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You don't have to travel to Europe for a Continental experience – just to Chesterton, which rivals Paris and other great cities of the world each Saturday. It's not your everyday farmers market! This classy venue is loaded with Continental flavor and brims with unique finds, including heirloom tomatoes, artisan breads and pastries, boutique creamery cheese and freshly made crepes. You'll discover locally grown organic meats, homemade salsas, herbs and spices, along with fresh flowers, art, jewelry and clothing. While you browse the booths of more than 150 vendors, some of Northern Indiana's finest musicians perform.
It's truly a day in the park when you watch artisans exhibit such skills as glass blowing and pottery making. The market draws visitors from Chicago, Michigan and all over Northern Indiana who love to make a day of it from the end of May to the end of October.

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A distant cousin of pomade, this all-natural blend isn't restricted to hair alone. Sure, its nourishing formula is adept at wrangling strands, but it also works miracles on skin and weary cuticles. Wherever moisture is needed, this balm will lead the charge.
I bought this for my husband because he wanted something to tame the beard. I read the other reviews saying that it smelled wonderful so I decided to get it. False, it smells like pine trees and not in a good way. Like a musky pine tree, or a pine tree that a bear used to scratch it's butt on. It's a lingering smell too, very potent. I don't see how anyone could put that on/near their face.2
I used this as a beard and hair salve. It has a very strong scent at first, but it wears down to a nice level shortly. It's got a very outdoorsy scent, which takes a little getting used to, but it's addictive.
If you use just a little bit in your hair it will calm it down a bit and make it manageable pretty quickly.
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life they depict is largely fictitious; their pathetic endings are
obviously stylized; their technique is overwhelmingly derivative.
Nevertheless, so excellent a critic as Chesterton maintained that
"There are more than nine hundred and ninety-nine excellent reasons
which we could all have for admiring the work of Bret Harte." The
figure is perhaps exaggerated, but there are many reasons for
admiration. First, Harte originat ed a new and incalculably
influential type of story: the romantically picturesque "human-
interest" story. "He created the local color story," Prof.
Blankenship remarks, "or at least popularized it, and he gave new
form and intent to the short story." Character motivating action
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incident. Again Harte's style is really an eminently skilful one,
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There was commotion in Roaring Camp. It could not have been a
fight, for in 1850 that was not novel enough to have called
together the entire settlement. The ditches and claims were not
only deserted, but "Tuttle's grocery" had contributed its gamblers,
who, it will be remembered, calmly continued their game the day
that French Pet e and Kanak a Joe shot each ot her to death over the
bar in the front room. The whole camp was collected before a rude
cabin on the outer edge of the clearing. Conversation was carried
on in a low tone, but the name of a woman was frequently repeated.
It was a name familiar enough in the camp,–"Cherokee Sal."
Perhaps the less said of her the better. She was a coarse and,
it is to be feared, a very sinful woman. But at that time she was
the only woman in Roaring Camp, and was just then lying in sore
extremity, when she most needed the ministration of her own sex.
Dissolute, abandoned, and irreclaimable, she was yet suffering a
martyrdom hard enough to bear even when veiled by sympathizing
womanhood, but now terrible in her loneliness. The primal curse
had come to her in that original isolation which must have made
the punishment of the first transgression so dreadful. It was,
perhaps, part of the expiation of her sin that, at a moment when
she most lacked her sex's intuitive tenderness and care, she met
only the half-contemptuous faces of her masculine associates.
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Sandy Tipton thought it was "rough on Sal," and, in the contemplation
of her condition, for a moment rose superior to the fact that he
had an ace and two bowers in his sleeve.
It will be seen also that the situation was novel. Deaths were by
no means uncommon in Roaring Camp, but a birth was a new thing.
People had been dismissed the camp effectively, finally, and with
no possibility of return; but this was the first time that anybody
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Probiotic + C Renewal Cream contains a nice array of moisturizing ingredients (primarily from plant-based fatty acids) and skin-identical ingredients (glycerin, squalane, and hyaluronic acid), making it a good choice for those with normal to dry skin. Andalou Naturals added their usual blend of antioxidants from non-fragrant fruit juices (their "Berry 8 Complex," which shouldn't be listed as it is; we explain why in the summary for this brand), along with vitamin E, goji, and white tea, just to name a few!
True to the product's name, you will find a series of probiotics (alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, polymnia sonchifolia root, and lactobacillus) as well as a form of vitamin C known as magnesium ascorbyl phosphate. While there is no doubt about the benefits of vitamin C for the skin, probiotics are somewhat lacking in research around their benefit when applied topically rather than when consumed orally. Still, there's some good research showing that they likely have promise, so shouldn't be dismissed outright, assuming they survive the manufacturing process cosmetics go through.
This moisturizer, like most of those from Andalou Naturals, contains fragrance from citrus oils, although the small amounts are unlikely to be a problem for most people.
However, it wasn't the fragrance that kept this from earning a better rating. Despite the presence of ample antioxidants and other beneficial ingredients, Probiotic + C Renewal Cream is packaged in a jar—so the anti-aging and skin-repairing actives will break down quickly with exposure to air and light (see More Info for additional details on the problems with jar packaging).
It's interesting to point out that this product gets its name from one of its ingredients: Lycium barbarum Glycopeptide, from the goji plant. As a plant extract, goji can be a good antioxidant and certainly has cult status, as far as drinking the juice or eating the plant itself.
However, the benefits of the glycopeptide version are less clear. There is some research, on cells in labs or on animals, showing it to have some benefits, but they are not related to skin care. Most likely, this is not bad for your skin, but whether it's worth a headline is mostly a guess, not established science.
One last note: Please totally ignore the claims made about the fruit stem cell ingredients (see More Info if you wish to read the considerable details explaining why). While these ingredients aren't harmful or irritating to the skin (and can have antioxidant benefit), there is no research to support the claims of regenerating skin or functioning like your skin's own stem cells, which would push this product from its status as a cosmetic to a drug. The notion that plant stem cells can "renew dormant cells, repair damaged cells, or regenerate healthy cells" may be true for a plant, but it isn't for human skin.
Rather than compromising and accepting the jar packaging, we recommend considering the alternatives on our list of Best Moisturizers (Daytime and Nighttime), all of which are packaged to protect their ingredients from routine exposure to air and light.
Loaded with an array of beneficial ingredients for normal to dry skin.
Contains several proven antioxidants.
Packaged in a jar, which exposes the delicate antioxidants and other anti-aging ingredients to air and light, eventually reducing their effectiveness.
