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Thanks so much for your prayers -- they make such a difference.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Same Old Thing...
Thanks so much for your prayers -- they make such a difference.
8 comments:
- Merin said...
our sons were born a week apart. we are praying for your beautiful boy.
- December 2, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Praying, praying, praying.
I wish there was more I could do.
This is just too much for anyone to handle...you guys are amazing to so many. My list of hopes for you is too long for this little comment box. :-(
- December 2, 2008 at 7:15 PM
- ka1t_lyn said...
Never, ever going to stop praying.
- December 2, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Prayers coming in from California. I hope things improve soon.
- December 2, 2008 at 8:35 PM
- Jenkins said...
A friend forwarded me your blog because I was searching for information on G-J tubes and vomiting problems, my 19 month boy is having problems. After reading your last several posts, I know that our sons' circumstances (or diagnoses) are not the same.
I did want to let you know that I am praying for you, your little guy and the doctors. Everyone needs strength, patience and wisdom.
Oh and I could not forget to mention that the pictures of him are beautiful...just precious.
- December 2, 2008 at 8:40 PM
- Heather said...
Fight on little Gavin and entire Owens family.You are doing an amazing job in the face of such adversity and I for one, am so proud of you all.Prayers continue.
- December 3, 2008 at 12:16 AM
- Nicole, Drew, Jack, Megan, Sophie, and Lucy too said...
Stay strong! We are always praying for you and your famiy. We'll say some extra prayers for patience and answers! It never hurts to ask, right!
All the Marletts
- December 3, 2008 at 5:21 AM
- kyna said...
the Leyvas love you, and are praying
- December 3, 2008 at 6:48 AM


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5. Gene Fullmer vs. Sugar Ray Robinson – Jan. 2, 1957 to March 4, 1961
Although the 36-year-old Robinson was no longer the supernatural force that inspired sports writers to create the "pound for pound" label to honor him, he still was a special fighter with exceptional skills. Therefore, he was favored to upend his latest challenger, a brawling brute from Utah who won his first 29 fights and entered the Robinson fight with a respectable 37-4 (19) mark. Amazingly, Fullmer couldn't get time off from his full-time welding job to train for Robinson, so he prepared for his biggest fight to date during the evening hours.
Robinson couldn't cope with Fullmer's ungainly but powerful attack. Sliced over the left eye and knocked down in the seventh, Robinson lost soundly over 15 rounds, only his sixth defeat in 147 fights.
Fullmer's convincing performance in fight one made him a solid 3-to-1 favorite entering the rematch four months later. Robinson's reply: "No man ever beat me twice."
The opening four rounds of the rematch were a repeat of the first fight as Fullmer's bustling style cut through Robinson's science. All the while Robinson noticed that the charging Fullmer held his right hand an inch or two too low and in the fifth round he seized upon that weakness with what many still call "the perfect punch."
A beautifully timed left hook to the jaw nailed Fullmer as he came in and the defending champion's considerable willpower wasn't enough to lift him to his feet. With a single punch, Robinson had become the middleweight champion for the fourth time.
"In the fifth, I moved in with my left hand maybe six inches lower than it should have been, and he slipped that left hook over the top and caught me right on the chin," Fullmer said later. "All at once the lights went out. I had never been knocked out. I had no idea what it felt like and I can't tell you what it feels like even now."
By the time their third fight took place in December 1960, both men had gone through plenty. Robinson had lost to – and regained the belt from – Carmen Basilio and finally ran into the man who could beat him twice: lineal middleweight champion Paul Pender, who dethroned Robinson and then retained the belt in a rematch. Meanwhile, Fullmer beat Basilio to gain the vacant NBA middleweight belt, a title he had defended three times entering the rubber match with Sugar Ray.
It's been said that every great fighter has one last magnificent effort in him and for Robinson that effort came in fight three against Fullmer. The 39-year-old Robinson reached back into the remnants of his prime and many thought he had achieved the impossible – a sixth middleweight championship reign. But it wasn't to be, for while referee Tommy Hart saw Robinson a clear 11-4 winner, judges Lee Grossman (9-5) and George Latka (8-8) produced a title-saving draw for Fullmer.
Fullmer-Robinson IV four months later was close on the scorecards (70-67, 70-66, 70-64) but not in the ring. A wicked overhand right near the end of round three badly wobbled Robinson and the 8-to-5 favorite's follow-up assault had Robinson on the edge of extinction. Robinson managed to hang in tough and even swelled shut Fullmer's left eye but Fullmer won the decision and with it the series at 2-1-1.

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If you want to make your house more efficient at repelling the unpleasantness outdoors (whether hot or cold), what should you do first? Insulate the walls? Insulate the ceiling? The roof? Better windows? Draft elimination? What has the biggest effect? While I have regrettably little practical experience tightening up a house (it's on my bucket list), I at least do understand heat transfer from a physics/engineering perspective, and can walk through some insightful calculations. So let's build a fantasy house and evaluate thermal tradeoffs at 1234 Theoretical Lane.
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Crippling Intellects
People can be individually smart and collectively dumb. Or some may argue that people can be individually dumb yet collectively smart. When it comes to plotting a future path, I think we often get the worst of both worlds. In this post, I'll look at the role that mental horsepower plays in our societal narratives, for better or for worse. We'll explore two aspects to the problem: people who are so smart that they have dumb ideas; and smart people who are held captive by the manufactured "dumb" of society.
A word of warning: "smart" and "dumb" are loaded words, and even impolite. We place so much value on intelligence in our society that being called smart can make a person's day, while being called dumb can cut to the core. We're very sensitive to people's perceptions of our intellectual standing, and some of the choicest insecurities are laid upon this foundation. I use "smart" and "dumb" as blunt instruments in this post, so if you're particularly touchy on the topic, either steel yourself or skip the post and call it the smartest thing you did all day.
Let me preface what I am about to say by the disclaimer that most of this is conjecture. I have little data, relying instead on hunches about what makes people tick based on personal observations.
One other disclaimer: this isn't a post whose veiled message is how smart I am. I might once have thought so, but then I met bona-fide geniuses when I was in grad school at Caltech. Fortunately, I was mature enough at that point for it not to cause a crisis of confidence or identity, and rather enjoyed the window I had into the off-scale brilliance of some individuals. So let's go ahead and put me in the dumb box so we can move on to what I want to say.
Survey the People
The futuristic survey (covered in last post) has attracted about 1300 respondents, 900 from DtM, 300 from the Energy Bulletin (now Resilience.org), and a smattering from other places.
I will ultimately be sharing the results, but the habitual readers of the aforementioned sites are perhaps not representative of the population at large.
Thus I would like your help in pushing this out to a broader population. See if you can get your friends and family members to take the survey, and perhaps even pass the link on to their friends, etc. I've never done this sort of thing before, so do not know what to expect. But let's give it a try, yeah?
Here's the link you want to pass on in whatever form (paste into e-mail, Twitter, link on FaceBook, whatever works): https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2ZC6RD9
Thanks for your help—should be very interesting.


