting holiday getting off the beaten track a bit before getting a transatlantic boat crossing back.
After a couple of minutes we were over the river and driving up the ramp on the other side and a short distance later we were pulling over to find a place to park and get the first photos of Miravet, which looked lovely in the superb weather, with the village and the castle arrayed on a cliff overlooking the river.
We hadn't seen many birds on the drive here but there were Cetti's Warblers calling from the riverside undergrowth and a couple of Black Redstarts on the edge of the village were new birds for the year for us.
The castle seemed the obvious place to head for, standing high above the village as it does, so we set off in its general direction, enjoying some lovely views of the river and the surrounding countryside and also the prettiness of the streets and lanes of Miravet that seem almost untouched by the modern world. Unfortunately after the halfway point we fell victime to Ryanair's luggage policy. In the expectation that we would be going out at night, Julie had brought some going out footwear with her and because there took up more space than her day time trainers she had worn them to fly in (hand luggage only, you see) and had forgotten to change them. The streets became a track and the track deteriorated to little more than a mountain trail, winding, steep and rocky and it didn't make sense to continue, so we turned around. We were hungry anyway so what did make sense was to go and look for something to eat.
We by-passed the tempting looking cafes with river views and walked into the centre of the village where a small cafe had several groups outside. We asked if they were serving food and they told us that they would start at 1 p.m. As that was less than half an hour away we sat down to wait with a drink.
The menu, when it arrived, was pretty good and I immediately spotted something unfamilar in Catalan which Julie quickly confirmed on her phone was quail (modern technology can be quite useful sometimes) so I ordered that and Julie went for loin of pork.
The food when it arrived was very tasty. I hadn't had quail since some time in the 1990s but it was as good as I remembered and benefited from the simple presentation. It was nice to be able to sit outside, although we were rather less cosily dressed than most of the locals, including a table of about 16 who were also sitting at tables in the square. Julie washed hers down with a small jug of sangria for a few Euros (I was driving so only had a sip) which somehow seemed appropriate. The caf� is called Granja l'Estel and if, as seems likely, we ever make our way back to Miravet I should think that we'll be seeking it out.
I was keen to get a look at the Ebro delta in daylight and I wasn't sure how long it would take to drive to El Poblenou del Delta from Miravet (I was guessing about an hour, assuming faultless map reading and sign following) so when we finished our lunch we decided to get on our way. The trip back across the river on the ferry was tempting but so was the minor road leading the other way out of the village which looked a bit more interesting on the map, although it would probably take a bit longer. We walked back to the car and set off in the "other directions" direction, threading the car through the narrow and somewhat challenging village streets. I was glad that we didn't meet anything coming the other way at several points, though the centre is hardly what you would call busy. I wonder if it ever does get busy, even at the height of the tourist season.
Even without traffic problems we still managed to get lost within minutes of setting off, somewhere near a sign for the cemetery, I think. If you see this sign it might be an idea to turn around and try again. We however continued on ever narrower and less well maintained roads. We met one pick-up coming the other way at an awkward corner with a wall and a drop which meant several minutes of shuffling and manoeuvring before we could get by and were on the point of turning back ourselves when we saw what was obviously the real road not too far ahead, so assuming that the track we were on would eventually lead to it (it did) we pressed on and managed to reach it without further incident. I'm failrly certain that this was not the 'right' way though because when we were below the castle in Miravet we could see roadside safety barriers suggesting that there was a less physical route to reach the castle by road and we assumed that this would also be the minor road we needed to take us south. We didn't see the castle, otherwise we would have stopped for some photos, so must have by-passed it.
The first part of the drive towards the coast was pleasant, passing through sparsely populated and attractive limestone uplands with some evidence of viticulture. The roads were very quiet indeed but I managed to remember to stay on the wrong side of the road reasonably consistently.
Eventually we dropped down to parallel the Ebro and by-passed Tortosa on the way to Amposta which is situated on the edge of the Ebro delta. The closer we got to the delta, the more herons and egrets we saw, with some fields having 10 or more birds in residence.