Contains some fragrance ingredients that pose a slight risk of irritation, particularly for sensitive skin.
Plant stem cells don't renew or generate human cells of any kind.
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Jar Packaging: The fact that this cream is packaged in a jar means the beneficial ingredients won't remain stable once it is opened. All plant extracts, vitamins, antioxidants, and other state-of-the-art ingredients break down in the presence of air, so once a jar is opened and lets the air in these important ingredients begin to deteriorate. Jars also are unsanitary because you're dipping your fingers into them with each use, adding bacteria which further deteriorate the beneficial ingredients (Sources: Free Radical Biology and Medicine, September 2007, pages 818–829; Ageing Research Reviews, December 2007, pages 271–288; Dermatologic Therapy, September-October 2007, pages 314–321; International Journal of Pharmaceutics, June 12, 2005, pages 197–203; Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, January 2002, pages 1–32; International Society for Horticultural Science, www.actahort.org/members/showpdf?booknrarnr=778_5; Beautypackaging.com, and www.beautypackaging.com/articles/2007/03/airless-packaging.php).
Stem Cells in Skin Care: Stem cells are cells in animals and plants that are capable of becoming any other type of cell in that organism and of producing more of those cells. Despite the fact that stem cell research is in its infancy, many cosmetics companies claim they are successfully using plant-based or human-derived stem cells in their anti-aging products. The claims run the gamut, from reducing wrinkles to elastin repair and cell regeneration, so the temptation for consumers to try these is intense.
The truth is that stem cells in skin-care products do not work as claimed. In fact, they likely have no effect at all because stem cells must be alive to function as stem cells. Once these delicate cells are added to skin-care products, they are long dead and, therefore, useless.
Plant stem cells, such as those derived from apples, melons, flowers, and rice, cannot stimulate stem cells in human skin, but because they are from plants these ingredients likely have antioxidant
properties. Actually, it's a good thing plant stem cells can't work as stem cells in skin-care products; after all, you don't want your skin to absorb cells that can grow into apples or watermelons!
There are also claims that because a plant's stem cells allow a plant to repair itself or to survive in harsh climates, these benefits can be passed on to human skin. How a plant functions in nature is unrelated to human skin, and these claims are completely without substantiation.
Another twist on the issue is that cosmetics company's claim they have taken components (such as peptides) out of the plant stem cells and made them stable so they then can work as stem cells. This approach is not valid because stem cells must be complete to function normally. Even if you could isolate substances or extracts from these cells and make them stable, there is no published research showing they can affect stem cells in human skin.
Fruit Stem Cell Complex and vitamin C effectively slow cellular damage, stimulating circulation, and healthy cell renewal, diminishing dark spots and discoloration for even skin tone, as probiotics boost beneficial microflora for improved dermal immunity and a fresh complexion.
Aloe Barbadensis Juice, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Glyceryl Stearate, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Monolaurate, Fruit Stem Cells (Malus Domestica, Solar Vitis) and BioActive 8 Berry Complex, Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate (Vitamin C), Hydrolyzed Myrtus Communis Leaf Extract, Lycium Barbarum (Goji) Glycopeptide, Probiotic Complex (Alpha-Glucan Oligosaccharide, Polymnia Sonchifolia Root, Maltodextrin and Lactobacillus), Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Olive Squalane, Allantoin, Hyaluronic Acid, Manuka Honey, Acacia Gum, Calendula Officinalis Extract, Cucumis Melo (Melon) Extract, Rosa Canina (Rosehip) and Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Oils, Camellia Sinensis (White Tea) Extract, Cyamopsis Tetragonolobus (Guar) Gum, Phenethyl Alcohol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) and Citrus Tangerina (Tangerine) Oils
Strengths: Good options for well-formulated facial moisturizers and serums; many products contain multiple antioxidants; a few good toners; (mostly) refreshingly free of hyperbole that is common with many "natural-themed" brands; reasonably priced products; multiple broad-spectrum sunscreen options.
Weaknesses: A few moisturizers packaged in jars; some products contain potentially problematic amounts of fragrance ingredients; lacks research-proven treatments for acne; the body-care products tend to be overly fragrant; claims about plant stem cells are over the top as they don't renew or generate human cells of any kind.
Andalou Naturals is a rare presence in the saturated market of natural-themed cosmetics lines because the brand manages to keep the focus on their products and ingredients without resorting to the silly "scary chemical" and fear-mongering marketing approach common to so many other natural lines.
Just as impressive as their marketing are many of their formulas, several of which include many antioxidants and multiple skin-repairing ingredients, and aren't laden with natural fragrance ingredients, which may please your nose but can be very irritating to the skin, even if you don't see or feel the damage taking place.
Headquartered in Petaluma, California, Andalou Naturals was founded by husband and wife Mark and Stacey Egide—both of whom also created the Avalon Organics line. The duo sold Avalon Organics in 2002, and started Andalou Naturals in 2011, where it's sold at health food stores and online.
Visit their site and you'll quickly find the brand is focused on the "feel-good" approach to skin care. Andalou Naturals brand philosophy is heavily steeped in philanthropy: Their "A Force of Nature" fund regularly donates to various nonprofit groups, and every order you place on their site adds $1 to this fund. How wonderful!
Andalou Naturals offers an extensive line of face-, body-, and hair-care products, themed around what they call, "Fruit Stem Cell Science," which includes extracts from apple, grape, and argan. While these types of ingredients have antioxidant benefit, the idea that they work like your stem cells to turn back time isn't supported by published research of any kind.
Stem cells work only if they are alive, and in a skin-care product, they are long dead. Not to mention that even if stem cells could survive the skin-care formulation process, an apple stem cell is helpful only to an apple—your skin cells wouldn't have the first clue how to use stem cells from a plant. Stem-cell research is still in its infancy—science is just beginning to understand how stem cells work and/or how they can actually benefit our health; the cosmetics industry isn't beating the medical industry in this regard!
The company also includes what they refer to as "BioActive 8 Berry Complex" in many of their products. This is really a blanket name for a mix of non-fragrant berry juice extracts (acai, aronia, bearberry, bilberry, black elderberry, goji berry, rosehips berry, and sea buckthorn berry). All of these ingredients have antioxidant function on the skin, but, again, they aren't miracle ingredients by any stretch, nor is Andalou Naturals the only line using them.
