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- 1 carrot thinly sliced
- 3 mushrooms thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoon(s) vegetable broth divided
- 2 teaspoon(s) fresh garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon(s) bell pepper chopped
- 1 chili pepper chopped
- 1 tablespoon(s) fresh basil chopped
- 1 teaspoon(s) fresh oregano
- 8 ounce(s) Linguine cooked al dente according to package directions
- 2 tablespoon(s) soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon(s) black or white pepper ground
- 1 teaspoon(s) sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon(s) chopped red pepper
- 1 tablespoon(s) fresh parsley snipped
- Sautee garlic in oil over medium high heat in a large pan for about 1 minute, add carrot, sautee two more minutes then add mushrooms, bell pepper, chili pepper, basil, and oregano. Sautee two more minutes. Add cooked linguine and stir. Add remaining ingredients through chopped red pepper, stir until thoroughly mixed. Additional soy sauce may be added to taste. Garnish with parsley and serve with garlic bread. Serves four.
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Thu, May 17, 2012 | by TJ JuskiewiczShare
By John Karras, Co-Founder of RAGBRAI
With RAGBRAI XL (that's 40, to you non-Roman-numeraly hip dudes) looming ever closer, an unwanted fact keeps bonking around in the back of my mind: That fact is that I am one year younger than Clarence Pickard was in 1973, when Donald Kaul and I launched this general silliness.
Well, so what? you say. And so something, I say.
And that something is, simply, will I be able to live up to the example that wizened little fellow, delightful and accomplished as he was (four years in the Peace Corps, professor at ISU, county agent, farmer, taught Hindus they could eat eggs if they kept the rooster out of the chicken yard), set 40 years ago? Ah, yes, as Terry Thomas might have said, there's the rub.
Clarence showed up—maybe 5'5", maybe 100 pounds—in Sioux City that August Saturday in 1973 in a pith helmet covered with duct tape and with a green and white woman's Schwinn 10-speed that he'd purchased two weeks before. Asked about training miles, he said, "I rode around the block a couple of times."
We all figured he might make it to the Sioux City city limits, but not much beyond. The truth is he rode every bloody mile of that first year's insane route, including the 100 miles from Des Moines to Williamsburg and the sixth and final day's 80 miles from Williamsburg to Davenport.
Have we ever repeated that route? If anyone had insisted on it I would have resigned from The Register and insisted on erasing my name from anything associated with RAGBRAI.
The route was dumber than anyone today could imagine. The only part of it that any of us had looked at was the stretch from Des Moines to Williamsburg, which Kaul and I and a few friends had ridden a few years before as part of our journey to becoming touring cyclists. The rest of the route—Sioux City to Des Moines, Williamsburg to Davenport—was terra unknown. Indeed, we encountered at least half a mile of gravel on the way into Moscow, IA, a town we hadn't known existed.
Not only did he have this clunky bike that probably weighed half as much as he did, he also hadn't the foggiest notion of how to shift the gears.
The levers were mounted on the handlebar stem, as was common at that time. Clarence thought the proper positions for both were as far forward as they could go, or as far back, which meant, of course, that he was always in the wrong gear.
I caught up with him as we were approaching the dreaded Boone Hill out of the Des Moines River valley and mentioned that we were approaching a really difficult hill and I thought he would be much happier climbing it if the left lever were as far forward as it could go and the right lever as far back (which, of course, would put the bike in its first, easiest gear). I saw him later in the day and he said, "That sure did help."
Yes, he was slow. He also fell off his bike frequently. He'd become such a household name by the time the ride reached Iowa City that an elementary school there let all the kids outside to watch Clarence come by. He saw them, stopped and promptly fell off the bike. Then, picking himself up he swept off his pith helmet and did a deep bow. The kids went nuts.
Okay, so what does any of this have to do with me and RAGBRAI XL? Just this: As I approach Clarence's age, can I measure up?
As this is being written, friends, we are nine-plus weeks from the start of RAGBRAI XL, and at this point, I ain't measuring up.
Okay, okay, Ann and I are living at 9,000-plus feet here in Summit County, Colorado, so I can make some excuses about elevation and whatnot, but the simple fact, at this point, is that I can't cut it. We struggle up small hills for a total of five miles and then retire to the condo for naps. That ain't RAGBRAI-quality riding, but I'm going to keep working on the legs and hoping to make it.
Stay tuned for more….. Thoughts from Grampa RAGBRAI
John Karras is the former copy editor at the Des Moines Register who co-founded RAGBRAI in 1973 with columnist Donald Kaul. John plans on riding RAGBRAI XL this summer. He and his wife Ann now reside in Dillon, Colorado.
13 Responses on "Thoughts from Grampa RAGBRAI"
Debbie (Jackson) Geiger
May 17, 2012 at 7:21 am
You can do it! Think of another old bicyclist who is now trying out the trails in heaven.
Daughter of John Jackson
May 17, 2012 at 9:05 am
There will be a piece of pie with your name on it John…but ya gotta come and get it. Counting on seeing you in July in Iowa.
May 17, 2012 at 6:42 pm
We'll have to plan to meet up on the ride! Keep training!
Steve B
May 17, 2012 at 7:21 pm
I was on that first ride and was infected with the cycling bug. I hope to see you on the ride!