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What do they think about Russian women in the West? How they are treated the American men? Probably every man has an opinion on these matters, but the fact is that attitude to Russian women in the world is unique.
- For some Russian women are the long-legged beauties who love dining, entertainment and relaxation at the best resorts in the world. They are rich, capricious, sometimes unpredictable, but in general quite cultural ladies. Such are not many. Basically they are wives of businessmen and politicians.
- For other Russian women are the "huntresses" for wealthy American men. Their goal is to marry a wealthy man, to get foreign citizenship and live beautifully on the husband's money. They are cunning and shameless, brazen and bold. Fairness it should be said that these Russian women are not many, compared to similar women of other nationalities.
- Many American men see in Russian women reliable and faithful wives capable of independently run the household, raise children and even go to work. In the West it is welcome, and Russian women are admired.
- In some countries, such as Italy, Russian woman is a cheap labor force: cooks, cleaners, waitresses, wash the dishes and so on. But educated women from Russia and Ukraine are increasingly able to find prestigious job in the West and the United States, because they have proven themselves to be responsible and executive employees.
Find Russian women
Generally Russian women abroad live and earn not badly. The Western European and American men are happy to have affairs and enter into marriages with Russian women. There are those who have successfully married and are happy with their careless lives. There are others who rely only on themselves. They learn the language and culture of the country in which they intend to stay, conduct their business and succeed in it, and some even work in large companies. In general we can say that hard working Russian women successfully conquer the West and find their place there.


