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JEFFREY BROWN: Polls that say this, polls that say that, professional oddsmakers, and folks who just throw a dart at a dartboard. So who's got the most accurate forecast when it comes to the presidential race?
Our economics correspondent Paul Solman went on a quest for answers. It's part of his ongoing reporting Making Sense of financial news.
PAUL SOLMAN: Want to know who's going to win the presidential election?
WOMAN: Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
PAUL SOLMAN: We would like to know the winner too. But who to ask? The pollsters?
Doug Schwartz runs QuinnipiacUniversity's Polling Institute.
DOUGLAS SCHWARTZ, Director, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute: Right now, Pew has Romney up by three points. Gallup has Obama up by five points in their seven-day track. But since the debate, they have Obama up by just three points.
PAUL SOLMAN: Or how about asking old friend Ray Fair, an economist we have been visiting every four years since the George H.W. Bush administration? Fair has got an economic model.
RAY FAIR, YaleUniversity: So, right at this moment, its 49.5 percent of the two-party vote for Obama.
PAUL SOLMAN: So, the polls and models call it just about even. But, curiously, the betting public tells a very different story.
Online betting prediction markets, like Ireland's Intrade, which takes bets from Americans, and England's Betfair, which doesn't, have made President Obama the strong favorite for months.
The lone domestic and entirely legal betting haven is the University of Iowa's Electronic Market.
Ever frugal, we asked Hari Sreenivasan, our man in the Midwest, at least last week, to drop in.
JOYCE BERG, Iowa Electronic Markets: This is our server right here.
HARI SREENIVASAN: So the entire prediction market is in there?
JOYCE BERG: That's right, in that little box.
PAUL SOLMAN: A visual letdown, perhaps, but this is what electronic betting looks like everywhere, a box.
Through this one, the Iowa Market, 1,600 people place their bets, with a $500 limit per punter. The odds when Hari was there?
Director Joyce Berg:
JOYCE BERG: Right now, the markets are favoring Obama. If you look at the winner-take-all market, that market is showing our traders believe there's an 80 percent chance that Obama will get more than half the popular vote.
PAUL SOLMAN: That was before the first presidential debate, however. The odds are now much lower.
But they're still above 60 percent that President Obama will win the popular vote.
So, who's right, the professors, the pollsters, or the plungers?
Let's start with economics professor Ray Fair, who has based his equation on a century of election data.
He finds that just four variables can pretty reliably pick the winner: incumbency — sitting presidents have an edge — party — being a Republican has been an advantage — inflation rate — the lower the better — rate of income growth per person — the higher the better.
So, this year?
RAY FAIR: The model says a very close election predicted. If the economy were booming, the equation would be predicting a pretty substantial Obama victory. If the economy were going into a recession, it would be a substantial Romney victory. The economy's more or less in between.
PAUL SOLMAN: Unlike most of us, Fair has a professional interest in the outcome.
RAY FAIR: If it's a close election, the equation will have done quite well. It's been predicting a close election for over a year, so it will be a rather substantial plus for the equation, the fact that — if we have a close election, regardless of who wins.
PAUL SOLMAN: So everybody else, pretty much, has a horse in this race, but your horse is your equation?
RAY FAIR: I'm an econometrician, not a pundit, right? So the horse you're interested in, OK, is the — is my equation.
But I have another side of me, which I'm not talking to you about, which is what I personally would like to see.
PAUL SOLMAN: And you're not going to tell me what that is?
RAY FAIR: I'm not going to tell you what that is, no.
PAUL SOLMAN: How accurate has the model been?
RAY FAIR: My interest is in vote shares. And on that metric, looking at the predictions the average error over these elections is 3.6.
PAUL SOLMAN: Three-point-six percent?
RAY FAIR: Correct, within this margin of error, yes.
PAUL SOLMAN: As it turns out, that's about the same margin of error as for the second major source of presidential predictions, the polls.
DOUGLAS SCHWARTZ: In 2008, we polled on a bunch of swing states. We got within three points of President Obama's actual margin in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin.
MAN: Is you mind made up, or do you think you might change your mind before the election?
PAUL SOLMAN: Earlier this week, Quinnipiac surveyed voters in three of this election's swing states: Colorado, Wisconsin and Virginia.
MAN: Your telephone number was randomly generated by a computer, and I need to pick someone at random from your household to participate in this survey.
PAUL SOLMAN: To make sure they're polling a scientific sample of likely voters, these callers use random-digit dialing of landlines and cell phones. But that's just for starters, says Doug Schwartz.
DOUGLAS SCHWARTZ: When we call a household, we don't automatically speak to whoever picks up the phone, because they tend to be women. We speak to whoever has the next birthday in the household.
We also call over several days, because we don't want to just reach the easy-to-reach people. For example, seniors, people with young children are easier to reach. So we will call a phone number at least four times between 6:00 and 9:00 during the week, but then we will also try on weekends.
We also conduct interviewing in Spanish. So, it all gets back to this principle of making sure that everyone has an equal chance of being selected.
PAUL SOLMAN: But, of course, not everyone wants that chance.
Do people get angry at you?
DEETA MOUNING, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute: Oh, yes, they do. They blast us out.
PAUL SOLMAN: They do blast you out?
DEETA MOUNING: Yes.
PAUL SOLMAN: And what do they say when they blast you out?
DEETA MOUNING: Oh, I can't say.
PAUL SOLMAN: In fact, out of 100 phone calls, callers reach only about 10 eligible respondents.
WOMAN: Hello?
PAUL SOLMAN: And, of those, only about half cooperate.
WOMAN: I would say, out of 100, I would probably get, like, five interviews.
MAN: I would say about three or four.
PAUL SOLMAN: Although those who do take the calls seem to do so gladly.
ARTHUR ROY, Quinnipiac University Polling Institute: Generally, people who are interested in talking about politics love to engage, so they will talk to us quite a bit.
PAUL SOLMAN: But since every pollster claims to come up with a scientific random sample eventually, how can the results be Romney up by four and Obama down by three at the very same time?
A hefty margin of error, says newly minted Ph.D. economist David Rothschild, who works at Microsoft Research in Manhattan.
So, Rothschild incorporates models, polls, and markets into a constantly updated forecast on his blog PredictWise.com.
Last we looked, his data mash-up gave President Obama a 65 percent chance to win.
DAVID ROTHSCHILD, Microsoft Research: I never sweat too much about any individual poll because there's too much noise.
PAUL SOLMAN: Too much noise meaning?
DAVID ROTHSCHILD: Too much movement.
PAUL SOLMAN: Take the so-called bumps after a vice presidential pick, or a convention. Or take the first presidential debate. Say you're a Democrat the morning after.
DAVID ROTHSCHILD: A pollster calls you, you don't want anything to do with it. You're just — you're upset. You hang up that phone.
They call another guy, exact same demographics as you, because they're trying to fill some sort of demographic hole or whatnot. He's a Republican. He's stoked. He wants to yell for how excited he is for Romney.
The same person on paper looks like he switched to Republican, but what happened really is, is that the Republicans want to talk that day vs. a Democrat who is like, I'm not even answering the phone. I'm in a bad mood. Obama screwed up last night. So…
PAUL SOLMAN: Between prediction markets and polls, which do you trust?
DAVID ROTHSCHILD: Prediction markets, because prediction markets have all of this polling information available to them, as well as additional information.
PAUL SOLMAN: The very latest economic statistics, for example, or a secretly taped fundraising talk.
WOMAN: Right about here is Romney, that secret video taping of the 47 percent.
PAUL SOLMAN: We found one such better, MITSloanSchool student Andre Gloria.