We should note that Andalou Naturals, at the time of this review, doesn't list all of the ingredients in their "BioActive 8 Berry Complex" on their product labels. While the individual berry extracts mentioned above are listed on their website as part of their marketing messaging, they omit them on their products, which violates International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) and FDA labeling regulatory requirements. This is an important oversight, because you have the right to know all of the ingredients in your skin-care products, without having to jump through extra hoops. We hope the company rectifies this in the near future.
On a more positive note, we found that many of the skin-care products Andalou Naturals offers were good—mostly for normal to dry skin, although there also are a few winners for those with oily to combination skin. Many contain some amount of fragrance (but to their credit, the facial formulas that did contain fragrance mostly had only a minimum amount, which is not typical of natural-themed lines).
We were especially impressed that they avoided the boring or basic formulas so common among natural skin-care brands. Several of their products contain the types of beneficial ingredients that have plenty of published research to back up their claims. What a great change of pace!
The missteps were the few instances of jar packaging (which marred what would've otherwise been well-rated products) that expose delicate ingredients to air and light, as well as their body-care formulas, which tended to include higher amounts of fragrance.
For more information, call (888) 898-6955, or visit www.andalou.com.
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The January 28th, 2013 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Angels own the best outfield, Cron and Cowart amongst top prospects and much more... The Story: The Angels rank as having the best outfield in the majors. The Monkey Says: Let me just start by saying that I'm proud of Joe for not being a Braves homer and ranking them first. I do think it is a closer race than he says it is. A lot of it depends on how well Bourjos pans out and if the Upton brothers live up to their lofty potential now that they are united. The Story: Of course, ESPN readers disagree and rank the Braves outfield as the best. The Monkey Says: At the time I posted this, the Braves outfield had over twice as many votes as the Angels outfield, which is just preposterous. I think that speaks to just how much the general public is unaware of Bourjos' defensive prowess and how much they overrate the Uptons. The Story: C.J. Cron is rated at the fourth best first base prospect in baseball. The Monkey Says: I don't want to spoil my analysis of Cron in the MWAH prospect countdown, but I am not nearly as high on him as others. His production certainly justifies this ranking, but I have real concerns about whether or not he can keep it up at the higher levels. The Story: Kaleb Cowart is rated as the fifth best third base prospect in baseball. The Monkey Says: For me, this is the flip side to Cron. I probably like Cowart more than most and think that he could really rocket up the prospect charts once he puts together another strong season, silencing some of his doubters. The Story: A look at the performances of underrated rookie ball players Wendell Soto and Joel Capote. The Monkey Says: It is hard to pay attention to Rookie Ball and not end up rooting for guys like these, even though most of them don't pan out. [follow]
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Adoption event hopes to find homes for dogs
Sammye Leflar-Bohnstehn and [auth] the Animal Welfare Alliance will hold another Animal Adoption Event on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Tractor Supply, 5000 N. Main St. The AWA will have a total of 20 dogs and puppies available for petting, loving and adopting.
Sammye said that the AWA hopes to hold adoption events on the last Saturday of the month, with the exception of August when all the agencies, AWA, the Roswell Humane Society and Roswell Animal Services will combine for a major event. "It's on August 17. It's a huge national adoption event."
The 20 dogs are being kept by five foster families and Sammye is looking for more people to foster dogs as they await adoption. She also noted that she has completed a project which has long been a goal of hers, a Facebook page called Roswell Urgent Animals at Animal Control.
"This allows people to see what Animal Control has available even when Animal Services is not open."
Sammye says she monitors the Facebook page every night.
"I adopted out two dogs last night, one black Lab, Maryland, and one pitbull, New York. We have been able to save half the animals on death row this way."
AWA has no set fee, although the potential puppy parent will be asked to reimburse the Alliance for shots and neutering. For those animals who are too young to be neutered, the AWA will set up an appointment at their low cost clinic.
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--I had Law as a late 2nd rounder. I liked Virgil better, but both my teams are set at catcher for the years he contributes.
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--I had Law as a late 2nd rounder. I liked Virgil better, but both my teams are set at catcher for the years he contributes.
With their first fourth round pick, the Skipjacks will select:
Marty Bystrom
The Skipjacks are interested in trading a future 4th round pick to select somewhere in the next five picks. PM me if the interest is mutual.
BTW Mark, will there be an updated FA list prior to the auction? I haven't actually seen one yet for this offseason.
Also, we didn't draft Hubie Brooks; he went to the Hard Cider at pick #20. Our draft has been modest, picking quantity of playable seasons over quality of singular seasons. Though we're not high on drafting a setup man in round one, Gary Lucas provides much needed lefty help in the pen for the length of his rookie contract. Wally Backman gives us four useful seasons as a platoon infielder. Bystrom is a "Mac's playoff-ringer special" for this season (if we can get there) - if things look bad by the trade deadline you can expect him to be on the trade block for a late 3rd. Good news is he is also a good #5 pitcher for 1981, if you set rotation to skip.
The best Skipjacks draft has to be 1974 top to bottom. Jim Rice, Kent Tekulve, John Denny, Al Cowens, Tom Johnson, Rick Sawyer... and the biggest amateur draft steal in team history, Warren Cromartie in Round 5. Sadly, we were only able to keep one of them with HTD rights this offseason.
Thee 2 pitchers I was targeting late and Mark got them both. Breining and Williams. Could have too many pitchers for 1981 but better than not enough
I had Law ranked 15th on my board. I love versatility which is one of the reasons I picked up Nichols because in that 83 season he is rated at all 3 OF positions and SS which will save me a roster spot.
--There are still some usefull pieces left on my draft board. The Knights and Corsairs would both be willing to trade a future 4th for one this year if anybody is interested.
The Dust Bunnies have two picks coming up soon in the fourth round. We may be able to deal one or both if an acceptable offer involving picks and/or players comes along. Jack
With the 52nd pick in the 1980 first year player draft the Hard Cider select:
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RP-Rich Bordi
With the 53rd pick in the 1980 first year player draft the Milwaukee Ironselect:
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3B/C-Floyd Rayford
nice pickup of Rayford there
Bodi was actually the top guy on my board. Nice pick up.
Dust Bunnies select Luis Aguayo
Dust Bunnies select Randy Martz
The Beavers select
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The Tyrants select ... Ken Schrom. Should be a decent cheap starting pitcher for us in '83. Good value this late in the draft.
The Gamblers select
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The Thunder finally have a pick and the guy they have been targetting slide all the way down to the 4th round! What luck! The Thunder select .... Jerry Dybzinski.
What a haul! This draft will go down in Thunder history. But seriously, he provides a nice cheap defensive replacement for Smalley at SS.
