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My favorite part was when Mrs. Brains put head phones on her stomach in different languages so her baby would know them. I found Mrs. Brains very interesting because before she had her baby she was doing some pretty weird stuff such as putting headphones on her stomach and turning up the volume really loud when the news came on. I think Baby Brains changed in a way because he was a really smart baby and most babies that I know aren't smart. To find out how Baby Brains changed read this book.
I would recommend you this book because it really is a very funny book and Baby Brains is so smart. So if you are in your local library check out this book. I hope you like it.

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I'm Mary Anne Milton, a third grade teacher at President Jefferson Davis Elementry School in Guntown, Mississippi. My class of 36 students meets dayly in the spacious Custodial Memorial Closet to learn the Four Rs: Reading, Riting, Rithmetic, and Rspelling. Additionally, the students gain a mastry of history and the three major branches of science: creation science, intelligent design science, and Jesuscience.
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I hope these articles will demunstrate once and for all that Mississippi's students are among the best-educated in the country.
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By Caitlin J., 8 years old
Aberham Linkin (1809-1856) was the six teeth presstident of the unitid states. Aberham Linkin was a good presstident. He did a lot of good stuff.
South Coast/North Coast Rap War Edit
Aberham Linkin's rivul was Jeffirson Davis. Jeffirson Davis was in charge of Confedirit Recordz, and a Tameea fan. Then Davis did a drive-by Aberham Linkin's house. Aberham Linkin had invited friends to Fort Supper. Aberham Linkin was not happy about the drive-by, some of his friends got hurted. He got mad and started a war with Confedirit Recordz. The war kept going for along time, maybe three weeks, and then quit.
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Aberham Linkin was very happy about the war ending. It gave him warm fuzzies. But then he got killed by a guy. The guy who killed him was John Boot. John Boot didn't like Aberham Linkin. John Boot workeded for Confedirit Recordz. So he shot him, it was on purpis, not like when my mommy shot my daddy in the crots for rasslin with the babby sitter. Mommys got a new daddy.
Update Edit
Aberham Linkin is in heaven now! He freed the slaves
Linkin's Legacy Edit
Aberham Linkin enspired me to rite a peom:
- Roses are red
- Violets are blue
- Linkin freed the slaves
- And now hes dead
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By Caleb F., 8 years old
john effkendee (1917- ) is the 35th president of the united states, he is very poplar, he's been president since 1961
the early years Edit
john effkendee was born on may 29 1917, that makes him really old, like older than jesus, he had a lot of money and bling and went to nice schools and his dad sold booze and stuff even to the knotzees, thats what my granma telled me
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during whirled war ii, john effkendee served as the comander of the tp 90210, when the boat was attacked by ninjas with throwing stars effkendee saved evry crew member carried the boat to shore, unfortunatly he wasnt able to fix the hole in the boat, the crew had to remain on the iland for sevral years, but effkendee made a radio and other cool stuff
politic Edit
when effkendee finaly got off the iland he ran for congress, he won, then he won the senit too and got married to marilyn manson, he wrote a book too but i couldnt read it because it was boring (didnt have picturs) and smellt like my granpa, then he ran for president
the kitten huffing issue Edit
effkendee was the first cataholic president, a cataholic is a person who is addicted to kitten huffing, a lot of protsters in america were worried about effkendee's cataholism, they were conserned that his addiction would cloud his jugment, effkendee proved them wrong by delivering a brillant speech while high on cat fumes, he and his running mate linda johnston easely beat nick dixon in the election of 1960, coloreds and corpses were a big part of his victry
cuban missile crisis Editthe big event of effkendee's presidency was the cuban missile crisis when the dam Please refrain from profanity - Miss Milton commies tried to blow up my uncle's schooldesk, president effkendee responded by going to fiddle castro's house and beating him with a baseball bat, to show that he meant business he buried castro while he was still breathing For the last time, Caleb... Casino is not about the Cuban Missile Crisis!!! - Miss Milton
today Edit
after 46 years, john effkendee is still president, he takes turns with george www.bush.com being president, he is the oldest president in american history, and he is still a practicing cataholic.


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Want to know how much manufacturing contributed to U.S. economic growth in a given quarter? How about educational services?
For the first time, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) will soon start producing on a regular basis quarterly estimates of economic activity generated by 22 industries.
The first quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) by industry report will be released April 25 and will provide information on how these industries fared in the fourth quarter of 2013 as well as how they performed in previous quarters back to the first quarter of 2005. The report will also provide annual statistics for 2013. Previously, BEA published GDP by industry statistics only on an annual basis, so businesses and policymakers had a much longer wait for such information.
The new quarterly statistics will provide a different look at quarterly economic growth. For instance, on March 27, BEA reported that the U.S. economy grew at a 2.6 percent pace in the fourth quarter of 2013. While that GDP report provides a lot of crucial information, the new quarterly GDP by industry report will shed light on whether most industries contributed to the nation's economic growth or whether just a handful of industries accounted for most of it.
The new quarterly statistics also will serve as a better barometer for potential turning points in the U.S. economy and give businesses and policymakers a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the overall economy. For instance, in 2005—during the run up to the great recession—the U.S. economy grew 3.4 percent. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing accounted for 1.3 percentage points of that growth—more than a third. Providing regular, timely updates on how economic growth is distributed across the industries can help policymakers and business leaders identify potential trouble spots in the economy.
BEA officials discussed these new GDP by industry statistics at a data user conference March 11 at BEA.
These new estimates are just one way that BEA is innovating to better measure the 21st Century economy. This year, BEA also will introduce real (inflation-adjusted) estimates of personal income for states and metropolitan areas, along with prototype estimates of quarterly GDP by state and annual consumer spending by state. Providing businesses and individuals with new data tools like these is a priority of the Commerce Department's "Open for Business Agenda."


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A. You're right to start thinking about thanking people as your internship is coming to a close. You can never say "Thank you" too many times or to too many people. Here are a few points to ponder:
- Who to thank: The first thank-you goes to your internship supervisor. Other people who might be on your thank-you list could include co-workers, department heads, volunteer staff, Human Resources, your Career Center counselor or staff members, and any individual who went beyond the call of duty in helping you. For example, the parking lot attendant who made sure you had a convenient parking space or the newsletter editor who interviewed you for a complimentary article in the company publication. You could consider writing a thank-you to the company president, mentioning how much you appreciated your supervisor's excellent guidance. It's a wise move to get your name in front of as many people as possible. And your supervisor will remember you kindly for putting in a good word for him/her.
- How to express thanks: You have many options here, depending on the corporate culture and your own style. A hand-written note is always safe. Do choose simple note cards in white or pastel shades. Double check employee titles, so you don't make any embarrassing errors in addressing the letters, which should always be sent to the office address. However, if you feel more comfortable producing your thank-you notes on a computer, select an informal type face and sign the letter with an ink pen. Use a good cotton or linen stock with matching envelopes rather than standard copy paper. To eliminate the possibility of jealousy, compose all your letters on the same stationery, so you won't be showing favoritism.
