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Engine Volumetric Efficiencies To Torque Converters
Now, and because space is limited in this column, I'll both rewind and fast forward some events I'd like to share. During the mid-70s while I was still involved with Edelbrock R&D, one of the concepts embodied in some of the manifolds dealt with specific runner sizing relative to intended torque boosts at equally specific rpm. Further, we were incorporating more than one runner crossection in the same manifold, intended to provide v.e. boosts applicable to how engines were being operated. An example was the small-block Chevy Victor 4X4 where the inboard four runners (Nos. 4, 6, 3, and 5 cylinders) had larger section areas than the other four longer runners. Each set was torque resonant at different rpm; e.g., one set for off-the-corner torque, the other aimed at mid-track power.
On the pages of this magazine, we've shared periodic thoughts about the relationship between an engine's torque and volumetric efficiencies. Briefly, and to refresh your memory, here's a functional snapshot of that relationship.
Under the conditions of normal aspiration, an engine ingests air not exclusive to piston displacement, rpm, potential restrictions in flow paths (intake and exhaust), and pumping efficiency. Within a span of operational rpm, there will be a point in time at which inlet air flow efficiency will be "peaked," before which there was insufficient rpm to optimize the induction process and after which there is insufficient time to maintain that optimization.
Somewhere in that time frame, among the many calls we fielded from both racers and on-road enthusiasts, I received one from a Peter Vorum. It turned out Pete was a graduate student at Ohio State University and completing his mechanical engineering Masters degree on, of all things, tuning techniques for engine induction systems. Based on some similarities in Pete's work and ours, and the fact nothing proprietary appeared involved, we began sharing ideas and experiences about our work. In fact, we even provided him some data that eventually found its way into his thesis.
If we compare the amount of induced air in a given cylinder (at any point in time) with the volume that would occupy the same cylinder if left open to atmospheric pressure and at BDC piston position, this relationship could be described as the engine's volumetric efficiency, at that engine speed. Typically, v.e. is expressed as a percentage. We've also suggested that there's a relationship between v.e. and an engine's ability to produce torque. In fact, were you to graphically plot the two on a rectilinear grid, they'd look remarkably similar, differing essentially from the representation of pumping losses during running of the engine.
Further, as you would expect, certain intake flow rates play into this issue. For purposes of discussion (and at the risk of oversimplification), we could say that means flow velocity in an intake system varies as a function of rpm, for all practical purposes, in a linear fashion. In application, we find that both intake and exhaust systems behave in this fashion, enabling (by proper mathematical modeling methods) the design of these engine systems to produce volumetric (or torque) peaks at desired rpm. In fact, such methods are a tool by which torque characteristics can be influenced for specific application purposes, such as off-the-corner torque and down-track passing power.
Essentially, Pete was taking an academic approach to modeling induction systems and expanding on material originally presented in the Journal of American Physics and published in 1938, in addition to multiple other investigations since those early studies. By combining the effects of quarter-wave organ pipe tuning oscillation techniques with those involving Helmholtz resonators, Pete was able to configure multiple degree of freedom design capability. In simplified terms, this means his model produced single induction systems that enhance torque specifically at different engine speeds. Such systems enable parts designers (fabricators or modifiers) to configure intake (and exhaust) systems that target specific engine rpm. The method is sufficiently flexible to manipulate torque (v.e.) boosts that are intentionally separated or placed, relative to each other, over a range of engine speed. He's still doing that work, today.
From a hands-on perspective, Pete's approach included validation of the fact an intake or exhaust system will enhance torque output (relative to rpm) by encouraging a boost at a mean flow velocity of 240-260 feet/second. In this context, flow passages that incorporate a constant crossection will optimize their dynamics efficiency if significant mass is moving at this rate when such velocity is achieved, even though this notion may appear contrary to other tuning theories. Over time, Pete's ongoing research has added credibility to his approach, including favorable results from his earlier work with a variety of race teams, including Foyt and similar motorsports groups.
Quoting from Vorum, "In continuing work, I added specific time-average flow velocities that produce maximum scavenging and ram supercharge, when paired with Helmholtz-defined torque peaks. In the quarter-wave model, a designer considers the manifold runner length, one equation, one unknown." Pete's model contemplates the effects of multiple equations and unknowns, producing results that are more predictable to ultimate engine performance. Among them are cylinder volume, port length/area, mechanical compression ratio, valve timing, and target engine speeds where he wants a torque boost.
Further, it's possible to match intake and exhaust torque peaks relative to where you'd like them to relate to each other. Stated another way, you can individually tune intake and exhaust systems in an effort to manipulate a given torque curve for specific conditions. In the case of circle-track engines, this technique will allow tailoring an engine to accommodate track-specific gear combinations, for example. Pete says, "Engine performance is a balance of intake and exhaust pumping work, along with combustion heat release. If the pumping work is improved by good manifold design, the output of the engine can depend less on the combustion output." If you'd like to communicate with Pete, his email address is email@example.com.
Aside from the Vorum approach and utilizing concepts I was involved developing when he first contacted me, there's an additional approach you may want to consider. It includes the notion of separately tuning intake and exhaust systems that embodies an additional feature; multiple passage section areas. Here's a quick view of how this works.
If you agree that the 240-260 feet/second mean flow velocity condition occurs at peak volumetric efficiency (essentially peak torque), this approach can be used as a tool. For example, let's consider a single-cylinder engine. (You can also apply the idea to engines of multiple cylinders.) Suppose you size the inlet runner to reach this mean flow velocity at 2,500 rpm, thus producing a torque boost at that speed. Then adjust the section area of the exhaust passage to achieve this flow rate at 3,500 rpm. In a simplified fashion, you'll have broadened the effective torque range of the engine, compared to what you'd have if both peaks occurred at the same rpm.
While he may not recall today, I once shared this concept with Junior Johnson, after sending him an Edelbrock Victor 4X4 with hand-filed core port runners specific to one of his then-current, big-block Chevy NASCAR engines. As I recall, he complimented the manifold with a set of two-sized pipe headers and a camshaft with two sets of intake and exhaust lobes; one pair for the larger (shorter) area intake and exhaust passages and one for the intake/exhaust set of the smaller (longer) passage area. The combination was an engine that pulled hard off the corners and well past the flag stand. When I approached one of my cam grinding friends about cutting a camshaft based on a similar approach (at the time), he said it probably wouldn't work. Somebody forgot to tell Junior about that. It was a Bristol killer.


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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – UMBC women's soccer's red-shirt junior Jessy Brown (Plantation, Fla./American Heritage) extended the Retrievers' win streak to four games, scoring her fifth game-winner of the season in the 103rd minute for the 2-1 double overtime victory in America East action versus Stony Brook on Thursday night at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium.
UMBC improves to 9-4-2 overall and 4-1-0 in America East action, locking up in a tie for first place with Hartford, while Stony Brook drops to 8-5-1 and 3-2-0 in league play.
The Seawolves took advantage of a UMBC defensive miscue on a free kick from sophomore back Stella Norman, taking the 1-0 advantage in the 31st minute on a Retriever own goal. The lead would hold heading in to the break.
Sophomore forward Alexa Quaranta (Baltimore, Md./Perry Hall) evened the contest at one in the 54th minute with her fifth goal of the season. Quaranta received a through ball from freshman midfielder Meg Kowalski (Freehold, N.J./Freehold Township), one of two assists in the contest from the rookie, and took a quick dribble around goalkeeper Ashley Castanio before sending home the equalizer.
