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With its mountainous geography and turbulent history Montenegro is a microcosm of the Balkans. Throughout its history Montenegro was known in Europe for its fierce tribes and blood feuds. For centuries, it has been the meeting point and battleground of Muslim (Ottoman) and Catholic (Venetian and Austrian) empires. In recent years, however, Montenegro has surprised those who expected it to be torn apart by internal conflict.
Montenegro is Europe's youngest state, having achieved independence in the summer of 2006. It hasn't made much news since. For a country which was once feared to turn into a failed state in a troubled region, this, in itself, is remarkable.
Of the six former Yugoslav republics, Montenegro was the only one (since 1989) to have avoided violent conflict on its territory. It is a country without an ethnic majority; it is home to two Orthodox churches; and its national currency is the euro. Its 620,000 citizens include Orthodox Montenegrins and Orthodox Serbs, Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic and Muslim Albanians, as well as some Croats and other minorities.
When Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008, the conflict between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians once again captured the attention of the world's media. It is with concern that the international community looks at a crisis region whose relative calm in recent years was secured by a huge deployment of KFOR and UN peacekeeping forces.
What does independence mean for Kosovo's stability? What kind of future awaits this new country? What challenges must the future EU mission tackle in order to solve the country's problems? The documentary approaches these questions by focusing on one of Kosovo's central problems – the catastrophic state of its economy, with the highest rates of unemployment in Europe, especially among women and young people.
Communist Albania of Hoxha was a fortress state, seeing enemies everywhere. There were regular purges, the death penalty was applied, and there were a large number of political prisoners. There were thousands of executions of political enemies and of enemies of communism. Albanians did not have the right to a passport until May 1990.
Two decades later Albania has undergone a dramatic transformation. And yet, few countries in Europe are less understood than this Adriatic republic. Gratuitous violence, organised crime, human trafficking, blood feuds and grinding poverty are the images that first come to mind when the country is mentioned. This is not all due to the particular ferocity of Enver Hoxha's communism. The first post-communist decade has also produced its fair share of dark images, culminating in the anarchy of 1997. It is this dark and difficult legacy which makes the story of Albania's recent transformation all the more remarkable.
The film focuses on Macedonia's north-western region, inhabited by the Albanian minority. In 2001 this was the site of a conflict between ethnic Macedonians and Albanians, which produced armed clashes. Only thanks to determined intervention on the part of the international community was a civil war averted. The Ohrid framework agreement, which sealed the peace and set up guidelines for a peaceful coexistence between ethnic groups, became one of the most important success stories of European policy in the Balkans.
The film traces the roots of the conflict, using individual stories to describe realities that confront the people of the region to this day. It illustrates not only political and social events, but also the impressive cultural diversity that characterises this multiethnic state, a product of centuries of coexistence between Orthodox and Islamic cultures. Ohrid, one of the earliest centres of Slavic culture, and Tetovo, Macedonia's second largest city – in which Muslim Albanians form the majority – are a window into a culturally heterogeneous country.
Bosnia - A miracle which does not shine
Twelve years after its vicious war, Bosnia and Herzegovina has changed to a tremendous extent. It has seen the large-scale return of displaced persons, the restitution of property and a comprehensive process of demilitarisation. Freedom of movement has been restored. Interethnic violence has largely disappeared. Bosnia remains isolated, however, with few of its citizens feeling optimistic about their future.
This film follows a team of young researchers (Bosnians and foreigners) as they try to discover how much Bosnia has changed. Their journey takes them to the former concentration camps, to Central Bosnia, which has seen some of the worst massacres of the war, and to Doboj, a former frontline town (and infamous former hotbed of Serb nationalism) in Republika Srpska. They talk to the captain of the Bosnian national football team, to rappers and musicians, to an Orthodox bishop and a Franciscan brother, to the Slovak diplomat who still has ultimate power in the county, and to people struggling with the trauma of war.
Serbia is a divided country, and the border runs right through people's heads. On the one hand, there are people like Milorad Mirčić, who does not think rock 'n' roll has any political relevance. The deputy leader of the Serbian Radical Party also believes that the overthrow of the Milošević regime in 2000 was a coup d'état organised by the Americans. He calls reports of the genocide in Srebrenica "propaganda".
The IT industry, the 1989 uprising, trendy fashion from Timişoara, Ceauşescu's death, salary increases for the workers at Dacia, former Securitate members as entrepreneurs, the desire for Nike and Adidas, a memorial to the victims of Communism, the soup kitchen for those who cannot afford Western European prices, and images of murder victims. The documentary on Romania consists of a series of rapid cuts between very different images. Generally speaking, this film is about the "unfinished revolution" – the fact that although dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu was executed in 1989, the same elites remained at the top and the secret service Securitate continued to control the fate of the Romanian people.
Bulgaria - The long revolution
They still resemble delicate fairies when they dance. Watching these ballet dancers, one cannot help but remember the days of Communism when Bulgaria's female track and field athletes swept the board in international competitions. The only difference is that today the girls in Sofia's dance school smile more often as they whirl through the air. Even the dancers' trainer is the same person as in the old days – Neschka Robeva. "No one knows if the state will be willing to pay for this institution much longer," she says. Robeva believes that anyone making long-term plans in Bulgaria today is either stupid or a hopeless optimist. She dislikes the general mentality that has descended on the population following the political upheaval: "The nation has not understood that self-discipline is still the most important thing, even in the new system." Teachers like Robeva used to enjoy high social standing in Bulgaria. But today this only applies to people who make a lot of money.
After the war this group of people did not feel like speaking very much. "You know, the ones who had numbers," says Heinz Kounio and points to his own upper arm. Mr. Kounio was one of 40,000 Jews from Thessaloniki who were deported to concentration camps in 1943. Only 2000 of them survived the Holocaust and returned to the northern Greek city. And it is only recently that people here have started to really acknowledge that for centuries the city was a centre of Jewish life.
Istanbul - Truth, fear and hope
Istanbul, Europe's biggest city and the former capital of two European empires (The Byzantine and the Ottoman) is today the best place to grasp the contrasts, contradictions and promises of modern Turkey at the beginning of the 21st century.
Twilight of Heroes - Croatia, Europe and the International Tribunal
This is the story of a country struggling to overcome the steepest economic decline any society ever experienced in peacetime.