Osh Barb Andersen
May 18, 2012 at 12:10 pm
You can do it! It will be great to see you again. I was a teenager who rode out with a bunch of bicycle friends/fiends from Ames to meet you and Donald Kaul that first year and escorted you into town. The next morning we rode with you as far as Polk City. Thanks!
May 18, 2012 at 12:17 pm
John:Let me know if you guys need a bed to sleep in during your stay in Webster City.
susie scott
May 19, 2012 at 5:26 pm
We're counting on you. We'll all cheer you on every single mile and give you the best draft the US of A has ever known. Ride on!!
Jim Conzemius
May 19, 2012 at 7:07 pm
I've always maintained that despite the efforts of you and Mr. Kaul, which are immense, RAGBRAI would not be RAGBRAI without Clarence Pickard. He sparked something, and the light never dimmed.
May 21, 2012 at 8:06 pm
I still cherish your book, especially "bananas and beer," and I still pronounce RAGBRAI correctly. This year is my second ride, at age 67, and I'm looking forward to 2028. Best of luck to you!
May 24, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Grandpa, I hope you find it within you to ride the route this year. But, if not, the journey has been worthwhile. Ride strong, ride safe and until we meet again.
July 22, 2012 at 8:24 pm
you are still on the planet, I remember your old colums,. See clean living worked.
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- 0Feb 23, '13 by BaileyCocoI'm in CA and work in corrections
- 5Feb 23, '13 by KelRN215, BSN, RNThe money was certainly not the reason I entered the profession, but aren't we all "in it for the money" in some way? That's why you work- for money. If I was independently wealthy or won the lottery, I'd quit my job in a heartbeat and spend the rest of my life traveling the world.
- 0Feb 23, '13 by samadams8Quote from brianDid the money play a factor in you choosing a nursing career? Do you think money is a factor in why people choose nursing as a career?
All I can say is. . .
I mean to answer straight-up, even back then, it paid better than many secretary jobs, but not much. Going into nursing for the money has got to be one of the dumbest things a person could do....
And I say that, and I've liked a lot of what I've done as a nurse.
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Money is always a factor, that's why we work... to have money. But do I stay in nursing for money? Hell NO!
The money is decent. But this job isn't for everyone and if the only motivation of a person going to nursing is money... well, they'll get a rude awakening.
Nurses aren't getting paid enough. Patient care, med passes, mountains of documentations, liaison for every department, family members who complains about every single thing, and doctors who rarely answer the page... the stress alone is not enough for the pay we're getting.
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- 0Feb 23, '13 by Chibi-chanBailey coco, what's it like working in corrections? I'm a student nurse and I've never actually been able to talk to someone who works in the corrections field. How do you like it? How did you get started?
- 2Feb 23, '13 by palemoonAs the child of a nurse, and a medical assistant/pre-nursing student, I can firmly say it's not for lots of money. But nursing does have that middle-class income that I'm looking for, plus benefits.
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- 1Feb 23, '13 by kalevraI was a poor single soldier before I started this whole RN thing. Comparing my old profession to this new one is like night and day. The money is way better as an RN, you have set hours, you get paid over time, you have days off in the middle of the week, everyone acts civilized, I can actually say no to my superiors, and I do not fear that my first line will show up to my house to perform an inspection. I am 100% in it for the money, benefits, and freedom.
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Back to what worked for me 8 yrs ago!
It's been many years and many failed other diets since I have been on a low carb woe.....Back then I lost 80 lbs on Atkins...I have gained 55lbs of that back...UGH! So here I go again!
Ditto! Your story is almost exactly like mine, although I gained ALL my original low carb weight back and then some. We'll do it again, though!
Welcome--looking forwarding to reading your posts...:hiya:
Its nice to have a place to come check in with people who know all too well what Im going through! Today is Day 2.....So far so good.....I hope everyone is doing well !
Glad you found your way back. As far as falling off the wagon and gaining weight back... Been there, done that!
Welcome back Michele. Remember the first couple of weeks back on LC eating can be difficult but it gets so much easier once you get going.
Thanks Frankie.....Im doing good so far....a little tired today but I havent been hungry much at all :)
Ditto here too...
Lost 100+ pounds 2007/2008...gained it all back...here I go again.
I am committed to do this! Tired of being tired...and hurting all the time (knees, hips, feet...)
Hello to everyone! :shake:
Welcome back Denise! We can do this...We know...We have done it before :D
Had a disappointing first week weigh in.....only lost 1.2 lbs....so frustrating when you have 150 lbs to lose :( Oh well...hopefully next week will be better! 1 lb at a time !
Focus on eating clean and try not to look at the scale too much. Also make sure you take measurements so later when the scale doesn't move for a while (this is inevitable) then you can see the inches you are losing. Hang int here, it does work.
I'm thinking I will go back to what I know works for me ( Atkins) I'm currently trying the Paleo plan and there just isn't the right kind of variety for me. :dunno:
I too was looking at the Paleo WOE...but I like my dairy and other things. I do use some of the Paleo recipes....to assist with some variety.
