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Just prior to the rise of Islam, in the sixth century AD, southern Arabia was embroiled in a holy war between Christian Ethiopians and Jewish Arabs. The Jewish kingdom, composed of ethnic Arabs who had converted to Judaism more than a century before, had launched a bloody pogrom against Christians in the region. The ruler of Ethiopia, who claimed descent from the union of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba and even was rumored to possess an object no less venerable than the Ark of the Covenant, aspired both to protect the persecuted Christians and to restore Ethiopian control in the Arabian Peninsula. Though little known today, this was an international war that involved both the Byzantine Empire, who had established Christian churches in Ethiopia beginning in the fourth century, and the Sasanian Empire in Persia, who supported the Jews in a proxy war with Byzantium. Our knowledge of these events derives mostly from an inscribed throne at the Ethiopian port of Adulis seen and meticulously described by a Christian merchant known as Cosmos in the sixth century. Trying to decipher and understand this monument takes us directly into religious conflicts that occupied the nations on both sides of the Red Sea in late antiquity. Using the writings of Cosmas and archaeological evidence from the period, historian G. W. Bowersock offers a narrative account of this fascinating but overlooked chapter in pre-Islamic Arabian history. The extraordinary story told in Throne of Adulis provides an important and much neglected background for the rise of Islam as well as the collapse of the Persian Empire before the Byzantines.
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Preface ; Abbreviations ; List of Maps and Illustrations ; Maps ; I. The Throne ; II. A Christian Traveller in the Red Sea ; III. Ptolemy's Elephants ; IV. The Kingdom of Axum ; V. Christianity Comes to Axum ; VI. Judaism Comes to Himyar ; VII. The Ethiopian Invasion of 525 ; VIII. Entry of the Great Powers ; IX. Reckoning ; Appendix: Nonnosus ; Bibliography ; Index

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This apartment was a very good launching point for our three days in town positioned very close to a vaparetto stop and the Rialto bridge. It was quite spacious with two large, double rooms and one smaller, single room. The kitchen is fully equipped, there is a tv in one room and place to sit in the living area.
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Die Wohnung ist sehr sauber und Super zentral gelegen - man fühlt sich mitten drin - rialto Markt ist vor der Haustüre und der Rest Venedigs sogar zu Fuss zu erreichen. Waren zu viert dort und können auch die tolle Kommunikation mit Elizabetta trugen zu einem schönen
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Die Lage ist großartig und wie beschrieben, zentral (Rialto, Nähe Fischmarkt), hell und erstaunlich ruhig. Die Wohnung ist sauber, nett eingerichtet, mit erstklassiger Organisation. Wir benutzten zu fünft zwei Doppelbettzimmer und ein Einbettzimmer, es gibt dazu noch die Möglichkeit, eine Sitzgarnitur zum Doppelbett umzubauen. Das einzige kleine Manko ist das Heisswasser im Bad, aber das dürfte eine venezianische Erbkrankheit sein und im Sommer ein zu vernachlässigendes Problem. Alles in allem ein heißer Tip.
Ci siamo trovati davvero benissimo, la casa è piaciuta a tutti. In 4/5 persone è perfetta, la cucina è comoda e c'è anche la lavastoviglie. Un soggiorno davvero piacevole!!!
The house is a beautiful place, well situated near to Rialto Bridge, surrounded by a joung environment, where you can find good restaurants and bar where have a drink. The bars close early and they don't disturb. The problem maybe that people start to transport things very early in the morning, and they are a bit noisy ( I don't know, but maybe the same also in other places in the city)
The house is clean, big and nice. We couldn't find the hairdresser, so I called the host and I get a new one in only a bit hours!! So, I'm pretty happy with her.
The apartment was very roomy and pretty clean ( could use more towels). It was located in a very busy and active area. There were plenty of cafes and restaurants in the area. This was good and bad. If you are looking for a quiet restful return to your apartment this is not the place. There was a very popular bar/restaurant under the apartment which opened it's metal roll up doors very early and closed very late! Lots of people hanging around talking, crying and shouting at each other even at night. Sorry but I had to say it.
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Italienne originaire de Venise et de la région des Pouilles en 1992 je m'installe à Paris. Forte de ma parfaite connaissance « colline par colline » de l'Italie, j'ai décidé de lancer ma propre société : Casa d'Arno, le spécialiste des locations en italie.
Comme toute italienne, amoureuse de la gastronomie j'aime faire découvrir à mes amis les meilleures recettes de mon pays avec des cours de cuisine et des diners clandestins.
I'm Italian native from Venice and the region of Puglia, in 1992 I moved to Paris. With my perfect knowledge "hill by hill" of Italy, I decided to start my own company, Casa d'Arno, the specialist of rentals in Italy.
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The Emporia community is pulling together to help residents of the Eastwood Lake Apartment complex. The complex caught on fire late last night.
Items that are needed include the following:
Clothing of all sizes…
Bottles for an infant
Hygiene items
Household goods, pots, pans, silverware, dishes.
Bedding, blankets, sheets
Donations can be dropped off at the Emporia Senior Center or the Salvation Army.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the residents that were affected by the fire!
Coming off of a 36 point win over Eureka last Tuesday night, the Burlington LadyCats were looking to roll over another TVL opponet, Neodesha, this week. The Bluestreaks must not have read the memo as they rode the hot shooting hand of Kelsey Potters' 12 first quarter points to an 18-13 lead at the first break. The score tightened to a 22-19 halftime margin. Coach Gilmans halftime speech must have set the team on fire as they opened the quarter with an 11-0 run on their way to outscoring Neodesha 20-4 in the third and secured a 15 point win 49-34. Shelbie Emling led all scorers with 20 and Malorie Wagner hit double digits with 11 for the Cats.
