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(Reuters) - The maker of the Nabi tablet computer for children sued Toys R Us Inc on Monday, saying the world's largest toy retailer stole trade secrets in preparing to introduce the rival Tabeo tablet this month.
The lawsuit filed in federal court in San Diego, California, seeks to stop Toys R Us from selling Tabeo ahead of the all-important holiday season. Nabi creator Fuhu Inc contends that Toys R Us agreed to become the exclusive seller of the Nabi last year to learn product secrets before bringing Tabeo to market.
The introduction of Tabeo heated up the market for tablets designed specifically for children, which also includes players like LeapFrog Enterprises Inc's LeapPad.
Fuhu accused Toys R Us of fraud, breach of contract, unfair competition and trade secret misappropriation. Fuhu also said that Toys R Us copied Nabi's butterfly-shaped bumper,which is used to help protect the tablet, for Tabeo.
According to the lawsuit, Toys R Us agreed in October 2011 to become the exclusive Nabi distributor, but in the end did "virtually no promotion" and only ordered for the holiday season a little more than what Toys R Us said could be sold in one day.
The companies ended their exclusive agreement in January.
Fuhu said in the lawsuit that the reason for Toys R Us's behavior did not become clear until it introduced Tabeo this month.
"Toys R Us used Fuhu's trade secrets and confidential information to start selling Tabeo, which systematically attempts to replicate the Nabi experience, far earlier than Toys r Us could have done otherwise, if at all," the lawsuit said.
Aside from the order to stop selling Tabeo, Fuhu is asking that any Tabeos be turned over to Fuhu. It is also seeking unspecified monetary damages.
A spokeswoman for Toys R Us said the company could not comment on the lawsuit as it has yet to have an opportunity to review it.
The case is Fuhu Inc v Toys "R" Us Inc, Case. No. 12-CV-2308, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California.
Reporting by Brad Dorfman; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz


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- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
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- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 1/2 cups Wheat Chex cereal
- 1 1/2 cups Corn Chex cereal
- 1 1/2 cups Rice Chex cereal
- 1/2 cup roasted peanuts
- 1/2 cup cashews
- 1/2 cup almonds
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- Using oven mitts or pot holders, carefully remove baking dish from oven and add Worcestershire sauce, Baby Bam, and garlic powder. Stir well to combine. Add remaining ingredients and gently toss with a large wooden spoon to coat evenly. Return baking dish to oven and bake about 1 hour, until crisp and golden brown, stirring every 15 minutes.
- Spread a large piece of aluminum foil on a countertop. Remove dish from oven and spread snack mix on foil to cool. When snack mix is completely cool, transfer it to an airtight container until ready to serve.
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It is also our third day of Christmas Kindness. On day two we took all of our old towels and blankets and some new chew toys to our local animal shelter. This was a great lesson for Sadie. I am not so much of an animal person, but Sadie is just crazy about animals. We got to have a great conversation about how no matter what it is you are passionate about, there is a way to give back.
Today is garbage day in our neighborhood, so for the third day of Christmas Kindness we went around the neighborhood and anonymously pulled people's garbage cans off the curb and put them next to their respective houses. This one was not such a fun one to do. It is crazy cold in Kentucky today and pulling around garbage cans makes for really cold fingers. But we got to talk about how fortunate we are to have a warm home to live in to get out of the cold. We said a prayer for those who don't have shelter. I am just loving doing this little family project. It is a daily reminder to put things in perspective!
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The South Dakota Bureau of Administration manages all state owned and leased properties, including South Dakota's magnificent State Capitol.
Through this website, you can take a virtual tour, find out about the Capitol's 1989 restoration, and obtain information about planning a visit to the Capitol.
Subject to prior approval, the state has many facilities, including several in the State Capitol itself, available for public events and displays.
The public property use website has guidelines which you can find here, as well as all application materials.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Timberlake is set to perform at the MTV Video Music Awards later this month.
He will also receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award at the Aug. 25 awards show, the network said Thursday. Timberlake is tied with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis for the most nominations, with six each.
Timberlake's nominations include video of the year, best male video and pop video for "Mirrors." His comeback album, "The 20/20 Experience," is the year's best-selling album. He'll release "The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2" on Sept. 30.
Lady Gaga, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke will also perform at the VMAs.
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Prosecutor Wants Baez Held In Contempt Of Court
Casey Anthony Attorney Missed Deadline, State Claims
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A prosecutor says Casey Anthony defense attorney Jose Baez has missed another deadline and suggests he should be held in contempt of court.
In a new motion filed Monday, prosecutor Jeff Ashton said that Baez missed a Feb. 17 deadline to submit documentation.
Frye hearings have been scheduled for March 23-25. The hearings will deal with what scientific evidence will be allowed at the trial.
In a written order, Perry said that the "defense counsel shall submit in writing the specific issues that will be objected to." The deadline for such submission was Feb. 17 at 4 p.m.
READ: State's MotionREAD: Perry's Feb. 7 Order
Ashton wrote that after receiving nothing as of that time, he spoke with Baez on Feb. 18.
He said Baez expressed "some confusion" as to the order and then followed up with an email to the court's judicial assistant claiming he didn't understand what was required of him.
"We are a bit confused," Baez wrote in the email. "I understood it to mean that if we were objecting to anything not in our motion that it should be in writing. That was also my understanding as to what was discussed at the status hearing. I have also discussed the matter with Mr. Mason and he is just as confused if not more."
Ashton's motion asked for Baez to be required to show why he should not be held in contempt of court.
The case heads back to court for a status hearing on March 2. WESH.com will stream the hearing live.
Jury selection for Anthony's murder trial is scheduled to begin May 9.


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Help me decide: Is that good enough?
My boss came to my office and I was too busy to actually have a discussion with him, but he was asking about my daughter and I told him about how I didn't know everything because I wasn't there but explained overall, and told him that I needed to be there from now on. She'd be seeing a physio, ergo and the rhumatologist in Montreal (1.5h away). He asked me if I had any vacation time left so I said yes, 6 days. So I get the feeling he won't let me take another week off and that I will have to use those days to go to appointments. I wanted to take afternoons off for appointments and have those hours deducted from my pay. I feel like I need another week of vacation time, seriously! Been there now for almost a year and a half and I took 1 week off in a row only.
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Saseka Tented Camp is the newest lodge in the Thornybush Collection, offering a truly unique, luxurious experience in a Big Five nature reserve, adjacent to the Kruger National Park. Saseka is the Tsonga word for beautiful and if guests are lucky they might spot a beautiful female leopard which goes by the same name.
Saseka Tented Camp is situated alongside the Monwana River which sweeps through Thornybush Nature Reserve. A distinct curve in the river was a natural catalyst for the site of the main area. The elevated tented suites give guests a full view of the riverbed and are surrounded by some very large and beautiful trees. The sand riverbed presents guests with game viewing opportunities from the comfort of their private decks.


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Morrisons have recalled certain batches of its Trimmed Beans because they may contain small pieces of metal.
The 170g packs have 'Display until' dates of 22 April 2017, 23 April 2017 and 24 April 2017, so it is possible that shoppers could still have unused packs stored at home.
Morrisons said: "If you have bought the above product do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund."


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Universe Quest "opens new worlds for young explorers"
2 October 2009
A summer academy encouraging girls to get involved with astronomy has been hailed as a great success. 21 participants in the San Francisco Bay area spent a whole week at the camp, taking part in hands-on activities.
Featuring professional astronomers as tutors, the emphasis was on exploration rather than traditional classroom fact-learning. It is hoped that the participants' interest in science, engineering, technology and maths will keep growing and help empower the next generation with the skills needed to follow challenging but immensely rewarding careers.
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(Morelia spilota)
The diamond python is a non-venomous snake. It is typically black above with cream or yellow spots on many of the individual scales, forming a series of diamond shaped patterns. The under surface is usually cream or yellow. On average, the diamond python will grow to 1.8m, however some specimens up to 2.8m have been documented.
Diamond pythons often take up residence in the roof spaces of private houses. Many people are not keen on having such lodgers, however, the snakes carry out a very beneficial task by eliminating any unwanted rodent pests. Once the food supply has been exhausted, the snakes will move on.
Pythons are constrictors, coiling around their prey and squeezing it until it suffocates. Like most other snakes they can swallow animals much larger than the diameter of their own heads. This is because the bones of the skull and the lower jaw are loosely attached to each other by ligaments which allow the bones to separate when the prey is being swallowed. Their skin also expands, therefore large prey items form an obvious lump in the body until digested. Hatchling diamond pythons feed almost solely on small lizards. As adults, this reptile feeds mainly on birds and other vertebrates such as rats, mice, possums and bandicoots.
Like all pythons, the diamond python lays eggs (oviparous) and the female python coils around the clutch to incubate and protect them. A clutch of between 10 and 20 eggs is usually laid. When hatched the young measure 25 - 40 cm.


