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The Drinking Water Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) program identifies environmental contaminants for which current health-based standards currently do not exist or need to be updated, investigate the potential for human exposure to these chemicals, and develop guidance values for drinking water. Contaminants evaluated by CEC staff include contaminants that have been released or detected in Minnesota waters (surface water and groundwater) or that have the potential to migrate to or be detected in Minnesota waters.
This leadership workshop series will provide the participants (citizen leaders) with knowledge, skills, processes and tools that can help to strengthen their current efforts and nurture new ones.
This project will support construction of three watershed framework models built using the Hydrologic Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF). These executable models will simulate hydrology at the subbasin scale. An HSPF model will be built for each of these major watersheds: Crow Wing River, Redeye River, and Long Prairie River.
This project will continue HSPF watershed model construction beyond the initial framework development. The consultant will add representation of point source discharges to the model. The consultant will also compile flow data for the purposes of calibration and validation. Finally, an initial hydrologic calibration will be performed and submitted for approval.
The purpose of this project is to identify effective irrigation and nutrient management best management practices and technologies and the barriers that prevent irrigators, producers, and other agricultural partners from adopting them in Otter Tail County. The primary goal is to reduce nitrate in areas where groundwater is susceptible to contamination as mapped by The Minnesota Department of Health by identifying effective BMPs and addressing the barriers to their adoption.
The goal of this project is to develop a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for all impaired stream reaches and lakes within the Long Prairie and Red Eye Watersheds.
This project is to finalize the Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Watershed Restoration & Protection Strategies (WRAPS) for the Red Eye and Long Prairie Watersheds.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.
Lake Monitoring: Lakes are monitored for nutrients, clarity and other information to provide the data needed to assess the aquatic recreation use support.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.
The Otter Tail County Community Partners Grant Project will enable community groups to go beyond planning and take action to protect their water resources. This grant program will provide targeted community groups with the means to make positive improvements now and identify high priority projects for future opportunities. Engaging community members in the identification of water protection opportunities with the data in recently completed lake assessment reports will help build connections and foster a stewardship ethic.
This Initiative is a nine-year plan to take a systematic approach to inventory and analyze all Public Waters within the County. Phase 1 includes identifying areas of concern through GIS analysis of current landuse along Public Waters, and the development of a database of non-compliant landowners which will be updated and maintained. Once landowners have been identified they will receive a joint letter and map stating that they may not be in compliance.
The purpose of this project is to develop a detailed tool that can be used in all watersheds within the Otter Tail and Becker counties to prioritize, target, and measure implementation practices at the field scale. The PTM App will significantly increase the targeting capabilities in Otter Tail and Becker Counties. The Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy has not been completed for Otter Tail County, yet, and the PTM App will be able to assist targeting and prioritizing when those documents are created.
Realizing the need for increased technical capacity in the field offices, the Becker, East Otter Tail and West Otter Tail Soil and Water Conservation Districts have developed an agreement that will increase technical capacity while minimizing costs to each district. The first step was taken in this agreement through the recent hire of a shared engineer. Currently, minimal survey grade equipment is owned by the districts. This grant will be used to purchase an integrated survey system.
This project will monitor streams in target watersheds located in Ottertail and Wadena counties. Six sites have been identified by MPCA for biological monitoring; this project will complete the chemical and field analysis at these six sites.
This project will provide the monitoring of reaches where there are data gaps, incorporate new data and analyze relevant data, identify pollutant sources, hold a stakeholder meeting, and gather information towards the future development of a Draft Restoration (TMDL) and Protection Plan.
This project will extend the simulation period for the Hydrological Simulation Program - FORTRAN (HSPF) models for the Grand Rapids, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Redeye, Long Prairie, Sartell, Sauk, St. Cloud, and Crow watersheds, and review and comment on the calibration.
The primary goal of this project is to examine the calibration and validation of recently extended Hydrological Simulation Program – FORTRAN (HSPF) watershed models for the Mississippi River-Headwaters, Mississippi River-Grand Rapids, Mississippi River-Brainerd, Mississippi River-Sartell, Mississippi River-St. Cloud, Leech Lake, Pine River, Crow Wing River, Long Prairie River, and Redeye River watersheds and revise the calibration.


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On a cool and wet Saturday, firefighters made major strides in containing the Mountain Fire, a massive wildfire near Palm Springs that has blackened 27,245 acres, authorities said Saturday night.
Firefighters announced Saturday night they had the fire nearly 50 percent contained - up from 15 percent a day earlier. And, for the first time, fire officials estimated they would have the fire fully contained by Friday.
Nearly 3,500 firefighters, aided by 30 aircraft, battled the fire, which stretched in elevation from 4,000 feet to 9,000 feet along the mountains, putting crews in temperatures from a comfortable 75 degrees to a scorching 110.
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The threat of weekend thunderstorms brought much-needed moisture to the wildfire. But it also brought along some potential hazards - wind, lightning and other volatile conditions that could make a tough firefight even worse.
"We might get some help from the weather today," said Cal Fire spokesman Ed Simpson. "The thunderstorms are still an unknown at this point."
Storm cells approached the area Friday afternoon but dissipated before reaching the fire zone. But the threat would remain on Saturday and through the weekend, and fire officials hoped it would be mild cloud cover and high humidity that could help in the firefight.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, filling in for a vacationing Gov. Jerry Brown, declared a state of emergency for the area Friday night, freeing up more state funding and other resources to help with the protracted firefight that has already cost nearly $11 million.
Mandatory evacuations remained in place for a fourth day for about 6,000 people, and officials had advised another 700 to evacuate.
Some communities on the eastern edge of the fire were reopened to residents, but about 5,600 homes remained under potential threat.
The fire was less than two miles from Idyllwild on its western flank. It was a similar distance from Palm Springs below on the desert floor, where an enormous plume of smoke could be seen, but the blaze was showing little threat of moving toward the much larger city.
Popular campgrounds, hiking trails and a 30-mile section of the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs from the Mexican border to Canada, remained closed.
Authorities said the fire was human-caused, but they wouldn't say whether it was accidental or intentional. There have been no reports of injuries.
The fire, which began Monday, has burned six homes and mobile homes, one cabin, and more than a dozen other buildings.
Residents, meanwhile, began returning to their homes to assess the damage.
"It's hard to come back and see your stuff is not there," said Shanda Paul who lost her home.
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Fuck all to play for from now til the end of the season, we won't be in any sort of relegation fight so there is no reason why we shouldnt be giving the fringe players like Lookman more time on the pitch
Cant agree more and lets try and introduce a more attacking style dependant on filling our required positions.It will be a gamble however it would enable us to hit the ground running next season.
Based on Sam's past he's likely to wait until we hit the 40 point mark before he starts to introduce more attacking play.
Last half hour depending on how the games are panning out perhaps,gradually introducing a more attack minded setup got to be the way forward
So we start with the last half hour and then progress from there. Okay. At that rate by the end of the season we'll just about be starting games with a positive mindset and will have wasted half a season.