Craig, that Thunder pick was premature. Skipjacks were on the clock.
Very nice pickup on Vukovich, Rich. I was hoping he would drop to the Jaxx. One decent platoon season and one nice full season. He was actually the only one on my player list who still had more than one useful season. Of course, I did miss some picks along the way.
The Skipjacks select Jerry Dyb - waitaminute
The Skipjacks select:
P Mark Davis
...not to be confused with earlier pick Mike Davis.
Davis was the guy I really wanted. Had him by far the highest remaining on the board. Considered taking him first in this round. His '85 should be great and his '83 isn't bad either. Tons of resign value too. Fantastic pick this late.
Yeah I was hoping I could nab Davis.
Thanks. As it turns out we believe the value in this draft is in Round 4. We wouldn't mind picking again if the right player is there. Mark Brouhard was on our radar too.
--Brouhard does have several years as a big time lefty masher. Great platoon guy. Agree that the strength of this draft is in its depth. Not such a great year to pick high, but a very good year to have lots of picks. I had more 2nd round values than their were picks, so many lasted into the 3rd. Ditto on 3rds into the 4th. Either of my teams still willing to give up a future 4th even at this late point in the round. Nobody I'd give more than that for though.
There is one player left that was #32 on our draftboard. I won't give away their position but I am extremely surprised they are still undrafted.


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[size=13px; line-height: 1.22]Case-Shiller Index co-author Robert Shiller spoke with FOX Business Network's (FBN) Stuart Varney about the future of the housing market in the United States. Shiller said, "I think we have had an abnormally positive impact with the very low mortgage rates." He admitted that he worries about when home prices will stop rising, saying, "I think home prices will probably go up for six months or another year, but beyond that I don't know.[/size]
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"I think we have had an abnormally positive impact with the very low mortgage rates. They reached record lows last fall and people react to a record low. You think, 'Hey the mortgage rate can't go down much further, if anything they are going to go up so I better buy to lock in,' and they had this opportunity at the same time when there was a shortage of houses on the market so of course it starts to bring home prices up but that's ending now. That's why I worry, I think home prices will probably go up for six months or another year, but beyond that I don't know."
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Women of London, you had better take a seat. There's something I need to tell you: fashion people lie. Shocking, isn't it? But before you — betrayed and overcome with anger — begin slicing up your copy of this month's Vogue with a carving knife, please try to understand our plight. It's not our intention to hurt you, neither is it ever our plan to send you out into the night looking like you got dressed under the influence of a tank-load of tequila. It's just that sometimes we have to stretch the truth a little. How else could we have crowbarred Miuccia Prada's four-inch brothel-creepers onto our pages without letting you think you might feasibly wear a pair and not stand out from the crowd?
With such deviancy in mind, I offer today's entirely honest musing as a means of apology. It is, after all, about time you heard the truth. While some might say you'll need a great fitting frock, the perfect pair of trousers and a silk button-up blouse to get through this winter with your style status — and sanity — intact, the reality is far less complex. All that's required is the perfect skirt and sweater.
You see, whether you're nine or 99, fat, thin or medium-sized, a skirt and sweater is a winning combination which, when mastered, is the answer to every wardrobe dilemma on earth.
First tried and tested on the catwalk, this winning formula is a favourite with a host of the capital's designers who relied on the silhouette to add a playful, effortless edge to their autumn/winter collections. In his offering, Jonathan Saunders teamed bell-shape skirts with cricket sweaters, while in her collection for Mulberry, Emma Hill teamed a pencil skirt cut from black lace with a chunky turtle-neck knit and proved that this look could work for evening too. Tailoring connoisseurs Phoebe Philo and Stella McCartney are also keen advocates of this approach.
Of course, as with every fashion phenomenon, it's not everyone who is on board with this effortless New Look. And who can blame them? After years of faffing around with dresses, and having long filed the sweater in the drawer that's mentally marked "weekend apparel only", it is understandable that some might feel daunted by this look's laidback aesthetic. Particularly when it comes to making it work in the office. To these people, I say: dare to be different. This is a smart, dynamic way of dressing that comes with reams of possibilities, whatever your profession.
Before we go any further, though, you must understand that getting to grips with this look requires groundwork. Sourcing the perfect set of skirt-sweater combinations will take time, most of which will be spent trying on different skirt shapes in every other store on our high street.
As a general rule, those with long legs look good in boxy knee-length skirt styles — note: don't get this shape confused with pencil skirts — while those with shorter legs look great in a mini. If you've got a tummy, avoid anything high-waisted, and if large hips are the cause of your suffering, beware of A-line shapes. When it comes to sweaters, I suggest investing in three or four great ones which fit well and, importantly, work for a host of occasions. A chunky knit or waffle sweater — try Acne or Gap — make for great office attire and look best with a leather skirt — try Whistles — while something with a little texture — Cos has an amazing mohair sweater — teamed with a streamlined skirt and vertiginous stilettos makes for an impossibly chic evening wear option.
And that, dear reader, is no word of a lie.
Begin your hunt at home: a basic crew-neck sweater will breathe new life into the boring black skirt you've had in your closet for years.
Add jewels. A chunky necklace for evening and pearls for the boardroom.
Evening skirt and sweater advocates should ditch the opaque tights and go big on cosy accessories (and taxi fares).
A feather skirt worn with a simple cashmere sweater is the ultimate Christmas party outfit. Try it.
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Date: January 10, 2013 09:15AM
Well-known value investor Mario Gabelli's Gamco Investments chief investment officer, Howard Ward, was on Bloomberg to discuss his outlook for the market, his views on Apple valuation versus Amazon and recent issues with Boeing's Dreamliner. He also discusses the trends of oil prices and what he expects from the Chinese economy
-- Boeing (BA) will get over the issues with its Dreamliner and will be one of the very popular plane models.
-- U.S. investors should latch on to some of the U.S. domestic oil and gas companies. Three that he recommends: Continental Resources (CLR), EOG Resources (EOG) and Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD).
-- Does not recommend Exxon Mobil (XOM) and BP (BP) as they don't have as high growth as the smaller players.
-- Investors are underestimating the potential of Apple (AAPL).
-- No concern about margins. Cheap iPhone model in emerging markets will be great. They are at a point where they cannot ignore growth in emerging markets, and the idea is good that with the cheaper version they will be able to introduce their product and brand to a much larger consumer base.
-- Just compare AAPL with AMZN: Apple has excellent margins and is getting beaten down while Amazon is being rewarded for not making any margins. That is an amazing dichotomy of the stock market.