I currently try to eat organic whole foods only....I stay away from any and all processed foods (which is what drew me to the Paleo philosophy). I do not use processed sugars in my family's foods...sucanat, honey, maple syrup, etc are what I use. I grind my own flour...to ensure they are getting the most nutrition from it.
The first time I went LC...I utilized all of their processed products (shakes, candy, snacks, etc). And yes...I lost weight...but those products didn't make me feel very well. So this time around....I'm trying something different...and eating a more 'clean' wholefoods diet.
Congrats on losing the weight. Don't get discouraged...a pound lost is a pound lost :) right? Drink lots and lots of water!! I find it is helping me quite a bit.
WE CAN DO THIS!! :shake:
Went to SAMs today and stocked up on Atkins friendly foods....bacon, eggs, butter, cream cheese, half & half ,mushrooms, brussel sprouts and Atkins meal bars and snack bars for those times I may need their convenience :) Freezer is already well supplied with meat and fridge full of water and veggies....I think I am good to go for now :up:
Ok today is the 2 week mark that I started the Paleo plan...switched totally over to Atkins 3 days ago...only down 3 lbs but its that time of the month so Im hoping once that leaves it will take a few pounds with it! Im not going to let that discourage me though....I feel SO much better...minimal joint pain and hardly any stomach issues :D I have only measured my waist and have lost almost an inch there :D Carry on!
It's amazing that even when the weight loss slows down...inches are still lost...a great motivator. Love that about LC!:)
I was here when you were here. What made it different when I switched from Atkins to a more structured Low carb approach in 2003 was that I knew there was no other way. I knew I would die if I kept doing what I was doing...dieting and binging...losing and regaining...it almost got me again in 2011 when I picked up and gained 32 lbs in 7 weeks. It scared me silly. Panic attacks came back with a swiftness that screamed at me. Today, i am grateful to follow a low carb way of eating and have a support system both here and in support mtgs that are second to none. I can't do this alone. Thanks for being there!
Thanks for the support! Mary you are an inspiration...I just need to learn that it doesnt come off near as easy or as fast as it goes on....The scale just isnt moving for me....I do notice my clothes getting looser though....Im thinking Im eating too much salt in the form or pepperoni and pork rinds :doh: Im not going to give up!
I hate to say "me too" to the OP but ... I lost 101 about 10 years ago, fell out of this WOE roughly 8 years ago. Slowly put most of it back on. But, I'm back! Doing my pre-WOE changing now (just bought 1/4 cow from a local farm, going to pick it up shortly, planning on hitting BJs Wednesday.
:welcome: back Dave.....we can do it!
Welcome back everybody!
Can I jump in and join you ladies? As you can see, I have a LONG way to go. I lost it all on Atkins about 20 years ago, and here I go again. I started 4 days ago, and I'm off to a great start, but I know I'm going to need so much help to keep going! And hopefully I can give you some help too.
:welcome: Mthergoos......We are all in the same boat! We can lean on each other and get r done! :D
Wow...it is wonderful to see everyone! Looks like we are pretty much in the same boat!
Been there...done that...Now I'm back with a vengance!! :lol: LOL
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone....:shake: .... and will give support whenever needed :)
I am truly committed this time....to become a healthier person for myself and my family.
:welcome: everyone! It is a pleasure to meet'cha! :jumpjoy:
PS: I am trying to eat non-processed whole foods only this time around...which has been working fine. I had a brief :doh: moment...and purchased and ate some pork rinds (I remember munching on them the last time I was LC)...and I gained a 1/2 pound! I've managed to lose the 1/2 pound....but I think my initial goal of eating whole foods only will have to do. I'm guessing it was the salt in them that affected me....so I will definitely have to keep that in mind. Things that DIDN'T affect me before...seem to be affecting me now ~~ probably the age/metabolism thing. :dunno:
Anywho.....Wishing everyone a WONDERFUL LC DAY!!:kicking:
Good Morning Everyone!! :hiya: I just wanted to stop in real quick and see how everybody is doing today?
I'm thrilled with how my first week is going, but I know it won't keep dropping that fast, and I'm really trying to keep in mind that the scale isn't the only way to measure progress. I promised myself I wasn't going to be a slave to the scale, because a bad number will ruin my whole day, but here I am weighing myself every darn morning again! :dunno:
Looking forward to hearing how everybody is doing today!
I know exactly how you feel....I have to resist the urge to check my progress every morning....I jump on every 3 days or so....especially if I want to see if an item has affected my losing (eg: pork rinds). The wierd thing is....I can actually FEEL what the scale is going to say...I know, right...I know...WEIRD :confused:...but its true...some days I feel "thinner" than others...and the scale always reflects a loss. On the day I had a 1/2 pound gain...I felt "bloated"...and I was not surprised to see the gain.
I think I am FINALLY getting in tune with my body....I listen when I'm satisfied, and when I should stop eating, I do.
I'm hoping to continue "listening" to my body....'cause it seems to work (for me anyway :D).
