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# bundesliga - Saturday 8 November, 2014
Borussia Dortmund slump to new low as they move bottom of Bundesliga
Werder Bremen's victory today meant Jurgen Klopp's side are now bringing up the rear of the German top-flight.
# bundesliga - Saturday 1 November, 2014
Rummenigge: Bayern's possession game was created by van Gaal
The Bayern Munich CEO paid tribute to their former manager.
# bundesliga - Thursday 30 October, 2014
Manuel Neuer went on another one of his fun runs last night
The German keeper gets very antsy when he stays on his line too long.
# bundesliga - Tuesday 28 October, 2014
Jurgen Klopp admits his Dortmund team are struggling with 'the fear of not winning'
The German club have lost six of their first nine games in the Bundesliga this season.
# bundesliga - Saturday 25 October, 2014
Pressure mounts on Klopp after Dortmund slip to fourth straight league defeat
They've been great in Europe but awful at home.
# bundesliga - Sunday 28 September, 2014
Chelsea's on-loan Brazilian Lucas Piazon with a stunning 90th-minute free-kick
If the 20-year-old is trying to catch Jose Mourinho's attention, he is going about it the right way.
# bundesliga - Friday 26 September, 2014
Birthday-boy Totti & 6 more reasons to watch European football this weekend
Local rivals Schalke and Dortmund do battle in Germany, more ructions at Real and can Gignac keep his run going for Marseille?
# bundesliga - Thursday 25 September, 2014
This open-goal miss is the kind of thing strikers have nightmares about
A Kaiserslautern player somehow failed to hit the target from two yards out.
# bundesliga - Sunday 21 September, 2014
VIDEO: Just your average Bundesliga goal from 83m
Top-flight new boys Paderborn had a moment to remember on Saturday.
# bundesliga - Saturday 6 September, 2014
Shaqiri reveals failed Liverpool bid
Bayern Munich refused to sell the Swiss international before the World Cup.
# bundesliga - Saturday 23 August, 2014
Bayer Leverkusen just scored the fastest goal in Bundesliga history
Karim Bellarabi scored the historic goal against Borussia Dortmund.
# bundesliga - Friday 22 August, 2014
The Bundesliga returned tonight with what will be the miss of the season
Wolfsburg's Junior Malanda was guilty of this heinous miss against Bayern.
# bundesliga - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
Thomas Muller: I turned down a move to Manchester United
Marco Reus also reportedly turned down lucrative deal.
# bundesliga - Sunday 17 August, 2014
David Alaba scored an absolute howitzer for Bayern Munich earlier
Can David Alaba's trademark now officially be the long range cracker?
# bundesliga - Friday 15 August, 2014
Watch out, Germany! The always-entertaining Nicklas Bendtner has joined Wolfsburg
Former Arsenal striker will look to restart his career in the Bundesliga.
# bundesliga - Tuesday 12 August, 2014
Klopp: United target Hummels is going nowhere
Hands off, Louis.
# bundesliga - Tuesday 22 July, 2014
Klopp laughs off Hummels, Reus speculation
Back off, Premier League clubs.
# bundesliga - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
Leverkusen confirm Liverpool bid for Emre Can
The German U-21 has a 12m release clause. And Brendan Rodgers knows it.
# bundesliga - Saturday 24 May, 2014
'The chance is zero' – Robben rules out United move
So you're saying there's a chance?
# bundesliga - Friday 23 May, 2014
'I'd be surprised' – Tony Kroos dismisses Manchester United speculation
Louis van Gaal reportedly isn't interested anyway, Tony.
# bundesliga - Thursday 22 May, 2014
Leverkusen confirm Liverpool's Emre interest
Brendan Rodgers has a shopping list this summer.
# bundesliga - Tuesday 20 May, 2014
New camp: goalkeeper Ter Stegen joins Barcelona
Transitional period for the Catalan giants begins in earnest.
# bundesliga - Saturday 10 May, 2014
Last call for Pep as Bayern squad celebrate Bundesliga win by soaking manager
And the Munich boss dropped the trophy in all the excitement.
# bundesliga - Wednesday 7 May, 2014
Arsene Wenger: I could manage in Germany when I leave Arsenal
What's German for 'I didn't see it'?
# bundesliga - Thursday 1 May, 2014
Things 'not right' at Bayern, claims Beckenbauer
The Bayern icon is piling the pressure on Pep Guardiola.
# bundesliga - Saturday 26 April, 2014
'Sadness over Tito Vilanova will stay with me forever' admits grief-stricken Guardiola
The Bayern Munich coach took charge of his team for their Bundesliga match and spoke, afterwards, about his dear, departed friend.
# bundesliga - Friday 25 April, 2014
Man United haven't approached me – Jurgen Klopp
During his five-year tenure at the Signal Iduna Park, the German has guided Dortmund to two league titles.
# bundesliga - Thursday 24 April, 2014
Real Madrid's 'athletes' too much for Bayern, admits Guardiola
The La Liga heavyweights are in the driving seat ahead of the second leg.
# bundesliga - Friday 18 April, 2014
Jurgen Klopp sprints out of press conference for urgent 'call of nature'
The Borussia Dortmund coach sparked riotous laughter after running from a pre-match briefing.
# bundesliga - Saturday 5 April, 2014
As United impress against Newcastle, Bayern suffer first league defeat in 54 games
They're rattled, Moyesey.
# bundesliga - Sunday 30 March, 2014
'Playing United really gets the best out of me' warns Bayern's Arjen Robben
The Dutch attacker claims his Munich teammates are already bored with their league title success.
# bundesliga - Saturday 29 March, 2014
Defender kicks ball off goalkeeper's face for slapstick Bundesliga OG
Well, that was… unfortunate.
# bundesliga - Wednesday 26 March, 2014
6 key games in Bayern Munich's march to claiming yet another Bundesliga title
Pep Guardiola's side were crowned champions last night.
# bundesliga - Tuesday 25 March, 2014
Another league title for Pep Guardiola as Bayern Munich clinch Bundesliga
The Spanish coach has made a trophy-winning return to the game after his American sabbatical.
# bundesliga - Monday 24 March, 2014
German clubs vote against goal-line technology
In total, nine Bundesliga clubs and 15 second-tier sides voted against the technology.
German sideline reporter hit on the head by football… again
Jessica Kastrop took to wearing a scrum-cap after she was first pinged back in 2010.
# bundesliga - Saturday 22 March, 2014
Euro Vision: 5 continental games not to be missed this weekend
There's plenty action to keep an eye on in La Liga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga.
# bundesliga - Saturday 15 March, 2014
Bayern on verge of title as they take unbeaten run to 50 games
Goals by Mario Mandzukic and Bastian Schweinsteiger gave the league leaders their 16th-straight league win.
# bundesliga - Wednesday 12 March, 2014
'Bayern will be unwatchable like Barca' warns unimpressed Beckenbauer
Pep Guardiola would wanna watch out, according to Der Kaiser.
# bundesliga - Monday 10 March, 2014
Chasing glory – How are the football title races shaping up around Europe?
Who's starting to dream of silverware on the continent?


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KPLC reports former football player for Barbe/McNeese, Janzen Jackson, has been charged with murdering his mother's boyfriend.
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After nearly 27 years Angie Martinez announced she's leaving 'Hot 97'. YouTube adding subscription service and leaving unsigned artists nowhere to go.
This Summer the Children's Museum in Lake Charles will celebrate something different each day with Special Events! Come beat the heat with Cool Wednesdays.
Lifetime Network recently announced it's set to premier the highly anticipated Aaliyah biopic, Aaliyah: Princess of R&B. Plus, Tevin Campbell is preppin a new album.
The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon has been dominating the late night ratings since he took over the show earlier this year. He has basically incorporated hip hop to late nights with having The Roots as his back up band, and really modernized late night with various skits including having News Anchor rap some popular songs. Check him out with his latest as Brian Williams does Sir Mix A Lot's 'Baby Got Back'!
Comedian Dave Chappelle is gearing up for his return, as he is set to perform nine shows at New York City's, Radio City Music Hall. Dave dropped into the "Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," and talked about his first encounter meeting Kanye West and The Roots, as well as fake Twitter beef with fellow comedian Katt Williams, and more.
The Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team as they take on Olympic Gold medalist, Jennie Finch-Daigle and a team of all-stars in the "Battle on the Bayou II" softball tournament this weekend.
The internet has basically taken over bullying to another level. There are people who will say things online that they would never say in person. Jimmy Kimmel started the mean tweets segments where people actually roast celebrities and he brings them on the show to read the tweets and respond. This time there are NBA players who are getting roasted and the bullies are not holding back at all. Check out Chris Paul, Kris Humphries and more feeling the wrath.
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Image Classification part of Examples
An exercise to use a simple image analysis program to classify land surface types seen in satellite imagery in order to analyze changes in landscape development over time.
Stream Gages and GIS part of Examples
Utilize the online GIS of the USGS real-time stream gage network to introduce basic concepts of data-driven maps and GIS. This exercise can be used independently or with other hydrology exercises.
Floodplains in the field (with GIS) part of Examples
In this GIS-enhanced lab, students measure a topographic and geologic cross-section across a floodplain by simple surveying and auguring techniques.
When is Dinner Served? Predicting the Spring Phytoplankton Bloom in the Gulf of Maine (College Level) part of Examples
College-level adaptation of the Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter. Students explore the critical role phytoplankton play in the marine food web.
Looking into Earth with GIS (College Level) part of Examples
College-level adaptation of the Earth Exploration Toolbook chapter. Students work with a free GIS program, ArcVoyager SE, to explore earthquake data and plate tectonics.
Analyzing Hurricanes part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
The exercise uses GIS to explore historical data on hurricanes (path, strength, name). Students identify trends in hurricane records, the impact of hurricanes on major U.S. cities, and how hurricanes change through ...
Introductory Tutorial/Refresher for Basic ArcMap Techniques for Geoscientists, with Emphasis on Working with Raster Data Sets part of Cutting Edge:GIS and Remote Sensing:Activities2
Barbare and David Tewksbury, Hamilton College Summary This series of three activities in tutorial format serves not only as an introduction to ArcGIS for our intro geology, hydrogeology, and structural geology ...
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Autologous CIK Cells Infusion for the Treatment of Lung Cancer: a Randomized Controlled Study
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To study the efficacy and safety of autologous CIK cells infusion for the treatment of lung cancer.
|Study Type:
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|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
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|A Randomized Controlled Trail on the Efficacy and Safety of Autologous Cytokine-induced Killer (CIK) Cells Infusion Treatment in Advanced Primary Lung Cancer
- Disease Control Rates (DCR) [ Time Frame: From 12-2011 to 12-2013 ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Lung lesions of disease control rates DCR (CR + PR + SD), according to solid tumor response evaluation standard (response evaluation criteria in solid tumors, RECIST) standard
- Overall Survival(OS) [ Time Frame: 2 years ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]Disease progression-free surial (Progression-Free Srvival, PFS) with observations
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
The one-time folic acid sodium anticoagulation vacuum picks bag, through the venous blood sampling 60 ml. When blood alcohol on parts of the need blood disinfects processing. After the department shows will seal in a sterile bag, 16-21 degrees Celsius save, and transported to a cell biological treatment as soon as possible a follow-up operation center GMP laboratory.
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|December 2011
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|December 2013
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|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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A randomized controlled trail on the efficacy and safety of autologous cytokine-induced killer (CIK) cells infusion treatment in advanced primary lung cancer
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 70 Years
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Primary lung cancer diagnosis (including small cell lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma, lung squamous cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma) patients
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18~70 year old, KPS score >50 points, estimate survival > 3 months;
- Primary lung cancer patients after chemotherapy or radiation therapy;
- Primary lung cancer patients after targeted therapy;
- Primary lung cancer patients with lung function can not accept operation or unwilling to operation;
- Primary lung cancer recurrence or surgery can't complete resection;
- Primary lung cancer patients after intervention therapy(I125 implanted, freezing, rf, etc.);
- No serious mental illness and no serious heart, liver, kidney diseases, unincorporated other potentially lethal diseases;
- Patients Voluntary attempt, and informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of cardiovascular disease: congestive heart failure > New York heart association (NYHA) level II, unstable angina patients (resting when the angina symptoms) or new happen angina pectoris (recent 3 months) or recent 6 months of myocardial infarction;
- Cachexia; or other deadly diseases;
- Liver function laboratory ALT, AST more than normal limits on 2.0 times ; Or kidney TBIL, BUN more than normal limits on 1.0 times , or Cr more than normal upper limit;
- Active infection;
- Pregnant or lactating women
- At present Is receiving other cancer treatment (such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, immunosuppressants and thrombosis, targeted agents);
- Now or recently will join another experimental clinical study ;
- Other situations that the researchers considered unsuitable for this study (such as mental illness, drug abuse, HIV infections, etc.), or influence on the results of clinical trials for analysis.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01498055
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|Liang Gong
|Chong Qing, Chong Qing, China, 400038
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|Sub-Investigator: Liang Gong
|Study Chair:
|Xiangdong Zhou
|Southwest Hospital Third Military University
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|Gong Liang, MD, Third Military Medical University
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|November 24, 2011
|Last Updated:
|March 21, 2012
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|United States: Institutional Review Board
China: Ministry of Health
Keywords provided by Third Military Medical University:
lung cancer
CIK cells
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Lung Neoplasms
Lung Diseases
Neoplasms by Site
Respiratory Tract Diseases
Respiratory Tract Neoplasms
Thoracic Neoplasms
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Concord Music Group Acquires Rounder Records; Trailer Choir, Emily West, and Corb Lund Introduce New Videos
- The California-based, independent label Concord Music Group acquired Rounder Records and its collection of over 3,000 master recordings.
- In a Q&A with Rita Ballou (whose blog Rawhide & Velvet has more drama than daytime television), Charla Corn revealed that Casey Donahew booted her from a gig because she's a she.
- CMT has new videos for Trailer Choir's "Rollin' Through the Sunshine" and Emily West's "Blue Sky," and CMT.ca has the exclusive premier for the video to Corb Lund's "Devil's Best Dress."
- It's April country day at Farce the Music.
- The Gobblers Knob is giving away two tickets to tomorrow night's show at The Granada Theater, which features Junior Brown, the Belleville Outfit, and 100 Damned Guns.
- The Boston Globe's James Reed considers Patsy Cline his gateway to country music.
- The Bluegrass Blog introduced the new bluegrass band Still-House.
- Former Country Music Association Chief Executive Tammy Genovese found a new gig with The Country Network, a country music video channel set to launch on cable and satellite television this June.
- People.com is providing an exclusive preview of the new song "I Miss You" from the Court Yard Hounds.
- Country Universe guest contributor Bob Losche listed his favorites songs by songwriter Gary Burr and the artists who performed them. Among those listed are Randy Travis' take on "A Man Ain't Made of Stone," Emily West on "Blue Sky," Conway Twitty on "That's My Job," and Hal Ketchum with LeAnn Rimes on "In Front of the Alamo."
- Kris Kristofferson talked to The Tennessean's Peter Cooper about a new movie that he has a part in, Provinces of Night, and also features Dwight Yoakam.
- Miranda Lambert stopped the music during one of her recent concerts to call attention to a catfight.
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I forgive Gary Burr for writing the excrebable "Blue Sky" because he wrote classics like "It's My Job" and "I Try To Think About Elvis", and "Watch Me".
So you really think "Blue Sky" is crap?
Snore city. Slow and arty just for the sake of "art". Very well sung, but very boring.
I dunno about that, I like the song considerably better than I like the record.
Disney is closing Lyric Street.
Does this mean RF and Miley will quit singing 'country' music?
It sounds as though there are no plans for any acts on the label other than Rascal Flatts.
I guess the sales of Sarah Buxton's full length debut album weren't enough to keep Lyric Street afloat. Oh well…
Emily West describes "Blue Sky" as a song that was inspired by her parent's divorce, so it gets points for authenticity at least. I think its a fine song overall that will be completely ignored by AirHead Country Radio. She should'a gone with "Annie's Gonna Get a New Gun" instead as its far more radio friendly, Keith Urban factor or not.