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BERLIN, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich came from behind to beat Alemannia Aachen 2-1 on Saturday and sneak into top spot in the Bundesliga for at least one night.
Sascha Dum's deflected strike gave Aachen an unexpected lead in the 38th minute at the Allianz Arena but Claudio Pizarro equalised within a minute and Mark van Bommel struck the winner 10 minutes after the break.
Hertha Berlin, who went into the fifth round of matches as leaders, could only manage a 1-1 draw away to Mainz. Schalke took advantage to join Bayern at the top with a 2-0 win at home to VfL Wolfsburg.
The big northern battle between Hamburg SV and Werder Bremen, two Champions League teams struggling for form, finished 1-1.
Tim Borowski put Bremen ahead in the 58th minute. Bastian Reinhardt headed an equaliser 11 minutes later and Hamburg held on despite having Mehdi Mahdavikia sent off with 16 minutes to go.
That left Bayern top with 10 points from five games, ahead of Schalke on goals scored.
Hertha and Borussia Moenchengladbach, who beat Borussia Dortmund on Friday, have nine points.
Nuremberg, with eight points from four games, will go top on Sunday if they win away to Energie Cottbus.
Bayern had taken just a point from their previous two league games and their bad run looked set to continue when they fell behind in a poor first half.
Dum took a free kick on the very edge of the area and his blast struck Lucio and flew past Oliver Kahn.
In response, Bastian Schweinsteiger raced forward and won a corner on the Bayern left. Aachen cleared it for a second corner and this time Pizarro outjumped his marker and butted the ball in.
Bayern improved slightly after the break and took a lead they just about deserved when the ball broke for Van Bommel outside the area and the Dutch international threaded in a shot and make it two goals in two Bundesliga games following his move from Barcelona.
It was just the result Bayern needed ahead of their trip to face Inter Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday.
A 1-1 draw suited neither side in the northern derby.
Hamburg, who are in 14th place with four points, have still to win this season and are in sorry shape as they prepare to play away to CSKA Moscow in the Champions League on Tuesday.
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"I can't say enough wonderful things about Mike! He was so great! His online music selection thing was so easy to use and helped me find songs I wouldn't have thought of on my own. There was also a planner/timeline tool that originally I didn't think I would use because we had a planner, but she decided to up and quit on us a few weeks before the event. With Mike's timeline tool, we planned everything out perfectly. The wedding started a bit late. (And by a bit, I really mean 2 hours) But Mike kept my guests entertained all the while. We had a pretty small gathering of only 30 people and 6 of them were wedding party, so my concern was that there wouldn't be much dancing and it might be awkward. Never a dull moment though. He kept the party going and the people on their feet! He made all the dedications and fit them into the flow of the night perfectly. Even getting my grandmother and grandfather up and dancing! I'm pretty sure they hadn't danced in like 20 years or so. There was a point in the night that the bartender had gone to get more water and I was completely parched. I went to check on him and I guess he had overheard me asking for water and produced a bottle for me out of his dj booth. :) I can't say enough wonderful things about Mike. He is really the DJ to have if you're having an event anywhere even remotely CLOSE to Miami! WE LOVE YOU MIKE! Thank you for helping to make my wedding day perfect!"
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"Adam has made some truly awesome pieces of jewelry for us. For our wedding he was able to completely copy a ring that belongs to my husband's father. He has told his dad several times if he ever gets tired of it to pass it along. So, Adam's awesome master jeweler, Joe, took the ring, molded it and made a replica in white gold, instead of the yellow his father's ring is in. We were able to use a diamond of his mother's and a bit of gold from various other pieces of jewelry from his family. The result was breathtaking. My husband actually got a little teary when I gave it to him on our wedding day. Adam and his jeweler also designed his wedding band from scratch, and are working on designing bands for me to go with my ring. I will never trust anyone else with my family heirlooms, they are totally trustworthy and professional. You can not beat the prices either for the amazing quality of work they produce. Twice a year they do a "Diamond Dash" also, which is totally fun! We've done it once and came in 4th. We plan on taking 1st next time and the $30,000 diamond ring prize!"
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Miami Beach, FL 33139, US
"The Mediterranean Mansion was perfect for our destination wedding. It has 3 villas all on one property with a gorgeous little courtyard in the center, water features and the most friendly staff in the whole world. Mary was super helpful and her assistants were AWESOME! They even helped us decorate! The Mansion is located on Collins and 14th, which provided a great place to be centrally located. It has 5 bedrooms, which sleep 10 people comfortably. It also has a billiards room, a media room with the biggest tv I've ever seen, a sauna, gorgeous spiral staircases, a chef kitchen, and plenty of other working and living spaces. There were shops, the beach and Espanola Way, all within walking distance. Flanking the mansion on either side were a wonderful little restaurant on one side and the Beachcomber hotel on the other. It was a picture of perfection, seriously. I wouldn't recommend this place for over 30 guests though unless you plan on using the inside portion as well, or not having tables set up. We had 30 people, tables and chairs for all 30, plus lounge furniture. It fit perfect, but any more and it would have been cramped. We live in Corpus Christi, TX, So finding a place in Miami proved to be difficult. We had a planner, but she wasn't very helpful, in fact, ended up quitting a few weeks before the wedding! It was a blessing in disguise though, because between Mary, Humberto and Ray they were all the planner one could need. Mary even offered to let me ship things to her if we needed to. My only complaint was the lack of parking. There is like NO parking on Collins. We had to pay a ridiculous amount of money for our guests to park their cars in various garages. Mary let us use her private spaces for $25/day, which was about what all the other places charged, but hers was in a secured garage."
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Diagnosis and treatment of vascular disease
Have you and your doctor been talking about the overall health of your heart? Or do you suspect something is wrong and would like to meet with a physician?
Conditions we treat
Our vascular team has decades of experience treating a wide-range of vascular conditions, including:
- Abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms — Condition in which a weak spot in your aorta is at risk of bursting
- Aneurysms — Occur when a part of a blood vessel swells, causing weakening or damage to the walls of the blood vessel
- Carotid arterial disease — Disease classified by a hardening or narrowing of the arteries in your neck that brings blood to the brain
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) — Condition in which one of the veins leading to your heart has a blood clot
- Diabetes-related conditions — Disease in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin, which causes elevated levels of glucose to be present in the blood
- Hyperlipidemia — Condition of having abnormally elevated levels of any or all lipids (fat-soluble molecules) or lipoproteins in the blood
- Hypertension — Chronic condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is elevated
- Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) — Condition in which narrowed or blocked arteries reduce the blood flow to your limbs
- Renal artery stenosis — Narrowing of the renal artery which can often lead to renal failure if not treated
- Small vessel disease (Raynaud's, Buerger's) — Condition in which the small arteries in the heart become narrowed
- Thoracic outlet syndrome — Condition whereby symptoms (numbness in fingers, pain in shoulder and neck) are caused by compression of nerves or blood vessels in the upper chest
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
I Have Scene It Before
Posted by Courtney Small
Last month 8 of the 11 films were identified. Peeping Tom, The Lady Vanishes, and Encounters at the End of the World were the ones to stump people. Here is this month's selection of movie scenes. How many can you identify?