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BROOMFIELD, CO - June 6, 2012
Webroot, a leader in delivering Internet security as a service, announced today that it has been positioned as a "Trail Blazer" in The Radicati Group's new report, "Endpoint Security Platforms – Market Quadrant 2012." The independent analysis praises Webroot® SecureAnywhere™ Business – Endpoint Protection for its efficiency, speed and cutting-edge technologies, remarking "We can easily see Webroot becoming a leader of cloud-based solutions in the endpoint security platforms market."
Key strengths highlighted in the report include:
- Efficiency: The Radicati Group calls Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection "one of the most efficient endpoint security platforms available" due to its fast antivirus scans and minimal impact on system resources.
- Small install footprint: Because the solution doesn't rely on a local threat database, its install footprint is one of the lowest in the market at less than 4MB of disk space.
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- Ability to co-exist alongside other endpoint security solutions: Unlike other offerings, Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection enables IT professionals to trial the product without uninstalling their existing security.
"The Radicati Group's recognition of Webroot as a trail blazer reinforces our mission to revolutionize an industry that is desperately in need of change," said Dick Williams, chief executive officer, Webroot. "We are aggressively growing our market share and customer base; Webroot SecureAnywhere technologies are now protecting more than three million endpoints and we're adding a new user every 15 seconds. The praise we are hearing from analysts, reviewers, partners, and customers who have switched from legacy solutions further affirms that the market is ready for a more effective approach to combating today's online threats."
Radicati Market Quadrants rank vendors based on a four quadrant system, which includes "Trail Blazers," "Top Players," "Mature Players" and "Specialists." Trail Blazers are defined as companies that offer cutting-edge technology and hold the power to dethrone current market leaders by growing their customer base and market awareness. Top Players are the current market leaders, who must fight complacency and continue product innovation to avoid being replaced by the next generation of Trail Blazers.
The full "Endpoint Security Platforms – Market Quadrant 2012" report can be purchased from the Radicati Group at www.radicati.com. To download Radicati's analysis of Webroot SecureAnywhere Endpoint Protection and read other Webroot reviews, visit www.webroot.com/En_US/about-press-room-reviews-and-awards-awards-business.html.
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The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email, security, information archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, social networking, instant messaging, unified communications, and more. The company provides both quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.
The Radicati Group advises corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products to fit their business needs, and also works with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. The Radicati Group also works with investment firms on a worldwide basis to identify and assess new investment opportunities.
The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, UK


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Mia Graci Thompson: Abducted 3-Week-Old Found Alive; Mother Arrested
Mia's mother, Kendra Meaker, 19, was arrested in connection with the kidnapping.
Sept. 27, 2012 -- An abducted 3-week-old baby girl from Illinois, who was kidnapped in front of a post office, was found alive on a rural gravel road Thursday night, authorities said.
Mia Graci Thompson was abducted in Toulon, Ill., a small town about 150 miles southwest of Chicago, on Wednesday morning at around 8:10 a.m. She was reportedly taken from the back seat of a vehicle, according the to the Stark County Sheriff's Office.
Mia's mother, Kendra Meaker, 19, was arrested in connection with the kidnapping, ABC News affiliate WQAD reported.
An Amber Alert that was issued earlier was canceled at about 8 p.m.
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children had previously categorized the case as a "Non Family Abduction."
Authorities said Mia has been taken to a local hospital to be examined.


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The Jockey Club Live is an innovative and exciting event entertainment promoter specialising in combining live music and racing. Since The Jockey Club Live launched in 2014 it has promoted over 100 concerts with a combined attendance of over 870,000, and was revealed by Music Week as the UK's 6th largest music promoter.
With the UK's leading collection of fifteen beautiful racecourses including Aintree, Cheltenham and Newmarket, The Jockey Club is dedicated to delivering special experiences. Playing host to some of the best events in the world like The Randox Health Grand National and The Investec Derby Festival, The Jockey Club is well rehearsed in delivering world class entertainment. Each racecourse has a unique and special setting, providing a truly unique experience of racing and music.
The Jockey Club Live's vision is to bring the biggest names in pop music to racing events across the country; giving consumers an exceptional experience of live music and racing. Current and past headline performances include Kylie, Jess Glynne, Little Mix, Bryan Adams, Sir Tom Jones, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, George Ezra and Craig David.


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As our population has grown, the schools have become crowded and the schoolyards have started to overflow with active children. Some of our largest schools have been allowed to take over their streets for play space, blocking access to cars during the school day. The problem with this is that the children become accustomed to playing in the street. Even when cars are allowed to cautiously pass the barrier to reach houses on the block of the school, many boys have no fear or respect for the danger of being in the street. They run around in the street and tease the driver of the car and even push each other in its path, and throw things at the cars.
When these children go home, they play on the sidewalk in front of their homes and will often run out into the street during a game. When playing hide and seek, they will go to the street side of a parked car to crouch down and hide. They often do not hesitate to chase a ball or ride a bike into the street. They are not careful about cars backing out of driveways and cars backing into parking spots. They dart out between cars never giving the drivers a chance to see them before they are in the path of their vehicle.
Even adults do not respect the danger of the streets. One spring evening I was driving down a side street near my home when a 3-year-old on a tricycle came flying out of a driveway into the path of my minivan. Although I was going slowly I had to stand on my brake, narrowly avoiding hitting the child and his little vehicle. I immediately pulled over and took the child out of the street and returned him to his 7-year-old sister who was "watching" him as she and her friends played. We all went upstairs to their mother who was inside cooking dinner. I told the mother, "Two minutes ago I almost had my life ruined, your life ruined, this little boy's life ruined and his sister's life ruined. " Had I, G-d forbids, not stopped in time who would have been to blame? The little seven-year-old girl? Me? The three-year-old? Maybe all of us, but primarily you, for not taking responsibility for his safety!"
All drivers know how difficult it is to avoid an accident when the car must stop unexpectedly. A child or a parent who does not drive might not realize how dangerous a moving car can be. Many of our school-age children are taken everywhere in a car or bus and do not have the walking experience to learn the dangers of the streets and how to cross intersections safely. It is time we go back to basics and teach ourselves and our children about street safety.
Infants are often placed in grave danger as they are pushed in a stroller into the street in front of their mothers. The stroller should not leave the sidewalk until all the oncoming traffic has stopped and it is safe to cross. Waiting in the "gutter" for a break in the traffic and then dashing out into the street with the stroller leading the way is fraught with danger. Young mothers should remember that street signs and streetlights must be obeyed. It may take longer to get where they are going but it is essential to cross only when it is safe. This also means looking both ways, even on a one-way street, and noticing any cars signaling that they intend to turn. There is never an excuse to push a stroller out into the street from between two parked cars. It is not their own life they are risking, it is the life of the child in the stroller.
Crossing the street with little ones
Toddlers and young children should hold an adult's hand whenever crossing the street. The adult should always demonstrate looking both ways and watching for the walk sign. There should always be enough time allowed for the toddler's little legs to get across safely. They cannot walk as quickly as an adult. If the toddler must hold on to the handle of the stroller instead of holding an adult's hand he should walk very close to the adult to allow control of impulsive behavior until they have reached safety.
Toddlers are impulsive and unpredictable. They always need adult supervision, especially when they are outside. (We would never leave diamonds outside in the care of a seven-year-old child. Toddlers are worth much more!)
School-age children should be shown how to have a healthy respect for the dangers of the street. They must learn that a car can come down any street at any time. They must be careful. Certain rules always apply:
1) Always cross at corners.
2) Always obey traffic signs.
3) Always look both ways every time you enter the street and wait until there are no cars coming from either direction.
4) At an intersection look for cars that are signaling that they intend to turn.
5) Be extra careful when it is raining, since it is harder to see cars coming and harder to see people. It is also much harder to stop a car.
6) Never enter the street from between two parked cars.
7) Never play in the street unless it is closed to traffic and an adult is supervising.
8) "Let the ball roll" until there are no cars in sight.
9) If there is traffic and the intersection is hard to cross, ask an adult to help you cross to the other side.
10) If you are playing in a street that is closed off and you see a car coming, get onto the sidewalk that is nearest to you.
11) Never throw anything at a car.
These rules, which should be second nature to all children, must be reinforced in school. They should be taught in preschool and enforced by the teachers and administrators. If children are found doing dangerous things like throwing things at cars or running in front of cars when they come down the street near the school they should be strictly disciplined.
It might be a good idea for ambulance volunteers to go into the schools and do a street safety program to help emphasize the importance of these rules.
All adults must remember that we teach by example. We all must obey these basic rules ourselves! It is our responsibility to educate the children about safety. We must not rely on miracles to avoid accidents and injury every day. G-d in His mercy protects foolish people and children, but we still must do our best to keep everyone safe.
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The New Hampshire legislature recently passed a tuition tax credit option that would provide low- and middle-income students with increased educational choice.
The School Choice Scholarship Act would provide tax credits to businesses that donate to nonprofit organizations that provide vouchers to low- and middle-income children. The participating businesses can receive a credit of up to 85 percent of their donations. Students would receive up to $2,500 per scholarship to move to another school or up to $625 to cover the expenses of homeschooling.