- How not to express thanks: An email thank-you might be fine to a friend for cooking a delicious dinner, but it's not a professional statement. Please don't buy cards with pre-printed thank-you messages inside and then just sign your name. It's much more meaningful to write a personal message yourself, naming specific ways in which that person helped you. You may not have much time to write thank-you notes but do refrain from sending general thank-you letters addressed to "To Whom It May Concern," or "Hi Everyone," or "Hey Guys." Don't wait too long to express thanks—try to finish your thank-you notes and distribute them by your last day, saving postage and ensuring that they reach the right person.
- Other ways to say thanks: You could bring home-made cookies or pick up donuts or a special snack for your office mates on your last day. If your supervisor has been exceptional, you may want to offer to take him/her to lunch on your last day or after your internship ends as a way to stay in touch. If you wanted to do something special for your supervisor, you could buy him/her a book, a coffee mug from your school, or a small gift. However, keep the cost to a minimum.


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As a highlight of the yearlong celebration for the school's 150th Anniversary, Our Mother of Consolation Parish School is pleased to announce the Inaugural Class for the OMC Parish School Hall of Fame.
Inductees for the 2013 class include: Fr. John F. Casey, O.S.A (posthumous), The Honorable Armand Della Porta, Timothy and Marianne Dwyer, Margaret "Peggy" Hendrie, Timothy Hughes, Jeff Idler, Sr. Marcelline Marie Jones, SSJ (posthumous), Mrs. Marie Reinhart Jones (posthumous), Miss Mary Murray (posthumous) and Sr. Marie Rein, SSJ. (Marie Reinhart Jones was the editor of the Chestnut Hill Local from 1972 to 2000)
These honorees have contributed to the school as teachers, pastors, parents, students and parishioners. The induction into the Hall of Fame will take place at the School's annual Spring Soiree on Saturday, April 20, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, 815 Thomas Rd in Lafayette Hill. In addition to the Hall of Fame induction, the evening includes cocktails, dinner, an auction, and a raffle for tuition credit to the school of the winner's choice. All proceeds benefit Our Mother of Consolation Parish School.
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If you'll forgive the metaphor, the shootout described this week by the editors at pickuptrucks.com may say more about the automaker/gunslingers themselves than the effectiveness of their chosen hardware.
The semiregular shootout is a competition between the latest half-ton pickups from Ford, General Motors, Chrysler Group, Toyota and Nissan.
The Web site's editors designed the challenges with which they would task the pickups and then wrote in detail about the results. Some of the results were purely objective -- such as a timed race up a steep incline -- while others required subjective opinions from the judges on items such as interior refinement.
When the smoke had cleared, the top-line results were thus: the Ford F-150 XLT, followed by the Ram 1500 SLT Big Horn, then the GMC Sierra 1500 SLE Z71, all separated by less than one percent of the total points available.
The Chevy Silverado 1500 LT Z71 finished in fourth place but was still well ahead of the Toyota Tundra SR5 and the last-place Nissan Titan Pro-4X. All the pickups tested were from the 2013 model year except the GM entrants, which were 2014s.
By nature, not all the pickups tested were equal. The Web site asked each automaker to provide a four-door 4x4 pickup for the shootout that cost less than $45,000 with shipping, and they complied.
What trim-level pickup to send was up to each automaker -- but because they came with different gear ratios and tires, some were better equipped to handle some tests than others. See, for example, how differently the GMC fared from the nearly identical Chevy Silverado.
One thing that caught my eye was a discrepancy between the "Payload and Towing" challenge -- a math exercise that relies on numbers supplied by the manufacturers -- and the hill climb test.
The F-150 won the math portion of the test, with the Ram in a distant last place. But when it came time to climb the 7.2-degree hill, both loaded and unloaded, the Ram 1500 beat the Ford and other entrants by a considerable margin.
Pickuptrucks.com editor Mark Williams provided a suitable explanation: Wild cards such as traction control sensitivity and sophistication enter into the equation, as does the fact that Ford's F-150 came equipped with its max tow package, which helped on the math.
I won't pretend to be an expert in pickups as is Mark Williams, but I do know that pickups represent an outsized share of the Detroit automakers' quarterly profits.
This six-way shootout shows just how tight the ongoing battle for pickup supremacy already is and how furiously each automaker will endeavor to stay in this fight.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
A Surprise Birthday Cake (Black Berry Cheesecake)
Since she's staying nearby, I surprise her by sending the cake over in the morning once she wakes! And a birthday song was sang while she's still in her pyjamas...lol!
This is a cheese cake which was my 1st attempt. Luckily it turns out nicely or else....stress!!
A Blackberry Cheese Cake by Kevin Chai. Love the taste of the blackberry mixed with the cream cheese...yum yum!
Layered of vanilla sponges was added, and the result is perfect! Somehow the sponges can be avoided if you like a more cheesy cake.
Recipe adapted from the book Cheese Cake with Kevin Chai but with my own version of vanilla sponge and some changes from the original recipe.
Ingredients for Vanilla Sponge:
250g eggs (weigh without shells)
110 sugar
125g plain flour
50ml water
2 tsps emulsifier
1 tsp vanilla
60g melted butter
~ Whisk all the ingredients except melted butter at high speed until light and fluffy.
~ Then fold in melted butter and bake in a 9" square tin lined with parchment paper for 40-45 mins at 180'C. Cool and sliced into 2.
Ingredients for the Cheese:
350g cream cheese
115g sugar
120g black berries (blended)
1 tbsp gelatine powder
3 tbps water
350g whipping cream (lightly whipped)
~ Beat cream cheese with sugar until smooth, stir in blended black berries.
~ Melt gelatine powder with water over simmering water. Stir into cheese mixture. Then fold in whipped cream.
~ Place a slice of vanilla sponge into a 8" square loose base tin. Spread in half of the berry cheese mixture. Cover with another sponge cake. Top with remaining berry cheese mixture and smooth the top.
~ Chilled in fridge for over night. Remove cake and decorate as desired.
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I like the idea of adding vanilla sponge in between... thks for sharing the recipe ^_^ReplyDelete
Yeah! Happy Birthday Grace! Lovely lovely blackberry cheesecake Reese! I could not have not it any better. The sponge looks soft & the creamy cheese layer....drool!! Now I am driving in the car & bringing my dad's birthday cake to the restaurant while commenting, hahaha! Will show u later. :))ReplyDelete
Ohhhh... mana beli itu blackberry?ReplyDelete
Cold Storage?
I've seen some growing in Camerons, how I wish I can cabut one tree back and plant here. LOL.
~ neyeeloh, seems like I'm not the only one..;pReplyDelete
~ Bee Bee, you driving while commenting? Hey, I'm still waiting for your cake!!! haha...it must be a very good one...can't wait!