I wouldn't mind "Rollin' Through The Sunshine" with Crystal Hoyt by my side. Butter and Big Vinny not so much…
Trailer's retouched album titles rate a "double hoot" this go round! Good stuff. I get the feeling Trailer is not a big Luke Bryan fan. Hmm…
I think that article about Miranda is very misleading! She actually stopped the show to make bets with her road band members on which gal would win the catfight! Its something she says she picked up from hanging around Martina McBride! (lol)
And Miley Cyrus never was on Lyric Street, she's on the Hollywood Records label
And Miley Cyrus never was on Lyric Street, she's on the Hollywood Records label
Not many people here would admit to knowing that.
Uh, since when does Miley sing country music? Not surprised to see Lyric Street folded- they were terrible at promoting their acts not named Rascal Flatts. It's too bad, but I guess money and success does wonderous things.
I think every label has an obligation to promote every artist- if you didn't think they were worthy of your time and money, why would you sign them in the first place?
Glad to see the label is moving Rascal Flatts, but I was hoping they could move away from the Disney stigma. Who wants to be on a label with Miley?
Loved that Miranda video- if you're gonna call a fan out that's a classy (and humrous) way to do it. I'm begining to gain more and more respect for Miranda as time goes on.
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South Florida: One Of The Worst In The Country For Late Mail Deliveries
Cost cutting measures and a shrinking work force at the U.S. Postal Service has led to delivery delays across some parts of the country.
An Easier Way To Get Rid Of Junk Mail
If you hate getting junk mail, you're not alone, and now there's something you can do about it.
First Class Stamp Prices Go Up Sunday
Beginning Sunday, its going to cost you more to mail a letter. On January 26th, the U.S. Postal Service increased the price for a first class stamp from 46 cents to 49 cents.
Snail Mail Will Cost You More In The New Year
Sending greeting cards, rent checks, and birthday cards will cost you a little more in the New Year—which is right around the corner.
Monday Is Post Office's Busiest Day Of The Year
If you finished your Christmas shopping over the weekend and planned to get your holiday cards in the mail today, join the crowd.
Federal Services Impacted By Partial Government Shutdown
So what is happening with government services during the shutdown?
Snail Mail Prices Going Up In January
It's going to cost you a little more next year if you use snail mail to pay your bills or send birthday and holiday cards.
U.S. And Cuban Leaders Discuss Direct Mail Service
Direct mail service is being discussed, again, between U.S. and Cuban representatives.
Snail Mail Smugglers Send Some Pretty Odd Things
With South Florida being a big culture melting pot, mail is always being sent out and received from other countries every day. However, some of the mail that comes in from those other countries isn't typical postcards or packages.
Miramar Woman Treated After Finding Unknown Substance In Letter
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Raw Oatmeal?
New York Times' Mark Bittman, in an article criticizing McDonald's fruit and maple oatmeal for being too expensive and a poor nutritional offering, counters the argument that getting McDonald's oatmeal is more convenient than making your own at home:
"If you don't want to bother with the stove at all, you could put some rolled oats (instant not necessary) in a glass or bowl, along with a teeny pinch of salt, sugar or maple syrup or honey, maybe some dried fruit. Add milk and let stand for a minute (or 10). Eat. Eat while you're walking around getting dressed. And then talk to me about convenience." http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...
I haven't tried this suggestion, but it sounds pretty ghastly.
I should note that I am an oatmeal lover.
When I eat it cooked, it needs to be really well-cooked and really creamy.
I usually ignore the "5 minutes over medium heat" on the Quaker Oats "Old Fashioned" carton label and let it cook for 15 - 20 minutes. At just 5 minutes, it is still too grainy for me.
re: racer x
I know it sounds weird, but think about granola, or those famous no-bake oatmeal cookies. It's totally edible, and what he is describing was probably the first cold cereal!
re: katecm
i'm totally thinking of those school cafeteria no-bake oatmeal-chocolate-peanut butter cookies. man oh man, i loved those things!
re: alkapal
YES. Those. My college roommate's mother used to make them. I'd never had them before and loved them (my grandma's were the chow mein noodles with butterscotch, which I now want as well). I have never made them on my own lest I gain back that freshman 15.
re: katecm
i did make some a few years ago. they surely took me back to "cafeteria-land" when i tasted them.
it is said that the sense of smell is closely linked to memories -- scents and odors being evocative. the sense of taste is so related to the sense of smell (in fact, almost totally dependent upon the sense of smell). it stands to reason why eating those little cookies brought back so many "mind-pictures."
My husband has an almost nightly snack of raw oatmeal mixed with almonds, milk, and maybe some type of dried fruit. We both laughingly call it his horse food. I don't think he let's it sit and soak the milk up at all. Puts a new face on the term "granola" guy, doesn't it? He also eats oatmeal cooked the usual way, generally in the a.m.
re: sasha1
With a little advance planning, you could set your slow cooker the night before so that you can have cooked oatmeal on the fly in the morning. Uncooked oatmeal is pretty pasty. It tastes uncooked. Some foods taste as good raw as they do cooked, but I wouldn't rank oatmeal up there. I suppose adding it to yogurt along with other "muesli" type ingredients would make it edible, but on its own, just with water or milk? I think not.
re: sasha1
I'm another horse, 'cause I love a handful of raw oats while I'm cooking a batch. Have done it since I was a kid (my mother thought I was nuts, but that's another story altogether!)
re: pine time
Same here. Sometimes I just add a bit of brown sugar, mix it and eat it out of a bowl, raw.
re: sarahjay
100% agree. I love raw oats with brown sugar and cinnamon, but I love raw things in general. It tastes pure--which is somehow alluring.
mcdonald's can't win, can they?
i guess it is just way too much for americans to be responsible for themselves.
re: LauraGrace
I guess I've got a project for tonight.
Raw oatmeal isn't yucky. I squeeze some orange juice over it and mix it into my yogurt. It's good!
Rolled oat mixed with liquid, usually milk, is muesli. It can be eaten right after or let it sit until it absorb some of the liquid. One can add nuts, dried or fresh fruit or some other cereal, etc.
That article was just anti-McDonald's. I can't believe he had the audacity to say that it's not nutritious. I last had McDonald's oatmeal (and their parfait) this past Saturday, when I was done at the gym and was facing a hour of walking back home. 290 calories? Gone before I was home. In that situation, what was I supposed to do? Make the oatmeal at home, pack it and eat it 2 and a half hours later when it's nothing but cold goo? Fuck that.
I have multiple servings of oats a day. And, one thing I'm fairly certain of at this point is that it struggles to stand on its own. Adding just a pinch of salt and sweetener is going to result in an awful bland mix. Oatmeal needs to be accompanied by strong flavors, not background notes. Oat bagel with toppings, granola bars, cookies and so on are all fine (My first serving of the day comes with a couple of eggs and a bunch of other things), as is a bowl of oatmeal loaded with toppings.
Making something with a small number of ingredients is fine, if it's tasty. Doing it just for the sake of having something simple is just wrong. If you want "honest" oatmeal that taste awful, knock yourself out (I think oatmeal is one of the very few food items that you can truly compare to cardboard). The rest of us will dress it up and actually enjoy eating oatmeal.
re: ediblover
I recently introduced my husband to oatmeal, and he loves it plain, so some people do love the taste by itself.
re: ediblover
It is rather ridiculous to suggest that McD's "FMO" is no better nutritionally than their sausage biscuit. But, I think what he objected to most--eleven ingredients you wouldn't find in your kitchen, to paraphrase--is valid. There's simply no reason for all that junk. It's oatmeal, not a terribly perishable product, and one that yes, might need dressing up, but that can be accomplished with just a few other ingredients. Oatmeal doesn't need thickeners, caramel color, flavorings, and barley malt extract, none of which are particularly objectionable from a health standpoint, except perhaps the caramel color.
re: ediblover
"The aspect one cannot argue is nutrition: Incredibly, the McDonald's product contains more sugar than a Snickers bar and only 10 fewer calories than a McDonald's cheeseburger or Egg McMuffin."
I think that somebody who chose oatmeal at McD's, thinking it was a healthy choice, would be quite disappointed to learn of this, no?
re: Rmis32
The calorie count is fine for most adults, but the sugar...
re: Rmis32
It's 290 calories. The oats themselves will count for about 150. My big problem was that HIS suggestion (the few ingredients approach) would end up with about the same calories. A sweetener or two is a lot of calories (Honey has 60). Heck, if you took his full suggestion of the oats, a sweetener or two, dried fruit and skim milk, the calorie count would actually be above 300 (It'd be around 400 if you went with the 2x sweetener and half-&-half).