You don't get too many thunderstorms in Kansas during January. but it was raining 3 pointers for the WildCats Tuesday night. The Cats first five shots of the night were from beyond the three point line and they connected on 4 of 5 to lead 18-13 at the break. That worked so well that they hit another 4 from beyond the arc to race to a 44-23 halftime lead. Burlington added five more treys in the second half for a total of 13 from 7 different players to take an 81-32 win over the Streaks. All 12 Cats scored with Hatch (10), Nordstedt (11), Shell (14), and Whitworth (16) in double figures.
The 22nd Annual Burlington Invitational tips off Tuesday night with one of the strongest fields in recent years. The top four girls teams have a combined record of 29-3 with the top four boys records 28-4. The LadyCats match up with undefeated 8-0 Paola at 6:40 in the high school gym with the undefeated WildCats taking on 3-6 Rossville at 8:15.
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Original post made by Annette, Midtown, on Jun 22, 2006
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a resident of Crescent Park
on Jun 22, 2006 at 11:30 am
As a medical volunteer in Katrina relief and a recent PANDA graduate (palo alto's CERT) I feel like even though I am prepared, I'm very concerned for my neighborhood. I don't think they're prepared, and PAN could help by encouraging the development of Block Captains, or at least encourage each neighbor know the emergency contact information and level of preparedness of their immediate next door and across-the-street neighbors.
a resident of Midtown
on Jun 22, 2006 at 11:34 am
Hi Enoch
Thanks for your note. The Palo Alto Neighborhoods (PAN) will shortly annouce 3 city wide trainings for block captains. We plan on a general meeting in Midtown on July 18th: Police CHief Johnson will give us an overview of crime and then Susie Jones of the Police Deaprtment will talk about building a neighborhood network of block captains. We are workig on dates/places for the 2 other sessions!
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This scribe would like to have a nickel, no, maybe just a penny, for every time the following has been said: "Why do the weeks go by so fast?"
Tuesday has rolled around again, and it seems like it was just Tuesday the day before, but here it is Tuesday, April 22, 2014, and already 112 days of the year have gone by. My goodness, the OFs will have to start their Christmas shopping pretty soon.
To add to this, in just a few more weeks, the Old Men of the Mountain will be right back at the Blue Star Restaurant in Schoharie ordering the same breakfast — or maybe not.
According to the OFs, spring has sprung because the peepers are peeping. Most of the OFs say, don't count on it; one day does not spring make.
With the temperature hovering above freezing, and not by much, except for the aforementioned day, the snow does melt. With the snowmelt, the water table goes up and the OFs were talking about how much water they have. Some have their wells overflowing.
One OF said that he has water coming up all over the place, but this OF lives between two hills so this is understandable. However, one who has a well overflowing so the water is running from under the casing cap down the drive lives on top of the mountain. The OFs surmised there must be a ton of pressure on the water table to push the water up like that.
Then comes mid-summer and the OFs hope the water is still there. Generally it is.
One OF said occasionally some of their friends come up from the city to spend time with them and to be in the country for a while. They have day trips planned, and they do some farm-stand shopping, but what drives this OF up the wall is their indiscriminate use of water, "like there is an infinite source of water."
The showers these friends take are long, and then long again. When trying to help in the kitchen, they turn on the tap and let 'er run. They have the water running and then walk away to do something else.
It is a good thing they are only here for a few days, the OF noted, and he stressed again that they are great friends and nice people.
Another OF chimed in that they have similar friends, again from places with public sources of water and apparently no usage tax. They don't really know about being on a well with the energy to run the pump and the possibility that the water may be low in a long dry summer.
"Somehow," the OF said, "we have to remember how important water is because we really aren't that far removed from the fish we once were."
Sorrowful Friday pervades Easter
Easter is an event that is not celebrated like many of the others.
The OFs do not wish each other Happy Easter. Maybe at some ends of the table it was said, but nothing like the expressions heard at Christmas. Happy Easter does not have the ring to it as does Merry Christmas.
There were only a couple of OFs that even asked, "How was your Easter?"
On Thanksgiving, most of the OFs are curious about what the other OFs are doing for Thanksgiving, like family coming over, or checking to see if the OF was going anywhere.
Even the first day of deer season sparks more conversation than Easter. Good Friday, in many circles, is such a downer that it carries over into Easter. (No one really knows why it is called Good Friday, conjecture applies, so take your pick, only in German it is called Sorrowful Friday, everyone to their own interpretation. There that answers the OFs' questions.)
Dealing with
an aggressive cardinal
Some of the OFs discussed having birds attack the windows of their homes. The OFs were talking about deliberate attacks, not the occasional bird that flies headlong into a window.
Most of the time it is the cardinal that becomes so aggressive. One OF reported having one of the cardinals becoming such a nuisance that he was making a mess on the side of the house.
The OF said that this bird would attack his hand as he tried to shush it away. The OF said that the only thing between him and that crazed bird was the glass in the window.
This OF called the Cornell Cooperative Extension Service in Voorheesville for advice on how to handle the situation. They said that cardinals were very territorial and the cardinal saw his reflection in the window and saw what he thought was another cardinal.
The extension service said to hang newspaper on that window and the bird would not see his reflection and stop trying to attack the reflection. Did not work! The dumb bird just went to the next window. More newspaper; the bird just went to the next adjacent window.
Finally one old farmer friend said he should get an owl from the garden shop and hang it where the bird will see it. Cardinals in the wild are afraid of owls and they can't seem to tell the difference between plastic owls or the genuine bird.
