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HS 2331+3905: The cataclysmic variable that has it all
UNSPECIFIED. (2005) HS 2331+3905: The cataclysmic variable that has it all. ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, 430 (2). pp. 629-642. ISSN 0004-6361
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We report detailed follow-up observations of the cataclysmic variable HS 2331+3905, identified as an emission-line object in the Hamburg Quasar Survey. An orbital period of 81.08 min is unambiguously determined from the detection of eclipses in the light curves of HS 2331+3905. A second photometric period is consistently detected at P similar or equal to 83.38 min, similar to2.8% longer than P-orb, which we tentatively relate to the presence of permanent superhumps. High time resolution photometry exhibits short-timescale variability on time scales of similar or equal to5-6 min which we interpret as non-radial white dwarf pulsations, as well as a coherent signal at 1.12 min, which is likely to be the white dwarf spin period. A large-amplitude quasi-sinusoidal radial velocity modulation of the Balmer and Helium lines with a period similar to3.5 h is persistently detected throughout three seasons of time-resolved spectroscopy. However, this spectroscopic period, which is in no way related to the orbital period, is not strictly coherent but drifts in period and/or phase on time scales of a few days. Modeling the far-ultraviolet to infrared spectral energy distribution of HS 2331+3905, we determine a white dwarf temperature of T-eff similar or equal to 10 500 K ( assuming M-wd = 0.6 M-circle dot), close to the ZZCeti instability strip of single white dwarfs. The spectral model implies a distance of d = 90 +/- 15 pc, and a low value for the distance is supported by the large proper motion of the system, mu = 0.14" yr(-1). The non-detection of molecular bands and the low J, H, and K fluxes of HS 2331+3905 make this object a very likely candidate for a brown-dwarf donor.
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Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
Journal or Publication Title: | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS |
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Official Date: | February 2005 |
Volume: | 430 |
Number: | 2 |
Number of Pages: | 14 |
Page Range: | pp. 629-642 |
Identification Number: | 10.1051/0004-6361:20041736 |
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HOLYOKE – Sporting a bright green and orange mohawk Thomas Delong, 9, of South Hadley watched the 2012 Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade roll by on Cherry Street.
"I come every year," he said. " This time I used some spray stuff that I got at iParty to make my hair green and orange for the parade."
Holyoke Police Chief James M. Nieswanger said mid-parade there have been no problems.
"The crowds have been well behaved and everybody has been very welcoming as I march in my first parade," he said. "The parade is huge and the crowds are fantastic."
Spectators crowded the streets of Holyoke and cheered as hundreds of marchers and floats passed them by during the 61st annual parade.
"I'm living the dream," said parade president Russell McNiff Jr. He waved and walked the parade route along with many of this year's award winners.
Kevin O'Hara, the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Award winner for 2012, was thrilled by the crowd and honored to be a part of the parade.
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The JFK Award is presented annually to an American of Irish decent who has distinguished themselves in their chosen profession. O'Hara has written books including "Lucky Irish Lad," and Last of the Donkey Pilgrims." He just retired after more then 30 years as a psychiatric nurse at Berkshire Medical Center.
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Maeve and Madden O'Sullivan ages 7 and 4 and Molly Delaney, 7, all of East Longmeadow cheered as the bands and floats passed by. Wearing bright green and white furry legwarmers the girls had front row seats on Northampton Street.
"I like seeing the cheerleaders," Maeve O'Sullivan said.
"I like the whole parade," Molly Delaney added.
Ray Feyre, organizer for the parade, said the event has been a big success this year.
"The floats are a big attraction, but so are the bands and the local groups that march. It's just a great experience all around," he said. "We are thrilled to have such a good turnout every year."
Parade Grand Marshal Barry Farrell Jr. said this year's crowd is especially large.
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Sad circumstances: A homeless man sitting on a Kuala Lumpur street. 'It''s not that they're lazy. They are exhausted,' says a social worker. 'As if the cold and rain are not bad enough, they are also under constant threat of being robbed, assaulted or shooed away.' — Reuters
The ever-growing number of homeless people highlights the need for a policy that protects their interests and looks after their welfare and security.
She refers to them as her "sisters" but the five women living with Ruby (not her real name) in her rented home in Petaling Jaya were homeless and living on the street when she invited them into her home a few years ago.
"They had nowhere to go. I'd met them on the streets over the last few years, either loitering around my neighbourhood or near the hospital where I go for my check-up.