Sophomore back Emily Murrer hit the post 37 seconds into overtime, but it was the only shot of the two overtime periods for the Seawolves.
Brown struck off of a one touch pass from Kowalski and Quaranta for the game-winner.
Senior goalkeeper Lauren Kadet (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) registered a season-high seven saves in the contest, while Castanio finished with six.
UMBC returns to America East action on Sunday, Oct. 20 at UMass Lowell. Game time is set for noon.

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You may have heard the term ramping used in relation to waiting times at hospital Emergency Departments (ED).
Ramping refers to the time ambulances are located at a hospital's ED while ambulance officers or paramedics care for their patient until the patient can be handed over to the care of ED staff.
Patients are not left in the rear of ambulances – all patients arriving by ambulance are taken into the hospital's ED on arrival.
Patients arriving at a hospital ED, either by ambulance or by other means, are triaged or assessed by hospital staff according to the severity of their condition.
Anyone whose condition is urgent or life-threatening, such as someone in need of resuscitation, will always be prioritised over other patients and treated immediately when necessary.
Non-urgent patients may have to wait for treatment while ED staff attend to more serious cases.
When a patient arrives by ambulance, and is triaged as a non-urgent case, the ambulance officers or paramedics will stay with the patient until they can be transferred into the care of hospital staff.
The new ramping reduction measures, which came into effect on 1 July 2015 at metropolitan tertiary hospitals, Fiona Stanley, Royal Perth and Sir Charles Gairdner, aim to have these patients transferred into the care of ED staff within 30 minutes of arrival at the hospital in order to release the ambulance staff and their vehicles to attend to other calls.
It is always the aim of ED staff to ensure patients are attended to in a timely manner and that waiting times are kept to a minimum.
You will always be attended to according to the severity of your condition and how busy the ED is at the time.
You can see in real-time the current waiting times in our metropolitan hospitals.
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- As being based on tap, easy to manage by period.
- provide comparing battery to check expense for income, expense for budget, current asset for target asset.
- Instead of small number keypad, larger one is provided.
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- Manage various kinds of assets(cash, bank deposit, savings, credit card, debt, etc) easily.
- possible to transfer between (your)accounts.
- provide service for easy management of credit card (calculate to-be-paid amount and unpaid amount by designating payment date and as-of date)
- Possible to check/edit every transaction by asset(account)
- provide editing mode for transactions by asset(possible to select, delete or move several transactions at the same time
- possible to add asset type and move location of added asset
- possible to decide whether adding to total asset or not
✔ Budget Management
- possible to set budget by category
- Intuitively display details of spending by budget period with regarding graph
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Never again will a nameless Oscar be held up in victory during a raucous post-award celebration.
For the first time, the Academy has agreed to make it personal -- attaching the winning nameplate to the trophy base immediately after the big award moment.
"An Oscar statuette just isn't complete until a nameplate is attached," said Academy President Tom Sherak in a press release.
It's a good thing. And with sports leagues carving the name into trophies while the folks are still on the field, it's about time the Oscars followed suit.
In preparation for the night, the Academy will create 197 nameplates, one for each 2009 nominee in every category. The engraving will include the nominee's name, category, film title and year.
So when
Previously, Academy Award winners were asked to bring their Oscars to the Academy in the weeks following the ceremony, at which time the nameplates were affixed.
With many more Oscar non-winners than winners, there is always going to be extra name plates . These will not end up on eBay. They will be recycled and become the name plates of Oscar's future.


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Monday September 27, 2010 22:24
The Secret of Web Browser Share
At last, the Internet Explorer 9 Beta was released with some HTML5 capable functions based on Web Standards. But, IE9 will be still minor browser right now.
Nowadays the world of web browsers are definitely different compared with the situation of early 2000s to be dominated by IE6. Non IE browsers already reached 40% and over 50% in some European countries by Net Applications.
I surveyed what browser is dominant in each countries from StatCounters, log-based statistics from web counters. First of all, the red area (especially old USSR) is dominated by Opera browser(40~50%) including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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In these countries, Firefox's share is also high(30~40%), so IE's share very low(10~15%). I guess it caused for people in this area not to prefer US products and have low broadband penetration. In case of Russia, Yandex has overwhelmed Google in search engine market.
But, in so called the East-European bloc, Mozilla Firefox (orange area) are dominant with 40~50% share especially in German, Poland, Czech Republic and Romania. It's interesting that Opera browser share of Norway is just 6% despite of the home of Opera. On the contrary, IE still share high percentage in western Europe as like UK, France and Spain rather than Firefox and Opera. It means people in emerging market tend to choose the latest web browser.
In Asia, Firefox share average 10~15% in IE dominant area, but Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia is very high Firefox share. In Africa, some countries is also very high as like Cameroon, Senegal and Kenya. It means Windows OS was supplied by overseas economic aid and pirated products, but the emerging market is also important in this area as like Europe.
Good alternatives as like Firefox give benefits by offering opportunity of choice for people in emerging market of Africa, South America and Asia.
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In this image taken on Oct. 15, 2012, a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner of red bell pepper and apple slaw, no knead flax rolls, roasted vegetable quiche, lemon pecan mousse cake, corn bread stuffing mushrooms and squash bisque with pan roasted corn salsa is shown served on a table in Concord, N.H. Photo by: AP Photo/Matthew Mead
Michele Kayal/The Associated Press
November 7, 2012 11:31:17 AM
Vegetarians have long known a Thanksgiving secret the rest of us are reluctant to admit -- it's all about the side dishes.
Think about it. Once you've taken the obligatory slice of turkey, a dutiful spoonful of gravy and maybe haggled a bit over the dark meat, what you really want is more stuffing. More mashed anything. More syrupy sweet potatoes. And definitely more pie. Pie of any kind.
"Absence of turkey can be a very positive thing," says New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman, whose upcoming book, "VB6: Eat Vegan Before 6:00," is dedicated to learning to make do with less meat. "Most people have roughly 360 dinners a year that have 'absence of turkey.' We eat it on Thanksgiving because we're supposed to."
But if you take the bird off the table, is it still Thanksgiving? You could go with Bittman's preferred solution -- get an inflatable turkey as a mock centerpiece -- or follow the advice of chefs who have made vegetable cookery an art form. Approach the holiday as the celebration it is, they say, and turn all your creative juices onto the vegetables and grains.
Go with rich flavors
Offer dishes that are rich in flavor and fat, and, if you really need an anchor for the meal, create another dish as a centerpiece.
"Choose one of the bigger vegetables and make something out of it," says Amanda Cohen, chef-owner of the New York City restaurant Dirt Candy, and author of the cookbook of the same name. "Take cauliflower and spend a moment. Smoke it, season it, batter and deep fry it. Bigger pieces of vegetable are really going to replicate the idea of a centerpiece."
Acorn squash or sugar pumpkins stuffed with wild rice or other grains, carrots, celery, onions, nuts, dried cranberries and a tiny dice of hickory smoked tofu also make a flavorful, celebratory main dish, says Diane Morgan, author of two books on Thanksgiving and a new volume on root vegetables called "Roots" (Chronicle Books, 2012).