I got lost in Amposta which resulted in us taking a more or less U shaped route into and out of the town but at the second attempt we found signs to Sant Carles de la Rapita which was close to El Poblenou del Delta. Sant Carles was quiet and looked worth a brief stop (we had considered it as a possible base for our visit to the delta) and the lack of obvious signage didn't bother us too much because we had realised that if we kept on going until we couldn't get any further then a left turn should get us to our hotel. Which is more or less what we did.
The last short section of the drive between Sant Carles and Poblenou del Delta was through the delta proper and it was quite distracting. One of the main activities in the delta is rice growing and all the padi are flooded at this time of year which meant that the area was alive with water birds. As well as several species of herons there were numerous gulls, cormorants and others. The globally rare Audouin's Gull has a stronghold in the delta and we soon spotted a few, along with the commoner but for many harder to find Slender-billed Gulls. Cattle Egrets were abundant with Squacco Herons also in evidence, especially around El Poblenou del Delta.
Driving and birding don't really go well together in places like this. The roads are straight but narrow and invariably slightly elevated with drainage ditches down both sides. Not too bad for one car but I had to force myself to stop looking at birds several times when vehicles approached from the opposite direction and to pull over when faster drivers (everyone, really in these conditions) caught up.
El Poblenou del Delta is quite unusual. In fact the whole area is unusual, reminding us much more of somewhere in South East Asia rather than Western Europe. But the village itself is oddly self contained. It is almost polygonal and simply stops at the road that encircles it. There's a road and then there are fields. There's none of the overflow or sprawl that is normally associated with urban areas. It as if a line has been drawn between village and fields and both have declared "No passeu!".
The Allotjament Marjal, being on an edge of the village and a corner to boot was not tricky to find. We'd established before arrival that they had no car parking but there were few restrictions on the road itself so we found a reasonably convenient place and set off to find the door. The hotel does not go much for flashy and obvious but we found a bell to ring and were admitted.
The first thing we noticed about the Allotjament Marjal was the scent. Just inside the door a couple of incense sticks were smouldering, giving the light and airy interior a spicy and appealing aroma that was not overwhelming. We were ushered in, checked in and shown to our room on the first floor, adjacent to a gorgeous lounge with a huge floor to ceiling arc-shaped window with a view over the fields to the hills beyond, with a telescope set up for the use of guests. Definitely a positive start.
The room was in keeping with the rest of the hotel. A large bed with crisp white linen, a nice big window overlooking the fields and lots of light and space. We had a remote control for turning the radio on in the bathroom but we managed to resist using that during our stay. Having sorted ourselves out (thrown our bags on the floor) we were soon back in the car and looking for some decent birding sites. We were stopping every few hundred metres to check out flooded fields full of gulls and herons but I don't think we really annoyed any other road users. There weren't many, anyway.
I had spotted MonNatura Delta as part of my limited and sketchy research into the area. http://www.monnaturadelta.com/ca/home/portada It's a project funded by CatalunyaCaixa which is dedicated to the wildlife and traditions of the Ebro Delta and in particular seems to be trying to establish a reproduction of the Salinas that used to be prevalent in this coastal section for small-scale commercial salt extraction. Salinas are very good for a wide range of wildlife, especially water birds. A local speciality is a rather attractive small fish called the Fartet, which is a type of Tooth Carp, for those who know about such things. The entrance to MonNatura was not far from El Poblenou del Delta and with a couple of hours to go before sunset, we thought we'd have a bit of a look.
The young lady in the visitor centre was very helpful and gave us a map of the site with a suggested walking route so we paid our €8 each and set off for the viewpoint on top of the tallest building which has a number of fixed telescopes to allow people to get a closer look at some of the area's birds. Flamingoes were easy to find as were numerous herons and huge numbers of coots and cormorants. Waders were mostly too far away to identify satisfactorily, though we recognised the call of Redshank and spotted a couple of Common Snipe.