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A dip in efforts by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office and other law enforcement agencies to prevent sex crimes has heightened the risk of children becoming victims, a new grand jury report says.
About 750 sex offenders are registered in the county, according to the San Mateo County civil grand jury, which cited a study that found half of all convicted sexual predators strike again. And more than three-fourths of sex offenses in the county are committed against children.
"The citizens of San Mateo County, especially children, are at a greater risk of being the victims of sexual offenses because some law enforcement agencies (a) no longer vigorously monitor sexual offenders nor investigate sexual predators to the same degree and (b) no longer coordinate such activities on a countywide basis," the grand jury report concluded.
"We feel there's been an inordinate decrease in resources, considering the challenges posed by sexual offenses," said Bill Blodgett, the grand jury foreman.
Four years ago, the sheriff's office operated several programs that focused on preventing sex-related crimes, such as the county-funded Sexual Habitual Offender Program, or SHOP, and the state-funded Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement, or SAFE, Program task force, according to the grand jury. The office coordinated its efforts with police departments then, and the San Mateo County Probation Department's sex crimes unit monitored offenders on probation.
But at the end of 2006, the state stopped funding the SAFE Program, according to the grand jury. And in the following year, the county quit funding SHOP, resulting in the elimination of two detective positions and absorption of a remaining program sergeant and detective into the investigations bureau of the sheriff's office, where they no longer work on sex crimes full-time. Meanwhile the probation department, itself hit by funding cuts, is expected to fold its sex crimes unit into the general enforcement team, the grand jury reported.
In addition to recommending re-establishment of the SAFE Program task force, the grand jury said the sheriff's office should reinstate its three- to four-person sexual offender investigation unit, including all SHOP activities, regardless of funding.
Sheriff Greg Munks responded quickly to the grand jury report, issuing a statement soon after its release in which he insisted that "fundamental public safety remains the highest priority," but acknowledged that his office is hamstrung by "fiscal constraints."
Munks said in his statement that he immediately faced serious financial concerns related to staffing levels, excessive overtime and law enforcement priorities after he was elected in 2007.
When funding dried up for two sex crime detectives, Munks said he sought support from police chiefs, "but due to their own fiscal limitations, they too were not in a position to add staff to the SHOP unit."
At the height of its operation, the SHOP unit boasted a full-time sergeant and three full-time detectives. Now, sex crime cases are divided among one sergeant and three detectives who are also responsible for other cases, sheriff's office Lt. Ray Lunny said.
Despite funding concerns, a jail planning lieutenant's position was added to the department in 2007, the grand jury report noted.
In his response, Munks stated that with county jails overcrowded and the state threatening to release a large number of inmates into the county's care, building a larger replacement jail had to become "the number one public safety priority."
The grand jury report also pointed out that the number of suspected child sexual abuse and assault exams conducted from cases brought by sheriff's deputies had dropped 50 percent from 2004 to 2009 — or from 35 exams to 16 — while referrals by city police departments remained constant during that same time period.
Lunny told The Daily News the drop corresponded with a decline in referrals from the county's Children and Family Services Office.
The sheriff's office told the grand jury it would cost $930,000 per year to re-establish a SAFE/SHOP task force with a dedicated detective sergeant and two detectives. Lunny said he was not aware of any request headed to the board of supervisors for additional funding.
Blodgett said that even though the county is strapped for cash, sex crimes need to be a higher priority and urged the supervisors to take charge.
"Between the Board of Supervisors and the sheriff, we hope they'll rethink this area and look for creative approaches to restore at least some of the resources that were taken away from the program."
Supervisor Carole Groom said she supports Munks' staffing priorities, adding that while she knows more needs to be done to prevent sex-related offenses and other crimes, the county is limited by its finances.
"Every city and county is working as hard as they can to keep public safety at the highest levels it can, given the restriction on our funding these days," she said. "These are never easy questions to answer."
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News Archive - April, 2012
News Archive - April, 2012
Kentucky News
04/30 Health Department's annual rabies clinic will provide low-cost vaccinations May 3
04/30 Lexington Humane Society's annual Mutt Strutt race will be at Keeneland on May 12
04/27 Destructive emerald ash borers emerge early, tree owners advised to be on lookout for signs
04/27 American Horse Council reports child labor rule for work on farms will be withdrawn
04/27 Seedleaf will hold SoupsOn! event May 3
04/25 UK College of Ag reasearchers find new disease could impact future crop years
04/25 Famed cherry blossoms to find their Kentucky home on campus
04/25 Equine camping sites open at Greenbo Lake, park offers horse riding trails, hitching posts
04/23 Great American Cleanup event targets Lexington's polluted Wolf Run Stream
04/23 UK College of Ag, with aid from sponsors, plans Arbor Day celebration at Arboretum
04/23 Sustainability grants awarded to local groups
04/20 UK Design presents plan for Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant at national meeting
04/19 Restaurant cuts landfill waste by participating in Live Green Lexington Partners program
04/18 Amy Sohner: Get outside and get your hands dirty through community volunteer work
04/18 Lexington to showcase nature, trees with Arbor Day celebration at the Arboretum
04/17 Christine Luken: Here are 20 simple ways to help Mother Earth AND your wallet
04/16 Masterson Station Park 'Spring Cleaning' planned during Great American Cleanup
04/16 New state apiarist appointed by Comer, will work closely with Kentucky beekeepers
04/13 Kentucky Senate recognizes Kentucky Nonprofit Week
04/13 Popular Farmer's 'MarCat' returns to campus
04/12 UK research named one of top chemistry advances in 2011
04/11 Former President Clinton to celebrate Earth Day April 23 with thousands of local students
04/11 Program plants seeds of good nutrition among teen moms at Family Care Center
04/11 Nature photography weekend is on agenda at Cumberland Falls state park April 20-22
04/11 UK landscape architecture collaboration to plan public green space
04/11 UK student recognized by Udall Foundation
04/10 Earth Days in the Bluegrass offers events for cyclists
04/09 Kentucky small grain growers endow UK research
04/09 Conference to help educators implement math, science standards
04/05 Legacy trail selected for 2012 Reforest the Bluegrass
04/05 UK's Danielle Clore chosen for Leadership Kentucky
04/05 UK students prepare for international exhibit in the Netherlands
04/05 Thomashow discusses sustainable campus
U.S. News
04/30 Female panda recovering after artificial insemination
04/30 Wind farms might have warming effect, study finds
04/30 Bomb-sniffing dogs enlisted to stem Florida python invasion
04/30 Exxon Mobile shuts Louisiana oil pipeline after leak
04/27 NOAA releases final management plan for Flower Garden Banks Sanctuary
04/27 Should I buy an electric car?
04/27 NOAA: Global ocean drifter deployed off of South Florida
04/26 Mad cow raises the issue of tracking livestock
04/26 Rise in Asian Tiger shrimp sightings prompts scientific look at invasion concerns
04/25 Dow corn, resistant to a weed killer, runs into opposition
04/25 A place for old chickens, outside the pot
04/25 Analysis: U.S. mad cow find: Lucky break or triumph of science?
04/25 Tribal lands; An emerging market for renewable energy development
04/24 Engineer arrested in BP oil spill case
04/24 Analysis: Dow's new corn: 'Time bomb' or farmers' dream?
04/23 Sustainability marketing needs 'Here's How', not 'Just Say No'
04/23 Green Festival 2012: Fostering community and sustainability in New York City and beyond
04/23 Spring NASA photos: Satellite images seen from space
04/23 San Onofre power plant plans to go back online
04/23 Shrimp processors object to BP oil spill pact
04/23 Common environmental contaminant, cadmuim, linked to rapid breast cancer cell growth
04/22 $60 light bulb comes down in price - just in time for Earth Day
04/22 Earth Day events: From condoms to National Mall concert
04/19 The pending subsidy cliff, and the way out
04/19 Two years after BP oil spill, offshore drilling still poses risks
04/18 Farm group seeks U.S. halt on "dangerous" crop chemicals
04/16 "Pink slime" controversy stokes clash over agriculture
04/16 Fence is behind an explosion of life in a wild corner of Hawaiii
04/16 Maryland: A dead snakehead is a good snakehead
04/16 Iconic chestnut trees poised for possible comeback
04/15 Farming aquarium species to save them
04/13 Tufts University geology professor's new energy source gaining steam
04/13 Tennessee teacher law could boost creationism, climate denial
04/13 Florida seeks to delay approval of BP settlement
04/13 Obama streamlines oversight of shale gas
04/12 Brightsource will not go public after all
04/11 Geothermal industry report shows growth, potential and frustration
04/10 Solar industry sees more VC deals, but total investment is down
04/09 Maryland set to become first state to ban arsenic in chicken feed
04/09 A fragile tourist attraction on the ocean floor
04/09 Energy-hungry Earth sees a solution in space
04/08 Drought, cholera kill 10,000 birds at vital refuge
04/07 New rules seek to prevent invasive stowaways
04/07 Despite deadly fungus, frog imports continue
04/06 Polar bears have syptoms of mystery disease: U.S. agency
04/06 Alabama protects wild turtles from voracious Asian markets
04/06 Lovelorn wolf back on the hunt in California
04/02 Louisiana seismic testing stopped after dead, sick dolphins found
04/02 Government approves 20 firms to make ethanol for E15
04/02 Government drops water pollution charges against Range
04/02 Analysis: Young U.S. farmers coax crops from conservation lands
04/01 Shark fin ban gathers steam in Maryland and beyond
04/01 Little fish are most valuable when left in the sea, researchers say
04/01 Maryland's winds can blow money ashore
World News
04/30 Plastic-powered plane aims to soar across England
04/30 Clouds' effect on climate change is last bastion for dissenters
04/30 Shell, Iogen scrap plans for Canada biofuel plant
04/30 Chile court suspends Goldcorp $3.9 billion El Morro project
04/26 Seizure of Repsol affiliate in Argentina stuns oil markets
04/24 Unlocking the gigawatts of geothermal power in Kenya
04/24 China's electric car leadership dreams seem elusive
04/24 Greenpeace says finds tainted Lipton tea bags in China
04/23 Global warning: Changes we can already see in the world
04/23 'Gaia' scientist James Lovelock: I was 'alarmist' about climate change
04/23 All-white killer whale spotted off Russia's east coast
04/23 Peru says Newmont shows will to improve gold project
04/23 Arctic Ocean may open to regular shipping by 2017
04/23 Trebs oil field: Thousands of tons of oil spill from Russian field developed by Lukoil and Bashneft
04/20 Insight: U.S. barnyards help China super-size food production
04/18 The toxic chemicals that lurk in unfinished wood floors
04/16 Russian woman honored in fight to save forest
04/13 Penguin empire from space seen as double the size
04/13 Brazil shifts court for Chevron spill cases
04/13 Canada unveils heavy-vehicle emissions rules
04/12 Greece, Italy see solar as path to economic stability
04/12 Five more winners of the clean energy race
04/12 Rural Africa looks beyond the grid
04/12 Wind energy gathers at crucial juncture
04/11 EU CO2 law could scupper global climate talks
04/08 Emergence of Artemisinin resistance on Thai-Myanmar border raises spectre of untreatable malaria
04/08 Evolution at sea: Long-term experiments indicate phytoplankton can adapt to ocean acidification
04/08 China sets up rare earth body to shake up industry
04/07 The other Arab Spring
04/07 Wind farm plan for 'Wuthering Heights' region riles Bronte fans
04/06 Total to go ahead on work to cap leaking gas well
04/05 Solar moves into CPV's 'sweet spot'
04/02 Ocean warming began 135 years ago, study suggests
04/02 'The island president': Mohamed Nasheed, former Maldives leader, battles climate change
04/02 Total's battle to plug gas leak hit by rough seas
04/02 EU energy savings plan too weak: Green campaigners