A lasagna of sliced sugar pumpkin layered with ricotta and crumbled fried sage, she says, also offers an impressive make-ahead dish that will have you forgetting there ever was talk of a turkey.
Pile on the sides
With the centerpiece nailed, proceed as usual. Surround that dish with all the traditional sides -- stuffing, mashed potatoes, those gooey sweet potatoes and roasted Brussels sprouts. You want gravy? Make it with a stock of roasted root vegetables, Morgan says, and pour it all over your potatoes. Use as much butter, salt and cream as you normally would on Thanksgiving, knowing that those are the elements that put the "comfort" in "comfort food."
"Fat is the operative word," Bittman says. "You can make a really great stuffing with a lot of butter. Creamed onions, creamed spinach. Of the things people think of when they think of Thanksgiving food, only the turkey is really meat."
Colors and textures also add interest to the meal. Vary these. If you're making traditional mashed potatoes, Morgan says, maybe cut your sweet potatoes into spears and roast them. Use a number of different techniques -- roasting, braising, stir-frying -- to cook your green vegetables. Instead of puréeing the squash, cut it in half and roast it for a more dramatic presentation.
"Then it's a large canoe shape on the plate," Morgan says. "That makes for more interest than these piles of things on the plate that all appear as side dishes."
And, of course, pull out all the creative stops, exploring the different textures and properties you can coax from each vegetable. At her restaurant, Cohen often incorporates different components of a vegetable in a single dish. She adds corn and whipped corn to corn grits, makes pasta out of puréed broccoli then tops it with stir-fried broccoli, and tops a carrot risotto with carrot chips. "You get a flavor explosion on your plate with this one vegetable," Cohen says.
And finally, don't for a minute think a vegetarian Thanksgiving somehow breaks tradition. When the settlers and the Native Americans met back at the start of all this, it was to celebrate a bountiful harvest, the crops that had been successfully grown.
"It's overwhelming how many great things are in season now that we can use for a beautiful vegetarian meal," Morgan says. "That's what we're celebrating. It's that same celebration of the harvest of all these things that have been underground for a while."
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Makes 12 servings
For the pecan sponge cake:
5 ounces (1 1/4 cups) pecans, toasted and cooled, plus a few more for garnish
1/2 cup sifted cake flour
3/4 cup sugar, divided
4 eggs, separated
Pinch of salt
For the lemon mousse:
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
2/3 cup lemon juice
Zest of 2 lemons
2 1/2 cups heavy cream
(Source: Alison Ladman, Associated Press)
Start to finish: 15 minutes
Makes 8 servings
1 medium red bell pepper, cored and julienned
1 medium yellow bell pepper, cored and julienned
2 medium carrots, grated
2 celery stalks, thinly sliced
1 Granny Smith apple, cored and julienned
Seeds of 1 pomegranate
Zest and juice of 1 large orange
2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Pinch of red pepper flakes
(Source: Alison Ladman, Associated Press)
Start to finish: 1 hour 30 minutes
(15 minutes active)
Makes 8 servings
1 red bell pepper, cored and diced
1 small red onion, diced
1 small sweet potato, peeled and diced
1 medium zucchini, diced
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 prepared raw 9-inch pie crust
3/4 cup shredded gruyere cheese
6 eggs
1 cup half-and-half
(Source: Alison Ladman, Associated Press)
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Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Addressing Citrus Greening (2010)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
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Among the many citrus diseases to have invaded Florida, citrus greening disease presents the greatest threat to Florida's $9.3 billion citrus industry. Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing or HLB, reduces yield and compromises the flavor, color, and size of citrus fruit before eventually killing the citrus tree. Caused by an insect-spread bacterial infection, citrus greening infects every type of citrus and is now present in all 34 Floridian citrus producing counties.
At the request of the Florida Department of Citrus, the National Research Council convened a committee to develop a strategic plan for addressing citrus greening disease. The committee examined the current citrus disease situation in Florida and the status of public and private efforts to address citrus greening, as well as the capacity of the industry to mobilize a scientifically based response to disease threats. The report found that in the near-term a successful citrus greening response will focus on earlier detection of diseased trees so that these sources of new infections can be removed more quickly, and on new methods to control the insects that carry the bacteria.
Key Messages
- Biomarkers that could serve as indicators of infection with citrus greening disease should be identified to allow the early removal of infected trees
- Citrus Health Management Areas should be established to coordinate the control of psyllid populations and the removal of infected trees in local areas
- Currently, there is no cure for citrus greening disease, but the best treatments are to remove infected trees, keep populations of Asian citrus psyllids as low as possible, and grow replacement trees in insect-proof nurseries
- In the long term, research is needed to develop new strategies for fighting citrus greening disease, such as the use of genetic engineering to develop citrus trees that are resistant to the disease
- New research and management techniques should be investigated to maximize insecticide effectiveness


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This post is about unusual ways of using the SMF 30 Usage Data information, some of which you're certain to want if you're managing z/OS systems' performance. A long time ago I noticed character strings in SMF 30 records that looked like product names. (As is my wont I was looking at the raw Type 30 records for a different purpose and spotted them.) Some time later I figured out these were Usage... [More]


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Dear LEGO,
I love your LOTR line. It seems to be a major hit here in the USA where I dwell.
Your LOTR line means a lot to me. It brought me out of my dark age. As a matter of fact LEGO, I had not built a LEGO set in over 10 years until I had a TRU gift card that I had won on a gift card tree in an auction.
I had to spend it somehow LEGO, and when I saw Uruk-Hai army, and how massive Helms Deep was, I came back to the light.
In your LOTR line there is a set called "the Mines of Moria" which comes with a semi-Poseable cave troll, a very good recreation of the one in the movie.
However, you know LEGO, cave trolls appeared in the movies and books much more than Moria? Even then, many of them were fully equipped with wicked armor, strong helms, and different maces and clubs. One of them even wields a sword in Return of the King.
And so LEGO, I think it would be appropriate to have battle armor for these savage beasts. They look mighty cool in my army, but they all look exactly the same. Cave trolls are like humans, they are unique in appearances. They don't like to all look alike. They have feelings too.
I wish Lego, you would make armors and helms for cave trolls in different colors that could be inter-mingled to give an army of orcs unique cave trolls. Each cave troll could have it's unique appearance and not be identical to any other one. Cave trolls with different skins and different armors would be so fun. I would buy the worlds supply of them.
I realize LEGO, that my request will probably not be granted, but I thought I would ask you anyway
Your dear fan, (who just purchased his 3rd Moria today at a clearance endcap at a retail store, for another identical cave troll)


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Harvard picked up its seventh win of the season against Loyola Marymount (Gil Talbot).
LOS ANGELES – The Harvard softball team resumed its spring break schedule with a brief stay at the Marina International Hotel Showcase, dropping a 5-2 thriller to Wisconsin and topping tournament host Loyola Marymount, 4-1, Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday marked the only day of competition at the tournament for the Crimson (7-4).
The first two innings against Wisconsin went by quietly with each team recording just a single in the second. The Badgers broke through in the top of the third when a one-out single and ensuing stolen base led to an unearned run crossing the plate on a Harvard error. The Crimson had an answer in the bottom of the fourth, however, as Whitney Shaw and Kasey Lange launched back-to-back solo homeruns to put the Crimson in front, 2-1, after four innings.