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I've never played this before but I'll take a stab at it :D I can only identify four of 'em, terrible eh?ReplyDelete
3. MarineReplyDelete
5. My Girl
6. Orlando
7. Tropic Thunder
8. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
10. Breakfast at Tiffany's
3. MarnieReplyDelete
9. Ghost Dog
I agree on a lot of the other guesses--those are the two I haven't seen guessed yet.
1. Foxy BrownReplyDelete
2. Chronicle
5. My Girl
10. Breakfast at Tiffany's
Number 1 is "The Big Bird Cage". Looks like someone's been dipping into the Corman...B-)ReplyDelete
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By Tom Ward
Special Contributor
May was a great month for golf here in North Texas. First was the HP Byron Nelson tournament from the 15th through the 18th. Then, last week turned out to be a resounding success for the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial after a remarkable comeback by the new world #1 golfer Adam Scott, who beat Jason Dufner in a 3-hole playoff. Everywhere you looked, whether you were at the tournament or watching the telecast on the Golf Channel or CBS, there were countless images of the great Ben Hogan. The Hogan name was brought up numerous times by players and announcers paying homage to the man who symbolized excellence in shot making and hard work.
But even bigger news with a Hogan tie-in happened earlier this month. I was traveling out of the country when I first heard that Ben Hogan Golf was making a comeback and moving its operations back to Fort Worth. I got very excited because I've always been a big fan of Ben Hogan golf clubs. I still have my Hogan Apex irons and Tour bag and every year at the Colonial media tournament I take my set of irons out to play at Hogan's alley, honoring the legendary golfer. After arriving back home to Texas, I contacted Terry Koehler, who is the President/CEO of the Ben Hogan Golf Equipment Company. Prior to taking over the new reigns at Ben Hogan Golf, Koehler was Founder and President of SCOR Golf/Eidolon Brands, LLC located in Victoria, Texas. I asked Mr. Koehler how he got involved and what transpired to bring Hogan golf clubs back to Fort Worth.
"I actually made an inquiry when I saw that Perry Ellis had acquired Ben Hogan in 2012," he replied. " I had to think about it quite some time before deciding to pursue that. They indicated to me that they were receiving a lot of requests about Ben Hogan equipment and a lot of questions about it, but they're an apparel company. So we started talking about it with them, as to why we were a good fit with the Hogan brand. We had 150 years of Ben Hogan company experience on our team here, because when I first started building this company I went after the best I could find and it just so happened that most of the people I knew were from the Hogan company. We started conversations and that evolved into serious discussion and that evolved into contract negotiations and we got all that worked out with the t's crossed and the i's dotted. We reached a long-term agreement with Perry Ellis to bring the Ben Hogan golf back to Texas and Fort Worth. Perry Ellis owns the whole Hogan brand pack and they're an apparel company and they don't have any hard goods and that's why we're involved. Perry Ellis will continue to manage the apparel side of the equation and we'll manage golf equipment."
After talking with Mr. Koehler I found out about his special connection with the legendary golfer. Koehler recalled, "My background in relationship to Mr. Hogan and his teachings goes back to my early childhood, because I was raised by a father who played golf with Mr. Hogan before the war and developed a great affection for the man. I'm not sure afterwards how many times they might have run into each other, but I grew up with a copy of Power Golf that Mr. Hogan had written. That book got lost somewhere and I hope one day it will resurface. I played Hogan irons my whole life. I got into the golf business in the 80's and being director of marketing for the Ben Hogan company would have been my dream job and I found myself in that job in the early 90's. Sadly, the company had just moved to Virginia and I had my one and only personal visit with Mr. Hogan, which is a another story in itself. I couldn't convince the owners in Virginia what they were leaving behind and they wouldn't listen. Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore and I had to jump out of that frying pan and close that chapter of my life. So I went off and created Reid Lockhart Eidolon wedge company and we created an Eidolon branch that makes the SCORline clubs. All of those clubs have a Hogan influence in their design. I just knew that the man was onto some things that just really worked."
"Mr. Hogan was painfully shy and a lot of people mistook that for being cold and aloof, " Koehler continued. " There are so many stories about his personal generosity and he didn't want any recognition for any personal generosity. He was just a misunderstood man. He wasn't perfect because no one is, but he practically invented hard work for golf. Mr. Hogan was noted for commanding the golf ball and nobody plays the game that way anymore. It's not like these other guys out there on tour don't have the skills because they're all a bunch of talented guys. I watch these guys play and flail away and hit 2 out of 3 greens and lead the tour. I always come back to that Saturday in April of 1967 in Augusta when Mr. Hogan shot 30 on the back 9 at the Masters. He just dissected that back nine with his approach shots and drives. He said afterwards it might have been the finest 9 holes he's ever played, 'As I don't think I missed a shot.' I was a kid in high school when that happened. I remember my dad coming out to get me in a golf cart bringing me back to watch it on TV. He told me that Mr. Hogan was lighting it up and you need to see this and it was pretty cool."
Koehler mentioned to me that the Ben Hogan company has a plant in Fort Worth. He said, " We do have a production facility in Fort Worth, but we still run the SCOR Golf corporation down here in Victoria. The manufacturing and shipping are now in Fort Worth. Currently, the new company is being organized and it will be a spinoff of what we are doing. We're not sure of how we are going to transition everything yet, but it will be based in Fort Worth. We've got a big company to build and this thing is going to go on a rocket ride as we're going from a small niche company that makes high-grade scoring clubs to a full-on golf equipment company in the next few years. We'll be starting out making the irons because that was what Hogan's foundation was and we're working really hard on our first set of irons for introduction. We will need a lot of support positions from manufacturing to internal support, product managers, accessories, as this thing is really going to be like grabbing onto a rocket ride. We will be beefing up our team in the months and years ahead. The product is going to hold its own and we're developing a product that I firmly believe Mr. Hogan would be extremely proud of. Everything we're about is just unabashed high performance golf and no smoke and mirrors with no marketing sizzle. To me performance is the best marketing sizzle you can have, and we've earned that with our current golf club, the SCOR 4161 precision scoring clubs. It's not even fair to call them wedges as it's no more fair to call a model T a car." Koehler added, "Ben Hogan was a Fort Worth treasure and having the Ben Hogan company not in Fort Worth is kind of like not having the Cowboys in Dallas, or the Packers not in Green Bay. It's an institution! The plans are to have golf clubs ready for 2015."