The School Choice Scholarship Act also has the benefit of being revenue neutral. The cost of the credits going toward participating businesses will be offset by lowering the number of students going to public schools and receiving per-student contributions to their public school district. As Julianne Cooper, local president and dean of Liberty Harbor Academy in Manchester, noted: "I see an enormous amount of flexibility within the system and basically it costs no one anything."
Robert Enlow, president and CEO of the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, observed that "New Hampshire is part of a national movement that recognizes the value in offering kids high-quality educational options. New Hampshire joins a host of other states that are moving school choice forward in 2012."
Kyle Bonnell is currently a member of the Young Leaders Program at the Heritage Foundation. For more information on interning at Heritage, please visit: http://www.heritage.org/about/internships-young-leaders/the-heritage-foundation-internship-program


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L.B. Evans Atlin Terry Slipper
Create the ultimate comfort zone for your feet with the L.B. Evans Atlin design terry moccasin slipper. These suede leather L.B. Evans slippers with a terry cloth lining are cozy on your toes with full-length Memory Foam insoles for extra support. The genuine rawhide laces and leather collar accents add handsome touches to these versatile casual moccasins with sturdy indoors/outdoors outsoles. Suede upper with leather collar. Genuine rawhide laces. Full-length Memory Foam insole. Indoor/outdoor durable outsole.


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Easily one of the most common pans in use today, and likely dates as far back as the craft of cooking, fry pans are extremely convenient when it comes to tackling a wide range of important kitchen tasks. While we're tempted to list out as many delicious dinner dishes and dessert must-haves that can be whipped-up using a good fry pan, doing so could open Pandora's Box of tasty recipes and debatable cooking methods that would destroy the very fabric of existence; no joke. Instead, we'll simply assure you that having a few reliable fry pans always at the ready is one of the smartest moves you can make in both your home and commercial kitchen.
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After I wrote the post on my refinished dresser, I had enough requests for a tutorial to warrant the writing of one.
The second technique I use is SANDING:
I sanded down the top of this vanity.
Next Step: STAINING!
I then let it fully dry... 24 hours is best.
I used Minwax Paste Wax for this.
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About This Chevrolet
2018 Chevrolet Impala
4dr Sedan LT w/1LT
|Used Clear Title
|3.6L V6 Cylinder
|6 Spd Automatic
|Front Wheel Drive
|Exterior Color
|Nightfall Gray Metallic
|Light Wheat/Jet Black Cloth
|Stock #
|Warranty Available
Vehicle Overview2018 Chevrolet Impala LT 4D Sedan with 1LT Preferred Equipment and LT Leather Package! Nightfall Gray Metallic w/Light Wheat/Jet Black Leather Seat Trim! Equipped with 3.6L V6 DI DOHC, 6-Speed Automatic Electronic with Overdrive, FWD, 100-Watt 6-Speaker System, 18" Painted Alloy Wheels, 4-Way Manual Front Passenger Seat Adjuster, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, 8" Diagonal Color Infotainment Display, 8-Way Power Driver Seat Adjuster, 8-Way Power Front Passenger Seat Adjuster, AM/FM/SiriusXM, Automatic temperature control, Delay-off headlights, Dual front impact airbags, Dual front side impact airbags, Dual Stainless-Steel Exhaust, Electronic Stability Control, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, Four wheel independent suspension, Front Center Armrest, Front dual zone A/C, Front Passenger Power Lumbar Seat Adjuster, Heated door mirrors, Illuminated entry, Leather Seat Trim, Low tire pressure warning, LT Leather Package, Maintenance Free 70AH Battery w/Rundown Protection, Overhead console, Power door mirrors, Power driver seat, Power steering, Power windows, Premium audio system: Chevrolet MyLink, Radio: Chevrolet MyLink AM/FM Stereo, Rear seat center armrest, Rear window defroster, Remote keyless entry, Security system, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Speed control, Split folding rear seat, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Stop-Start Engine Control System, Telescoping steering wheel, Tilt steering wheel, Traction control, Trip computer, Turn signal indicator mirrors, USB Port, Variably intermittent wipers.
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- Nightfall Gray Metallic with Light Wheat/Jet Black Cloth Interior
- Air Conditioning
- Climate Control System
- Digital Information Center
- Dual Zone Electronic Climate Control System
- Heated Mirrors
- Leather Steering Wheel
- Rear A/C
- Remote Trunk Lid
- Steering Wheel Radio Controls
- Tilt Steering Wheel
- Power Driver's Seat
- Power Locks
- Power Mirrors
- Power Steering
- Power Windows
- Anti-Lock Brakes
- Child Proof Door Locks
- Daytime Running Lights
- Driver's Air Bag
- Dynamic Stability Control
- Intermittent Wipers
- Keyless Entry
- Passenger Air Bag
- Rear Defogger
- Rear-Side Airbags
- Roll Stability Control
- Security System
- Side Air Bags
- Traction Control System
- Center Arm Rest
- Clock
- Overhead Console
- Tachometer
- Vanity Mirrors
- Factory System
- OnStar
- Reverse Camera
- Satellite Radio
- USB Port
- Voice Control
- Preferred Equipment Group 1LT, 100-Watt 6-Speaker System, 6 Speakers, Premium audio system: Chevrolet MyLink, Radio data system, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, Automatic temperature control, 8-Way Power Driver Seat Adjuster, Driver Power Lumbar Seat Adjuster, Power driver seat, Four wheel independent suspension, 4-Wheel Disc Brakes, Dual front impact airbags, Dual front side impact airbags, Emergency communication system: OnStar and Chevrolet connected services capable, Front anti-roll bar, Knee airbag, Low tire pressure warning, Occupant sensing airbag, Overhead airbag, Rear anti-roll bar, Rear side impact airbag, Brake assist, Exterior Parking Camera Rear, Delay-off headlights, Fully automatic headlights, 800 Cold-Cranking Amps Battery, Maintenance Free 70AH Battery w/Rundown Protection, Stop-Start Engine Control System, Bumpers: body-color, Heated door mirrors, Power door mirrors, Turn signal indicator mirrors, 8"" Diagonal Color Infotainment Display, Compass, Driver door bin, Driver vanity mirror, Front reading lights, Illuminated entry, Overhead console, Passenger vanity mirror, Rear reading lights, Rear seat center armrest, Telescoping steering wheel, USB Port, 4-Way Manual Front Passenger Seat Adjuster, Front Bucket Seats, Front Center Armrest, Front Passenger Power Lumbar Seat Adjuster, Premium Cloth/Leatherette Seat Trim, Split folding rear seat, Passenger door bin, 2.77 Final Drive Axle Ratio, 3.23 Final Drive Axle Ratio
Features & Specifications*
- Engine, ECOTEC 2.5L DOHC 4-cylinder DI with Variable Valve Timing (VVT) and auto stop/start (197 hp [147 kW] @ 6300 rpm, 191 lb-ft of torque [258 N-m] @ 4400 rpm)
- Transmission, 6-speed automatic (Included and only available with (LCV) 2.5L engine.)
- Axle, 3.23 final drive ratio (Included and only available with (LCV) 2.5L engine.)
- Engine control, stop-start system (Included and only available with (LCV) 2.5L engine.)
- Hill start assist
- Front wheel drive
- Battery, 800 cold-cranking amps (Included and only available with (LCV) 2.5L engine.)
- Alternator, 150 amps
- Chassis equipment, front strut assembly
- Suspension, rear 4-link
- Steering, power, variable assist, electric
- Brakes, 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc
- Brake lining, high-performance, noise and dust performance with FNC rotors
- Exhaust, single-outlet stainless-steel with hidden, turned-down tip
- Vehicle Name : Chevrolet Impala
- Body Style : Sedan
- Drivetrain : Front Wheel Drive
- EPA Classification : Large Cars
- Dead Weight Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 1000
- Dead Weight Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 100
- Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Trailer Wt. (lbs) : 1000
- Wt Distributing Hitch - Max Tongue Wt. (lbs) : 100
- Engine Order Code : LCV
- Engine Type : Gas I4
- Displacement : 2.5L/150
- Fuel System : Direct Injection
- SAE Net Horsepower @ RPM : 197 @ 6300
- SAE Net Torque @ RPM : 191 @ 4400
- Trans Order Code : MHG
- Trans Type : 6
- Trans Description Cont. : Automatic
- First Gear Ratio (:1) : 4.58
- Second Gear Ratio (:1) : 2.96
- Third Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.91
- Fourth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.45
- Fifth Gear Ratio (:1) : 1.00
- Sixth Gear Ratio (:1) : 0.75
- Reverse Ratio (:1) : 2.94
- Final Drive Axle Ratio (:1) : 3.23
- Cold Cranking Amps @ 0° F (Primary) : 800
- Maximum Alternator Capacity (amps) : 150
- Suspension Type - Front : MacPherson Strut
- Suspension Type - Rear : Multi-Link
- Suspension Type - Rear (Cont.) : w/Coil Springs
- Shock Absorber Diameter - Front (mm) : N/A
- Shock Absorber Diameter - Rear (mm) : N/A
- Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Front (in) : 1.1
- Steering Type : Electric Rack & Pinion
- Steering Ratio (:1), Overall : 15.2
- Lock to Lock Turns (Steering) : 2.73
- Turning Diameter - Curb to Curb (ft) : 38.8
- Brake Type : Pwr
- Brake ABS System : 4-Wheel
- Disc - Front (Yes or ) : Yes
- Disc - Rear (Yes or ) : Yes
- Front Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 12.6 x 1.2
- Rear Brake Rotor Diam x Thickness (in) : 12.4 x 0.9
- Wheels, 18" (45.7 cm) painted alloy
- Tires, P235/50R18 all-season, blackwall
- Wheel, compact spare, 17" (43.2 cm) steel
- Tire, compact spare, T125/70R17
- Headlamps, halogen
- Headlamp control, automatic on and off
- Glass, acoustic, laminated front-side and windshield
- Mirrors, outside heated power-adjustable manual-folding with integrated turn signal indicators and ground illumination (Body-color mirror caps.)