It's a 300 calorie breakfast item that has a lot of sugars coming from fruit. Sure it has more sugar than a Snickers bar, but it has a fraction of the saturated fat, 5x the fiber, more protein and other nutrients. So, it is a healthy choice and I dare say possibly the best healthy breakfast option out of all the chains.
All that isn't saying that I actually like the stuff (I really don't). There no way I would have gotten it if I didn't have a big need for food and it only marked the second time I've gotten it since it came out. But, I stand by the points that his suggestion isn't all that great and that it's not always about us choosing between a fast food option and a home option.
re: ediblover
" possibly the best healthy breakfast option out of all the chains."
Damning with faint praise.
re: ediblover
ediblover, that's a good point. It's easy to criticize, but most of life seems to be a matter of choosing the lesser of several evils.
Made some muesli this morning.
2 tbl rolled oats
2 tbl cream
2 tbl lemon juice
left overnight
added sugar (a lot because I am a sugar fiend)
added 1/3 of a very ripe banana, mashed
not as bad as I thought -- but it did need the sugar and banana to be appetizing (the lemon juice also made it too sour until the sugar sweets were added)
re: racer x
Give this one a shot. Works great reduced to one or two servings, or you can make the full batch two or three days in advance -- mix up the oats, juice, and apple and then add the rest of the ingredients in the morning just before you eat it. I use frozen berries -- usually raspberries or blueberries, but any berries work.
re: racer x
What's the cream for?
My hosts in Switzerland used to serve muesli with grated carrots and apples in it. And quark. Blueberry muesli from Trader Joe's just isn't the same.
re: Windy
"The Müsli in itself combined all the elements of the radical doctor's teachings on nutrition. Not only was it conceived as the main dish for breakfast and dinner, Bircher-Benner claimed that its nutritional content was as close to mother's milk as could be....
[T]he main ingredients in the original Müsli were not cereals but fresh fruits: 200 grams of apple [ie, one large apple] per serving, with only a tablespoon of well soaked ground oats, some finely grated nuts for protein and fat, the juice of half a lemon and a tablespoon of sweetened condensed milk. Instead of apples, one might add berries or other fruit; Bircher-Benner chose apples because they kept fresh even in winter and because he himself had experienced their curative power [when he had had jaundice].
The Swiss health reformer knew that the use of industrially processed milk went against the grain of his basic argument. Yet he adopted it for reasons of hygiene [circa 1900]....
He insisisted again and again that it was essential to add not only the finely grated apple pulp to the Müsli, but every bit of the apple, including the peel and the core...."
Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen and Albert Wirz, "Dietetics, Health Reform and Social Order: Vegetarianism as a Moral Physiology. The Example of Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867-1939)." Medical History, 1999;43:323-341, see especially pgs 339-40.
pdf file: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artic...
re: racer x
Absolutely the peel and the core. And the milk was fresh from a farm (or a nearby cow). Didn't realize there was a Bircher in Bircher Muesli though.
Maybe I'll have a bowl for dinner tomorrow.
re: Windy
Meant to post back that thanks to this thread, I got my Zyliss grater out and have been enjoying bowls of grated carrots, apples, and muesli nearly every day. It's like the opposite of a juice fast--half a carrot takes up a whole bowl, 1/3 of an apple is plenty. Plus about half a cup of muesli and a little skim milk. Heaven.
Ironically, I took a good look at the ingredients on my TJ's lowfat muesli to discover it was full of rye and barley--hardly any oats to be found.
My mom used to make it overnight by pouring milk or yogurt (and when we got older, buttermilk in combo with one or the other aforementioned) over rolled oats, and letting it sit in the fridge. It was sort of like muesli, I realize now. We ate it with sugar and raisins, but you can also add toasted nuts, cream, berries, bananas, dried cranberries, honey, whatever you fancy, really. I have a lot of Scottish heritage on both sides of the family, so maybe we're genetically predisposed to liking oats all kinds of ways?!? You can toast the rolled oats plain or in salted butter if raw oats grosses you out.
re: amyzan
my favorite breakfast and no scottish genes at all. it is just good!
re: amyzan
I learned from CH poster The Dairy Queen to mix steel-cut oats with yogurt and let it sit in the fridge overnight, then add fruit in the a.m. (or add frozen berries when it goes in the fridge). The steel-cut oats become pleasantly chewy. If I do rolled oats with milk (meusli), I eat it pretty much right away, as I prefer it chewy to soft.
re: Caitlin McGrath
Thanks for posting this. I'm wondering if anyone rinses their steel-cut oats. I've bought them from several sources and I do rinse. When the water run off is light-brown and cloudy, I am not sure whether to keep rinsing until clear for fear of rinsing off nutritional vitamins. So I 'moderately' rinse.
I guess to be fair I shouldn't have called them "raw" oats, since it seems that rolled oats are steamed during processing. (according to the current wikipedia entry)
Incidentally, in reading about oatmeal, I've learned that the only difference between Quaker Old Fashioned Oatmeal, Quick Quaker Oats, and Instant Quaker Oats is that the quick oats and the instant oats are rolled thinner and cut into smaller pieces so that they cook faster (also - vitamins, minerals, and flavoring ingredients are added to the instant oats).
re: racer x
Yep. I buy whatever's the cheapest and throw them in the food processor for a second if they're old fashioned.
re: goodhealthgourmet
I am eating it as we speak with steel cut oats, the last of last summer's raspberries and yogurt from a nearby farm. I'd be in heaven were it not snowing again.
re: magiesmom
i heard you were in for another storm back there - stay warm!
i had muesli with rolled oats, yogurt, honey, fruit & nuts for breakfast every day for a month when i was in Australia. i discovered how terrific it is with steel-cut once i got back to the States and was able to let it soften in the fridge overnight :) i love adding various textures to it just before eating - chewy dried fruit & crunchy toasted nuts or seeds. mmm. i haven't been eating grains for a few months, but now i'm craving it and it's supposed to start raining here - perfect excuse for a nostalgic Saturday morning breakfast tomorrow...
re: goodhealthgourmet
This whole thread... Mmmmm... I'm going to the store to buy juice and yogurt after work so I can make muesli tonight to eat in the morning. My mouth is watering a little just thinking about it -- wouldn't Pavlov be proud? ;)
re: goodhealthgourmet
It is one of the only ways I like coconut (unsweetened flakes) , yumm! I have also soaked in whey instead of yogurt when I have it from making ricotta and it is really good.
re: magiesmom
ooh, thanks for the reminder! now that i've officially conquered my lifelong hatred of coconut i'm always looking for excuses to sneak it into dishes. maybe i'll fold in some flakes (unsweetened, of course) or soak the oats in lite coconut milk...
re: goodhealthgourmet
I have always added a teaspoon of vinegar to rinsed steel-cut oats, and left it sit out on the counter overnight. There is a difference in taste when one adds the vinegar. (Confirmed by a few others).
re: Rella
There is a difference in taste when one adds the vinegar.
of course there is - vinegar isn't exactly flavorless! the more important effect is that *any* acidic ingredient - vinegar, lemon juice, buttermilk, yogurt, whey - neutralizes the phytates in the oats and makes them more digestible.
I used to eat raw oatmeal (flakes) as a snack sometimes when I was a kid. Just the oatmeal. They're more interesting to eat than you might think.
For years I've eaten old fashioned oats mixed with cold water. Let it sit five minutes before you eat it. You can also mix in some whey protein powder to make it more filling.
Re: eating uncooked oats... I learned this from a Brazilian friend a few years ago. This is a very common breakfast in Brazil, especially for children. I was very put off when they described it (I couldn't imagine eating oats that hadn't been cooked first), but was very pleasantly surprised when I tasted it. I have made it many times since then. It's fast and healthy and tastes great.
Mash a ripe banana onto a plate with a fork.
Sprinkle it with old-fashioned oats -- about 1/4 to 1/3 c. or so -- and anything else you might like (e.g. cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla, maple syrup, honey, raisins, etc.)
Mash and stir all together with a fork and eat. The banana somehow "cooks" and softens the oats; they become chewy in a very pleasant way.
re: woodleyparkhound
Mashed banana, rolled oats, peanut butter, and nutella.