ANDRE GLORIA, student, MITSloanSchool: The question that you're really answering when you're placing a bet is, who do you think will win, not, who will you vote for?
PAUL SOLMAN: Gloria plays betting markets the world over. He's already won enough on this election to holiday in style.
ANDRE GLORIA: I will have a nice Christmas break thanks to this, yes.
PAUL SOLMAN: And though this MBA student doesn't play in low-stakes Iowa, he's very much like her speculators, says Joyce Berg.
JOYCE BERG: Our market traders are a lot different than the general voting population. They're predominantly male, wealthier than the average voter, younger than the average voter, more well-educated than the average voter.
PAUL SOLMAN: And as we take one last look at the Iowa, the quietest bookie in America, one last question: How accurate have the polls proved to be?
JOYCE BERG: So, we have gone back over time since the '88 election, looked at over 900 polls, and compared the IEM prediction to the poll prediction, and found, in 75 percent of the cases, the IEM was more accurate than the polls.
We also look at night-before forecasts, and there, in that case, we are usually within about 1.3 percent of the actual election outcome.
PAUL SOLMAN: For the latest odds from Iowa, Intrade and Betfair, just go to our Making Sense website, where we link to all of them in real time.


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DOD Studies on Discrimination in the Military
NSIAD-95-103: Published: Apr 7, 1995. Publicly Released: Apr 7, 1995.
Additional Materials:
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO identified studies done, sponsored, or commissioned by the Department of Defense in the past 20 years on discrimination in the military.
GAO found that: (1) it identified 72 studies, dating from 1974 to 1994, related to the issue of equal opportunity in the military; (2) GAO categorized the studies, based on their content, into the areas of equal opportunity climate, training, sexual discrimination and harassment, promotions, discipline, and recruitment; (3) the following are some of the general observations made in the studies: (a) blacks and women tended to hold negative perceptions regarding equal opportunity in the military. Poor training and lack of visible chain of command participation led to decreased emphasis on the Army's equal opportunity program; (b) racial harmony training in the Army improved effectiveness in dealing with racial problems. Human relations training in the Air Force seemed to give sufficient attention to service-specific issues and applications; (c) sexual harassment is a problem in all services, and efforts to prevent it have not been totally effective. Most victims did not take formal action because they anticipated a negative outcome; (d) performance ratings and fitness reports of women serving in the Navy contained gender-type language that may have negatively affected their career paths and opportunities for promotion; (e) when compared to their white counterparts, black servicemembers were overrepresented in courts-martial with respect to certain types of offenses; and (f) white males are likely to continue to make up the majority of servicemembers. Hispanic males will probably not increase their representation in the military despite the relatively rapid growth of the Hispanic population because their service eligibility rates are lower than those of white males; (4) the military services reported taking complete or partial action on 26 of the 38 studies that contained recommendations; (5) they could not provide information on the status of the recommendations in the other 11 reports; (6) the recommendation in one report is obsolete due to a change in policy; and (7) in addition, the cognizant organizations could not locate or provide copies of three reports.
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On Sunday, July 8 at 9pm ET/PT (check local listings), TLC brings back the hit series "Hoarding: Buried Alive" for a fourth season.
The network has ordered 18 episodes with nine premiering in July and an additional nine to air in 2013. Thank goodness. TLC begins season four, according to a press release, "with the poignant story of 51-year-old Cary, who is both a compulsive hoarder and Elvis impersonator hiding behind his King of Rock 'n' Roll garb. Over the course of two decades, Cary's paralyzing obsession with Elvis has taken over every inch of his 600 square foot apartment located in the outskirts of Manhattan. Now, with a home virtually uninhabitable and a bank account almost empty, Cary faces the possibility of parting ways with his memorabilia. Causing life changing ramifications, his obsession has crossed over into the realm of compulsive hoarding."
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Spending Habits: Curly vs. Straight
Will connecting with curlies power up your income? Here are the facts.
Curlies spend 40% more on commonly used hair products.
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54% of curly-haired people use four or more
41% of straight-haired people use four or more
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• Price
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• Recommendations and online reviews
• Natural or green ingredients
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Jonathan Merrill a rock on defense for Team USA
"I think he's really played better each game we've had him … through our exhibition schedule series and now three games into the tournament. Quietly, he's a leader by his presence, so we're really pleased with what he's done so far."
All Tim Cook wants for Christmas is you
For the six of you who remember Tim Cook, he's now playing for the Belfast Giants and singing Christmas carols. What a country! That isn't this country!
Unverified Voracity Has Field Goal Pox
A horribly enlightening graph. FEI and I were getting along just great until Mr. Fremeau had to go and put our kicker situation in a neat graph. Sit down and get a bucket, as this is a graph of Michigan's attempts against those of FEI #1 kicker Alex Henery of Nebraska:
This is nothing you didn't already know, but Michigan threw away 16 points on field goal attempts this year and was forced into some uncomfortable situations on fourth down because of those big red dots. I'm not sure if those were actual negatives because sometimes this happened:
Romer disciples would say being forced to go for it in that down and distance is probably a net benefit since anyone attempting a 50-yard field goal is going to have difficulties. There were certain situations less friendly, however, and Michigan still had to go because asking for anything more than an extra point was doom.
Michigan might need a kicker in this class.
A minor debunk. One of the rumors wandering around message boards was that Calvin Magee went down to Gainesville a couple weeks ago, supposedly to interview for a job. Given what we know about the Florida coaching situation (Meyer was days away from retiring) that doesn't make any sense and can probably be dismissed, and I can confirm from an excellent source that Magee never met with anyone at Florida. File that in the dustbin of history next to All Of Iowa Is Suspended.
It's a tragedy when you don't get along with your groin. The injury that held Bryan Hogan out of the Big Chill will sideline him for "at least a month," according to AnnArbor.com. That sidelines him for the GLI—a tournament Michigan should win even without him—and an early January series against the State team Michigan just beat 5-0 and is languishing near the bottom of the league standings. It sucks for Hogan to miss out just as he was establishing himself the starter but if he's got to be out a month this is the one to miss.
It is again the groin, but a different bit of the groin:
"But he made one move and he could just feel it."
Berenson said Hogan partially tore a tendon or muscle in his groin, but that it has nothing to do with the injury Hogan suffered last year.
A midseason review of the hockey team on AA.com points out that however frustrating the first half of the season has been Michigan's come out of it in decent shape. A quick glance at College Hockey Stats shows that Michigan's scoring margin is amongst the national leaders:
|Boston College
|Minnesota Duluth
|New Hampshire
|Robert Morris
|North Dakota
|Notre Dame
[Michigan opponents in italics.]
They're 12th, and that's with a few minor schools and ECAC pushovers in front of them. They're 11th in KRACH, which seems about right—a solid tournament team but not a top seed. (My usual complaint about KRACH is it overrates nonconference games and piles WCHA teams atop the rankings, and this is again true.) I'm still concerned that any mildly competent defensive team can reduce Michigan to pinging shots from the point and hoping something wacky happens. This will have to be true…
"I think we expected to be a little further ahead - but not a lot," Berenson said Tuesday. "You can't say, 'Oh, we're going to expect to lose four games in the first half.' I mean, which games are you expecting to lose? I wasn't expecting us to have four ties. … Our best hockey is still ahead of us.
"I think we've seen some glimpses, some good signs, and I think the second half will be our best half. But we're right there. We're knocking on the door. We're not bad."
…if Michigan is going to go into the tournament expecting something good.