We have nothing to play for only positions
There you go again, responding to polite queries in your trademark patronising tone. For what its worth I be.ive that our target is to finish as high in the table as possible.
Mate, you have utterly misread that entire conversation.Obviously you missed the original point, which is fair enough - the written word can be a bit vague sometimes. No issues there. BD explained it in pretty simple terms and you asked for further clarification. There was no clearer he could have been so he stated that. You've then inferred condecension in a response that contained none because of your opinion on who wrote it.FWIW, BD has raised the first balanced point i've seen about Allardyce. As long as we agree to become proponants of the man if he meets our targets.Finish as high as we can in the league? Yeah, true. But 7th playing dinosaur football with tried & tested players or 8th whilst bedding in the kids and making mistakes whilst teaching them a more expansive style?I'd take the £750k hit (or whatever it is for a single league place nowadays)
Would have to disagree with you there, I was genuinely unsure whether BD was saying that Allardyce getting kudos was a good or a bad thing, to ME it was somewhat ambiguous, I felt that the response was somewhat condescending "I'll spell it out for you nothing to do with what you perceive as my "opinionof BD, I frequently like his posts and do consider him a valued poster, but I would also like to finish 7th in The hope that we may qualify for Europe.
To be honest after this seasons toe dipping into Europe I would be happy to skip it next year and concentrate on getting a good team together then maybe the year after have a good run at Europe
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When I moved to Denmark I noticed that the layout of theirs homes is, generally, very different from what you can find in Portugal. And the most flagrant of those differences is the predominant existence of a room where living, dinning and kitchen coexist. They call it "Alrum", the equivalent of a "family room" in English, and it derives from the strong concerns and integration of the idea of family and family life in interior design and architecture around the 1960's.
It took me a little time to stop worrying about the smell of food and the mess that a kitchen can become, and focus on the idea that it's not necessarily a bad thing to be forced to pay more attention to what you have in your kitchen and how you show it. To actually think and plan that space without being able to rely on closing a door. But what I love more about it, I must admit, is that being someone that loves baking and spends a lot of time around food, I don't have to be isolated to do so.
So today I'm sharing an example of a Scandinavian family room, in neutral tones and with a mix of mid-century and industrial style. Photographed and styled by Lovely Life and for sale at the Swedish real estate agency Alexander White.
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How Do We Discern the Spiritual Conversion of Children?
I appreciated this article by Brian Croft, Pastor at Auburnville Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky as he addresses a common question. I would agree with his response so I pass it on to you for consideration.
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Had a Skype conversation with a dear pastor friend this morning that reminded me how important this issue is for us all to consider not just as pastors, but parents also. Although I wrote on this topic a year ago, it bears repeating. There are commonly 2 extremes as we all wrestle with this question. The first is the careless lack of discernment of many churches who have an alter call for 4-5 year olds, ask them to raise their hand if they love Jesus, then baptize them as converted followers of Jesus.
The other extreme often results from the carelessness of the first. This extreme prevents both parents and pastors to be willing to affirm whether or not a child is truly converted until they are adults and are completely independent of their parent's authority and care. I believe a middle ground must be approached if we truly desire to discern clear biblical evidence that a child, teenager, or young adult has become a new creature in Christ.
Knowing we are not God and cannot see the heart, I believe there are still evidences we can see and know to help us discern a child or teenager's conversion in a similar way we try to do the same with adults. In the spirit of Jonathan Edward's 5 signs of true conversion, here are 5 evidences that I try to use as a template as both a parent and pastor in wrestling with this issue.
1) A growing affection and need for Jesus and the gospel.
2) A heightened understanding of the truths of Scripture.
3) An increased kindness and selflessness towards siblings.
4) A greater awareness and distaste for sin.
5) A noticeable desire to obey parents.
In my experience as both a parent and a pastor, I have found that age is not the most important gauge to determine true conversion, but to genuinely look for these evidences in an age appropriate manner. For example, we need to know that a child has a clear understanding of the gospel. However, that will be articulated by a 10 year old differently than it should a 16 year old. A desire to obey parents and a selfless spirit towards siblings will also show up differently in a 10 year old than they will in a 16 year old.
Nevertheless, they must be present in some way and I would strongly discourage any pastor or parent to affirm a child's conversion without some kind of tangible evidence apart from their verbal profession. On the flip side, I would also caution you from falling into the trap I have in the past in regard to demanding more from a child than can be observed.
This is tricky ground I realize. So much so that as a pastor it must be approached on a case by case basis. Many of us will be all around the spectrum, but the one takeaway from this post is be mindful to avoid the extremes that do exist on both sides. Find I nice seat in the shade somewhere in the middle as a starting point. Then, be wise, assess honestly, and pray that the merciful God who does regenerate adults, teenagers, and even children give you much discernment.
HT: practicalshepherding.com
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Best Practices: A trendy grant term that often refers to the latest, most applicable, and most successful evidence-based research within literature reviews. Grantors often favor projects that do not "reinvent the wheel" but add to existing, successful, and promising best practices.
Block Grants: Formula-based funds that have more flexibility in distribution. They are not always tied to very specific categories.
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Capacity Building: Refers to grants that help organizations with few resources increase their capacity to achieve their mission. This may include the funding of new staff positions; technology and equipment necessary to better serve constituents; and the costs of consulting to help the organization learn how to manage their boards, increase their fund-raising capacity, and expand services.
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Community-Based Organization (CBO): Community-based organizations refer to agencies that are nonprofit and nongovernmental, and focus their support on community-based needs.
Community Foundation: A grant funder that awards grants in a specific geographic area. Typically, community foundations have many different funds and endowments that receive funding from donors. The community foundation holds them in an endowment and uses the endowment income to award grants. Not all of these funds are competitive. Some grants are made at the donor's discretion.
Concept Paper: To screen for competitive applications, some funders request a two- to three-page concept paper to evaluate your project idea before inviting your organization to a full competition. A concept paper often includes a need statement, project narrative, and budget. Emphasize the innovation of the project and write this paper to make your project stand out from the pile.
Consortium: Some grant programs, especially federal grant proposals, like to see the pooling of resources to make as big of an impact as possible and to leverage the talents of multiple organizations with similar goals. A consortium consists of a lead applicant and consortium partners who all play a role in the project and usually receive a portion of the budget. Consortiums are becoming increasingly important in being successful at winning federal awards.
Cooperative Agreement: A funding mechanism that requires much more oversight and involvement from the grant-funding agency.
Corporate Giving Program: Corporate giving programs often have very specific causes they will fund (the arts, environmental education, youth, health). Some companies have their own charitable giving department, while others have a separate foundation. Corporate giving grants can be difficult to obtain. While the company is certainly laudable for their efforts to help communities, they are looking for very unique and innovative projects that stand to raise their public relations profile.
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DUNS Number: The Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number required for every federal grant application submission.
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Eligibility Criteria: This information is usually available on a grant funder's website. Before spending a lot of time and effort on a grant proposal, thoroughly read whether your organization or program is eligible for funding.