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Message from the Dean
I am pleased to introduce American University Washington College of Law's (WCL) Center on International Commercial Arbitration, which expands on the accomplishments of WCL's International Arbitration Program, the latter which debuted in 2004 under the expert guidance of Horacio A. Grigera Naón, former Secretary General of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce.
The Center reflects WCL's global vision and commitment to international legal education. With the establishment of this Center, WCL will continue to explore the underpinning of this dynamic field, serving as a valuable resource to practitioners both domestically and around the world while engaging the field in all of its complexities.
I invite you to click here to learn more about WCL's exciting Center on International Commercial Arbitration.
Claudio Grossman
Dean and Raymond I. Geraldson Scholar, International and Humanitarian Law


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can I take Methadone 10mg and Gabapentin 300mg together?READ MORE
They can be taken together but you should be monitored as they both have central nervous system and respiratory depressant effects. Here is a link to a drug interaction checker where you can enter any combination of drugs to see the effects of mixing them. You might like to check it for yourself: Drug Interactions
Yes you can take Methadone 10mg and Gabapentin 300mg together. My doctor prescribed them both to me about 6 weeks ago for a while, while I was transferring from one pain doc to the other. Now I'm on Norco 10/325 mg's 6 times a day and Gabapentin 300 MG's once a day, and a Fentaynol Patch that I change out every 48 hrs. This combo seems to work, somewhat, for me. I am going to talk to my pain doc when I see her in Jan about changing my dosage on my patch to the nexy higher dosage.
Anyway, my other doc had me on Methadone 10 mgs 3 times a day and the Gabapentin 300 MG at bedtime. They worked well together, and you can take them together. I hope that this helps you out!READ MORE
i'm on 80 mg of methadone and my doctor just gave me a 300 mg of gabapentin now what i need to know is can i take the two together? READ MORE


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Tamosa Ma Jyotirgamaya-From Darkness Unto Light
Shri Lakshmi Niwas Birla, founder of our school, was born at Pilani, in 1909. His greatest love was propagation of education. He evolved his own ideal of education, which he realized in Hindi High School. This was the first school in the metropolis where Indian cultural tradition and western technique were blended in a wholesome and harmonious discipline. He laid its foundation in 1941, from when it has grown.