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Oregon's Deschutes River is a scenic waterway that cuts a nearly 300 mile long path through the heart of Central Oregon's high desert. The river has humble beginnings in the mountains south of Bend, but as it flows northward the Deschutes grows larger and larger thanks to many tributaries and boiling desert springs. The most famous stretch of this magnificent river, known as the Lower Deschutes, starts just North of the town of Madras and flows 100 miles north to the confluence with the Columbia River. It is the Lower Deschutes River that draws fly anglers from around the world in pursuit of wild trout and summer-run steelhead. The Lower Deschutes River is spectacular to float, with many roadless miles and riverside camping spots along its banks. Where there are roads that parallel the river, they are mostly primitive gravel roads or hiking trails. The Deschutes River is in the 1% of our nation's rivers to be federally designated as a wild & scenic river. This designation has protected the land along the river from development. On a few of our floats you will see a couple of cabins along the river, but the majority of what you will experience is pure wilderness.
Visitors can count on the high desert setting of the Deschutes to be warm, dry, and sunny from spring through late fall. The golden grasses on the hillsides surrounding the river are blanketed with sweet smelling sage and juniper. Big horn sheep, mule deer, coyotes, ospreys, golden eagles, bobcats, otter, mink, and wild horses are frequently seen while floating the river. For more than 80 years, the law on the lower 100 miles of the Deschutes has prohibited fishing from any floating device. This is just one of the unique aspects that sets the Deschutes apart from most other western rivers. This unusual regulation has given thousands of native trout sanctuary habitat, and has maintained the quality of the fishing experience for both trout and steelhead. Whether you float the river by boat or access it from a gravel road, everyone who fishes this river must do so while wading on the edges.
Maupin, Oregon is the only town located on the entire 100 mile stretch of the Lower Deschutes River. The access roads that parallel the river run north and south out of Maupin, which makes it the perfect oasis for the visiting angler. Maupin is a quaint riverside village with a population of 400 and a handful of lodging options and restaurants. Known as The Gateway to the Deschutes, Maupin is located 90 miles north of Bend and roughly 100 miles southeast of Portland.
Our fly shop, Deschutes Angler, is located in the heart of Maupin. Fly anglers flock to the shop daily for great hatch information, and to pick up the hot fly patterns. We have an incredible selection of rods, reels, lines, and gear to outfit visiting anglers. When you make it to Maupin, stop into Deschutes Angler for the best advice on where to fish, or to arrange a float trip with one of our friendly guides.
The John Day River is the longest free-flowing undammed river west of the continental divide. This river is wild and remote, boasting the longest stretch of designated Wild & Scenic River in the nation. Over 150 miles of the John Day River are roadless and there are only a handful of places to launch boats.
Located about 30 miles due east of the Deschutes River, the John Day River flows north through a desert canyon to its confluence with the Columbia River. The land along the river is majority owned by large private wheat and cattle ranches, most of which are measured in the tens of thousands of acres. There are no towns or houses or roads along the river for mile after mile after mile. Motorized boats are not allowed, nor is there any way to access the river with any sort of vehicle, including aircraft. The only way to see vast stretches of the John Day is to float the river and this float is about as remote as you can get in North America.
The John Day is well known as a wonderful smallmouth bass fishery in the summer time and the river can be quite busy during June and July when most people float and camp. What most people don't know about the John Day is that it hosts the largest return of wild summer steelhead in North America. Water levels dictate when the steelhead will be able to begin their upstream migration, and water is scarce in the desert until about mid-October. We guide overnight camp float trips for steelhead on the John Day from mid-October through early December and day steelhead floats from December through February.
North Oregon Coast trips are based out of Netarts. The North Oregon coast is an easy day trip from Portland, but there are also some nice lodging options and restaurants for anglers who wish to stay for a few days. Winter days are short, so we will be making the most of the light that we have by getting to the river early and fishing until sunset. We float from spot to spot and exit the boat to wade and fish beautiful steelhead water. The water types will vary from easy wading gravel bars to ledge strewn deep cuts.
Deep old growth rainforests covered in moss and ferns line the banks of the rivers we fish. The steelhead green water flows cold and clears up within a day or two after a hard rainstorm. The flies we fish are large and colorful and we use sink tips of various densities to get those flies down deep where the steelhead hold. Using a Spey rod will make easy work of casting heavy sink tips and weighted flies. For clients who don't have a Spey rod, we will have rods available to use. After spending years on these waters, our guides know the rivers intimately. Let us share with you the magic of steelhead fishing the North Oregon Coast.OREGON COAST LODGING:
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The North Oregon Coast has a wide range of vacation rental houses and wintertime offers great deals and plenty of options from Forest Retreats to Beachfront Mansions. VRBO (Vacation Rental By Owner) is one of many websites that organize rentals in Netarts, Oceanside, and Tillamook.
We have nine lakes on a private ranch near Grass Valley - which is about a 25 minute drive from our fly shop. The lakes range in size from a couple of acres to 25 acres, all very manageable in a float tube or pontoon boat. The insect hatches are thick on these lakes, and the rainbow trout that live here are eager to grab dry flies. In March and April the lakes are easily fished from shore by wading the edges. By May and June the weeds in the shallows make it too difficult to shore fish, but a pontoon boat or float tube will put you in good water all day long. A few of our Grass Valley lakes are open year-round.
We have five lakes just outside the ghost town of Shaniko. These are smaller lakes, 2-5 acres with stunning hatches and beautiful fat rainbows. Because of there smaller size these lakes are perfect for kids. A float tube is mandatory at several of the lakes.
Since 1978, John Hazel has prided himself on building an elite group of highly skilled fly fishing guides. To make the cut, a guide must possess an extensive knowledge of entomology; must prove himself as a master boatman; must be an exceptional instructor with great communication skills; must be dedicated to guiding as a full-time occupation; and must shine during tough situations and challenging conditions with energy and enthusiasm. Simply put, the guides that you will meet on our staff are hand-picked as the best of the best.
Evan was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, but spent a full eight years living in the southern region of the state. After graduating from Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Evan worked in a fly shop and fished like a wild man on his days off. We recruited Evan to join our team on the Deschutes in 2006. He has been guiding for us full-time since then, and has earned his tenure within the guide staff. An accomplished angler and casting instructor, Evan is a great guide and fun to be with on the water. If you wish to hone your casting skills, either single handed or Spey, Evan is a qualified instructor in all disciplines.
Even spends a lot of time at the tying bench creating effective new fly patterns to use on the waters that we fish. He is a skilled and creative fly tyer who is always ready to share his unique patterns with our fly fishing guests. On his days off, if not fishing, you might find Evan trail running with his dogs, skiing on Mt Hood, biking, hiking, or rock-climbing. He is a passionate saltwater fly fisher and enjoys spending a significant chunk of his off-season chasing permit in Belize.
Alex grew up in Portland with a passion for fly fishing that was fueled by frequent trips both east and west of the city to chase steelhead and trout. After college, Alex made his home in Sisters, Oregon where he worked for the local fly shop and spent hours driving to and from the Deschutes River where he guided for trout and steelhead.