Evaluation: The process by which an organization assesses whether their project made a measurable difference. This piece is vital because evidence-based outcomes are more important to funders than ever.
Family Foundation: An independent, private foundation funded by members of one family.
Federal Register: The US Congress publishes the Federal Register daily. Public notice of grant opportunities approved by Congress are listed. The Federal Register document is considered the official document to use when developing a federal grant project.
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Funding Priorities: Most funders with websites will make their funding priorities clear to potential grant applicants. Some funders are a little less straightforward with information. Make sure your project responds to the funder's funding priorities. If you have any doubt, email or call program staff.
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Hispanic Serving Institutions: A Hispanic-Serving Institution (or HSI) is an institution participating in a federal program designed to assist US colleges and universities that attempt to assist first generation, mainly low-income Hispanic students. 250 US schools are designated as HSIs. Participating institutions must be nonprofit, have a Hispanic undergraduate enrollment of at least 25 percent, and must offer two-year academic programs leading to a degree.
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LEA (Local Education Agency): A public board of education or other public authority which maintains administrative control of public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision of a state.
Lead Applicant: If a grant consortium decides to apply for a grant, there is typically one lead agency that will manage and take responsibility for coordinating and fiscally managing the project.
Letter of Commitment: Written assurance of participation from a third-party partner who is willing to commit tangible resources to the project and NOT just general support for the project idea.
Letter of Intent (LOI, also referred to as Letter of Interest or Letter of Inquiry): A document that provides a brief description of the project or program for which funding is being requested. An LOI is often required before an applicant is invited to submit a full proposal. Grant funders often have their own format for the elements of the letter. Sometimes LOIs are optional; sometimes they are mandatory.
Leveraging: Strategically designing your grant project with resources provided by partners to strengthen the overall potential impact. Not necessarily the same as matching funds, especially in federal applications.
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Matching Funds: Cash or in-kind support contributed by the grantee to carry out a project. Some grant proposals require a match before funding a proposal, and the amount of match required will vary.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU): Usually a formal document required from grant consortium members outlining roles and responsibilities.
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Objectives: A statement of what specifically will change, improve, decrease, or increase because of your project activities. Many grant writers use the SMART model: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound. Objective must reflect change, not process. They should be measurable and quantitative.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB): The division of the executive office of the president that prepares and administers the federal budget and improves management in the executive branch.
Operating Foundation: Foundations involved primarily in research and social welfare. Grants made are typically small for projects outside of their focus area.
Outcome Evaluation: Evaluation should be focused on short-term, mid-term, and long-term results. It is key to measure actual change rather than the completion of activities. Grantees should be able to answer the question, "What impact and change did this project generate?"
Pass-through Funds: When a grantee receives grant funds and disperses those funds to a subrecipient involved in the project.
Performance Report: Funders have different requirements for reporting project outcomes. Have a solid plan for gathering data that can be used when you need to report your results.
Planning Grant: A special type of grant that enables an organization or consortium to gather the resources to develop a strong, full proposal.
Process Evaluation: Process evaluation tells the funder what activities you have accomplished. While important, it does not provide evaluation on the impact of those activities. Outcome evaluation should provide metrics on what the impact is.
Replicability: The likelihood that the proposed project can be replicated in other schools or districts, or on a broader regional or national scope. Grantors often favor replicable projects that can serve as models for others.
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Restricted Funds: Funds that must be spent for a specific purpose, as determined by the funder.
SEA (State Education Agency): A formal governmental label for the state-level government agencies within each US state responsible for providing information, resources, and technical assistance on educational matters to schools and residents.
Seed Money: Grant money to start innovative new ideas.
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Supplanting: Using federal funds to more than one source to pay for the same personnel position or activity. Not allowable.
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Contrary to rumors that Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have already reunited and are keeping it hush-hush for the time being, they may not be quite there yet, according to Radar Online's sources. Allegedly, "Kristen is clinging onto the belief that Robert will eventually forgive her for the cheating scandal, and they will get back together. She doesn't want to even picture the idea of Robert meeting someone else, despite her recent flirtation with James Franco, because it fills her with dread."
Well, yeah ... the idea of someone you love being with someone else is pretty much the most gut-wrenching thing you could possibly think of/see/attempt to wrap your head around! If the cheating scandal actually wasn't a completely scripted publicity stunt, then Kristen put Rob through the exact same thing that she herself is dreading. Not to mention that, uh, flirting with James Franco isn't exactly helping her case, either! Karma's rough, huh, KStew?
Alright, yes, we know she knows she hurt Rob (that is, assuming she really did do what she publicly apologized for doing) ... But it's kinda ironic that she's so freaked about seeing him move on.
Just goes to show that when it comes to cheating -- or making ANY questionable move where your relationship is involved -- it doesn't hurt to put yourself in your partner's shoes, consider their emotions, basically, follow the Golden Rule. If both parties are actually totally cool with the other engaging in a certain activity -- like chatting with exes online or flirting with a stranger at a bar or, I dunno, making out with your director in a car? -- it's one thing. If not ... probably best to not go there.
But, of course, people do anyway. All the time. Why? Maybe because life isn't "crazy" enough for them (as Kristen Stewart famously said just before all hell broke loose). And yet, what's the point of being in a committed, adult, long-term relationship if you're not going to treat your partner the way you would wish to be treated?
But hey, maybe Kristen's learned her lesson now. (Despite the whole James Franco thing ... Pfft! Maybe they weren't even really flirting?) After all, there's nothing like being distraught about your longtime love possibly hooking up with another leading lady to make you seriously rethink your strayin' ways!
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Van Loon's 7th-place finish highlighted the Crimson fencer's performance (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia – Four Harvard fencers traveled across the pond to compete at the Junior World Cup this past weekend. Jerry Chang, Stephen Mageras and Nina van Loon took the strip in Bratsilava, Czechoslovakia while Aliya Itzkowitz competed in Poland.
Van Loon highlighted all Crimson fencers performances by winning her first three bouts of the ranking competition to take seventh-place overall. The sophomore qualified for the ranking rounds by taking three matches in her qualifying pool. After receiving a bye in round one, the 71st-seeded epeeist knocked off her USA teammate Giana Vierhleer, 15-14. The Boulder, Colo., native went on to defeat Ukraine's Kseniya Pantelyeyeva, 15-6, and Russia's Violetta Khrapina, 15-4, to reach the quarterfinals against Paula Scmidl. The Australian ended van Loon's win streak by a score of 15-10.
On the men's side, Chang and Mageras each notched four victories in foil pool play to qualify for the ranking round where each received a bye in the opening bout. Chang downed Thibault Bekkat of France, 15-11, before falling to 19th-seeded Nagahito Sunouchi of Japan, 15-14. The sophomore finished 47th overall. Mageras opened his qualifying play with a 15-8 victory over Markus Felner (AUT). The freshman was defeated by USA's Nobuo Bravo, who was seeded fourth, by a score of 15-9. Mageras took 57th overall.
In Poland, Itzkowitz represented Great Britain in the field of 120 saber fencers. The freshman was downed by Germany's Lisa Freudenberger, 15-11, to finish 33rd.