Harvard held onto the 2-1 lead into the top half of the seventh inning, but with two outs and two strikes on the hitter, Stephanie Peace drove a three-run homerun to left-center and Jennifer Kruger came home with an insurance run two batters later to make it 5-2 Badgers. The Crimson was unable to muster any more runs in the last half of the seventh, clinching the 5-2 win for Wisconsin.
Lange finished the game with two hits, an RBI and a run scored while Shaw drove in Harvard's other run. Rachel Brown absorbed her first loss of the season in the circle, going seven full innings and allowing five runs, three earned, on nine hits to go along with 12 strikeouts.
Against the tournament hosts in game two, Harvard once again fell behind, 1-0, when the Lions' Kelly Sarginson ripped a solo shot to start the second inning. The Crimson didn't wait long to grab the lead, putting up three runs in the next half inning to secure the lead for good. Emily Henderson and Ellen Macadam reached via a walk and a throwing error, respectively, and Ashley Heritage doubled down the left field line to plate Harvard's first run. Macadam came across two batters later on a Kasey Lange sacrifice fly and Stephanie Regan singled in Heritage from second to give the Crimson a 3-1 lead. Mari Zumbro padded the Harvard lead in the top of the fourth with a solo homer, her first this season.
Rookie hurler Laura Ricciardone showed veteran poise, going the distance for the Crimson and allowing just the one run on seven hits and striking out five. Macadam extended her hitting streak to 10 games with a 1 for 3 showing from the plate and Lange recorded her eighth game this season with at least one RBI.
Harvard has tomorrow off but gets a shot at redemption when it faces Wisconsin Thursday in its first game at the San Diego Classic II. First pitch is slated for 7:30 p.m.


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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) D.J. Seeley scored 32 points and Kwame Vaughn had 20 as Cal State Fullerton defeated UC Davis 95-88 Thursday night.
Seeley and Vaughn also had six assists apiece and combined for seven steals as the Titans (11-8, 4-3 Big West) snapped a two-game losing streak. Sammy Yeager added 16 points and eight rebounds for Fullerton, and Alex Harris had 10 points.
UC Davis (7-11, 3-4) got 22 points apiece from J.T. Adenrele and Corey Hawkins, 18 from Ryan Sypkens and 11 from Josh Ritchart.
The Aggies led by eight points early in the second half before Fullerton took the lead, 74-73, on Yeager's 3-pointer with 9 minutes left. Vaughn's three-point play with 7:46 remaining put the Titans up for good, 76-74.
Both teams shot the ball well. The Titans made 55 percent of their attempts, including 12 of 23 from beyond the arc, while UC Davis converted 51 percent.


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The Computer Comes to H&S People say we are witnessing a revolution and that electronic computers are its agents. We read about it in the news almost every day. Last winter C. P. Snow, the British scientist and author, told Congress that "This is going to be the biggest technological revolution men have ever known and far more intimate in the tone of our daily lives." As if to bear out his prediction, Look reports that last year 100,000 college boys and girls contracted with computer centers for the names of compatible dates. "Please do not fold, bend or spindle my date," pleaded one in his application. Could it be that by 1984 mothers will be asking their daughters, "How come you're still single? Don't you know any nice computers?" It's easy to confuse this revolution with the computer itself. The Industrial Revolution is often thought to have been started by the steam engine, but the real revolution was what the engine did to society. The true partisans in a revolution of this kind are the people who figure out how to apply the invention—the steam engine or the computer. People in H&S are partisans in the computer revolution and some of them are in its forefront. In the mid 1950's the Firm published two introductory booklets on electronic data processing (EDP). They are still basic in today's literature and in demand by clients and teachers. One of them is sufficiently well thought of to have been made part of a new EDP course for the American Institute of CPAs. Last year the Firm published "Internal Control in Electronic Accounting Systems," which was made part of our own revised EDP home-study course. Nearly 500 of our accountants have completed our course or are now hard at work on its assignments. A number of our offices have been using EDP on audit engagements for some ten years, and last autumn we stepped up its use substantially throughout the Firm. The Executive Office prepared computer programs which are proving highly effective for auditing clients whose records are stored on computer tapes or cards. Indoctrination meetings were held in New York to show auditors from our offices how to use them. Already the Cincinnati Office has been able to do an audit test on employee records for one large client in 20 minutes that took 13 hours the year before. On another engagement it saved a hundred hours once needed to examine vouchers. The New York Office showed a client how to examine securities worth $1.2 billion by using a computer to select a sample of only 2,500 of 17,500 items and still maintain the remarkably tight precision limit of eight hundredths of one per cent. The sample had been 6,500 items without the program. Managements of these clients were impressed with what we could do, and those on the staff who used the programs are looking forward to the next developments. All of this means that computers are by no means the exclusive domain of our Management Advisory Services group, although they do spend a lot of time with computers. In tax work, too, a number of offices are experimenting with a computer service which enters tax data on tax returns, performs the necessary calculations, and sends the returns back in printed form. H&S the First to Automate Haskins & Sells became the first of the large accounting firms to automate its own bookkeeping when back in 1952 we installed a punched-card system to process the unbilled service charges of all our offices. Adjusting to modernization at that time was good experience for solving the more complex task that confronted us a decade later, when it became clear that our punched-card system, based on four IBM 407's and a battery of supporting equipment, could no longer handle the increasing load. Maintaining schedules for getting unbilled charges out to our offices was requiring a lot of overtime in the Financial Department. Every other Friday night a four-man shift worked right through to 7 or 8 o'clock the next morning, when they were relieved by the day shift that ran the machines all Saturday. Even then, some office reports were not getting out until the following Monday or even Tuesday. A 17
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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's swimming team defeated visiting Regis in the 2010-11 season opener for both teams at the Tripp Athletic Center Saturday. The UMD men won, 172-91, and the women prevailed, 161-83.
For the women, junior Kim Moore (Billerica, MA/Billerica HS) won the 1000 yard freestyle in 11:49.90, sophomore Morgan Cooper (Sunderland, MA/Frontier Regional HS) won the 100 yard butterfly in 1:04.52 and the 200 yard freestyle in 2:04.18 and the 50 yard butterfly in 28:57, sophomore Maggie Conlon (Methuen, MA/Methuen HS) won the 50 yard breaststroke in 35.29 and the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:16.30, senior Lindsay Little (Danvers, MA/Danvers HS) took the 50 yard freestyle in 28.03 and the 100 yard freestyle in 1:03.53, sophomore Meredith Maki (Holden, MA/Wachusett Regional HS) won the 50 yard backstroke in 32.42, and sophomore Kristin Reinhart (Farmingdale, NY/Farmingdale HS) won the one meter diving competition with 160.65 points. The 200 yard medley relay team of Maki, Cooper, Conlon and sophomore Lindsay Days (Mattapoisett, MA/Bishop Stang) won in 2:03.71.
For the men, sophomore Josh Potcner (Brockton, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) won the 1000 yard freestyle in 12:42.21, freshman Eric Frohman (Woodbridge, CT/Amity HS) won the 50 yard back stroke in 27.79 and the 100 yard backstroke in 1:00.29, senior Steve Szarek (Middleton, CT/Middleton HS) took the 50 yard breaststroke in 29.67 and the 100 yard breaststroke in 1:06.29, senior Craig Johnson (Acushnet, MA/New Bedford HS) won the 100 yard butterfly in 58.26, senior David Lyons (Haverhill, MA/Central Catholic HS) won the 50 yard freestyle in 24.19, senior David Adams (Tyngsboro, MA/Tyngsboro HS) won the 100 yard freestyle in 53.89 and the 50 yard butterfly in 25.77, and freshmen Christian Francia (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet HS) won the one meter diving competition with 174.27 points. The 200 yard medley relay team of Frohman, Szarek, Johnson and senior Andrew Haughey (W. Springfield, MA/W. Springfield HS) won in 1:45.49.
