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Re: Marist
posted at 6:30 pm on November 3, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
Duane, I have to say I'm surprised that pollsters like Marist have not adjusted their likely-voter screens as Election Day nears, and I'm not sure that polling criticism isn't the reason. In elections past, sample data didn't get as much scrutiny, perhaps because in 2008 the outcome wasn't in that much doubt. I'm wondering if pollsters like Marist simply are doubling down on earlier bad calls, afraid to move because it would undermine the long-term trending in their poll series.
In cycles past, we would see media polls like the WaPo/ABC and CBS/NYT suddenly adjust their samples in the final week in order to have bragging rights after the election. Either these pollsters are convinced beyond any doubt that the turnout model is going to be similar to 2008, or they are more reluctant to shift samples at the end with all of the increased scrutiny. We'll see how that works out on Tuesday, but at least we can be sure that the final assessments in 2012 will apply to the totality of their polling, and not just the final week.
Recently in the Green Room:
Ed, I think you're giving Marist way too much credit.
This is brazen push-polling, nothing more.
fiatboomer on November 3, 2012 at 6:35 PM
I think by this point the pollsters know they've committed themselves, and instead seek strength in numbers. Instead of just PPP being by themselves as the fools, they'll have company in Marist, Q, SUSA, WAA, MLS where they can all just say what an odd anomaly this election was.
Everybody getting it wrong (with Ras and maybe Gallup, Susquehanna being able to claim victory as being the closest to correct in their own venues) means everybody can pretend it was an oddity with the election cycle. Maybe blame Sandy or early voting or something, instead of having to admit that they had no justification for using D+9 samples to begin with.
Gingotts on November 3, 2012 at 6:39 PM
For the first time in this entire election cycle, I saw that Democratic pollster Doug Shoen on FOX and he was not entirely confident as to how things would work out. All three of the pollsters on the panel said it would likely be determined by turn out, and they agreed that the conservatives were much more enthused about getting rid of Obama, than Obama voters were to keep Obama. To this I say, "uh, yeah".
BettyRuth on November 3, 2012 at 6:48 PM
Jay Cost has been saying that the likely voter screens are bad because of lower polling budgets. The tighter the likely voter screen, the more expensive it is to conduct the poll. If you are eliminating more voters from your sample when you are narrowing it down to LVs than you have to make more calls in order to maintain a valid sample size. This costs more money.
Mark1971 on November 3, 2012 at 6:50 PM
Speaking of Dem push pollsters; PPP admitted earlier that Obama is down 10 points or more from 2008 in many of the blue states they have "polled".
Yet somehow, Obama is not down at all in OH and leads nationally… Riiiiight
Norwegian on November 3, 2012 at 6:52 PM
Most every poll is skewing to Obama. It's a blantant lie and they know it. Along with all the alphabet networks (except for Fox). Many of our most prestigious newspapers too, are skewing to the left, hoping against hope to effect the direction of this election.
The result is inevitable, Romney wins on Tuesday. It may not be a route but it will be decisive. If my likely scenario happens how do we ever give the media any respect. How can we ever believe them again?
Tonynoboloney on November 3, 2012 at 7:01 PM
A major polster's primary financial concern is remaining in good standing with the Main Stream Media outlets that use (and therefore give credibility to) those polsters.
Any truly reliable polster predicting a solid Romney would quickly become anathema to the those who prop up their credibility would be brought into question, and eventually they would lose their ability to make a living at being polsters.
What is telling in this is several non-profit polling groups (some of which are university research groups) have from the start predicted a Romney win. Yet, hardly anyone talks about those polls, and those polls are rarely discussed in main-stream news reports.
Lawrence on November 3, 2012 at 7:12 PM
Why are polls skewed this late in the game? Simple to explain. Tuesday, they will be reports about turnout, the media will report that turnout is similar to 2008. It will be a lie folks! Purpose, voter disenfranchisement!
jjnco73 on November 3, 2012 at 7:16 PM
Why are polls skewed this late in the game? Simple to explain. Tuesday, they will be reports about turnout, the media will report that turnout is similar to 2008. It will be a lie folks! Purpose, voter disenfranchisement!
jjnco73 on November 3, 2012 at 7:16 PM
This is all they have folks!
jjnco73 on November 3, 2012 at 7:18 PM
I think by this point the pollsters know they've committed themselves, and instead seek strength in numbers.
Gingotts on November 3, 2012 at 6:39 PM
Crowd psychology. There is a degree of impunity that arises from being part of a crowd. People will do things that they would never do on their own. Think lynch mobs, riots, investment bubbles, etc. It's a fascinating phenomenon.
RedWinged Blackbird on November 3, 2012 at 7:21 PM
The problem with this election is that if Obama wins, this behavior will be rewarded. The liberal pollsters will do this again in 2014 and 2016.
This, compounded by very few Republican pollsters left, will continue the trend of the politicization of polls. And the worst offenders are Marist and PPP, who release non-stop polls and skew all samples with the trash they release.
milcus on November 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM
The problem with this election is that if Obama wins, this behavior will be rewarded. The liberal pollsters will do this again in 2014 and 2016.
This, compounded by very few Republican pollsters left, will continue the trend of the politicization of polls. And the worst offenders are Marist and PPP, who release non-stop polls and skew all samples with the trash they release.
milcus on November 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM
And at that point we will have left the period in American history in which we had free elections and a fair vote count. Did anybody follow the election in Ukraine last week, and the odd discrepancy between the split, generally anti-Russia desires of the electorate and the clearly pro-government, pro-Russian outcome? This will be our future.
Gingotts on November 3, 2012 at 7:37 PM
i honestly wish i were as optimistic as, well, almost everyone from Rove to Barone to Kristol to Cost
but if mitt wins, there will be hell to pay….the left, in all its institutional might, will deny the results. Actually what the left has now is brute force of opinion management. leftists policies are stupid and hellish.
and that is why obama deals straight up contempt for the non-Left. Revenge for running against ME. So if Romney wins we will have condemnation of the political process. If obama wins, we will have condemnation for anyone who stands against him.
if mitt wins, the corruption of the polls, the tv, the op/eds will all be shown to be a lie…but if obama wins it will be a great Victory of the People
r keller on November 3, 2012 at 7:38 PM
milcus on November 3, 2012 at 7:25 PM
..on the other hand, if Obama loses, this will be the death knell for the MSM and pollsters — well, almost. Along with Obama's regime of incompetents, they have so much tried to wrest the narrative away from the good, honorable people in main stream America to put it on a liberal socialist agenda and they know what the stakes are.
If When Romney wins, the economy will get back on track and jobs will increase — not only because of Romney's business acumen and bipartisanship but also because of Obama's incompetence and divisive mien — and 2016 will make people far more content with the incumbent.
It will be so-o-o-o-o over for them.