- Wipers, front intermittent
- Door handles, body-color
- Front Tire Order Code : QGK
- Rear Tire Order Code : QGK
- Spare Tire Order Code : QCL
- Front Tire Size : P235/50R18
- Rear Tire Size : P235/50R18
- Spare Tire Size : T125/70R17
- Front Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Rear Wheel Material : Aluminum
- Spare Wheel Material : Steel
- Wheelbase (in) : 111.70
- Length, Overall (in) : 201.30
- Width, Max w/o mirrors (in) : 73.00
- Height, Overall (in) : 58.90
- Track Width, Front (in) : 62.20
- Track Width, Rear (in) : 62.00
- Trunk Volume (ft³) : 18.8
- Audio system, Chevrolet MyLink Radio with 8" diagonal color touch-screen, AM/FM stereo with seek-and-scan and digital clock, includes Bluetooth streaming audio for music and select phones; voice-activated technology for radio and phone; featuring Android Auto and Apple CarPlay capability for compatible phone and Shop with the ability to browse, select and install apps to your vehicle. Apps include Pandora, iHeartRadio, The Weather Channel and more
- Audio system feature, 6-speaker system 100-watt
- Audio system feature, 8" diagonal color infotainment display, touch-screen, motorized power up/down with hidden storage and valet password lock
- Audio system feature, USB port, located in console
- Audio system feature, USB port, located behind radio touch-screen
- SiriusXM Satellite Radio is standard on nearly all 2018 GM models. Enjoy a 3-month All Access trial subscription with over 150 channels including commercial-free music, plus sports, news and entertainment. Plus listening on the app and online is included, so you'll hear the best SiriusXM has to offer, anywhere life takes you. Welcome to the world of SiriusXM. (IMPORTANT: The SiriusXM Satellite Radio trial package is not provided on vehicles that are ordered for Fleet Daily Rental ("FDR") use. If you decide to continue service after your trial, the subscription plan you choose will automatically renew thereafter and you will be charged according to your chosen payment method at then-current rates. Fees and taxes apply. To cancel you must call us at 1-866-635-2349. See our Customer Agreement for complete terms at www.siriusxm.com. All fees and programming subject to change.)
- Bluetooth for phone, streaming audio for music for select phones
- Steering wheel controls, mounted audio and cruise controls
- Chevrolet 4G LTE and available built-in Wi-Fi hotspot offers a fast and reliable Internet connection for up to 7 devices; includes data trial for 1 month or 3GB (whichever comes first) EFFECTIVE WITH RETAIL SALES STARTING 5/1/2018 (Available Wi-Fi requires compatible mobile device, active OnStar service and data plan. Data plans provided by AT&T. Visit onstar.com for details and system limitations.)
- Seats, front bucket
- Seat trim, premium cloth/leatherette
- Seat adjuster, driver 8-way power
- Seat adjuster, front passenger, 4-way manual
- Seat adjuster, driver power lumbar
- Seat adjuster, front passenger power lumbar
- Head restraints, 4-way adjustable, up/down, fore/aft, front
- Seat, rear 60/40 split-folding
- Head restraints, rear, adjustable, folding
- Storage compartment, front, uplevel with cover
- Storage, innovative, hidden behind 8" diagonal touch screen with valet-mode lockable, dedicated umbrella storage in front door and hidden storage in trunk
- Armrest, rear center
- Floor mats, carpeted front
- Floor mats, carpeted rear
- Steering column, manual tilt and telescopic
- Steering wheel, 4-spoke leather-wrapped
- Instrumentation, analog with speedometer, tachometer, engine temperature and fuel gauge with color Driver Information Center
- Driver Information Center, color display includes trip/fuel information, vehicle information and vehicle messages
- Compass display, located in the Driver Information Center
- Window, power with driver Express-Up and Down
- Windows, power with Express-Down on all
- Brake, park, electronic push button powered located on instrument panel left of steering wheel
- Keyless Open
- Keyless start
- Remote vehicle starter system
- Cruise control, electronic with set and resume speed
- Trunk release, power located inside on instrument panel left of steering wheel
- Trunk opening touch pad
- Theft-deterrent system
- Air conditioning, dual-zone automatic climate control with individual climate settings for driver and front passenger
- Vent, rear console, air
- Defogger, rear-window
- Power outlet, 1, auxiliary, 12-volt located inside console
- Power outlet, auxiliary, 12-volt located on rear of console
- Map pockets, driver and front passenger seatbacks
- Mirror, inside rearview manual day/night
- Visors, driver and front passenger illuminated vanity mirrors
- Assist handles, driver, front passenger and rear outboard
- Lighting, interior with theater dimming, delayed entry/exit, glovebox and trunk
- Shift knob, leather-wrapped
- Passenger Capacity : 5
- Passenger Volume (ft³) : 105
- Total Cooling System Capacity (qts) : 7.5
- Front Head Room (in) : 39.90
- Front Leg Room (in) : 45.80
- Front Shoulder Room (in) : 57.90
- Front Hip Room (in) : 54.90
- Second Head Room (in) : 37.40
- Second Leg Room (in) : 39.80
- Second Shoulder Room (in) : 56.90
- Second Hip Room (in) : 54.10
- Brake Assist, panic
- Brake control, cornering
- StabiliTrak, stability control system
- Traction control
- Daytime Running Lamps, upper and lower auxiliary, LED
- Air bags, 10 total, frontal and knee for driver and front passenger, side-impact seat-mounted and roof rail for front and rear outboard seating positions includes Passenger Sensing System (Always use safety belts and child restraints. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat in the appropriate child restraint. See the Owner's Manual for more information.)
- OnStar and Chevrolet connected services capable EFFECTIVE WITH RETAIL SALES STARTING 5/1/2018 (Visit onstar.com for coverage map, details and system limitations. Services vary by model.)
- Chevrolet Connected Access with 10 years of standard connectivity which enables services such as, Vehicle Diagnostics, Dealer Maintenance Notification, Chevrolet Smart Driver, Marketplace and more EFFECTIVE WITH SALES STARTING 5/1/2018 (Limitations apply. Not transferable. Standard connectivity available to original purchaser for ten years from the date of initial vehicle purchase for model year 2018 or newer Chevrolet vehicles. See onstar.com for details and further plan limitations. Connected Access does not include emergency or security services. Availability and additional services enabled by Connected Access are subject to change.)
- Rear Vision Camera
- Safety belts, 3-point, all positions
- Safety belt pretensioners, driver and front passenger
- Door and window locks, rear child security, power
- LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for Children) for child safety seats
- Tool kit, road emergency
- Base Curb Weight (lbs) : - TBD -
- Fuel Economy Est-Combined (MPG) : 25
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - City (MPG) : 22
- EPA Fuel Economy Est - Hwy (MPG) : 30
- Tons/yr of CO2 Emissions @ 15K mi/year : 7.1
- Stabilizer Bar Diameter - Rear (in) : - TBD -
- Front Wheel Size (in) : 18 x - TBD -
- Rear Wheel Size (in) : 18 x - TBD -
- Spare Wheel Size (in) : 17 x - TBD -
- Turning Diameter - Wall to Wall (ft) : - TBD -
- Fuel Tank Capacity, Approx (gal) : 18.5
- Min Ground Clearance (in) : - TBD -
- Liftover Height (in) : - TBD -
- 45,159 Miles
- No Known Mechanical Problems
- As-Is - Extended Warranty Available. Contact seller for details.
- Excellent Interior
- Excellent Carpets
- Excellent Seats
- Excellent Dashboard
- Excellent Panels / Headliner
- Excellent Exterior
- Excellent Original Paint
- Excellent Trim Condition
- Excellent Glass Condition
- No Visible Rust
- No Known Accidents
- No Known Bodywork
- Fully Detailed
- Tire Size: 0
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We know climate change is the biggest threat facing our world, which is why it is Greenpeace's priority campaign. Today's report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s highlights the enormous impacts and consequences climate change is having on our oceans. This must act as a wake-up call for everyone who depends on, or cares about our oceans and the vast array of life within them.
Below we've pulled together some of the key messages the IPCC report delivers on oceans.
Climate Change is already affecting our oceans
Climate change alters the physical, chemical, and biological features of the ocean. And as we pump CO2 into the atmosphere, its uptake in our oceans is also making them more acidic. This in turn impacts some of the species in our ocean, including plankton – the basis of ocean food webs. While the species affected may not be recognisable to all of us, they are the small creatures that many of the fish we eat, and many of the iconic ocean creatures that we treasure depend on as food.