"In the beginning, I'd bring them food and clothes a few times a week but after getting to know them a bit more, I felt I could and must do more. I was living on my own and had more than enough space and so I decided to take them on as boarders," says Ruby, a 60-year-old former teacher.
The women she houses are all aged between 40 and 55. The circumstances that led to them living on the streets are different for each but they are all vulnerable and share a sense of abandonment.
Kesthuri, 53, was turned out by her sister who couldn't cope with her mental health issues. Aida, who looks to be in her 70s, has no recollection of who she is or if she has any family (Ruby fondly gave her the name Aida after a dear friend). Jessica ran away from an abusive husband and was too embarrassed to return home as her family blames her for the unsuccessful marriage.
The one thing the women have in common is that they all don't have families or friends to whom they feel they can turn to.
This, observes Justin Cheah from non-profit organisation Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) which provides food and basic medical care for the homeless and urban poor, is a common thread among the homeless.
Cheah contends that while the general perception of homelessness is that it is a self-inflicted problem rooted in complacency or laziness, most people who end up on the streets are victims of circumstance – personal, social or economic.
Rarely, he points out, do people who experience homelessness ask the public for money; in fact, not all are jobless – many work as cleaners or security guards or in restaurants but they just earn way below minimum wage and cannot afford the high rentals in the city.
"People assume they are lazy because they see them sleeping on five-foot ways or at bus stops during the day. But it's not that they're lazy. They are exhausted. It's not easy living on the streets ... as if the cold and rain are not bad enough, they are also under constant threat of being robbed, assaulted or shooed away from their 'living spaces' and have to look out for each other's safety.
"They rarely get a good night's sleep and feel safer sleeping in the day time. Many of them can't hold on to their jobs because they are just too exhausted to work having had no sleep at night," explains Cheah. He has been working with the homeless via KSK since 2007.
According to a 2010 street census by the Social Welfare Department, there are some 1,378 homeless people in Kuala Lumpur alone. This figure, however, is merely an estimate because the two-month survey, carried out with the co-operation of non-governmental organisations (NGO), was a broad-scale sampling.
Harsh stereotypes
The problem is largely misunderstood, asserts Rayna Rusenko, a policy researcher who has been working for the past three years with NGO Food Not Bombs.
"People who are homeless are largely blamed for (it). The media and public perpetuate myths about homeless women and men, branding them as being unmotivated people who are a burden to society.
"Stereotypes like this are harsh and inspire prejudice against people experiencing homelessness. No one has complete control over the events and outcomes in their lives. All human beings are just as flawed as they are gifted," says Rusenko, whose paper Homelessness, Human Insecurities And The Government Agenda In Malaysia was recently published in the Asian Journal Of Social Science.
Ruby and Cheah are among the few good samaritans and NGOs who have taken it upon themselves to address the issue of homelessness by providing them food, clothing, medical assistance and shelter.
This, observes Rusenko, marks not only concern among Malaysians about people who experience homelessness but also a willingness to address the problem.
The aid provided by NGOs and samaritans is essential in helping people experiencing homelessness with their day-to-day survival.
Rusenko feels it is, however, essential for government to address the issues that underlie the problem of homelessness in Malaysia, such as enforcement and review of the minimum wage order and labour-related laws that leave workers vulnerable to exploitation or introducing unemployment or under-employment aid programmes that can supplement the income of people unable to earn an adequate monthly income.
Unfortunately, such public policy is a long way off judging by a recent statement by Women Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Rohani Kassim, who said the generosity of Malaysians was a contributing factor to the problem of homelessness in the country.
'Generosity to blame'
She was quoted as saying last week that "The issue of beggars in this country has never been entirely solved despite all efforts and enforcement taken by government agencies. Public generosity is a major contributor to the increasing number of beggars and due to this, groups of destitute individuals become bolder and continue their activities and way of life.
"There are NGOs that provide food and feed the less fortunate in certain areas around Kuala Lumpur. It is certainly not an offence if people like to help but it's preferable that help is directed through the appropriate channel so that the goods, money and services can really be beneficial to those in need.
"The practice of preparing and feeding the homeless and beggars should be corrected and adjusted to prevent the influx of these people in the capital."
Cheah counters that those who are homeless often have little choice but to live or spend most of their time in public spaces.
"Who would choose to live out in the hot sun or rain? These people all have sad stories which have resulted in them living on the streets. We get to hear all sorts of stories.