The Harvard women will start its season at home, Thursday, Dec. 5 when the Crimson hosts the Tufts Jumbos. The men will fence for the first time in 2013-14 three days later when they travel to Fairfield, Conn., for the Tradition Tournament.


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But don't let Cosmo's looks fool you. He's a bona fide hero and he's got an award to prove it.
The little dog is one of six animals and humans recognized last week as Colorado's Animal Heroes in a program sponsored by the Colorado Veterinary Medical Foundation.
The foundation, a nonprofit arm of trade organizations representing the state's veterinarians, sponsors the program to underscore the human/animal bond – and especically acts of heroism and service.
Cosmo is a hearing assistance dog for Jody Adleman, who lives in the Boulder area. He alerts her to people, cars, household appliance timers and other potential risks. He also serves as a fulltime companion.
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"Almost Human" on Fox, set 35 years in the future, asks bold questions about what it means to be human. The hour cleverly pairs an emotionally astute android and an emotionally shattered man (who has a biotech leg) as yin-yang cop partners in the LAPD.
What gives a machine a conscience? How can a damaged human regain his humanity? Beyond profundities laced with humor, the action drama from J.J. Abrams, created by "Fringe's" J.H. Wyman and starring Karl Urban and Michael Ealy, is a visual feast.
With advanced technology and design sprinkled through every frame in a silent nod to "Bladerunner," this series pilot sets a high bar. We'll see whether it can match expectations by Thanksgiving.
Ealy is particularly affecting, looking too perfect to be human in his android guise. Supporting players Mackenzie Crook ("Game of Thrones" and many British comedies) and Lili Taylor ("Six Feet Under") light up the screen, while Minka Kelly ("Friday Night Lights") merely looks pretty.


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A surge of immigrant children pouring into Texas and across the southwest U.S. border brought Republican and Democratic leaders Monday to federal facilities across the state where tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors are being held in temporary shelters.
At Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott emerged from a tour calling the situation a "humanitarian crisis" -- the same way President Barack Obama has described more than 52,000 children who've entered the country illegally in recent months.
But Cruz and Abbott, the favorite to become Texas governor next year, immediately pivoted to blast the Obama administration on border security and policies they say lead immigrants to believe they can stay in the country long-term if they survive a perilous journey from Central America to the U.S.
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"We're dealing with a human-made crisis," Abbott said. "The challenges these children are going through are unprecedented. It's unacceptable to have children housed in facilities like this."
Cruz and Abbott say they were told stories of children being ordered by human traffickers to cut off fingers and ears of other kids as a way of extorting money.
As they briefed reporters, some of the children played soccer and could be heard laughing in a small yard outside an Air Force dormitory on the other side of high barbed-wire fence.
"The numbers are overwhelming, and the good people inside there are hard pressed to keep up with demand that's being placed upon them," said Rep. Michael Burgess / (R) Lewisville.
Gov. Rick Perry was scheduled later in the day to visit a similar federal holding facility in the Rio Grande Valley. It comes after Perry last week took the rare step of authorizing an extra $1.3 million a week in funding for state troopers to ramp up security on the Texas side of the border.
The state now could spend up to an extra $35 million in border security by year's end but won't disclose where the money will go or how it will be spent, citing operational security and trooper safety.
Also on Monday, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis was to tour a Border Patrol facility in McAllen.
Davis, Abbott's opponent in November, sent Perry a letter asking him to declare a state of emergency along Texas' border with Mexico to "assist overwhelmed local communities." She also wants Perry to convene a special legislative session to increase funding to city and county officials, first-responders and charities.
Some conservatives have sought a special session too, but want to focus on securing the border. Perry's office quickly dismissed Davis' requests.
"If Senator Davis truly agrees with Governor Perry that it is the federal government's responsibility to secure the border, she should forward a copy of her letter to her friend and political ally in Washington, President Obama," Perry spokesman Travis Considine said.
The Obama administration estimates it will catch 90,000 children trying to illegally cross the Mexican border without their parents by the end of the current budget year in September. Last year, the government returned fewer than 2,000 children to their native countries.
The administration has asked Congress for $2 billion to spend on the issue.
Cruz acknowledged that some of the children coming across the border would qualify for refugee status but said the U.S. needs to attempt to send them back to their home countries.
"If we were to take these 90,000 kids and grant amnesty to these 90,000 kids, next year we wouldn't see 145,000, we'd see substantially more," Cruz said.


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A man of unusual and peculiar sensibilities, David H. Souter came to the Supreme Court as a complete enigma. Souter, who received his nomination to the Court from President George Bush only months after his promotion to a federal appeals court, lacked a public reputation. As a result, the press labeled him the "stealth justice," an unknown judge with uncertain values. Conservatives praised Souter as a restrained jurist and predicted that he would bolster the right-wing bloc of Antonin Scalia and William H. Rehnquist. The Bush White House assured the Republican far right that Souter would be a "home run." Liberals, on the other hand, hoped secretly that the Bush nominee would fail in expectations and emerge as a surprise to his sponsors. To this day, Souter has avoided validating either camp. The Free Congress Foundation, an organization dedicated to coordinating support for conservative nominees, has called their optimistic predictions "miserably inaccurate." The Women's Legal Defense Fund, a liberal group for the advancement of women's rights, staged protests at various times against Souter and has expressed dismay at his votes. The unhappiness of both political extremes speaks volumes of the quirky justice. To this day, Souter has demonstrated a moderate jurisprudence though he has not appeared afraid to wander deep into either camp along the political spectrum. Court watchers continue to be amused by Souter's eccentric habits and behaviors.
David Hackett Souter was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1939. Although Souter grew up with his parents, Joseph and Helen, in Massachusetts, he spent many of his summers at his maternal grandparent's farm in Weare, New Hampshire. Souter's grandparents passed away when he was eleven and his family decided to move to the farm. Since then, Souter has claimed Weare as his home. Souter's father worked as a banker in the nearby state capital of Concord. He passed away in 1976, survived by Souter and his mother who still resides in a retirement community close to the Souter farm.
Souter attended a local public school where his teachers immediately recognized the great intelligence of their young student. His parents sent Souter to Concord High School where he excelled. His classmates voted him, upon graduation, the "most sophisticated" and "most likely to succeed." After high school, Souter attended Harvard University where he continued to enjoy academic success. He graduated magna cum laude in 1961 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The recipient of a Rhodes scholarship to attend Oxford, Souter spent the next two years earning his bachelor's and master's degrees in jurisprudence from Magdalen College. Souter returned to the United States in 1963 to study law at Harvard.
After law school, Souter went back to his home and accepted a position with the Concord law firm of Orr & Reno. Souter based his decision on his previous experience there as a summer clerk and his desire to remain close to home. At Orr & Reno, Souter practiced a wide variety of law ranging from corporate law to general litigation. He also began participation in various civic activities that would eventually lead to trusteeships in both the Concord Hospital and the New Hampshire Historical Society. Souter's activism in civic activities encouraged him to seek a wider role in public service. His colleagues at his firm observed that he seemed discontent with private practice. Thus, Souter eagerly accepted a position offered by the attorney general of New Hampshire in 1968.