We then moved on to a ground level hide from which we could see a large-ish flock of Little Stints but not much else. We then had a look at the saltings in a search for Fartets, which we couldn't find and realised that the sun was almost setting and we were getting hungry again, so we drove back through the twilight to get ready for dinner.
My research hadn't come up with much regarding eating out at night in November in El Poblenou del Delta although I had worked out that if the pickings were thin it was only a short drive to Sant Carles de la Rapita but we had noticed a couple of places when we had arrived so before getting into the car we set out into the night on foot and very soon came across Lo Pati d'Agusti where the staff confirmed they were serving food after a moment's hesitation.
Having had quite a large lunch we were not ravenous but the octopus stew first course sounded too good to miss so we agreed to share a serving, which was a good job because it was huge. To follow we had rabbit and duck. Both were good, although the rabbit, which still had its head and most of its teeth was best. We didn't have room for pudding but did enjoy the inexpensive house wine which, like all the wines we sampled in the region, was from a local vineyard.


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About The Family CEO
When this blog began in early 1996, I was a stay-at-home mom with a husband, two kids, two dogs, and a pretty ordinary life in the suburbs of Kansas City. And like a lot of stay-at-home moms, I was brainstorming ways I could add to our family's income.
Our finances were in okay shape, and by that I mean we paid our bills on time and our good credit scores reflected that. But we weren't getting anywhere with our money:
- We had too much debt and not enough savings.
- Our daughter was four years away from college and we had very little saved.
- We were in our early 40s and retirement was no longer in the distant future. Like an object in a rear view mirror, it was closer than it appeared.
But income wasn't our problem.
You can always use more of it, of course, but we had more than enough for a good life. Our problem was that we weren't making the most of the income we already had.
Specifically: we weren't using it to build wealth, we were using it to qualify for payments.
While considering all of this it occurred to me that if I were to really focus on our money – like it was my job – that that could make as much of a difference as that part-time job I was considering.
So I hired myself to make our family's finances my business, and that's how The Family CEO was born.
As it turns out, focus is powerful thing.
Since that time we've been able to:
- Pay off over $47,000 in debt.
- Put our daughter through college using cash.
- Increase our retirement savings.
- Add to our emergency fund.
We're currently in the process of putting our son through college using that same no-debt plan and, once he's graduated (Spring, 2018), we'll be able to supercharge our retirement savings and plan for what's next.
We're really excited about that.
Now, in case I made all of that sound easy, know that this has been a journey. A journey we're still on. And our route from there to here hasn't been a direct one.
We've lost focus at times, and made less than perfect decisions. But we've always found our way back to the path and we've discovered some important things along the way:
- The more we pay off debt, the less we're okay with it. That's why those debt-free college educations are so important to us.
- Paying off debt and building your savings can be as fun as spending. Addictive even. I'm serious.
- Found money – a strategy that I ran across while paying off debt – makes a big difference in your finances. BIG. It's like finding an income stream you didn't know you had.
If you'd like to have future Family CEO posts delivered via email you can subscribe for free here.
Thanks very much for stopping by. I'm happy you're here.
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- April 14, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Well, you seem to be very well informed! That's for certain!
- May 2, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Julie, love your blog. Keep up the wonderful work. This is a truly great resource.
- May 4, 2011 at 1:19 pm
You are absolutely one of the best personal finance bloggers online. I love your work and appreciate your insights. Keep up the great work and I'll keep reading!-Kyle
- September 10, 2011 at 11:31 am
Just read your bio over here at Family Ceo, after connecting with you via email about Mr Rebates commissions, and I am SO similar to you in my view about our family finances and goals. I'm looking forward to reading all your blog posts! - September 20, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Hi Julie,
Thanks for the comment on my blog. Glad to have found you and glad to see we have some things in common, hopefuly the debt thing we share in common will be gone soon. Adding you to my blog roll. - October 6, 2011 at 11:30 am
Hi Julie,
Love Family CEO.
definitely one of the best Personal Finance blogs!