The War Planner on November 3, 2012 at 7:41 PM
Anyone relying on RCP poll averages is a fool. They have so many outliers in there that distort the average. This will be the last election that many reasonable people will look to RCP as the standard for poll watching. My prediction is that Gallup may be the only pollster to come close to Romney's national victory margin, assuming their resumption of polling since the hurricane hasn't affected their methodology. The rest of them will be so far off that I wouldn't give them the time of day to explain why they missed it. I am including Rasmussen in that group. And this includes most of the individual state polling as well. No excuse by any of them will be acceptable.
The Good Doctor on November 3, 2012 at 8:07 PM
At this point, I think the polls are skewed to try to save the Democrat down ticket races.
Conservalicious on November 3, 2012 at 8:11 PM
I figure that about this time tomorrow night, Obama will be receiving from his pollster the same bad news that Pat Caddell gave Jimmy Carter on election eve in 1980- "it's over".
The Good Doctor on November 3, 2012 at 8:20 PM
The result is inevitable, Romney wins on Tuesday. It may not be a route but it will be decisive. If my likely scenario happens how do we ever give the media any respect. How can we ever believe them again?
Tonynoboloney on November 3, 2012 at 7:01 PM
We already don't believe the media. What will happen is that we also won't be able to believe any pollsters either. It's possible we may end up seeing "alternative conservative pollsters" develop the same way we've had to develop talk radio and the blogs as alternatives to the MSM.
Of course, this assumes the pollsters are all in fact wrong, something I'm not entirely sold on yet.
Doomberg on November 3, 2012 at 8:43 PM
I'll take door number 3 – Marist is taking its cue from the Obama Presstitute Organs and trying to create "truth".
Steve Eggleston on November 3, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Marist is not quite a business, those guys exist off fees from sucker students who attend that third rate university. They may feel free to pursue their political agenda rather than a reputable polling business that is profitable.
bayview on November 3, 2012 at 9:34 PM
At this point, I think the polls are skewed to try to save the Democrat down ticket races.
Conservalicious on November 3, 2012 at 8:11 PM
I also wonder how much is adjusted for voter fraud.
conservative pilgrim on November 3, 2012 at 10:11 PM
In elections past, sample data didn't get as much scrutiny, perhaps because in 2008 the outcome wasn't in that much doubt.
Not to give you a hard time, Ed, but if I recall correctly, your final projection had McCain winning.
But yeah, Marist's polls don't pass the laugh test.
LukeinNE on November 3, 2012 at 10:17 PM
Hey guys–
There's a reason why pollsters use previous polling data to base their samples for current polls– it's because the future hasn't happened yet.
I think we're all aware there's the 2010 midterm Tea Party wave that took over the House, but Midterms don't compare well to Presidential elections because the turn-outs are generally quite different. Presidential elections have a different attraction to the population, so it draws more people.
When it comes to this election cycle, the pollsters could draw from 2008 or 2004 or 2000 for basis sets for the sampling of the electorate. The issue is we don't know how to model the 2012 election because we don't know what it will be until Tuesday.
And in 2016, it's going to be a different again, and we'll be complaining about sample populations.
Nethicus on November 3, 2012 at 10:46 PM
That's all well and good as a matter of science, but the purpose of polls is to predict what will happen. If they're not predictive, they're useless. This is a fact that all the pollsters have readily admitted when pressed in the last two months.
These pollsters get the vapors when Republicans suggest that they should adjust their samples to at least approach something that might bear a passing resemblance to reality – quelle horreur! That would be tampering with data! An affront to the science of polling! That's all well and good, but these people are skewing for things other than party ID – race, gender, income, cellphones – that they can fix if they wanted to. They don't.
HitNRun on November 3, 2012 at 10:57 PM
Many pollsters have stopped adjusting their D/R/I split in the final days for years now. It's not new. It's just that there are more new pollsters and they just don't care. In 2010, they didn't adjust in the final days. In the WI recall, they only adjusted slightly. In the 2008, they did the exact same thing against Hillary and she kept winning the primaries, sometimes setting the polls off by more than 30%. She was behind on the caucus' so that didn't help her. But the pollsters go against Dems in primaries too.
This isn't new. It's just more blatant.
MrX on November 3, 2012 at 11:46 PM
It's very simple. If Obama goes down, the Liberal gatekeepers of our popular culture want Obama's supporters to be outraged and to cry foul play.
After Watergate, every Republican scandal, real or faux, was not only compared to Watergate, but had the word -gate attached to it. Does anyone think that the fact that the Democrats were on the losing end of the Florida recall in 2000, and all the outrage that they felt over it, is not something that they'd love to replay every time a Democrat Presidential nominee loses? They claimed that the 2004 election was stolen as well. Add to that the fact that Obama is Black, and it's the perfect storm for all sorts of bedlam.
If Obama goes down, they want there to be hell to pay. This is the main reason that the polls are skewed, more so than creating an illusion of inevitability for Obama's re-election.
ardenenoch on November 3, 2012 at 11:59 PM
This is the presidency that all shame was thrown out the window. The MSM, the "fact-checkers", the pollsters. None of them care anymore.
John the Libertarian on November 4, 2012 at 12:15 AM
Almost no one shows up to Elizabeth Warren "endorsement rally" in Worcester, MA
thepoint on November 4, 2012 at 12:58 AM
These polling numbers are not trying to suppress turnout for Romney. Thy media is really trying to limit the damage in down-ticket races so the Dems don't get totally killed in the house and senate races. Obama is going to lose big on Tuesday, the media and pollsters know it and are trying to get dem turnout up to save a few congressmen.
spec_ops_mateo on November 4, 2012 at 1:01 AM
I'm waiting to see what election day exit polls will be saying–that is, the ones they're still doing. For how many states will we hear what we heard on WI recall day–the race is tight, neck'n'neck, and then we find out Walker wins bigger than the first time.
stukinIL4now on November 4, 2012 at 1:11 AM
Changing their likely voter screens now would make them worse, though. You shouldn't change the methodology during the middle of the race, or at least not at a time when so many other changes are happening – doing so impedes your ability to measure actual changes in opinion. Better to have a bent yardstick that is consistently bent.
The point of polling isn't simply to predict the winner, it's to measure changes from one week to the next. A pollster who consistently uses the same flawed model week after week will still provide a better picture of what's happening – this is why even the crazy D+9 polls show romney improving after the first debate, etc. Adjusting the model during the race, especially near the end when things are so fluid, defeats this purpose.
RINO in Name Only on November 4, 2012 at 5:46 AM
Just waitin for LibFree and Gumby to weigh in . . .
BigAlSouth on November 4, 2012 at 6:39 AM
Marist is taking its cue from the Obama Presstitute Organs and trying to create "truth".
1. They bought the White House argument to totally ignore 2010 and look only at presidential elections
2. They bought the WH argument to consider 2008 D turnout not as a high point, but as part of an upward trend.
3. Relatedly, they project a greater population base that is more likely to vote D. There's something to that, unfortunately. More poor people, whether from immigration or job loss, means more D voters in general.
The polls are definitely skewed Democratic, but I fear by not as much as conservative pundits assume.
G. Charles on November 4, 2012 at 7:00 AM
THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Endorsed Romney.
The new Trib poll in PA has Romney at 48%- Obama 48%.