Climate Change makes other things worse
Warming and acidifying waters and rising sea levels make other human impacts on oceans more complicated, or simply worse. They compound issues like overfishing, habitat destruction and pollution, and they make the ocean less resilient to the effects of natural cycles and fluctuations like El Nino.
Climate Change is a threat to food security
Animals tend to be limited in where they can live by basic temperatures and availability of food. Warming waters, changing ocean currents and chemistry mean that we are already seeing species move. Broadly speaking they are moving towards cooler waters – the polar regions or deeper seas. That means that tropical countries especially could see fish and crucial food sources declining dramatically from their waters. At the same time, shifting stocks of fish are likely to lead to increased conflict between fishing nations, such as we have already seen on mackerel in the North Atlantic.
Climate Change means smaller fish
One of the impacts already seen is a fundamental change to the size of sea creatures, making them smaller – an impact also seen in overfished areas. This is likely to lead to major shifts in how species interact (who eats who, mostly!) which could have profound and difficult-to-predict impacts on species we depend on.
Climate Change means fewer fish
Some predictions suggest that as well as species shifting, and becoming smaller, that the oceans' productivity itself could drop by 9%, and that's in a world with a growing population and increasing demand for food.
Climate Change means more oceanic dead zones
Compounding the effects of nutrient and pollution run-off from land, warming seas are predicted to have more areas starved of oxygen, and devoid of life. This especially true of coastal seas or enclosed areas, such as the Baltic Sea, and has severe consequences for local food supplies and livelihoods
Climate Change hurts most at the poles and the tropics
The impacts of a warming world are already being felt more strongly in these regions, and this will continue. That's disastrous news for species –rich tropical coral reefs, as well as iconic Arctic and Antarctic creatures, which simply may have nowhere left to go.
Climate Change is happening, and it is already having huge impacts on our oceans and ocean life. But together we can help limit the damage.
Greenpeace's climate and energy campaign works to accelerate cuts and eventual phase out in climate pollution. As the same time Greenpeace's oceans campaign is working to defend and protect our seas, the amazing life to be found in them, the livelihoods that depend on them, and the future resources they can yield. The less stress oceans face from pollution, overfishing and other human activities, the better they can cope with climate change impacts.
One of the strongest, yet simplest, solutions is to give our oceans more protection by creating Ocean Sanctuaries. These are protected areas, off limits to destructive fishing and other activities, which give our oceans a chance to breathe. They need to cover a significant proportion of the ocean to make a difference, but by putting areas of ocean off-limits we can both protect species and habitats, but give the oceans a bit more chance. It's about building resilience, and giving our seas a fighting chance, whether it's the Great Barrier Reef, the High Arctic, or the deep sea.
Ocean creatures can't vote or ask politicians to help – but you can, and you can help us support ocean sanctuaries.
Overfishing, and destructive fishing is having a huge impact on our oceans, fundamentally changing them in many parts of the world – that's why Greenpeace's work to tackle illegal fishing, overfishing, and fishing methods that destroy habitat, waste resources, and needlessly catch and kill vast amounts of other sea life is vital to fundamentally transforming how we treat our oceans. We know Climate Change makes the impacts of all of that worse, so we should do what we can to turn the tide across the fishing industry. Quite simply, we need to do less harm – but in practice that is a huge task, involving work at sea, in ports, with suppliers, markets and retailers. We need your support to do that.
Lastly we are working with affected communities across the world. From the Arctic to the Pacific, from Europe to Australia, we have been making alliances, helping give voice to communities and local fishers and taking their concerns directly to those in power. Those alliances matter because these communities have a stake in the future of our seas, and by empowering them, and making sure their voices are heard, we have a better chance of securing more stable, sustainable and sensible solutions for an increasingly changing world.
Willie Mackenzie is an Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace UK.
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'it's time to get serious' ?
You guys are cute...
Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III
PS: "...It was Marie Bohlen -- inspired by 1950's Quaker anti-nuclear protest voyages to Bikini Atoll -- who had the vision to propose that the Don't Make a Wave Committee sail a boat to "confront the bomb." This bold strategy of seagoing "bearing witness" voyages remains a vital part of Greenpeace International campaigns today..."
PPS: what did the Rainbow Warrior III do since having been baptized by me in Oct. 2011? And I believe there was three Greenpeace-ships, or? What was the name of the third ship?
I hope you guys will become serious soon!
PPPS: I am anxiously waiting for a blog-post on fashion! I can't wait to post a video of the best DRESSED mate I can possibly imagine...of course on-topic, like always, we are so proud of our suits.
Actually this video is a document of Joel El Remanso Stewart having humor (O-tone Stewart: 'we just put up the fisherman' )
I love it...stay tuned.
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'...We know climate change is the biggest threat facing our world, which is why it is Greenpeace's priority campaign...'
Really? ...
'...We know climate change is the biggest threat facing our world, which is why it is Greenpeace's priority campaign...'
Really? Shit, I thought you guys are into Shampoo and fashion.
Sun Wu, my friends in South Sudan call me BIG THUMB.
PS: if you compare environmental activism with energy-markets Greenpeace is playing the role of Big Energy, Sun Wu is the Eneriewende.
Of course Big Energy wants to delay Sun Wu as long as possible, but you will fail...the Revolution will come, the only question is when, how much resources Big Energy is gonna waste for personnal benefits.
PPS: I think I mentioned I want to attack the United States, correct? I need three ships.
PPPS: does anybody have some information on the MV Aghia Marina? Three years ago Cargill announced in the media it would equip this vessel with SKYSAILS.
You guys become serious? Proof it!!!
I am Sun Wu, godfather of the Rainbow Warrior III, and I am more than serious about claiming to be next CEO of GPI...in memory of Phil Radford, Mr. tell Obama-drama.
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Network Picks Up 20 More Episodes Of Successful Original Series
Largest Order For A Second Series In Spike TV History
New York, NY, December 1, 2010 - Spike TV has ordered a second season of 20 episodes of its successful original series, "Auction Hunters," it was announced today by Sharon Levy, Spike TV's executive vice president, original series and animation. This marks the largest order ever for a second season of a Spike original series. Premiering on November 9, the weekly series has averaged a robust 1.1 million viewers, increasing in viewership each week. (The most recent episode on November 23 drew 1.3 million viewers). The first season consists of eight episodes with the season finale on Tuesday, December 21. No date has been announced for the new season.
"Auction Hunters" is among the new crop of Spike original series aimed at broadening the network's audience. The show's current median age is 39, five years older than the network's current average age in 2010 for original series. The series is also bringing in new viewers to the channel as 49% of the "Auction Hunters" audience hadn't watched Spike TV the week before. Overall, the show has delivered 58% more viewers and 30% more Men 25-34 in the time period versus last year.
"Ton and Allen are the very best in the storage-unit auction business and our audience has embraced their ingenuity and unique personalities," noted Levy.
"Auction Hunters" explores the cutthroat world of storage-unit auctions with two of the best prospectors in the business, Clinton "Ton" Jones and Allen Haff. Every day in America, there are over ten thousand abandoned storage units that are put up for public auction. Each unit has the potential to be a goldmine or a bust for those who make their living hunting unclaimed property. The series offers viewers a rare look into the high stakes, financial risks and potential rewards where the right purchase can bring in serious cash.
"Auction Hunters" is produced by Gurney Productions and executive produced by Scott Gurney, Deirdre Gurney and Philip Lott. Levy is Spike TV's executive vice president, original series and animation, Tim Duffy is vice president of original programming for Spike TV and Joe Weinstock is director, original programming.
Allen Haff is a second generation antiques dealer and collector with over 20 years of experience in the field. By the age of 24, he owned his first antique business in Houston, TX and was one of the earliest eBay sellers of vintage collectibles online. He moved to Los Angeles ten years ago and immediately began hunting in storage unit auctions, Hollywood thrift stores, estate sales and swap meets and earned a living buying and selling antiques and collectibles. In 2008, Haff started Hollywood & Vintage, a high volume liquidation company specializing in movie memorabilia and vintage collectibles that he operates from his office and warehouse in Los Angeles.
Ton Jones is a self-described hobbyist who has spent years hunting and fishing, as well as collecting knives, swords, guns, old currency and jewelry. Jones was introduced to storage unit auctions more than seven years ago when he was looking for old cars to take into the desert to wreck for fun, but what he found was a world specifically tailored to his unique skills. Jones, an imposing figure standing over 6'0", 300lbs., is a renowned auction hunter in the Southern California area. Jones' expertise lays in rare coins and weaponry, such as medieval swords, daggers and armor.
Spike TV is available in 99.4 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), MTV Networks is one of the world's leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. Spike TV's Internet address is www.spike.com.