Souter began as an assistant attorney general in the criminal division, but his talents quickly propelled him to higher office. When Warren Rudman became attorney general of New Hampshire, in 1971, he picked Souter as his assistant. Souter earned Rudman's admiration and respect. When Rudman resigned from office a few years later, New Hampshire's Governor Meldrin Thompson appointed Souter to the top job. As attorney general for New Hampshire, Souter fought a gambling legalization movement in the state as well as protests against a nuclear power plant.
Souter became a judge after two years of service as the attorney general. Since New Hampshire's trial court did not reside in any permanent seat, Souter and his fellow judges traveled the state's ten counties. This experience exposed Souter to a wide variety of cases and situations. Most of the cases that came before him dealt with criminal matters and he soon gained a tough- on-crime reputation. Still, his fairness and intelligence won him praise even from defense attorneys.
Governor John Sununu promoted Souter to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in 1983. Souter quickly established himself as a knowledgeable jurist and an independent thinker. President Bush appointed Souter to the U.S. Court of Appeals in 1990. Justice William J. Brennan retired five months later, however, and Bush decided to move Souter up again. Although Sununu and Rudman denied involvement in Souter's nomination, Souter's friendship with both no doubt helped his cause. The ever-unassuming Souter had to be reassured by Rudman that, in light of all the qualified candidates available, an interview with Bush was really necessary. Souter's nomination passed nearly unopposed through the Senate.
Souter's first year on the Court was undistinguished. He wrote few opinions and did not display many hints of his judicial predisposition. Since then, he has appeared more comfortable on the Court. He has settled into the moderate camp of the Court as evidenced by his unprecedented 24 similar votes with the centrist Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Together with O'Connor and Kennedy, Souter has formed a moderate bloc in the Court that prevents domination from the conservative wing.
Souter's engaging personality explains his quick friendship with fellow justices. As one of the few people unoffended by Scalia's verbal argumentation style, Souter has become a good friend with the conservative justice despite the fact that they often clash on controversial issues. Souter has maintained his simple, bachelor lifestyle. He brings his own lunch, consisting of apples and yogurt, to work everyday and lives in an undecorated apartment. He still returns home to Weare during the summer breaks where he climbs the local mountains and visits his mother.
Souter retired from the bench on June 29, 2009. He had no regrets upon leaving Washington DC to return to the land that he loved.
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While shopping for a vehicle is exciting, it can also be complicated and time-consuming. There are many questions that have to be answered. What features do you need and want? Should you buy new or used? Or should you lease? How much can you afford to spend? Should you get a loan from the dealership or your financial institution?
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What Car Should You Get?
When it comes to vehicles, there are hundreds of makes and models to choose from. Should you just show up to a dealership and trust that the salesperson will guide you to the right car? Probably not. While salespeople can be knowledgeable, they may be more concerned about their commission than what is in your best interest. Plus, dealerships typically do not carry cars from every manufacturer. You do not have to know exactly what car you are going to buy before you start shopping – it is a good idea to do a test drive before making a final decision – but try to narrow your list down to a few options. Consider:
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I can still remember clearly the day my husband Pete and I found out we were pregnant. After eighteen months of trying to conceive, we were in shock when we saw the two lines on the pregnancy test. It was real!
In the early weeks of my pregnancy I read many books and articles to help me make a decision about where to have our baby. I had attended my best friend's second home birth nine years earlier and this experience rested in the back of my mind. When I began to mention to my family that I was reading about 'natural' birth they laughed and reminded me that I couldn't handle pain and that there was no way I should be considering such a thing. Even though I knew I was a 'wuss' when it came to pain. Something inside told me homebirth was the right choice for us.
Preparing for our homebirth meant that l needed to be physically, emotionally and mentally prepared. We enrolled In Calmbirth and Active Birth workshops, did prenatal yoga from 12 weeks, meditated and wrote positive affirmations about my birth, read and listened to only inspiring and uplifting birth stories, saw a chiropractor weekly, continued to work out and ensured my diet was super healthy.
One of the most memorable and powerful experiences on my preparation for my birth was the Blessing Way held for me by my high school girlfriends. At thirty six weeks pregnant my friends flew into Sydney from all around Australia for a ceremony to honour and give me strength for my upcoming birth. The ceremony included candle lighting, bead threading, string tying, singing and sharing readings and inspiring quotes, poems and words from the heart. I felt so calm and ready and remained in this state throughout the final weeks of my pregnancy.
On Wednesday morning, four days past my due date, I woke with mild period pain and a slight 'show'. After going to bed that night I woke around midnight unable to sleep through the sensations I was feeling. I decoded that rather than make the 'birth' cake I had always planned I would make in pre-labour, that I would watch a movie and try to rest and reserve my energy. I remember my amazing midwife explaining that if we wasted all our energy in pre-labour, we would have no reserves left for the real thing.
During the day on Thursday I remained on my feet as I worked through my contractions. Later in the afternoon the contractions had become more intense. I had resorted to a strange standing position against a wall to work through each one, but during the 'rest' period my lower back was not giving me much relief. My patient husband rubbed and massaged my lower back, and other times I rested while doing the cat and cow pose.
In the early hours of Friday morning I could tell things were vamping up. My contractions were lasting longer, peaking for a longer period of time and were much closer together. My back continued to ache and I began to feel more irritable and like I was having difficulty managing the situation. l had to focus more intently on my breathing, which took on a voice of its own. Using mainly the horse out-breath to try and relax my face and hops. I visualised myself riding waves and used a freestyle motion with my arms to help with the images I was creating. At around 3am I begged Pete to call our midwife.
I soon became irritable with the sunroom, which was the room I had spent the most of my time in, I moved to the dining room and lent against the buffet, rocking and lunging to move my hips. Saraca, my amazing birth support person was busy preparing food and helping Pete with the birth pool.
At times my midwife came over to remind me to relax my face, but for the most part she remained in the distance. It felt good knowing she was there, but I also felt empowered as I worked through the contractions on my own I moved from the buffet to the taller bookshelf and used a visualisation of clinging to the top of a cliff and moving across the top edge. As I moved from one side of the shelf to the other, I counted twenty long breaths and tried to breathe the pain away.
I used the shower early Friday morning which was like a dream. The heat on my back gave me so much relief that on coming out the contractions seemed to bite a little harder. Pete was amazing, often reminding me of my 'cooling soup' breath, handing me an icy pole or just holding me during a contraction.
Around mid-morning I distinctly remember a strange kind of lull between my contractions. I was able to enjoy the broth of some miso soup Saraca had made, and take some photos with Pete. I also put on my necklace that we had made at my Blessing Way. I was ready.