Alex is a skilled caster with both a single-handed rod as well as a Spey rod. He loves to share his knowledge of fishing and casting with our guests. His steelhead flies are works of art from his tying bench, and they catch fish under the toughest of conditions. When he is not fishing he might be tying flies, or sleeping….but he's probably dreaming about fishing. While some of our other guides work in the fly shop in the winter and head south to chase saltwater fish, Alex never stops guiding. He is our North Oregon Coast winter steelhead guide, and he stays busy from December through mid-April guiding anglers on the Trask, Nehalem, Wilson, and Nestucca Rivers. He specializes in putting our guests onto chrome-bright winter steelhead using Spey rods and swinging flies.
Due to the limited number of motel rooms and its popularity for weddings and other events, Maupin can be completely booked nearly any time from May through October. We highly recommend that you book your rooms several months in advance if you plan to stay in Maupin during the high season (June-September). Our private rental houses are a great option for those who wish to stay in the heart of Maupin but not in the heart of the festivities.KAUFMANN CABIN
Located on the edge of the Deschutes River just upstream from town, the Kaufmann cabin is the most exclusive fishing property available in Maupin. This very private retreat is one of only three houses on the east bank of the river upstream of Maupin. It is within easy walking distance of five restaurants - but there is no need to go out to eat when you have the full amenities of a large kitchen and outdoor BBQ grill. Load up a cooler with juicy steaks and feast on the deck overlooking the Deschutes River. The Kaufmann house is a legend in and of itself. For nearly three decades the well-known fly shop had their base of river operations here. Anglers from around the world attended the fly fishing and fly tying schools which were taught over the years by John Hazel, Randy Stetzer, Gordon Nash, Dec Hogan, Bob Guard, Steve Rajeff, and Randall Kaufmann. Fly fishing personalities who have stayed in the house include everyone from Gary LaFontaine to Ernest Schwiebert to Jimmy Buffet.
The Laughing Trout Lodge is offered exclusively through Deschutes Angler fly shop and is available to our fly fishing clientele. Located on the river in Maupin, you will be able to walk out your back door with your fly rod in hand be on the water in just minutes. The house offers spectacular views of the Deschutes as well as plenty of room for four to six people. There are two queen beds, one in each of the downstairs bedrooms, and two adult-sized twin beds in the upstaris sleeping loft. Laughing Trout has two full bathrooms - one downstairs and one on the main level - each with bathtub/shower. Towels and linens are provided for your convenience. Perhaps the greatest feature of the Laughing Trout lodge is the large fully equipped kitchen and big propane BBQ on the back deck. Bring your own grub and save yourself the hassle and expense of going out to restaurants for every meal! For additional guests, the Laughing Trout also has two super thick sleeping mattresses in the downstairs storage area - which would allow a group of six buddies, or two families (each with two kids), ample sleeping areas. Six occupants is the maximum for the Laughing Trout Lodge.
Maupin has four motel-style lodging options ranging widely in price. The following is a list of Maupin's lodging establishments ranked from most expensive to least.
Located on the east bank of the Deschutes River near the Maupin bridge, this motel has several river view rooms as well as a bar and a restaurant. The outdoor fire pit is often a lively center of activity on summer nights. Rooms are simple and tasteful, many with a beautiful view of the river. The absence of televisions or phones in the rooms is compensated by free wi-fi throughout the property. Included in your stay, a free continental breakfast open 24 hours to satisfy early rising anglers.RIVER RUN LODGE
Located a stone's throw from the Deschutes River at the east end of the Maupin bridge, this small two story motel offers a variety of clean simple rooms. All of the guest rooms at River Run Lodge have satellite television and wireless internet as well as mini fridges and coffee makers. The River Run Lodge offers its guests a common room with a full kitchen, dining tables, big screen tv, guest computer and lounge area. Outdoor common spaces have a barbeque and shaded tables. Continental breakfast is included.DESCHUTES MOTEL
This motel is the only lodging establishment on the west side of the river and is the first motel you will see if you are driving into Maupin on HWY 197 south from The Dalles or from Portland. Under new ownership since December of 2010, the Deschutes Motel has been completely remodeled over the past several years. New features in every room include brand new high-quality mattresses, flat screen televisions with satellite service, Wi-Fi, coffee-makers, and mini-fridges.OASIS RESORT
Located just across the highway from the Deschutes River on the East side of the river, the Oasis Resort offers small rental cabins. This cute little place is definitely a throwback to the 1950's, though the décor has not changed significantly since that time. The cabins have not been updated for quite a while, which is reflected in the low rates. There is a restaurant on the property that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner during the high season. World famous malts and milkshakes are the signature of the Oasis Resort.
Below is a list of public and private campsites near the town of Maupin.
Located on the river on the east side of Maupin just downstream from the bridge, the Maupin City Park offers full hook ups for RVs and Campers, flush toilets, showers, and tent sites. This has to be one of the nicest spots in all of Oregon to park your RV – the river bubbles just outside your door and you are nestled into a cool shady oasis.OASIS RESORT CAMPGROUND
Located on the east side of Maupin upstream from the Maupin bridge, the Oasis Resort Campground is a large open grassy field for dry camping. They do not have RV hookups, so this campground is best if you are tent or car camping. Sites are $20 per day. Port-a-potties are the only type of toilet facility offered.BLM DRIVE-IN CAMPGROUNDS
No Reservations – FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS ONLY
BLM fee campgrounds are located on the edge of the Deschutes within close proximity to the town of Maupin. Upstream from the Maupin bridge on the east side of the river there are four campgrounds and downstream from Maupin there are nine campgrounds. Only six of these thirteen campgrounds are on the paved road and the rest are located on rough gravel roads. The BLM campgrounds offer pit toilets, which are very clean. There is no running water at any of the BLM campgrounds.
Deschutes Angler Fly Shop offers hands-on Fly Casting and Fly Fishing lessons with our staff of professional instructors.
If you love fishing, but you have yet to try fly fishing, this is a great way to get started. During this half day class on the Deschutes River you will learn the basics of fly casting, knot tying, bug identification, and strategies for taking trout with a fly rod and fly. No fly fishing gear? No problem! The price of the class includes the use of rods, reels, lines, waders, and wading boots. This all-inclusive class is great for couples, friends, fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, or anyone with an interest in fly fishing.
The goal of the class is to teach you how the fly rod works; to help you become completely comfortable with the lingo of fly fishing; and to have a fun on the river. Everyone in the class will learn the knots used to tie a fly to the leader; how to retie the leader when it breaks; and how to rebuild the leader should it become a giant snarly mess. Once everyone has mastered the basic knots, the next lesson will cover the rod, reel and line and how they work together to cast the fly. Learning to cast the fly rod is fun and easy when you have a skilled and patient instructor at your side. The fly fishing guide with whom you will spend the day explains concepts of fly casting in a way that makes it easy for everyone to understand, and he keeps the lessons fun.