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As a general principle, Lena Dunham does not believe in removing anything that she has posted to the Internet; but, after she received a million and a half hits on YouTube for a video that showed her stripping down to a bikini, climbing into a fountain on the campus of Oberlin College, and performing her ablutions, she reconsidered the value of having personal boundaries. The six-minute video shows her in violation of college rules: having rinsed her hair and brushed her teeth under the fountain's anemic cascade, she is approached by a security guard, who asks her to desist. (Dunham amiably complies, wrapping herself in a towel.) But it also shows her in violation of the visual conventions that typically pertain to bikini-clad coeds on film. Dunham, who made "The Fountain" three years ago, when she was twenty-one, does not have the body of a Girl Gone Wild. In the video, she has pale, ample thighs and a generous belly; greenish tattoos spiderweb her arms and back. Her blithe willingness to disrobe without shame caused an outburst of censure from viewers.
"There were just pages of YouTube comments about how fat I was, or how not fat I was, or saying, 'That's not a fat girl—go to Detroit and see a real fat girl,' " Dunham told me recently. She reluctantly removed the video from the site two years ago. She said, "I didn't want you to Google me and the first thing you see is a debate about whether my breasts are misshapen." Instead, if you Google "Lena Dunham" one of the first things you are likely to see is that her feature film, "Tiny Furniture"—of which she is the writer, director, and star—won the narrative-feature prize at the South by Southwest film festival last March. You might also learn that HBO has commissioned her to write, direct, co-executive-produce, and star in a pilot for a comedy series. You would certainly find her Twitter, which she updates several times a day. ("Every time I start feeling sexy I trip.") You would not find her on Facebook, since she suspended her account not long ago. "I told people I wanted less connectivity, but really it's that I keep getting messages from actors saying, 'Here's my headshot,' " she says.
In "Tiny Furniture," which is being released in New York on November 12th, she plays a recent graduate named Aura. Having been dumped by her boyfriend, she returns to Tribeca to live with her mother, a preoccupied artist who photographs scenes staged with doll-house furniture, and her younger sister, a precocious student at an artsy private school who has just won a national poetry competition. Dunham made the movie a year and a half after graduating from Oberlin and moving back to Tribeca to live with her parents, both of whom are successful artists: Laurie Simmons makes photographs in which dolls and doll-house furniture are arranged to unsettling effect; Carroll Dunham makes exuberant, antic paintings that often feature a masculine figure with a penis where his nose should be. In the movie, Aura's mother, Siri, is played by Simmons, and Aura's sister, Nadine, is played by Grace Dunham, Lena's younger sister, who at the time of filming was a student at St. Ann's School, in Brooklyn Heights, and a recent recipient of a prestigious national poetry prize.
The movie begins with Aura attending an abject party in a friend's East Village walk-up. ("You look so pretty!" "Oh, are you serious? I feel like this outfit just screams, 'I've been living in Ohio for four years, take me back to your gross apartment and have sex with me.' ") It ends with her retreating to sleep beside her mother, in her mother's bed, after having brief, dispiriting sex in an abandoned lot with a caddish chef from a restaurant where she's worked as a hostess. A late-night conversation between mother and daughter ensues, in which Siri attempts to determine the place of the assignation: "A hotel?" "No, I wish." "In the street?" "No, worse than that." "What's worse than the street?" "A pipe. In the street."
In between, Aura reunites with Charlotte, a wayward party-girl friend from high school, played by Jemima Kirke, Dunham's friend from high school. ("Sometimes, I think of myself as Tribeca's solution to Marianne Faithfull" is the kind of thing that Charlotte says.) For a week, Aura shares her bed—but not, to her chagrin, her body—with Jed, a mooching comedian who makes modestly popular YouTube videos with titles like "Nietzschean Cowboy." In the hope of gleaning life lessons, she reads her mother's post-collegiate journal from the seventies—"I think of myself a lot as this weird mutation from the 50's. Doris Day in SoHo. What a disgusting thought." (It is Laurie Simmons's real diary.) The movie also includes a clip of "The Fountain," which Aura shows Charlotte to demonstrate her aspirations as a filmmaker. "You should be on 'Saturday Night Live,' " Charlotte says. "Or maybe something more early Yoko Ono, where you're just moving through a gallery and everyone's watching you."
Given Dunham's parentage, she might easily have turned to performance art rather than entertainment, but her sensibility is considerably more mainstream: her exchanges with her mother on film often have the inflection of Borscht Belt comedy. Dunham's generation has, thanks to the Internet, surrendered its privacy to an unprecedented degree, and she is less private than most: she kept an old-fashioned journal once, but abandoned it. "I was, like, 'What's the point, if no one's reading it?' " she says. "I would leave it out on the counter, on purpose, for my parents." "Tiny Furniture" is, in some sense, a diary left open on the counter: Dunham really did break up with her college boyfriend just after graduating, really did work a day shift in a restaurant, and really does live in her parents' loft. But the movie is also a clever distortion of reality, in which Dunham, for comic effect, rehearses only the most pathetic aspects of her life. Her typical character, she says, is "like me, minus a certain kind of self-awareness. She is one step behind where I'm at, at any given moment." Dunham's willingness to show herself at her most vulnerable is a source of creative strength. "I am always so shocked when anyone thinks of an insult about me that I haven't already considered," she says. "I am, like, 'Oh, my God, you're good.' "
As Aura, Dunham spends much of "Tiny Furniture" moving through Siri's gleaming white loft in a T-shirt and underwear, lacking pants and motivation in equal measure. Dunham's willingness to expose her body in her work serves a preëmptive strike against disparagement. "Of course, as a girl you take these things to heart," she told me when recalling the comments that "The Fountain" elicited. "I live in this constant state of 'This is what I look like—fuck you!' and being, like, 'I am so sorry, I want to cover myself up.' " She was once told by a male friend never to show her work to anyone she might have a romantic interest in: "I was, like, 'Any guy I want to sleep with would be interested in what I am doing.' Or we would be in a dark corner and he wouldn't know what my job was."
In its merciless investigation of its creator's character flaws, "Tiny Furniture" resembles Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" mashed up with Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan," or "Manhattan" if it had been directed by Mariel Hemingway rather than by Woody Allen. Like Allen's early movies, "Tiny Furniture" conjures a uniquely New York milieu: in her case, privileged Tribecan youth, with their gatherings spilling onto fire escapes, tiny windowless bedrooms carved out of lofts, and casual navigation between the Odeon and "some Dalton party." The depiction of its heroine's dysfunction is similarly convincing, and is also disconcertingly at odds with the evidently high-functioning capacities of its creator.
For years, Dunham was a vegan, but a few months ago she started eating meat again. "Let's call a spade a spade—a lot of times when you are a vegetarian it is a just not very effective eating disorder," she said. "So now I am allowed to eat anything I want, or wear anything I want, or do anything I want. I lost almost fifteen pounds because suddenly the world wasn't closed to me." We were on a plane flying to Ohio: Dunham had been invited back to Oberlin to screen her movie. She was wearing a newly purchased black leather jacket over a lacy black shift dress, and new black boots, by Alexander Wang. She was also carrying an iPad, which she'd bought the day before. ("Let's test the absorbency of my new iPad," she'd posted on Twitter.) Dunham has attentive blue eyes and a softly rounded face that has yet to resolve into the contours of adulthood; she wore lipstick the color of a cherry Popsicle but little other makeup, giving her the aspect of a schoolgirl who has raided her mother's dressing table. "I'm so excited—I haven't been back since I graduated!" she told me, as if the two years since she received her diploma were an unimaginable expanse.
At the airport, she was met by Dan Chaon, her former creative-writing professor, and as he drove into town Dunham looked out on the leafy streets appreciatively, recalling with affection the university's notorious leftism. "We had to take a vote on whether bathrooms should be gender-neutral," she said. "I was shocked that I wasn't granted the right and privilege of a girls-only bathroom. I had to be the loser asking for it." Chaon told her that a few days earlier Karl Rove had been on campus to give a speech; a student had confronted him and attempted to make a citizen's arrest. By the time that Dunham retold the story to a friend, later that night, she had embellished it such that another student had attempted to arrest Rove's would-be arrester.
While fielding calls from her agent about the casting of her HBO pilot, Dunham revisited sites of her youth. There was the dorm where she had stood outside, in a miniskirt and ripped tights, propositioning other undergraduates—the main gag of "Hooker on Campus," a short film that she made in 2007. ("She was like Ali G on campus," says Dunham's best friend, Audrey Gelman, who is now the press secretary for Scott Stringer, the Manhattan borough president.) There was the apartment in which Dunham had filmed her first feature, "Creative Nonfiction," in which she plays a hapless undergraduate named Ella. Dunham told me, "In some ways, the character in 'Creative Nonfiction' has more confidence than the character in 'Tiny Furniture' because she's a virgin, so there's a lot of humiliation she hasn't been able to go through yet." Much of the action—or inaction—takes place in Ella's bed, where she has invited a boy she likes, Chris; he is more interested in escaping the mold growing under his own bed than he is in coupling with Ella. "I'm your friend. I'm not your boyfriend. I'm not anyone's boyfriend. I don't intend to be anyone's boyfriend," Chris tells Ella immediately before becoming her girlfriend's boyfriend.