And, did I mention that the freakin' NY DAILY NEWS ENDORSED ROMNEY?
So, a D+9 sample in that Marist poll? It's just. not. happening.
mountainaires on November 4, 2012 at 8:10 AM
And, don't forget: Just one week ago…
Newly released figures from Gallup show that the demographics of the American electorate (age, race, sex, etc.) have changed very little since 2008 except in one way:
Party affiliation has swung dramatically toward the Republican party, and away from the Democratic party, during President Obama's term.
Gallup's tallies on the composition of the electorate show that, among likely voters, Democrats held a 10-point advantage over Republicans in party affiliation in 2008 — 39 to 29 percent.
Four years later, Gallup's tallies show that, among likely voters, Republicans hold a 1-point advantage over Democrats in party affiliation — 36 to 35 percent. That's an 11-point swing in just four years.
Gallup writes that "the largest changes in the composition of the electorate compared with the last presidential election concern the partisan affiliation of voters." It adds, "In fact, the party composition of the electorate this year looks more similar to the electorate in 2004 than 2008." In 2004, according to Gallup, Republicans enjoyed a 2-point advantage over Democrats in party affiliation — 39 to 37 percent.
When independents who lean toward a given party are included, the changes in party affiliation are even more striking. In 2004, Gallup showed that Republicans and Democrats were tied in party affiliation when leaners were included — at 48 percent apiece. In 2008, Democrats enjoyed a 12-point edge when leaners were included — 54 to 42 percent.
In 2012, Republicans enjoy a 3-point edge when leaners are included — 49 to 46 percent. That's a 15-point swing since 2008.
To be sure — despite these swings — Gallup still shows Republicans with only a 1-point edge in party affiliation (without counting leaners). But given how well most recent polling has shown Mitt Romney doing among independent voters, the GOP nominee would presumably be quite happy to supplement his apparent advantage among independents with even a 1-point advantage in turnout.
In short, if Gallup is right about likely voters' party affiliation — and especially if it's right about the 11-point swing toward the GOP since 2008 — that's very good news for Romney and very bad news for Obama.
Source: Weekly Standard
mountainaires on November 4, 2012 at 8:14 AM
CNN's John King was stunned by Romney crowd in Ohio
In a report from Ohio on Friday, CNN's John King noted that in comparison to 2008, the Romney campaign's ground game and the verifiable enthusiasm King's seeing, give Romney a real chance to take the state:
mountainaires on November 4, 2012 at 8:17 AM
Oops, sorry, wrong link above. Wish we could edit.
Original story with video:
mountainaires on November 4, 2012 at 8:20 AM
Lies, Damned Lies, and Bullsh!t.
Quote me.
BigAlSouth on November 4, 2012 at 9:01 AM
Civil war looms. It is just a matter of geography and degree.
Mason on November 4, 2012 at 10:42 AM


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Bacary Sagna admits he will have to stick close to Tottenham winger Gareth Bale to limit his influence during Sunday's North London derby.
The Wales international has impressed on the flanks for Harry Redknapp's side this season, scoring 11 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions.
Sagna knows that he will have his hands full when marking the 22-year-old, but says the secret to containing him is to deny him space.
"He is a very good player, he was PFA Player of the Year last year and he deserved it," Sagna told Arsenal Player.
"He is a great player, but every weekend we play against great wingers. He is extremely quick, that's why you have to stay close and make sure he does not come quickly at you."
It has been suggested by some that there has been a power shift in north London, but Sagna still believes Arsenal have the quality to beat any side in Europe on their day.
"We can beat anyone, like Barcelona, but we can make silly mistakes and lose games. We need to improve this", he said.
"[Tottenham] are doing better but I think every team has surprised me this season. Every team can beat anyone."
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April 10, 2012
By Brian Davis, Assistant Media Relations Director
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.- On Tuesday afternoon in front of 802 fans at Lee Softball Stadium, an eight-run fifth inning that saw 13 Lady Vol hitters step to the plate helped power the #10 Tennessee softball team (32-9) from an early two-run deficit to a comeback, 8-2 victory over Radford (21-11).
Junior second baseman Lauren Gibson registered her team-leading 12th HR of the campaign, via a three-run inside-the-park homer, while going 1-for-3 with three RBIs. Freshman designated player Cheyanne Tarango blasted a three-run shot, the second HR of her collegiate career, while going 1-for-3 at the dish. Junior center fielder Tory Lewis ignited the eight-run outburst in the fifth frame with a lead-off single, one of the Chattanooga, Tenn., native's two hits in that same inning. Junior third baseman Raven Chavanne was 2-for-3 with a walk, a tally and two stolen bases, giving her a squad-high 20 thefts for the season.
Big Orange junior hurler Ivy Renfroe improved to 11-6 overall, allowing just one hit with seven strikeouts over 4.1 shutout innings of relief work. Sophomore pitcher Ellen Renfroe allowed two tallies on five hits with four K's in 2.2 frames of effort as the starter.
"Really slow start today," Lady Vol Co-Head Coach Karen Weekly said. "I didn't think we played with very much passion in the first four innings, but we finally found a way to kick it into gear. Tory Lewis ignited us in that fifth inning, and everyone else got after it and did their job. The speed game is a big part of our offense. When we get our speed players on base back-to-back-to-back, it really energizes our team. It also makes our middle of the order hitters feel an obligation to come through when those guys have given us run-scoring opportunities."
Radford wasted no time jumping in front on the scoreboard in the top of the first, nabbing a quick 1-0 lead. With one retired in the frame, designated player Micalah Sacre drove a double into the right center field gap. Third baseman Vicki Madden worked the count to 3-2 before chopping a base knock back through the middle as Sacre rolled around third to make it 1-0. Ellen Renfroe rebounded to register consecutive strikeouts of left fielder Ryndee Ruch and second baseman Jackie Warr to conclude the frame.
A two-out walk in the bottom of the first by Gibson and her 10th stolen base granted the Lady Vol offense a runner in scoring position. Unfortunately, a strikeout swinging left the runner stranded at second as the Highlanders maintained their one-run advantage.
The Radford advantage grew in the top of the third as a lead-off single by shortstop Nichole Beall, a stolen base and a two-out base knock to right center by Ruch pushed RU in front 2-0. That ended Ellen Renfroe's time in the circle as sister Ivy entered the contest in relief, inducing a routine ground ball to third by Warr to end the threat.
A walk by Chavanne and her 19th stolen base gave the Lady Vols another two-out base runner in the bottom of the third. Once again, Tennessee couldn't get the hit needed to get on the scoreboard as senior catcher Ashley Andrews slapped a routine fly ball to left.
In the bottom of the fourth, the Lady Vols again threatened as junior right fielder Kat Dotson managed a walk and her seventh steal of the campaign. Senior left fielder Shelby Burchell followed with a free pass, ending the start for Radford's Sacre as Jackie Jenkins came in for a relief appearance. The new pitcher immediately walked junior first baseman Melissa Brown on four pitches, packing the bags full of Orange & White. Unfortunately, a slow roller was corralled by Madden, and she turned and stepped on third to leave the UT trio on the base paths.