After learning how to cast the fly out onto the water in such a way that it lands lightly and gracefully as if it were a living insect, it will be time for you to learn about both the insects that the trout eat and the flies that we use to imitate those insects. This class will offer a glimpse into the fascinating world of entomology, or the study of insects. You will learn about the basic life cycles of some of the most common river insects and how to choose the flies that imitate them during each of these life cycles. Trout eat insects all day long, so the fly angler must act as a river detective in order to figure out which insects the trout are eating at any given moment. Your instructor will help you get started with the correct tools for identifying insects and fooling the trout with flies that imitate these insects. After learning all about the knots, the gear, how to cast, and the relationship between the bugs on the river and the trout that feed on them, it will be time to put your skills into action. Your instructor will take you to several stretches of river in order to show you the many different water types that trout use throughout the year for feeding and for resting.
After a day on the water with your instructor, you will become a self-sufficient fly angler who knows his/her knots, who can cast the fly with some accuracy, and who has a new understanding of where trout live and what they feed on throughout the seasons. With your new-found passion for fly angling, you will be able to return to the Deschutes to put your skills to the test, or take your bag of tricks to any other river or stream where trout swim.
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Stephen Wray:
Aéroports de Montréal is out of touch with reality in its wishful thinking for a dedicated train link to operate exclusively between downtown and Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, separately from the existing commuter-train network.
ADM is calling for a dedicated airport shuttle in the style of Vancouver's new Canada Line SkyTrain system ("Airport considers elevated train shuttle," Gazette, May 4). Yet it conveniently forgets to mention that Canada Line makes numerous stops to pick up commuters between the airport and downtown Vancouver.
As a frequent visitor to Vancouver, I have had many opportunities to ride the Canada Line and observe passenger flow. There are 11 stations between the downtown Waterfront terminal and the airport YVR terminal. The vast majority of passengers use the service as an extension of Vancouver's public-transit system, as opposed to purely an airport shuttle.
One must also not forget that Vancouver's airport, Canada's second-busiest, handles significantly more traffic than does Trudeau (17,032,772 passengers there vs. 13,668,829 here in 2011), so presumably there are more users of the service in Vancouver.
Trudeau's passenger volume equates to 37,449 passengers a day if calculated on an annualized basis. Let's assume for argument's sake that a dedicated shuttle airport service operates every 15 minutes, 19 hours per day. If every passenger rode the new airport shuttle, that represents 493 passengers per train. Again, though, I stress that this is based on every single passenger taking the train – and this, of course, will not be the case. One only has to look at the Société de transport de Montréal's 747 airport bus service as an indication of the number of riders that the new service would generate – not nearly enough.
As in Vancouver, we need to combine the potential passenger volume of the airport service with that of the West Island commuter service to attain passenger levels that would make a large financial investment justifiable.
Quebec is facing some serious fiscal and economic challenges, and it can ill afford one, much less two, major transportation routes to the West Island. Aéroports de Montréal keeps promoting its own option, while the Agence métropolitaine de transport, in concert with the Train de l'Ouest coalition, keeps promoting a different one. They keep talking about dedicated corridors, but we cannot afford either.
The movers behind both projects talk about existing rail lines being shared with freight traffic. The AMT line between Lucien L'Allier station and a point just west of the Meadowbrook Golf Course is completely devoid of freight traffic. From that point to Dorval, the infrastructure is multi-tracked and well-signalled. The freight traffic becomes an issue west of Dorval and on through to Dorion. And yet on this existing Canadian Pacific double-track line there is an anachronistic signal system that severely limits the functionality of the line. (Between Dorion and Hudson, meanwhile, the line is once again passenger-train-only.)
So what to do?
Let's "scuttle the shuttle," and at a fraction of the billion dollars that it would cost, let's instead:
Improve the signalling system, including high-speed crossovers between tracks to allow faster trains to move around slower ones and/or use both tracks in the same direction.
Add a third track at points west of Dorval, where traffic warrants it.
Add a spur into Trudeau airport from a point near the existing CP Dorval commuter station.
Electrify passenger service between Lucien L'Allier and Vaudreuil stations while maintaining diesel-powered trains to Hudson due to much lower volume.
Operate fast, frequent service from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily with all of the money thus saved. That will finally give long-suffering West Island residents the service they need.
Once all of this is accomplished, it is hoped that the AMT and the STM will stop competing for West Island passengers along the Highway 20/720 axis. They should be looking to gain market share from automobile commuters, not from each other.
What makes little sense? I'll tell you: express buses from various West Island neighbourhoods (as recently announced by the STM) to downtown along clogged highways that are only going to be more clogged in the future.
Let's reallocate scarce financial resources to a co-ordinated bus/train system that sees local buses feeding passengers into a much-improved train system – a combination that will offer origin-destination times comparable to the private automobile.
Matthew Quadrini:
The saga surrounding the Train de l'Ouest and the airport shuttle took an even more bizarre turn this month when the Train de l'Ouest coalition flat-out rejected Aéroports de Montréal's proposal to build an elevated light-rail link to the airport in the Highway 20/720 corridor.
While ADM's proposal has its flaws, it demonstrated movement on the part of the airport authority, which had previously preferred a rail link through Point St. Charles. The coalition's reaction is short-sighted and counterproductive.
The Agence métropolitaine de transport and the provincial ministry of transport have not weighed in on the situation, preferring to wait for the completion of the feasibility study on the Train de l'Ouest. As such, there is still hope that a compromise can be reached.
The proposal stems from ADM's realization that it cannot complete the rail link on its own and that working with the AMT is the best way to allow both projects to become reality. However, ADM is still holding firm on the use of Central Station as its terminus, because it believes that it would be the most practical for its users and the most profitable for its private partners.
ADM believes the elevated light-rail link, based on Vancouver's Canada Line, could be adopted by the AMT and extended to the West Island. This light-rail system could easily link to Central Station via an overpass on St. Antoine St., or even a tunnel under des Canadiens de Montréal Ave./de la Gauchetière St., a task much more difficult with conventional rail.
While an elevated light-rail system would be able to provide métro-like service to commuters in the West Island, two disadvantages exist.
First, the cost per kilometre of an elevated light-rail system – even if brought to ground level in certain areas – would surely be greater than that of conventional rail. Moreover, the use of conventional rail would allow the AMT and ADM to appropriate the use of the spur between Montreal West and Lucien L'Allier stations at virtually no cost.
Second, elevated light rail would probably prove to be too costly to extend off-island.
Now that ADM has taken the first step and agreed to operate in the same corridor as the AMT, the Train de l'Ouest coalition must broaden its view.
