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BenQ HT3550 Projector Reviewed
By Dylan Seeger | November 25, 2019
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Earlier this year, BenQ released the HT3550 projector as a replacement for last year's HT2550. Those familiar with BenQ's product lineup will notice the price of this year's model has increased $250, bringing the MSRP to $1,499. For the extra dough, BenQ says they've stepped up performance and introduced new features. The light engine has been completely redesigned, bringing improvements in both color saturation and contrast. The latter is, in part, thanks to the new dynamic iris, which boosts contrast performance threefold over last year's model, up to a claimed 30,000:1.
The light engine also now includes an optical light filter to increase color saturation performance up to a claimed 95 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut. This is a welcome upgrade for those who plan to watch a lot of Ultra HD Blu-ray discs, as most have color saturation well beyond REC709. Rounding out the upgrades is an additional fully compliant 18Gbps HDCP 2.2 HDMI 2.0b port and a pair of five-watt stereo speakers. All in all, the HT3550 seems to offer a comprehensive set of features and performance that would have been unheard of just a few years ago at its asking price.
The HT3550 employs Texas Instruments' new 1080p 0.47-inch DLP DMD with XPR technology to achieve perceptual on-screen resolution of 3,840 by 2,160. For those unfamiliar with this technology, XPR is a form of pixel-shifting similar to what JVC and Epson have used in the past. But unlike the implementations used on those projectors, TI is able to achieve even greater perceived on-screen resolution with this 1080p DMD. They do this by flashing four optically shifted 1080p frames on screen, compared to just two from competing pixel-shift implementations. This, in effect, creates a single native 4K image on screen. This can be more easily achieved with a DLP DMD due to the mirrors having extremely fast response time and a unique ability to optically tilt light, something LCD-based technologies can't do. This offers far more possibilities in how pixels can be shifted, especially when combined with the specialized optical glass actuator that all pixel-shift implementations use. Until TI decides they want a true native 4K DMD in the consumer space, companies like BenQ, who rely on TI for designing and manufacturing display devices for their projectors, must hold fast and use pixel-shifting as a stop-gap technology.
As far as home theater projectors go, the HT3550 is compact and light. The chassis measures in at just 5.0 inches by 14.96 inches by 10.35 inches and weighs only 9.3 pounds. It's flexible enough to allow for table-top, ceiling, and rear-screen installation, build quality is excellent for its price, and the matte white finish should look good in most rooms. BenQ claims the HT3550 allows up to 2,000 lumens of image brightness with the included 240-watt lamp. The lamp is rated for 4,000 hours in Normal lamp mode and 15,000 hours in SmartEco mode. The supplied remote control is ergonomic, well laid out, and backlit for convenience.
Connections on the back of the projector are the two aforementioned full bandwidth HDMI 2.0b ports, an RS-232C port, a 12-volt trigger port, two USB ports, an S/PDIF optical digital audio port, and an analog 3.5-millimeter analog audio port. The USB ports differ in their functionality, with one of them meant to power a streaming device like a Roku or Chromecast, while the other is meant to be used for local media playback from either a hard drive or flash drive.
The HT3550 is one of the first XPR-based DLP projectors I've come across that supports 3D, and all major consumer 3D formats are supported. Just remember that you'll need DLP Link 3D glasses to properly sync to the projector if you plan on watching 3D content.
As this is a single-chip DLP projector, color needs to be provided sequentially to the DMD. To facilitate this, the HT3550 is using a six-segment RGB-RGB color wheel. Unlike some of the other color wheel configurations typically found near this price point, an RGB-RGB color wheel boosts color saturation performance and helps to cut down on the dreaded rainbow color breakup artifact common to most budget-oriented DLP projectors. In my testing, I found this to be true. BenQ claims the color wheel included inside the HT3550 is able to cover the entire REC709 color gamut natively, something the HT2550 couldn't do. As mentioned above, for Ultra HD/HDR video, a color filter can be placed within the light engine to boost color saturation up to a claimed 95 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut.