Koehler told me he lives in Victoria, but he plans on spending about 2/3rd or ¾ of his time here in Fort Worth. "I've got a nice home here in Victoria and I have a place down on the coast where I go fishing to get my 'aqua therapy' as I call it," he said.
I've always been interested with golf technology and speaking with Terry was terrific, as he gave me some great insight about what he and his staff have been working on. Koehler said, "We have robotic testing that proves that what we've done in the high-loft golf clubs are reduce the dispersion patterns of conventional wedges and the thin-faced set matched short irons by 70-to 90 percent. It's like cheating! This does to high-loft clubs what the hybrid did to 2 irons. I liken it this way as I was watching the end of the Nelson the other day. Think about how many times you've in your life and your players lives when you've hit a nice comfortable full sand or gap wedge to a green and you're licking your chops because you've got it in wedge range and you catch it a hair fat or the ball's floating up high on the face leaving you well short of the green. Well, what if that never happened again? If you felt it high on the face and it was 5ft shorter than normal instead of 15 yards shorter than normal? That's what we've done. Very plain and simple; we've proven on conventional wedges that 7/8 of an inch of impact movement up and down the face will throw a 45 to 50 foot dispersion pattern. It's not surprising. Low on the face it's a heater. High on the face it's a killer not going anywhere. We've reduced that dispersion pattern from 45 to 50 feet to less than 13. We've expanded this all the way down to 41 degrees so we can replace the 9 iron and pitching wedge. What we've found is all of this thin-faced technology that everyone is chasing trying to make the longest-hitting 6 iron, it has finished the destruction of short irons. We found that in a one and a quarter-inch circle around the face of a conventional high-tech pitching wedge, or P club that I call it, with a 44 or 45 degree loft as it's not a wedge anymore. We found that this thin-faced technology everybody's touting around that one and a quarter-inch circle will throw it 85 to 90 foot distance differential. Ours is 6! It looks like a little compact blade, but it's the most forgiving club in the business by miles. It's an amazing piece of technology and it's a very simple clean club that I think Mr. Hogan would be proud of. By studying his notes is where I learned it. We've been back-dissecting Mr. Hogan's iron designs from back in the 60's and we saw some common threads that continue to make those the most demanded golf clubs by the better players. Ben Hogan golf was formed in late 1953, and Mr. Hogan famously scrapped the first batch of production that came out in early 1954. The first iron, called 'The Precision', came out in late 1954, the best we can put together."
Before ending the phone call Koehler stated, "It is a dream come true to assemble and lead the team to bring the Ben Hogan Company back to the golf equipment industry. Our mission will be to make Mr. Hogan proud, and live up to the example he set for all golfers in dedication, pursuit of excellence, personal integrity and hard work." So when you get a moment checkout www.benhogangolf.com. There isn't any content yet on the site, but there is a place on the website to look at what they are doing. I can promise you with Terry Koehler at the helm, Ben Hogan Golf equipment is going to be a major player in the golf industry in the coming years and Ben Hogan couldn't have hand-picked a better man to lead his golf company into the 21st century.
Tom Ward can be reached at www.teetimewithtom.com


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Feb. 22, 2014
Site: Minneapolis, Minn. (University of Minnesota Aquatic Center)
Event: Big Ten Championships (Day 4 of 4)
U-M Team Standing: 5th Place of 12 Teams (361 points)
Next U-M Event: Saturday, March 1 -- at OSU Last Chance Meet (Columbus, Ohio), Noon
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- The No. 20-ranked University of Michigan swimming and diving team wrapped up competition at the Big Ten Championships on Saturday (Feb. 22) with a fifth-place finish at the all-league meet held inside the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. A trio of 'A' finalists and six 'B' finalists powered Michigan's final night at the meet, moving U-M up one spot from sixth place in 2013.
U-M's first A finalist on the night, sophomore Zoe Mattingly's (Zionsville, Ind./Zionsville), touched at 49.48 in the 100-yard freestyle, good for seventh place.
Senior Angela Chokran (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) was Michigan's second swimming A finalist of the night and came through for the Wolverines, taking fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke. She out-touched Taylor Vargo of Ohio State by .01 seconds (2:11.61 to 2:11.62).
Junior Carey Chen (Vancouver, British Columbia/University Hill Secondary) continued her strong showing in the diving well, taking sixth from the platform. Her score of 263.65 surpassed her score (252.95) and eighth-place finish at prelims, and gave U-M 13 crucial points late in the meet. Chen competed in the A finals from all three boards at the championships.
In the final event of the night -- the 400-yard freestyle relay -- the Wolverines achieved the fifth-fastest time in school history at 3:17.95. The time is a NCAA B standard. The relay of freshman Claudia Goswell (Sydney, Australia/Baker College), Mattingly, sophomore Ali DeLoof (Grosse Pointe, Mich./Grosse Pointe South) and senior Courtney Beidler (Richboro, Pa./Council Rock South) cut nearly 1.4 seconds off the previous season best in the event (3:19.33).
Training partners Beidler and sophomore Marni Oldershaw's (Oakville, Ontario/Iroquois Ridge) scored for Michigan on the third consecutive night from the B final of the 200-yard butterfly. Beidler finished 10th overall at 1:58.03 and Oldershaw took 14th at 2:00.14.
The Wolverines got a boost from another pair of B finalists in the 200-yard backstroke: sophomore Marie Georger (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) and junior Claudia Lau (Hong Kong, China/Diocesan Girls' School). Georger took 10th at 1:56.88, a new career high, and the second top-10 finish of her career at Big Tens (2013: 10th in the 200-yard backstroke).
Two distance swimmers scored points for the Wolverines, with junior Kelsey Cummings (El Segundo, Calif./El Segundo) and sophomore Jessica Wolf (Waukesha, Wis./Muskego) taking 15th and 16th, respectively, in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Wolf clocked a 16:27.33, a new personal best.
