diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7a56ff8cc0bc..38d41b50bd4a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ and which pieces are blocked) and make a comment.
 Also see our [`Good for community contribution`](https://github.com/angular/material2/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22good+for+community+contribution%22) 
 label.
 
-High level items planned for September 2016:
-* Work on Angular core towards 2.0.0 final
-* Preparing for conferences (Angular Connect and ng-europe)
-* Final features for dialog
-* Initial version of snackbar.
-* Additional behaviors for menu, start design for select.
-* Finalize high-level design details for data-table.
+High level items planned for October 2016:
+* Initial version of md-select
+* Basic docs for dialog and snackbar
+* Major bug bashing
+* Start design on autocomplete and chips
+* AoT compile e2e app
+* Start work on https://material.angular.io site
+* Onboarding for 3 (!) new Angular Material team members.
 
 
 #### Feature status:
diff --git a/src/lib/snack-bar/snack-bar-container.scss b/src/lib/snack-bar/snack-bar-container.scss
index da6e50081336..aa9f1d69ebe0 100644
--- a/src/lib/snack-bar/snack-bar-container.scss
+++ b/src/lib/snack-bar/snack-bar-container.scss
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $md-snack-bar-max-width: 568px !default;
   @include md-elevation(24);
   background: #323232;
   border-radius: 2px;
+  box-sizing: content-box;
   display: block;
   height: $md-snack-bar-height;
   max-width: $md-snack-bar-max-width;
@@ -18,4 +19,4 @@ $md-snack-bar-max-width: 568px !default;
   padding: $md-snack-bar-padding;
   // Initial transformation is applied to start snack bar out of view.
   transform: translateY(100%);
-}
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+}