"We had a nice first meet with some good swims," said Corsairs Head Coach Cathy Motta. "We have two young teams and need to get in some good practices before our meet at Babson on Saturday."
UMass Dartmouth's men and women both improved to 1-0 with the victories, while the Regis men and women dropped to 0-1 with the losses.
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Gregory Mosher's production of the Arthur Miller drama A View from the Bridge opened on Broadway at the Cort Theater on Sunday to rave reviews for the production and it's young lead.
The play is about a family living in 1950's Red Hook, Brooklyn and it features big-names stars like Liev Schreiber and Scarlett Johansson.
The play itself got great reviews but, according to critics, Johansson is the real standout. She left quite an impression as 17-year-old niece Catharine.
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The New York Times critic Ben Brantley praised the actress's "effortless" performance and liked that her acting skills, not her celebrity status, stood out. Brantley wrote, "Johansson melts into her character so thoroughly that her nimbus of celebrity disappears."
Washington Post writer Peter Marks thinks Johansson is extremely convincing as an naive, young girl. He writes, "the surprising achievement belongs to Johansson, who proves to be capable of far more than collaborating in eyebrow-raising star casting. She's got the broad vowels and engaging innocence for Catherine."
Bloomberg's John Simon wrote: "Scarlett Johansson makes an assured and quite convincing stage debut," and USA Today critic Elysa Gardner called her "enchanting."
The revival play will run for fourteen weeks.


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0601 NWS TedX-js.jpg Josie Plaut speaks at the TedX Front Range event Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Rialto Theater Center in downtown Loveland. She talked about "Our path to an infinite future" saying how we should use solutions to problems that address more thatn one thing. She used an example about having artist paint transormer boxes instead of having to spend money painting over graffiti all the time.
Eleven-year-old Sean Kouma, left, and T.J. Manley, 12, fish along with other youngsters during the Loveland Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at North Lake Park.
Seven-year-old Renata Means, left, and her twin sister Cassidy Means fish together during the Loveland Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at North Lake Park.
sierrasrace.jpg Sierra's Race top female finisher Wendy Thomas, right, accepts her $100 prize check Saturday June 1, 2013 at the Thomas M. McKee Youth Community Building at The Ranch. Sierra' Race is an event hosted annually to raise awareness for bacterial meningitis.
Rob MacDonald, forestry specialist for the City of Loveland, hangs a trap for Emerald Ash borer beetles in an ash tree at South Shore Parkway near Lake Loveland on Friday, May 31, 2013.
Josie Plaut speaks at the TedX Front Range event Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Rialto Theater Center in downtown Loveland. She talked about "Our path to an infinite future" saying how we should use solutions to problems that address more thatn one thing. She used an example about having artist paint transormer boxes instead of having to spend money painting over graffiti all the time.
Dancers from The Studio are silhouetted as they strike poses while people walk around Friday, May 31, 2013 during an event in the Devereaux Room at the Rialto Theater Center in downtown Loveland. The Devereaux and Hach rooms on the second floor were intended to be the newest venue spaces in town for a variety of events when the space opened about a year ago.
Karla, left, and Vince Sprague hold up their grandson, Cheyne Sprague, two, so he can pet a horse after the Buffalo Soldiers horseback riding demonstration, at The Rocky Mountain Rivalry, that took place at the Timberlane Farm Museum on Sunday June 2, 2013.
Sailboats make it to the finish line of the 54th annual Carter Lake Sailing Open Regatta, on Sunday June 2, 2013. As the boats get to the finish line one of the club members on the finish line boat marks their individual times to later determine who the winner is.
Sailboats make their way around the course in Carter Lake during the 54th annual Carter Lake Sailing Open Regatta on Sunday June 2, 2013. The race consisted of 27 boats with races from all over the sate that where divided into six different classes.
Peter Sahd of Loveland rides his bycycle Tuesday June 4, 2013 on Eisenhower Boulevard west of Morning Drive. Sahd said "I ride as often as I possibly can."
From left, Boys & Girls Clubs of Larimer County volunteer Dustin Hepting, 15, portions-out salad, while Program Aide Collin Chu distributes sandwich bread for meatball subs for the clubs free lunches for kids, Monday afternoon at the Boys & Girls club in Loveland.
Crews work Tuesday June 4, 2013 on the Excel Energy pipeline project on 29th Street between Wilson Avenue and Taft Avenue in Loveland as vehicles are shifted into one lane in each direction.
Katie Guiffre of Fort Collins rides up Horsetooth Reservoir on one of her last training rides before Ride the Rockies this weekend. Guiffre is one of 2,000 riders who will cover 515 miles in seven days.
Charles Rogers, Facilities Contracts Coordinator at Platte River Power plant, poses for a picture in front of one of the bison herds PRP owns and keeps in the open space around their plant north of Fort Collins, on Wednesday June 5, 2013. PRP owns two bison herds of about 20 bison each that have recently welcomed new calfs. The bison are a big part of the company, "they where here before we where" Rogers said.
A calf and it's mother roam around the PRP property, on Wednesday June 5, 2013.
Loveland artist Denny Heskew talks about his work on Tuesday May 28, 2013 while standing in his studio at Artworks Loveland in downtown. Heskew has an art exhibit that starts on June 14 at Artworks Loveland.
Figures and storefronts decorate Bob Ferrero's garden railroad Thurdsay June 6, 2013 as his passenger train goes by in his Loveland backyard.
Bob Ferrero flips a switch Thursday June 6, 2013 to make another train go on the tracks of his garden railroad in his Loveland backyard. His is one that will folks can see during the Garden Railroaders tour this Saturday.
Beth Hicks, right, gets a hug from Mary Carraher Thursday June 6, 2013 after speaking at the 11th annual State of the Community presented by Untied Way of Larimer County at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Loveland. Hicks talked about her success story with the help of Project Self-Sufficiency and Carraher was honored as the Community Collaborator of the Year.
Mountain View High School student Dyrani Clark is all smiles Thursday June 6, 2013 after receiving the Linda Nerger Youth Volunteer Excellence award during the State of the Community presented by United Way of Larimer County at the Embassy Suites Hotel & Conference Center in Loveland.
Peter Dougherty, owner of 343 Gallery, poses Thursday June 6, 2013 for a photo showing off the lamp post he made in front of the gallery.
Peter Dougherty used a Sharpie marker to create designs inspired by his travels on this Yamaha motorcycle which is on display at the 343 Gallery in Loveland.
Deb McGilton's refelction is seen in her rear-view mirror Friday June 7, 2013 as she waits in line to race her 1969 Chevy Camaro RS in the Auto Cross event during the Goodguys Car Show at The Ranch in Loveland. McGilton and her husband, Tim, traveled from their home Wake Forest, North Carolina to come to the show and race in the Auto Cross event. Talking about racing through the timed course McGilton said "I used to ride along with my husband and whoever else would let me. My husband would ask if I was having fun and I told him I'd be having more fun if I had my own car and I could drive." Her husband sold two of his cars to buy her the 69' Camaro last October.