Don't let the scale get'cha down....even when it doesn't move....sometimes you body is still losing inches (we all have had that happen! ;))
Hi Denise,
Getting in tune with your body is a HUGE victory in itself! :jumpjoy: I've always felt like if I was in tune with my body, or paying attention to what I was doing to it, I never would have gotten this heavy. Instead, I usually ignore it as much as possible! :o
I know what you mean though, I feel a little bit thinner each morning. Just a smidge, but I can feel it, so regardless of what the scale may or may not show, I think we're definitely on the right path! :jumpjoy:
Hi All:
As you can see by my stats, I'm a B.I.G. girl and I, too, have lost 100's of pounds, only to gain them back.
This time, I can't mess around. I'm almost 42, I can't get pregnant (likely due to weight) and if I don't lose 100lbs, I have NO CHANCE of having Invitro Fertilization (clinics in Canada have weight restrictions).
I am dedicated to blogging my feelings and food consumption and so far, I've blogged for 135 days straight and lost 35lbs.
I have noticed that the weight is coming off slower than ever before, so it may be time for me to get back to my swimming regime (I used to swim 3 hours a week).
SO, even though your weight loss is slow, at least you're losing!
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"Officials said the North insisted that some South Korean staff remain to negotiate unpaid wages. They did not believe the seven would be at risk."
The FT's Song Jung-a reported on the start of the exodus a few weeks ago:
"Long lines of cars and trucks loaded with heavy luggage crossed the border gate into South Korea this week as South Korean workers brought raw material and half-finished products back to minimise losses."
Kaesong began operating in 2004 – the product of the first inter-Korean summit in 2000, and a symbol of the potential for economic cooperation between the two Koreas.
According to a US congressional research note from 2011, products manufactured in the industrial park include "clothing and textiles (71 firms), kitchen utensils (4 firms), auto parts (4 firms), semiconductor parts (2 firms), and toner cartridges (1 firm)." Read more
Smart Reads April 12, 2013
♦ Kenya's new leader Uhuru Kenyatta is proving deft at politics even with a charge for crimes against humanity hanging over his head.
♦ Jonathan Soble looks at the dilemma that Haruhiko Kuroda faces over the next two years – "How do you convince markets and consumers that you are serious about raising prices, without being so dogmatic that you risk the central bank's credibility – and your job – if you fail?"
♦ Margaret Thatcher's death has prompted a wave of nostalgia among US conservatives.
♦ Sarah Neville, the FT's public policy editor, thinks welfare reforms in the UK are likely to test the resolve of the middle class. (You can find out more about the reforms in today's additions to the FT Austerity Audit.)
♦ Nicolás Maduro summons the ghost of Hugo Chávez in the final days of his campaign, a move he is counting on to propel him to victory at Sunday's presidential elections.
♦ Hugo Chávez may have made himself enormously popular by subsidising fuel, but his policy has damaged long-term prospects for Venezuela's economy.
♦ Jon Lee Anderson recalls his earliest memories of living in Seoul when his father was working in the Korean demilitarised zone.
♦ Jack Goldstone at Foreign Policy thinks there "is a real risk that the Korean Peninsula will follow Syria's descent into war". (Although you might not have to worry. The military's planned missile test has been "put on hold because of "problems with Windows 8", according to the Borowitz Report.) Read more
FT podcast: World Weekly with Gideon Rachman
Is war with North Korea imminent?
In the last two weeks, tension on the Korean peninsula has risen dramatically, as North Korea has threatened to target US territories in the Pacific and blocked South Korean workers from entering a joint industrial complex in the North. In this week's podcast, John Aglionby is joined by Geoff Dyer, diplomatic correspondent and Jamil Anderlini, Beijing bureau chief, to discuss whether Kim Jong-eun's escalating rhetoric is purely sabre-rattling or if we should be worried about his threats.
In the Picture: the latest on North Korea
Taking weeks of shrill rhetoric and threats to a fresh high on Tuesday, North Korea announced plans to restart a shuttered plutonium reactor and increase production of enriched uranium. So did we just move one step closer to nuclear armageddon? Here's a reading list of comment and analysis to help gauge the hazard level.
- Our own Gideon Rachman argues that there is still "an unfortunate tendency in the west" to treat North Korea as a bit of a joke. "In reality, the Pyongyang regime is about as unfunny as it gets." He warns that the US and South Korea are responding to North Korea as if it is a rational adversary – "but the unsettling reality is that we cannot be sure."
- Writing for The New Yorker, Evan Osnos highlights the difficulty of judging the true nature of Kim Jong-eun's intentions. "The rhetoric and the stagecraft has reached such a tragicomic level that it is easy to overlook the depth of the threat beneath. It has forced people to ask: At what point do we take North Korea at its word?"
- Scott Snyder, an analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, told the LA Times he doesn't believe North Korea actually intends to start a war. "The risk is really related to miscalculation", he says. An FT editorial underlines that point: "North Korea's increasingly strident proclamations come as the US and South Korean military conduct annual drills around the peninsula. This is where accidental clashes could indeed spark grave regional conflict."
- What do North Korea's air defenses look like? Foreign Policy has the answer. (Spoiler: they look quite old, as they're largely from the 60s, 70s and 80s).