Middle ground exists between ADM's new proposal and the Train de l'Ouest's current preferences. Such a compromise might be for both agencies to jointly use a separate passenger-rail right-of-way between downtown and the West Island, with access to Central Station. The solution would need to be able to operate alongside existing AMT heavy trains between Lucien L'Allier and Montreal West stations, due to the presence of trains from the St. Constant and St. Jérôme lines.
Such a compromise could come from the use of tram-trains along the Train de l'Ouest by ADM and, optionally, by the AMT. Tram-trains are a form of light-rail vehicle that can be diesel or electric and runs on both conventional rail lines (alongside heavy-rail trains) and on tram tracks. This type of system is used in both Europe and North America, with Bombardier, Alstom and Siemens building variations on the rolling stock.
As tram-trains are self-propelled, they do not require locomotives, which reduces the cost per train. That would allow the AMT to offer a greater frequency of service on smaller trains (which would mean West Island users could end up waiting no more than 15 minutes between trains). And because this form of rolling stock can run on tram tracks, spurs could eventually run up St. Jean Blvd. to reach the Société de transport de Montréal's bus terminus at the Fairview Pointe Claire mall, linking it to downtown.
The use of tram-trains would also benefit ADM because it would be possible for the airport shuttle to reach Central Station via the proposed tram tracks on René Lévesque Blvd., or via a dedicated set of tram tracks on des Canadiens de Montréal Ave./de la Gauchetière St. Also, because tram-trains are manoeuverable, they could reach Central Station via an overpass or tunnel (similar to ADM's recent proposal).
There are solutions to the Train-de-l'Ouest-vs.-airport-shuttle debacle. However, they will come only with compromise and pragmatism. It's time for the Train de l'Ouest coalition to act beyond ideology and be constructive. At the end of the day, everybody is fighting for public transit.Matthew Quadriniis a law student at McGill University and was one of the Quebec youth delegates to the Canadian Urban Transit Association´s 2011 fall conference. He lives in Montreal.


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I'll believe it when I see it.
Changing the name doesn't change the way they fundamentally break Halo.
Wanna bet? Double or nothing.
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Posted 09 June 2014 - 09:23 PM
I'll believe it when I see it.
Changing the name doesn't change the way they fundamentally break Halo.
Wanna bet? Double or nothing.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 08:11 AM
The thing that has me worried? Someone from 343i had to okay the CGi trailer. Now, you can say there's not armor abilities in the game. That's fine. But the stuff in the video did look like armor abilities (ground pound attack, jet pack, etc.)
Even more realistically, 343i people collaborated on it. And I can't imagine they simply put all that stuff in there for no reason.
Aye. I'm hestitant to believe that dashing and ground-pounding is anything but an AA by another name.
Ivan, I refuse to make any further bets with you at this point - sorry duder.
Edited by Drew, 10 June 2014 - 08:12 AM.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 08:25 AM
Alright, I still expect you to pay for our last one though. Not letting you off the hook sucka.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 10:01 AM
Edited by Drew, 10 June 2014 - 10:01 AM.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 11:08 AM
So you're saying your word is worth nothing.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 11:24 AM
It's twenty dollars guys. Ivan, don't worry about it and get back to celebrating good Obama. Drew, don't make twenty dollar bets if you're not going to pay when you lose.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 12:46 PM
Typical Drew, he's probably some girl in China and can't pay for all we know. A man's word is no good these days.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 01:06 PM
Typical Drew, he's probably some girl in China and can't pay for all we know. A man's word is no good these days.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 02:26 PM
Edited by Drew, 10 June 2014 - 09:33 PM.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 08:47 PM
My word is worth it's weight in gold.
Oh I see what you did there, even with the grammatical error.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 08:59 PM
My word is worth it's weight in gold.
I'll accept gold for repayment of debts.
Posted 10 June 2014 - 09:32 PM
Oh I see what you did there, even with the grammatical error.
Posted 13 June 2014 - 04:02 PM
I was going to scrounge up a 7-day XBL Gold code and post that for you Ivan, but I can't seem to find any left in my house. You'll have to settle for these delightful gold m chiefs instead.
edit: some random x-posted thoughts on H4 and H5;
I liked the base combat in Halo 4, the DMR felt great to use in the beginning... But over time, it became clear that the changes 343 had made were too extreme. They fundamentally changed the way Halo is played, and not for the better.
Matches quickly swing in favor of the stronger team, as they are awarded an endless stream of power weapons that become easier and easier to obtain. By the end of the match, one team is running around with snipers and rockets while the other sits helplessly, getting pounded into oblivion with no chance to strike back.
Instead of emphasizing teamwork and map control, it's merely a race to get a handful of kills and call in ordnance as quickly as possible, regardless of the game type. In that way, it is no different than Call of Duty. The objectives are merely a distraction in what is ultimately a game of attrition.
I sincerely hope that the comment about arena mode is proof that 343 recognizes this to at least some extent, and is taking steps to correct it. Removing armor abilities is definitely a huge step in the right direction as well.
Depending on how powerful the ground pound is (if that's actually what it is), it makes me a little worried about melee combat, being one of the original three pillars of Halo gameplay. Maybe I'm over-thinking this and it's not going to be a big deal, but 343's track record thus far does not exactly inspire confidence...
The slide I don't really mind. It doesn't break map traversal like the jet pack, and merely serves as a quick way to get into a crouch and maintain your forward momentum for a little while.
Edited by Drew, 13 June 2014 - 04:03 PM.
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Posted 13 August 2014 - 02:48 PM
Overthinking 101.
Posted 13 August 2014 - 03:28 PM
I'll never understand these YouTube channels that take tiny scraps of information and make a video spanning 15 minutes of speculation. There is perhaps an interesting question to be asked relating to the title and the barrier kills. However, this is something that could be said in a sentence or paragraph. And most certainly without asking me to click like on your channel.
Posted 14 August 2014 - 05:26 AM
Overthinking 101.
Posted 14 August 2014 - 06:21 AM
Rest easy. The Didacts little speech at the end of Halo 4 says that Forerunners are/were Guardians of something or other (i'd venture the Mantle....been a while since I finished the game). I'm sure that's what it is referencing.
Posted 15 August 2014 - 08:48 AM
If Abilities were on map pickups, with defined pre-set timers for spawning, and littered about the map like weapons and powerups in good Halo games, would you mind them then?
Maybe fighting over Ground Pound will be as important as Rockets - you can get a ton of kills but any team with an IQ is gonna fight tooth and nail to pick up the item on spawn.
Posted 15 August 2014 - 10:23 AM
That really depends, but my current stance on that either way is no. I do not want the jetpack returning or anything resembling armor lock. We already know they are incorporating these "abilities" into everyone's movesets so this probably won't happen anyway.