The HT3550 includes support for HDR10 and Hybrid Log-Gamma HDR formats. The projector can also automatically detect an HDR image and change picture modes to correctly display this content. Furthermore, the projector allows you to adjust the HDR image within the menu system via a tone map adjustment slider.
The HT3550 has both a SmartEco lamp dimming mode and a physical iris in the lens that can be enabled to boost contrast performance, though only one can be enabled at a time. Both of these options work in a similar way by modulating how much light either enters or leaves the light engine, which helps boost on/off contrast performance past what the projector can do natively. So, when a movie scene gets dark, these systems will dynamically adjust light output to aid contrast and black level.
Due to the way the pixel-shifting XPR system works, there is an inherent high-pitched noise when the optical glass actuator is moving. For those sensitive to this noise, BenQ have given owners the option to manually disable XPR by choosing Silence mode in the Display submenu. When this mode is engaged, all content will be scaled to 1080p. In my testing, I didn't find the noise coming from the projector to be particularly annoying, but your mileage may vary. I would imagine an annoyance to this noise will depend on how close you sit to the projector.
Setting up the HT3550 can be very tricky, especially for those unfamiliar with projectors. Several factors inherent to the HT3550 need to be taken into consideration for potential buyers. The projector has a relatively short throw range at only 1.13 to 1.47:1. For context, I own a ten-foot wide screen, which means placement of this projector can only be 11.3 to 14.7 feet away from my screen. A second factor potential buyers need to take into consideration is the image offset and lens shift capabilities this projector has. The HT3550 has 100 percent image offset, which means the projected image will be 100 percent below the center of the lens in image height. However, with the included manual vertical lens shift, you can adjust this offset by ten percent. This means the HT3550 must be placed at least level with the top of your screen, but not more than ten percent higher than your screen's height. No horizontal lens shift is included, so the lens will have to be dead center with your screen in order to properly fill it with an image.
Out of the box, Auto-Keystone mode is enabled. In general, keystone software manipulates the image in a detrimental way. For best image quality, I would advise owners to disable this feature and physically adjust the projector to achieve correct geometry on your screen. BrilliantColor is also enabled by default. While BrilliantColor is an easy way for owners to achieve more lumen output, it comes at the expense of color and greyscale accuracy. Like keystone, I would advise owners to disable this feature unless you absolutely need the extra brightness.
You'll find useful settings in the menu system, such as the basic Brightness, Contrast, Color, and Sharpness adjustments, as well as smooth motion creative frame interpolation (called Motion Enhancer 4K), a smart image sharpening tool (called Pixel Enhancer 4K), several preset gamma modes, and access to the built-in media player should you have a flash drive plugged into the back of the projector. The HT3550 also offers two-point greyscale adjustment, as well as a full color management system should you want to calibrate the projector yourself. Additionally, the HT3550 is ISF certified, which allows a calibrator to access the ISF submenu. This type of calibration can lock in picture settings, ensuring that accidental changes to a calibration can't occur.
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Mother arrested after two children found in dinghy in Jersey
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Image caption Coastguards were called after an off-duty RNLI volunteer spotted a dinghy heading towards the shore
A mother and two children on the run for three years have been found on board a dinghy in Jersey.
The woman, aged 33, was charged with child neglect and immigration offences following her arrest at St Catherine's on 3 July.
It's understood she is named on an arrest warrant from another country for allegedly abducting her daughter.
A girl aged four and a boy of three are being cared for by Children's Services.
A man and woman, both 67, also pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting and immigration offences.
The three defendants, who are originally from England, appeared at Jersey Magistrate's Court earlier.
Image caption Two children were found in a dinghy that came ashore at St Catherine's breakwater
The court was told an off-duty RNLI volunteer spotted a small dinghy heading towards shore just after 08:00 BST and called the coastguard.
A woman and two small children got off, and the two older occupants of the dinghy headed back to sea, but returned to shore as conditions worsened, the court heard.
When police arrived, the mother gave a false name for one of the children to police, the court was told.
The woman and the couple, who turned out to be her parents, told police the group had travelled from France on a day trip, having been travelling in Europe for the past year.