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The heart of the Division I-South champions, she finished third on her team in scoring with 31 goals and 15 assists for 46 points. An opposing coach described her as �all heart� and said �she would run through a wall for you.� She will play lacrosse at Colorado College.
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Man pleads guilty to child abuse
April 2, 2014
ELKINS — A Dailey man entered a guilty plea in Randolph County Circuit Court Tuesday to a child abuse charge stemming from an incident in which he allegedly beat his step-son with a metal pipe....
Story, these spineless weasels don't have the balls to pick on someone their own size, so they take their spite out of helpless children. This is the most heartless generation of children I've ever seen. Nothing has any value to them, including their children. People like that need to be shot in the head and left in the woods for the animals to eat. I'd bet even the animals would get sick eating this piece of scum.
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You people don't have the guts to do anything to scum like this!
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Such a waste of life, I don't care if he hit a child one time with it. That's one too many! As for the "mother" she should never see these children again. I'd willingly hold her down for ya topgun.
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hey goobers if a 6 foot 200lb man actually beat a small child over a 100 times with a pipe they'd be dead. However if he were a prosecuting attorney out of charleston ot would be a misdemeanor. remember that when punishing ur child. if u r a regular joe schmo its child abuse if u are a member of the bar it's domestic battery.
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Oh, and if you can't find anyone willing to do it, call me. I'll oblige. No problem.
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How about we take this bum out back and beat him with a metal pipe? We need to give these people what they give. You beat someone with a pipe, you get the same. You stab someone, we stab you. And if you commit murder.......... Well, get ready to meet your maker.
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under way two words
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web addresses
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A new state report criticizes California's redevelopment agencies for loosely defining blighted areas, failing to pay about $33 million they owe to the state's public schools, and poorly tracking the number of jobs that redevelopment creates.
The analysis, released Monday, also pointed out widespread accounting deficiencies, questionable payroll practices, faulty loans and the inappropriate use of affordable housing funds.
The report is meant to inform legislators before a state budget vote that could abolish redevelopment agencies in California. Gov. Jerry Brown had hoped that vote would happen this week, but he indicated Monday it will likely be delayed because of a lack of Republican support.
Redevelopment supporters blasted the timing of the report, calling it a political ploy to prop up Brown's proposal to steer billions of dollars from redevelopment toward fixing the state budget mess.
San Jose's agency was dinged for questionable expenses, such as paying portions of the salaries of the mayor, council and other city employees. But the most egregious problems exposed in State Controller John Chiang's focus on 18 of the state's 398 active redevelopment agencies were elsewhere.
For example:
"For a government activity which consumes more than $5.5 billion of public resources annually, we should be troubled that there are no objective performance measures demonstrating that taxpayers are receiving optimal return for each invested dollar," Chiang said in a statement. "The lack of accountability and transparency is a breeding ground for waste, abuse and impropriety."
Brown's proposal to eliminate the agencies would shift the property tax the agencies collect back to schools, counties and cities.
But San Jose's agency chief, Harry Mavrogenes, said the report had little to criticize here.
"I just don't think there were any major findings at all," he said, adding that he was particularly frustrated that the review had not included his agency's answers to issues it had raised. "This agency has done a credible job of rebuilding areas like downtown and providing jobs and affordable housing.''
Among other issues, the review cited San Jose's agency as being unable to explain why the agency paid 25 percent of the salary and fringe benefits of the mayor and council and 40 City Council staff members. The Mercury News reported those concerns last week.
But Chiang's office said they did review the agency's most recent responses, and said San Jose's agency "still failed to address how they came to the 25 percent as well as the reduced rate in overhead," said Jacob Roper, a Chiang spokesman.
While five agencies in the review were taken to task for not paying into a fund for schools, San Jose can be credited with paying $62 million into the fund last year with a $13 million balance due in May. The state determines how much each agency owes schools based on its revenues.
The report also showed San Jose's $3.6 billion debt is highest of all the agencies reviewed -- double that of Los Angeles. Mavrogenes said the higher figure is because the agency has invested in more projects than many other agencies in the review. In an interview, Chiang said that "was not a positive or a negative, but debt obligation is a significant concern to the state."
The review also raised questions about how San Jose determined its redevelopment areas created 4,148 jobs over a recent one-year period. Mavrogenes said the agency provided a detailed response, which was ignored by the Controller's Office.
Even when there seemed to be a positive note -- San Jose's agency showed a zero fund balance for affordable housing, meaning it has spent the 20 percent of money it is supposed to collect for affordable housing, Chiang noted that the agency had just transferred that money to the city's housing department. Mavrogenes said the money has paid for that affordable housing.
John Shirey, executive director of the California Redevelopment Association, which represents all of the state's redevelopment agencies, called the review unfair.
"Unfortunately, rather than issuing a serious, methodologically and academically sound review of redevelopment, it appears that the controller has chosen to issue a politically motivated campaign piece to support those who want to abolish redevelopment," Shirey said in a statement.
But others disagree that the review is politically motivated.
"Until this year, no one was looking at how redevelopment agencies spent their money or whether the money was being spent wisely," said Bob Stern, president of the nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles.
"Even if Jerry Brown doesn't succeed in taking away the money, he has put a spotlight on these programs."
Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140.
State controller report Monday said the San Jose Redevelopment Agency:
Had the highest debt of 18 agencies reviewed -- $3.6 billion.
Had highest director salary in 2009-10 -- $273,000.
Failed to adequately explain why it pays portion of mayor, council salaries.
Claimed it created 4,148 jobs in one year.
Paid $62 million owed to schools fund with a balance of $13 million due.
Paid its entire $40 million affordable housing tab, 2009-10.


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The Transformative Conversations@Brown Project strives to provide opportunities and
spaces to engage respectfully and thoughtfully with each other across our differences. President
Paxson framed this initiative, "...each and every year at Brown is a "lively experiment," in which
we bring together individuals from a diversity of backgrounds who are all dedicated to learning
from each other. In this process of learning, we may often disagree with one another, but we also
influence and sometimes change each other's points of view."
Please consider joining this critical work. The Transformative Conversations website is
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American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus) is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak. This shorebird is approximately 19 inches (42 – 52 cm) in length.
It is found on the Atlantic coast of North America from New England to northern Florida, where it is also found on the Gulf coast. In the 19th century they became locally extinct in the northeast.
Oystercatchers are closely tied to coastal habitats. They nest on beaches on coastal islands and feed on marine invertebrates. The large, heavy beak is used to pry open bivalve molluscs.
Although Oystercatcher populations are low, the species is not protected under the Endangered Species Act.
These birds are not shy and will parade in relative close proximity to people. At least on Clearwater Beach.
I believe this is an American Oystercatcher, not a skimmer. Great photo, though.
This is quite possible. Thanks for the correction. There was a sign on the beach which said that the Black Skimmer is Protected Florida Bird and the illustration looked like this bird. Tomas
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TomRose A pleasure that you visited my gallery, and of course I have visited yours and with such magnificent photos of the beautiful city that is Toronto, (only in photos) I know, I enjoyed the pictures of mushrooms, yam yam. some will be poisonous but they are beautiful and I wanted this picture of this bird here called "Pilpilén" thank you for your comment. Based on its review of presentation, even so, I make a suggestion for you to make this note, I force myself to my visits. Thanks again. Greetings.
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WOW, you found it!! a bit different colour, but definitely family!
Good photo!
They are more difficult to approach in my area!
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Nice birds and great shot! Greetings, Leila :)
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That was a fun day of football! Here are the Week 9 results: No. 12 Ohio State knocked off Penn State in double overtime, No. 5 Michigan State topped Michigan, No. 16 Nebraska dropped Rutgers, Wisconsin drilled Maryland and Illinois upset No. 24 Minnesota.