When I entered the birth pool the water was bliss. The contractions were still strong, but the water surrounding me helped to ease their sting. I leant over the birth pool and looked directly at the beautiful bowl of candles that we had lit at my Blessing Way. The sun was shining outside and there was a slight breeze which blew the blessing flags that were hung in the room. My birth space Pete had created for me was perfect. After finding the right position in the birth pool, I rode the wave of each contraction. I found that I was able to go inside myself more easily and being in the pool seemed to make me feel safe and secure. After about an hour in the pool, my midwife offered me a VE. The minute I lay down my midwife could see my bladder was very full and possibly in the way of the baby's path. After an intense contraction lying on the mattress, I relieved myself and my midwife confirmed that I was 10cm dilated and that she could feel my baby's head. How exciting!
When we returned to the birth room, there was an exhilarating energy surrounding us. I overheard my midwife talking to Saraca, saying something about how to time when the baby was born I was really about to have this baby!
By now it was around 1 pm and during each contraction I tried hard to breathe the baby down, sometimes resisting the urge to push. Time passed, but still no baby. My midwife coached me on how to push and to breathe deep onto my uterus rather than out like I had been doing. I concentrated intently, trying to visualise the breath moving into my uterus to help push baby out. My midwife used a mirror to see my progress, and although small, she could see part of my baby's head.
After about 2 hours I was physically and mentally exhausted. Although I never once allowed myself to give up, I was feeling tired and really looking to my midwife for advice and a plan B. I felt as though the contractions weren't long enough for me to get a good go at pushing. When I would finally make some progress, my contraction would subside and I could no longer push.
I decided to get out of the water. We moved back onto the room where we did the VE and I lay on my side. After a few contractions I wasn't getting far. My legs were cramping and I just wanted to get back to the water.
When we returned to the birth pool, my midwife showed Pete how to support me on a supported squat and we stood in the birth pool, with my bottom lowered just into the water. Even though I knew I was making progress. I began to feel some anxiety creeping in. I knew I had been on second stage for almost three hours and I had a fleeting thought about the hospital, so turned to my midwife to ask about her plan C. She talked to me about the old fashion way to push: holding my breath and bearing down without breathing out. The idea of not breathing was extremely foreign to me, so this, although seemingly simple, was harder than I anticipated Pete continued to hold me in the supported squat position and we worked through some more contractions with this kind of breath.
After some time, I felt I needed to get out of the pool again. As I stood out of the birth pool and almost as soon as both my feet hit the tarp. l screamed for Pete to hold me in the squat position. He quickly grabbed me and on the third contraction half of our baby's head emerged. I was so stunned that I had got this far that I rested in this squat position, not wanting to stand in fear of him popping back inside.
Waiting for the next contraction seemed like an eternity, but as soon as the wave came in, the remainder of our baby's head and his entire body slid out. After realising that our baby was born, I think I was in shock for a few moments, I hopped back into the pool to rest and soak up this amazing moment. Our baby boy was here. Welcome to the world Diesel Robert Kane.
Diesel was born at 3:44pm Friday 24 September, 2010. He weighed 3.12kg and measured 50cm. After such a long labour and challenging second stage, I wonder, had I not been at home would a hospital have allowed me the time I needed to birth my baby? Probably not. I was so relieved that we chose to birth at home, in the comfort and security of a place we knew, surrounded by people we trusted and loved. I can't thank my support team enough, my midwife for her expertise, patience, calm and belief in me, my loving husband Pete and friend Saraca.


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There are 926 Heisman voters, 55 of them are the living trophy winners and there's one fan vote. The other 870 are media members like the voice of Cal Basketball, Roxy Bernstein, who also broadcasts a national college football radio game of the week and was nominated to become a Heisman voter for the first time this year.
"They break up the country in different regions and they try to spread it out and give each region the same amount of weight," said Bernstein. "For example, I got my vote from a former Heisman winner."
That trophy winner is Bay Area native Gino Torretta who starred at quarterback for the University of Miami after playing at Pinole Valley High School.
So here's the process as Torretta brought Bernstein into the fold:
"Gino nominated me to the committee and then it goes to a regional director and he sees where you work and what kind of involvement you have with college football," Bernstein said. "He makes his judgment upon where you should stack up among the people nominated as new voters and how many spots will open in your area, and because I'm calling national games every Saturday they moved me right near the top."
Soon after, they sent him a ballot for an online vote of his top three candidates.
So how does a guy who welcomes you into his home with an Oski-adorned Cal doormat vote with a Stanford Cardinal on the ballot?
"It really came down to what to me was the most outstanding performance on the field this season," Bernstein said, "and I voted for Gerhart."


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Uncle calls Boston suspect 'loser,' says 'turn yourself in'
- Uncle says his brother did not radicalize his nephews
- Inability to assimilate may have led to attacks%2C uncle says
MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. – An uncle of the Boston bombing suspects said he did not know what motivated his nephews to allegedly plant bombs that killed three people, but said it might have been "hatred" because they were unable to "settle themselves" in America.
The uncle, Ruslan Tsarni, also made an impassioned appeal to his nephew, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev:
"If you are alive turn yourself in and ask for forgiveness," Tsarni said, speaking to reporters outside his two-story brick home in suburban Maryland.
He initially angrily called the young men "losers" who might have been bitter about not assimilating into America. Asked again about labeling his nephews as "losers," Tsarni said he wasn't referring to them.
"I'm saying those who are able to make this atrocity are only losers," he said.
Police have identified Tamerlan Tsarnaev as the Boston bombing suspect killed in a firefight in Watertown. Mass. A police manhunt was underway for his brother Dzhokhar.
Tsarni, 42, who lives along a quiet cul de sac spent the morning speaking with FBI agents while reporters and television cameras gathered on his front lawn.
The family are ethnic Chechens. Chechnya is a Muslim region that has fought wars against Russia for independence.
The case is certain to raise questions about homegrown terrorism and the issue of assimilation.
Tsarni hinted that his brother's sons might have had a hard time adjusting. Tsarni said he had not stayed in touch with his brother, the father of the two suspects, who was a mechanic in Boston. The father is now in Russia.
"Me, myself and this family had nothing to do with them for a long long time," he said. Tsarni said the last time he saw his nephews was In December 2005.
The Tsarni family seem to have lived a quiet life on a idyllic suburban neighborhood. Tsarni said he loves America.
He seemed anguished as he spoke to a throng of reporters, saying he was "shocked" when he learned of the allegations.
Neighbors said the Tsarni family has lived on the street for about six years. The family has young children and their neat backyard is filled with playthings. Neighbors describe them as friendly and model citizens.
Tsarni's brother's family came with their children in 2003. He said they were granted "asylum" and moved to Cambridge.
He described his brother as a hardworking man trying to support family.
"If that happened then somebody radicalized them, but it's not my brother," the uncle said.
He dismissed the idea that nationalism or religion would have driven his nephews.
"Chechens are peaceful people," Tsarni said. "This has nothing to do with Chechnya."
"He put a shame on the entire Chechen community," the uncle said.
Tsarni said he did not make the connection that his nephews were suspects until his family got a call from news media today at 7 am. His wife checked the internet and saw photos of their nephews.