This is going to be great ! Now the next thing I'm going to try is rolled oats with instant
pudding soaked overnight. It can be my "oat" tapioca. : )
ive seen alot of people around the web making "overnight oats" lately that are raw (and oftentimes vegan).
you just add the liquid (milk, almond milk, cream, what have you) to the oats the night before and let them sit in the fridge overnight while you sleep (or for a few hours). they end up swelling and softening almost like they do when you cook them.
re: mattstolz
I make baked oatmeal that I like better than any "instant" or "overnight" I've tried. You mix the oats with milk, dried fruit, nuts, and egg--I think there may be a touch of baking powder as well. Then bake. When it's done I cut it in single portion pieces and freeze it. In the morning, put it in the microwave for a minute, then top with milk and eat. It's a different texture than regular oatmeal, but then I've never been a big porridge fan.


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Festival of the Vine
Geneva restaurants create an array of specialties under an outdoor tent at the "Flavor Fare" partnered with wine and live musical entertainment. The Fall Harvest Market offers food and floral demos, unique displays plus Kid's Patch activities. An arts and crafts show, flower market, horse-drawn carriage rides and several exceptional wine tasting and dinner events also take place around the historic downtown.
CITY: Geneva
Eagle Watching at Starved Rock State Park
You don't have to travel north to see these majestic birds of prey. Thousands of eagles migrate south from Canada during the winter and Illinois is one of the homes of the greatest population of wintering bald eagles. The Starved Rock Lodge in Utica offers a "Bald Eagle Trolley Tour" in January and February on Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Viewing birds from the Veranda at the Starved Rock Lodge is good as well. Dress warmly though. This great viewing spot is right outside the doors of the Great Room. If you'd like some exercise, take a hike on one of the trails at the Starved Rock State Park. One trail begins right at the Veranda. For a birds eye view, hike to the top of the Rock. Another popular event is "Eagle Watch Weekend" with activites both at the Starved Rock Lodge and the Illinois Waterway Visitors Center.
CITY: Oglesby
Bald Eagle Trolley Tours
Be mesmerized by the beautiful bald eagles at Starved Rock. In January and February ride the trolley from Starved Rock Lodge to the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center for bald eagle viewing and an educational program. Includes lunch during the week and brunch on Sunday in the Main Dining Room. Tour options: 9:00am w/tour first & 11:00am w/lunch first, $25 Includes Lunch/Adults; Children under 10/$5 less. January & February Mon, Wed, Sat & Sunday Monday: Tour begins with lunch at 11am Wednesday: Tours begins with lunch at 11am Saturday: 1st tour begins at 9am, ending with lunch 2nd tour begins with lunch at 11am (Please note: There are no tours on January 24th) Sunday: Tour begins with brunch at 11am (Please note: There are no tours on January 25th).
CITY: Oglesby
Christmas with the Lincolns
Where did the Lincoln boys hang their stockings for Santa to fill? What might have been in those stockings? What Christmas goodies were on Lincoln's table? Discover how the Lincolns celebrated he holidays by taking a tour through the Lincoln Home.
CITY: Springfield
Wonderland in Lights
Each year, the City of Effingham and the Effingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) turn Community Park into a winter wonderland! Wonderland in Lights, a drive-thru light display, features a variety of lighted holiday scenes including reindeer flying, Santa coming down the chimney, and a Nativity scene. Last year's display was such a huge success; the Effingham CVB added additional light displays for your viewing pleasure again this year. In addition, to help get you in the Christmas spirit, the Effingham CVB, along with 97.9 XFM and KJ Country 102.3, continue to bring you the option to tune into continuous Christmas music on 90.7 FM while you drive through the display. The display opens Thanksgiving night, November 27, and runs until Christmas night, December 25. Hours are from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Community Park is located on East Temple Ave, Effingham, IL. Santa visits the Wonderland in Lights every Saturday to bring special presents to the children. The Wonderland in Lights is free, but donations are appreciated. For more information, please call 217-342-5310 or visit www.visiteffinghamil.com. We look forward to helping to spread Christmas cheer throughout Effingham this holiday season!
CITY: Effingham
Bald Eagle Watching in the Cache River Wetlands
The Cache River Wetlands offers great opportunities for eagle watching, as well as spotting other birds. The Cache River Wetland Center provides resource and identification materials to help you spot eagles and other birds in the area and along the rivers. They will provide maps and directions to the viewing station for the nest just off Illinois Route 37 off Perks road and south of the visitor's center.
CITY: Cypress
HerrinFesta Italiana
"Ciao" on delicious Italian food and delight in a grand parade. There will be midway rides and games, live music, a bocce tournament, a grape stomp, a pasta cook-off, a kids pet and bike parade, a road race and an art contest.
CITY: Herrin
Bald Eagle Bus Tour
Guided, four-hour tours of bald eagle, wintering communities. View and learn about the bald eagle's habits, life history, preservation efforts and threats to its future. Reservations required. Bus departs from Stoney Creek Inn.
CITY: Galena
Underground Railroad Shuttle Tours
Learn about local, Underground Railroad sites on a shuttle tour with J.E. Robinson Tours and the Alton Regional CVB on the last Saturday of each month (10 a.m. to noon). The two-hour guided shuttle tours will stop at some of the sites that were part of the Underground Railroad system including the Old Rock House, Rocky Fork Church and more. Alton's riverfront location along the Mighty Mississippi played a vital role in helping slaves make connections to the freedom of the northern states. Buried beneath the streets of Alton and Godfrey, remnants of this period in history still exist. For more information on the Underground Railroad shuttle tours or to make advance registrations, please contact the Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 258-6645.
CITY: Alton
Festival of Lights
Smile, laugh, be de-lighted at the East Peoria Festival of Lights! The festival features the fantastic Folepi's Winter Wonderland lighted drive-through display, open from Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve, and many other events during December including a competitive run, gift show, theatrical productions and more. The Festival of Lights annual Parade of Lights covers three miles of Washington Street starting on one side of the city and ending just past downtown. The parade features floats shaped entirely from lights, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the chopper motorcycle float illuminated with LED lights, a 70-foot long float of the famous Clydesdale horse team pulling a delivery wagon, Frosty the Snowman, the starship Enterprise illuminated with 48,000 LED light bulbs, and the 95-foot-long smoke-spewing China dragon.
CITY: East Peoria
Stephenson County Fair
Old fashioned county fair, with food, carnival rides, animals, entertainment, tractor pulls, Home Ec displays, animals, youth night, musical entertainment, commercial exhibits, 4-H and more.
CITY: Freeport
Bald Eagle Days Environmental Fair
Don't miss the Bald Eagle Days Environmental Fair and Wildlife Art Show at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island, Illinois. The show is heralded as the largest event in the Midwest dedicated to the United States' national symbol of freedom. The three-day event includes live eagle, hawk, owl and vulture flying demonstrations along with educational programs and over 200 fun and informative exhibits.
CITY: Rock Island
Phases of the Moon Music & Art Festival
The inaugural Phases of the Moon Music & Art Festival is set to take place September 11-14, 2014 at the beautiful 3.000 acre Kennekuk County Park. Phases of the Moon is a four-day music, arts and camping event thoughtfully tailored to provide a unique festival experience. It boasts four outdoor stages: two main stages that alternate following each set and two smaller stages. Along with amazing music, attendees will have access to farm-to-table food, craft beer, a farmer's market and a mall of diverse craft vendors featuring an array of original items. Large interactive sculptures, live art, and works from renowned national and local artists will be on display.
CITY: Danville
The Underpants
Play set in Dusseldorf, Germany on 1910, Louis Maske inadvertnetly drops her ill-fitting drawers in the middle of town square during a parade to honor the king.
CITY: DeKalb
Alton-Audubon Eagle Festival
Join us for the kick-off of the eagle watching season. Activities include: live eagle meet & greet, preview of events at the Eagle Watching Hot Spots, kid's activities, crafts and eagle viewing walks. Learn about eagle watching - how to spot eagles, where to look and what brings the eagles here each winter. Then, head across the river to Downtown Alton for ice sculpting on the streets.