Bed-sharing with sexually unresponsive men is a recurring theme. "That was a big thing for me in college," Dunham says. "At the time, it made perfect sense—'Yeah, we don't know how we feel about each other, but we are sharing a bed.' It was crazy." On her computer, Dunham keeps spreadsheets with categories such as "Boys I have slept in the same bed with but not kissed," "Boys I have kissed," and "People I didn't kiss but I had a weird emotional moment with." She explained, "It's not an issue of volume. I just need a way to keep them straight. It's just information I want to hold on to—where it happened, if it was fun or not, if there are any notable embarrassing details."
Before the screening, an interview was scheduled with an undergraduate reporter from the Oberlin Review, who was slightly awestruck but ineffably cool, in cigarette pants and a shirt knotted at the waist. Dunham established an instant intimacy, swapping New York private-school details. (Dunham went to St. Ann's; the reporter went to Riverdale Country.) She fielded questions about women in comedy—"There's always an article coming out, saying, 'The new thing is funny women!' "—and dispensed modest advice on how an aspiring filmmaker might support herself while she goes about building a career. "Babysitting is a sweet gig," she said. "You could probably make a sweet racket on the Upper East Side. I got a call last week about babysitting—someone said, 'I know you are working on a show, but do you have any time?' People are so desperate. I was not even offended. I was kind of tempted. I just couldn't do it."
"That's got to be cool, though," the reporter said.
"To be able to babysit, or not to be able to?" Dunham asked.
"Both," the reporter replied.
"I like knowing that I could fall back on it," Dunham said. "I like knowing that I didn't tarnish my reputation as a babysitter and I am still employable."
When Dunham was growing up, one of her own babysitters was Zac Posen, who, before achieving youthful fashion stardom, was also a student at St. Ann's. Often, Dunham's parents brought her along for the evening, taking her to gallery openings and parties. "She always had a sort of weird ability to be perceptive about adults that was sort of disturbing," her mother told me. "Kids would be in the room over at one end, and Lena would be over with the adults, saying, 'How is your divorce going?' " Jerry Saltz, the art critic, who is a friend of Lena's parents, says of her, "She was happier with adults partly because her parents treated Lena as an adult. In that family, it's almost as if everybody is exactly the same size."
The family first lived in a loft on lower Broadway that Simmons had inhabited since the nineteen-seventies. Later, they moved to Brooklyn Heights, then to Tribeca. Dunham spent several unhappy years attending elementary school at Friends Seminary, in Manhattan. "I had no friends," she says. "I worried a lot. I was really close with my third- and fourth-grade teacher, and three-quarters of our relationship was me asking, 'Are you sure I don't have Ebola?' " For seventh grade, she transferred to St. Ann's, which was favored by artistic types. (Vito Schnabel was a classmate.) Alex Darrow, who taught Dunham English in her senior year, recalls her self-assurance: "In about seventh grade, she came up to me and said, 'I have heard good things about your class. I look forward to the Mr. Darrow experience.' " Jemima Kirke, who was a schoolmate, says, "She knew everyone, but she was always sort of a loner—she had her own agenda. It was really annoying, when you are that age and you want to go around the corner and smoke pot, and she was just, 'I have to go home and work.' "
St. Ann's is the kind of place where kids make installation art instead of playing sports, and Dunham threw herself into the school's playwriting program: in her first year, she wrote "The Goldman Girls," about three Jewish sisters going home for Thanksgiving, based upon her mother's experience growing up on Long Island. In ninth grade, Dunham wrote a play that was set in the waiting room of an abortion clinic. "It was, like, women wrestling with big choices, which I was really unqualified to write," she says. "I definitely had not even kissed anybody." At fourteen, she requested as a Christmas present standup-comedy lessons. "She did a couple of gigs," Simmons told me. "I had to be with her, because she was under drinking age and she wasn't allowed in a bar. Her opening line was 'Hi, I'm Lena, and I'm an alcoholic. Just kidding—my dad is.' "
Dunham did not get good S.A.T. scores, and spent a year at the New School before transferring to Oberlin. "At the New School, there were a lot of kids who were really excited to have just gotten to New York, and they wanted to go to clubs or go to Broadway," she says. "They had all been the biggest weirdo in their high school and they were, like, 'I'm here, I'm queer, get used to it,' and I was, like, Oh, no." She recalls encountering kids who came from less cosmopolitan backgrounds: "There was this boy who was really smart and really intellectual, and he came from, like, a steel town in Pennsylvania, and his family called him 'the freak.' I had never met a person who was different from their parents before."
When Dunham returned to New York from Oberlin, she worked a succession of part-time jobs and developed projects with some of her old friends. One, Isabel Halley, says, "Post-college, we were all, like, 'What the hell do we do? I guess we will go out a little bit too much,' and Lena really focussed us. She was, like, 'We are best friends, we have known each other forever, let's do something awesome.' " Dunham wrote and directed a Web sitcom called "Delusional Downtown Divas," which featured herself, Halley, and another friend, Joana Avillez, as spoiled art-world brats trying to get famous. Dunham enlisted the help of such downtown stalwarts as Joan Jonas, the performance artist, whom, in an episode called "The Jonas Mother," Dunham's character takes to be the mother of the Jonas Brothers. Another episode shows Halley at Ground Zero hawking "Ambien tours" of the site—"You need to get the exact right dose to feel the absence of the towers," she explains. Dunham's character asks dismissively, "What even happened here?" ("We shot it on September 11th of last year, which is such a dicky thing to do," Dunham says. "I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.") "Delusional Downtown Divas" was initially made for the art magazine Index, which was founded by Isabel Halley's father, the artist Peter Halley.
In the fall of 2009, Dunham began writing "Tiny Furniture"—a more emotionally nuanced and technically advanced work than "Delusional Downtown Divas," which owed an unrepayable debt to the British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous." She completed the script and filmed it in two months, using a Sony camcorder that her parents had given her for her twenty-first birthday; the budget, which was twenty-five thousand dollars, was supplied by three art-world investors who had seen her earlier work. (They have since been paid back.) The movie has found important admirers. One is the director Judd Apatow, who told me, "About twenty minutes in, I turned to my wife and I said, 'Am I crazy, or is this kind of unbelievably great?' " Apatow e-mailed Dunham, who thought that it was a prank message from Halley. "I wrote back, 'If this is Isabel, fuck you. And if this is actually Judd Apatow, here are all my thoughts, thank you so much.' " Apatow is an executive producer on Dunham's HBO project. (The movie has had its skeptics, too: Glenn Kenny, the film critic, posted a thoughtful review of it on his blog, in which he suggested that Dunham had insufficient critical distance on Aura. "I think 'Tiny Furniture' is good," he later tweeted. "But it does represent the Cinema of Unexamined Privilege, let's face it.")
After Scott Rudin, the producer, saw the film, he invited Dunham to a meeting one morning. She was so nervous the night before that, in order to avoid a last-minute wardrobe crisis, she slept in her interview outfit: black pants, a white blouse, her sister's Comme des Garçons jacket, high-heeled boots. "I got up, washed my face and brushed my teeth, and got into a taxi," she says. Rudin has since contracted her to write and direct a movie based on a young-adult novel, "Dash & Lily's Book of Dares." "I literally have shown 'Tiny Furniture' to probably fifty people," he told me. "I can't wait to see her next ten movies."
The comedian Sarah Silverman, who met Dunham when Dunham was assigned to interview her for Paper, not long ago, told me, "I loved how her movie was funny with no jokes." Now, when Dunham goes to Los Angeles, Silverman is a lunch date. "There is something kind of hilariously not wide-eyed about her," Silverman says. "There's a savviness. She doesn't have that 'I want to pick your brain' thing. Her brain is already pickable."
Laurie Simmons recently figured out that "Tiny Furniture" is a love letter to her. Who else, Simmons told Dunham, would want to spend so much time looking at her mother's enormous face? Dunham started enlisting her family in her work while she was still at college: for one video, she asked her mom to reënact the role of Jane Curtin in a "Saturday Night Live" skit, "Credit Card Counselling," while she played the part of Gilda Radner. The relationship of mother and daughter permits a certain shorthand on set. "I have literally given her the direction of 'Do it again, but less stupid this time,' " Dunham told an audience of undergraduates at her Oberlin screening. "She is, like, 'You are being mean to me.' I am, like, 'You gave birth to me. This is what happens.' "
Carroll Dunham appeared in some of his daughter's early work—in one short, "Open the Door," he is shown, having been locked out of the apartment, futilely buzzing at the intercom while Lena attempts to force him to deliver lines of a movie she is supposedly shooting. ("Will you just say this one line, Pop—'I didn't mean to hurt you guys, I just needed to make some money'?") He has since declined to take an acting role, citing his preference for privacy. "Lena's relationship to these boundaries is very different from anyone else in this family, and she's turning it into something she's making her work about," Carroll Dunham told me, when I visited the family home one Sunday afternoon. "I can't in any way question her interest in these kinds of subjects. As the father of the artist, I kind of check out. I don't love watching the sex scene in Lena's movie, but I don't have to."