~ Wendy, I got it from the shopping mall near my place. I think cold storage also will have.
your cake looks yummy! i can imagine it having the melt in your mouth texture mmmReplyDelete
Thank you Jean..:)ReplyDelete
this looks great, your lucky friend :)ReplyDelete
Hi Reese,ReplyDelete
I followed your recipe for a birthday cum valentine cake for my hubby. It turned out well, thanks a lot!
Hi litehomebake,ReplyDelete
Glad you like it..:) I also baked one yesterday with this recipe but with strawberries. It turn out great too.


text: Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation in Illinois, 1999-2002 (ICPSR 4126) Version Date: May 23, 2012 View help for published Cite this study | Share this page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn × Citation Riger, Stephanie, and Staggs, Susan. Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation in Illinois, 1999-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-05-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04126.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Stephanie Riger, University of Illinois at Chicago; Susan Staggs, University of Illinois at Chicago https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04126.v1 Version V1 Analyze Online Slide tabs to view more At A Glance Data & Documentation Variables Data-related Publications Export Metadata Staff Project Description Summary View help for Summary The first goal of this study was to identify the incidence of partner violence among Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients over a three-year period. The second goal of this study was to examine the impact of partner violence on women's labor force participation over time. A final goal of this research was to explore the short and longer-term consequences of victimization on women's employment and economic well-being, as well as their physical and mental health. This study used the first three years of data from the Illinois Families Study (IFS). The first of the annual surveys was administered between November 1999 and September 2000, the second between February 2001 and September 2001, and the third between February 2002 and September 2002. The three data files contain very similar information including such items as a household roster, housing and neighborhood characteristics, employment, literacy and skills, parenting, and children. There is also information related to the respondent's history, health, self-efficacy, life events, experiences with domestic violence, civic participation and social support, income resources, and experiences with welfare. The Part 1 (Wave 1 Data) data file contains 1,323 cases and 942 variables. The Part 2 (Wave 2 Data) data file contains 1,183 cases and 763 variables. The Part 3 (Wave 3 Data) data file contains 1,072 cases and 778 variables. Additional information about the Illinois Families Study (IFS) is available on the IFS Web site. Citation View help for Citation Riger, Stephanie, and Staggs, Susan. Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation in Illinois, 1999-2002. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-05-23. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04126.v1 Export Citation: RIS (generic format for RefWorks, EndNote, etc.) EndNote Funding View help for Funding United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. National Institute of Justice (2001-WT-BX-0002) Subject Terms View help for Subject Terms employment health status intimate partner violence job history mental health violence against women welfare reform Geographic Coverage View help for Geographic Coverage United States Illinois Restrictions View help for Restrictions Access to these data is restricted. Users interested in obtaining these data must complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement, specify the reasons for the request, and obtain IRB approval or notice of exemption for their research. Distributor(s) View help for Distributor(s) Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Scope of Project Time Period(s) View help for Time Period(s) 1999 -- 2000 (Part 1: November 1999--September 2000), 2001 (Part 2: February 2001--September 2001), 2002 (Part 3: February 2002--September 2002) Date of Collection View help for Date of Collection 1999 -- 2000 (Part 1: November 1999--September 2000), 2001 (Part 2: February 2001--September 2001), 2002 (Part 3: February 2002--September 2002) Data Collection Notes View help for Data Collection Notes Data for this project came from the Illinois Families Study (IFS), Dan A. Lewis, Principal Investigator, Northwestern University. In addition to support from the National Institute of Justice, the first three years of the project were made possible by the Joyce Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Woods Fund of Chicago, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Polk Bros. Foundation, the Searle Fund, the Illinois Board of Higher Education, the Administration for Children and Families, and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The project received additional support from the United States Department of Education, and the Illinois Department of Human Services. Researchers from multiple institutions in Illinois (Northwestern University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northern Illinois University, and Roosevelt University) participated in the Illinois Families Study. The principal investigator of this project was also a co-investigator of the IFS. Users are encouraged to refer to the report for an analysis of the effects of administration as well as changes in the screening protocol and measure of intimate partner violence at Wave 3. Users should note that the technical report for this study indicates that 1,311 respondents were used for analysis in the Wave 1 data but the data file (Part 1) contains 1,323 cases. ICPSR was unable to ascertain the reason for this apparent discrepancy. Methodology Study Purpose View help for Study Purpose This project examined the impact of intimate partner violence on labor force participation of current and former welfare recipients and determined whether change in welfare status affected violence levels. This study sought to identify the incidence of partner violence among recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) over a three-year period, to examine the impact of partner violence on women's labor force participation over time, and to explore the short and longer-term consequences of victimization on the women's employment and economic well-being, as well as their physical and mental health. Specifically, the goals were to: (1) assess the impact of violence on employment over time while controlling for other factors (such as ethnicity, physical and mental health, household composition, childcare, and transportation) that may also be related to violence and employment, and (2) examine whether change in women's self-sufficiency (e.g., through loss of welfare and/or onset of employment) affects levels of violence. Overall, the study examined how violence, the demands of the mother role, and other work-related factors affect work stability, defined for the purposes of the study as the percentage of months women worked during a three-year period, among women on public assistance. This is one of the first studies to look simultaneously at a number of factors that may influence how mothers on public assistance sustain employment over a long period of time. Study Design View help for Study Design This study used the first three years of data from the Illinois Families Study (IFS), a six-year longitudinal study of welfare recipients. The first of the annual surveys was administered between November 1999 and September 2000, the second between February 2001 and September 2001, and the third between February 2002 and September 2002. A letter from the project staff was initially used to recruit respondents during the first year of this longitudinal study. A toll-free number for contacting the project was established to address any initial questions and concerns. Subsequent recruitment was conducted by telephone and if unsuccessful, in-person. At all points of contact, sample members were informed that their decision to participate was voluntary. Subjects were asked to sign an informed consent form at the time of the Wave 1 interview. Additional consent was obtained at the end of the Wave 1 interview, after rapport had been established between the interviewer and respondent. Nearly all interviews were conducted in person, usually in the respondent's home, unless respondents preferred an alternate location (e.g., a local restaurant or their work place). The interview lasted approximately 70 minutes, and the respondent received a 30 dollar money order after completion of the interview. For the small number of interviews conducted by telephone (e.g., with respondents who had moved out of state), care was taken to schedule the interview for a time convenient (and safe) for the respondent. In response to a concern that women would be more likely to disclose abuse if they completed questionnaires rather than responding verbally to an interviewer, the study varied the way the abuse items were administered across waves. At Wave 1, interviewers orally posed the questions. Interviewers then wrote down the participant's answers. At Wave 2, participants were randomly assigned to one of two administration modes: the traditional interview mode used at Wave 1 or a self-report mode. After completing the interview, women assigned to the self-report group privately completed written questionnaires about their experiences of intimate partner violence. Women in the interview group responded orally to interviewer questions about abuse as they had at Wave 1. At Wave 3, all women completed written questionnaires. The average length of time between the 2001 and 2002 surveys was approximately 12 months, with a range from 