With Ivy Renfroe in firm control in the circle, the Tennessee offense finally came alive against Jenkins in the bottom of the fifth, posting a season-best eight runs in the frame on eight hits with the benefit of a pair of Highlander miscues.
Lewis began the frame with a base knock, marking UT's initial hit of the contest. Looking to advance Lewis to second, Chavanne dropped down a bunt to Jenkins, but the pitcher's throw to first was wide and rolled into right field. That miscue allowed Lewis to score the first UT tally of the game and advanced Chavanne into scoring position. Cat Hosfield entered the game to pinch hit for Andrews and reached via an error by Jackie Warr at second. That set the stage for Gibson as the Pasadena, Md., native hit the second pitch of her at-bat just under the glove of diving outfielder Morgan Eye. With the ball rolling to the fence, Gibson hustled all the way around the bases to register an inside-the-park HR as the Big Orange's advantage expanded to 4-2.
Tennessee quickly loaded the bases after sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman blasted a single that bounced off the wall, Dotson reached on a bunt single and pinch hitter Burchell walked. Brown hit a hard grounder that was simply tossed to first for a fielder's choice, registering the initial out of the inning, as Shipman touched home plate to extend the lead to 5-2. With a pair of Lady Vols in scoring position, Tarango effectively golfed the first pitch she saw from her shoe tops off of the scoreboard to make it 8-2.
Suddenly blessed with a big lead, Ivy Renfroe rolled through the sixth inning in order with two strikeouts before allowing a lead-off single to pinch hitter Meredith Moore to christen the seventh. That was all Radford could manage against the 6-0 right-hander, however, as catcher Julie Harriss struck out looking, right fielder Morgan Eye reached on a fielder's choice and Hannah Ojeda flew out to center to end the UT triumph.


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97.45. 2003–04 fiscal year allocations. Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 97.2 and subdivision (d) of Section 97.3, the amount deposited in the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund pursuant to Section 33681.9 of the Health and Safety Code, if that section is added by Senate Bill 1045 of the 2003–04 Regular Session, shall be allocated as follows:
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The hardest things to part with weren't clothes—they can buy more of those overseas since they'll be in a different climate anyway—or furniture, which they'd mostly gathered at yard sales. It was the kitchen where they faced the toughest decisions. The faithful, but massive, KitchenAid stand mixer clearly couldn't come along, nor the familiar sets of dishes and glasses (although there will be dishware, pots and pans, etc. in their temporary housing). Coffee maker, blender, spice rack, decanter, tea pot... nope. Gadgets? Maybe. Depends on size.
In the end, they selected their two favorite coffee mugs, two good knives, the handheld immersion blender, a microplane zester, a citrus squeezer and a garlic press. Wow, that's really narrowing it down, alright! I would make similar choices in the same situation.
Here's my top-ten list for kitchen stuff I consider most essential (and portable-ish). What's on your own list?
- A good, sharp knife—preferably two, a paring knife and a larger chef's knife
- Handheld immersion blender with blade and whisk attachments
- 10-inch stainless steel, non-stick skillet (because "pots and pans provided" doesn't mean GOOD pots and pans...)
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3. Should I put out a few decoys and leave the ducks to notice the area (most of the ducks we shoot around here are teal, ringnecks, and woodies)?
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When you're really amped up (adrenaline), you aren't going to notice the "bang" at the time, for the most part. It'll still do damage to your hearing of course, but that'll probably be the last thing on your mind.
Basically, where a sound may be debilitating or distracting when you're not amped up, it'll probably just sound like a pop when you're turned up to Eleventeen!
For instance, the incident I was involved in years ago where I had to draw my pistol... I didn't have to fire, thank God, but there are times when I still dream about that incident and I can remember very specific details. What the BG was wearing, smells, details. The funny thing is, most of the details I recall were only the things in front of me. Like I had tunnel vision. I saw/remember very little of what was going on to the sides of me. Seriously, it was if I could smell they guy as well as see the stubble on his chin. In my case, I feel that my body was totally focused on the threat, everything else was pushed aside. Hopefully, if I ever have to draw my weapon again, I'll have a broader scope of recall. (Not that I ever want to have to draw it again, but if I do, I hope I don't get so tunnel focused.


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The Frazzled Holiday Season
So Clink, I think, is climbing somewhere. Roy is working, a lot. I'm on vacation (mostly---if you have an appointment with me this week, keep it, I'll be there) and I don't have much to say about psychiatry at the moment. I've had a few thoughts to write about sliding fees, but it's the holidays and a recession, do we really want to talk about money? No. I've thought of writing about the limits of 'evidence-based medicine' in psychiatry. But it's the holidays.
Instead, I'll tell you about my trip to New England last week. I posted from the airport, so you know my plane was delayed-- there was a blizzard where we were landing and the airport closed. One of my kids was pleased that the delay gave her time to get Starbucks, the other remained plugged into an iPod and read a book. I blogged, Starbucks'd, and read the Sunday NY Times, then tried to re-route us, only to be informed that we'd be taking off shortly.
So across the aisle on the delayed and not-quite-full flight, there was a young mom with two very sweet girls. The mom was frazzled. For starters, she was traveling alone with the girls, one of whom had to use the restroom just as the flight was about to take off... a no-no in these post 9/11 days but this family was so...well, let's just say she made it, scooped up in mom's arms.
But the big story was the globe, a big talking globe in a great big box. Mom was trying to navigate the globe, navigate the children, put the globe away. A gift from an aunt...oh, I've been there with the way-too-big to travel with gifts. So mom tries to maneuver the globe into the overhead luggage bin. It does fit. She pushes and pushes and pushes some more, but the talking globe just doesn't fit and I wonder if she's going to break the airplane. It doesn't fit under the seat. She asks the people in the row in front of us if the talking globe can have the empty seat between them. The globe gets buckled in, with it's tray table in the upright and locked position. The flight attendant starts to scold the people sitting next to the globe, who look at her a bit cluelessly, and ultimately, just this once, the talking globe is permitted to have it's own seat, just as the little girl is permitted to use the restroom facilities. Mom borrows a pen from my husband. Twice. She mentions that she's going to Vermont and that she hasn't driven a car in twenty years-- I don't know the details, just that we'll be landing in a blizzard. Mom borrows my husband's cell phone just as we land.
Okay, it would be nice to say I didn't laugh out loud, but as I watched her try to get that talking globe gift from the aunt into different overhead luggage compartments.....
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The Hill's "Whip Count" on ObamaCare – as of Today
posted at 2:16 pm on March 13, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
The Hill newspaper is published daily in the nation's capital while Congress is in session, which is unfortunately true right now. They've been publishing a daily (or so) whip-count; that is, the Democratic and Republican leaders tell the Hill how many votes they think they have, and the paper makes the final judgment (presumably after talking to some of the waverers).
In the count published today, here's how we stand:
- All 178 Republicans will vote Nay.
- 34 of the Democrats are firm, leaning, or likely Nays; this includes eight Democrats who voted Yea the last time around in November.