- January 4, 2012 at 4:36 pm
Hi Julie,
My name is Christy Kondogiani and I work for Cari Cucksey who has her own HGTV show called Cash and Cari. I'm a new member to her team and also will be on the show (Season 3) starting this Febr. Just wanted to say that I try to find a lot of fun articles and blogs to post to our readers (we're also working on a blog ourselves) and I found your blog just today so I hope you don't mind I mentioned you a few minutes ago on our RePurpose FB pages. :) Your blog is awesome as I'm also married and a mother of two little girls. Everything we stand for at RePurpose is exactly what you live as well…it's great to see you talking about it to your readers too! :) Just wanted to say hi and let you know that I put a link to you on our FB pages…RePurpose and RePurpose Estate Services…hope it gets you more readers!! :)
Thanks so much! Happy New Year! :)
Christy - August 14, 2013 at 6:37 pm
Hello, I've just found your website.
You mention "hiring" yourself as CEO. I love taking a business approach around the home. There are many things we do at home, or with home finances that would never be tolerated in a business. Great site!
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The thirst for knowledge and scientific research in the wake of the Industrial Revolution brought concerns over where all this change would lead. In William Heath's March of Intellect, a series of prints published between 1825 and 1829, inventions, architecture and modes of transport were satirised with fantastical developments. Songs and cartoons about the March of Intellect mocked the early 19th-century enthusiasm for invention and new technologies. These prints show flying machines, steam-powered vehicles, and even a bridge across the English Channel.
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- March of Intellect
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- William Heath
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HI guys I am in need of some help I am NOT mechanically smart and my best friend got stuck in the woods last night long story shortened I broke my Cj in the woods I'm thinking maybe my spider gears like I said I am not mechanically smart when I put my trans in any gear including reverse and let off the clutch it sounds like gears are grinding in my rear axle I was told its a 78 cj7 with a Amc 360 motor t3 trans Dana 30 front and Amc 20 in the rear my question is is that fixable? How do u fix it? Should I find a new axle? Will a Dana 35 from a 94 yj fit and run right? Why does alot of ppl do a ford 8.8 swap in jeeps? I'm in need of some seriouse help and really appreciate any help this unfortnatly is my daily and till i get it fixed ill b riding my bike rain or shine everywhere.~ thanx
If you pop off the rear diff cover, you should see the gears. Put the rear of the jeep on jackstands with the wheels off the ground (trans in neutral) and spin the wheels slowly looking for chipped or broken teeth on the ring gear.
If its chipped, take out the carrier, clean all the metal shavings out, and get a new ring and pinion set. (Count the teeth on both to make sure you get the right ratio) If its not chipped, it could be elsewhere in the jeep, or elsewhere in the axle, you could pull the shafts and check them for wear but i doubt it would be them. The ford 8.8 swap is a common thing for jeeps because its ~30% stronger than a dana 44 with its thicker tubes and larger diameter shafts. |
If you dont have one piece axels then you probably broke it at the axel to flange. two - three hundrend for one piece axels.
Turns out it was the shafts pulling them tomorrow and seeing what I can find looks like the axle gear fluid was stock from 78 lol
ended up going with some one piece axles little over 300$ for them but i think it was a well worth investment and today i get my tj paid off so i get to start working on it
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In 1926 the new company name was Porzellanfabrik Hermann Steiner.
H. Steiner produced bisque, composition and celluloid doll heads; with painted or glass eyes, molded hair or wigged, a body of cloth, kid or composition.
Ca. 1940-1960s Hermann Steiner became Steiner & Hauser, also called Steha Doll & Toy Company, doll mark shown above
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1920+ Hermann Steiner Character Baby doll, Bye-Lo Baby doll type look a like, 8-16" tall, bisque head with flange neck, painted or glass eyes, solid dome head with molded painted hair or wigged, closed or open mouth, cloth or jointed composition body, bisque or composition hands, usually marked: HS Germany, 240, 246, 401. This infant character doll was also made with a composition head and hands.