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Car Themed Bedrooms for Kids
Car Themed Bedrooms For Kids
Does your son or daughter absolutely love race cars? If so, a car-themed room may be an ideal decorating option for your child, no matter his or her age. If you are working with a large enough space, you can set up a play-area with a toy race car tracks and play mat rugs. To decorate, you can cover the room with wall-décor, bed sheets, curtains, and hanging pieces in your child's favorite colors. Whether your child prefers cartoons, old fashioned cars, futuristic designs, or NASCAR, cars provide a versatile and creative thematic option that can evolve with your child as he or she grows.
Age-Appropriate Car Themed Bedrooms
Depending on your child's age, a car theme can be hit or miss. In all likelihood, your 13-year-old probably won't like the same cartoony designs that she appreciated as a toddler. Instead, she may prefer a vintage and artistic look, so don't be alarmed if she stops playing with her race track that she loved so much when she was in kindergarten.
Growing up is normal and inevitable, so keep this information in mind when you're designing your child's bedroom. Unless you are lucky enough to have a generous redecorating budget, you should plan out a theme that is basic enough to last for the long haul.
Luckily, a car theme is versatile enough to evolve with your child. For younger children, you can work with cartoon-based décor, and for older children, you can incorporate realistic designs, play structures, and NASCAR themes. For a truly spectacular idea, you may want to mount a video game console along with a projector to create an extremely enjoyable atmosphere.
If you are considering an entertainment center, make sure that your child is mature enough for car-racing video games, and teach your child the importance of balancing play-time with school and study time. You might even want to establish a set of rules ahead of time in order to maintain control in your child's bedroom. No matter what themes you select, make sure that you factor your child's unique needs and maturity level. He or she may not be ready for video games, sensory overload, or an entertainment-intensive environment. You know your child best, so you should trust your judgment.
If you're not sure whether your child will outgrow a car theme, you can opt to use temporary and inexpensive décor as opposed to expensive furniture items that may be difficult to replace. For example, you can mount cardboard walls to a bed to create a sleeping area in the shape of a race car. You can also use framed or non-framed wall posters instead of more permanent wallpaper and wall murals. You can also use toys and inexpensive play structures to set the tone of your child's car-themed bedroom. Using temporary options, you can go from a car theme to something else in less than a few hours.
Car Themed Beds
If you have a toddler or child in elementary school, you may be considering a race car bed. These types of beds are typically twin size and smaller and are most suitable for children who are under the age of 10. In general, race car beds are available in a variety of colors, shapes, and models with the most common colors being red and blue. Some of these beds are even convertible, meaning that you can change their build to suit a variety of age ranges. For example, you may be able to raise and lower the sides of your bed to accommodate a young toddler, and as your child grows older, you may be able to elevate the bed higher off the ground. If you have two children sharing a room, you may want to loft one bed and place the race car bed underneath. When it comes to race car beds, a variety of styles are available, so you can find models that parallel cars that are available on the market, or you can opt for a look that is more vintage.
For the most part, a sturdy race car bed will cost between $300 and $500 and will require replacement when your child grows older. If you want to prolong the life of your child's bed, you should consider an adjustable model which costs between $500 and $1,000. Although the second type of bed is more expensive, it has a longer lifespan. To compare, a basic child's bed costs between $100 and $300. Some toddler beds may even cost under $100.
If you feel hesitant about buying a car-shaped bed, you can consider temporary décor such as bed sheets and cardboard side panels. Race car bed sheets are available from a variety of retails in many colors for under $100, and you can even make your own race car bed panels as a low-budget family art project. If your budget is higher, and if you are looking for a more permanent option, you can use real wood panels, and you can even build your own headboard.
Car Themed Play Mats
Car-themed play mats serve a dual purpose as toys and as functional bedroom items. They are ideal for toddlers and kindergarteners who are beginning to play with basic toy cars. With a play mat rug, your child won't enjoy the bells and whistles of ramps and remote controls; but if your child enjoys patterns and puzzles, then this might be an enjoyable option. Car play mats are available in a variety of sizes and range in cost between $30 and $100 depending on size and material.
Car Themed Bedrooms For Older Kids
As your child ages, he or she will demand more challenging and interesting stuff. At this age, your child can enjoy mature themes, video games, televisions, remote controls, bells, and whistles. Before you go out and buy this expensive stuff, make sure that your child is actually ready and mature enough to handle these expensive items. At this age, your child's biggest priorities are school and healthy development, so even if your child is old enough to have a television in his or her room, you should create an environment that is healthy and practical for studying and homework.