Tearing it up. Michigan's current* 2011 signees continue to raise their stock of late. It was Trey Burke making a late-summer push at AAU events across Ohio, but as they enter their senior years its Brundidge making waves:
Brundidge opened the season up with 41 points in a blow out win over Mount Clemens but the competition began to heat up this week as Southfield traveled to Romulus, a consensus top 5 team in the state of Michigan. The burly guard answered the challenge as he poured in 29 points, 8 rebounds, and eight assists in a 78-70 victory. Unofficially, Brundidge was 6 of 12 from the field (2-6 3pt) and 11 of 13 from the free throw stripe.
Vince Baldwin took to the twitters to rave about Brundidge's passing in the aftermath.
As for Burke, he's shooting 79(!!!) percent in two games so far. Adding that guard tandem to Morris, and Douglass and you're verging on… loaded? Can we possibly say that about Michigan basketball? I'm confused.
*(There's still the possibility of a third if Michigan finds a guy—probably a Euro—they want.)
Meanwhile on Kenpom. Michigan poked its hypothetical head above .500 after the Utah game and is now sitting at 17-14 with seven conference wins. Every time I check it it seems they've moved up a spot or two thanks to other teams falling back; they're up to 59th now, twenty spots higher than they were about a week ago. Saturday's game against Oakland is a big one—the Grizzlies just beat Tennessee and played Michigan State to the wire. Win that and it's time to start eyeing an NIT bid.
In other tempo-free stat news, Big Ten Geeks points out that while North Carolina Central is bad, they have never been quite as bad as they were against Michigan—their 0.78 points per trip was a season worst. This is a Beilein team built on… defense? As long as the team is bricking wide-open threes by the bunch, apparently. On WTKA today Beilein said a couple items of note:
- They'd gone straight man to man the whole year because the team is very young and they'd rather do one thing well than a few things poorly.
- "This is Division I basketball" and when you have a wide open shot you have to take it. It doesn't sound like he's displeased with anything from the first half except the fact the ball didn't go in the basket. You could chalk it up to it being just one of those things… if this wasn't the third straight year Michigan hefted a ton of threes (16th nationally) and didn't make any of them (255th).
One step ahead of you. AA.com suggests a fix for the Big Ten logo fiasco:
The Big Ten can backtrack with a press release that says something to the effect of "we are sure honored to have such passionate fans, and we've heard their voices."
Then hold a contest. Fans submit their best ideas for new division names and new logo - there are plenty of good ones floating around the Internet in recent days, ideas that exceed the cartoonish one delivered by the conference.
Hmmm. The M Zone tweaked the popular Tscherne entry by fanning the team logos out underneath the shield:
Now you can remember who's in what division. These are ordered alphabetically but maybe they could put the division champs on top every year? Or they could just go with the horrible periwinkle.
Etc.: The 85k number cited by Guinness is provisional "with the numbers continuing to increase." Dear Lynn Henning: I would have rewritten your column like so: "Yes." Further adventures in scouting Mississippi State continue with a breakdown of Dan Mullen's TE shovel pass, AKA "binky," which he's still running to good effect.
Events Of The Weekend: Big Chill
12/11/2010 – Michigan 5, Michigan State 0 – 10-5-4, 9-3-1 CCHA
Michigan State is bad at hockey.
12/10/2010 – Michigan 1, Ak—
Oh, all right.
Michigan State is really bad at hockey, bad to the point where it seems like the next time their program is anything better than decent it will be under their next coach. While I find this 80% delightful the other 20% is depressed that the grand terror of a game against Ryan Miller* has been replaced by the usual mild discomfort when a crappy CCHA team comes to town against a Michigan team capable of blowing it against a crappy CCHA team.
So the only differences between this game and Michigan's series against BG earlier in the year are the size of the crowd, my annoyance at the State band, and my lingering antipathy for Rick Comley for his non-handling of the Kampfer incident. I have a sense of how Ohio State fans must feel about Michigan football's struggles now.
As a result the Big Chill lacked the grandeur of the Cold War despite being bigger and having more fireworks and an equal amount of appalling pregame musical guest. The thing on the ice was no longer #1 versus #4. Ryan Miller was not there, nor was Mike Cammalleri or a half-dozen other guys currently plying their trade in the NHL. Midway through the second I wished Michigan had scheduled Notre Dame or Miami, because if Michigan State's going to return a big chunk of their allotment anyway we should at least have a hockey game worthy of 113,000.
If you're going to schedule a team that's hanging out with Bowling Green in the conference slums, though, you should at least chop them up into tiny bits and serve them as hors d'oeuvres to the assembled throng. Michigan did, leaving the crowd's biggest reaction to come at the tail end of a 5-0 game when the most important thing was holding on to the shutout. This year it appears symbolic acts will be the only important ones, and in ten years when this happens again and they dig out the record books for outdoor games past that zero will read "Comley" to me, and I'll remember that weird period when Michigan State was horrible.
Non-bullets got very cold towards the end
A lovely touch. This is the opposite of Cal playing Chariots of Fire on their scoreboards after Washington pulls off a last-second win: event organizers forced Michigan State to sit through the fireworks in the cold after losing 5-0; when they tried to leave halfway through they were prevented.
A fishy number. The stands were almost full, but with the top end of one endzone was sparsely populated I'm a little dubious about the Guinness-endorsed 113k since it seems like a football game would have hit that this year. I've assumed Michigan counts every last person in the building for football, but maybe not.
Hey, that looked intentional. First, highlights:
The Rust-to-Merrill goal was a two-on-two rush that resulted in a pretty goal, something Michigan fans haven't seen much of this year. The rest of the goals were also intentional but born more of hard work finding rebounds or just shooting—the slick passing to get someone open has not been a regular feature.
Celebrations. On the reel above you can see Carl Hagelin either attempt to saw off his arm at the elbow or play the world's least tiny violin after his first goal, but they missed a celebration in the third wherein the team assembled to kick an extra point. This has apparently been lost to history.
Torrent. Torrent.
The road ahead. Notre Dame and Miami split two weeks ago, leaving the three-way race at the top of the league very tight. Michigan would be ahead in hypothetical baseball standings as they're a point back of Notre Dame with a game in hand and one clear of Miami with two in hand, and their schedule is looking pretty easy down the stretch:
- The GLI features State, an MTU team that's lost ten straight, and a 7-5 Colorado College team. Michigan should meet CC in the final.
- Games against very bad CCHA teams: Three more against MSU.
- Games against mediocre CCHA teams: two against Ferris (home and home), two against OSU (home), two against WMU (home), two against NMU (away)
- Games against good CCHA teams: two against Alaska (home)
- Series of the year: two against Miami (away)
The CCHA is the three teams at the top, LSSU, MSU, and BG at the bottom, and then a mass of five teams that are tough to differentiate. Miami has to play both ND and Michigan again, but Michigan has already gotten its series with ND out of the way—advantage teams that aren't Miami. Michigan also has a ton of home games. They'll have to get a bit better in goal and score more goals they mean to if they're going to win the league, but they've put themselves in good position.
Unfortunately, without tearing through the back end of the schedule Michigan is probably locked out of a one seed with their mediocre OOC performance. Hockey puts inordinate emphasis on OOC.
A rule not so good. Michigan State did score, though. They put in a power play goal when a puck deflected high off Hunwick and fluttered to the goal line to be batted in, but a nanosecond before that happened Hunwick fell into the net and knocked it off. While the refs got the call right, it was totally unfair: you definitely scored, you didn't do anything to get the net off, and you still get nothing. They should probably change it so that if your goal is imminent when the defense knocks the net off you still get it.
Photo gallery from MNB Nation and GMBW. AnnArbor.com reports that people are rumbling about making this a thing that happens semi-regularly. Merrill has an interesting way of finding out he scored:
Merrill actually doesn't remember the first goal. He closed his eyes when he shot it and the next thing he knew, he was mobbed by teammates. Everything else is a happy blur.