Tsarni spent the morning speaking to a team of FBI agents who came to his house to question him.
He said that if had an inkling that his nephews might have been involved in suspicious activity he would have been the first one to alert authorities. He said his nephews brought shame to the family.
"I respect this country," Tsarni said. "I love this country."


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When the Chicago Fire Soccer Club found out its opponent for Tuesday night's third round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup match would be the Charleston Battery, many fans let out a collective, "Who?"
For some the reaction is reasonable. Not every Fire fan has experienced the Open Cup, some perhaps don't understand the concept of a lower level club competing with Major League Soccer's payrolls. Others, perhaps don't recognize a team from South Carolina as being a threat.
In any case, the USL Second Division's Charleston Battery exist today as one of the longest running professional clubs in the United States, playing their first season in the United Soccer Leagues' incarnate USISL in 1993, a full five years before the Fire kicked a ball in anger.
While many believe the Columbus Crew opened the first soccer-specific stadium in the United States, it was actually the Battery who beat out the MLS side by a few weeks, opening the 5,100 seat stadium on April 24, 1999 on Daniel Island in Charleston. The project also exists as the first privately-financed soccer stadium in the United States.
The collective wisdom among many MLS fans approaching this competition is that the big teams, even when playing less than their first team, should be able easily handle a club who's payroll is much lower and doesn't play as high of competition week-in and week-out.
The reality is that the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup has been a tricky competition for many an MLS team, even one with as storied a history as the four-time champion Chicago Fire have in the tournament.
One of the many sides that have given MLS clubs woes is the Battery, who have advanced to the tournament's semifinal stage three times in 1999, 2004 and 2008, advancing all the way to the final where they fell 2-1 to DC United just two short years ago.
The Battery are a club that has seen a number of former Fire players fill it's ranks, even if only for a short time. Eric Wynalda, Jamar Beasley and Paul Dougherty have all had cups of coffee with the Battery at some point in their career, while recently retired Battery goalkeeper and legend Dusty Hudock spent part of the 1998 season on loan with the Fire.
The club has seen a number of national team players from all over the world grace the Blackbaud Stadium pitch over the years ranging from CONCACAF locals Dan Calichman (United States), Brent Sancho (Trinidad & Tobago) as well as Jamaican duo Linval Dixon and Omar Daley, to European players Terry Phelan (Ireland) and Velko Yotov (Bulgaria).
Having self-relegated from the USL's First Division to its Second Division following last fall's ownership dispute, the Battery haven't missed a beat. To be clear this is still a First Division quality team playing in USL's second tier.
The Battery sit atop the six-team USL-2 table, five points clear of second-place Richmond after 12 matches. They feature the league's second-highest scorer in 23-year-old Lamar Neagle, who's netted eight times in league play and scored the winner in the Battery's 2-1 second round Open Cup win over USSF Division 2 side Carolina RailHawks last Wednesday.
Neagle is supported by another 23-year-old striker in St. Louis product Tommy Heinemann who has added four goals and two assists to the Battery effort in 2010. Former Watford and MLS journeyman midfielder Stephen Armstrong provides experience and an offensive spark in the center of the park for the Battery, who's 24 goals is by far the most in USL-2.
While offensively Charleston is flying high, it's the back that exists as the club's greatest weakness, giving up 17 goals this season, second most among the six-team league.
Goalkeeper Keith Wiggans, a long-time backup to Hudock with the Battery has taken over the starting role, with Jamaican international and former Fire trialist O'Brian Woodbine joining former Cuban international Yeniel Bermudez, Colin Falvey and Nigel Marples on the backline.
The Fire are still the favorites, hosting a third-tier team at Toyota Park on Tuesday night. Coming off Sunday's 1-0 victory away to the New England Revolution should bolster the team's confidence, but with only a day's rest, expect to see a few reserves in the starting eleven against the Battery.
Though the Fire were upset 1-0 by USL-2's Wilmington Hammerheads at this point in the tournament last year, home history appears to be on the club's side in 2010, as the hosts have never failed to lose an Open Cup match played in the state of Illinois. Their record: 15-0-0 with 40 goals scored and 12 against.
One of those wins was a 1-0 Fire victory over Charleston at Cardinal Stadium in the 2004 semifinals, the first and only meeting between the two clubs.
Be sure to get to Toyota Park Tuesday night for the next chapter in one of the Chicago Fire's most important institution. All tickets are $15 and parking is FREE!


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Sophomore Kyle Casey scored 11 points in Harvard's 74-69 win over Monmouth Wednesday (Gil Talbot).
The Particulars
For the second time in three days, Harvard hosts a non-conference opponent at Lavietes Pavilion, as the Crimson welcomes Cambridge rival MIT Friday afternoon.
Harvard has won the last seven meetings between the schools and leads the all-time series by a 47-9 margin. Last season, the Crimson earned a 88-61 victory, led by Jeremy Lin's 18 point-effort at Lavietes Pavilion on Dec. 28, 2009. Harvard scored 54 points in the paint and shot 55.0 percent from the field for the game
Last Time Out
The Crimson battled back from a seven-point deficit at halftime and was down nine points with 8:23 remaining, but emerged with a 74-69 victory at home over Monmouth Wednesday evening. Laurent Rivard led all scorers with 18 points, as he shot 5-of-7 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the foul line. Oliver McNally (14 points), Brandyn Curry (12), Kyle Casey (11) and Christian Webster (11) also reached double figures. Curry handed out eight assists, blocked two shots, made two steals and came down with five rebounds.
MIT's Last Time Out
The Engineers, who have won eight straight games, is coming off an 82-61 victory on the road at Lesley Dec. 11. MIT shot 48.3 percent as a team overall and was 14-of-29 from beyond the arc in the win. Jamie Karraker tallied 24 points, while Noel Hollingsworth added 22 and grabbed eight rebounds, including three on the offensive side of the glass. Fourteen MIT players saw action against Lesley with eight of those players scoring at least one basket.
Making The Most Of It
Harvard tied its season-high with 28 free throws on 35 chances (.800) in its 74-69 win over Monmouth Dec. 29. The Crimson, which also made 28-of-35 free throws against WPI Dec. 7, had two players with perfect performances from the foul line against Monmouth: Oliver McNally (6-of-6) and Laurent Rivard (6-of-6).
McNally (.943, 33-of-35) ranks seventh in the country in free-throw percentage, while Laurent Rivard (.960, 24-of-25) does not quite qualify with enough attempts. The Crimson ranks fourth in the nation as a team with a 78.9 percent success rate from the charity stripe.
70-Point Club
Harvard owns a 6-0 record this season when scoring 70 or more points and is 2-2 when scoring less than that. The Crimson has allowed an opponent to score more than 70 points on only two occasions (Boston University, 71, Dec. 11 and No. 4/4 Connecticut, 81-52, Dec. 22).
Harvard vs. The NEWMAC
The Crimson is already 1-0 this season against the NEWMAC, having downed WPI, 69-54, Dec. 7. The Crimson is 86-24 all-time against current members of the NEWMAC.