"Some of them are ex-convicts who aren't welcome or don't want to go home, some are victims of domestic abuse who have run away from home, some were cheated and have lost all their money and are too embarrassed to return home, some just got mixed up with the wrong crowd and got into drugs, some have mental health issues which make it hard for them to keep a job.
"There are also many who are foreigners who are stuck without a visa and can't get employment.
"There really is no single reason why people end up on the streets. It could happen to anyone. What the homeless need is help to get back on their feet. This isn't as simple as finding them jobs. A lot of them need a lot more help. Most of them have a lot of baggage ... a lot of issues which they will have to work through before they can actually hold a job. They need help, whether it is psychological or psychiatric counselling," says Cheah.
Rusenko, who strongly disagrees with the minister's statements, says the first step to tackling the problem of homelessness is understanding the root issues that underlie the problem. Income insecurity, housing insecurities, low wages and poor labour conditions are a few key issues that need to be dealt with.
"Disparities that prevent rural or poor communities from accessing education, employment or upward mobility leaves some youth with little choice but to migrate to urban areas in search of work to support their families.
"Also, people with addiction disorders, mental illness or developmental disabilities are vulnerable to being homeless as few people have access to accurate diagnosis or quality treatment. The social stigma surrounding mental and psychological health issues add to the judgment against them and the challenges they face.
"These and other insecurities stem from social and economic problems.
"It is unrealistic to expect that people who are struggling with homelessness can tackle such hardships on their own," she stresses.
Homeless, not hopeless
Homelessness has its roots in poverty and social exclusion. Although homelessness is fundamentally a problem brought on by poverty – where people have insufficient income to pay for housing or basic needs – the solution requires much more than just finding them jobs, says Cheah.
"Many of them suffer from depression, mental illness and addiction. Many are unemployed, ill, have gone through family break-ups or are victims of abuse. Then there are those who are old and have no families to turn to. They need more than just charity. We need public policies and comprehensive strategies to help improve their circumstances which will get them off the streets," he points out.
In Malaysia, homeless people come under the purview of the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, in particular its Social Welfare Department.
The department often works with other government agencies such as the police, City Hall, the Labour Department as well as the National Anti-Drug Agency in joint operations to get the homeless off the streets and into welfare homes or institutions, some of which offer skills training to those who can work.
The ministry initiated the setting up of Anjung Singgah, a temporary shelter for the homeless. It provides food and shelter and aims to help those experiencing homelessness get back on their feet by preparing them for the workforce and finding them employment where possible.
Run by the National Welfare Foundation (an auxiliary body aligned with the ministry), the centres are open to anyone except those with substance abuse problems or transmittable diseases – these groups will be referred to the relevant agencies for treatment and help.
Anjung Singgah works with the National Anti-Drug Agency, the Health Ministry and the Labour Dept among other agencies to provide holistic support for the homeless. There are currently three such centres – one each in Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Kuching, with one in Penang due to open very soon.
"Bear in mind, Anjung Singgah is not a rehabilitation centre, a refuge or a protection centre. We are a temporary shelter. So we don't accept those with substance abuse problems," says National Welfare Foundation CEO Datuk Rafek Abdullah.
"People who are homeless but are healthy and show that they can work – not drug addicts or alcoholics – are welcome. They have to be screened for us to find out what job we can match them to. We try and get them a job within two weeks unless the counsellors say they need more than two weeks. Some of them are depressed and have other social problems and so we let them stay for a month so they get more counselling," he adds.
Rusenko feels the shelter programme's approach may not ultimately be all that helpful.
"Anjung Singgah offers a bare minimum of resources to people who have been experiencing homelessness, little more than a bed, food, and employment referrals," she says. "It advocates 'self-reliance' through work as a solution to homelessness but the reality is that the jobs it introduces – most of which are concentrated in security, car washes, and other low-income positions – provide no exit from income and housing insecurity.
"It is overly optimistic to expect that 'productive' work will fix homelessness when the quality of jobs is so low. Moreover, such an employment-centred approach is too narrow.
"Homelessness is a complex issue. While many people are unemployed, there are multiple other factors to consider too ... debt, chronic illness, trauma, the need to support family ... There needs to be a long-term programme or plan to ensure that a plurality of factors can be addressed together."
Issues that contribute to the problem of homelessness need to be addressed, such as living and housing costs, low wages, poor labour conditions, as well as rural and urban disparities that limit access to education, employment and upward mobility for those from rural areas.