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Alibaba.com Investors Cheer Privatization Offer
Alibaba.com shares are surging on Wednesday in Hong Kong as investors expect the company's privatization plan to be given the OK.
At open, shares jumped 43% to HK$13.18, at a small discount to the company's buyout bid of $13.50 per share. Alibaba.com's offer is at a 46% premium to its last closing price.
Analysts expect the privatization to go ahead because of the high premium, fragmented minority shareholders, and the prospect of continuing earnings and share price weakness. Alibaba Group holds 73% of the unit's shares, and among the largest independent shareholders are Morgan Stanley, Vanguard Group and Capital International.
Hong Kong regulations stipulate that takeovers require more than 75% of minority shareholder approval, and less than 10% of minority shareholders voting against it.
The deal is a bit of a no-brainer for shareholders, says JP Morgan. It could give them the chance to cash out at an attractive premium "instead of assuming a different risk profile brought about by the new business strategy." However, JP Morgan also notes that there have been many cases in Hong Kong in the past where minority shareholders have banded together to block a privatization for a better offer.
One of the reasons for the privatization, according to Alibaba.com, is that it will give it more room to restructure its business without the pressures of being a public company, and its fourth-quarter results showed some weak spots that need to be addressed. For example, the number of paid members joining Alibaba.com continues to decline as the company increases fees and steps up its vetting of new members after a scandal last year involving employees colluding with sellers to create fraudulent listings.
Another concern is that its business model is highly reliant on China's small and medium exporters, who are struggling in a tougher export and credit environment. Alibaba.com is feeling the heat as it generates more than half of its sales from Chinese exporters, says Morgan Stanley.
Thus going private and shielding itself from public scrutiny will allow it better flexibility to focus on more profitable businesses, mostly its wildly popular online shopping unit Taobao. According to Morgan Stanley, Taobao's transaction value accounted for up to 3% of China's overall retail sales last year (italics Deal Journal's).
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Tuesday, February 18 at 7:00 pm
What is the appropriate balance between presenting for an American audience, Israeli art that is critical of the society and art which celebrates it?
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Wednesday, January 22 at 8:00 pm
Ari Shavit's newest book, The New York Times bestseller My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel is a thoughtful meditation on Israel's history, politics and crucial national questions. Drawing on interviews, historical documents, private diaries, and letters, as well as his own family's story, Shavit illuminates the pivotal moments of the Zionist century to tell a riveting narrative that is both personal and national. Shavit will be in conversation with Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of the New Republic.
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The creation of the State of Israel and its subsequent victory over the assembled Arab armies arrayed against it was widely regarded as a modern miracle in 1948. Coming after the trauma of the Shoah and fulfilling an ancient longing for a return to Zion made for a heroic moment in Israeli and Jewish consciousness. In the years since, different historians have helped to uncover the more complex history of the war and its aftermath, even as that history has become an object of political debate. Our panel will discuss the developments in the historical research of 1948, the uses of that history and its impact on contemporary political discussions.
Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor at Slate. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Harper's, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, and Commentary, among other places.
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Professor Donna Robinson Divine, Morningstar Family Foundation Professor of Government and Director of Middle East Studies at Smith CollegeShay Hazkani, Visiting Scholar at Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and SocietyDr. Yehuda Kurtzer, President of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America
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Jane Eisner, Editor-in-Chief of The ForwardPanelists: Jonathan Tobin, Senior Online Editor of Commentary magazineRabbi Melissa Weintraub, Director, JCPA Civility Initiative and Founding Director of EncounterCongressman Robert Wexler, president of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace in Washington, DC Michael Makovsky, CEO, JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs)
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No Disney for Krushchev
This Los Angeles Time blog entry has pictures and articles documenting Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's visit to America in 1959, including his disappointment at not being able to visit Disneyland:
"You have policemen so tough they can lift a bull by the horns, yet they say it (Disneyland) cannot be security-guarded. I would very much like to see Disneyland, but what am I to do now, commit suicide? Such a situation is inconceivable."


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Mahmoud, a 21-year-old Palestinian resident of Syria, receives treatment in a field hospital after he was found Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, with three gunshot wounds in the town of Anadan on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Mahmoud, who would give only one name, described being the only survivor of a massacre in which he and 10 other men were blindfolded, beaten and sprayed with bullets. (AP Photo)


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Flood Waters Threaten Challenge Wanaka Course
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- Published Jan 10, 2013
Challenge Wanaka's Victoria Murray-Orr says high lake levels and a partly submerged run course are no cause for concern – yet. The long-distance triathlon is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 19, and organizers have been keeping a close eye on the weather forecast and rising lake and river levels after several days of heavy rainfall.
The Outlet Track, on the bank of the swollen Clutha River, which forms part of the 42.2km run leg of the race, was underwater yesterday, and though the flooding was "not ideal preparation" for the event, the water was likely to recede well before race day, Ms. Murray-Orr said.
"The river levels go down very quickly once the rain stops."
Event organizers had "really solid contingency plans" in place, including an alternative running course which would avoid the Outlet Track, if necessary.
"It's a shame because it misses out the most scenic part of the course … but if we've got to use it, we've got to use it."
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LAS VEGAS — Top Rank CEO Bob Arum confirmed reports that he is looking at other venues for a Dec. 15 defense by WBO welterweight titleholder Tim Bradley due to the fact that Madison Square Garden is booked for that date.
Bradley (29-0, 12 knockouts) is coming off June's controversial split-decision victory that dethroned eight-division titlewinner Manny Pacquiao, who has chosen a fourth bout with Juan Manuel Marquez on Dec. 8 rather than a rematch with Bradley.
"Madison Square Garden is out for Bradley," said Arum of a fighter who ended Pacquiao's 15-bout winning streak that included eight knockouts. "Because on December 15, The Garden isn't available and the Theater isn't available because of a Christmas show."
Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KOs) lost by disputed majority decision in November to Pacquiao, with whom he has also battled to a draw and lost by split-decision previously.
Marquez bounced back from the most recent loss to Pacquiao with April's unanimous decision over Sergei Fedchenko for the WBO's interim junior welterweight belt, which has since been "upgraded" by the organization to full title status.
"I had heard it through the grapevine that it was going to be Marquez, but for the most part, it is what it is. I don't really think they really want to have to deal with me. I really don't. Am I mad? Yeah. I'm mad, because the last couple of months have been fun and good, but I just wanted to be able to get Pacquiao again," said Bradley.
"I wanted be to able to beat him convincingly without any controversy. That's all that I wanted. He's fighting Marquez, and everything, but I wanted another opportunity to silence all of the critics, and all of the world to show that I'm one of the best fighters in the world. That's why I'm sad, that's why I'm upset, but my career moves on."
Along with Pacquiao, Bradley owns decision victories over IBF junior welterweight beltholder Lamont Peterson, former titleholders Kendall Holt, Junior Witter, Nate Campbell and southpaw Devon Alexander, and former four-time beltwinner and Cuban Olympic gold medalist Joel Casamayor, the latter by eighth-round knockout.
"I want him to be able to stand on his own without Pacquiao. I want him to dis-associate himself with Pacquiao. I want him to be Tim Bradley again," said manager Cameron Dunkin of Bradley, who also has vanquished once-beaten Luis Carlos Abregu (33-1, 27 KOs).
"I don't know if we can get him to go in New York, but I want him to fight on HBO in December, and take him and do a media blitz, because everyone who meets Tim Bradley loves him. None of that has changed. He was just in a fight where he got a decision, and it was controversial, but that's not his fault."
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Plants: Species
Fig (Ficus): Mysore Fig Ficus mysorensis
FAMILY: MORACEAE (Mulberry Family)
From Mysore, India, this large tree is a rapid grower if it gets enough water and room to develop. The crisp leaves are 6 inches (15 centimeters) wide by 10 inches (25 centimeters) long and have a small drip tip at the end. The figs are densely covered with rust-colored fuzz that fades as the fig matures to reddish purple.
This species is used as browse for Zoo primates whenever it is available; its fruits are offered to hatchlings in our Avian Propagation Center. You'll find the Mysore fig at the top of Bear Canyon and Tiger River, and also at the Safari Park, on the elevated walkway near Mombasa Lagoon in Nairobi Village.