Not recommended for drivers, as your blur will not be happy.
*(I have superficially hated many opposing athletes but Miller stands out as the guy I hated only because he was so unbelievably good. He did nothing but save everything.)
A Big Chill Preview
|Michigan vs Michigan State
|Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
|3:00 Eastern, December 11th 2010
|College hockey lines, junkie?
|FS Detroit/Big Ten Network
20% chance of rain/snow
Michigan State
The Only Colors has a preview from a Michigan State perspective that's essentially what I'd write if I was going to put one together. After a decent start Michigan State endured an awful 1-6 stretch that's put them behind the eight ball in the league and the (hypothetical) pairwise.
The last couple weekends they've recovered to split in the Showcase and against a decent Ferris State team, but the losses of Petry, Tropp, and Rowe have been too much for a talent-deficient MSU team to overcome. As long as Comley's around the Spartans are going to be bad or very bad when they only have two seniors and four draft picks. Both programs have fallen off from where they were ten years ago for the Cold War, which was a season-opener in October that saw #1 Michigan State take on #4 Michigan, but Michigan's fallen back from dominant to very good while Michigan State has turned into Northern Michigan, except Northern never ends up tenth in the league.
There's a big gap in the goal differentials:
MSU: 42 GF, 46 GA overall (2.47/2.71 per game), 23/29 in conference (2.09/2.63 per game)
Michigan: 58 GF, 45 GA overall (3.22/2.50 per game), 38/26 in conference (3.17/2.17 per game)
Michigan's goal difference is about where it was last year (higher in conference but lower overall). Ours, on the other hand, has gone well into the red. This time, the records actually match the goal difference numbers, unlike last year where we finished 2nd in conference and Michigan was 7th despite a better goal difference.
The guy to watch is Brett Perlini, a seventh-round pick of Anaheim who's Michigan State's leading scorer with an 11-5-16 line. Big and talented, he's the kind of player Michigan's finesse defense might have issues with. Daultan Leveille is a first round pick of the Thrashers and while he hasn't lived up to that hype in three years at State he's extremely fast and is the Spartan best able to take advantage of the Olympic sheet. Derek Grant is Perlini's setup guy and an Ottawa draft pick; past that the Spartans have diminutive senior Dustin Gazely, who is all right and has 5-6-11, and a bunch of guys named Chelios who are marginal players. Shut down the Spartans' top line and they have very little else. The only D who gets involved with the offense is Torey Krug
Michigan State goalie Drew Palmisano is having an okay year. He's about average in save percentage; given what I've seen from him in the past I'm betting he's facing an inordinate number of good shots.
I summarized the season to date earlier in the week and nothing's changed since then. To recap: Michigan isn't the team that went 10-10 before the break last year, but it's not the team that tore off ten straight to salvage an NCAA bid, either. It's a version of last year's team that's a little older and better. They spend most of the game in the opponent's end unless they're playing elite competition, get a lot of goals they don't really mean to score, and lack the top-end scoring star Red's teams have been built around for ages. When Berenson admits his group is "blue collar," you know there's a lack of flash. Yea, it is so.
They're still not bad or anything, but it doesn't look like this group is going into the NCAA tournament expecting to make a Frozen Four. Hoping, probably. Not expecting.
Hogan has earned the start this weekend, which may presage a shift in Michigan's goalie strategy long term. Two years ago Michigan split time between Hogan and Sauer, with Hogan taking over in the second half of the season. I wouldn't be surprised to see a repeat in the cards, with Hunwick getting a few games here and there.
Michigan has an advantage in that they've practiced on the outdoor ice (and Olympic sheet) the past week:
"Now we don't have to worry about the sun or the rain or wind or snow or bad ice or good ice. Now we can just worry about playing hockey," he said. "We know the environment, we know the scenario is unique, but I think the novelty is wearing off a little."
MSU will have one practice outside today.
You may notice the threatening chance of rain above. The temperature is excellent for December… unless it rains, in which case everyone is going to be thinking of the 2008 Northwestern game and wishing it was 25. There are different forecasts at different sites. Weather Underground says there's a 20% chance of snow, which would be fine. The Weather Channel says a 30-40% chance of rain/snow, which would be miserable.
IANA meteorologist but it given the temperatures—barely above freezing and way colder in the cloud layer—and the dew point, which some guy on Yahoo Answers said had to be below freezing, it'll probably be a wet snow that melts when it hits. This section is evidence of a diseased mind.
Anyway, Weather Underground also says winds will be in the 10-14 MPH range, which may be enough for the CCHA to stop the game midway through the third and have the teams switch ends. This did not happen in last year's game against Wisconsin despite Michigan's request (Hogan's crease was faulty), but the CCHA's on top of things.
Useless Prediction
This is a game Michigan should win by putting Hagelin and company out against Perlini and relying on those guys to overwhelm the slower MSU team with their skating. Lines two through four are major advantage Michigan and the game should be largely focused in the MSU zone when they're on the ice.
Michigan has a hard time turning possession into goals, however, and plays a large number of games against obviously inferior competition that they can't break open because of their lack of firepower. They just did it twice against Ohio State, struggled to finish off Lake State, etc. If they played this 100 times Michigan might win 60 with 20 ties and 20 MSU wins, but they're only playing once, so here's a stupid prediction of a 3-2 Michigan victory and snow.
Catching Up With Hockey
An annual post informing/figuring out what's going on with the hockey team when football season ends.
Last year: On the one hand, Michigan tore through the final ten games of its schedule en route to its 20th straight NCAA tourney bid. They swept Michigan State at Munn in the ultimate karmic retribution, beat Miami at the Joe, beat Northern to clinch their tourney bid, and were one erroneous whistle away from a thrilling overtime win against Miami in the rematch and a Frozen Four bid.
On the other, Michigan needed every game of their CCHA tourney run to go their way or they would have been left out of the tourney entirely. After struggling to a .500 record more than halfway through the season, an uninspired group of Carl Hagelin and a bunch of guys who weren't very good seemed like obviously the worst Michigan team assembled since Red got his machine going back in the late eighties.
The question going into 2010: which was it, then?
Neither Great Nor Terrible
Eighteen games in, that's the answer. Michigan's part of what looks like it will be a three-way race for the league title with Miami and Notre Dame. Michigan is two points behind the Redhawks but has two games in hand; they are behind Notre Dame by virtue of a single shootout point. They've split with ND already and have played two of the three teams hovering around .500 in the league, so the schedule has been somewhere between representative and tough.
The nonconference has not been as kind. Michigan's 1-2-3 with ties against Mercyhurst, UNH, and Wisconsin, a loss to Minnesota, and a split against Nebraska-Omaha. That's a very difficult schedule—UNH is #3, UNO #10 while Wisconsin and Minnesota are middling WCHA teams—but nonconference losses are Pairwise anchors. Michigan's probably given away any shot at a #1 seed unless they rip through the second half schedule.
This is miles better than last year, when Michigan finished seventh(!) in the league and was .500 at the holiday break. If Michigan can take care of business against a 3-7-1 Michigan State team that's just as bad as it should be after losing all but a couple players with a hint of talent, they'll go into this break 10-5-4 with a solid head start at landing an at-large NCAA bid.
So why does this feel just like last year?
It's kind of just like last year. Carl Hagelin lacks the raw net-ripping scoring to carry the team offensively but is awesome in all phases and is the only Michigan player to be noticeable on almost every shift. Louie Caporusso is frustrating but somehow is tied for the team lead in points. A totally obscure senior forward has made himself a critical contributor (Lebler last year, Vaughn this year). Large stretches of every game are boring, defensive hockey not because that's how Michigan is trying to play but because there's no one on the team who can create chances for himself or his teammates. The power play: guh. Michigan's scoring margin this year is 13th nationally, right about where they finished last season.