"Malaysia has no national system for unemployment assistance despite the fact that many retrenched workers do not receive compensation through private employment contracts. The Social Welfare Department offers only limited financial assistance to persons unable to earn a living wage, such as single mothers, senior citizens and people with disabilities.
"Unemployed people are at a high risk of losing assets and falling into poverty. Public policies or programmes to supplement the income of those unable to earn an adequate monthly salary are necessary," says Rusenko, who has also worked with homeless communities in Japan.
Rusenko feels that while the Women, Family and Community Development Ministry encourages families to be responsible for the welfare of their members and take care of each other, the situation on the ground indicates that this policy is not realistic.
The first order for policy makers would seem to be: stop blaming those who are experiencing homelessness for their situation and get to the actual root of the problem.
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MILWAUKEE--It's almost as if there are two Ryan Brauns.
There's Ryan Braun, the offensive prodigy, a slugger who never blinked an eye when facing major league pitching for the first time and seemingly could do whatever he wanted at the plate.
Then there's Ryan Braun, third baseman-in-training, capable of making errors on the easiest of plays while also showing his athleticism with web gems on occasion.
Add it all up, and the offensive fireworks—not to mention his future potential—overshadow the defensive shortcomings to make Braun the 2007 Baseball America Rookie of the Year. It also makes the Brewers determined to keep Braun at third base until proven otherwise.
"He shouldn't even look at a bat this winter," manager Ned Yost said at the end of the season. "Instead, he should take 100, 150 ground balls a day.
"That's where he really needs to work and focus his game. He's so good offensively, he's so talented, he's such a natural offensive player. He has MVP qualities, but his defense has to be tightened up. It's a matter of repetition and experience over there."
When they selected Braun with the fifth pick of the 2005 first-year player draft, the Brewers knew he needed fine-tuning at third base. After playing short most of his life, the Los Angeles-area native shifted to third for his junior year at Miami to help make the team stronger.
That draft included three coveted college third basemen among the first five picks. The Royals took Nebraska's Alex Gordon second overall, the Nationals tabbed Virginia's Ryan Zimmerman fourth, and the Brewers were more than happy to get Braun at No. 5.
"You always knew he would be a pretty good player," Brewers scouting director Jack Zduriencik says. "We wouldn't have taken him No. 5 in the country if we didn't feel that way.
"But, honestly, for anybody to do what he has done this quickly is a pleasant surprise. To see him doing the things he has been doing, we're all proud."
Brief Stop For Seasoning
Even though Braun, 23, had not played above the Double-A level, the Brewers actually thought about keeping him on their roster at the end of spring training. Veteran Corey Koskie was still sidelined with post-concussion syndrome—he wound up missing the entire season—leaving a void at that position.
Braun served notice of things to come by socking two home runs, including a grand slam, and driving in seven runs in his very first exhibition game. But he also made some egregious throwing errors during camp, and club officials decided it best to send him to Triple-A Nashville for further seasoning.
The Brewers opened the season with a platoon of veterans, Craig Counsell and Tony Graffanino, at third base, but both struggled mightily at the plate over the first two months. Meanwhile, Braun was taking apart Pacific Coast League pitching, batting .344/.418/.701 with 10 home runs and 22 RBIs in 34 games.
Unable to wait any longer, the Brewers summoned Braun on May 25 and plugged him into the starting lineup. All they were asking of him was to bat third for a club leading the National League Central Division and looking for its first playoff berth in 25 years.
"I really wouldn't want it any other way," Braun says. "I couldn't envision coming into a better situation, just the atmosphere here, being on a winning team. It has been real exciting for me.
"I've said it before. Batting between J.J. (Hardy) and Prince (Fielder), two all-stars, makes it a lot easier."
Sometimes, it seemed too easy. Braun was white-hot from the outset, batting .350/.391/.667 with 11 home runs and 32 RBIs in 40 games leading into the all-star break.
Batting ahead of NL home run champ Fielder no doubt helped, but Braun seemed impervious to slumps, rarely going more than a game or two without a hit. When the smoke off his bat cleared at the end of the season, he had hit .324/.370/.634 in 113 games, with 26 doubles, six triples, 34 homers and 97 RBIs.
Braun obliterated the club rookie records of 28 home runs and 81 RBIs, set over a full season by Fielder in 2006. His slugging percentage was the highest by a rookie in major league history (minimum 400 at-bats), easily topping the mark of .618 established by Oakland's Mark McGwire in 1987.