Police officers also discovered children's clothes and more than £1,000 in cash.
The woman said the clothes were packed in case they stayed in Jersey overnight.
The Court was told the children appeared healthy, but their passports were fraudulent and life jackets and equipment on the dinghy were not satisfactory.
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She will remain in custody until an extradition hearing on 1 August.
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Dr. Jerome "Jerry" Gallagher
Dr. Jerome Jay "Jerry" Gallagher, age 78, died December 11, 2021, at St. Lawrence hospice in Lansing, Michigan, with his beloved wife of 51 years, Sherwood Hughes Gallagher, by his side. Jerome was born on November 13, 1943, in Traverse City, MI, to general surgeon/neurologist/psychiatrist and Director of Receiving at Traverse City State Hospital William Hanna Gallagher and Mother Hannah Ethel Rosen.
Jerome received a B.S. degree in Clinical and Experimental Psychology from Michigan State University in 1967, a Master's in Psychology from Central Michigan University in 1968 and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Michigan State University in 1973.
In the 1940s, the custom was that physicians' families grew up on the grounds of the State Hospital and Jerry frequently accompanied his father to see patients. He learned by observing his father how to treat people with respect and deep compassion but also with purpose. Jerome was preceded in death by his older brother William Joseph Gallagher, and survived by, among others, his younger brothers Morton James and Stuart Robert Gallagher. All three felt deeply that Traverse City was home and that they had enjoyed the best childhood that anyone could have had. All family gatherings involved some amount of time spent reminiscing about the good old days running wild over the grounds of the hospital, playing in the creek, shooting the bulls with pea shooters, and building fires and roasting hot dogs in the tunnels….
Jerome was also an accomplished musician, again, influenced by growing up listening nightly to his father play Chopin waltzes on the piano. Jerry's own children in turn would lay beneath his piano most nights on a brown furry bean bag listening to him play music that ran the gamut from Chopin, to ragtime, to the Great American songbook, and even church hymns. Jerry was a rare individual who had a true ear and did not need music to play; in fact never did learn to read music. If he could hear it, he could play it. His first, and only, piano teacher dismissed him when, as a small boy, she realized he was only pretending to read the music he was supposed to be playing for his lesson. He was appearing to concentrate hard but the songbook was opened to the wrong page- -And upside down! Music was an integral part of Jerome's life. He played throughout the state with bands and as a soloist in all the top venues of the 1960s, and in fact, paid his entire way through school playing the piano.
Jerome was also a superb swimmer and lifeguarded for two years at Riviera Beach in Florida. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Scottish Rite, a member of the National Register of HealthCare Service Providers in Psychology, a Diplomate of the American Society of Forensic Examiners, a member of the Internat'l Assn. of Chiefs of Police (IACP), a member of the American Legion, the Eagles, the Moose, and a lifetime member of the Elks.
Jerome had an illustrious career spanning decades working in community mental health, corrections, and court settings. He was the director of the Ingham County Jail mental health services for over 20 years, as well as providing thousands of hours of expert witness testimony in court, becoming a particular expert in the complicated field of forensic toxicology. He founded and obtained years of grant funding for Project Sentry, a forensics drug testing clinic used by the courts of Michigan. At the same time, he operated his own private counseling practice and Psychappraisal Associates, a partnership with fellow psychologist, Dr. Gary Kaufmann, providing consultation for law-enforcement agencies focusing on hiring, critical incidents, and fitness for duty examinations. For over 30 years he worked with these agencies, retiring only 6 weeks before his passing. He felt "on call," for these departments and officers who worked 24/7 for the public good and felt compelled to do the same for them. In his retirement letter to these sheriff and police departments he said, "You are all my heroes," and he meant it.
Other than the countless individual lives he impacted, one of Jerome's proudest professional accomplishments was being appointed to a two year task force with the federal government, working directly with drug "Czar" Dr. William Bennett and President Ronald Reagan to help shape national drug policy. The position was a great honor and an acknowledgement of the effectiveness of the policies he had instituted within his own facilities locally in Michigan.