7 to 18 months. These differing intervals between interviews should be kept in mind when interpreting the "changes" between survey waves. Such differences mean shorter or longer "risk" or "exposure" periods. In other words, respondents may have longer (or shorter) time periods for certain events to occur (e.g., getting a job, losing a job, getting married, giving birth, etc.) compared with other respondents. In the Wave 1 survey, questions were asked about the current month or the "previous 12 months," while in the second and third waves, the same questions were asked about the current month or the time period "since the last interview." Although the "reference" time periods are not consistent across surveys, most respondents were interviewed reasonably close to 1 year after their initial survey, and three-quarters received their second interview within 8 to 16 months after their first interview. Measures included assessment of intimate partner violence, income and number of months employed, and other health and human capital variables. Measures were taken from other studies of welfare populations when possible so that results in Illinois could be compared with those in other states. Sample View help for Sample Nine Illinois counties (including cities and towns of varying sizes and demographic makeup) were selected for the study: Cook (Chicago and suburbs), St. Clair (East St. Louis and Suburbs), Peoria, Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Woodford, Tazewell, and Stark. Combined, these nine counties represented over 75 percent of the Illinois Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) caseload in 1998. Cook and St. Clair counties represented the counties with the largest shares of TANF recipients in Illinois. Peoria County represented the third largest share of TANF recipients in the state and encompassed smaller urban areas. Peoria was not intended to be representative of other counties with small and mid-size cities. However, the selection of a different county would not have improved the ability to make generalizations about other similar size counties. As a smaller county Peoria's inclusion was important because of the hypothesized differences in the existence, access, and quality of services and supports for recipients transitioning from welfare to work between large urban areas and smaller urban areas. Combined, the six counties surrounding Peoria County represented approximately two percent of the state's welfare caseload. When the six Peoria ring counties were compared (as a group) to all other counties with populations less than 100,000 in the state, there were minimal differences across a number of welfare caseload characteristics, with the exception of the welfare caseload racial composition. Other small counties in Illinois were more than twice as likely to have African-American welfare recipients as the Peoria ring counties. The participant sample was drawn using a stratified random sampling design based on two geographic areas: Cook County and the remainder of the state. For the Illinois Families Study, about 937 cases per stratum or 1,874 total cases were randomly selected. Within each stratum, a systematic sample with a random start was selected from the available cases. To achieve greater precision in the sample results, the cases were sorted by various demographic and service variables (including race/ethnicity, marital status, age, and duration of TANF receipt) before actual sampling from each stratum to achieve "implicit" stratification of the sample. This sampling strategy ensured sufficient sample sizes within smaller counties, enabling comparisons between a large metropolitan area and smaller regions with different labor market characteristics and different community supports providing important information about differential impacts of welfare reform. Additionally, since it is not uncommon for recipients to lose their cash welfare benefits for one month only to have their benefits reinstated in the following month, selecting sample members from a single month would have resulted in a slight under-representation of families that temporarily had their benefits suspended. Because the project was interested in how a loss or reduction in benefits affects families, the project overcame any bias in representation stemming from "administrative churning" of the welfare caseload by using a "rolling" sample: 625 sample members were randomly selected from 3 consecutive months of the state's welfare caseload. When the sample was drawn in 1998, all respondents were receiving public assistance. But by November, 1999, when the first wave of interviews began, only about half of the participants were receiving public assistance. By the time of the third interview, only about 10 percent of the sample relied on public assistance as their sole income support while another 10 percent combined both work and welfare. About 60 percent of the sample was working for pay (and not receiving welfare) while over 20 percent of the sample neither worked for pay nor received welfare. Time Method View help for Time Method Longitudinal: Panel, Longitudinal Universe View help for Universe Women who had received welfare in Illinois in 1998. Unit(s) of Observation View help for Unit(s) of Observation individual Data Source View help for Data Source Data for this project came from the Illinois Families Study (IFS), Dan A. Lewis, Principal Investigator, Northwestern University. Method of Data Collection View help for Method of Data Collection survey data Mode of Data Collection View help for Mode of Data Collection face-to-face interview self-enumerated questionnaire telephone interview Description of Variables View help for Description of Variables Variables in Part 1 (Wave 1 Data) include a household roster and housing and neighborhood characteristics. Respondents were asked a series of questions related to employment including current employment, recent employment for those not currently working, and job search and training. There is also information related to literacy and skills, parenting, and children, including the health, education and child care situation for any children. Respondents also provided information related to their history and background, health and mental health, including such things as depression, alcohol use, and drug use. There is also data related to the respondent's self-efficacy, life events, and experiences with domestic violence. Respondents also reported on their civic participation and social support, income resources, and experiences with welfare. Part 2 (Wave 2 Data) contains much of the same information as Part 1 but asked "since the first interview". The data include the addition of family member housing moves. Part 3 (Wave 3 Data) also contains much of the same information as the previous data parts. Concerned about the low prevalence of abuse in the sample when compared with other welfare samples, researchers changed the screening protocol and the abuse measures at Wave 3 in the hope that they would more accurately capture rates of intimate partner violence in the sample. The study asked about lifetime abuse at Waves 1 and 3. At Wave 2, respondents were asked about abuse that had occurred between Waves 1 and 2. Reporting of work/school abuse was especially low at Waves 1 and 2, which prompted a change in screening protocol for the Work/School Abuse Scale. At Waves 1 and 2, researchers assessed whether participants had experienced any work- or school-related abuse with two screening questions. Only women who endorsed a screening item were asked the work/school abuse items. At Wave 3, researchers eliminated the screening questions and administered the Work/School Abuse scale to all participants. Researchers also changed the way they measured intimate partner violence at Wave 3. For Waves 1 and 2, they used a 21-item index of abuse using items from the Massachusetts Mothers Study (MMS; Allard, et al., 1997) and the Women's Experience with Battering (WEB; Smith, et al., 1995) scales. At Wave 3, researchers used 8 items from Waves 1 and 2 and added items from the Women's Employment Study, a similar study of women on welfare in Michigan (WES; Danziger, et al., 2000). Response Rates View help for Response Rates The response rate was 72.4 percent for Wave 1. Of those interviewed at Wave 1, 87 percent were interviewed at Wave 2. Of the latter group, 91 percent were interviewed at Wave 3. Presence of Common Scales View help for Presence of Common Scales All questions in the interview were drawn from previously validated and reliability-tested questionnaires, including the New Hope Study (Bos, et al., 1999), the Women's Employment Study (Danziger et al., 2000), the Children, Families, and Welfare Reform Multi-City Study (Winston, et al., 1999), the Massachusetts Mothers Study (MMS; Allard, et al., 1997) and the Women's Experience with Battering (WEB; Smith, et al., 1995) scales. Questions about intimate partner violence were from the Conflict-Tactics Scale, adapted and used by other studies of welfare recipients, and from a validated scale of work and school harassment (Riger, et al., 2000). Many of these measures have been used in other welfare reform impact studies, affording comparisons with other regions and study sites. The survey instrument was pre-tested on 15 subjects with the opportunity for pilot respondents to comment on their understanding of the questions. Version(s) Original Release Date View help for Original Release Date 2012-05-23 Version History View help for Version History 2018-02-15 The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. The previous citation was: Riger, Stephanie, and Susan Staggs. Impact of Intimate Partner Violence on Women's Labor Force Participation in Illinois, 1999-2002. ICPSR04126-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2012-05-23. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR04126.v1 2012-05-23 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:Created variable labels and/or value labels.Standardized missing values.Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes. Analysis Information Weight View help for Weight Because the IFS sample was disproportionately drawn from eight non-Cook (Chicago) counties to ensure sufficient numbers of respondents in smaller urban and rural areas, the data were weighted statistically to reflect the correct proportions of public assistance recipients in the combined regions. Weights were developed to adjust for differences between the composition of the sample and the composition of the universe. The primary weights include base weights, non-response adjustment weights, and panel weights. The base weight is the reciprocal of the selection probability specific to the sampling stratum. The base weights were adjusted to compensate for the effects of non-response. Researchers developed these non-response adjustment weights within cells defined by known characteristics of respondents and non-respondents from the database. Researchers also developed panel weights for the follow-up interviews. These weights were necessary to compensate for the differences in non-response rates across the panels. Weights to adjust for attrition from the study in Wave 2 and subsequent waves were also developed. The non-response weights were constructed using sampling frame data on several key factors, including employment, welfare use, food stamp receipt, Medicaid enrollment, and a range of demographic factors. To adjust for attrition between survey waves, the same method that was used to adjust for non-response in 1999-2000 and 2001 was applied to adjust for non-response in 2002 (using administrative data from the original sampling frame, as well as a wide range of survey data from 2001). These non-response adjustment weights, in conjunction with the base weights that correct for the stratification design, were applied to the final 2002 sample. Notes The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution. One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more. The citation of this study may have changed due to the new version control system that has been implemented. This dataset is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD), the criminal justice archive within ICPSR. NACJD is primarily sponsored by three agencies within the U.S. Department of Justice: the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.


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Martinez expects tough Crystal Palace test
Everton manager Roberto Martinez is expecting a difficult game against Crystal Palace as his side push to secure fourth place.
Martinez's men host Palace at Goodison Park on Wednesday as Everton aim to earn a UEFA Champions League berth for the first time since 2005, when they were knocked out before the group stages.
The Merseyside club leapfrogged Arsenal into fourth with a 1-0 win at Sunderland on Saturday, although Arsene Wenger's charges can regain that place and put the pressure on Everton by beating West Ham on Tuesday.
Everton will be heavy favourites to take all three points against relegation-threatened Palace, having reached 66 points - their highest ever Premier League tally - and made it seven league wins in a row at Sunderland.
Martinez's team can secure a 10th straight home win in all competitions with success against Palace but, while the Spaniard is relishing the atmosphere at Goodison Park, he is wary of a visiting side who head into the game on the back of three consecutive victories.
"I'm excited about it," Martinez told Evertontv. "The welcome the players are going to have in front of our fans is going to be special.
"We've got the highest Premier League points tally in the club's history and I think the players deserve that sort of welcome.
"It's going to be a really difficult game and we need to be well rested and well prepared.
"And we need that support, because Crystal Palace are one of the toughest sides in the division in terms of their defensive focus and how good they are in their defensive intensity."


text: Today's Reading Bible Gateway Posted on July 10, 2018 by Child Of God View today's reading at Bible Gateway Job 41-42 41 "Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook or tie down its tongue with a rope? 2 Can you put a cord through its nose or pierce its jaw with a hook? 3 Will it keep begging you for mercy? Will it speak to you with gentle words? 4 Will it make an agreement with you for you to take it as your slave for life? 5 Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house? 6 Will traders barter for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants? 7 Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears? 8 If you lay a hand on it, you will remember the struggle and never do it again! 9 Any hope of subduing it is false; the mere sight of it is overpowering. 10 No one is fierce enough to rouse it. Who then is able to stand against me? 11 Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me. 12 "I will not fail to speak of Leviathan's limbs, its strength and its graceful form. 13 Who can strip off its outer coat? Who can penetrate its double coat of armor? 14 Who dares open the doors of its mouth, ringed about with fearsome teeth? 15 Its back has rows of shields tightly sealed together; 16 each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. 17 They are joined fast to one another; they cling together and cannot be parted. 18 Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the rays of dawn. 19 Flames stream from its mouth; sparks of fire shoot out. 20 Smoke pours from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. 21 Its breath sets coals ablaze, and flames dart from its mouth. 22 Strength resides in its neck; dismay goes before it. 23 The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm and immovable. 24 Its chest is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. 25 When it rises up, the mighty are terrified; they retreat before its thrashing. 26 The sword that reaches it has no effect, nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin. 27 Iron it treats like straw and bronze like rotten wood. 28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones are like chaff to it. 29 A club seems to it but a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance. 30 Its undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. 31 It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment. 32 It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had white hair. 33 Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear. 34 It looks down on all that are haughty; it is king over all that are proud." Job 42 Then Job replied to the Lord: 2 "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. 4 "You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' 5 My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." Epilogue 7 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has." 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job's prayer. 10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. 12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers. 16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years. New International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Acts 16:22-40 22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods. 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once all the prison doors flew open, and everyone's chains came loose. 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul shouted, "Don't harm yourself! We are all here!" 29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 He then brought them out and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" 31 They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household." 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household. 35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: "Release those men." 36 The jailer told Paul, "The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace." 37 But Paul said to the officers: "They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens, and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out." 38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed. 39 They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city. 40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia's house, where they met with the brothers and sisters and encouraged them. Then they left. New International Version (NIV)Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Bible Gateway Share this:ShareEmailSkypeFacebookGoogleTwitterWhatsAppLinkedInPinterestRedditLike this:Like Loading... 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City of Lincoln
Mayor's Office
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"I am very pleased to celebrate the expansion of Novartis," said Mayor Coleen J. Seng on the announcement by Novartis that it will expand its plant and add 100 professional jobs. Mayor Seng is co-chair of the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development. "I am especially pleased that this manufacturing expansion signals the firm's commitment to Lincoln as a great place to do business." Lincoln provides water and wastewater services to the Novartis plant.
"Novartis recognizes the power of the 'L' Factor," said Seng. "We have already had conversations with Novartis about their needs, and I am committed to helping them continue to add jobs and expand here. The Lincoln area truly is the 'community of opportunity.' Lincoln is a vibrant, exciting city with good services, great schools, clean air and a low crime rate. The quality of life and the quality of our workforce are second to none. Novartis has been a good corporate citizen for more than 40 years in Lincoln. We welcome the addition of about 100 new professional scientific and manufacturing jobs at the plant.