Allowing a lefthanded pitcher to face the righthanded-hitting Braun proved to be a recipe for disaster for opponents. He absolutely crushed lefties, batting .450/.516/.964 with eight doubles, two triples, 15 homers and 35 RBIs in 111 at-bats.
"There's a lot of good stuff there," says Brewers first-year hitting coach Jim Skaalen, who worked with Braun in the minors. "He's got tremendously quick hands and really hits through the ball.
"He stays on the ball as well as anyone we've got. You watch his swing in slow motion and it's so long after contact, which is what we try to get everybody to do."
Braun's offensive exploits were so stunning that it allowed him to jump in with a very strong rookie-of-the-year field, including Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and Arizona center fielder Chris Young, both of whom played the full year in the majors. Houston outfielder Hunter Pence started the year in the minors but came up a month before Braun.
Braun reached 20 homers in 64 games, the fastest in the majors since Albert Pujols did it in 63 games in 2001. He was fastest to 25 and 30 homers (82 and 94 games) since McGwire (77 and 84) in 1986 and '87.
Was it really just four years ago that Braun was Baseball America's Freshman of the Year at Miami?
"I really don't think I could have asked for much more," Braun says. "You always want to contribute. I tried to be as consistent as possible and contribute to wins.
"It's a matter of being able to make adjustments. You face pitchers over and over and they try to get you out with what they see as your weaknesses. I feel I was able to make adjustments throughout the year."
Defense Is Still A Problem
Unfortunately for Braun, as his offensive numbers piled up, so did his errors. He finished with 26 errors in 111 starts at third base, including one dreadful three-error game against San Diego in the final series of the season.
Braun finished with a .895 fielding percentage. Suffice it to say that any fielding percentage that doesn't start with a "9" is not one to be proud of.
"I think Braunie's biggest problem is reading the ball off the bat," says Brewers coach Dale Sveum, a former big league third baseman who spent countless hours working with the rookie. "He's gotten a lot better on the routine plays, has gotten a lot better with his throws.
"He's a very good athlete. He's working very hard at it. It gets easier when you learn to slow the game down. That comes with the territory. It wasn't like we brought him up and didn't think some of these things would happen. Obviously, he's a very special young man. He has worked his butt off defensively. He's going to get better, no doubt about it."
Some scouts insist the Brewers must move Braun to a corner spot in the outfield, that he'll never smooth out enough to be a proficient third baseman. But critics said the same thing about second baseman Rickie Weeks at the outset of the 2006 season, when he kicked more balls than Mia Hamm.
But, through hard work and athleticism, Weeks turned himself into a respectable player at that position. No Gold Glover, but enough so that he's no longer a liability.
Sveum believes Braun will do likewise, and points to the fact that Braun played in a mere 199 games in the minors before being called up. When you take the bullet train to the majors, all of your warts will be exposed—and soon.
"He hasn't played a lot of third base. We tend to forget that," Sveum says. "Most of us who get to the big leagues have played 400 to 500 games at the same position in the minors. He hasn't played a lot of games out there.
"We threw him out there in a very difficult position, asked him to carry us offensively and learn a new position at the big league level. It looks easy but it isn't when you're over there. That's why the call it the hot corner. He already has gotten better."
You don't have to spend more than a few minutes with Braun to realize he is brimming with confidence. Defensive hiccups might set back a mentally fragile player, but Braun understands he must improve in the field and is determined to do so.
After all, when you can hit like he can, you don't have to be Brooks Robinson to earn your keep.
"For me, obviously, I need to find a way to separate my offense from my defense," he says. "Sometimes that's hard to do when you struggle defensively. You feel like you have to make it up offensively because that's the only other thing you've got.
"It's only my second full (professional) year of playing third base. I don't expect to be perfect but I certainly expect to be better than I have been. I have to continue to work hard and hopefully I'll improve.
"You learn to deal with failure, mentally and physically. It's an emotional roller coaster, for both you and the team. It's such a long season, you're going to have ups and downs. It's definitely a good experience and I feel I learned a lot this year. I want to use that to my advantage in the future."


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It's just horrible! Why would you want to teach a child that "love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always hopes always perseveres. Love never fails."
Yup, your bound to get a homicidal maniac with a message like that. A much better message would be, "you came from gooo, by chance. You came from monkeys, there is no purpose for your existence except to procreate. Only the strongest will survive."
Yup, for sure, everyone will be better off when we realize that we are all just descendants from animals and the sooner we realize that and start treating each other like the animals, the sooner we will all be at peace.