The apartment, just south of Canal Street, looks like a movie director's idea of a famous artist's loft, its white walls hung with the work of its occupants and family friends. Simmons's studio is downstairs—lately, she has been photographing a high-end Japanese sex doll. (Carroll Dunham works, and for much of the time lives, at the family's home in Connecticut.) Dunham's bedroom, which adjoins her sister's, at the rear of the apartment, looks like that of a precocious preteen. It is painted pink, and pinned to one wall is the sleeve of Bette Midler's album "Thighs and Whispers" and the cover of an Eloise picture book. Dunham's first tattoo, which she got at the age of seventeen, is of Eloise. "As a child, I just liked the story of this kid who was able to entertain herself," Dunham told me. "She had the best sense of humor, and I also think I sort of look like her because she has got this really messy hair and a pot belly." On her bedroom door is a poster from "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay" and—in an unusual bid for privacy, left over from her teen-age years—a sign that reads "Please Knock."
Dunham has no desire to move out of her parents' apartment, and they do not want her to go. She doesn't have a curfew, though she is required to text her father if she plans to stay out all night. Her parents have a more active social life than she does; she tweeted recently, "Parents: in black going to party on Bond St. Me: PJs, trying to master Final Draft 8 revision mode, literally said 'don't be home too late.' " Dunham's closeness to her parents is remarkable even to those who know her well. "In high school, she was almost never able to hang out," Jemima Kirke says. "She would say, 'I need to go and hang with my parents because we are all watching "The L Word" tonight.' "
Dunham recalled, "When I was a sophomore in college, I had a friend who I stopped being friends with because she said, 'I feel like you care about your parents more than you do about me.' She was a crazy friend." Dunham was perched on a chair at the family's dining-room table, upon which she had placed an array of pastries from Locanda Verde cut into small pieces, quietly smiling and occasionally reddening as her family talked about her. "Remember the Cheeto incident?" her sister said, referring to an occasion at St. Ann's when Dunham—cast as an obnoxious five-year-old in a play by a classmate—had spontaneously crushed Cheetos all over her body. (She was reprimanded by the principal for upstaging the playwright.)
Dunham's closeness to her parents does have its limits. "I was going up to the country to stay with my dad for, like, two weeks, and my mom was going to be up there, too, and my friends and I were talking about watching some scary movie," she said. "And I said, 'Oh, my God, I am going to be so scared, I am going to be afraid to sleep alone, but, actually, I don't sleep alone, I sleep in my parents' bed when I am up there.' It was a hundred per cent a joke. And then the next week another friend was, like, 'Is it true that when you are in the country you sleep in bed with both your parents?' The fact that the rumor spread, and it sounded realistic, was sort of a wake-up call."
"There might be the germ of a cautionary tale there for you," her father said, looking at Dunham with quizzical fondness. "We've encountered this in the past, where your idea of the funny merges a little too convincingly with the real. It's funny to say, 'I sleep with my parents,' but it's also too close to being massively weird. And you will have to navigate this for the rest of your life."
Stuck to the wall of Dunham's office at Silvercup Studios, in Long Island City, where her HBO pilot is being made, is a Post-it that reads, "Lena Dunham 'works' here." When I visited, one week into her tenure, there was nothing on her desk but a telephone and a long-handled dessert spoon. On the wall was an enormous poster, made by Isabel Halley while she was a student at the School of Visual Arts, that listed "25 Performances I Shouldn't Make." They included "I shouldn't run for office on a platform of vaginal freedom" and "I shouldn't get the word 'OBJECTIFIED' tattooed on my forehead."
Dunham was wearing more new clothing—a loose, transparent white blouse, cinched at the waist like a pirate's, which she wore over a red T-shirt, with a black leather skirt, black tights, and black ankle boots. Her look was cable quirky rather than network sleek. Outside her door bustled the various producers, stylists, and assistants who were participating on what was still known as the "Untitled Lena Dunham Project." ("My friend says it should be called the 'Entitled Lena Dunham Project,' " Dunham jokes.) As the person in the office with the most authority and the least experience, Dunham struck an odd figure: half boss, half intern.
If the pilot meets with HBO's approval, it will be the first of twelve half-hour episodes concerning the travails of three women in their early twenties who have recently moved to New York City. Dunham's hope is that it will provide a more accurate reflection of post-collegiate life than is typically represented on television. "It's not, like, the 'move to New York and have an unreasonably large apartment on an unreasonably cute street' version, but, like, hopefully feels real without feeling like a Mike Leigh movie," she says. Dunham's character, Hannah, is the offspring of professorial types from Ann Arbor, Michigan. "I have never written about characters that weren't from New York before," she says. "I was trying to choose places that felt like they weren't New York but had weirdly analogous intellectual communities, so that if these girls appeared and they were quipping their heads off and they'd watched certain kinds of films since they were three, it would make sense."
That morning at Silvercup, Dunham was having her first meeting with her costume designer, Stacey Battat, whom Dunham has known since Battat was a salesgirl in the Marc Jacobs store in SoHo, a decade ago. "My mom used to take me there, and she would say, 'You can have a key ring when they are on sale,' " Dunham said.
Dunham began to speak in very general terms about the show's look: "I really want it to feel realistic, so the whole 'Sex in the City' thing of endless shoes coming out of the closet is not happening."
"I'm thinking there should be some socks," Battat said.
"I really see some socks," Dunham said. "I think one thing about my character is that she hasn't yet figured out the difference between what's cool and what looks good on her."
"I think you should all look as good as possible," Battat said.
Dunham seemed tempted by the suggestion that she be glamorized, but she was wary about losing the feel of her past work. "I've lost a little weight since 'Tiny Furniture,' and I had the thought 'Oh, my God, what if the only reason it's funny when I act is that I'm lumpy-looking?' " she said. "When we were auditioning for the other two girls, I was, like, 'Make sure she's tiny enough for it to be funny when she's next to me.' " She reflected for a moment. "The camera adds back on what I've lost," she said. "Anyway, it's not the jiggling flesh; it's the attitude. I'll always have a fat attitude. I'll always have a chubby attitude."
Construction of the set had begun on one of the soundstages, and after she'd finished discussing the costumes Dunham and her co-executive producer, Ilene Landress, a veteran of "The Sopranos," went downstairs to take a look. There wasn't yet much to see: just a lot of lumber, and several tables filled with household items that Landress had bought for Hannah's apartment, which is supposed to be in Greenpoint. There was a yoga mat, some blue plastic tumblers, and a couple of model snakes made from wood. Dunham was delighted. "I feel like she hasn't figured out what her taste is yet," she said. "She's just the kind of girl who would be, like, 'A wooden snake is just what I need for my apartment!' "
Dunham and Landress left the soundstage and entered a corridor. A diminutive figure was heading toward them, with her head bent over a BlackBerry: Tina Fey, whose show "30 Rock" is shot on a neighboring stage. As Dunham rounded the corner, she and Landress started whispering excitedly. "I've been wondering when I would have my first Tina Fey moment!" Dunham said. She was half star-struck, and half enacting the role of being star-struck; and if Fey, absorbed in her e-mail, had experienced her first Lena Dunham moment without even realizing it, she would not likely remain oblivious for long. ♦


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Pictured: Senior Dan Berardo got the Crimson off to a great start with three hitless innings (three strikeouts) against UMass on Wednesday
BROOKLINE, Mass. – Harvard's Danny Moskovits' one-out single up the middle in the ninth inning scored Jack Colton with the game's only run as the Crimson defeated Massachusetts, 1-0, in the first round of the Beanpot at Friedman Diamond in Brookline.
Harvard will play Boston College for the Beanpot championship on April 27 at Fenway Park. BC defeated Northeastern, 6-1, earlier in the day. Game time will be at 7 p.m. following the 3:30 consolation game between UMass and Northeastern.
Massachusetts' (12-18) lefty Charlie Benson (1-2), making his first start of the season endured eight innings of gutsy pitching as he bent but didn't break against the upstart Crimson. Benson scattered nine hits through the first eight frames but only allowed one runner to reach third base. He went back to the mound for the ninth inning having already thrown 111 pitches.
Colton led off the ninth and worked a full count walk, spelling the end of the afternoon for Benson. Leif Sorenson came out of the bullpen as the team's closer in an attempt to preserve the tie. The righty submariner threw one pitch to Sean O'Hara, who laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moving Colton to second. Sorenson then threw a 1-1 fastball to Moskovits, who muscled a grounder up the middle, just past a diving Josh Messier at shortstop. Rich Graef came up with the ball in centerfield and made a nice throw to the plate but Colton was able to break up the play at the plate, sliding to the inside of the diamond as catcher Tom Conley was unable to come up with the ball cleanly.
The hit made a winner of reliever Andrew Hatch (2-0), who threw 3.0 innings of four-hit baseball in which he struck out three.
The Crimson received tremendous pitching as Dan Berardo (3.0 IP, 0 H, 3 K) and Jonah Klees (3.0 IP, 1 H, 3 K) pounded the strike zone all game. The Crimson took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before Graef beat out an infield single.
All told, Harvard out-hit Massachusetts by a count of 10-5 with Jake McGuiggan, Marcus Way and O'Hara all collecting two hits.
Harvard is back to its Ivy League schedule this weekend as the Crimson hosts Yale for a four-game set at O'Donnell Field on Saturday and Sunday.