"I continue to encourage everyone to boast about Lincoln and Lancaster County every day because we have a lot to be proud of. Lincoln ranks high on the Forbes magazine list of places for business and high on the Expansion Magazine list of best places in the U.S. to locate a company."


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Pressed for Time: Randall Grahm among the barrels where Bonny Doon wine is bottled in Santa Cruz.
A King Without a Kingdom
In Bonny Doon's 25th year, trickster Randall Grahm gives up puns for the biodynamic revolution and makes a serious bid for his legacy
By Christina Waters
RANDALL GRAHM has been called many things: Rhône Ranger, marketing Svengali, punster extraordinaire. Over the last quarter-century, the lanky, long-haired trickster-winemaker has reinvented himself enough times to make even Madonna blush.
After switching his attention to a handful of Italian varietals, Grahm went on to unleash dozens of proprietary styles, each with its own satirical label. To the high-end syrahs for which he was lauded, he added a low-end line with controversial screw-top closures. By the end of the last century, oenophiles were dizzy from all the spin Grahm inflected upon his postmodern empire. But he kept up the pace. And just when the empire had ballooned, some said, out of control, Grahm pulled off yet another transformation.
As if to exorcize the lees of his youthful, "gonzo" winemaking style, Grahm radically cut back his operation last year—from 450,000 cases to 35,000 cases—sold off the popular low-end Big House and Cardinal Zin series and jettisoned the Pacific Rim Riesling brand to the Pacific Northwest. He retired three-quarters of his employees. Maintaining production of the flagship "Cigare" series largely from sourced grapes, Grahm, viticulturist Nicole Walsh and associate winemaker Jillian Johnson are focusing on a handful of estate wines made from the Ca' del Solo property near Soledad.
"Randall was born to project delight—to make people happy," observes John Locke, Bonny Doon Vineyard's marketing director for 17 years. "But there's also his Krakatoa and Vesuvius side—the need to create, destroy and then start anew."
This choice Nietzschean analogy sheds some light on the visionary modus operandi of Bonny Doon's "president-for-life." Having jettisoned his signature prankster approach to varietals, labels and sales, Grahm is now reining in his former oeno-omnivore tendencies for a narrower, purer branding motif. "Purity of heart is to swill one thing," Grahm has frequently punned on the Kierkegaardian mantra. Only now he means it. Again.
The determination to will one thing—at least for the moment—has propelled Randall Grahm down this newest path. Like the hunt for a definitive New World pinot noir, laden with unique, site-specific terroir. Biodynamic vineyards currently fueling Grahm's elegant Ca' del Solo wines might guarantee the purity part.
But one more crucial piece is needed—an estate vineyard capable of yielding such a prize. A vineyard worthy of the rest of Grahm's professional life.
Doon-sizing the Empire
"I truly believe this. To make great wine, one must throw away the idea of making a profit," Grahm recently pronounced. "Pac Rim, Big House, all those were amusing. But it was like being in college too long. Enough already!"
Tightening his corporate belt, Grahm says, "I've given myself a kick in the butt. Where you do things is important—I need to find my own terroir. I need to feel at home."
That quest is made all the more urgent by the presence of a new family, especially his exuberant daughter Amélie, 5. She is helping drive what he calls "a different metric—it's about having the life I want to have." Legacy is always on his mind.
Donning his philosopher's hat, Grahm muses, "Wine knowledge is a road. Many people stop at certain points on that road—with New World wines, for example. They are easy to pronounce, immediately likeable. But if you go further—it's a story, but you want to go further—you'll find amazing wines, like the 2005 burgundies."
Ah, there's the rub again—burgundy, the fabled wine powered by the sacred pinot noir grape. The grape that has eluded Grahm since those earliest days of winemaking on his own property in the Santa Cruz Mountains. "He literally trucked in hundreds of tons of limestone," recalls longtime colleague and wine educator Jason Brandt Lewis, "to try to create the right conditions for pinot noir." But the site proved too warm, too Mediterranean, to produce the pinot of his dreams, and so Grahm turned to other grapes, other styles, and the proliferation of the Bonny Doon brand began.
Photograph by Felipe Buitrago
Risky Business
"It's presumptuous to set out to make a 'great wine,'" Grahm told me last month. "If I can only succeed in interesting wine, then I'll be happy. If I could only make good-but-banal wine—no!"
Taking the biodynamic gamble, Grahm is now focused on a few charismatic wines." I want to feel that I've done my best. I'm taking chances—in fact more chances than ever. This is risky," he says of his latest biodynamic line. The risk, he explains, is "that nobody will buy the wine. The risk is that it will end up being far more costly than I can possibly recoup."
Such risks, in the analysis of Lewis, are calibrated upon the current glut of highly rated wines on the market. Lewis sold wines with Grahm in the Wine Merchant days, and the two remained friends after moving to Santa Cruz.
"Back in the early '80s, we all knew all the other winemakers—it was a smaller community. We tried to help each other," Lewis says. "Now it's cut-throat. The advent of the 100-point system triggered a feeding frenzy of competition. Even 90 points is not as good as it once was."
Lewis believes "no journalist is going to waste a column on wine that is just 'really good.' Really good is just not good enough."
"Randall was taken very seriously when he started," recalls Locke. "[Robert] Parker called him 'a national treasure,' and said of the Cigare Volant that it was not only new, it was great."
The current executive editor of Wine Spectator, Thomas Matthews, agrees. "Randall has been an important figure in California's embrace of new grapes and new wine regions. We applaud his curiosity, his willingness to take risks and his ability to make good wines from many grapes and in many different styles," said Matthews. "It may be that his restlessness has sometimes worked against him. Making outstanding wines generally requires patient application."
Matthews explains what he means. "Randall has added and dropped grape varieties, vineyard sources and even whole lines of wine." Grahm himself even describes the "old Bonny Doon," in his March tasting notes, as "a venue for exceptionally wacky marketing initiatives."
Outskirts of Eden
Grahm has been characterized as a cross between Shiva—the Hindu god of destruction and creation—and the Marx Brothers. Grahm's virtuoso parodies of mondo vino poohbahs managed to get the once-precocious maverick kicked out of celebrity paradise.
"He alienated a lot of people," Locke admits. Grahm himself bemoans this exile. But how many renegades grow up to regret their youthful excess?
"There was a sense of us not being serious—people still don't know that we're serious. They treat me like an icon," he fumes. "But I'm not dead yet."
Others, like acclaimed Ridge Vineyards wine maestro Paul Draper, applaud Grahm's impetuousity. "His humor has been the greatest of gifts to an all-too-serious industry, as has the erudition on which it is so often based. He is one of the most creative of winemakers and wine marketers," Draper says.
"You need third-party endorsement," says Grahm. "And in this country, that means Wine Spectator and Robert Parker." Grahm believes that he has "totally alienated them—they either see me as a maverick, or an asshole."