FT column: Regime tests the limits of a MAD world
The thing about MAD is that it requires both sides to be sane. Ever since the onset of the nuclear age, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction, or MAD, has kept the peace. The calculation that, ultimately, no rational political leadership would risk millions of deaths in their own nation has seen the world through some perilous moments – from the Cuba missile crisis to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
FT column: Prepare for endgame in North Korea
By Gideon Rachman
"Our intercontinental ballistic missiles are on standby … If we push the button, they will blast off and their barrage will turn Washington, the stronghold of American imperialists and the nest of evil … into a sea of fire."
Ai Weiwei, in the style of Gangnam
The youtube video of Gangnam Style has received over 530 million views. As a point of reference, Nasa estimates that about 530 million people watched Neil Armstrong take one small step for man in 1969. What on earth is going on? Read more
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Poland should avoid cutting interest rates next month as the risk of weakening the currency and triggering capital outflows outweighs any benefit to the economy, central bank policy maker Andrzej Kazmierczak said.
"Rate cuts obviously hurt the zloty and if the current pace of depreciation continues, it could end up having a devastating impact on bond prices and investor confidence," Kazmierczak, a member of Narodowy Bank Polski's rate-setting panel, said June 21 in an interview in Warsaw. "If the zloty keeps weakening, I can't imagine a rate cut in July."
Poland's currency last week fell the most in 19 months and bond yields jumped the most since 2008 after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it may end its asset-purchase program that had underpinned emerging-market inflows. For Kazmierczak, the Fed's announcement wasn't the only trigger for a selloff, since the zloty had already slumped to a one-year low after the Polish central bank's latest quarter-point rate cut on June 5.
The reduction brought the benchmark rate to a record 2.75 percent as policy makers tried to nudge the economy from its steepest slowdown in four years. After the decision, Governor Marek Belka signaled that monetary easing may be close to an end because "we're very near a rate level that the council would regard as appropriate."
'Dangerous' Depreciation
"The zloty selloff we've observed since early June can't be explained entirely by the Fed, since continued monetary easing has narrowed the interest-rate disparity that had benefited the zloty," Kazmierczak said. "The depreciation we're seeing is far from harmless -- it's dangerous when foreign investors own 200 billion zloty ($60 billion) of our bonds."
Foreign investors held 36.1 percent of Polish zloty-denominated debt at the end of April, up from 35.1 percent at the end of 2012, according to Finance Ministry data.
The zloty rose 0.3 percent to 4.3436 per euro at 10:50 a.m. in Warsaw after declining 2.7 percent last week, its biggest weekly drop since November 2011. The yield on the five-year government bond stayed unchanged at 3.86 percent. It rose 16 basis points, or 0.16 percentage point, June 21, extending its weekly increase to 65 basis points, the biggest jump since October 2008, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
'Fewer Reasons'
"There are fewer reasons to buy Polish bonds and sentiment is reversing," Kazmierczak said. "That's why the next few days will be crucial for the July rate decision. We need to take into account what's happening on the currency market."
Kazmierczak backed three of Poland's five consecutive rate cuts between November and March, according to voting tallies published by the central bank. Minutes for the May and June rate meetings haven't been released yet. Belka has the tie-breaking vote on the 10-member Monetary Policy Council and used it to reduce rates by 50 basis points in March, with Kazmierczak among those voting against.
"Kazmierczak is one of the hawks and, in fact, his support isn't necessary for a rate cut in July," Bank Zachodni WBK wrote today in an e-mailed note. "Nevertheless, the council will take the situation in the forex market into consideration and if the pace of zloty depreciation accelerates, it may reduce the chance of a rate cut at the next meeting."
Near Stagnation
Growth in the European Union's largest eastern economy has slowed as the 17-nation euro region, which buys more than half of Polish exports, remains stuck in a record-long recession. Gross domestic product, which rose 0.5 percent in January-March from a year earlier, may expand by 0.7 percent in the second quarter, while growth for 2013 will be about 1 percent, Kazmierczak said, citing the central bank's internal forecasts.
"The economy is close to stagnation and successive forecasts show the recovery will be later and weaker," Kazmierczak said. "We can't count on any boost from external demand before the end of the year, while internal demand, our main hope, has disappointed."
While the condition of the economy "provides arguments for continuing monetary easing," the lack of a response to 200 basis points of rate cuts since November suggests that course would be ineffective, Kazmierczak said.
"Monetary easing isn't translating into economic expansion," Kazmierczak said. "It's not spurring lending growth, while the negative impact of low interest rates on bank deposits is becoming evident."
Bank deposits held by Polish households grew at a nominal rate of 7.7 percent from a year earlier in May, slowing from 8.9 percent in April, while household borrowing rose 0.9 percent, down from 2 percent in April, according to central bank data. Corporate borrowing shrank 0.2 percent in May after growing 1.4 percent in April, according to the same report.
"Demand for credit is less sensitive to price when the economy is stagnating," Kazmierczak said. "The focus should be shifted to the possibility of a fiscal stimulus, and especially to reviving public investments."
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Perhaps we be behind the times, with life helter-skelter everywhere, Thank the folks who keep life nice, so they will 'longer' care.
By Arley Steinhour 103111
I take this opportunity,
Sending Praise unto my Lord,
Please bless Cambridge Super Market,
And the people they have on board.
The market isn't fancy,
City-folk might walk away,
Choices, few, and pricey,
Compared to Super Store display.