The OF said he went and purchased two owls. Bingo! The next day, the bird was gone. The OF said he still has those owls, and no birds with aggressive behavior wailing at his house to date.
The Old Men of the Mountain would like to offer their condolences to the family of Bob Dietz who passed away at his winter home in Tucson, Arizona.
Bob was a loyal member of the OMOTM and graced the company of OMOTM with his stories, and humor.
Those OFs with the courage to get out of bed, and ambulatory enough to make it to the Blue Star Restaurant in Schoharie were: Roger Shafer, Steve Kelly, Otis Lawyer, Jim Heiser, George Washburn, Glenn Patterson, Dick Ogsbury, Karl Remmers, Robie Osterman, Roger Chapman, Miner Stevens, Andy Tinning, Harold Guest, John Rossmann, Frank Pauli, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter, Gary Porter, Ken Hughes, Jack Norray, Don Wood, Bill Krause, Jim Rissacher, Ted Willsey, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, and me.
The weather sometimes seems to support the Old Men of the Mountain because on Tuesday, April 15, it held off nicely for breakfast time. The OMOTM catch that break quite often, so, if you are planning anything that has to be done in the morning, make it a Tuesday morning and the weather should be OK thanks to the OMOTM.
This past Tuesday morning, the OFs who are beef eaters, (isn't that a wine or some kind of alcoholic beverage?) were complaining about the prices of beef and bacon.
What brought that discussion up was the OFs were at the Country Café in Schoharie where they have the good bacon, the thick stuff that has some body to it, not that thin pre-cooked bacon that is so thin it is possible to read the paper through it. Real bacon — and even the bacon sliced so thin that the hog doesn't even know it is gone — and the price of both of these types of bacon has taken its place among the stars.
Also, while on the subject of restaurants, the OFs started talking about the ambience of rest rooms, particularly in restaurants. The circulating thought was that a restaurant could have great food and dining-area ambience, but, if the restrooms are a step above an outhouse, then the whole place goes with it.
The OFs thought that this is because we are OFs and the restrooms are a little more important to us now. One OF mentioned that it might be because we have been married so long that some of the OFs' uncouthness has been refined a little to the point where we are becoming more couth.
One OF mentioned that, when we were young, the restroom could be behind a tree, who cared, but, as we progressed through the aging process, the OFs now want clean bathrooms, warm, well lit, and soft toilet paper, toilets and sinks that work, and paper towels.
Same goals
Some discussion was unusual for the OFs and that was brought about by the lead in an editorial in the Albany Times-Union that the Albany, Schenectady, Troy area was one of the least religious areas in the nation. The discussion was on the differences in churches and, even with these differences, they all have the same goal.
Plant pain?
The OFs began talking about the findings of Cleve Baxter, and his work with plants, and their ability to feel or not feel pain. This is quite interesting, and, just like the UFO that has the Malaysian plane, there is much debate in the scientific community about plants feeling pain. Whether or not they do feel pain is the question, but having a nervous system does seem to have some basis.
Along with this there is still conversation among the OFs on this missing aircraft. This scribe will be glad when that sucker is found.
Personal pain
Then the OFs (including this scribe) started talking about their own pains, especially in our legs. Almost all, at the corner of the table where this scribe was seated, have puffy legs at night.
These puffy legs start just about at the sock line and, at the end of the day, can really be bothersome. Some of the OFs said, not only do the legs hurt, but they itch.
One OF said he has rubbed his legs raw, and there are scabs where he has scratched them. By morning, this swelling is gone and the legs appear to be normal, or how ever 70- or 80-year-old legs are supposed to look when normal.
All these OFs say they have reported this condition to their doctors who really don't say anything or seem to pay any attention. The doctors just look at them and say, hmmm — and that's about it.
The doctor's reply is generic to each OF; only one doctor did tell one of the OFs to occasionally elevate his legs during the day and see if that helped.
See if that helps! For crying out loud, are we OFs part of some learning curve? This is why it's called the practice of medicine; sometimes the doctors are still practicing on us.
One OF said that it seems funny that, when we go to the doctor with an eye that twitches twice, and then once, and then twice again, the doctor will immediately diagnose some rare malady that is found only in the jungles of the Congo.
Go there with two legs that are swollen above the OF's socks as big as telephone poles, and below the sock as thin as chicken legs and the same doctors sit there scratching their heads.
One OF said that, while he was at his doctor's office, he just started snorting and clearing his throat about three or four months ago, and it began like out of the blue. The doctor's reply was, "You know, I started to do that about a year or so ago and I can't get rid of it either."
Then one OF said, "I hate it when the doctor says, 'Oh that' and then he admits he has 'it' too."
Then again, many of the OFs think that, with the slightest new cough, hack, or twitch, the OF might have Beriberi but the doctors know that the OFs are OFs and really they have nothing — the OFs are in the category of getting old and these things are just going to happen.
Those OFs who made it to the Country Café in Schoharie regardless of what their doctors say were: Ted Willsey, Jerry Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Steve Kelly, Roger Shafer, Karl Remmers, Dick Ogsbury, Dave Williams, John Rossmann, Chuck Aleseio, Frank Pauli, Harold Guest, Miner Stevens, Glenn Patterson, Mark Traver, Jim Heiser, Robie Osterman, George Washburn, Roger Chapman, Mace Porter, Jack Norray, Lou Schenck, Ken Hughes, Henry Whipple, Bill Krause, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, and me.
Tuesday, April 8, The Old Men of the Mountain met at Mrs. K's Restaurant in Middleburgh. The OMOTM sat at the tables and watched the tearing down of the old National Automotive Parts Association store across the street from Mrs. K's. This shows some confidence in the village after the flood.