CITY: Alton
White Christmas
Based on the timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. The showings are on: December 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm December 7, 14, 2014 at 2:00 pm
CITY: DeKalb
Woodstock Groundhog Days
In 1992, something astonishing happened in the historic city of Woodstock, Illinois. People came to town and roped off the picturesque city square, moved all sorts of equipment into the park and started playing the Pennsylvania Polka, over and over and over again. They were filming a movie that has become a favorite of young and old for more than 20 years, and the city gathers each year to remember the fun and celebrate the special community that Woodstock has always been. There are events for everyone during this celebration: Groundhog trivia, free viewing of "Groundhog Day" at the movie theater, walking tours of the film sites, a Chili cook-off, a dinner and dance, bowling, and pancake breakfasts. The main event for Groundhog Day is the annual prognostication. Gather on the Woodstock Square to see Woodstock Willie emerge from his tree trunk home. If he sees his shadow, it means there will be 6 more weeks of winter and if he doesn't see his shadow, it means we will have an early Spring.
CITY: Woodstock
Market Days Flea Market & Vendor Fair
Held the first Saturday of every month, this farmers market and flea market features crafts, antiques, furniture, household items, baby furniture, produce, collectibles, art, food booths, and live entertainment!
CITY: Mount Vernon
Memorial's Festival of Trees
This holiday tradition features more than 150 decorated trees, local entertainment, delicious gingerbreak cookies and tasty treats. The Festival includes a children's craft area, rides on the Candy Cane Express train, and a market filled with holiday gift items.
CITY: Springfield
Chicago Botanic Garden Art Festival
The festival showcases the work of 95 unique artists in a pristine setting overlooking a lake, spectacular gardens and 385 acres of majesty. All of the artwork embodies a botanic theme, use or material. Festival-goers will have the opportunity to see the masters at work, with interactive art demos and booth chats taking place all weekend long!
CITY: Glencoe
Holiday House Walk
Come and enjoy a tour of five beautifully decorated and historic homes in Hinckley open to the public. Five homes will be featured in this holiday event. Tickets will go on sale beginning November 1. Tickets will be available for purchase the day of as well. The house walk will be from 2:00pm-6:00pm. Sponsored by Hinckley Parks and Recreation. Tickets are available at the following locations: Hinckley Fresh Market, Hinckley Public Library, Hinckley Village Office, Jack and Jina's BP, and Treasures Old and New
CITY: Hinckley
Aurora's Holiday Festival of Lights
Enjoy the sparkle, shimmer and shine of the 2014 Festival of Lights. One of the largest free outdoor holiday light displays in Northern Illinois. Dazzling displays that will delight both adults and children. A winter wonderland of animated visual arts, lighted tunnels, a forest full of lights and more! Open from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday; and 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday starting Nov. 28 through Dec. 28, 2014. Donations accepted.
CITY: Aurora
Eagle Meet and Greet
Come see live eagle demonstrations every Saturday in January at the Alton Visitor Center. See a live bald eagle up close and personal! Ask and learn about their species and habitats. Then, grab your official All Around Alton Eagle Watcher's Guide as you journey out along the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway to see eagles in their natural habitat. Free! For more information, call 1-800-ALTON-IL or go to www.VisitAlton.com.
CITY: Alton
Ellwood Holiday Traditions Weekend
Start your holiday season by taking a guided tour of the decorated Ellwood House mansion. Local businesses, decorators, college groups, and clubs help to present the home in a new, elegant way each year. This is the place to get ideas for your own decorating or view what times were like while the Ellwoods inhabited the opulent home.
CITY: DeKalb


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There's just something about Randall Grahm that demands only the use of adjectives pulled off of a rack clearly bearing the label "erudite." The man isn't busy, he's peripatetic. He's not merely opinionated, he's irrepressible. More so than many winemakers, an afternoon's conversation with Grahm seems likely to range deep and wide across philosophic, economic, political, literary, and scientific domains. And that's before you even start talking about the wine.
"I can't be consistent, I can't stay on message. How boring is that? I try to be a little more focused but.... " Grahm trails off with a smile.
Grahm is the founder, owner, and seemingly inexhaustible pilot light of Bonny Doon Vineyards, and one of California wine's elder statesman. While he might decry such a label, and could split hairs about his age (59 for the record, and still going strong), he'd be hard pressed to shrug off any anointment as one of the state's most important winemakers.
Grahm started Bonny Doon Vineyards in 1983 without much of a plan, other than to make wines that he enjoyed drinking, and for a while the wines produced under his label included Pinot Noir, Rhone varieties, and lesser known Italian varieties. But Grahm embraced each with a fervor that could border on frightening. The combination of that passion and Grahm's intuitive and almost preternatural gift for guerrilla marketing and branding took him from being a rich kid with an interest in wine to being one of California's most successful and admired winemakers.
From his pioneering advocacy of Rhone varieties (he has been called the original Rhone Ranger); to his early embrace of screwcaps; the fantastically clever wine brand names; and his use of artists like Ralph Steadman and Gary Taxali to create equally clever wine labels; and the recent move to complete transparency in ingredient and process labeling on all his wines; Grahm has always provoked equal parts envy, amazement, and head scratching among both his industry colleagues and customers. He is a true iconoclast.
Over 25 years, Bonny Doon Vineyards grew from a few hundred cases of wine to a production of about 450,000 cases each year. And then, at what might have seemed like the height of his success, Grahm decided he was headed in the wrong direction. A life-threatening illness and a young daughter brought him some perspective, he suggests.
Now, instead of 450,000 cases, he's making 25,000 (having sold off his Big House and Cardinal Zin brands, and spun out Pacific Rim into a separate brand) and if everything goes according to plan, he'll eventually be making only a few thousand cases.
And what is that plan? "I do what feels right to me at my own peril," says Grahm. "You have to respect your own curiosity, and I just don't know any better."
The plan, he relates, has the singular goal of producing something very specific, what he calls a "true vin de terroir, a wine that expresses a sense of place.
"The only wines that matter are the wines of place. Everything else is dispensable and not necessary," he says. "But wines of place enrich the world. They make our world more interesting. Deeper. Like anew species of plant, or animal, or a star. A generic wine is beside the point. I couldn't make a vin de terroir wine 20 years ago. I didn't know how. I couldn't conceive of it."
"Obviously," he continues, "this takes time to unfold. You can't simply proclaim that you have one in your first vintage. [Ridge] Monte Bello is one of the few real vins de terroir in California."
And Grahm, young as he is in spirit, knows that he doesn't have a lot of time. Certainly not the centuries of experimentation that the Cistercian monks required to make Burgundy what it is today.
Which brings us back to that plan. Grahm is planting a vineyard from seeds near San Juan Bautista, seeds that he has gathered from select crosses of vinifera vines to create essentially new hybrids of grapevine. And instead of propagating this selection of vines the normal way, by grafting them to rootstock, Grahm is starting from the ground up, so to speak.
Once the vines have grown to a certain point, he plans on dry farming them, a practice which he believes is key to producing a vin de terroir.
"I think of terroir as a signal from the site" he says. "And I think there needs to be some amplification device. Dry farming is a way of amplifying the signal to the point of audibility. Or put another way, not dry farming shrinks the signal or makes it less expressive."
He goes on, "I can't posit the mechanism for the presence of minerality in wine, but intuitively it seems obvious that a plant that has roots everywhere through a vast soil profile is going to take up a greater imprint or expression of site than a plant that has roots that are limited [to the smaller area defined by irrigation]."
By reducing the equation of wine to its most essential pieces, Grahm hopes to create a vin de terroir in his lifetime. In the meantime (aka the time it takes to turn tiny seeds into a vineyard of viable grape vines) Grahm continues to make his most iconic wine, the Rhone blend "Le Cigare Volant," albeit in very different ways than he has historically.
"The wines are more serious" he says. "Whatever the heck that means. We pay more attention to what we do. A lot of it is the old clichés, but they're really true -- we spend more time in the vineyard so we have to spend less time in the winery. We use exclusively indigenous yeasts, and the wines are therefore less showy, not as flashy. But I think they are more subtle and more interesting. Without any desire to be too narcissistic, this is really a sea change in my own maturity. It's not about imposing my stylistic imprint on the wine. It's worrying less about a wine coming out a certain way and trusting the wine to do what it's going to do. I used to worry about color or the quality of aromatics. The wines are now paler and less fruity, and this is a beautiful thing. Because I backed away. It's about letting go of control."