Curt Schnitzer of Cheyenne, Wyoming blazes past cones Friday June 7, 2013 in his 1963 Chevy Impala during the Goodguys Car Show Auto Cross event at The Ranch in Loveland.


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JOAD NATIONAL TARGET CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 - Denver, Colorado
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Perfection is the Goal at Junior Olympic Archery Championships
|By Shawna Hickman Staff Writer
Centennial Citizen Newspaper
2329 W. Main St. Suite 103 Littleton, CO 80120
303-794-1606, ext. 1011
|On June 26 when the sun was still at that
place in the sky when driving east requires you pull the visor down, about
300 young bravehearts and their parents were setting up camp at Arapahoe
County Community Park.
By 10 a.m. territories were established at the park, the younger Bravehearts toward the center with the older teens – boys and girls were segregated down the middle – on the wings.
"Especially the older boys, they don't need the girls around while they are shooting, with their hormones raging," said dad Kurt Christensen.
The young bravehearts, or archers, were all part of the 22nd annual JOAD (Junior Olympics Archery Development) outdoor national championships. By Sunday, June 29, at the conclusion of the tournament new champions were crowned in several divisions divided by both age and level.
On Thursday morning George Frangos and his daughter/student Mary Frangos were busy taking practice shots at the targets to fine tune Mary's bow at altitude. Even the slightest imperfection such as a squint looking into the sun (Mary is a left-hander and is one of the few lucky enough to look away from the sun in morning competition), or a sight a hair off can be costly.
"A little imperfection in your release your anchor (stance) and it will make a huge difference," George said. "Sometimes something little can happen and she won't even know. It's like a race car. You're constantly doing stuff to keep it working, to keep it from coming loose or something."
From Glendale, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix, the two along with the rest of the family including Mary's mom, sister, brother, their Pomeranian and two hermit crabs, were thrilled to be shooting in what they considered cool weather, 85 degrees.
Encouraged by her father who is also an archer, Mary started shooting when she was 11. She promptly won the national title that year followed by another title last year that earned her a trip to the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
"He brang home a Wal-Mart bow one day and he said, 'Hey, why don't you try this?' and I did," she said. "It just kinda came natural to me."
Two years after her debut in the sport, Mary holds more than 20 national records, many of which her dad is proud to point out were made with a cheap $150 bow. Since she began she now has some of the best equipment available costing between $1,000 and $2,000 for a bow and about $200 for a dozen arrows.
Despite the cost, which with travel to several tournaments each year can add up, archers who hope to land a college scholarship someday are restricted from accepting money from sponsorships, George said.
However, archers can accept equipment.
Steve Ross, who traveled from Nevada City, Calif with his two sons, said the cost of the sport is significant but he worth it. Luckily, he said, he can pass down bows from his older to his younger son. As an archer himself, practice has become a family outing for father and sons to do together.
"I can't imagine a better family sport," he said.
Ross' youngest son Gabriel, 6, was one of the youngest competitors at the tournament. Coming into his first competitive experience was a little nerve wracking, his parents said, but by Friday, so far so good. Gabriel started shooting when he was 4, barely taller than the bow. Sitting in the tent waiting to practice, he was calm about competing.
"The only thing I really like about (archery) is the shooting," he said. "He was a little worried he might be teased," said his dad. "But so far everyone is treating him really well."
"He's got a lot of confidence out there so I think he'll be OK," said his mom, Mary. Steve, along with George Frangos are two of the advocates of continuing in archery for a lifetime. Steve still competes, while George has turned his attention to his children – his younger daughter and son compete as well. George noted that archery isn't like other sports that wear your body down; in fact, a 56-year-old woman was on the Olympic archery team in the last Olympics.
"This is truly the sport of a lifetime," he said. "It's not like gymnastics where when you're 16 you're old. You can do this forever."
Mary competes in the recurve division, which uses a long bow. There is also a compound division for compound bows, which are sophisticated machines featuring pulleys, a level, large scope and trigger release. Recurve competitors, whose division is allowed in the Olympics, are purists and consider the compound division lower on the archery food chain. George said he doesn't see compound bows ever being allowed in the Olympics because the athletes rely so heavily on the equipment.
Recurve competitors, on the other hand, rely on themselves. However, those in the compound division hold out their hope their part of the sport will make it into the Olympics.
George Dennison, 13, said he sees the value of both.
"I think if they each have their separate category (in the Olympics), then why not," the Castle Rock resident said.
In both divisions, rules are strict. Shooting takes place from a white line, all at once designated by a whistle blowing. Large traffic lights stand on the field changing from green to yellow to red depending on how much time is left in that round. In each round two archers at a time line up at the white, chalk line, take aim, and then shoot their three arrows. Then, two more shoot.
After each pair has taken a turn twice, and each archer has exhausted six arrows, music pours out from the PA system and the kids walk to the target to score. All four kids must agree on the score for each arrow; if an arrow is called into question judges' have the final say.
"There's no room for subjectivity at all," George Frangos said.
Attire is also strict. Kids must wear either navy blue or white pants, shorts or a skirt with a T-shirt or sleeveless shirt with at least 3-inch straps. Attire also includes modern armor: a chest protector, finger protectors, arm protector and arrow pouches swinging from their belts. (The serious archers in the bunch will proudly show off their tan lines around the arm protector.)
The strictness both attracts and yields kids who are well behaved. Those who don't follow the rules won't last in the sport, George Frangos said.
"You can't not be well-behaved in this sport," he said. "It's not like in basketball, the jock mentality. There's none of that here. There's no room for that."
A group of local archers — Nathan Meister of Littleton, George Dennison of Castle Rock and Kevin Christensen of Littleton, who train at Bear Creek Archery in Englewood — were enjoying time between rounds on Friday. After shooting in strict silence, they came back to their chairs in the shade, rubbed lucky charms and joked. "We all have lucky charms," said Nathan Meister, who attends Grant Ranch Middle School. "I'm a little superstitious, but not really. It's mostly just for fun and we try to take each other's charms." The joking is what keeps them relaxed when the competition could be intense, Meister said wearing his red visor upside down.
"We usually try to keep it pretty laid back," he said. "Once you get all serious it gets all messed up."
While some of the boys were focused on getting a new high score or improving on a national ranking, Christensen was looking to hook up with friends he'd met at other tournaments while Dennison said he was just hoping to improve on the last tournament.
"Last time I managed to place dead last," Dennison said.
Perfection is the goal in archery. Each arrow has a potential of earning an archer 10 points, 1,440 points in all over the two days of tournament shooting. To Dennison, 28 or 29 points for three arrows is what he considers "pretty good." After six arrows Mary Frangos had 52 points.
"That's horrible," she said. To Dennison, and fellow competitor Colin Winter from Grass Valley, Calif., archery has been a godsend. The two had tried nearly every sport before they latched onto archery and experienced a wide variety of failures from tennis to karate and swimming. "If it's not archery I'm bad at it," Winter said. "Yeah, if it's a sport I'm bad at it unless it's archery," Dennison said. "You have to stay still instead of moving around and you have to focus." That focus is what sets the good apart from the mediocre in many cases. Focus leads to consistency, George Frangos said, and consistency is what matters.