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I am a newly single, never married, 46 year woman, no kids, no pets, free as a bird. I am eager to live a full life. I am trying to rebuild life after a breakup with someone that I thought was "The One". Will take classes and chances, will take tumbles and get up, and register it all here for good or bad, but always for a good laugh!!
Break ups, separations, divorces are not easy! All of a sudden you lose companionship, loved ones, friends, pets, houses, security and most of all you lose your sense of self.
Life as you knew it is is over! Now what?
The worst the pain and hardship the better the opportunity. This is great opportunity for learning and self discovery. You have a chance to reinvent yourself and start over again. The same goes for job loss, illness and any other difficulty or tragedy in life.
So I plan to learn the most that I can. I plan on seizing the moment and grab opportunity by the hair and not let it go.
In March 2012 I start writing because I needed to get thoughts out of my head.
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John Brown: The Abolitionist and His Legacy
On October 16, 1859, John Brown and a band of followers, black and white, attacked the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. The raid was part of a larger plan to destroy the slave system by freeing and arming slaves. The raiders were captured and John Brown was executed on December 2, 1859. The unique documents discussed here examine John Brown's beliefs and actions in the context of growing national divisions over slavery in the 1850s.


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Meet Soliste Cellars – with Claude Koeberle
Claude Koeberle is quite a fascinating study and has been called a "force of nature." He is opinionated ("Many of California's fruit-forward wines do not pair well with food"), devoted to Pinot Noir with religious fervor ("Cabernet Sauvignon is an evil weed"), and talkative. He could impress you with his culinary accomplishments (Apprenticed under Paul Bocuse and Alain Chappell, became the youngest 3 Star Michelin Chef in Paris, Chef at Ma Maison and L'Orangerie in Los Angeles, James Beard Award as a master chef, French Laundry partner, and one of the driving forces behind Creative Culinary Concepts, Inc., and K World Cuisine, Inc.), but he would rather talk at length about how he has taken old world (Burgundian) beliefs and applied them to produce wines with finesse and balance that work in harmony with fine cuisine.
Together with long time friend and business partner, Donald Plumley and their respective spouses, Claude started Soliste in 2005 with the release of a Sonatera Vineyard Pinot Noir. The name Soliste is derived from the special barrel or "soliste" that Burgundian winemakers reserve for their family and friends.
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By Marcus Berkowitz, KF16, Ecuador
"Do you know how to ride a motorcycle?" asked the stranger seated directly in front of me, his voice muffled by his helmet.
I thought it a little late to ask, seeing as I was currently gripping his belly from behind as we flew, several mph faster than strict necessity would dictate, around a precipitously tight corner on the edge of the western cordillera of the Andes.
"No," I said, "I'm supposed to put my hands over your eyes, right?"
Luckily he didn't hear me. Or at least was kind enough to pretend not to.
It was from these inauspicious beginnings that I got to know Danny Benitez, Loan Officer from the San Miguel branch of the Cooperativa San José, with whom I have worked as a Kiva Fellow for the last few weeks.
Danny loves his motorcycle. He broke a couple of spokes a week or so ago, and would pretty much only drive his car until he got the moto fixed. I'm convinced he does his job half because he gets to ride so often out in his breathtaking countryside (see above) as he delivers loans, writes drafts for Kiva profiles, collects repayments, and keeps up with his clients for Kiva Journals. But it's not easy. I've only ridden with him in the dry season but from what I can tell, when the rainy season starts in the next couple of weeks we'll both look a lot worse than this;
To say it on this blog is to preach to the choir, but these folks are the true foot soldiers of Kiva. While we fellows (mostly) go back to our comfy homelands after a few months, these guys and ladies are out there every day muddying their motorcycles for microfinance. They are paid to do a specific job, of course, so they have little sense of the absurd borderline heroism we bestow upon them, but they nonetheless deserve our sincerest props.
I can't generalize across Kiva's field partners, but the Loan Officers here at the Cooperativa San José certainly share some common characteristics. They are highly social and well-liked within the institution and among their clients, but are also unfazed by spending hours at a time alone on the well-worn steeds CSJ provides for them. They're occasionally a hair on the disorganized side, but that's why they have an official Coordinator here, Juan Carlos, who makes sure essential tasks get taken care of, both for Kiva and otherwise. He has been one of my primary contacts here, and speaks fondly of his time as a regular Loan Officer when he could "be out there talking to people instead of sitting at the computer". It is a common sentiment among them. Almost everyone in management at the branch where Danny works was once a regular Loan Officer. During the rainy season it is helpful that management, as Juan Carlos likes to say, "knows what it means to get wet out there".
That's pretty much all I've got… hats off to our trusty Loan Officers! And join the lending team for CSJ! Also, happy birthday Mom and Hannah! All translations in this post are my own. I'll leave you with some shots of sights I've encountered on motorcycle (and car and bus) journeys around Bolívar and Tungurahua States, in Central Ecuador…
Marcus Berkowitz is a first-time fellow with Cooperativa San José (CSJ) in the western Andes of Ecuador's Bolívar province. Join CSJ's lending team!


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We spend almost half of our lifetime on bed and we are not really conscious of it. I have been photographing abandoned mattresses on the streets for quite sometime. The stains, burn, gash and mold that are left on those mattresses exhibit the subliminal imprints of our dreams and memories.
This work was produced as a project for Sound Construction class and video installation assessment in Video Art class for Master of Digital Media at College of Fine Arts, Sydney.


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Filmmaker Berenika Bailey, originally of Warsaw, Poland, says that strong female leads are big now with buyers. "They're asking for them all the time. We're no longer the wimpy woman running with her high heels and waiting for the big strong hero to rescue us. We're the one's rescuing them. We're the action heroes now and we're a great role model for kids, especially the girls."
As a writer/producer, Ms. Bailey prefers hiring women. "75% of my crew are usually women. They know how to communicate better and are more committed to the end project. Men, when things get too intense, tend to walk off. people think that women aren't strong enough to handle the jobs, but I know first hand that they are. More nurturing, they tend to hold the team together rather than split it apart. I like giving women the chance since too often we are overlooked. This is a territory that has been neglected before."
In addition to hiring women, she says that the female lead is coming into it's own. "The majority of films I have are female leads and that is what the buyers are looking for." She cited "Jaguar," her film shot in Mexico City, which was a gold winner at the Prestige Film Awards and was featured at the Moiveville Sarasota International Film Festival as best action film or "Painkiller" another of her award winning films. She likes shooting in Los Angeles because of the many resources and talented people here. Often, when she does shoot in other locations, she will fly her crew and talent in.