All the folk who work there,
You'll find without a doubt,
Offer Smiling Help, and Care,
And they even 'Carry-Out.'
Seldom found most anywhere,
Good neighbor service, so long gone,
Delivery to the door, they share,
When One can't shop on their own.
I offer up this Praise for them,
in my country, clumsy way,
They make a person feel at home,
And Light-up a shoppers day.
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Hometown: Essex, U.K.
Sound: Alt R&B with funk, soul and jazz influences.
Band Members: Devonté "Dev" Hynes
Style: Normcore poster boy with British skater roots. Much-documented soft spots for mock turtlenecks, dad jeans and Vans slip-ons.
Fun Fact: Last month, Hynes gave a TED talk about his ability to hear colors through a neurological phenomenon known as synesthesia.
Biggest Obstacle: Hynes lost everything in a fire last year, including his puppy Cupid, bringing new meaning to the title of his second album: "Cupid Deluxe." The mother of his girlfriend/frequent collaborator, Samantha Urbani of the band Friends, raised money through a crowdfunding campaign, which Hynes plans to donate to charity.
Day Job: Writer-producer on tracks for Florence and the Machine, The Chemical Brothers, Sky Ferreira, Solange Knowles and Mutya Keisha Siobhan. The multihyphenate has also released comic books and short stories.
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Amy Bouzaglo, Amanda Bossingham & Crazy Amy B, What Do They Have In Common?
May 15, 2013 in Measure Your Garbage, Restaurant Reviews
Amy Bouzaglo, Amanda Bossingham & Crazy Amy B; what do they have in common? Not sure if they're the same person but I do know they all scare the living shit out of me!
I just watched a video of a recent episode of Chef Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A fly landed on my lower lip because I was so awe stricken. My mouth hung open for twenty minutes owhile watching the horrible train wreck the owners of Amy's Baking Company were displaying. Check out this video, form your own opinion and we'll get together after the following presentation… ENJOY!
Oh! and how in the world could I forget the lovely customer service?
- Prompt service!
- Cordial!
- Courteous!
- Delicious!
- Friendly even, wouldn't you say?
That blogger was just being a big meanie right people!? Surely Crazy Amy B isn't THAT crazy is she?
Wait…That reminds me of a little diddy I used to sing as a kid (besides whistling the Andy Griffith Show & CandyLand theme songs while walking down the hallways of my school)
"Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair.
So Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't so fuzzy was he"?
(most likely there was more to that but I didn't Double-Dutch-Jump rope much as a preteen. Now? It's a Completely different story. I'm a Double-Dutchin'-Ninja! Watch out Sharon Draper I'm comin' for ya!)
But Amy Bouzaglo's YELP account was hacked right? Just like her Facebook account. There is absolutely no way she would have treated a customer that way.
On to part two of the culinary abortion I'd like to call, "Pop Rocks Meets Cola"…
EXCELLENT!! Old dude's a gangster, SWEET! Maybe that explains the rumors floating around about his wife, Amy Bouzaglo, and how she may have been arrested for felony fraud and identity theft under the name Amanda Bossingham. Nothing like getting a new identity by marrying a self-proclaimed gangster/playboy after 5 months of dating who's at least 20 years older than you, dropped one million dollars into a restaurant for his new squeeze and yells at customers like a thug. Nothing wrong with that scenario kids…
Amy/Amanda and her tough grandfather, I mean husband, should measure their garbage. How in the world can someone watch themselves act like that on national TV and then call followers, who are commenting on their Facebook fan page, names and throw such delusional rhetoric around.
Amy Bouzaglo, Amanda Bossingham & Crazy Amy B, What Do They Have In Common? They don't know how to use social media. It will most likely crush their business unless they open a themed restaurant. Something along the lines of, Restaurant Horror Experience! We'll yell at you until you shit your pants!
I hope things go much better for you in the future Amy Bouzaglo, you'll need it…
This is Theo signing out!
I just looked over their personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/samyamy.bouzaglo
check out the image they have posted twice…
and if you look at the pic they shared the link LMFAO!!