The Army-Navy rivalry popped up its little head at the breakfast Tuesday morning. One of Mrs. K's specialties is creamed chipped beef on toast. That tasty combination is — or was — a staple in the Army.
One OF related this fact, as a couple of the OFs were served up their orders of the culinary delicacy. One of the OFs who was doled out the specialty is a Navy man through and through.
He promptly picked up on the slightly disparaging remark and said that the Navy received only good food on board ship. The "real stuff," the Navy OF said.
The Army OF said they got powdered eggs, but the Navy OF said they had real eggs and real meat. The Navy OF said that they sent to the Army what the Navy didn't want. For once, the Army OF said he had to agree.
However, the Navy guy wanted to have his bill cut in half because the toast was (in his opinion) burnt on the bottom. All the other OFs said he was nuts and the toast was perfect. The Navy OF was angling for a less expensive bill. The toast was fine. You have to watch these OFs — they are pretty clever.
Ways to skin a cat
This led right into the character of many of the OFs, if not all of them. Because of their age, most of the OFs are set in their ways.
It is my way or the highway, or that is the way it has always been done, or — and this is the best one — it is the way my mother or father always did it so it is the right way, and that is the way I do it — end of argument. If my toast is golden brown, everybody's toast should be golden brown.
The OFs even discussed sawing a board. Now, one would think there was really only one way to do that, but the OFs found out differently. Really, no matter how it was done, the board was still cut, square, and it fit.
Washing dishes was another dialogue; this one was typical, especially when it came to washing coffee pots. A few OFs said that they wash the pot thoroughly with soap and water.
The other OFs said no, that ruins the pot, and, no matter how the pot is rinsed, the taste of soap comes through the next time the pot is used and the coffee tastes awful. These OFs insisted that the pot should just be well rinsed and, when the coffee pot or carafe starts turning brown, one should run some vinegar through it and rinse it well. These OFs maintained soap ruins a coffee pot and a cup of coffee.
There are many habits and ways of doing things cultivated by the OFs and, as the years go by, the OFs become more vocal on what they think is the right way to do things. If Dad did it, then that is the way I will do it. If Dad chewed tobacco and spit it out the right side of his mouth, then, by golly, I will chew tobacco and spit it out the right side of my mouth.
One OF related a story that points out how stupid much of this is.
There was a young lady who, before cooking a roast, always cut the end from it. One day her daughter asked why she did that. The reply was because her mother always prepared a roast that way — by cutting off the end.
The little girl went and asked her grandmother why she cut the end off of the roast, and the grandmother said that it was because her mother always cut the end off of the roast.
Fortunately, the little girl's great-grandmother was still alive so she went and asked the great-grandmother why she cut the end of the roast off, and the great-grandmother said, "I had to, because the pan was too short."
Now you know how dumb many of these traditions are, and remember there is also Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof touting in song — traditions.
This scribe, as an OF, thinks that all this may be true but there is another side to this story. Many OFs become freer and the axiom, "When I am old, I will wear purple," squeezes itself in there someplace.
The OF will go out in public with red sneakers, black socks, white pants that are too short, and a plaid flannel shirt, with a tie, and think he looks fine. This scribe thinks Dad would never wear this outfit (maybe bibs, white shirt, and a tie) but then Dad would be in Central Bridge at the livestock auction — that isn't that bad.
Those OFs who made it to Mrs. K's Restaurant in Middleburgh, and all properly attired, were: Henry Witt, Roger Chapman, Andy Tinning, Roger Shafer, Mark Traver, Glenn Patterson, Harold Guest, Frank Pauli, Dave Williams, Robie Osterman, George Washburn, Jim Heiser, Otis Lawyer, Gerry Chartier, Harold Grippen, Steve Kelly, Miner Stevens, Bill Krause, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter, Don Wood, Henry Whipple, Bill Rice, Jim Rissacher, Ted Willsey, Elwood Vanderbilt, Gil Zabel, Mike Willsey, and me.
On April 1, the OFs pulled a great April Fool's joke just by waking up. Oh, by the way, now that the OFs are here, thank goodness March is gone — in like a lion, out like a lion. Maybe now we will get at least a hint of spring.
It doesn't have the spring smell yet, and we haven't heard any peepers. In June, the OFs might be complaining the other way, but, for now, let's have a little spring before summer gets here.
Tuesday morning, the OFs met at the Middleburgh Diner, in Middleburgh with the usual weather report from the OFs.
Many of the OFs harkened back to when they were in school and there really was no emphasis put on saving for retirement. Saving money, yes, but, for retirement, not so much.
When the OFs were young, many people died before they reached retirement age, so nobody really worried about it. Then came World War II, Hitler, and medicine took off, quickly followed by technology and modern pharmaceuticals and now the OFs are really OFs, and active OFs, and well into our retirement years and wondering what we should have done differently to prepare financially when we were working.
The OFs are here now, so what happens, happens.
The ups and downs
of being an OF
This next discussed item pertains to not only OFs but also to their ladies (unless some are lucky enough to have ladies 20 years their junior) and that is getting down and up. (We are already up, so it's down and up for us).
Most of the OFs say they can get down, but getting up — now, that is a problem.
The OFs all have a different way to attack getting up. Some have to have the left foot in back, plus something to push on. Other OFs say that, if they have to get down, and they are away from any hefty object they can grab on to, they then have to crawl to something that is sturdy enough for them to push on to get up.
One OF mentioned that this really gets in the way of routine housework, like cleaning under things, or getting down to put the chair glides back under the chairs. Simple things that used to be so normal now become major projects.