Of her 14 films, all shot for under one million, several were sold here at the American Film Market. She found buyers from Japan, Taiwan, France, Spain, the UK and Canada. While horror, action and thriller dominated what they asked for, she was surprised to note that romantic comedies - good old fashioned love stories - were popular, too. Family and kids films also were asked for and Ms. Bailey was pleased to be able to offer several including "Monster and Me," which premiere's on November 17 at the New Beverly Cinema.
"Kids films are fun to do because the kids are so easy to work with. I remember when I was a child and feeling lonely and needing role models. Kids films are popular because everyone can identify with them.
As a producer, she gets at least 50 scripts a month and only picks a few of them for production. "For one, it has to be a film that can be shot for a low budget." All of her films, so far, have been shot for under a million. "You can keep the budget low and still get a lot of production value. Low budget films under a million are often neglected."
While Ms. Bailey is starting small so that she can replay her investors and make money for them, her goal is to do bigger things like science fiction and one of the days, hopefully in the near future, she'll get her wish.


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You know when you have such an amazing holiday that you can't wait to share your pictures and memories with your loved ones back home? To our great joy, pictures were certainly not enough for De Zhi Zhang and Qi Yue Zhang, a young couple from Beijing who stayed for a first time at LUX* Grand Gaube in December 2013.
They returned home and shared their experience with Mr. Zhang's parents…who decided that the Mauritian holiday sounded too good to be shared only in pictures and stories.
As a consequence, LUX* Grand Gaube is now honoured to have received its very first Chinese repeat guests: Mr. and Mrs. Zhang returned to LUX* Grand Gaube in April 2014, together with the parents, Mr Shi Ming Zhang and Mrs Xue Jin Gu, who came to celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary.
Charmed by Mauritius and the legendary LUX* hospitality, the Zhangs knew they will feel right at home for their second stay, and confident their parents would be properly spoiled. Tie Xin means "close to the heart" in Mandarin, and the LUX* Xie Tin concept was put in place in LUX* hotels to provide a personalized welcome and stay to Chinese guests. Greeted on arrival in Mandarin and accompanied during the stay by Mandarin-speaking team members, they can now enjoy a fully-customized Mauritian experience.
All hotel menus and guest communication are available in Mandarin, there are Chinese TV channels and movies as well as daily Chinese newspapers, Chinese books in the library, Mandarin-speaking guides on day trips, not to mention a dedicated food and drinks selection available from breakfast to dinner in the resorts' restaurants.
Why is that important? We are here to make people have amazing holidays. But as amazing as a travel destination is, how can you make sure you can delight and surprise your guest if you don't understand his wishes and desires? Thanks to LUX* Xie Tin, LUX* now has a dedicated program for Chinese travelers, and a communication gateway open with them.
We trust the Zhangs appreciated their second stay at LUX* Grand Gaube, and are looking forward to seeing more of our guests feel so welcomed and comfortable in our resorts, that they can't wait to return and bring their family. Our guests are always close to our hearts.


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Linux HugeTLBfs: Improve MySQL Database Application Performancelast updated in Categories CentOS, Hardware, High performance computing, Howto, MySQL, RedHat/Fedora Linux
Applications that perform a lot of memory accesses (several GBs) may obtain performance improvements by using large pages due to reduced Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) misses. HugeTLBfs is memory management feature offered in Linux kernel, which is valuable for applications that use a large virtual address space. It is especially useful for database applications such as MySQL, Oracle and others. Other server software(s) that uses the prefork or similar (e.g. Apache web server) model will also benefit.
The CPU's Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) is a small cache used for storing virtual-to-physical mapping information. By using the TLB, a translation can be performed without referencing the in-memory page table entry that maps the virtual address. However, to keep translations as fast as possible, the TLB is usually small. It is not uncommon for large memory applications to exceed the mapping capacity of the TLB. Users can use the huge page support in Linux kernel by either using the mmap system call or standard SYSv shared memory system calls (shmget, shmat).


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The Fantasy Flight Games Center is a concrete and steel ode to gaming that can comfortably sit over 150 gamers. It features a full-line retail store and a café that serves fresh meals and drinks including coffee, wine, and beer. Open gaming is available to all visitors, whether you're playing the newest FFG releases or introducing your family to an old classic. It also hosts dozens of events every month, from weekly meet-ups for your favorite card games to store championships and the FFG World Championship Weekend.


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I'm sure everyone is familiar with the old seventies series "The Muppet Show" right? Well, if you look in the pop culture category under "characters" you will eventually see a very familiar face. His name is Kermit, and he is one of the main characters of the show. I got a request to do a drawing lesson that can teach an artist "how to draw Miss Piggy", step by step. Obviously I said to myself, "yeah, that's a good addition". I also have a lesson on 'Animal' too, he is the drummer or wild one of The Muppets, that earned a name for himself. As for Miss Piggy, I have always liked her. She reminds me of my grandmother because of her personality, and fake self. Miss Piggy definitely thinks she is the best thing that ever walked this earth. She also believes that her destiny is to one day become the greatest performer or actress that has ever existed. Her face has literally been on so many different magazines since she first debuted her act in 1976. At first Miss Piggy was only a part of The Muppet Show's chorus. If it wasn't for her determination and drive, she wouldn't have made it to stardom the way she has. She absolutely loves Kermit the Frog, and she let's him know how she feels with every chance she gets by smothering him with hugs and kisses. If Kermit does something she doesn't approve of, she will give him a very powerful karate kick that sends him flying through the air. Miss Piggy is also a no-nonsense girl. She has pouting eyes, long blond curly hair, and dressed for success. I am so happy that somebody requested this tutorial because it was so much fun making this lesson on "how to draw Miss Piggy", step by step. I hope who ever requested her, has fun drawing her out. I will be back momentarily with some more drawing fun so stay tuned in. Peace out people, and keep on drawing!
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Christmas is a favorite festival that brings a lot of cheers and happiness to every individual. Decorating the house and other places is one of the favorite elements of the Christmas, and people use their creativity and ideas to make their Christmas decorations the most unique and beautiful. A Christmas Village is a small-scale village and it is often built during the Christmas holidays.
The village is decorated in the detailed Christmas traditions. The village is built using the large quantity of cardboard, and these small villages became very popular in the mid-20th century in the United States of America. In the later years, the porcelain Christmas villages become popular.
The Christmas Village decorative tradition was initially started in Salem, Bethlehem, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. You can still see the Moravian home in the US, where you get to see the nativity construction. The putz at the base of the fir tree is one of the common holiday activities in America. This tradition expanded all over the America, and people included other things, like fine dirt spread, sawdust to represent a road, stones, sticks fresh moss to signify caves or grottos, branches and more.