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Jose Baez: WFTV is 'the Worst Tabloid Channel' - Posted July 5, 2012
Today is the one-year anniversary of Casey Anthony's acquittal in the death of her daughter, Caylee. Anthony's attorney, Jose Baez, has just release... [TVSpy]
Jose Baez on Casey Anthony Trial, Geraldo Rivera, Nancy Grace and that ABC News $200K Payment - Posted July 5, 2012
Time flies, doesn't it? It was a year ago today that a Florida jury acquitted Casey Anthony in the death of her toddler daughter Caylee. Now, ... [TVNewser]
Casey Anthony Released from Jail - Posted July 17, 2011
FNC, CNN and MSNBC broke in to regular programming after Midnight this morning as Casey Anthony was released from jail. Interestingly, the one network that has been covering the case the most -- HLN -- didn't. Instead, the network ran a crawl during a pre-taped Casey ... [TVNewser]
Casey Anthony Sentenced to 4 Years - Posted July 7, 2011
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ABC News Speaks with Juror #3, Jennifer Ford: 'We Were Sick to Our Stomach to Get That Verdict' - Posted July 6, 2011
ABC News has gotten the first interview with a juror in the Casey Anthony trial. Juror #3, Jennifer Ford said that she and the other jurors cried and were "sick to our stomach" after delivering the not guilty ver... [TVNewser]
Through Fox Affiliation, WOFL Gets Exclusive with Casey Anthony's Lawyers - Posted July 6, 2011
Orlando stations scrambled yesterday to land interviews with the key players in the Casey Anthony trial -- most of who remained quiet on the not-guilty verdict. Through their Fox affiliation, ... [TVSpy]
Geraldo Rivera to Casey Anthony Attorneys: 'I congratulate you on a really brilliant outcome' - Posted July 5, 2011
While the jurors who acquitted Casey Anthony of killing her 2-year-old daughter aren't talking to the media, Anthony's attorneys are -- at least to one network. Fox News Channel's ... [TVNewser]
Two Stars Emerge from the Casey Anthony Trial? - Posted July 5, 2011
[caption id="attachment_23822" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Jose Baez"][/caption] Strange and sad as it is, cases like the Casey Anthony trial have a way of turning some people into celebrities. The OJ Simpson trial had a slew of them. For this case, it's defense attorney Jos Baez and Judge Belvin Perry. Jos Ba... [AgencySpy]
Casey Anthony: More Questions, Few Answers - Posted September 10, 2008
Earlier today TVNewser got a tip that a news organization had posted the $500,000 bond to get Casey Anthony out of jail. ... [TVNewser]
Did A News Organization Post Casey Anthony's Bond? - Posted September 10, 2008
From a TVNewser tipster: "a major mainstream news organization is the reason Casey Anthony was bonded out jail — yep a major news organization posted her bail." TVNewser is making calls on this tip. Anthony made bail for a second time on Friday. The ... [TVNewser]


text: Good article about the effectivness of the COA questioning of the top people. IMO th e administration should release the details of the questioning of the top AL Queda guys and the plots that were foiled so the American people can make a informed judgement as to whether the Questioning methods used by the CIA were justified. The Wa Po doesn't allow excerpting so just a link to the story. Marc A. Thiessen - Enhanced Interrogations Worked


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By Eddie Sanders
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Harry Thompson, the brilliantly twisted mind behind 'Have I Got News For You' and so many other irreverent BBC comedies, died in November 2005 following an unsuccessful battle against lung cancer. This book, the story of one of English cricket's famously eccentric clubs, The Captain Scott XI (named after perhaps the greatest runner-up of them all), is Thompson's legacy to the game he loved.
The Scott XI was born in the winter of 1978, the brainchild of a group of Oxford undergraduates that included Thompson and Marcus Berkmann who would eventually pen 'Rain Men', the first novel to cover some of the extraordinary exploits of the ?Scotties?, published a decade ago.
Thompson and Berkmann were boyhood chums who lived for cricket, but constant rebuffs on the grounds of general hopelessness and 'wetness' precluded them from ever representing House, School or University. Consequently, in the finest of English traditions, they formed their own club, a club where ability (or rather the lack of it) was less an obstacle, more a positive boon - at least at first.
Early recruits to the club rapidly earning a reputation as 'the worst in Oxfordshire' included Hugh Grant, described as 'A foppish and elegant bat who never scored any runs', and Ian Hislop who once hilariously hopped over a fence to retrieve a ball, only to end up waist-deep in liquid manure. Sadly, fame took its toll and the pair featured fleetingly in the early days of the club.
The opening chapter bears witness to Thompson valiantly staring down a fearsome vermilion cagoule-wearing New Zealander, oar in hand, desperate to preserve his purple rucksack during an impromptu cricket match on the sea ice in the shadow of Mt Erebus. The spectators include a pod of killer whales and a leopard seal - more leopard than seal - together with hundreds of penguins who eventually ignore all protocol and everything that is Holy by invading the pitch.
The yearning to be 'part of a normal cricket team' is a catalyst to the inevitable schism that tears the team apart and sees two clubs emerge - Berkmann's 'layabouts' who depart the scene and Thompson's keener fellows who set off on a whirlwind three week world tour with the intention of playing a cricket match on each continent, and it is this tour that constitutes the body of the book.
It is perhaps to the detriment of the memory of Harry Thompson that he chooses his final work to seemingly settle a few old scores - perhaps it is because he felt that some things needed to be said and he needed to clear his conscience, but there is an element of futility in a dying man taking such action.
Notwithstanding that small criticism, it is a wonderful read that had me both laughing and crying at the same time on more than one occasion, gut-wrenchingly hilarious and yet at times poignant to the extreme. The final words are those of Harry's wife Lisa (the pair wed just a few hours before the writer's untimely death) as she describes how she heard an unmistakeable ?glunk? as one of his friends tossed a cricket ball onto his coffin. 'Harry would have liked that.'
The Captain Scott XI did once beat a country.