Jerome's true pride though, and what he would consider his greatest accomplishment are his family. He is survived by his wife, Sherwood, his daughter Emily Gallagher (Jeremy) Brown, sons William Hanna (Michelle) and Keith Hampton (Kristen). He leaves behind three grandchildren, Benjamin Robert, Lucas Jay, Vivian Hannah, and two step-grandchildren, Kylie and Koby Brown, along with several nieces and nephews. Jerry loved being called Papa by his grandchildren, he played piano with them and taught Ben especially all he knew about cars, which was a considerable amount. Jerome's granddaughter Vivian Hannah was born December 10, just hours before Jerry's passing and the entire family feels as if an exchange of life has happened. She has his piano playing fingers and also has some very big shoes to fill.
Jerome married the love of his life Sherwood Hughes (Hardwick) in Traverse City in 1970 and was always aware that the great accomplishments of his professional and personal life would not have been possible without her steady influence. He would be the first to say she held the entire endeavor together, tending the home, running his practices, minding the budget and finances, and getting the kids off to school each day.
This is only a small glimpse of what it was like to have known Dr. G. His intellect and lifelong intellectual curiosity was formidable. The only thing greater was his near photographic memory, especially for people and places in the past. On any street in Traverse City he could tell you who lived in each and every home, who owned every store, even who sat next to him in kindergarten. He was incredibly funny and liked to learn from anyone about anything. If you knew more than he did about a topic, be it car engines and motorcycles, to building a log cabin, to surgery, to polishing Petoskey stones…he wanted to know what you knew. He felt most at home when he was at his summer cottage on Long Lake outside Traverse City, and the door was always open to anyone. Unannounced visits from any number of friends were a near daily occurrence. If heaven is the version of where you are happiest, Jerry is sitting on his deck, looking west out at the lake at sunset, having made cocktails for his gathered family, his children and brothers. Grandkids splashing and laughing in the water below, waiting for the evening to fall, and a very late dinner to be had. Dear neighbors and friends drop by to enjoy the communal warmth of a beautiful northern Michigan summer night surrounded by people he loved deeply and who loved him back.
The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 15, 2022, at the Estes-Leadley Greater Lansing Chapel. His family will receive relatives and friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. on Friday, January 14th at the funeral home.
The family requests visitors to please wear masks for the visitation and funeral.
A livestream of the service will be held. Please click here to view.
A graveside memorial service and burial will take place at Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City sometime in the spring of 2022. Details will follow when the date and time have been decided.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to:
Hospice House of Mid-Michigan, 1210 W. Saginaw St., Lansing, MI 48915
The 180 Impact, Rally Point Defense, LLC, Aaron Smith, 303 Bittersweet Lane, Battle Creek, MI 49015 (They assist first responders, mostly police officers, to overcome burnout, depression, etc. by giving them education and resources for improved mental health).
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Gene Wriggelsworth
Jerry was a great man who will be missed! A friend you could lean on when you needed a strong shoulder. God bless Dr. Gallagher, you were a great mentor and greater person.
Dan Purtill, ELPD
I knew Jerry from Law Enforcement activities. He was good at what he did and an upstanding person. He helped so many people. Blessing to him and family.
Jerry Segerlind
Dr. Gallagher was my room mate at MSU from 1965 to 1967 we had much fun and have remained friends ever since. Jerry was a very passionate person who had many friends and hobbies and was fun to associate with. He will be missed. Our thoughts are with his family.
Ed Meister
Jerry was a great friend for 50 years. Loved to talk cars and bought hundreds of cars. Great memories with him and his family at their cottage, our cottage, Florida, Christmas parties, remodeling projects, and just hanging out. Most intelligent person I knew. He surely will be missed by many people.
Michael Cosgrove
We lost a wonderful friend who was a devoted husband and father. He was intelligent with a wide variety of interest foremost being cars. He could be counted on for advise during a crisis.
We will miss his stories, his laugh, his musical talent and his friendship.