"This sport is about consistency," he said. "Anyone can get three good arrows in there, but you have to keep it up over time." Unlike some sports, kids competing last week in the national tournament had to do nothing else than register and show up. There are no qualifying competitions, however kids who placed well in this tournament as well as three other national tournaments throughout the year (senior national outdoor and indoor, and junior national indoor) will earn a national ranking that may earn them a spot on the national team or a college scholarship.
To George, the lack of qualifying tournaments is what he really likes. At each tournament his daughter, Mary, has a chance to show off her best stuff among whoever chooses to show up.
"That's the beauty of individual sports," he said. "How do you get on the Olympic softball team? In an individual sport you just show up, register and if you're good, you're good. You don't have to wait to be discovered."
During the tournament names of the top scorers in each division were placed on a white board, then rotated after each six arrows. Parents, siblings, friends, coaches and archers themselves kept their attention on the board to see where they ranked.
"This board plays more mind games on them than anything," George Frangos said. "They all want to get their name up there. The girls who aren't up there right now are probably feeling pretty bad and giving up."
Mary Frangos, although disappointed with her score after six arrows, relished in the fact that a competitor had just "thrown four 5s."
"She threw four 5s?" her dad asked.
"Well, see, she probably saw she was at the top and got cocky," he said. "It's about consistency. My daughter is a slow starter, then keeps getting better and better."
For both Mary, 13, and George the balance between being a father and daughter and coach and student can be tricky.
"It's tough," he said. "It's getting tougher. It's the age. Being a dad and a coach is kinda tough. If it was anyone else, she'd think twice before talking back."
For Mary the hard part to balance is not how she treats her dad, but deciding which hats they are wearing.
"It's hard because you don't know what he's being at different times," she said. "Usually when we're not shooting he's mostly dad, but sometimes he brings in archery."
During practice when Mary was having trouble getting her arrows in the center, she approached her dad with anxiety. "Daddy, do I put (the scope) on the low one or the high one? I kinda forgot how to set it." "Put it on the low one," George answered.
"Remember, with the altitude the arrows will fly faster because the air is thinner." Mary sighed with the attitude only a 13-year-old can muster and before walking off with an air of frustration said, "But then why are they low?"
"See, if I wasn't her dad, if I was any other coach she'd never do that."
The top archers, like in other sports, spend hours into the double digits each week practicing and extra time on conditioning and weight training. But after all the practice and preparation, it all comes back to enjoyment for all of the archers. After finding the sport, each in his or her own way, they keep coming back.
"I really can't say (what I like)," Dennison said. "It just feels good, just being out here and shooting."
This story is copyright 2003 by Shawna Hickman, Centennial Citizen. All Rights Reserved.
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Leanna Coskren is the top-scoring defenseman for the Crimson so far this season (Gil Talbot).
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The Particulars
Harvard wraps up the 2010 portion of its schedule as it travels to Durham, N.H., to take on New Hampshire Thursday night and welcomes No. 4/5 Boston University to Bright Hockey Center Friday night. The contests mark the fourth and fifth straight non-conference contests for Harvard and second and third straight Hockey East opponents.
Follow From Home
Harvard will provide live statistics for this week's games, all home games and most road contests this season. Video and live stats links can be found on the women's hockey schedule on GoCrimson.com
Series History
New Hampshire represents one of Harvard's toughest opponents, historically speaking. The Crimson trails in the all-time series, holding a 13-27-3 mark against the Wildcats. Harvard's best stretch against UNH came from 1998 to 2004 where the Crimson picked up 12 straight wins, including four during the 1998-99 season. Last year, Katharine Chute (Wayzata, Minn.) scored an early goal and Christina Kessler '10 made 24 saves to help Harvard force a 1-1 tie against the No. 4 Wildcats in Cambridge.
Harvard has a significant edge in the all-time series against Boston University, owning a 21-6-0 record against the Terriers. The Crimson is currently riding a 20-game win streak against BU and held the Terriers scoreless in nine straight games from 1986 to 2003. The last time the two teams met was in the first round of the 2009 Beanpot tournament where Harvard rolled over the Terriers by a score of 8-0. Harvard has faced the Terriers 14 times in the Beanpot and has claimed 13 of those 14 contests.
Last Time Out
A hat-trick by Boston College's Kelli Stack proved to be the difference as the Harvard women's ice hockey team dropped a 6-2 decision to the Eagles Sunday afternoon at Conte Forum.
The Crimson was unable to convert on a power-play midway through the first period but was able to solve BC goalie Molly Schaus at even strength with just less than four minutes to play. Leanna Coskren (Walpole, Mass.) found Kate Buesser (Wolfeboro, N.H.) on the doorstep and Buesser slotted home the puck to knot the score at 1-1.
The hosts imposed their will throughout the second period, netting three goals to take a 4-1 lead after two stanzas. Stack assisted on BC's fifth goal less than three minutes into the third, but Harvard got one back on the power-play to make the score 5-2. Katharine Chute slid the puck to Coskren and Coskren passed to a wide-open Josephine Pucci (Pearl River, N.Y.) who one-timed a rocket past Schaus at the 15:22 mark of third.
Keep 'Em Coming
The game against Boston University will be Harvard's sixth against a ranked opponent in its last seven contests. The Crimson is 2-4 in its six games against ranked foes this season, collecting a pair of wins in a home-and-home series with No. 9 Dartmouth. The Crimson fell to No. 7 Minnesota twice Nov. 26-28, dropped a 3-0 decision at then-No. 2 Cornell Nov. 5 and lost, 6-2, to Boston College in its last time out.
Harvard Coach Katey Stone
Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Hockey, is in her 17th season as Harvard's head coach, and she holds a 343-149-29 career record, the most all-time victories in Division I women's hockey. Stone has led Harvard to all eight of its NCAA tournament appearances and was named the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team in the summer of 2010. Stone will be facing her alma mater when Harvard takes on New Hampshire Thursday.
Crimson Captains
Leading the Crimson are three senior captains: Kate Buesser, Leanna Coskren and Liza Ryabkina (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Third Period's The Charm
Harvard has played some of its best hockey in the third periods of games so far this season. While opponents have the scoring edge in the first and second periods, the Crimson is outscoring its foes 12-8 in the third stanza. Harvard has also held its opponents to the fewest number of shots, allowing just 62 pucks on net in the third period this year.
Hold Your Fire
In 33 periods of regulation hockey so far this season, Harvard has only allowed double-digit shots nine times in a given period. Against Yale, Harvard limited the Bulldogs to 13 shots in the game including just three in the second period. Brown managed 15 total shots and fired just two on net in the second stanza. Harvard held Colgate to just two shots in the third period in a 3-1 win and also held Quinnipiac to just two shots in the third period of a 4-1 loss. The Crimson was outshot for the second time this season Nov. 20 at Dartmouth, but came away from Hanover, N.H., with a 3-2 victory.
Harvard has yet to allow more than 30 shots to an opposing team in a game this season. The Crimson is averaging 29.9 shots per game to its opponents' 21.8 and is outshooting its opponents 329-240 through 11 games. Harvard's 243 shots on goal on the season is the highest total in league play.