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There's a million ways for the perfect plan to go wrong, and the trio leading Kelly Reichardt's "Night Moves" are trying to avoid them all. One of our Most Anticipated Films Of The Summer, the low key thriller could be a nice change of pace from the eye-melting, ear-shattering blockbusters coming in...Read More »
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Director Zack Snyder has added Oscar-winning character actress Holly Hunter to the cast of the still untitled Superman/Batman movie that Warner Bros. has wisely pushed back to May 6, 2016. He has also cast muscled action players Callan Mulvey ("300: Rise of an Empire") and Tao Okamoto ("The Wolverin...Read More »
"It was the idea of somebody so invisible & lowly that their double could appear and no one would notice; that was funny," director Richard Ayoade said during a recent Q&A about this forthcoming "The Double." And indeed, the film's pleasures come from indulging in the absurdness of the scenario of a...Read More »
A little less than a week after the French trailer release for "Night Moves," Cinedigm has followed it up with its American counterpart, and if anything, it's even more tense than the last one.Read More »
Last week we got the international trailer, and now it all comes home today with a new domestic trailer for Kelly Reichardt's "Night Moves." And it dives into a world where trust is earned, and forever fragile, and where conviction is the biggest weapon of all.Read More »
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Deliberate and the measured, the oeuvre of Kelly Reichardt—which has included films "Old Joy," "Wendy & Lucy" and "Meek's Crossing"—isn't for everyone. That said, she's been able to attract some pretty terrific talent for her films, with Michelle Williams making two movies with the director. Her nex...Read More »
Somewhere beyond the grave, David Foster Wallace is writing a great essay with extensive footnotes about the fact that Jason Segel will be playing him in a movie. Yep, the late Pulitzer Prize finalist will be portrayed by the guy who got his dick out and wrote a puppet musical in "Forgetting Sarah M...Read More »
Opening this weekend, Denis Villeneuve's "Enemy" using the conduit of the doppelganger (a popular cinematic theme, see our recent feature) to explore themes of identity and sexuality in a brilliantly surreal headfuck of a movie. And while Richard Ayoade's "The Double" also plays with two man as dupl...Read More »


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ChamSaltos de línea: Cham
Pronunciación: /tʃam /
Definición de Cham en inglés:
sustantivo (plural igual or Chams)
1A member of an indigenous people of Vietnam and Cambodia, who formed an independent kingdom from the 2nd to 17th centuries ad.
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- Eighty-four per cent of the population are ethnic Vietnamese, 2 per cent ethnic Chinese, and the remainder are Khmers, Chams, and members of some sixty ethno-linguistic groups each with its own language and culture.
- As for the Khmer Rouge, while they were guilty of killing large percentages of the country's Muslim Chams, Vietnamese and Buddhist monks, the bulk of their human targets were alleged political enemies.
- His rule is remembered as glorious by present-day Cham.
2 [mass noun] The Austronesian language of the Cham, with about 230,000 speakers.
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- They speak Cham, and keep the old Cham traditions.
- They speak Western Cham, a Malayo-Polynesian language that uses an old Devanagari script; the alphabet in which many modern Indian languages are written.
- Among tribal languages, Cham is the most important.
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Relating to the Cham, their culture, or their language.
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- Words in the Cham language contain up to three syllables.
- 'Please pray for the Cham people,' he asks his classmates.
- We went out to My Son for a tour of the Cham ruins and again I was struck by the technological advances made so early on, in particular the absolutely immense number of uniform bricks.
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Cartoonist David Horsey calls it "The brave new voice of patriotism", but I suspect he has his tongue firmly glued to the deepest corners of his cheek when he wrote that line. In my opinion, this guy making the phone calls to Democratic Party members is a few cards short of a deck of cards upstairs.
However, once I back off my personal beliefs about the Tea Party members, I am still left with the bad taste that comes from listening to someone who thinks they are quite brilliant, acutely aware of all the issues and has a good command of the King's English. Of course I might burn for this, but one person who quickly comes to mind is Sarah Palin who is making yet another run for public office without really coming out and saying so. She uses innuendo like a sharpened scimitar to lop off the ears of anyone who disagrees with her particular point of view sometimes.
Besides, anyone who consorts with a cross-eyed adder is questionable in certain ways, in my opinion.
Kudos to David Horsey for a good image of the Extreme Right Wingnuts, all done with just one cartoon panel. I'm glad to have him back once again.
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Charles Kidd, an environmental health expert who headed York College in Jamaica from 1996 to 2002, died last week at the age of 76.
Born in Washington, DC, Kidd was the fourth president of York, and returned to the college as a professor during the 2010-11 academic year in the Department of Earth and Physical Sciences. There he brought his considerable scholarship in environmental health to bear.
Following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Kidd, who held a PhD in environmental health science, spearheaded an informative and well-received forum at York on the cause and effects of the devastating event.
"During Dr. Kidd's tenure new academic programs were added and new community partnerships forged," Marcia Keizs, the current president of York College, said in a prepared statement expressing deep sympathies to his family and friends.
"President Kidd extended the college's reach into Far Rockaway to bring that area of our Queens community into the CUNY fold. It was also under his stewardship that the CUNY Aviation Institute at York College was born from a partnership between the college and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey."
Kidd was featured in Ebony magazine, which called him a radioactive hazard control and marine expert, when he was appointed to York. including Most recently, he served as dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Bethune-Cookman University in Florida.
Kidd is survived by his wife, Mary, and five of their seven children. A memorial service for Kidd will be held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 29 at B. Smith's Union Station restaurant at 50 Massachusetts Ave., NE, in Washington, DC.