Katie and Bill Parker
Jerry and his wonderful family have been dear friends from Long Lake for many years. His intelligence, wit, strong values, devotion to his family and musical talent are just a few of his many memorable attributes. We will miss him very much, but know he will live on in the hearts of his family and many friends.
Linda Lynch
Dr. Gallagher was the one person who just always seemed to be there for me when I needed his help. He usually was so difficult to reach by phone, but during those true emergency times when I needed to reach him, he always seemed to answer. We loved sharing stories about our families, and he spoke so lovingly of his wife, his children, his grandchildren, and his friends. I will miss him so much, but his words of wisdom will live on in my heart and mind forever. Thank you, Dr. Gallagher for being such a wonderful, caring person. You were a gift to so many.
Meagan (Warner) Alvarado
There are no words to write or speak that can reflect the loss our family feels with Jerry's passing. He was an integral part of my childhood-spending summers at the cottage on Long Lake, fall at MSU games with our families, and winter taking sleigh rides. He was quick to jump in when my dad was running late for my wedding rehearsal (haha!) and played a huge role in making sure the music was incredible at the reception (people still talk about it to this day!) Our families have grown up together-through many ups and downs. Celebrations, graduations, weddings and of course the tough stuff life throws at us every once in a while. This is one of those times. His loss is felt and leaves quite a hole in the fabric of our families lives. Sending love to all whom we know who will forever be missing him.
Mike Carpenter
Jerry and I had a long relationship dating back when he started his substance abuse program back in the late sixties at the Ingham County Jail. That professional relationship continued until my retirement in 2006. However we kept in touch over the years with visits to his Long Lake Getaway. We kind of lost contact recently, but I always knew Jerry was always there if I needed his expertise.
Jerry will definitely be missed by many.
Rest in peace my friend
Darryl and Gerrie Milarch
Where to start. My parents and Jerry's father were all employed at the Traverse City State Hospital back in the 30's and 40's. We both grew up in TC and attended school together, graduating as classmates in 1961. We drifted apart during our college years, only to reconnect after we were both married and starting our families. Since then we had developed a special relationship. Being an only child and the loss of my parents, Jerry became the brother I never had. Conversations about cars, books, building projects, travels, bourbons to name just a few. We will miss Jerry in so many ways. He was such a special person. Bless his family, as they formed such an important part of who Jerry was.It has been our privilege to have been part of his life.
Maurice Randall
My Dad, Don Randall, met Jerry back around '63 or '64 when he bought a used car from my Dad. Jerry traded in his nice 1958 Chevy convertible. My Dad allowed him $350 for the trade in. They became close friends ever since. My Dad had fun driving a very rusty Ford Maverick over to Jerry's house to see him. It looked very out of place amongst the nice homes in the area. Jerry would come out of the house to greet my Dad as he slammed the door of the car, dropping rust in his driveway. They had much fun together over the years. After my Dad's passing, Jerry would call me periodically just to talk. He would always say how much he missed my Dad. Now, Jerry and my Dad can get together again. I was thinking about Jerry just the day before he passed away, as I hadn't heard from him in awhile. Someday, he'll be able to call me again.
Paul J Fulton
I am sorry to learn of the passing of Jerry. We knew each other when I worked as a Probation Officer in another life. Not only was he highly intelligent, but also had a great sense of humor. His imitation of "Mortimore Snerd" was hilarious. He was one of a kind and will be truly missed.
Jerri Kaple Boswell
Jerry was a very special person in my life. I met him, Sherry, Emily and Bill when I married one of his best friends from graduate school in 1980. We shared many family visits in our home in MD and in MI. He was the one with his encouraging words who gave me the will to fight like h… for my life when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1994. What I am most grateful for with Jerry was the way he jumped right in as a stand in dad when my kids' passed away 6 years ago. He was there for them in many ways. He will be terribly missed by me and my children. Despite our geographical distance (me in AZ) I am looking forward to a continuing relationship with his wonderful family. Rest In Peace my friend.