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Crosby's goal, assist lead Penguins in shutout of Capitals
Even Sidney Crosby acknowledged his goal — and the lickety-split series of passes that led up to it — was ''fun'' and ''one of the nicer ones.''
Crosby delivered that highlight-reel goal and an assist to get the better of a quiet Alex Ovechkin in the past league MVPs' first matchup as division rivals, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended a three-game road losing streak by beating the Washington Capitals 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Crosby's one-timer from a tough angle while leaning on his left knee capped quite a sequence of touches from Evgeni Malkin at the point to Chris Kunitz in the slot to James Neal slightly behind the net to Crosby in the left circle. When the puck flew past goalie Braden Holtby with 29 seconds left in the third period to make it 3-0, Crosby raised his fists, threw his head back and let out a yell.
''It's tough to get those,'' Crosby said. ''Teams know where everybody is on the ice. To get that many quick passes in - you enjoy those, because you don't see those too often. It's right up there.''
Even Holtby sounded impressed afterward.
''For Crosby to one-time that one off his off-wing, put it where he did — guys like that are going to score goals,'' Holtby said, pursing his lips and shaking his head.
With Pittsburgh ''smothering'' Washington, as Penguins coach Dan Bylsma put it, Marc-Andre Fleury needed to make only 18 saves for his second shutout this season and 25th in the NHL.
''It was not our day at all — on power play, PK, 5-on-5,'' said Ovechkin, who hit a post early but otherwise was mostly held in check. ''That kind of games happen.''
Pittsburgh wound up with 40 shots. Paul Martin, off a pass from Crosby, and Beau Bennett, with an assist from Malkin, scored less than 5 1/2 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead in a first period it dominated. Neal tacked on the Penguins' fourth goal 7:16 into the final period.
The Penguins beat the Capitals for the fifth time in a row.
Washington had been playing its best hockey of the season, going into Wednesday with three consecutive wins overall, and six straight at home.
Pittsburgh and Washington came in as the top two clubs in the new Metropolitan Division. The last time they played each other as members of the same division was 1993.
''It was a game you were looking forward to, a team that you want to beat,'' Capitals coach Adam Oates said. ''A measuring stick.''
There was a time when Crosby and Ovechkin dominated the NHL — with their slick play on the ice and by drawing plenty of attention off it — and their rivalry meant games between the Penguins and Capitals were must-see affairs. That included an exciting seven-game playoff series won by Pittsburgh in 2009, when each star scored eight goals.
Over the next few seasons, though, Crosby's injuries and Ovechkin's suddenly sporadic scoring diminished the attraction of the matchup.
Both appear to be back at the height of their powers: Ovechkin, who won his third Hart Trophy last season as NHL MVP, entered the day tied for the league lead with 17 goals, while 2007 MVP Crosby was tied for the points lead.
''There's always those kind of little matchups in the game that as a player you realize are there. That's just kind of a natural thing happening. You're used to it. These ones, there's a few more eyes on the games,'' said Crosby, who scored his 11th goal. ''I don't think that's a bad thing. I think it brings out the best in everyone.''
Notes: Washington's power play entered the day ranked second in the NHL at 24 percent, but went 0 for 3. ... The Capitals have been shut out twice in their past 16 games after going without a goal just once last season. ... The Penguins won all three games against the Capitals last season, Pittsburgh's first sweep against Washington since 2006-07. ... Pittsburgh hasn't dropped four consecutive road games since a skid from Dec. 29, 2009, to Jan. 3, 2010. ... Malkin began the game with a league-high 10 assists in November. ... Six of the teams' preceding eight games in Washington were decided by one goal.
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Just wanted to comment on your question. I have successfully unschooled 2 high schoolers(both boys) and I have to say it wasn't by choice but by necessity. Or I should say that God led us to this path. Every time we tried to homeschool in the conventional method, some life changing event would happen that led to us being very flexible in learning. (I pretty much left it up to them).
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Proposals for Part II / Diploma Projects 2005-2006These proposals are not of uniform complexity. If some seem less challenging than others, then they're probably more appropriate for Diploma students than Part II candidates -- though of course they're all open ended and you ought to be able to extend them all into first class pieces of work.