- 147 Democrats are firm, leaning, or likely Yeas.
- The remaining 72 Democrats are "undecided."
That puts the current count at 147 Yea, 212 Nay, with 72 toss-ups. Note that a majority is currently 216, since there are only 431 members of the House right now.
To put it in a nuthouse, Republicans must get 4 of those toss-up Dems to vote Nay, while the Democrats must get 69 of the toss-up Dems to vote Yea.
It should be obvious now why Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) has not yet called the vote: The risk is too great that the Nay-sayers will get their 4 before the Yes-men get their 69. And she won't call the vote until the whip-count shows better odds for ObamaCare than against it.
Now I expect the great majority of those toss-up Dems will eventually vote for ObamaCare; but if they lose only 4 out of the 72 (6%) it goes down. Bear in mind that when the current Congress ends — probably sometime in late November or December — any legislation passed in one or both chambers but not signed into law dies.
The new Congress would have to start all over again with ObamaCare (if it's still controlled by Democrats); the new House cannot simply pass the previous Senate's bill and send it to President Barack H. Obama for signature.
As a more practical matter, the closer we edge to the November 2nd elections, the greater the pressure on the toss-up Dems to vote Nay, since that is the way most of their constituents want them to vote.
Note to Democratic readers: The congressional elections for your party will be held on Wednesday, November 3rd. On that date, please vote early and vote often!
I would guess that the window will firmly shut in late May or early June; after that — with one dangerous exception — ObamaCare cannot be enacted, for reasons of politics.
The one dangerous exception is the putative "lame-duck" period of the second session of the 111th Congress… the short interval after the elections but before the 112th Congress is seated on January 3rd (per the Twentieth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution).
During those two months, every representative in the House already knows whether he has been reelected, and the Senate bill is still in effect.
A defeated Democrat has nothing to lose by voting for ObamaCare. If enough of those currently leaning towards Nay are defeated, they may, in a fit of vindictive revenge against the constituents who fired them, vote in as perverse a manner as possible. (Though of course, it's unlikely the reconciliation side of the package could also be enacted during that period.)
This is the most likely time for ObamaCare to be enacted, since it would then have virtually no consequences on its supporters: Many of the Democrats voting for it will have already been defeated; and for those from moderate districts who were nevertheless reelected, a December vote gives them the maximal "memory-lapse" time before facing voters again in 2012.
I'm quite concerned about that interval; has the GOP given it much thought?
Cross-posted on Big Lizards…


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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob member and a mob member infiltrating the police force. Scorsese transfers the action to Boston, positioning Leonardo Di Caprio as undercover cop William Costigan and Matt Damon as undercover mobster Colin Sullivan. While Costigan and Sullivan get into plenty of nail-biting situations that almost reveal their true identities, Scorsese gradually unravels his strong supporting cast, including Jack Nicholson as Sullivan's mob boss, Frank Costello; Ray Winstone as Costello's meat-headed muscle; Mark Wahlberg as a hot-headed police sergeant; and Vera Farmiga as a love interest for both Damon and DiCaprio's characters. THE DEPARTED finds Scorsese generously dipping his toes back into waters that will be warmly familiar to his biggest fans. Rolling Stones songs pepper the soundtrack, recalling the remarkable "Jumpin' Jack Flash" sequence in MEAN STREETS; bullets and blood punctuate every key scene, bringing TAXI DRIVER's explosive finale to mind; and the mobster-themed storyline is a thrilling return to GOODFELLAS territory. Nicholson and Winstone provide acting master-classes every time they appear, neatly complementing the blossoming talents of DiCaprio, Damon, and Wahlberg, while further veteran support comes in small roles for Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin. Scorsese is often criticized for affording precious little screen time to female characters, and THE DEPARTED won't quell those dissenting voices, although Farmiga's character proves to be more than a match for DiCaprio and Damon's posturings. But Scorsese followers who balked at his diversions into documentary filmmaking (NO DIRECTION HOME) and period epics (THE AVIATOR) will be delighted to find raw male machismo puncturing the screen once again in this frenetic entry into his celebrated oeuvre.
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On 6/10/08, the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law of the House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing entitled "Electronic Employment Verification Systems: Needed Safeguards to Protect Privacy and Prevent Misuse." Testimony from the hearing is available below:
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Panel I:
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Hon. Heath Shuler
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11th District, NC
Hon. Sam Johnson
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3rd District, TX
Hon. Gabrielle Giffords
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Nicole Lantagne Welch has been the head coach of the University of Miami volleyball program since it re-started for the 2001 season, completing her 12th season in 2012. The most successful coach in school history, she has posted winning seasons in 10 of the 12 years while reaching 20 wins on six occasions. Lantagne Welch has led the Hurricanes to the NCAA Tournament five times, including in each of the past four years.
After losing three All-ACC players to graduation after the 2011 season, Lantagne Welch took the Hurricanes to new heights in the ACC with a new-look 2012 squad to win ACC Coach of the Year and AVCA East Region Coach of the Year. Setting a program record with 17 league wins, the Canes came within one victory of an outright conference championship to finish in sole possession of second place. The team tied a league record with six players earning All-ACC honors (all for the first time), with five being named AVCA All-Region to tie Penn State and Iowa State for the most All-Region honorees nationally.
Her 2012 team also set a new program mark with 2.90 blocks per set, including a school record 23 total blocks in a road win at Clemson. The Hurricanes started off the conference season with arguably the most impressive win in program history, knocking off rival No. 6 Florida State in front of a record crowd at the Knight Sports Complex and a national television audience on ESPNU. Miami won all 13 matches at home and took 10-straight matches in the middle of the season to appear in the national poll in five different weeks. She won her 100th career ACC match during the season at her alma mater, Maryland, Oct. 12.
In the summer prior to the season, Lantagne Welch traveled to Ohio to work with the A2 program as part of development for Team USA. In addition, two players associated with the program - Ciara Michel and Savanah Leaf - both competed in the Olympic Games for Team GB.
In 2011, Lantagne Welch guided the Hurricanes to a 26-5 overall record and a 16-4 league mark to finish second in the ACC. UM qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third-straight year, defeating Northern Illinois to advance to the Second Round of the Ames [Iowa] Regional. At the end of the campaign, numerous players earned recognition, including Lane Carico becoming the first Hurricane to win ACC Player of the Year. The senior also earned AVCA All-America honors to cap one of the best careers in Miami history. The team was ranked in eight different weeks, appearing in the national poll for the first time since 2002.
The 2010 team ranked No. 26 in the NCAA RPI and No. 28 in the Pablo Index after making the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons for the first time. Miami ended the season with a 23-9 overall mark (13-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) and finished third in the conference regular season standings. Along the way, the Hurricanes defeated NCAA Tournament participants Florida State, Middle Tennessee State, Georgia Southern, Wichita State and North Carolina. At the end of the year, Lantagne Welch saw her first-ever AVCA All-American honored in the form of Carico, collecting third team accolades following a record-breaking year. Carico became the first player in school history with 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career, as well as leading the ACC in double-doubles - and later being the only player in the league to amass at least 400 kills and 400 digs on the campaign. Carico and teammate Katie Gallagher each claimed AVCA All-East Region Team honors, while freshman libero Ryan Shaffer set a new school record for digs by a freshman (539 / 4.53 per set). As for Carico, she would also earn her third consecutive All-ACC Team nod and All-East Region honor.