Michigan will next take a contingent of swimmers to the Ohio State Last Chance Meet on Saturday, March 1 at the McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion in Columbus, Ohio. Swimmers will be attempting to achieve NCAA A or B standards.
Team Standings (Final)
1. Minnesota 760 2. Indiana 649 3. Penn State 484 4. Ohio State 374 5. MICHIGAN 361 6. Wisconsin 338 7. Purdue 334 8. Iowa 199 9. Nebraska 145 10. Northwestern 110 11. Michigan State 87 12. Illinois 79
Event Winners/U-M Finishers
Preliminaries time in parentheses if faster than finals time
1,650-yard Freestyle 1. Lindsay Vrooman, IND 15:55.20* 15. Kelsey Cummings, U-M 16:25.09# 16. Jessica Wolf, U-M 16:27.33# 35. Mary Kate Leary, U-M 17:07.08 200-yard Backstroke 1. Brooklyn Snodgrass, IND 1:51.43* 10. Marie Georger, U-M 1:56.88# 14. Claudia Lau, U-M 1:57.94# (1:57.13#) 29. Kayla Douglas, U-M 2:00.10 51. Mary Kate Leary, U-M 2:04.42 100-yard Freestyle 1. Ivy Martin, WIS 47.78#!& 7. Zoe Mattingly, U-M 49.48# (49.29#) 21. Madeline Frost, U-M 50.73 (50.26) 23. Julia Fiks Salem, U-M 51.12 (50.29) 17. Claudia Goswell, U-M 49.75# 18. Ali DeLoof, U-M 49.76# 38. Sharalynn Missiuna, U-M 50.72 64. Molly Schaefer, U-M 51.70 71. Olivia Samoray, U-M 52.09 200-yard Breaststroke 1. Kierra Smith, MINN 2:06.66* 4. Angela Chokran, U-M 2:11.61# 21. Madison Horton, U-M 2:17.48 (2:17.10) 23. Erin Cameron, U-M 2:19.29 (2:18.18) 200-yard Butterfly 1. Gia Dalesandro, IND 1:53.95*!& 9. Courtney Beidler, U-M 1:58.03# 14. Marni Oldershaw, U-M 2:00.14 27. Elizabeth Harty, U-M 2:02.97 400-yard Freestyle Relay 1. Wisconsin 3:15.65* 6. MICHIGAN 3:17.95# (Claudia Goswell, Zoe Mattingly Ali DeLoof, Courtney Beidler) Platform Diving 1. Sarah McCrady, MINN 329.50^ 6. Carey Chen, U-M 263.65 17. Emily Boyd, U-M 213.65 18. Brianna Maroukis, U-M 212.55 19. Elena Ghormley, U-M 211.15 20. Nicole Honey, U-M 206.90 21. Sarah Kamstra, U-M 203.50 23. Marina Nazario, U-M 194.20 25. Keegan McCaffrey, U-M 192.35 * NCAA automatic qualifying time # NCAA consideration time ^ NCAA Zone Diving qualifying score ! Big Ten record & Big Ten Championships record
Previous Results: Day 3 | Day 2 | Day 1
Swimming Coach of the Year: Kelly Kremer, Minnesota
Swimmer of the Championships: Ivy Martin, Wisconsin
Freshman of the Year: Gia Dalesandro, Indiana
Diving Coach of the Year: Adam Soldati, Purdue
Diver of the Championships: Maggie Keefer, Minnesota; Casey Matthews, Purdue
Courtney Beidler (first team)
Marni Oldershaw (second team)
U-M achieved six top-three finishes during the Big Ten meet:
Courtney Beidler (1st, 400 IM); 3rd, 200 IM)
Marni Oldershaw (2nd, 400 IM; 2nd 200 IM)
Zoe Mattingly (3rd, 100 Back)
Angela Chokran (3rd, 100 Breaststroke)
Courtney Beidler ends her career with seven top-10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships (2014: first in the 400-yard IM, third in the 200-yard IM, ninth in the 200-yard buttefly; 2013: third in the 400-yard IM, fourth in the 200-yard butterfly and 200-yard IM; 2012: ninth in the 400-yard IM).
Beidler scored the most individual points for U-M with 45 during the championships.
Angela Chokran ends her career with seven individual top-10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships (2014: third in the 100-yard breaststroke, fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke; 2013: fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke, fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke; 2012: eighth in the 100-yard breaststroke, ninth in the 200-yard breaststroke; 2011: sixth in the 200-yard breaststroke).
Claudia Lau's prelims time in the 200-yard backstroke (1:57.13) moves her up to eighth on U-M's fastest career list.
Zoe Mattingly's prelims time in the 100-yard freestyle (49.29) moved her up to sixth on U-M's career fastest list. She was 10th coming into the meet (49.71).
Mattingly achieved her second top-8 finish at Big Tens this season with her seventh-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle. She took third in the 100-yard backstroke on Friday (Feb. 21).
Carey Chen became U-M's first championship finalist from all three boards since Amanda Lohman in 2012.
Marie Georger achieved the sixth-fastest career time at U-M in the 200-yard backstroke in the evening finals at 1:56.88. She came into the meet with the seventh-fastest career time (1:56.97).
Career Bests (Feb. 22)
|Claudia Lau
|200-yard backstroke
|Marie Georger
|200-yard backstroke
|Olivia Samoray
|100-yard freestyle
|Claudia Goswell
|100-yard freestyle
|Zoe Mattingly
|100-yard freestyle
|Madeline Frost
|100-yard freestyle
|Ali DeLoof
|100-yard freestyle
|Madison Horton
|200-yard breaststroke
|Erin Cameron
|200-yard breaststroke
|Jessica Wolf
|1,650-yard freestyle
|Elena Ghormley
|Platform diving
|Keegan McCaffrey
|Platform diving
Michigan Head Coach Mike Bottom
On the team's overall performance at the meet ... "There were some good things when you take a look at everything. We moved up one spot from sixth to fifth this year. We had about 50 more points than last year. And we got our first Big Ten championship (Courtney Beidler's 400-yard IM) in several years. Our divers keep improving and scored some points for us."
On his goals moving forward ... "We are all about getting better every day. We have improved and we showed we are getting better, but we are not satisfied. We wanted to catch Ohio State and came up just short. We have to keep getting better and that is our mission."
On looking ahead to the NCAA Championships ... "We believe we have five athletes qualified right now plus a couple of relays. We want to be in a position to take nine athletes. We have an opportunity to qualify a few more women and we'll see how the cuts shake out."
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