*** Any projects marked with stars are currently being attempted by (or at least have been chosen by) another students. Although it's not forbidden, it is seldom wise to do the same project as someone else unless you can put a radically different spin on it. You'll both suffer from the comparison :-( Su Doku assistantSolving So Doku puzzles by computer (by brute force or otherwise) isn't especially interesting. Setting them using a computer is more of a challenge, since they need to be soluble and meet various ethical criteria for the nature of the solution. This project is not unrelated to this last issue -- what this project proposes is an assistant that will offer suggestions to a human solver so that they can progress when they get stuck on a puzzle. These suggestions need to be couched in terms that the solver will understand such as, `have you considered where a 3 can be placed in the bottom left corner?'. Ideally the assistant would analyse the solution the human has so far and deduce which tactics they knew and hence make suggestions for progress that were couched in terms of their current abilities, teaching new and more complex logical deductions only when it was necessary. The assistant could then be used to assess the difficulty of puzzles, is 'difficult' in The Guardian at a lower level than 'fiendish' in The Times or not ? CAPTCHA solvingCaptchas (or HIPs) are supposed to distinguish computers and humans (see http://www.captcha.net) Unfortunately many of them are very poorly designed and will fall to very simple image processing procedures. Recent work by Chellapilla et al has shown that computers are in fact better than humans! at picking out distorted characters, and the real challenge is to separate the glyphs. However, there's a whole heap of CAPTCHAs, notably in spam challenge response systems which are often just text against a hatched background. See here for what currently seems to be possible. What would be interesting would be to extend this work, or perhaps to develop a `proof of concept' program that parses incoming email and automatically deals with the challenge-response within it! [you can tell that like John Levine I consider challenge-response part of the problem and not part of the solution to spam.] Determining where email has come fromThe path email takes through the Internet is recorded in "Received" headers. By working methodically through these, and taking an informed view about what can be trusted, it is possible to determine the true source of an email (or at least where to make further enquiries about that source). This is of interest in many situations, for example when reporting "spam"; when contacting people whose machines are infected by viruses or when tracking down the senders of scam emails such as those involved in advanced fee fraud (419/Nigerian). In simple cases, parsing headers is easy, but it can become complicated. Some of the issues are outlined in this section of the training course I've taught to police SPOCs (Single Points of Contact) on Traceability. Though the notes suggest that automating the process is hard, it does seem to be a viable project to propose. For example, by clever use of MX records and other DNS access it might be possible to have a serious stab at a system that at the very least can indicate a small number of alternative sources. 419 email Bingo!This is a simple project on the 419 scam theme that might suit a Diploma student. In order to ensure that people are not taken in by these emails some effective end-user education is required. The idea is to develop a Bingo style game to be played with these emails. A web application is needed that will process one of these emails and fill in squares depending on details such as the country, name of the famous dictator, number of millions of dollars etc. One might imagine colleagues playing against each other to see which one can shout House! (or perhaps Fraud!) first. An attractive game would be of interest to all those creating 419 information sites because of its properties as a meme to spread information about these scams. Tracking changes to websitesThe Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 includes provisions (not yet in force) which can require people to hand over their encryption keys (see s49). Under some special circumstances outlined in s53 you can be required to keep secret that your keys have been compromised in this way. It is generally understood that nothing in RIP prevents one from revoking ones key, however, if asked one would commit an offence by revealing why. This has led a number of people to provide carefully worded statements about their revocation policies on their websites: It would be interesting to build a web-based system that would enable people to register their statements. A robot would then check these statements on a daily basis to determine if they had changed in any significant way. If they had changed then the owner would be contacted to determine if the change was intentional -- and in the meantime the community would be altered. The project will require the development of parsing tools rich enough to spot changes, along with a database and suitable data entry tools so that people can register details of their statements. Attention needs to be paid to privacy and security issues throughout. Cryptanalysis of the M-209The same technique that worked on Enigma (see below) may also work on the M-209. Dennis Ritchie describes something similar on his web page, but omits (as the page explains) all the details. See: Dennis Ritchie, Dabbling in the Cryptographic World -- A Story This project has been attempted in the past -- and it didn't go too well. However, it did turn up a hand-driven cryptanalytic method, which turns out to have some interesting twists when one attempts to implement it on a machine. There may be some mileage in looking more deeply into this. Signed faxesAlthough email is the medium of choice for much communication, sometimes recipients feel happier with a fax because they get a copy of the sender's signature. A well-known example of this strange approach to authentication is the University whose Ordinances often prescribe that requests must be made in writing. They currently interpret this to include signed faxes but not emails. It would convenient to allow busy academics to use email to submit documents such as calls for discussions or Regent House votes, whilst meeting the requirements of the Old Schools. The project is to develop an email to fax system that will incorporate a previously stored signature into the document that is sent. The easy way to obtain signatures is by processing scanned pictures, or indeed a signature sent from a real fax machine. For obvious reasons, security is of prime importance to this project and it will be necessary to develop a security policy and show how the resulting system adheres to this policy. This project was attempted in 2002-2003, but the Diploma student who attempted it did not quite manage to develop a complete system, though a number of necessary components were designed and built. It would be suitable for both Diploma and Part II students to attempt again. For historical interest: old proposalsThese projects have been done in the past. For all sorts of reasons they're not suitable for repeating unchanged. However, I might be prepared to supervise something similar but different.