Parker, the über wine arbiter whose approval can guarantee a winemaker's fortune, declined to address his opinion of Grahm. Wine Spectator's editor put it diplomatically. "I wouldn't say he has 'alienated' Wine Spectator, but since Randall appeared on our cover (in the April 15, 1989, issue), California has exploded with new wineries," Matthewss pointed out.
And that too has accounted for some of Grahm's professional doldrums. "I think I compromised the brand by making so many different wines, and so many less expensive wines," he admits. Much like the Internet syndrome in which the glut of digitized information overwhelms the consumer's ability to process, so the expanding world wine web renders absurd any attempt to sort through all the product. Ergo, to the newcomer goes the spotlight.
Too Much Too Soon
"To be great, you have to have data, experience and talent," contends Grahm's associate John Locke. "Randall has all that, plus a Promethean imagination."
He also had fame. "Like a movie star suddenly vaulted to rock-stardom," recalls Lewis, "Randall got this amazing success. And while he didn't change, everything around him changed. His focus was always on small, but it got huge. It was no longer in his control." Lewis notes that California's "star system" of winemakers means that once you're on top, "if you slip in numbers, or in points, you're history." Grahm had to keep competing with himself. "Also some of the wines weren't as good as others," Lewis believes. "Very good, but not always great."
Locke agrees with this overall analysis. "The way it became just wasn't sustainable. We were goofing around too much," Locke admits." He spent too much time doing too many things—it probably did distract from the wine itself."
Paul Draper applauds Grahm's restless experimentation. Calling Grahm "an old friend," Draper believes that, "as much as he loves the idea of terroir, I suspect he would be bored to tears if his creativity were limited to insuring that the character of a great terroir was carried through into the wine year after year after year. "
The Biodynamic Turn
In 2003 Grahm began serious explorations into biodynamic viticulture, convening seminars, gathering experts and hiring French biodynamic expert Phillipe Coderey to oversee grape management, and he began converting the Ca' del Solo vineyard to biodynamic glory. "The new revolution will be in the vineyard," Grahm wrote that same year, and immediately began romancing lighter alcohol, mineral-intensive wines, of which the very first to be Demeter–certified were released this year.
"The choice to go biodynamic," Locke believes, "wasn't necessarily a tactical choice, but it was a happy one." In Locke's expert judgment, this choice not only helps place the winemaker/farmer back within the entire biodynamic loop, it creates arguably superior results. "These wines are alive," contends Grahm's associate winemaker Jillian Johnson, "unlike those made in the agrichemical style."
If his longtime colleague Locke is right and what Grahm needs now is "focus," the man himself contends that his focus has never strayed from the temperamental grape of Burgundy.
"Pinot noir is indeed always on my mind, and is in fact my most pressing viticultural ambition," he told me recently. "The problem of course is that finding a great pinot site in the New World is bloody difficult, if not nearly impossible." Grahm knows the score.
"If you find a climatically very cool area, plant on very dense spacing (meter by meter), irrigate artfully and do a few other things right like keeping your yield down, you may produce a simulacrum of burgundy, for which you will have to charge two to three times what a comparable burgundy might cost. But at the end of the day, it is still but a facsimile." Grahm finds it "far more interesting to think about how one might produce a truly original pinot noir, one that could not be produced in Burgundy." In other words, a wine that expresses the unique terroir of this here and now.
Terroir, Baby, Terroir
How hard can this be? You grab a checkbook, bring your vineyard consultant, hop in the Citröen and drive around until the feng shui feels right. Not quite. The quest for a new estate vineyard is fraught with complex issues. Zoning, environmental impact, climate, soil, the market, the ungodly expense of land anywhere near the Bay Area. "He wants to stay in Santa Cruz," Johnson believes, "but there aren't many places here that would work—and there are so many restrictions."
Nicole Walsh, winegrower for the Ca' del Solo vineyard, saw a huge change in Grahm once the biodynamic decision was made. "He really focused on the vineyard. Whatever is inspiring for him at the time, he goes deeply into it—he's the most experimental, outside-the-box person I've ever met," she laughs. "Now it's a constant quest to grow grapes better, to be close to the vineyard. It's really a whole new identity."
With Ca' del Solo vineyard purring along with biodynamic white grapes, Grahm knows that it's crucial to locate the right vineyard to yield terroir-expressive red wines. But he's asking for a lot. Such a dream vineyard must offer "a perfect congruence between the objective factors," such as geology, limestone, rainfall, "and the hauntingly compelling subjective features." Grahm is looking for "a landscape that feels like home"—a personal sense of terroir that can yield a professional triumph. In other words, winemaking perfection.
"Randall's perfection thing," cautions Locke, "might be the biggest impediment to his future."
Full Doon Rising
"I'm not setting the world on fire right now," Grahm admits, lips pursed, eyes squinting thoughtfully. "I'm meeting new distributors, training their staff; I'm shlepping wine. My God, I'm doing the things I did 20 years ago! This is my baby—I have to preserve it and keep it going."
Indeed, he is. There are loud rumors that the Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room will come down from the mountain this summer and take residence on the West Side Santa Cruz winery property, along with a new tasting room cafe in the fall. Randall has just signed a book deal with UC Press, which means that his story, told in his inimitable way, will hit the bookstores next year.
Fit and brimming with ideas, Grahm looks convincingly born-again at midcareer.
"What keeps it all going? He shrugs.
"All stress, all the time."
The Biodynamic Revolution
Based upon principles articulated by Rudolf Steiner in the 1920s, biodynamic agriculture emphasizes the balance of all aspects of farming—soil, nutrients, animals, plants, climate—in a self-sustaining feedback loop. The farm—or vineyard, in this case—is viewed as a living organism. Including and surpassing organic farming methods, biodynamic agriculture utilizes precise herbal, compost and mineral preparations, created and applied in conjunction with the astronomical calendar. The whole point is to create soil so healthy, so in balance with its companion plants and animals, that nothing else is needed to maintain optimum nourishment, and optimum productivity.
Steiner prescribed the use of special preparations believed to enhance fertility. While these often raise eyebrows among nonbiodynamic practitioners, the most important of these preparations are based upon the homeopathic ideal of "innoculating" the growing medium with certain vital ingredients. The preparations are numbered 500 through 508, and the infamous preparation 500 involves filling a cow horn with manure, burying it at the autumnal equinox, and retrieving it six months later to form the nutrients for a "tea" which is applied to the fields. Other preparations, which are applied to the vineyards according to the seasons, involve ground quartz crystals, stinging nettles, chamomile blossoms, yarrow, dandelion, valerian, oak bark and horsetail.
The detail-intensive vineyard practice associated with biodynamic work yields what many winemakers consider a clean harvest. The land itself becomes cleansed enough of any prior toxins or negligent agricultural residues that it can be trademarked "biodynamic" by Demeter, the internationally recognized biodynamic farming certifying agency.