The main differences:
- They are not maniacal hackers any more. Michigan is traditionally amongst the national leaders in penalty minutes. Last year they were 15th. This year they're 22nd. Since a large chunk of those are coincidentals, I took a look at PP/G given up. Michigan is 33rd—essentially average. That's a big improvement. Michigan went 115 minutes against Notre Dame without going on the penalty kill.
- The goaltending is average and could be better. Bryan Hogan was puttering around at .901 when the season ended and spent most of the year looking up at .900. This year he's splitting time with Hunwick, who is puttering along at .903 while Hogan is at .923. Put them together and Michigan's overall save percentage is slightly above average this year; last year it was ridiculously bad. Hogan's 19th nationally in SV% and is 7-2. Hunwick' 2-3-4 and just gave up a horrendous goal* to Ohio State that eventually proved to be the difference in a 3-2 OT loss—it may be time to give the job to Hogan full-time.
- They don't have a defenseman who is killing the team. I've been rough on Llewellyn for the duration of his career so credit where it's due: he has been a steady presence on the backline to the point where I'd rather have him out there than Lee Moffie or a couple other offensive defensemen. I think he's had one penalty this year that I was like "aaaaargh" about, which is on par with the rest of the team. He's made a step forward. So has Pateryn, who I think should be seriously considered for a first-line shutdown role.
The things that are the same:
- There is no grade A scorer. This is the point at which Louie Caporusso says "oh really" and starts sniping goals left and right but at this instant I'm down on his ability to do much other than shoot, which he doesn't do enough. Hagelin's outstanding but needs a pure scorer on his wing; he's got Rust and Lynch, who are not anywhere close.
- The depth is weak. Michigan's picking between Scooter Vaughn and Luke Glendening when they're figuring out the second line. No offense to those guys but that's two guys who would have a third line ceiling on a truly good Michigan team. Meanwhile, Chris Brown has two goals and AJ Treais—the designated tiny stick ninja and the U18 team's leading scorer—three, one of them a pinball gift.
- There probably isn't a true shut-down defenseman. Michigan's top pairing has been Chad Langlais and Jon Merrill, and while both have been good neither is a physical presence like a Mitera or Komisarek. Pateryn might be, but those guys were first round picks and he was a 5th or 6th who's still developing.
This is a frustrating team. They'll play two games that are exactly the same over the course of the weekend. They will lose one. They will win one. Most of the time the outcome of either game seems heavily dependent on luck. See last weekend against Ohio State or the Notre Dame split. Last weekend Michigan dominated a bad team territorially and in shots and got a split because they hardly had any scoring chances and Hunwick let in a soft goal. Against Notre Dame they played a fairly even game but eventually ended up on the short end in shots and chances. They won on Saturday because three pucks wandered into the net of their own volition and Chad Langlais was the only person on the ice who realized Chad Langlais had the puck.
Unlike last year's team, they're not undisciplined enough or poor enough in goal to lose many games against the dregs of the CCHA. The Ohio State loss was the first one that could truly be considered bad; all games against the bottom rungs of the league have alternated periods of Michigan dominance with (long, so very long) periods of aimless whatever in which neither team really does anything. That adds up to a 5-1 record against teams that aren't legitimately good, and that coupled with Michigan's ability to tread water against the elite should see them finish second or third in the league—it appears Miami is again the class of the league and should prove that over the course of the year—and get a two or three seed in the tournament, where they'll have to get lucky to advance.
It's not all bad, but it's not what the thrilling run at the end of last year promised. I guess that was too good to last—you can only live on adrenaline so long before it loses its effect.
*(The first one, not the one with under ten seconds.)


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Well, I had to get this because I was told on several boards it was a killer deal. I got a side-folding Poly-Tech AK for $500 OTD. Now I just need to clear the calendar to go shoot it! I have never fired an AK, so I will be poppin' my cherry. I hope I like it as much as my SKS.
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That looks nice! good luck at the range.
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my coverage: Tikman ang tagumpay sa Chowking
I just witnessed the new branding for Chowking few weeks ago and I didn't expected that they announced a big line up of celebrities as their endorser for the new Chowking and celebrating it in an event and launch of their new mantra - Tikman and Tagumpay. I was there with the media and took some photos of the event activities, although I arrived late but I'm impressed that this new Chowking just inspired me to work hard in order to become successful, I almost cried when I saw Kuya Ef's video presentation, and its fun to see kids run towards him with the classroom kariton, the kids are excited to learn more and receive free quality education from Efren's team. And I didn't know that Gerald Anderson is only a regular celebrity fan who visits ABS CBN's studio to take pics with the celebs, and sympre, the inspiring tv ad of Jericho Rosales who turns out to be a fish vendor and fish delivery boy. Check out below and see what's the new Chowking have in store for us. (more below)
Chowking just started to re-brand itself last August 26, 2010 and as a continuation of their 25th anniversary celebration, Chowking raises the bar even higher and takes on pivotal role of enlivening the spirit, fueling the passion and nourishing the dreams of the millions of success-driven Filipinos. Chowking as the leading Chinese quick service in the country partners with our top celebrities as the new ambassador for the new Chowking.
Jericho Rosales, from fish vendor to multi faceted performer
Kim Chiu, from shy girl to IT girl
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Efren Penaflorida Jr, from kariton kid to CNN Hero of the Year.
The selected five outstanding individuals that shares the compelling success stories are fit to the new mantra of Chowking, which is – "Tikman ang Tagumpay", their new mantra serves as a tribute for the hard working Filipinos that tasted the success in life and also to inspire them also to go on and continue their hardwork and never give up, because the dream they hold is the road map to their success.
At the relaunching event, Chowking introduces their new food which is the – Tender Beef Broccoli, a perfect meal with beef slices, rich oyster sauce and freshly cooked broccoli vegetables an affordable price of P99 with a drink, or P125 as a lauriat with pancit canton, chicharap, fried dumpling, buchi, plain rice and drinks.
According to Chowking Marketing Head Francis Flores shares "We want to position Chowking not only as a brand that serves quality and modern Chinese food, but also a brand that enables the working man to achieve success and share this same success with their loved ones."
And Chowking Marketing Director Edward Arandia shares "It is very heartwarming to discover the humble past of these people. Their struggles and journey to the top were founded on such noble values. Today, they all shine not just as stars, but as true inspirations for millions of people in the country today who also long to uplift their lives. And as inspirations, their stars shine even brighter. And that is why they were all chosen to be the best spokespeople of our mantra 'Tikman Ang Tagumpay'. They just don't believe in our mantra. They live and breathe our mantra. They are living proof that with the right ingredients, nothing is impossible."
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All cats have quirks and habits, some of which are harmless. But some, such as compulsive eating, can become big trouble. Worse, compulsive eating might not just involve food. Whatever your cat is eating, make sure he's not overdoing it.
Cats usually overeat because they are stressed, anxious or bored. Left to their own, some cats will wander back to the bowl and eat as long as there is food in it. This is called "free feeding" or "ad-lib feeding." Instead of always keeping food out, try feeding twice a day on a schedule. Also, playing with your cat can greatly help if he is overeating from boredom.
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Overeating leads to chubby cats. And while they might look cute, obesity is a major problem among American cats. The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention reported in 2012 that 58.3 percent of domestic cats in the United States were described as obese or overweight by veterinarians. Obesity can trigger several health problems in cats, including hepatic lipidosis -- also known as fatty liver -- diabetes and arthritis.