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A teenager was shot dead after crashing a stolen car into a Bakersfield police patrol car, and now his mom is suing the city as well as Bakersfield police officers.
Police said 15-year-old Traveon John Avila was shot by Bakersfield police officers Timothy Berchtold and Noah Landers on July 9, 2010 in the 1400 block of Windsor Street.
Bakersfield Police Department Sgt. Mary DeGeare said Avila led the officers on a car chase after the officers tried to stop him for driving a stolen vehicle.
The chase ended on a dead-end street where Avila attempted to back the car into the officers as they walked up to him. That's when they shot Avila multiple times, killing him, according to DeGeare.
According to the complaint, Avila's mother, Yetunda Wright, states that the police officers had no probable cause to stop Avila and that it violated his 4th Amendment rights.
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Stockholm has four airports and one main train station. The sheer diversity of points of entry might be confusing to some, but not to your loyal budget travel wizards at EuroCheapo. We'll tell you how to get in from airports and train station into the Swedish capital.
Getting Into Stockholm
Stockholm is blessed with four airports.
Arlanda Airport
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Arlanda, Stockholm's largest airport, sits 42km (26 miles) to the north of Stockholm city center. Arlanda is Sweden's biggest airport, serving a mind-numbing tally of airlines and routes. Arlanda is the airport you'll most likely utilize in flights to or from Stockholm.
The fastest and most convenient way to get between central Stockholm and Arlanda is to take the Arlanda Express train. The Arlanda Express journey lasts 20 minutes and costs SEK 200. A roundtrip ticket costs SEK 380, though discounts for roundtrip tickets can be had for journeys transpiring within two-hour (SEK 220) and six-hour (SEK 280) periods.
Flygbussarna also operates a bus shuttle between Arlanda and T-Centralen. The journey lasts 40 minutes and costs SEK 99 for a one-way ticket and SEK 179 for a round-trip ticket.
See our flights guide to budget flights from Arlanda.
Bromma Airport
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Bromma mostly handles domestic air traffic. In fact, unless you're flying between Stockholm and the island of Gotland, it is unlikely that you will utilize Bromma. This is a shame, because Bromma is quite close to Stockholm, just 8km (5 miles) to the west of the central city.
There is a direct Flygbussarna bus from T-Centralen to Bromma Airport, which takes 15 minutes. It costs SEK 69 for a single journey and SEK 130 for a roundtrip journey.
Skavsta Airport
Quite a hike from central Stockholm, Skavsta lies 100km (63 miles) to the south of Stockholm. Skavsta is a small airport. In addition to Ryanair, it services a handful of additional charter and budget airlines.
The Flygbussarna bus line coordinates its journeys with Ryanair departures. It travels to and from T-Centralen. A one-way journey between Skavsta and T-Centralen costs SEK 150. A roundtrip journey costs SEK 249.
See our flights section for budget flights from Skavsta.
Västerås Airport
Västerås is another far-flung airport, situated 110km (69 miles) to the northwest of central Stockholm. To travel between Västerås and Stockholm by train, you must connect with a local bus (#941) to the train station and catch a train from there into central Stockholm.
An easier method involves relying on the Flygbussarna bus line, which connects between Västerås and the T-Centralen station. Bus journeys are coordinated with Ryanair flights. A one-way journey between Västerås and T-Centralen costs SEK 150 and a roundtrip journey costs SEK 249.
See our budget flights guide for cheap flights from Vasteras.
From T-Centralen (main train station)
T-Centralen is conveniently located close to the center of Stockholm and also functions as the main hub for Stockholm's three metro lines. Arriving at T-Centralen pretty much puts you at the center of Stockholm, one metro stop from Gamla Stan and two metro stops from Södermalm.