In 2009, Lantagne Welch helped the Hurricanes to their second NCAA Tournament appearance, competing in the Gainesville [Fla.] Regional. UM earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament after holding the 33rd toughest schedule in the nation according to the end-of-year RPI rankings. Earlier in the season, Lantagne Welch guided the Hurricanes to the Hampton Inn & Suites Northern Colorado Classic championship. She would add to her growing list of All-Atlantic Coast Conference student-athletes, as well as All-America honorable mention performers, seeing senior libero Cassie Loessberg and sophomore outside hitter Lane Carico named to both lists. Carico and Loessberg each collected AVCA All-America Honorable Mention selections, while both were tabbed to the AVCA All-East Region Team. During the 2008 campaign, Lantagne Welch led the Hurricanes to a tie for third place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) standings, and the team's best regular season record since 2002.
During the year, Lantagne Welch collected her 150th career victory when the 'Canes defeated NC State, 3-0, on November 21, 2008. It was just two seasons ago that she posted her 100th career victory in the 2006 season-opener for UM with a 3-2 win over Alabama. The 2008 season was special for UM as the team posted a record of 26-6 overall (14-6 ACC), finishing just one match shy of tying for an ACC Championship. Not to be overlooked was Lantagne Welch leading the 'Canes to three in-season tournament titles, including a tournament title at NCAA Tournament participant University of San Francisco as part of the Asics/Coca-Cola Invitational in San Francisco, Calif. For those achievements and more, Lantagne Welch was tabbed ACC Coach of the Year, as well as American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) East Region Coach of the Year. It was her first ACC coaching honor, while being the second AVCA Regional honor, collecting the award in 2002 during Miami's historic run to the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament.
Under her guidance, Lantagne Welch would later see freshman Lane Carico named ACC Freshman of the Year, as well as AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year. Carico would go on to be named to the All-ACC Second Team, as well as teammates Angelica Ellis and Genny Mayhew. Carico would represent the first-ever ACC Freshman of the Year coached by Lantagne Welch, while Ellis and Mayhew would become the seventh and eighth players in school history to be named to the All-ACC Volleyball Team. Overall, her career at UM is highlighted in part by four seasons with at least 20 wins (2003-04, '08, '10) and a trip to the "Sweet 16" in the Hurricanes' first-ever appearance at the NCAA Tournament in 2002. In her 10 years at the helm in Coral Gables, Lantagne Welch has averaged 19.2 wins per seasons with a career record of 192-109.
Another successful year was achieved for the Hurricanes and Lantagne Welch in 2010 - the 10th year of the program's resurrection from an almost 20-year hiatus. The Canes achieved consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances and finished the season third in the final ACC standings. Not only was there achievement on the court, but also in the classroom as Christine Williamson earned her degree in the spring of 2011. Lane Carico became the school's first AVCA All-America Team member, as well as etching her name on the list of 1,000-kills members - becoming the sixth player in school history to achieve the honor. Carico would also move up to third all-time at UMiami for career kills (1,346) while setter Katie Gallagher moved closer to becoming the all-time leader in assists - still second with 3,955. In the classroom, Maria Andersson, Katie Gallagher, Cassie Loessberg, Lici McGee and Christine Williamson all earned their undergraduate degrees during the course of the 2010-11 academic year.
In 2009, Cassie Loessberg became the school's all-time leader in digs (2,008), while also managing to take the all-time lead in matches played (123) and sets played (453). The team also advanced to the NCAA Tournament with an at-large bid to the NCAA Gainesville [Fla.] Regional. Lane Carico earned her second AVCA All-East Region Team nod, while Cassie Loessberg earned All-AVCA East Region honors for the first time in her career. Loessberg would also claim All-America honorable mention accolades at the end of the season, and made an appearance on the All-ACC Team. Genny Mayhew and Griffin Udelson each earned their degrees from the University of Miami following the 2009 playing season. The 2008 season saw even those achievements mastered as Lantagne Welch and her staff assembled one of the best marks in school history. Lantagne Welch led Miami to its best ACC record in school history. It was also the second-best record in school history on the Division I level of athletics. Katie Gallagher moved in sole possession of second place all-time at UM for assists in a career during the 2008 season, while Cassie Loessberg placed herself in second place for digs in a career. In addition, Loessberg broke her own school record from a year ago for digs in a single-season, upping the new record to 554--besting her old school-record mark by two.
As for Gallagher, she etched her name once again as one of the Top 10 single-season assists leaders in school history. Already sitting at third place in school history from the 2007 season where she collected 1,243 assists, Gallagher added to that total with 1,202 in 2008--good enough for sixth place all-time in school history. Freshman Lane Carico broke the freshman record for kills in a single-season for UM with 369, adding her name to 10th all-time for single-season kills.
Meanwhile, Miami tied a school-record for hitting percentage in a five-set match, collecting a .329 percentage at Florida State on Nov. 26, 2008. The 'Canes would also collect the second-best single-set hitting mark in school history with a .615 clip against Boston College in the third set on Oct. 10, 2008. Lantagne Welch would see two more student-athletes graduate following the 2008 season. Angelica Ellis and Bridget Bomhack both earned their Bachelor's Degree, while Ashley Woods completed her Master's Degree. Woods placed her name eighth all-time in sets played (367), as well as eighth place all-time in total attacks (1,764). Ellis finished the season ranked ninth in attacks (1,209), while also collecting the third-highest individual single-season hitting percentage (.350) from the 2008 campaign. Overall, Ellis is sixth in school history in career hitting percentage with a .275 clip through 318 sets and 1,209 attacks. Woods is 10th in career hitting percentage, holding a .256 clip.
The eighth-year head coach also coached three All-ACC Second Team members with Lane Carico, Angelica Ellis and Genny Mayhew. In addition, Carico and Ellis were each named as AVCA All-America honorable mention, while Carico was selected the 2008 AVCA East Region Freshman of the Year. Carico was also the true definition of "student-athlete" as she was named to the All-ACC Academic Team. Miami's team accomplishments under the guidance of Lantagne Welch in 2008 were plentiful as the Hurricanes posted the first-ever sweep of the Duke Blue Devils, as well as finishing in a tie for third place in the final league standings--the second-best finish for the Hurricanes in their ACC history. The 14-6 ACC record was the best conference record in Miami's five-year ACC volleyball history.