LAURIE M PARKER
A true loss …so saddened to hear of Dr. Gallaghers passing. Great Man, lots of conversations with him many years ago of life, family … best Boss I ever had.
My condolences to Sherry, Noodle, Bug, last one's name escapes me, forgive me, getting old and senile.
Please know You all will remain in my thoughts & prayers.
Laurie M. Parker
Margaret Macksey Mikowski
I met Jerry while attending NMC and living with the Jacobs family. He played the piano with their group that we attended.
Sharon/Dennis Whipple
I knew Jerry In his Capacity of Mental Health Director @ the Ingham County Sheriffs Office. I was Administrative Assistant to Sheriff Kenneth Preadmore and Jerry was always ready & able to answer any questions that would arise & he enjoyed talking about his family & your family Jerry & I became very good friends & I really appreciated his knowledge & his great sense of humor. He had an amazing ability to help anyone without them even knowing it. Sending many thoughts & prayers to his family.
Sandi Bement
Dear Sherwood and family,
I was so very sorry to learn of Jerry's passing. My late husband, John Bement, and Jerry became life-long friends when they were children spending summers at Long Lake. I was lucky to meet Jerry when John invited him to stay with us a few days before he started at MSU. He regaled us with stories of his travels through Europe staying at hostels and playing the piano for spending money. Through the years, they stayed in touch through Christmas cards and hour-long telephone conversations, vowing to get together to fish for Walleye or meet for beer and pizza. The last time I spoke to Jerry was after I had sent a Christmas card telling him of John's diagnosis of Alzheimer's. John passed away at home on November 18th, less than a month from Jerry's passing, with assistance from Lansing Area Hospice. I truly believe these two have finally reunited and are sharing their stories and one-liners while fishing for Walleye. God Bless them.
With deepest sympathy, Sandi
Richard L. Williams
Jerry Gallagher and I met each other in 1979 when we both were establishing ourselves in our professions. As a criminal defense attorney, I was immediately drawn to Jerry because of his love of advocating what he saw to be the truth in a given situation. He was passionate in his persuasion, and fact-based in maintaining it. He and I often shared items of common interest such as our love of playing music, cooking and our travels to far-off places. But most of all, I will miss our regular and often long phone calls as well as his visits to my office to meet his patients and to have lunch. Even up until these last few months we'd work on cases just as we had done so over the past forty-plus years. Jerry and I were true friends. He was a one-of-a-kind. I miss him very much.
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Landing Vehicle, Tracked
Universal Carrier
Sturmgeschütz IV
Sturmmörser Tiger
BA-64
Type 2 Ka-Mi
Pz Kpfw IV
Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (7,5) (Sd Kfz 233)
Carro Armato M13/40
Leichter Panzerspähwagen (Sd Kfz 221)
76 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M18
L3/35
Originally designated Carro Veloce CV-35, the L3/35 was an improved version of the L3/33, designed in 1935. The 6,5 mm machine gun was upgraded to two 8 mm machine guns, and the armour was bolted rather than riveted.
Despite its weak armour and armament, the L3/35 continued to serve until the end of World War 2 in both North Africa and Europe. Aside from Italy, the L3/35 was also used by:
Austria (72 exported)
Bolivia (14 exported)
Brazil (23 exported)
Bulgaria (14 exported)
Croatia (10 exported)
Dominican Republic (bought from Brazil in 1945)
Germany (who took control of the majority of Italian tanks after Italy's surrender in 1943)
Hungary (65 exported)
Iraq (16 exported)
Franco's Spain
A number of L3/35's were equipped with a Solothurn 20 mm anti-tank rifle in place of the two 8 mm Breda machine guns, to improve its anti-tank capabilities, after experiences with a similar conversion on the German Pz Kpfw I during the Spanish Civil War.
Eventually, the L3/35 was improved with the L3/38, the final tank in the series.
Commander/gunner
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Speed (max)
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Now that sports betting is legal, the leagues want in. They're making a full-court press with a state-by-state playbook of model legislation and lobbying.
This story was co-published by Salon, Governing and NBC News.