Obsessive eating behavior is not always about food. Sometimes cats ingest non-food items. This condition is called pica. But like overeating, pica often is caused by environmental factors or is a reaction to stress. The most common expression of pica is fabric sucking, when cats compulsively chew, suckle and swallow woolens, pieces of carpet or bits of fibers. Pica is most commonly found in oriental breeds, but can show up in any cat.
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According to MLB.com, Cole Hamels and wife, Survivor alum Heidi Strobel, have welcomed their second child – a baby boy!
Caleb Michael was born at 9am on Friday (October 9) at Lankenau Hospital in North Philadelphia.
Proud dad Cole learned of his wife's labor at 4pm Thursday afternoon when the Phillies' traveling secretary gave him a message from Heidi which read: "I'm in the hospital going into labor. Could you please tell Cole as soon as he's done pitching?"
The couple, who announced in July that they were expecting a boy, have been married since 2006.
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Discussion in 'College Football & the NFL Draft' started by Wolf, Nov 25, 2010.
I had no idea there was such controversy over the naming of Bevo. From wiki:
The story that my dad told me (class of 1965) was that the Aggies stole the longhorn in 1916 just before the rivalry game and branded it with 13-0, which was the score of the game they played the year before (A&M won). The Longhorn students changed the brand to read 'Bevo' instead of '13-0'. It appears there isn't a definitive source for the origin of the name Bevo. Odd...
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Chris Canty had his most productive year as a Giant this past season and it was arguably the best of his career.
So it should be deemed even more impressive now that he's revealed he was managing a knee injury from about mid-November on.
"Yeah, well the last third of the regular season and playoffs, I was probably operating at 80 percent because of what I was dealing with pain-wise and managing it," the Giants' defensive tackle, who underwent surgery in February, said today before the second practice of minicamp. "But I'll be excited to be healthy and back out there. Anytime you have an injury, you're excited just to get healthy."
Canty remains out of action, though he said he's on track to return for training camp next month. And in his opinion, the fact he's still sidelined should be enough to put to rest the notion he was faking an injury when he went down during a sustained drive by the Green Bay Packers late in the Divisional Round playoff victory in Lambeau.
The Packers' fans got on Canty that day, especially given Deon Grant and Jacquian Williams had taken a dive earlier in the season. And during the Super Bowl XLVI pregame show, guest analyst Aaron Rodgers said he could hear from the conversations on the field some Giants players were faking injuries.
Rodgers didn't mention anyone by name, but it was pretty clear he meant Canty. But four months later, Canty is sidelined.
"Yeah, exactly," he said with a laugh before turning serious. "So I don't really have a response to him being accusatory or anything like that. It's unfortunate a fellow player would think that about another player and about injuries. You try to have something called professional courtesy. You don't want to accuse somebody of something (when) you don't understand the full circumstances.
"But you should (understand). That's not excuse. He should understand first-hand what NFL players go through and he should be sympathetic toward that. And I'm disappointed he made that comment."
Canty didn't get into the specifics of his surgery. When asked if it was merely a scope, he said team physician Russ Warren "took care of a few other things in there," so it's evident the procedure was a bit more involved.
Canty, who had three of his four regular-season sacks in the final four games (including the big safety against the Jets), was also asked if he had to take shots and painkillers before games.
"It was interesting, it was interesting," Canty said. "They created some kind of something to get me through. We got me through and we got the ring."
Something else created for Canty a few years ago was his facemask with the increased number of bars to prevent offensive linemen from getting their fingers in there. Justin Tuck wore a similar facemask last season and got plenty of attention for it.
Now, Tuck has a new one with even more bars on it. Canty smiled as he told a few reporters he's begun to design one to trump Tuck's new one as well and vowed to soon "unveil Maximus," which apparently is his name for his new invention.
"The innovator and the originator," Canty said of himself. "There will not be any duplicators."
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I think it's safe to say that Twitter, and sometimes Facebook, is pretty similar to a radio station for your organization, in that you're broadcasting your message wildly in all directions (over the Internet), with many people listening but only a handful of requests — I'd say that's a pretty fair comparison. And it's an analogy I feel comfortable with, because I came to Idealware from the world of broadcasting.
I know what you're thinking — how could I turn away from that glamorous life of late nights, low pay and greasy pizza? It was tough, believe me. Thankfully, I've kept a few lessons I learned at the radio station. And all this time spent on Facebook and Twitter, seeing the tweets and statuses from all these organizations, reminds me of one lesson in particular.
In radio, there's the idea of "jocks," or disc jockeys, and personalities. Watch any TV show or movie — like American Graffiti — you know what a disc jockey sounds like. Stylized, "cool," always speaking to a group. That's "jock talk." Personalities, on the other hand, are more human, less like an act. Instead of speaking to "y'all," they speak to you. Between the songs, they're sitting down to chat with each individual listener, like they're close friends.
Which brings us back to social media. When you post to Twitter, are you speaking to "you" or "y'all?" Both have their advantages. When we write our fundraising emails, we speak to "you," highlighting the importance of the individual and fostering a personal relationship. But on social media, more often the goal is to build a community. In that case, speaking in plurals can be just as powerful.
I guess in the end, it all comes down to your brand. So what are you? A "jock" or a personality?
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Just a reminder that you should come to our big show on August 25th! At Music Mountain in Falls River, CT! We will be playing with CT Banjo player Pete Kelly formerly of Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper! We're very excited to have him on board for this show.
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Military operations in the area have been suspended.
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Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. hostess/server at Claim Jumper Restaurant
2. wedding coordinator
3. behavior specialist for special needs kids
4. jewelry designer
Four movies I've watched more than once:
1. Legally Blonde (nothing gets Elle down!)
2. Keeping the Faith (cheesy but I love Ben Stiller and I watch it all the time)
3. Pride & Prejudice (needs no explanation)
4. Emma
Four places I've lived:
1. Orange County
2. LA County
3. San Bernadino County
4. SLO County
Four TV shows I watch:
1. The Office
2. What not to Wear
3. Scrubs
4. Battlestar Gallactica (don't knock it!)
Four places I have been:
1. Hawaii
2. Canada
3. Guatemala
4. England
Four favorite foods:
1. Lucky Charms (or lucky charmers as Matty calls them)
2. whole wheat bagel with cream cheese
3. chocolate ice cream with bananas and chocolate syrup
4. coffee, coffee, coffee
Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Santa Barbara with Chrissie
2. On a date with Steve (dinner and a movie)
3. On a family vacation somewhere warm
4. Getting a massage, pedicure and facial
Four things I'm looking forward to this year:
1. family vacation this summer in Santa Barbara
2. get away with Steve to Seattle
3. loving on my boys day in and day out
4. growing my business
Four places I love to shop:
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3. Anthropologie
4. Banana Republic, Gap, Old Navy
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It's getting close to signing day which means it's time for Florida State to make its annual run in recruiting. The 'Noles' got some good news Friday afternoon when four-star defensive end Jamar Jackson selected FSU over Virginia Tech during a press conference at his school.
He let FSU head coach Bobby Bowden and recruiting coordinator John Lilly know about his decision this morning.
"I really felt comfortable with Coach Bowden, and that's what it really came down to," Jackson said. "I like the tradition of Florida State... And opportunity to go to the pros"
Going into this week, the Rivals250 member was torn between the 'Noles and Hokies but an in-home visit from Bowden made all the difference.
"When coach Bowden visited Tuesday, my parents and I just felt really comfortable with Coach Bowden," Jackson said.
The Varina High School standout, who is being recruited to play either defensive end or linebacker, becomes FSU's 10th verbal commitment for the recruiting class of 2007.
Within the past two weeks, Jackson narrowed his list of schools down to FSU and Virginia Tech. Prior to that he was also considering Boston College, Louisville, NC State.