Grahm has certainly let go of a lot to get to this point, including, it seems worrying about whether his customers really wanted his wines to go the direction that he is taking them.
"I've made many errors in my life," says Grahm with a sigh, "But certainly one recent one is that I underestimated the difficulty in changing the consumer's perception of the brand."
Forget customers realizing just how differently the wines are being made now -- many customers still don't know that most of the wines they've been buying for years aren't actually Bonny Doon wines anymore. On the flip side, Grahm has had a difficult time convincing many people, especially in the industry, to consider what is now quite an artisan product coming from a company that many felt was better at marketing than winemaking.
"It's like that old joke," Grahm chuckles, "'You fuck just one goat, and what do they call you...?' It seems I will always be tainted by the Big House or being a marketing-focused company. But this is not just a marketing gimmick."
Indeed, it would be hard to overstate just how radically things have changed at Bonny Doon Vineyards. The controlled free fall from 450,000 cases a year to 25,000 was not just a massive jettisoning of grape contracts and big tanks, it was a departure from modern, New World, industrial winemaking and a retreat to the kind of winemaking you expect to see in the stone cellar behind some old French farmhouse. Gone are the enzymes, spinning cones, tartaric acid additions, stabilizers, colorants, yeast nutrients, and added tannins, not to mention the army of people required to do all that "winemaking" at scale.
And if you needed any further proof that Grahm has not simply entered another phase of strategic marketing, you only need to look at the fact that the man has not only continued to make Syrah, but has started making several single vineyard bottlings of it. This in a time where people joke about STDs being easier to get rid of than a case of Syrah.
"Syrah is not dead," says Grahm, "It's just planted in all the wrong places."
Grahm's pursuit of this grape variety with his usual single-mindedness has yielded remarkable results. In fact, I believe he has recently made some of the best wines of his life out of Syrah, and in so doing, joined a small cadre of winemakers in California who are busy proving with alacrity that most people have no idea what they are doing when it comes to planting, growing, and making Syrah.
I had the chance recently to taste through many of the current releases from Bonny Doon, including a number of Grahm's small production experiments in aging his Le Cigare Volant blends in various vessels, all of which were distinctly different and quite illuminating.
Full disclosure: some of the wines below were press samples.
2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Blanc" White Blend, Arroyo Seco, Central Coast
Pale gold in color, this wine smells of ripe pears and apples. In the mouth it offers a lightly spicy, quite juicy body of lemongrass, pear, and apple flavors with a hint of yeasty quince flavor on the finish. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $25. click to buy.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Blanc Reserve en Bonbonne" White Blend, Arroyo Seco, Central Coast
Light cloudy gold in the glass, this wine smells of wet stones, chamomile, and candle wax. In the mouth the wine has a bright yellow-herbal flavor of yarrow (forgive me) and chamomile. Citrusy notes of lemon curd and citronella linger through the finish. Gorgeous. 55% Roussanne, 45% Grenache Blanc. 12.4% alcohol. Score: around 9. Cost: $45.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Blanc" White Blend, Arroyo Seco, Central Coast
Pale gold in the glass, this wine smells of bright white flowers, a hint of banana, and pastry cream. In the mouth the wine has a lovely silky texture and flavors of white flowers, cold cream, mixed tropical fruit cup, and a hint of a chamomile note in the finish. Good acidity, but could be sharper. Quite lovely nonetheless. 55% Roussanne, 45% Grenache Blanc. 12.7% alcohol. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $25. click to buy.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard Sparkling Albariño, Central Coast
Light greenish gold in the glass with medium-coarse bubbles, this wine smells of star fruit, tangerine zest, and wet stones. In the mouth the wine is bright and refreshing with green apple, star fruit, and a green grapey quality that makes it charming. 12.5% alcohol. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $30.
2011 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Vol des Anges" Dessert White Blend, Arroyo Seco, Central Coast
Yellow gold in the glass, this wine smells of chamomile, honey, white peaches and cold cream. In the mouth the wine is exceedingly silky, with good acidity and only moderately sweet flavors of honey, chamomile, and wet stones. The wine has a tiny tannic grip to it on the finish. Quite pretty and delicious. A blend of 40% Roussanne and 60% Grenache Blanc. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $30. click to buy.
2009 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Vin Gris de Cigare" Rosé, Central Coast
An incredibly pale pink in color, this wine smells of rosehips, hibiscus, and crab apples. In the mouth, tart flavors of crab apple, raspberry and strawberry bounce around thanks to lively acidity, and the wine finishes clean and crisp. While not incredibly complex in flavor, the wine is everything you want a rosé to be. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $18. click to buy.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Vin Gris de Cigare" Rosé, Central Coast
Pale peachy pink in color, this wine smells of orange peel and strawberries. In the mouth, slightly bitter flavors of strawberry, raspberry and watermelon rind mix with decent acidity. Missing a bit of zing that would take this wine to the next level. 12.8% alcohol. Score: between 8 and 8.5. Cost: $16. click to buy.
2011 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Vin Gris de Cigare" Rosé, Central Coast
Pale coppery pink in the glass, this wine smells of watermelon, strawberry, and wet stones. In the mouth citrus peel, watermelon and strawberry flavors have a wonderful crisp tartness to them. Notes of orange peel linger in the finish. Bright, juicy, and everything you want from a rosé. Not a hint of sweetness, great acidity, and lovely texture to boot. Yum! Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $14. click to buy.
2006 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant" Rhone Blend, California
Dark garnet in color, this wine smells of blackberries, mulberries and woodsmoke. In the mouth the wine has a wonderfully smoky, black cherry core with notes of cassis and wet dirt. A hint of sweet vanilla emerges after a few seconds on the finish. Very nicely done. Score: around 9. Cost: $30. click to buy.
2006 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Pousseur" Syrah, Santa Cruz Mountains
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of smoky cassis and black cherry. In the mouth the wine has a wonderfully smoky character as well, with cassis and blackberry and blueberry flavors mixed with a light bitter woodiness. Good acidity combined with the low 13.5% alcohol makes the wine quite easy to drink. Score: between 8 and 8.5. Cost: $15. click to buy.
2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant" Rhone Blend, Central Coast
Medium garnet in the glass, this wine smells of freshly squashed blackberries and raspberries. In the mouth bright raspberry and blackberry flavors are juicy with nice acidity while woodier earthier notes that have a cinnamon kick linger through a long finish. Nicely balanced. 14.4% alcohol. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $26. click to buy.
2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant En Demi-Muid" Rhone Blend, Central Coast
Medium to dark garnet in the glass with a hint of lighter ruby to it, this wine smells of raisins, dried cherries, leather, and exotic wood spices with a hint of meatiness. In the mouth bright cherry, strawberry, and dried cherry and dried flower flavors swirl together with good acidity. A blend of 60% Grenache, 32% Syrah, 4% Mourvedre, and 4% Cinsault. Aged in demi-muid casks, which are oversize barrels holding 600 liters, compared to the usual 225 liters. 14.4% alcohol. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $45. click to buy.
2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant En Foudre" Rhone Blend, Central Coast
Medium to dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of earthier tones mixed with raspberry and cherry fruit. In the mouth, cherry, raspberry, and strawberry flavors mix with powdery tannins and bright acidity. Stony. Long finish. A blend of 60% Grenache, 32% Syrah, 4% Mourvedre, and 4% Cinsault. Aged in large old oak foudres, with a capacity of 10,000 liters. 14.4% alcohol. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $45. click to buy.
2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Alamo Creek" Syrah, San Luis Obispo County
Dark garnet in color, this wine smells of blackberry and white pepper. In the mouth wonderful cassis, blueberry and white pepper flavors mix with a crystalline wet stone quality and smoky note that lingers in the finish with the white pepper. Gorgeous, supple tannins wrap around the edges of the wine. Quite charming. 13.3% alcohol. Score: around 9. Cost: $35. click to buy.
2007 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Bien Nacido Vineyard" Syrah, Santa Maria Valley
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of cassis, mulberry, and white pepper. In the mouth, stark flavors of wet stone, cassis, mulberry and white pepper swirl in a beautifully textured melange that feels like it is etched in the side of a mountain. Wonderfully austere, but very rewarding, the wine finishes long, airy, and floral. Fantastic. 13.5% alcohol. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $37. click to buy.