OCEANPORT, N.J. — Monmouth Park Racetrack bet its future against long odds, and it's about to cash in on what it hopes will be a jackpot.
The bet appears to have paid off: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the sports leagues in May, and the New Jersey Legislature is set for a vote as soon as Thursday on legislation to clear the final roadblocks that keep Monmouth Park's bar from being the first licensed, full-service sports betting parlor in the state.
Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of the management company that operates Monmouth Park, has been busy preparing the horse racing track in Oceanport, New Jersey, for legalized sports betting since the U.S. Supreme Court repealed the federal ban in May. Its $1.5 million sports bar can accept bets as soon as state officials lift the final regulatory hurdle.
But the size of Monmouth Park's payday is still unclear. After fighting an all-out war for years against sports betting, the leagues are now trying to jockey for a piece of the action. Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association, in particular, have quietly been working behind the scenes for months as they braced for a pivotal decision from the Supreme Court, teaming up on a multistate lobbying blitz to have a say in how sports betting should be legalized.
MLB and the NBA have been pressing for "integrity fees" of up to 1 percent of all bets placed on games — purportedly for policing against game-fixing — and drafted what's known as "model legislation" to help get the fees codified into law in each state. To make their case, they have been bankrolling more than 80 lobbyists in more than a dozen statehouses and dispatching top officials across the country — from Kansas to New York — to testify in legislative hearings.
All this is part of an influence game that pits the leagues against a host of other special interest groups — including the gambling industry, college athletic programs, players' unions and even service providers for gambling addicts — while Congress ponders whether to wade into the legal thicket and come up with a new federal framework to regulate sports betting.
The attraction? Billions of dollars in projected profits could be reaped from what's long been the domain of illegal barroom bookies and offshore operators. Legalized sports betting is estimated to be worth $41.2 billion a year in the U.S., according to a 2017 study commissioned by the American Gaming Association, a trade group that represents the casino industry. Once regulated, it could generate nearly $9 billion in federal, state and local taxes.
For Monmouth Park and other struggling gambling venues, the stakes are high: The outcome of the leagues' lobbying campaign could make or break their future success, as integrity fees threaten to take the lion's share of profits from sports betting.
At its core, New Jersey's legal fight at the Supreme Court was about state sovereignty — whether the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a 1992 federal law that banned states from legalizing sports betting, amounted to an unconstitutional "commandeering" of state officials for federal purposes.
In the aftermath of the landmark decision, Delaware won the race to be the first state outside of Nevada to allow single-game sports betting, with its three casinos beginning to take bets Tuesday. The state had a head start, having already legalized sports betting before Congress tied its hands in 1992. "We're hopeful that this will bring even more visitors into Delaware to see firsthand what our state has to offer," Democratic Gov. John Carney said in a statement.
The playbook was similar in New Jersey, where the leagues hired a total of 13 top Trenton lobbyists — with both enlisting A.J. Sabath, a former commissioner of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, and Eric Shuffler, a longtime political player who served on Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's transition team earlier this year. Lobbying records show that they have landed private meetings with the state's top leaders, all Democrats, including Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, Senate President Steve Sweeney and two of his staffers, as well as the governor's chief of staff.
In January, the leagues' lobbying campaign helped them score a win in the Indiana General Assembly, which introduced a pair of bills that borrow some language from model legislation — titled, "Model Sports Wagering Act" — including a provision for integrity fees. Since then, six other states have also introduced bills that give the green light to integrity fees.
By drafting model legislation, the leagues are following a tried–and–true playbook in influencing the nitty-gritty details of policymaking in statehouses across the country.
It's a political tactic whose early success can be traced to the beginning of the 20th century, when the American Association for Labor Legislation drafted model legislation in its historic crusade for unemployment insurance and workers' compensation.
The American Legislative Exchange Council then began seizing on the tactic after it was founded in 1973 by right-wing activist Paul Weyrich, drafting model legislation by the hundreds and getting them introduced in dozens of states. The group promotes an array of issues dear to its conservative, pro-business interests and then counts on its members — several thousand legislators, as well as hundreds of private entities, including many Fortune 500 companies — to drum up support.