Rivals.com rates Jackson as the nation's No. 6 weakside defensive end and the 8th best prospect in the state of Virginia.
In the classroom, Jackson is on track to qualify with a 3.0 GPA.
Chris Nee and Brian Mohr of HokieHaven.com contributed to this report.
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A Study of Aleglitazar in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
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Learn to Draw Angry Birds (Paperback)
Walter Foster Publishing, 9781600583063, 64pp.
Publication Date: November 1, 2012
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The ever-growing popularity of the Angry Birds video game has sparked a worldwide phenomenon. What started as a fun, quirky game in 2009 has since evolved into a full-fledged movement with a huge online presence and fan base that includes hundreds of millions of children, teens, and adults. Now, with "Learn to Draw Angry Birds," fans of the growing franchise will learn to draw all of the Angry Birds characters using easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions.
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Founded in 1922 by artist Walter T. Foster, Walter Foster Publishing, a division of Quarto Publishing Group USA and a subsidiary of the London-based Quarto Group, Inc., is the world's leading publisher of instructional art books and kits for adults and children. Walter Foster's diverse selection of drawing, painting, doodling and mixed media art books and kits have created a foundation for millions of beginning, intermediate, and advanced artists looking to hone their talents, learn new techniques, and discover different mediums. From color mixing recipes and art tools to the fundamentals of drawing and painting, Walter Foster's books cover a wide variety of topics and mediums across a broad spectrum of traditional and eclectic subject matter for artists of all skill levels. Walter Foster Publishing continues to expand its offerings every year, producing cutting-edge art-instruction books and kits for a worldwide audience.


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August 29, 2012Herb Glazed Sandwiches Today on The Mid-Century Menu
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Herb-Glazed Sandwiches, sent in by reader Sara. Yep, that's right, an open-faced sandwich covered with lemon gelatin.
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I recently underwent breast augmentation, 6 days post op, most of the swelling has gone down and very little pain if any but I feel as if my breasts are bottoming out. Please let me know if I am confusing "bottoming out" with normal swelling.. is normal for my breasts to look like this soon after surgery?
Am I Bottoming Out? BREAST AUGMENTATION- Post Op 6 Days? (photo)
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Breast augmentation 6 days ago, am I bottoming out?
From the photos, it appears that you are doing just fine in the healing process and moving right along. I know it's difficult, but try not to focus on the appearance right now because it can take anywhere from 3-6 months for them to settle and they will most likely change in shape. Try to be patient, give it some time and re-evaluate then. Make sure to discuss your concerns at your follow up visits with your PS. ac
Early results after breast augmentation
You are only about a week after breast augmentation and you appear to be following a normal healing course. You should see your surgeon for any questions about how things are progressing. It is important to continue with regular followups with your surgeon.
Learn more: http://www.drschulmanplasticsurgery.com/breast/breast-augmentation/
Am I Bottoming Out? BREAST AUGMENTATION- Post Op 6 Days? (photo)
As seen in your posted photos - you have a very very normal recovery. NO bottoming out is seen. Again best to discuss with your chosen surgeon IN PERSON to fully understand the bottoming out defect.
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Swelling after breast augmentation
You look very early post-op with swelling that is very common. Give it time to heal and then re-evaluate.
Implants not bottoming out.
I do not see any evidence of bottoming out in the photographs provided. Distance from the areola to the crease is fine.
Learn more: http://www.zubowicz.com/subpag,13-atlanta-breast-augmentation.htm
Normal appearance at 1 week post op breast augmentation
It does not appear that you are bottoming out. The implant appears high and you have a muscle bulge at the top. This is all normal and will resolve over the next few days.
Concerns after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question and pictures. Your concerns are understandable when it comes to the appearance of the breasts early out of breast surgery. Generally, the appearance of the breasts tend to improve rapidly over the course of the next few days/weeks. You do not have any signs of "bottoming out" of breast implants.
I would suggest that you exercise patience and continue to follow-up with your plastic surgeon.
Best wishes; hopefully, you will be very pleased with the long-term outcome of the procedure performed.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_breastAugmentation.htm
Bottoming out doesn't happen in the first week after surgery
Allow yourself to heal and stay in touch with your surgeon and let your surgeon guide your recovery and address your concerns. Who would know better then your surgeon? Trust your surgeon.
Are my breast implants bottoming out?
Bottoming out refers to overstretching of the skin between the nipple and the inframammary fold, resulting in the implant being positioned too low on the chest and the nipple position being too high (on the upper portion of the implant). Your implants are presently positioned too high on your chest, which is totally normal at 6 days after breast augmentation surgery. As the swelling decreases and the tissues relax, the implants will "settle" and the nipple position will rise. I would recommend that you follow-up with your surgeon to be sure that you progress normally.
Best wishes.
Learn more: http://www.drcraigrock.com/breast-augmentation.html
Am I Bottoming Out?
Bottoming out occurs when the implants lift the breast fold off the chest wall and begin to descend below the level of the fold. This is not happening here.
I am not certain what you are questioning about your current results. It is common for the implants to be "high riding" for several months with a bulge in the upper pole of the breasts that settles and the pectoral muscle relaxes to accommodate the implant. All the best.
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Our family with 18 year old son will be in Switzerland in late May for 7 days/7 nights. I'm planning to use trains.
I know it looks like a lot of changing of hotels, but don't see how to make it work without long trips everyday. Any suggestion/critique/recommendation are very welcome!
1. arrive in Zurich 10AM, day in Zurich, overnight in Zurich near train station.
2. Train to Lucerne, maybe leave luggage in the train station, spend a day, then leave for Interlaken, overnight in Interlaken. Spend there next 2 nights.
3. Spend next 2 days near Interlaken depends on weather go to Jungfrau and another day to Bern.
4. Spend next 3 days near Lauzanne. Stay in one hotel in Lauzanne/Montraux/Vevey/. Visit all those places and Gruever, not sure about Geneva. On last day leave for Zurich late at night. Overnight in Zurich near airport.
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Our family with 18 year old son will be in Switzerland in late May for 7 days/7 nights. I'm planning to use trains.
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A few thoughts to consider...
-It appears that you are flying in and out of Zurich, without actually spending any time there. Perhaps fly through Geneva or some other location where you plan to spend time to cut down on moving around. Or otherwise, cut out Lucerne and enjoy a full day in Zurich.
- Do you plan on doing any hiking in the Interlaken area? I strongly suggest you do... its the best way to really experience the mountains. Need not be anything rugged... there are some nice long walks. But to fit in time in the mountains, I'd suggest another night in the area. I doubt you will want to leave the glorious mountains to spend a day in Bern.
- Keep in mind that every time you move to a new city, you will lose at least half a day in travel, hotel checkin/out, etc. So you may not have as much time in each place as you think.
- Three nights in Lausanne, with visits to Montreux and Vevey should work.
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Hi mariya,
If you do fly out of Zürich, then I would say to skip it when you arrive. That day is lost anyway, due to jet lag normally and all the travel time, so simply press on to the Interlaken area. You can see Zürich on the evening before you depart.
I'm not certain I understand your itinerary. You will spend two days in Interlaken and then two more days near Interlaken? Otherwise, I only see 6 days -- one in Zürich, two in Interlaken, and three in Lausanne.
Btw, I would prefer to stay in Montreux for your time at Lake Geneva -- it's smaller than Lausanne and closer to Chillon and the trip to Gruyeres.
Have fun as you plan!
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Why not bike ride from Zurich to Geneva and open jaw the flights.
you will see more of the country, get some exercise and fine food.