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To build this Christmas village, you dont need to spend a lot of time, and you make this winter wonderland effortlessly in your workplace or home. We have a large range of charming and special Christmas Village prospects to bring that glacial touch instantly.
We provide a lot of scenes, including churches, homes, lampposts, trees with a dusting of snow. You can also look for fiber optic features that give the warmth look to the village, and home that looks bright from inside. Also, you can find animated, sparkling lights, moving parts, and various other decorative items on our website. You can buy individual pieces and build your perfect Christmas village with your own ideas and design. Make this Christmas holiday even more special with your creativity and native scenes.


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Why certain stars explode in supernovas is a mystery to scientists, and a new study finds the situation is even murkier than thought because some of the light from these stars may be blocked.
To understand more about these cosmic explosions, astronomers are hunting for ticking time bombs stars that are on the track toward becoming supernovas. Yet the missing light could make the search even harder.
Death of a star
Supernovas mark the death of a star, when it stops shining light created through nuclear fusion and instead collapses into an extremely dense black hole.
A subset of supernovas called Type Ia supernovas are the gold standard in astronomy. They are thought to erupt when a dense, dim star called a white dwarf hits a certain upper limit in mass and explodes.
Thus, each white dwarf erupting in a Type Ia supernova will shine at roughly the same brightness. This allows astronomers to spot them across the universe and tell how far away they are by how bright they appear, compared to their known intrinsic luminosity. (They are called "standard candles," for this special distance measuring feature.)
But astronomers are still confused by just what cases white dwarfs to hit that mass limit and explode.
"The question of what causes a Type Ia supernova is one of the great unsolved mysteries in astronomy," said researcher Rosanne Di Stefano of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Missing X-rays
One scenario envisions a white dwarf gradually siphoning off mass from another white dwarf companion until it bulges over the limit. Another idea is that two white dwarfs merge to become one behemoth that topples the limit and explodes.
To get to the bottom of the mystery, scientists have been searching for white dwarfs in the stage before they get massive enough to explode. In particular, astronomers hunt for so-called "super-soft" X-rays, which are thought to be created when gas from one star hits another star's surface and undergoes nuclear fusion.
This should happen in either the siphoning or merging scenarioDi Stefano said, though the amount of light and particular signatures could tell scientists more about which occurs more often.
Yet for some reason, scientists have only been able to find a handful of these X-ray sources, where they expected to find hundreds.
In a new paper, Di Stefano proposes that some process is blocking this light from reaching our telescopes on Earth. Perhaps some other material surrounding the white dwarf absorbs the X-rays after they are emitted so we can't see them. Or maybe white dwarfs emit most of their light at wavelengths other than X-rays.
If this is true, "we must devise new methods to search for the elusive progenitors of Type Ia supernovae," Di Stefano said.
Di Stefano's paper will be published in an upcoming issue of the Astrophysical Journal.
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Serials Solutions announced its six development partners are actively using and providing feedback on the second iteration of Intota™.Read More
Last week we welcomed Jeff Daniels, Head of Knowledge Access & Resource Management Services, of Grand Valley State University (GVSU), to our Seattle office where he addressed our entire staff about the integration of value of Serials Solutions services to the GVSU library.Read More
It's very important that we understand exactly what pain libraries are experiencing with their current technology. And, as we develop Intota, our new web-scale collection management solution, we also need to understand the primary drivers for migration to a new system.Read More
Following is a list of new developments that improve the Summon® service, the Serials Solutions Client Center, 360 Resource Manager, 360 Counter and 360 Link.Read More
Meet Jim Miesse, Director of Product Management for Intota.Read More
Birmingham City University Library eLibrary team is keeping their blog readers up to date on progress with posts about their research, planning and development of training materials as they introduce the Summon® service.Read More
One of our staff members has a "local" library in her very own neighborhood. Collection development at Jack's Library is all patron driven acquisition, discovery is a short walk down the block and circulation is simply a steno pad.Read More
"Summon will help all who use it become wise…" so sayeth the Queen in a short animated video created by the University of Missouri – St. Louis Libraries.Read More
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Following a mix-and-match process of coming up with new names for Mesa State College, the college has launched a community survey to determine which of 20 names gets the most public support.
Will it be Colorado Canyons University, Colorado Rivers University, University of Grand Junction or Mesa University of Colorado?
Some other possible names on the survey list like Colorado Canyonlands University or Colorado Monument University may be a bit geographically confusing. Western Colorado University or Western Rockies University may raise some objections from Western State College in Gunnison.
More than 80 percent of respondents to an earlier survey declared that the tern "university" carries more prestige than "college" so university is part of every new name being put forward by the college. More than 80 percent of respondents agreed that the name of the college needs to be changed so the name change is also a given.
Name tinkering is nothing new at Mesa State. When the college opened its doors with 39 students in 1925, it was called Grand Junction Junior College. Seven years later, it gained more educational cachet by becoming Grand Junction Junior State College.


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All registration will be done in Got Soccer. There is nothing to email and there will be NO Friday or Saturday registration times. ALL REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS MUST BE UPLOADED BY: MIDNIGHT MARCH 26, 2019.
Instructions for Upload to Got Soccer
Go to www.gotsoccer.com
1) Go to www.gotsoccer.com
2) Click on User Login in the upper right corner
3) Click on Team and Team Officials Login
4) Enter your Got Soccer Username and password
5) Click on our link to the SLSG Spring Classic
6) Click on the Documents Tab
7) On the lower right, you choose which file you are uploading to the system
8) You can browse your computer for files
9) Once you upload a file, you'll see if on the left
10) Upload everything required above per your team type
What you'll need to upload into the Got Soccer system:
USYSA Requirements (MYSA)
1) Official State Team Roster (Not GotSoccer Roster)
2) Completed SLSG Tournament Roster (Excel sheet) including guest players. CLICK HERE FOR TOURNEY ROSTER
Please complete online using the drop down menus, save, and upload during the online registration process in GOTSOCCER.
3) Player ID Cards – 6-8 passes per page
4) Travel Permit - MO teams will not need a travel permit, regardless of where they are playing. All Illinois teams will need a travel. All other USYSA teams from different states will need travel permits.
5) MYSA Guest Player Forms CLICK HERE FOR MISSOURI INTRA-CLUB GUEST FORM
IF you are from any of thee states – Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin CLICK HERE FOR TRAVEL AND GUEST FORMS
US Club Requirements
1) Official Team Roster
2) Completed Tournament Roster including guest players. CLICK HERE FOR TOURNEY ROSTER
Please complete online using the drop down menus, save, and upload during the online registration process in GOTSOCCER.
3) Player Passes – 6-8 passes per page
We are sanctioned by MYSA (USYSA) and US Club Soccer.