Under Lantagne Welch's direction, a number of other individual school records fell in 2007. In addition to Ciara Michel closing out her career with a UM record 573 total blocks, sophomore Cassie Loessberg and freshman Katie Gallagher both etched their names in the UM single-season record books. Gallagher, who was named to the ACC's 2007 All-Freshman team, recorded a UM-record 67 aces and a UM freshman record 1,243 assists while Loessberg collected 552 digs on the year. Her 552 digs is a sophomore school-best mark, while sitting second in school history for single-season digs. Several school records were also broken during the 2006 season, including former setter Jill Robinson adding to her career assist mark, pushing her own record to 4,937 assists from 2003-06. Francheska Savage led the 2006 squad with 415 kills in her senior season while fellow senior Ann Gallo finished with a team-best 338 digs. In addition to her record-breaking blocks, Michel also led the team with a .299 hitting percentage while ranking second on the club with 336 kills. In addition to their accomplishments on the court, Michel, Robinson and Michelle Bruin were all named to the All-ACC Academic Team while Bruin was also named to ESPN The Magazine's Academic All-District III Third Team.
Lantagne Welch saw Karla Johnson become Miami's most prolific outside hitter, setting the career kills mark (1,484) while also finishing with 616 kills on the year and putting down 31 kills in a match - both of which were school records at the time. Johnson was named to the All-ACC First Team. Johnson and Francheska Savage, were named AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans and AVCA All-East Region selections. Savage was also named to the All-ACC Second Team.
In 2005, Lantagne Welch saw many of her players enter into the UM record books. Valeria Tipiana was honored as an All-ACC and AVCA All-East Region First Team selection after becoming the first Miami player to register over 1,000 career kills. For accomplishing such a feat, as well as averaging 4.44 kills per game, Tipiana became Miami's first-ever AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. In 2004, Lantagne Welch added another chapter to her legacy at Miami when she led her most experienced team to date to a 17-9 record. Under her guidance, the Hurricanes finished second in the ACC with an 11-5 mark in only their first season in the league.
During the 2003 season, the Hurricanes posted an overall record of 22-9 with a third-place finish in BIG EAST play behind a conference mark of 9-3 while making their second consecutive BIG EAST Tournament appearance. Entering the 2003 season, junior outside hitter Valeria Tipiana was named the BIG EAST Preseason Player of the Year and, along with junior setter Mallorey James, was selected to the preseason All-BIG EAST First Team. Tipiana would go on to receive All-BIG EAST Second Team honors with teammate Leyre Santaella Sante.
In 2002, the Miami volleyball program's second year of competitive play, Lantagne Welch led the Hurricanes to their first-ever Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament after a second-round upset over Wisconsin, a 27-6 record and a final ranking in the top 25. The Hurricanes were competitive against some of the top programs in the nation in 2002, recording wins over five of the six NCAA Tournament-qualifying teams they faced. Lantagne Welch also coached the 2002 BIG EAST Player of the Year Valeria Tipiana as well as the BIG EAST Setter of the Year Mallorey James. Both James and Tipiana, as well as Marcela Gamarra, earned spots on the AVCA All-Northeast Regional Team, while Lantagne Welch was selected as the AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year. Among the Hurricanes' other highlights that season was a home victory over a Notre Dame team that hadn't lost to a conference opponent in 43 matches and a 26-match win streak that began in the 2001 season. UM also claimed a dramatic five-game victory over Virginia Tech in the BIG EAST Conference semifinal.
On Feb. 28, 2000, then University of Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee proclaimed the return of women's volleyball as the Hurricanes newest fully funded varsity sport at UM. On Sept. 12, 2000, Dee took the next major step in the evolution of the program by announcing the hiring of Lantagne Welch as head coach of the Hurricanes.
A native of Encinitas, Calif., Lantagne Welch grew up in a family where volleyball had been a major part of their livelihood. Her parents, Joe and JoAnn, owned and operated a highly regarded volleyball scouting service that evaluated high school players, covering the regions of California, Nevada and Arizona. Lantagne Welch's sister, Jenelle Duvall, was an All-American at the University of Pittsburgh and served as an assistant coach at Northern Arizona and Northern Illinois. She also served as head coach at Metro State College of Denver.
Lantagne Welch played at the University of Maryland from 1990-1993. In her role as a four-year starting setter, she guided the Terrapins to their first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference Championship (ACC) title and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament in 1990. As a top collegiate setter, Lantagne Welch garnered First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors in 1992 and '93, and earned Second Team All-ACC accolades in 1991. She would also be named AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 12, 1993) following an upset victory over Florida State.
Serving as a team captain through her final two seasons, Lantagne Welch finished her outstanding collegiate career as Maryland's all-time assists, digs and matches played leader. Throughout her career in College Park, Lantagne Welch accumulated various academic honors including ACC Honor Roll and district academic All-America as a senior. She graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Marketing. For her accomplishments as a student-athlete, Lantagne Welch was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference 50th Anniversary Volleyball Team along with five other Terrapins from teams of the 1990s.
Lantagne Welch began her coaching career in 1994 as an assistant coach on the Maryland staff before becoming a graduate assistant coach at Ohio University in 1995. At Ohio, she developed training sessions for setters and assisted in the scouting of opponents and in the development of game plans. Lantagne Welch arrived at Miami after serving as an assistant coach at Texas A&M. During her three seasons there, the Aggies finished ranked in the top 20 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament each season (1997-99). In 1999, Texas A&M advanced to the elite eight of the NCAA Tournament, compiling a 28-6 record and a No. 9 final ranking. Under Lantagne Welch's training, Aggie setter Jenna Moscovic was named the 1999 Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and named to the All-American Freshman Team by Volleyball Magazine. As a sophomore, Moscovic was selected to the 2000 All-Big 12 Team and All-District 5 Team. Lantagne Welch also played a major role in bringing the Aggies back-to-back Top 10 recruiting classes. The 1999 class was ranked in the Top 10 by Student Sports Magazine and the 1998 class was ranked sixth by Volleyball Magazine.
In 2002, she married Wesley Paul Welch of Denver City, Texas, in her hometown of Encinitas, Calif. On Dec. 7, 2004, the couple celebrated the birth of their daughter, Riley Jaye and on April 8, 2007, son Ayden Fletcher was born. Lantagne Welch and her family reside in Miami.


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First introduced in the 1980s and now widespread in the United States, self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is a high-performance material designed to flow under its own weight, completely filling formwork, and achieving full consolidation, even in the presence of congested reinforcement. SCC has an advantage over conventional portland cement concrete in that it is easily placed without vibration or mechanical consolidation, thus reducing the labor cost associated with concrete placement.
Some concerns related to the formwork design have been raised because it's a common expectation that SCC exerts greater pressure on the forms. The formwork constitutes one of the major costs of reinforced concrete construction, and may even exceed the cost of concrete and steel materials combined. Failure of formwork always is dangerous and costly. Form problems also can create flawed surfaces that require expensive repair. Due to these concerns, SCC users for tall wall applications often adapt highly conservative assumptions that lead to limitations on lift height and overly strong forms. There is need for an effective, practical method to evaluate formwork pressure of SCC for tall forms to increase project efficiency and ensure safety.