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I would bag Zurich and hed straight to Lucern to spend a couple of night there, then move on to someplace near Interlaken in the mountains (no need to stay both in and near Interlaken). And why not return from Geneva - to avoid a trip back to Zurich (primarily a business city).
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since you are taking a lot of trains a lot of time as well as perhaps lake boats - lovely rides on Lake Lucerne or lakes Thun and Brienz, lakes bookending Interlaken - strongly consider a 8-consecutive-day Swiss Pass - since you are on the move everyday and except for the possible Jungfraujoch train a Swiss Pass would cover virtually everything that moves in Switzerland - city trams and buses as well as virtaully all trains and postal buses and 50% off lifts to mountain tops - even only being their 7 days the 8-consecutive-day pass may be the most cost effective as per day it is much cheaper than a flexipass and will cover everything you have planned just about from get there to get to. Just hop on anything - no ticket lines to queue in, etc.
For lots of great info on Swiss trains, passes, etc. I always spotlight these superb sources - www.swisstravelsystem.com; http://www.budgeteuropetravel.com/id3.html and www.ricksteves.com.
a Saverpass is for two or more folks traveling together on one pass - but you do not need all three folks on board to have it be valid - so if say your son wants to take the pass and do something whilst you stay put he can and vice versa. Saverpasses are about a 15% or so saving p.p. over solo passes - but since your son in under 26 he could get a Youthpass if he wants his own pass.
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Thanks so much for responses so far and so quick! Flight from Geneva was way more expensive, so my flights are to and from Zurich.
Please continue with ideas!
I was thinking to maybe to go from Interlaken to Lucerne, but it's 2 hours train ride, and 1 hour from Zurich. Hmm.. but this is an option to go streight to Interlaken from Zurich airport...There is no direct train though... Maybe very tiring on first day after long flight. and spend 3 nights there and 3 nights in Monteux and last night before flight in Zurich
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No direct train from the Zurich Airport to Interlaken but there is only one change of train - usually in Bern and that is a snap - about 2 hours airport to Interlaken-Ost via Bern. Bern is a very manageable station where things are very well marked, etc.
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I would stay in Vevey. It is situated between Lausanne and Montreux and easiest to get to and from the train station of the three.
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Ok, revised itinerary:
1 day – arrival 10am to Zurich, train to Luzerne (1 hour), rest of the day and night in Luzerne
2 day - Mt. Pilatus in the morning, afternoon train (2 hours) to Interlaken Ost via Brunig pass, night in Interlaken Ost
3 day – depends on the weather Jungfrau or Bern (train 1 hour), night in Interlaken
4 days – depends on the weather and day 3 Jungfrau or Bern, train to Montreux from Interlaken or if it will be day in Bern (leave luggage in Bern train station, tour Bern) and take train from Bern to Montreux via Gstaad (3+ hours from Interlaken or Bern). Night in Montreux/Vevey
5,6 day – Castle, Geneva, Gruever, Lauzane, nights in in Montreux/Vevey.
7 day – whatever is left from days 5,6 in the morning, train to Zurich in the afternoon (3 hours), walk around old town in Zurich in the evening.
8 day – 10am flight home.
I know I'm almost missing Zurich and I will not be able to fit all 4 places for days 5-7, but can't do everything, also 2 mountains tours (Pilatus and Jungfrau) are very close to each other…
Please let me know what do you think
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An 8-consecutive-day Swiss Pass would be great since you are moving about everyday, and including train to the Zurich Airport on the final day.
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I liked Montreux over Vevey. Spent a couple of nights there and took the train over to Vevey one day. Just thought it was way more charming.
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"Took the train over one day".... And the boat back.
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Zurich is a nice place to visit but you don't have time. If your flight arrives early, and you have been able to sleep on the train, you might consider going to Luzern via Chur and Andermatt; it is a very scenic ride, but check to see how long it takes. You can buy the makings of a picnic in the train station grocery and eat on the train. For your two days in Luzern, be sure to take a boat ride (covered with your rail pass and a scenic way to get to Pilatus; you take a cogwheel train up, and a ski lift down, which puts you right in town where you can get a local bus.
I would skip Interlaken and find a place to stay in Lauterbrunnen or one of the mountain villages above it. That way you are right in the midst of the great scenery. If you are amenable to hostels, consider http://www.mountainhostel.com/ right up in the mountains.
I would skip Bern; it is the seat of government and full of bureaucrats, and is not in a scenic area of Switzerland. Rather, route yourselves through Spiez, Zweissimeann, Gstadt, and Montreaux, or further. I like all three of the towns listed in that area. Vevey is smaller, and a local bus ticket will get you from there to Chillon and back.
I would skip Geneva on such a short trip, but it would be convenient if you could fly into Zurich and home from Geneva using the multiple destination option on your booking web site. I'm not sure how best to get back to Zurich; it depends on the time of your flight and the time of the train ride. http://www.sbb.ch/en/index.htm enables you to look at how long all the routes take. I'd consider using the same route back, as I really like riding through the mountains.
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Scenic Swiss Trains in a Nutshell
www.fodors.com/community/.../scenic-swiss-trains-in-a-nutshell.cf... - rail links at Tirano, Italy and St Moritz - Majola Pass bus to Lake ...
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AgraQuest Inc., Davis, Calif., has quietly become a player in the development of pesticides based on beneficial microbes.
Unlike most conventional pesticides that are manufactured using petroleum-based chemicals or synthetic chemicals, the AgraQuest products are produced from renewable, bio-based materials, said Sarah Reiter, director of global marketing.
The company is not campaigning, however, for the elimination of agricultural chemicals.
"AgraQuest doesn't advocate a world where biopesticides stand alone," Reiter said. "We'd just like to see the older, dangerous chemistries replaced."
Research and technological advances in recent years have made for "really effective and safe conventional chemicals when they are applied properly," she said.
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First album in 13 years from the Pinback-spawning Californian four-piece.
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It's been 13 years since the release of Three Mile Pilot's last album. In that time, its core members – vocalist Pall Jenkins, keyboardist Tobais Nathaniel, bassist Armistead Burwell Smith IV (also known, more simply, as Zach) and drummer Thomas Zinser – have been busy cultivating other careers for themselves. Smith and Zinser formed the acclaimed Pinback, while Jenkins and Nathaniel started The Black Heart Procession. Both bands have achieved considerable critical acclaim, with the latter even enjoying a good deal of commercial success, yet the shadow of their previous outfit has long loomed large over both.
In a kind of reversal of what happened 13 years ago, The Inevitable Past Is the Future Forgotten has been largely inspired and influenced by the two bands that Three Mile Pilot became all those years ago. Having spliced, divided and fractured off from each other, the four have come full circle, bringing with them everything they've learned along the way. The creepy, icy elements of Black Heart's music here underpin the warmer atmospherics of Pinback's electronic indie aesthetic, meeting in the middle to create an album that constantly shifts – or even merges – seasons yet which is, at the same time, entirely cohesive.
Partly, this is due to Jenkins' distinctive vocals. The gloriously urgent, upbeat Same Mistake and the jerky semi-robotic dithering of Left in Vain might sound utterly different from the melancholy, brittle laments of The Threshold and One Falls Away (which, actually, would fit easily onto any Black Heart album), but, glued together by Jenkins' piercing voice, they coalesce to create a multi-dimensional musical portrait of a tortured, twisted mind.
It may have taken over a decade for this album to come into existence, but it's impossible to imagine how it would have sounded without everything that's come between – or if it even would have existed at all. The band's shadow has always been present in those other projects, of course, but now, as the eerie melancholy of final track The Premonition demonstrates, it's a tangible reality. The future is here alongside the past, and it's hard to believe that either will be forgotten.