Another OF said that, not only does he have trouble getting down and up, but he has shrunk in stature so that he is finding he can't reach items on the top shelf even with standing on his tip toes. This OF says his whole range of motion has changed.
The OF says he would rather get down on one knee to pick something up than bend over, as long as there is something solid next to him that will help him get up. Bending over for any length of time makes his face flush and his back hurt.
Ah, the golden years.
The golden years, one OG quipped, is the money the OFs pay the person who comes once a week to clean; they are getting the gold.
Pining for deals
On a completely different topic, the OFs talked about making deals — or not. It seems to many of the OFs that sweetheart deals are always going to someone else and not to them.
One OF mentioned the deal one of his relatives made at an estate sale and, from the OF's telling, it sounded like this was legalized robbery more than a deal. The OFs all bemoaned the fact that they are never around when these great deals happen or, if they happen to be present when a great deal is to be had, all they have in their wallets is five bucks.
An OF made an interesting observation by commenting how they notice that really good deals are never advertised; they just seem to happen. There was a little mumbling around the table that affirmed the OF's observation.
It was alluded to by some that the old adage of being in right place at the right time had a lot to do with it. An OG added that being decisive and jumping at the deal is also important. If you are wishy-washy, someone else will run away with your deal.
Dressing from the top
Some of the OFs get dressed by grabbing what is on top of the pile and putting it on and heading out.
"We all do that," said an OF. "I am not going to stand around to make sure this color shirt goes with this color pant, and these socks match the whole thing. I just grab whatever is clean and on top."
That was apparent Tuesday morning when one OF showed up in a coat that made him look like he had lost 20 pounds. When questioned the OF said he hadn't lost any weight and when the OF looked at himself he said, "Gee, I don't think this is my coat."
"I guess it isn't," said another OF, "unless you have had a sex-change operation — that coat has the buttons on the left."
"Ah," the OF said, "it must be my wife's. I grabbed it because it was on top."
Case closed.
Those OFs who attended the breakfast at the Middleburgh Diner in Middleburgh and arrived fully clothed (no matter whose clothes they were) were: Dave Williams, Frank Pauli, Robie Osterman, Miner Stevens, John Rossmann, George Washburn, Harold Guest, Mark Traver, Roger Chapman, Andy Tinning, Jack Norray, Lou Schenck, Mace Porter, Ken Hughes, Bill Krause, Mike Willsey, Elwood Vanderbilt, Gill Zabel, Harold Guest, Gerry Chartier, and me.
Darn, darn, and darn again — it is still cold. At least the cold was still around on Tuesday, March 25, when the Old Men of the Mountain met at the Hilltown Café in Rensselaerville. The OFs think the town of Rensselaerville should petition the state to repair the roads into Rensselaerville (especially Route 85) and through the village to the bridge headed up the hill towards the Hilltown Café.
That stretch of highway is so full of holes that it is necessary to change lanes to miss them, and, if a car is coming, the common-sense thing to do is to stop so your vehicle isn't in a pothole so deep it will have to be extricated by a crane. When you're finally out of the hole, the highway guys will have to deal with four to seven really ticked off OFs.
One OF suggested that this may all be deliberate to control speed — like nature-made speed bumps.
"Well," one OF said, "I would hate to be in an ambulance with a punctured lung and have them go over that stretch of road at any speed faster than 25 miles per hour. Faster than that would bounce me off the gurney even if I were strapped down."
The OFs coming from Schoharie County do not have to deal with that; they have nice roads right up to the Hilltown Café.
The OFs have mentioned before (in this little weekly report) that the Hilltown Café and the Rensselaerville Post Office are in the same small building just outside the village, off the road heading up the hill. The OFs who live in the town of Knox take advantage of this to purchase stamps, and take care of other post-office business because the post office in the town of Knox is no longer available.
The OFs complain about this all the time.
The OFs in Knox have to trot either to East Berne or Altamont to transact any routine post-office business they may have. For some OFs, this is a 20-mile round trip. 'Tain't fun, Magee, when the alimony is due and there is a blinding snowstorm.
The town of Berne is about 60 square miles, and the town of Knox is about 42 square miles and the population in each town is about the same — 2,700 souls, and the town of Berne has two post offices. The town of Rensselaerville is about 60 square miles with 1,800-plus bodies running around, and it has a post office. Something doesn't add up here, so the OFs still complain and are wondering whom we have offended.
Slow boat
One OF just returned from a cruise in the Caribbean and the OF reported he had a good time.
This OF said the boat was loaded with older OFs, most older than he. This OF said he thinks that, outside of the crew, he was about the youngest passenger on board.
He reported that there were so many on oxygen and in wheelchairs that it took forever to disembark at ports of call, sometimes over two hours just to get off the boat.
Rock solid
The OFs talked about the mudslide in the state of Washington, and one OF mentioned that, in our area, we complain about the rock but, when things like this happen, the OFs are glad it is rock and not mud.
One OF said he doesn't think the rock is going anywhere. Another OF said the rock doesn't move even when we want it to.
The OFs felt so bad for those caught in the mudslide.
An OF said, from what he read, the Army Corps of Engineers reported quite awhile ago that the area was no place to build because the land was unstable. Forewarned should be forearmed, and the OFs guessed in this case no attention was paid to the warning.
Suspicions confirmed
In the category of suspicions confirmed, many of the OFs have said all along that the missing Malaysian plane is at the bottom of the Indian Ocean. The theory of some of the OFs seems to be playing out.
These OFs surmised that something catastrophic occurred on that plane and the pilot attempted to turn around and return to the airport but it was too late and all perished at the same time. The autopilot took over and the plane flew straight over the Indian Ocean until it ran out of fuel and crashed into the sea.