2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant Reserve en Bonbonne" Rhone Blend, Central Coast
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of mulberry and black cherry and blackberry with a hint of green herbs. In the mouth the wine is quite taut, with polished fine grained and very restrained tannins and a wonderful melange of black raspberry, mulberry and cherry flavors. A hint of dried herbs and miso paste lingers in the finish Wonderfully acidity. A blend of 45% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 13% Mourvedre, 7% Cinsault, and 5% Carignane. 14.2% alcohol. Aged in glass bottles without touching wood. Score: around 9. Cost: $65. click to buy.
2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigare Volant" Rhone Blend, Central Coast
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of blackberry, black raspberry, and cherry with a hint of leather. In the mouth lightly grippy tannins surround cherry, black raspberry, and other mixed berry flavors tinged with earth and leather. Hints of spice linger with the furry tongue of tannins through a long finish. A blend of 45% Grenache, 30% Syrah, 13% Mourvedre, 7% Cinsault, and 5% Carignane. 14.2% alcohol. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $35. click to buy.
2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Alamo Creek" Syrah, San Luis Obispo County
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of rocky dirt with a hint of farmyard. In the mouth flavors of black cherry, blackberry and leather mix with wet dirt. Good acidity and a firm tannic grip in the front of the mouth. Fruit pervades the finish. Owner Randall Grahm describes this wine as "having a homeopathic touch of brett," but I don't find it objectionable in the slightest. 13.5% alcohol. Score: around 9. Cost: $35. click to buy.
2008 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Bien Nacido X Block" Syrah, Santa Maria Valley
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of black olives, wet dirt, white pepper and blackberry. In the mouth wonderfully savory flavors of blackberry, black olive, and cassis mix with equally wonderful acidity and powdery tannins. A gorgeous forest floor and cassis flavor linger long in the finish. 13.9% alcohol. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $43. click to buy.
2009 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Chequera" Syrah, Paso Robles
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine has an intense, sweet nose of cassis, violets, and blueberry aromas. In the mouth deep powdery tannins enclose dark blueberry and cassis flavors with a nice acidity. The wine finishes with a hint of creaminess, thanks to the powdery tannins in part, and perhaps due to some battonage (lees stirring) during fermentation. This is the inaugural release of this wine as a single vineyard bottling. 17.2% viognier blended in. 13.7% alcohol. Score: between 8.5 and 9. Cost: $35.
2009 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Pousseur" Syrah, Central Coast
Medium to dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of white pepper, wet earth and dark fruit and a hint of smoke. In the mouth, dark earth and cassis and blackberry flavors mix with woodsmoke and taut tannins. Very nice acidity. A blend of three different vineyards in the Central Coast. 13% alcohol. Score: around 8.5. Cost: $18. click to buy.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Clos de Gilroy" Grenache, Central Coast
Medium garnet in the glass, this wine has a lightly soapy, berry smell to it. In the mouth flavors of raspberry and cherry mix with a light herbal tincture of sorts, though with that same soapy scent hanging in the background. Tart sour cherry accompanies lightly grippy tannins through the finish. 13.1% alcohol. Score: between 8 and 8.5. Cost: $16. click to buy.
2010 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Jesperson" Syrah Red California Edna Valley
Dark garnet in the glass, this wine smells of gunpowder, smoke, and wet earth. In the mouth the wine offers dark blackberry and wet earth flavors with a strong smoky quality. Powdery tannins and great acidity. 12.7% alcohol. Stunning wine in its inaugural release. Score: between 9 and 9.5. Cost: $40.
Very inspiring, especially the bit where Randall says "It's not about imposing my stylistic imprint on the wine. It's worrying less about a wine coming out a certain way and trusting the wine to do what it's going to do. I used to worry about color or the quality of aromatics... Because I backed away. It's about letting go of control."
I think that this is the central point in winemaking and one of the simple things that are the most difficult to put in practice. It takes years to learn to trust your instincts, to trust your vineyards and your wine and to know about wine that much that makes you feel confident to forget any model and follow your path. I've come to the same conclusion and I couldn't be happier about my wines.
Growing a vineyard from seed sounds very interesting, I think one problem would be the variable ripening times. Also phylloxera infestation. You would certainly get a unique wine.
I see his idea about root systems and dry farming, seedling vines will have a much stronger root system and be much more drought tolerant once established. They would be potentially very long lived if you can keep the phylloxera away.
I think the main reason vineyards went with vegetative propogation is to standardise harvesting, they all ripen together.
Haha, I love his quote.
But man, a few of those wines sound amazing! Glad to see he's putting out some quality stuff.
Randall continues to challenge himself by closing in on the real grape. A huge thank you from myself and future generations of wine drinkers.
One of the primary aspects of wine I enjoy is variety and Bonny Doon delivers in spades. If you're in Santa Cruz you should visit Bonny Doon's Le Cigare Volant restaurant at Surf City Vintners. Great Food, wine, and ambiance as you would expect.
I've been hearing and reading this same narrative over and over for the past couple years. At the end of the day when you compare his latest releases against competition, such as Tablas Creek or Qupe, Bonny Doon falls way flat. While Grahm always makes for good copy, the emperor is butt-naked.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and thanks for sharing yours. I HAVE compared his wines to Tablas Creek and Qupe, and the Syrahs in particular are in the same class. I suggest you taste them if you haven't recently.
Interesting-I would have thought that most people enjoy BD at least as much as TC. I also would have thought many average consumers would rate Qupe above both. Different tastes to be sure and nice that all three have their backers and IMO, are making high enough quality juice to be part of such a discussion.
Thanks for doing this Alder
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|Off-Campus Housing(1-room) /Food
|$ 12,000
|$ 12,000
|Travel cost estimate (Clinical year)
|$ 2,000
|Graduation Fees
|$ 125
Estimated Total cost for In-State students: Tuition only: $50,400
All Expenses:
Estimated Total cost for Out of-State students: Tuition only: $75,600
All expenses:
Tuition Refund Policy
A student who withdraws from the program by following the proper procedure will be issued a refund of tuition and fees upon receipt of a withdrawal slip signed by the Registrar. A student who officially withdraw from a portion of their courses during the refund period, must request a refund from the Business office. A student who is required to withdraw for disciplinary reasons shall not be entitled to any refund. Refunds are calculated from the first day of classes. Lab and course fees are not refundable.
Students who officially withdraw shall receive a refund of regular fees in accordance with the following schedule:
Refund Schedule
|During the first and second weeks
|90% Refund
|During the third and fourth weeks
|70% Refund
|During the fifth and sixth weeks
|50% Refund
|Beginning with the seventh week
|No Refund
WLU has seven residence halls, two apartment complexes, and campus houses as part of our residential community. Housing is also available in the surrounding Wheeling and Ohio County residential areas. Detailed information regarding university housing is available: http://www.westliberty.edu/residence-life/applying-for-housing/. Students should be ready for travel by personal vehicle, since clinical rotation sites are away from the campus. The following is a link to housing information in Wheeling, WV: http://local.yahoo.com/wv/wheeling/Real+Estate/Apartments/ . Note: Students are responsible for arranging their own housing whether on or off campus.
Health Insurance
Students will be required to have basic health insurance coverage during both the didactic and clinical phases of training. WLU does not provide or endorse any particular insurer/provider. Cost may vary according to type and extent of coverage. For an example of estimate of insurance the following site is provided but not endorsed http://www.studentshealthinsurance.com/student.htm. Proof of insurance must be provided prior to matriculation.
Practice Liability Insurance
West liberty University assumes the financial responsibility for providing liability insurance for students during their clinical clerkships and other assigned clinical events.
Modern, network-aware operating system
* Windows 7 or above, Mac OSX 10.4 or above
WiFi Wireless network capability
* (802.11g is strongly recommended.)
* This may be built-in, or a plug-in card.
Display resolution at least 1024×768 pixels
Sound capable with headphone jack
At least one USB port
CD read
Long life battery
Malware protection
* Current, fully-patched operating system
* Anti-viral software installed and up to date
* Anti-spyware software installed and up to date
Modern, standards-compliant Web browser
* Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, and Safari are good choices.
Standards-based email client
* Must be capable of accessing campus email.
Standard "run time" environment for Java programs
Software to read/write Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint formats
* MS Office
* Ability to read PDF files