Hermann Steiner doll mold 947 is a composition head doll with googly disk eyes, closed smiling mouth, on a all cloth jointed body, usually marked DRGM 954642 HS Germany 947.
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Bye-Lo baby type 10", painted eyes
1920+ Hermann Steiner Pierrot Clown Baby doll, 8" tall, bisque socket head, painted eyes and face, mohair wig, jointed composition body, he's wearing a tall green hat that would have complemented his clown costume (we had to crop his hat in order to get the photo to fit this page, sorry baby clown doll).
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1920+ Hermann Steiner Dolly face doll, 10-22" tall, bisque socket head, glass eyes, open mouth, wigged, jointed composition body,
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Also, Tessie, doll mark, HS a size number, Moko Bavaria or Tessie Germany a size number, for the Moses Kohnstam Company.
1920+ Hermann Steiner Dolly face doll, 22"
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Hermann Steiner doll mark Made in Germany Herm Steiner 18/0
Hermann Steiner doll mark 128 Herm Steiner HS
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Hermann Steiner doll mark Herm Steiner HS Germany
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After enjoying any of our delicious appetizers, if pasta is your choice, you will have a wonderful selection from traditional Lasagna, made with a rich béchamel sauce, to our Gnocchi with a four-cheese sauce, or the spaghetti with Mediterranean Clams sautéed in olive oil, garlic, and white wine. If you choose fish, try our Sole in a lemon Chardonnay sauce, or ask for the fish of the day, as we select only the freshest and finest ingredients for all of our dishes, then prepare them to perfection.
Dessert is a must at Sapori! Our Tiramisu is the best on the Westside and as traditional as it gets in Italy. For a more delicate dessert, try the Fresh Strawberries with Zabaglione cream -- you won't be disappointed.
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During the Spanish Colonial period in Latin America (1521–1850), precious gold and silver were crafted into elegant jewelry then embellished with emeralds from Colombia, coral from Mexico, and pearls from Venezuela. Wanting to demonstrate their wealth and status, people were painted wearing their finest dress and elaborate jewelry.
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This installation of larger-than-life immersive illustrations by Hadley Hooper was inspired by theater stage sets.
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Punctuating the DAM's upcoming North Building revitalization project, Then, Now, Next: Evolution of an Architectural Icon is an exhibition on the renowned modernist building, its history, and its future. The exhibition will feature historical photos, original architectural sketches, building models, and project renderings to tell the story of the North Building's evolution.
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Pre-Columbian art is full of human and supernatural figures in dramatic poses. This installation of 29 objects presents a cross-cultural selection of works from the DAM's extensive collection.
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Throughout its 35-year history, Ruskin Pottery produced decorative vessels, tableware, buttons, and plaques intended to be set in silver as jewelry. The pottery was known for hand-thrown ceramic bodies and innovative glazes.
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IBM Small Business Suite for Linux V1.6 helps to make the transition to e-business simple by providing a foundation on which users can "webify" their businesses. The suite offers a collection of IBM and Lotus middleware products for the Linux platform as well as productivity tools for Windows platforms. It provides outstanding reliability, security and support for small businesses with up to 100 users. Small businesses can benefit by using the following applications included with the suite: IBM DB2 Universal Database Workgroup Edition for Linux V7.1 (including IBM Net.Data for Linux V7.1); IBM WebSphere Application Server Standard Edition for Linux V3.0.2 (including IBM HTTP Server for Linux V1.3.12); IBM WebSphere Studio Entry Edition for Windows V3.0.2; IBM WebSphere Homepage Builder for Linux V4.0; Lotus Domino Application Server for Linux V5.0.4; Lotus Notes for Windows V5.0.4; Lotus SmartSuite for Windows (entitled with Server and Registered User with SmartSuite licenses only).
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