The one open end to this train of thought the OFs have is the loss of communications from anyone on board, or the plane itself. To which one OF theorized it could be a new technological problem that may occur when electronic equipment is confronted with serious and rapid decompression.
Some of the components in these devices could also decompress enough so they fail. Could be.
One OF still says this plane is inside a UFO headed to another universe in the cosmos.
Budget whiners
The OFs also discussed single-interest budget whiners, for example, schools wanting more money, and how we pay the most for education than any state, yet the kids are still falling behind, and it is not, emphasize not, the fault of the teachers.
The teachers quite often make diamonds out of clay with the students they have.
The OFs also talked about jobs and working (two different things), maple syrup, Easter, wood, deer, black flies, and others topics of specific interest.
We OFs do chatter on and those OFs who made it to the Hilltown Café in Rensselaerville regardless of all the potholes were: Roger Chapman, Robie Osterman, George Washburn, Harold Guest, Frank Pauli, John Rossmann, Otis Lawyer, Jim Heiser, Chuck Aleseio, Glenn Patterson, Miner Stevens, Mark Traver, Andy Tinning, Lou Schenck, Gary Porter, Mace Porter, Jack Norray, Bill Krause, Henry Whipple, Bill Rice, Elwood Vanderbilt, Harold Grippen, Ted Willsey, Mike Willsey, Jim Rissacher, Gerry Chartier, and me.


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Mariah Squashes Feud Rumors On "Idol"
New "American Idol" judge Mariah Carey shot down reports of feuding between her and fellow new judge Nicki Minaj during a press conference in New York Monday.
New "American Idol" judge Mariah Carey shot down reports of feuding between her and fellow new judge Nicki Minaj during a press conference in New York Monday.
Good news for 'American Idol' fans! The official list of judges has finally been released. Who will grace the stage?
Word has it that Katy Perry turned down a multi-million dollar deal to be a judge on "American Idol".
We've got Mariah Carey's brand new video for "Triumphant", featuring Rick Ross and Meek Mill. Enjoy!
- We wish we could look half as good as Mariah Carey when we're 42! The diva posted a photo of herself lounging in a coral bathrobe on the set of her video for 'Triumphant (Get 'Em)' on her Facebook page. She also posted a photo of the single artwork on her Instagram page. Big things
We still can't get over the fact that the No. 1 diva herself Mariah Carey has agreed to be a judge on 'American Idol.' Of course, with a price tag of $18 million, we're not terribly surprised, but we have a sneaking suspicion she agreed because she feels the need to compete with veteran competitors like 'X Factor' judge Britney Spears and 'The Voice' judge Christina Aguilera.
Mariah Carey is set to rake in big bucks on 'American Idol.' Exactly how big?
Mariah Carey has officially joined 'American Idol' as a judge for Season 12, which kicks off in 2013. Congrats not only to Carey but to Fox on this major, major coup. While it seemed that producers had a challenge on their hands in trying to find a suitable A-list replacement for the departing Jennifer Lopez, they outdiva-ed the diva with this addition.
Money talks, and while Mariah Carey hasn't commented on the 'American Idol' rumors, her doting hubby sure has. Nick Cannon flat out said that Mimi doesn't come for cheap.
A source tells People magazine that Mariah Carey is in "serious" negotiations to join the judge's table on "American Idol".
Oops! Mariah Carey had an unusual wardrobe malfunction in Austria. While most clothing fails happen on the red carpet and involve the dreaded nip slip or a starlet going commando, the singer showed off the also-dreaded camel toe in a skintight, black and red jumpsuit that looked painted on during a performance at the Top of the Mountain concert in Austria.
When Joshua Ledet revealed that he would (bravely attempt to) sing Mariah Carey's version of 'Without You' on tonight's (March 28) episode of 'American Idol,' season advisor Jimmy Iovine immediately stated that it's one of the five hardest songs to sing in popular music. Yikes. Whatever the case, it was Ledet's selection since the Idols were allowed to perform songs by their personal idols. So, did Ledet make a mistake with his choice?