The results in the bottle are believed to more fully showcase appealing minerality and express terroir, literally transforming the vitality of the vineyard itself into the finished wines.
A Brief History of Randall Grahm
The yellow brick road to Santa Cruz started at The Wine Merchant, an upscale Beverly Hills wine shop, where the young Randall Grahm sold, learned about and drank great European wine. Smitten, Grahm resolved to try his own hand at making wine—after a stint studying philosophy at UCSC and ultimately taking a degree in plant science at UC–Davis in 1979.
Hoping to produce a great pinot noir, Grahm, with his family's help, purchased land in Bonny Doon, and soon discovered it to be "Rhône" at heart. Grahm replanted to syrah, roussanne, marsanne and viognier. The results were inaugurated with the first vintage of Le Cigare Volant, a resounding New World homage to Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Setting a tone for the future, Grahm chose the French phrase for "flying cigar," an allusion to a 1954 prohibition against cigar-shaped UFOs decreed by the village council of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This cautionary ordinance captured Grahm's fancy and was immortalized in the winery's logo.
In the late'80s and early'90s, Bonny Doon Vineyard became Grahm's oenotechnical playground/laboratory for a dizzying diversity of grapes and styles: there were eaux de vie and grappas, the celestial muscat canelli, the Italian and Spanish period replete with nebbiolo, barbera, dolcetto, malvasia, sangiovese, albariño, each with its own irreverent and always colorful labels depicting priests, felons, angels, trapeze artists, UFOs, angry monkeys, fishermen, jesters and exploding volcanos.
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In 1989, Grahm joined Who's Who of Cooking in America, and in 1994 won a James Beard Award as "Wine and Spirits Professional of the Year." That same year the vineyard in Bonny Doon succumbed to Pierce's disease. The infamous Big House series of wines created from Bonny Doon's Ca' del Solo vineyard in Soledad took off. Just after the turn of the millennium, Grahm recovered from a mysterious vertebral affliction. He became a father. He embraced Rudolf Steiner's biodynamic principles, in vineyard agriculture as well as in winemaking. In 2006, Grahm sold the Cardinal Zin and Big House lines, moved the Pacific Rim Riesling brand to Washington State, scaled back staff, sold his Ingalls Street winery facility—and leased it back—and slashed annual production from 450,000 to just over 30,000. The first Demeter-certified biodynamic Ca' del Solo wines were released this year.
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rickjohnst needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 10 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
We're a company who is trying to show how a small change in a manufacturing facility can have a really big impact (through a set of complex processes)
This cartoon is for a paper to manufacturers in biopharmaceuticals. The image should be really simple and understandable - hand-drawn is fine, and black and white is also ok.
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A true blockbuster for the Ford company, the Taurus is still around today and is the fourth oldest nameplate for the company in North America. More than seven million models were sold up to 2007, which makes the Taurus one of the best-selling in the Ford line.
Introduced in 1985 for the 1986 model year, the Ford Taurus brought a lot of innovation to the market. It was aerodynamic in design, had a lot of room and was modestly priced.
The Ford Taurus remained in near-constant production, although there was a slight hiatus in 2007 when Ford thought about ending the line. But the line was resurrected again in 2008 and continues to be a main vehicle for the Ford fleet.
In the late 1980s, the Taurus was known as a game changer. The roomy interior of the vehicle coupled with the attractive body design whet a lot of appetites. The Taurus was also quite affordable, which made it a popular family sedan. The Taurus proved so popular with families that a station wagon version was introduced in the late 1980s as well.
Most of the Taurus line soldiered on in the same vein as the last, with slight makeovers and tweaks to the engine. The only strange period for the Taurus, which many remember and deride, was the drastic redesign of the Taurus in the third generation between 1996 and 1999. The body shape was changed to an oval to possibly reflect the blue oval of the Ford logo.
The 2012 is available in four trim packages including the SE, SEL, Limited, and SHO.
The base model SE has a 3.5-liter 24-valve DOHC Duratec V-6 engine. A six-speed automatic transmission moves the car along. Fitted with AdvanceTrac stability the vehicle handles itself well on the road. The MyKey system is installed in the vehicle, which alerts when the seatbelt isn't fastened, alerts when something is in your blind spot and can limit the top speed of the vehicle to avoid tickets.
The SEL trim line adds a six-speed SelectShift automatic transmission that combines automatic and manual shifting for ultimate control. Dual-zone electronic climate control was added, as well as a leather steering wheel to add to the interior for extra comfort. Sirius satellite radio is also standard.
The Limited trim line upgrades the interior with leather-trimmed seats, voice-activate Sync, CD player, and reverse sensing system with a rear camera. Ambient lighting is also available.
The SHO has a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 that is rated for 365 horsepower, giving the line a little extra boost of power. True split exhaust tips give the exterior a little more flash. An all-wheel drive to go with that upgraded engine is also available. Sport-tuned suspension keeps handling tight even with the new power. High intensity discharge (HID) lamps ensure you see everything as you speed along the road.
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The first generation was released in 1986 and ended in 1991. This model was available in a V-6 or a standard inline four-cylinder with manual or automatic controls. This was a popular vehicle in the public and in reviews.
The second generation models ran from 1992 to 1995. An interior redesign and lengthening of the vehicle changed the driving experience, as did the standard V6 automatic engine. This generation became the best-selling car in the United States during production.
The third generation of the Ford Taurus saw a complete redesign of the vehicle, introducing the oval shape design. Very curvy on the inside, this vehicle proved unpopular with the public but sold well to rental agencies.
The fourth generation Taurus was sold between 2000 and 2007. The oval shape was dropped in favor of the old square design. Ford lowered the price on the vehicle by cutting some corners to keep it a viable purchase option. At this point, the Taurus was struggling to compete with Japanese cars and other sedans on the market. Ford announced it would discontinue the Taurus the following year.
2008 saw the return of the Taurus after a one-year production hiatus. The Taurus was developed from the Ford Five Hundred models. New engines, trim lines and exterior tweaks were introduced.
A sixth and most current generation started in production in 2010. Mixed reviews led to mid-generation changes for the model.
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Quick Chili Rellenos
1 4-ounce can diced chilies, drained
1/2 can flaky biscuits (4 biscuits)
1 3-ounce can tuna in water.
2 eggs, separated
4 tablespoon shredded cheddar cheese
4 tablespoons salsa
nonstick cooking spray
Heat oven to 375°F. Spray baking shet with nonstick spray.
Separate 4 biscuits from package. Press or roll into a 5-inch diameter circle.
Place 1/4 of drained chilies, 1/4 of drained tuna, and 1 tablespoon shredded cheese in center.
Fold dough over, pinching to seal. Place seam-side down on baking sheet.
Bake for 13 minutes or until golden brown.
While rolls are baking, beat egg whites until stiff. Just before rolls come out of the oven, fold in egg yolks.
Spoon egg mixture over rolls, covering them completely.
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