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© Katarina Katja Predovnik, Department of archaeology, Faculty of arts,
University of Ljubljana
Nevlje, Vodiškarjeva hiša, the western facade during excavation of the sector F (June 2006, photo M. Gregorič).
In 2006, from June 19th till July 15th the Department of Archaeology at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana undertook an excavation of a farmhouse in the village of Nevlje. The work was carried by the archaeology students as part of their compulsory field training programme and was directed by Dr Katarina Predovnik.
The Vodiškarjeva Hiša farmhouse stands at the edge of a terrace of the brook Nevljica. The oldest part of the building, the so-called Hiša (house), was built of wooden logs and is dendrochronologically dated to the period from 1580 till 1600. The wooden construction stands on top of a stone-built cellar which was cut into the slope of the terrace. In the 18th or the 19th century, a lobby with a black kitchen and a room (Štiblc) built of stone were added to the house on the eastern side. The entire, now tripartite building was then plastered. The building originally had a thatched roof but it was removed in the 1970-ies and replaced by a new roofing construction, which had to be supported by free-standing posts made of concrete due to the poor carrying capacity of the walls.
In 2004 the owners began renovation work on the building by digging out the draining ditches all along the walls on the outer side. They also removed the outside plaster from the wooden part of the house. In front of the western facade, a large construction pit of irregular shape was dug in order to build a retaining wall and secure the foundations of the house. The pit reached beneath the level of the foundations. It had cut through at least one layer containing numerous fragments of medieval pottery, animal bones and charcoal. Everywhere, large quantities of post-medieval pottery and glass sherds and iron objects were found.
Before continuing the building activities, archaeological excavations were carried out. However, due to the extent of damage to the stratification and considering the static weekness of the construction, the excavations were limited to several chosen and rather small areas.
The southern part of the Štiblc was excavated in part. The owners had already removed the rotten wooden flooring. Underneath the two layers containing finds from the second half of the 19th and the early 20th century, an up to 6 centimeters thick flooring made of sand, soil and lime was uncovered. It showed clear signs of wear and had been smeared by mud and soot from the black kitchen. It was layed directly on top of the sterile ground consisting of thick sediments of gravel and sand. Into this sediments, the foundations of the Štibelc stone walls had been cut to a rather small depth of about 10 centimeters. The small finds date the building of the Štiblc to the 18th or the early 19th century. The trial trench in the yard next to the eastern wall of the Štiblc has shown that before its construction, the farmyard had been levelled and all of the older stratification completely destroyed.
The area in front of the wooden door in the northern wall of the Hiša, the supposed original entrance into the building, was also excavated. On building the new roofing in the 1970-ies, the area between the house wall and the roof-supports was filled in and partly levelled with large stones, sand, building materials and household refuse. Underneath, some earthen layers were found connected to the building of the extension with the black-kitchen and the tiled-stove/bake-oven. The foundations of the stone wall behind the stove that had been inserted into the original wooden construction were dug into a deep layer of ruins to the depth of about 50 centimeters. The ruins belonged to an 80 centimeters thick dry wall which used to run parallel to the northern wall of the cellar at 1,40 meters distance. This wall might have been part of a closed addition next to the house or it might only have been supporting and levelling the ground in front of the entrance to the house. On the northern side, two post holes were documented next to this wall which might have belonged to the wooden posts that once supported the jutting roof. That such a roof had indeed existed is attested by three cuts for the carrying beams in the northern wall of the Hiša. The excavated wall and the stone cellar wall were laid into the sterile ground. North of the dry wall several layers of earthen deposits were excavated containig numerous post-medieval objects. In the far western part of the trench some layers containing medieval pottery were found.
Due to the static weakness of the building, the great construction pit in front of the entrance to the cellar was merely cleaned and levelled. On the western side, the section was documented. Among others, three layers containing medieval objects were found. The pottery is identical to the one found at the nearby so-called Mali grad in Kamnik (Burg Stein). The pottery dates from the 11th or 12th centuries, the time when the village of Nevlje with its ancient parish church came into existence.
Excavation report [PDF]
T. CEVC, Vodiškarjeva kmečka hiša v Nevljah s konca 16. stoletja. – Kamniški zbornik 18, 2006, str. 47–58.
T. LEVANIČ, Dendrokronološka analiza stare kmečke hiše v Nevljah pri Kamniku. – Kamniški zbornik 18, 2006, str. 255–261.
K. PREDOVNIK, Nevlje – Hiša Nevlje 29 (EŠD 9196). – Varstvo spomenikov 2007 (v tisku).


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