About New Hampshire
It has been a tale of two seasons for the Wildcats in 2010-11. After starting the season off with a 1-2 record, UNH rattled off seven straight wins, the final three of which were shutouts. The tides turned from there and the Wildcats enter the Harvard matchup on a seven-game losing skid, having faced and fallen to ranked opponents such as Boston College, Boston University and Providence. UNH has picked up six non-conference wins on the season and is undefeated in four home non-league games this season.
About Boston University
The No. 4/5 Terriers are enjoying their best start to a season in their young program history and enter the Harvard matchup riding a five-game win streak. After a narrow 5-4 loss to North Dakota kicked off the season, BU went on an 11-game unbeaten streak in which it captured eight wins. In its current stretch, BU has taken down two ranked teams in No. 6 Boston College and No. 10 Northeastern and has not allowed a goal in its last 145 minutes of action. BU currently sits in second place in Hockey East standings.
Women's Hockey Closes December Slate With New Hampshire, No. 4/5 Boston University
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An angel helps set an ambitious bishop on the right track.
During the Christmas season, Dudley, an angel in the guise of a mortal, strolls around a small town and notices Julia Brougham, the bishop's wife, gazing wistfully through a store window. Dudley follows Julia to a Christmas tree lot, where she meets her old friend, Professor Wutheridge, and expresses her sadness that her husband Henry is too busy worrying about fund raising for a new cathedral to enjoy the season with his parishioners. The professor offers Julia a contribution of an ancient Roman coin from his collection. After Julia leaves for home, Dudley purposely bumps into the professor and makes inquiries about the Broughams. When Julia arrives home, she finds Henry in a tense meeting with several important parishioners, including Mrs. Agnes Hamilton, a wealthy widow, who insists that her large contribution toward the cathedral's construction guarantee a proper memorial to her dead husband. Henry is upset by Julia's tardiness and the meeting breaks up after Mrs. Hamilton threatens to withdraw her support unless satisfied. Julia mentions seeing the professor and gives Henry the ancient coin, which he angrily dismisses as worthless. Trying to make amends for his curtness, Henry asks Julia to have lunch with him the following day as they used to do, and she delightedly agrees. After retiring to his study, however, Henry is beset by messages and demands on his time. Dismissing his assistant, Mildred Cassaway, Henry prays for guidance, and a few moments later, Dudley mysteriously arrives and informs Henry that he is an angel sent in answer to his prayer. Henry is immediately skeptical, and when Julia comes in a few moments later, Dudley introduces himself as Henry's assistant, which pleases her and upsets Henry. The next morning Henry is dismayed to see that Dudley has returned and ingratiated himself with Mildred Cassaway, the maid, Matilda, and even the family dog, Queenie. Julia is disappointed that Henry has broken their luncheon date and sadly takes their young daughter Debby to the park. After Henry departs, Dudley follows Julia and Debby to the park and helps the little girl build her confidence during a snowball fight. Dudley offers to take Julia to lunch just as Matilda inexplicably shows up to relieve her of Debby. Dudley takes Julia to Michel's, which she reveals is her favorite restaurant and is where Henry proposed to her. When they are spotted by several parish ladies, Dudley wards off gossip by inviting them to join him and Julia. Walking home later, Julia and Dudley run into the professor, who is suspicious of Dudley, yet invites them to his tiny apartment, where he admits that due to a lack of inspiration he has not worked for some time on his manuscript about ancient Rome. Dudley, who has retrieved the ancient coin from the Brougahms', returns it to the professor and piques his interest by informing him of the rare and valuable coin's unique history. Meanwhile, Henry has rescheduled his appointments so that he can make his lunch date with Julia and is annoyed to discover that she has gone out with Dudley. The next day, Dudley tells Debby the story of David, who is helped by an angel, which only vexes Henry further. Later, Henry accepts an appointment to meet with Mrs. Hamilton, knowing it will conflict with his promised appearance at choir practice at his old parish. Despite Julia's pleas, Henry insists on seeing Mrs. Hamilton, and Dudley accompanies Julia to the rehearsal. At Mrs. Hamilton's, Henry agrees to all her demands in exchange for her complete support of the cathedral but, while hastening to leave to meet Julia, finds himself stuck to a recently varnished chair. At the church, meanwhile, Rev. Miller is embarrassed by the poor turnout, but Dudley reassures him and asks the couple of boys present to begin singing. Gradually all the boys arrive and give an inspiring performance under Dudley's direction. As the still-stuck Henry fumes at Mrs. Hamilton's, Dudley and Julia catch a cab into town where Dudley purchases a hat for Julia he knows she admires. Then Dudley asks the cab driver, Sylvester, to stop at a park where a crowd is ice skating and, with Dudley's guidance, both Julia and Sylvester skate enthusiastically. Dudley and Julia return home, where Henry angrily demands that Dudley leave for good. Henry's outburst depresses Julia, and the next day, Christmas Eve, the household wonders if Dudley will ever return. After Henry and Julia leave to make calls, Dudley arrives and rewrites Henry's Christmas sermon, dictating while the typewriter takes down the new speech. Dudley then transforms the Christmas tree over which Matilda has been laboring and departs to see Mrs. Hamilton. While waiting in the wealthy woman's drawing room, Dudley discovers a hidden piece of sheet music inscribed to Mrs. Hamilton from a man who is not her husband. Dudley plays the tune on Mrs. Hamilton's harp, and she confesses that in her youth she was in love with the tune's composer, but feared poverty and rejected him. In an effort to make up for not loving her wealthy husband, she has steadfastly tried to maintain his legacy. Later, when Henry and Julia arrive, Mrs. Hamilton thanks Henry for sending Dudley to her and tells them that he has inspired her to give her money to the needy rather than build the cathedral. Utterly dismayed, Henry tells Julia he will meet her at home and, wandering into town, stops by the professor's, where he confides that Dudley is an angel who has upset everything. He apologizes for rejecting the professor's coin, which the old scholar returns to him, declaring that it has inspired him and may help Henry too. When Henry sadly reveals he believes he has lost Julia to Dudley, the professor reminds him that he is human and Dudley is not and encourages him to fight for Julia. At the Broughams' home, while Dudley and Julia stand admiring the Christmas tree, Dudley tells her it is time for him to leave, but asks her to have him stay. Disturbed by his implication, Julia tells him that he must go and hastens upstairs just as Henry arrives to challenge Dudley. Dudley is pleased that Henry has finally acknowledged that Julia is the most important thing in his life and reminds the bishop that he never prayed for a cathedral, but for guidance. He wistfully adds that it is bad when an angel envies a mortal and informs Henry that after he goes, no one will have any memory of his existence. Henry then finds himself alone in his study praying before the painting of the cathedral, and abruptly races upstairs looking for Julia, who is putting Debby to bed. They embrace and then depart for St. Timothy's where Henry delivers Dudley's Christmas sermon. Dudley listens from the street, and satisfied, departs.
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Bishops Wife
Monica Oblad 2018-12-27
I'm only sorry I missed this movie this year it happened to fall on a really bad day and time for me, getting ready for Christmas for the children. I... MORE>
And Tears Keep Flowing...
Susan Hudek 2018-12-24
I adore this movie. I've seen it more times than I can count, and own the DVD as well. No matter that at this point I could recite the dialog..I still... MORE>
Cary Grant at his charming best.
J. Douglas Miller 2018-12-01
I have loved this film ever since I first saw it. I watch it whenever it is on TCM. All of the actors were perfectly cast and their performances lend great... MORE>