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The climax of the evening was the ARF flag handover ceremony from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to the hosts of the 36th ARC, the Turf Authority of India, with the next event scheduled to take place in Mumbai in early 2016.Tuesday, 13 May, 2014, 9:51am
In a dazzling closing ceremony at Sha Tin tonight, 8 May, the hugely successful 35th Asian Racing Conference (ARC), hosted by the Hong Kong Jockey Club, concluded. Beginning with an opening ceremony and gala dinner on Monday, 5 May, the conference welcomed a record number of almost 800 delegates to four days of meetings, business sessions and other events, including an evening at Happy Valley racecourse to witness the Asian Racing Federation (ARF) Trophy race.9 May 2014 - 11:21am
The 35th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) yesterday heard from eight major racing nations about how they are promoting their most prominent race days in a session titled "Big Events – Today and Tomorrow". Experts presented the strategic marketing and corporate alliances that underpin the world's great race meetings including the LONGINES Hong Kong International Races, British Champions Day, The Championships in Australia, America's Breeders' Cup, the Singapore Gold Cup, Dubai World Cup and Arima Kinen.13 May 2014 - 9:44am
Horseracing is leading the field when it comes to integrity and fighting corruption in almost all sports world-wide, but there is no room for complacency and, in an ever-changing technological landscape, international cooperation must be the way forward. That was the message from the 35th Asian Racing Conference this morning when a panel of experts delivered presentations in a plenary session titled: 'Sport Integrity: racing as the frontrunner'.9 May 2014 - 9:38am
The final morning of the 35th Asian Racing Conference, 8 May, opened appropriately in the Grand Hall of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, as delegates were treated to video presentations of many of the world's great race meetings – under the banner: 'Big Events – Today and Tomorrow'.8 May 2014 - 7:19pm
Bill Barich, lead writer for the HBO racing series Luck, and best-selling author Don Watson drew a rapt assembly of delegates to this afternoon's plenary session, titled: 'Connecting racing with popular culture', at the 35th Asian Racing Conference, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.8 May 2014 - 9:34am
The latest session of the 35th Asian Racing Conference this afternoon at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre informed delegates that Hong Kong horseracing is looking ahead with confidence as customer participation and turnover continue to grow, while in Japan, the JRA (Japan Racing Association) is innovating to offset the effects of a "greying society".8 May 2014 - 9:28am
The innovative customer engagement strategy of The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) took centre stage at the 35th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) yesterday. Richard Cheung, the Club's Executive Director, Customer and Marketing, told delegates that the Club was utilising new technology within a clear strategy in order to meet customer expectations, and noted the fundamental principle that "the experience is key."8 May 2014 - 7:14pm
Television industry leaders Joerg Heise and Gary Burns, keynote speakers at today's 'Cutting Edge Technology in Sports TV' session at the Asian Racing Conference, entertained and informed a large audience with the latest innovations in sports broadcasting – some of which may potentially be applied to horse racing.8 May 2014 - 9:22am
The second day of the 35th Asian Racing Conference commenced this morning (7 May) with Mr Richard Cheung, the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Executive Director, Customer and Marketing, delivering a presentation detailing HKJC's mould-breaking customer engagement.7 May 2014 - 5:49pm
Mimi Cunningham, Director of Human Resources and Sustainability at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, and Koji Katsumi, Head of Environmental Measures at the Japan Racing Association, explained to delegates at the 35th Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong that conserving precious resources by a whole range of initiatives is already part of racecourses' daily operations.7 May 2014 - 9:47am
Mr Louis Romanet, Chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) reaffirmed his organisation's commitment to horse welfare and medication control today, May 6, at the session titled 'Fair Competition and Drug Control' at the 35th Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong.7 May 2014 - 9:33am
Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), delivered a keynote address at the 35th Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in which he emphasised the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)'s "sterling contribution" to the Hong Kong community.7 May 2014 - 10:45pm
The Honourable Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, today (6 May) emphasised the Hong Kong Jockey Club's instrumental role in "augmenting, supplementing and complementing the government's efforts in building a more caring compassionate and cohesive society." Mr Cheung was addressing delegates from around the world during the 35th Asian6 May 2014 - 10:33pm
At the Asian Racing Conference today, May 6, delegates at a session titled: 'Movement of Horses' were told that significant progress had been made to facilitate the internationalisation of racing and that good science, cooperation, harmonisation of protocols and developing trust were the keys to further progress.7 May 2014 - 11:09am


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Research • Re: The Depth Spectrum
Very interesting results, Blair, and fresh thinking.Since 'techno mass', just like 'real capital', has no unique magnitude, it cannot be measured. And ...
New data on the profitability of Argentina's largest corporations help explain the origins of its last military dictatorship. During Argentina's military dictatorship of 1976-1983, up to 30,000 people were killed by the armed forces. Figure 1 provides an indication of why.
Recommended reading by the Transnational Institute (TNI) of Policy Studies: This paper demonstrates that the interests of American banking and government have converged since the early 1980s and relates this trend to modern financial deregulation, revealing a symbiosis that would later influence the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. An examination of corporate profit and taxation … Read More
In his November 29, 2013 piece, 'Low Capex, High Market Cap: A New High for Corporate Sabotage?', Edward Lam lends support to CasP's sabotage thesis by showing how firms with relatively low 'greenfield' investment outperform those with relatively high 'greenfield' investment. A recent FT article, titled "Money Well Spent?" (Tom Braithwaite, Nicole Bullock and Michael … Read More
The agrofuel boom has brought about some of the most significant transformations in the world food system in recent decades. A rich and diverse body of agrarian political economy research has emerged that elucidates the conflicts and redistributional shifts engendered by these transformations. However, less attention has been given to differences within agri-food capital. This … Read More
There is growing awareness in Canada of how unequal society is becoming. It is probably most obvious in the gap between the compensation of Canada's highest paid corporate executives and the average worker. The political pressure to do something to close this gap, for example by increasing taxes at the top of the income spectrum, is significant. At the … Read More
This article offers a study on the plutonomy of dominant owners and what their consumptive practices might tell us from the lens of the capital as power framework in IPE. I argue that the differential consumption of dominant owners is an important dimension of an internationalised capitalist mode of power for two reasons. First, Nitzan … Read More
Working Paper No. 2015/02 James McMahon, "Marxism, Culture and the Measurement of Value" Various studies of mass culture use the Marxist labour theory of value to conceptualize how capital is being accumulated from cultural production and its broader social and immaterial dimensions. However, there is a significant methodological problem that lingers. The issue stems from … Read More
Working Paper No. 2015/01 Sandy Brian Hager, "Public Debt as Corporate Power" In various writings Karl Marx made references to an 'aristocracy of finance' in Western Europe and the United States that dominated ownership of the public debt. Drawing on original research, this paper offers the first comprehensive analysis of the pattern of public debt … Read More
Working Paper No. 2014/04 Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan, "Still About Oil?" During the late 1980s and early 1990s, we identified a new Middle East phenomenon that we called 'energy conflicts' and argued that these conflicts were intimately linked with the global processes of capital accumulation. This paper outlines the theoretical framework we have developed over the years … Read More
Very interesting results, Blair, and fresh thinking.Since 'techno mass', just like 'real capital', has no unique magnitude, it cannot be measured. And ...