Concrete pressure versus hydrostatic pressure
The common assumption for SCC formwork design is that forms must withstand the full hydrostatic pressure in the belief the concrete behaves as a liquid. For a liquid, pressure is computed as the unit weight times the height. This assumption limits the lift height—the taller the wall, the higher the calculated pressure. The instant after SCC or normal concrete is placed, it behaves as a fluid. As time passes, however, concrete progressively evolves into a solid, building up an internal structure capable of self support. Even before set of concrete, this gelation process reduces the pressure of concrete exerted against formwork.
Many factors affect formwork pressure. These factors can be classified into three principal categories: material properties, such as the characteristics of the concrete mixture; placement conditions, such as the procedure used in the field for pouring and consolidating the concrete, as well as other parameters such as weather; and formwork characteristics, such as dimensions of the element and formwork surface material.
Studies conducted at the University of Illinois found that a pressure decay curve can be established for any SCC mixture. This characteristic pressure decay curve accounts for all material parameters that influence how the SCC gels and becomes self supporting in the first few hours after placement. The decay curve also reflects temperature effects on concrete pressure. In the study, concrete pressure was measured using commercially available pressure sensors mounted at various heights in the form. Many different SCC mixtures were tested, encompassing a range of admixtures, temperatures, and aggregate gradation.
Formwork pressure model
Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed IlliForm, a computer tool for predicting formwork pressure when using SCC. IlliForm guides users when designing formwork and specifying maximum pour rates for field construction. Users provide several input parameters, including the SCC characteristic decay signature, formwork geometry, formwork strength, and form-filling rate. Before using the worksheets, the concrete pressure data from a representative sample of the SCC should be acquired. A 3-foot PVC test column is used in both laboratory and field testing to obtain the concrete pressure decay curve.
Tall wall application
The formwork pressure model has been employed in several projects involving tall wall SCC placement, one of which was in cooperation with Mortensen Construction on the OSF SFMC Milestone Project in Peoria, Ill. In this project, 40-foot concrete walls were poured using formwork rated at 1650 psf. If the full hydrostatic pressure assumption was imposed, the lift height would be limited to 11 feet, requiring more than three separate concrete placements. In actual practice, each wall was completed in a single continuous pour in one day.
To monitor the pressure exerted on the forms, sensors were installed at different heights. For instance, in the Table, Test 1-1 placed sensors located at 1, 7, and 24 feet above the wall foundation. The sensors were connected to a datalogger (see pictures on page 34). The 3-foot tall test column mentioned also was used for every wall pour to obtain the characteristic decay curve.


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Yeah good suggestions here, try ducked stance +15, -15 is a good place to start and a lot of instructors use this to ride both ways effortlessly and low impact on joints. From your post that you turned heel side goofy effortlessly, you may in fact be goofy footed naturally, if you set your bindings as above give it a go.
You definitely should not be killing your leg doing one turn, sounds like your contorting your body unnaturally, and that maybe because your fighting to ride left foot forward? Check your body alignment when doing a turn you should be over your board and body fairly well aligned with it. ie. shoulders should not be at 90 degrees to the nose of the board, and both legs should be bent all the time, if you are finding you have to stiffen a leg something is wrong.
Only other explanation I can think of, is perhaps you're trying to go too much across the mountain, heel edge traverses can take it out of your legs a bit, if you are going slow and trying to make long side hill turns that could be killing your legs?
Try and follow the fall line more (point straight down hill) with smaller, faster turn transitions. Since you are starting out, use a mellow slope. ie beginners slope as that will keep your speed down so you don't need to cut across the slope to keep it down. Hope this helps. Good luck
|Yeah try a ducked stance. You will probably find it's a little more comfortable. If your still having issues try adding some forward lean to your bindings. that may make the motion of a heel side turn a little shorter and more responsive.
+0/-0 is considered not acceptable anymore due to stress on your knees. stand on the ground naturally point your feet so than you can squat up and down naturally without knees caving in to figure out what your stance and angles are.
I would say for duck you can try +12/-12. I ride +15/-15.
Help with binding angles and turning
Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to boarding, only been out 3 times and had a question about binding angles in regards to turning. I searched online and these forums but couldn't find the answer to my particular question.
Basically wondering, is it typically okay to have no angle to either binding? To be at 0/0?
Backstory and reason for question:
On my third day out I'm still having tons of trouble turning; its not that I fall during the turn, it's that most of the time I'm struggling to even initiate a turn, namely heel side, then when it get's going it takes everything I have to keep it going. I ride regular, and when I go from one side of the trail to the other via heel side turn, literally by the end of just going sideways across it once, almost my entire left leg is shot. My lead calf is cramped and fatigued and my quad feels like I just went up 20 flights of steps. I was using +15/0.
I messed around with some angles yesterday, and notice the larger I got with the front angle (without adjusting the back), the worse this fatigue effect got. I think I tried +18/0 and +21/0. After the 21/0 I couldn't even go back out; I had to rest my leg for a bit in the lodge. But I also noticed when I happen to go the other direction (goofy leading) where my angle is 0, I do heel side turns MUCH better than going regular with my lead foot, having never even practiced it which is weird.
I'm trying to figure out if stance width or highback angles are affecting this as well, and I'm trying to figure it out asap since after my third day out I'm seeing no improvement in myself and it's quite demoralizing. The ease of the reverse side heel turn is what led me to the main question of is it possible 0/0 would be beneficial setup for me? Is this very abnormal and unheard of to use? Would their be any particular pro's or cons to having no angles like that?
Any help would appreciate. Thanks everyone!
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When I was an undergraduate at [insert state university name here] most of the biology and chemistry teaching labs we undergrads worked in were purely utilitarian spaces for bench work and all had seen better days. In fact, they looked more like my high school science labs. My high school labs might have been nicer.
But there is no reason why even lower level science should not be taught in an aesthetically pleasing space. For some undergraduates, lower level science courses are a requirement that must be knocked off the graduation to-do list. Why not make the experience more exciting?
Johns Hopkins University has constructed 105,000 square feet of new undergraduate laboratory teaching space on the far side of Mudd and Levi Halls on the Homewood campus. The space beautifully integrates into the natural surroundings offered by the Buffano Sculpture Gardens. The open feel is extremely important, I think, because it allows so much natural like to come in that it could make that time in lab section, which can seem never-ending, into something much more tolerable–even enjoyable.
Undergrads studying chemistry, biology, biophysics, neuroscience and psychological and brain sciences will be using the 20 labs that were created with the new space. The philosophy behind the design of the building is to encourage cross disciplinary collaboration, which as many know is something that Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology strives for in all of its endeavors. It is nice to see that same kind of sentiment carried out in a physical way in this new campus structure.
For now, the addition is just being called the UTL (undergraduate teaching laboratories) building. The core of the structure includes space for nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and tissue and cell culture. Lab space connects to the adjacent academic buildings via mingling areas, ample seating, faculty offices, a large biology research lab, a computer lab, seminar rooms, a coffee bar and more.
I recommend walking over to the UTL yourself and having a look around if you are on the Homewood campus. If not you can watch this video. It will make you want to register for a chemistry class like a freshman. No, joke. This building is a work of art and an amazing addition to the already beautiful Homewood campus.
Read the story about the new laboratory building here.