Just Grab It
Harvard owns a 6-1 record when outrebounding its opponents this season. The Crimson is only 2-2 when the team is outrebounded.
Conference Watch
The Crimson has earned victories over teams from the Patriot League, Atlantic Sun, Northeast Conference, Big XII, Atlantic 10, NEWMAC and America East this season. Harvard defeated teams from 10 different conferences during the 2009-10 season and has already topped teams from seven different conferences this year.
Harvard Against Ranked Opponents
When Harvard played No. 4 Connecticut Dec. 22, it marked the first time the Crimson had faced a team ranked that high since Harvard fell at No. 1 Duke, 118-65, Nov. 30, 1991. Harvard earned the program's first-ever victory over a ranked opponent when the team downed No. 17 Boston College, 82-70, Jan. 7, 2009.
Top Of The Ivy League
The Crimson owns a 8-3 record (.727) through its first 10 games, putting the team second in overall winning percentage in the Ivy League, trailing only Princeton (10-3, .769).
Scoring From All Areas
Six Harvard players reached double digits in scoring against Boston University Dec 11: Oliver McNally, Christian Webster, Brandyn Curry, Laurent Rivard, Andrew Van Nest and Keith Wright. Harvard had at least four players score 10 or more points five times: (Holy Cross Nov. 17, Fordham Dec. 1, WPI Dec. 7, Boston University Dec. 11 and Monmouth Dec. 29).
Harvard has grabbed 111 offensive rebounds this season and has scored 113 second-chance points. Keith Wright paces the Crimson with 34 offensive boards, while Christian Webster (16) and Brandyn Curry (13) have also been key players on the offensive glass for Harvard.
Defense Wins Games
Harvard leads the Ivy League in scoring defense, allowing the opposition only 64.8 points per game this season. The Crimson also paces the Ancient Eight in scoring margin (+5.6), more than two points better than Princeton (+3.3).
Opponents are shooting only 37.4 percent from long distance against the Crimson and are shooting 44.2 percent from the floor overall against Harvard.
Feeling It From Long Range
At least one Harvard player has made at least two three pointers in all 11 games this season. In the win over Fordham, Harvard made 15 threes as a team, with Laurent Rivard making five, as the Crimson was just two treys away from matching a program record (17 vs. Rice in 2002).
The Crimson has hit 92 shots from long range on the season and is shooting 36.5 percent from three-point range. Harvard is 5-0 when making 10 or more three pointers in a game and 3-3 when making less than 10 treys.
Harvard Against the BCS
The Crimson will play four teams from BCS conferences this season: Colorado (Big XII), Michigan (Big Ten), Connecticut (Big East) and Boston College (ACC). Harvard, which went 1-2 against BCS teams last year, boasts a 1-2 mark against BCS schools this season after beating Colorado Nov. 28, but falling at Michigan Dec. 1 and at Connecticut Dec. 22. The Crimson, which plays Boston College Jan. 5, has defeated the Eagles in the last two meetings between the Boston-area schools.
Hot Hand
Keith Wright has made 63-of-101 shots from the floor this season for a shooting percentage of .624, which ranks 18th in the country entering the week behind. Wright, who is a 54 percent shooter for his career, leads the Ivy League in shooting and 3.1 offensive rebounds per contest, is second with 1.6 blocks and 8.5 rebounds per game and fourth with 14.9 points per contest. Wright also paces the Crimson in scoring and has led Harvard in points in five of 11 games this year.
Winning By Effort
The Crimson has scored 113 points on second-chance opportunities this season, including a season-high 19 in the win over Colorado Nov. 28.
Keeping Everyone Involved
Harvard handed out 22 assists on 25 field goals in the Crimson's 82-66 win over Colorado Nov. 28. The Crimson then dished out 21 helpers on 28 field goals in the 80-57 victory over Fordham Dec. 1. The team also had 16 assists on 19 buckets against Monmouth Dec. 29.
Owning A Long Distance Plan
Laurent Rivard made five three-pointers in back-to-back games against Fordham Dec. 1, and Michigan Dec. 4. The Crimson freshman has buried 24 treys on the season, tying him with Christian Webster for the team lead. Webster has made 24 shots from long distance on 65 attempts (.369), while Rivard has made that many shots on 67 chances (.358).
Dozen Dishes
Brandyn Curry handed out a career-high 12 assists in Harvard's 72-49 victory over Holy Cross Nov. 17. Curry leads the Crimson with 63 assists this season and is averaging 5.7 per game, which ranks first in the Ancient Eight and is 26th in the country.
In The Paint
Harvard scored more points in the paint than its opponents in 21 of 29 games during the 2009-10 campaign. The Crimson has 212 points in the paint this season, but has only enjoyed one single-game advantage over an opponent through 11 contests. Harvard owned a 22-18 edge in points in the paint in its 87-71 victory over Boston University Dec. 11.
Night and Day
The Crimson is 4-1 during evening games and 4-2 during afternoon contests this year.
Scoring In Bunches
Harvard is 3-0 this season when scoring 80 or more points, topping Colorado, 82-66, Nov. 28, Fordham, 80-57, Dec. 1, and Boston University, 87-71, Dec. 11.
Protecting The Ball
Harvard only turned the ball over nine times, a season-low, in its 80-57 victory over Fordham Dec. 1. Brandyn Curry had nine assists and only one turnover in that game. The Crimson had 10 turnovers in its 87-71 win over Boston University Dec. 11.
Oliver McNally leads the Ivy League with a +2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio, while Curry stands third in the conference (+2.0).
State of Massachusetts
Harvard plays five teams from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts this season: Holy Cross Nov. 17, WPI Dec. 7, Boston University Dec. 11, MIT Dec. 31 and Boston College Jan. 5. Harvard is 3-0 against teams from Massachusetts after beating Holy Cross, WPI and Boston University.
Career Days
A Harvard player led his team in scoring while establishing a new career-high in points in four of Harvard's first seven games this season. Keith Wright tied a career-best with 22 points at George Mason Nov. 13, and Christian Webster netted 29 points in Harvard's victory at Mercer Nov. 20. Wright then upped his career-best to 24 in the Crimson's win at Bryant Nov. 24, while Laurent Rivard scored 21 in the victory over Fordham Dec. 1.
Sharp Rookie
Laurent Rivard hit a total of 10 three-pointers in two games and averaged 18.0 points per game against Fordham Dec. 1, and Michigan Dec. 4 en route to Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors. Rivard scored a career-high 21 points against Fordham and added 15 points and five rebounds at Michigan. He has reached double digits in seven contests and has drilled at least two three-pointers in seven different games this season.
Harvard set a modern day record for consecutive home wins with 10 spanning from the 2008-09 season to 2009-10, including a program record nine straight wins against Division I teams. The Crimson is currently riding a nine-game winning streak at Lavietes Pavilion and is 6-0 at home this season.
Harvard has also collected a program record 14 consecutive victories against non-conference opponents at Lavietes dating back to the 2008-09 season.