An Investigation into the Relation between Capital Intensity and Standard Industry ClassificationIn mainstream economics, capital exists as a physical ...
The standard way to model income distribution and income inequality is the "agent-based" approach. "Agents" are endowed with utility ...
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Our beautiful daughter
It's been over a month now, and I'm still not sure how I will survive. Our loving daughter died last month after three weeks in the hospital. She had had what we thought were auto-immune symptoms for the past year, but three different doctors had discounted her symptoms, saying it was just stress. She has a 12-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter who were both involved in all kinds of activities. Needless to say, they, along with her husband, are devastated. My faith alone is my sanity. Words cannot express my feelings. I've never hurt so badly in my life including this last year when my husband faced surgery and chemo for lung cancer. Thankfully, he's still with me, supporting me and loving me even in his grief. I guess I'm asking for your prayers for our family because I know my daughter is in heaven with the Lord. As I've said, that's the only comfort I have right now, knowing she's with my mom praising the Lord. I cannot ever talk to her, kiss her, hold her, rejoice with her, or comfort her, though, again on this earth. I thought I could understand what losing a child would be like, but I really had no clue. For those of you who have lost a child, how do you go on, much less ever find joy again?
Sweetie, I am so sorry for your loss - the emotional pain is horrific, I am sure. I lost my husband to pancreatic cancer, April 17th, 2007 - I will never 'get over it' - the pain is just as real and hurts just as much today as it did on the day he died.
I try to keep busy, and try to fulfill the plans we had together - I will be doing it all alone, but that's what he would have wanted. Just keep coming here and asking for love and support.
I'm so sorry for you and your family. When I lost my daughter six years ago, I knew instantly that I'd never be the same, and I was right. Books I read on grief confirmed this. But that doesn't mean I never smiled again, or laughed, or took pleasure in life.
It takes a lot of time, though. I don't remember the day I realized I didn't cry that day, or the day before, but it came eventually. I still need periodic "good cries," though. They're very theraputic, and I can feel the need for one building up inside me. I still miss Jill terribly, and that will never change.
I'm not allied with any religion, but one of the things that helped me the most was the knowledge that my Gillian had survived, albeit in another form. She was, and is, still very much around. I've been truly fortunate to receive many signs from her, some subtle, some more dramatic. I encourage you to be open to signs from your daughter. Do a search on this forum for "signs," and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Please continue to post here, and we'll try to help.
When a child is born into a family, as parents you experience emotions that are found in no other human relationship. That deep sorrow you feel may take some more time to dispel, but the God of comfort will help you through this time of sadness. Something that always brings me comfort is knowing that God yearns to reunite all children with their parents. To suffer the death of a child feels so unnatural! But this promise is something that will bring you much more comfort than just believing that she is in heaven.
At Isaiah 26:19 God assures us "Your dead ones will live. A corpse of mineÂthey will rise up. Awake and cry out joyfully, YOU residents in the dust! For your dew is as the dew of mallows, and the earth itself will let even those impotent in death drop [in birth]." In fact, YOU WILL get to talk to her, kiss her, hold her, rejoice with her, and comfort her again on this earth. Not only will you be able to be with your daughter, but it will be under better circumstances. "He will wipe out every tear from their eyes and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore" at Revelation 21:4. Isn't it comforting to know that one day we will never have to go through the pain of losing our children again and you and your husband have the chance to be with your daughter again in perfect health and happiness. I hope the promises in the holy scriptures bring you as much comfort as they did in my time of grieving.
I'm so sorry for the loss of your daughter. I too, know the pain. We lost our 19 year old daughter almost 10 years ago (April 5, 1998) as she was trying to save our injured dog and was hit by a truck. She was a wonderful person. Most say she is indescribable. They feel that they are wasting their time trying to explain what kind of person she was to others who didn't know her.
Faith has gotten us through this far. I don't know where we would be today without that faith of knowing that she is in a better place and that we will see her again. We too, have recieved signs from her. There is no doubt that she still exists.
You will find joy again. It is a conscious choice. You have to choose to go on and live the best life that you can. Your daughter loved you as you loved her and would not want you to spend the rest of your life grieving.
I try to tell myself that Christin is on a wonderful vacation with all the love and beauty possible. I will go to meet her there when my time is here. We then, will enjoy it together for all eternity.
The biggest thing that helped me in the beginning was to be with others who have lost their child also. No one really knows unless they have walked in our shoes.
Please "meet" my Christin.
Here is a link that might be useful: Christin Cosby Memorial Website


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Annabelle Hydrangea Stunted Growth - others are fine?
I have 5 Annabelle Hydrangeas and one is like the ugly ducking with extremely weakgrowth this year. They are all in the same spot and get same water/sun and the other 4 look good. This is 4th year and they were all fine last year. Can anyone tell me what this could be? It might get a bit more water than the others since it's in a lower spot. I have a photo of it I can show but can't figure out how to add it to this site?
Hello, annabelle2010. You have five hydrangeas in one pot? Wow! How big of pot is this one? You said that the ugly ducking is in a lower spot; is the water collecting around this hydrangea when you water? How long have they been in this pot? How big are the shrubs now?
To post pictures, you need to open a free account at photobucket.com. Follow the fairly easy directions on how to upload your pics to photobucket. Then right-click/copy the HTML CODE listed beneath the pic (make sure you copy the HTML code; the others won't work). Come over here to the Hydrangea Forum and in the message box, right-click/paste the HTML CODE in the message box. (You can type before and after the HTML CODE, if you want.) Click on "PREVIEW" and you will see your picture when the preview page appears. If everything is as you want it, click on "SUBMIT"--and it will be posted.