Drafting model legislation can help shape the agenda in statehouses — particularly in the part-time, "citizen legislatures" whose members hold day jobs, said Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University.
The leagues' model legislation isn't only about pressing for integrity fees. While silent about taxes, it also pitches a number of league-friendly provisions that give them a veto over which types of bets could be allowed, as well as control over scores, player statistics and other data used by sportsbooks.
In recent weeks, MLB and the NBA have picked up new allies in their fight for integrity fees. The Professional Golfers' Association has come out in support, while the Lead1 Association, which represents athletic directors at 129 colleges, has argued that colleges also deserve integrity fees to police game-fixing.
Tom McMillen, Lead1's president and CEO, said college sports has had its share of scandals throughout its history — such as an infamous point-shaving scheme in which mob-tied gamblers bribed Boston College basketball players to fix games in the late 1970s.
Monmouth Park, a 147-year-old horse racing track in Oceanport, New Jersey, hopes to become the first licensed, full-service sports betting parlor in the state.
Roberts said the difference is crucial, given that sportsbooks typically operate on thin profit margins. As an example, she pointed to the 2018 Super Bowl, on which more than $158 million was bet in Nevada, but sportsbooks took in only $1.17 million in revenue — or 0.7 percent of bets — after paying out the winnings. This explains why integrity fees aren't imposed in Nevada, where sports betting has been available for nearly 70 years.
But the gambling industry isn't the only special interest group competing with the leagues.
And, in New Jersey, the leagues' hopes for integrity fees appear to be diminishing by the day. Two weeks ago, Sweeney, the Senate president, went so far as sending letters to governors and legislative leaders in other states, urging them to reject integrity fees.
In a statement, NCAA President Mark Emmert expressed his support for federal regulation of sports betting. "While we recognize the critical role of state governments, strong federal standards are necessary to safeguard the integrity of college sports and the athletes who play these games at all levels," he said.
While Pallone's bill — which doesn't include a provision for integrity fees — hasn't budged since its introduction, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah and one of the original architects of the 1992 law on sports betting, has also announced his support for a federal framework to regulate sports betting.
But some states are already pushing back. A day before Hatch's column was published, gaming regulators from Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan and Nevada issued a statement to urge Congress to stand down. They argued that "coordinated action among jurisdictions" — states and Native American tribes — is what's needed to root out corruption in sport betting.
Marc Edelman, a law professor at the City University of New York's Baruch College, said the leagues could still get what they want out of Congress, owing to their longstanding presence on Capitol Hill. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, for example, the NFL alone has spent more than $6 million for its lobbying efforts since 2013, and its Gridiron PAC gave $1.2 million in campaign contributions during the 2016 election cycle.
For his part, Monmouth Park's Drazin isn't waiting to find out what Congress is going to do. He's focused on getting the track's bar and the adjoining grandstand area — which can hold about 7,500 people — ready to take bets as soon as the state lets him.


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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed a $7,000 penalty against Navy contractor Tetra Tech after it found the company deliberately falsified soil samples.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday proposed a fine against a government contractor after it found the company deliberately falsified soil samples at a superfund site in San Francisco that's slated for homes, shops and parks.
The NRC is proposing a $7,000 penalty against Tetra Tech, the company in charge of cleaning up radiation at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard.
The Investigative Unit first exposed in 2014 that the Navy caught Tetra Tech mishandling soil samples and falsifying radiation data when cleaning up parcels of land and various buildings on Hunters Point. The NRC launched an investigation, which determined two Tetra Tech workers deliberately falsified soil samples in 2011 and 2012.
When reached by email, Tetra Tech spokeswoman Charlie MacPherson said the company took corrective actions to resample the suspect areas.
The commission said it did not find any information to suggest that suspect buildings or land had been inappropriately cleared for unrestricted use, which includes future development.
The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit first exposed in 2014 that former Tetra Tech workers questioned the cleanup of radiation at Hunters Point. The Investigative Unit uncovered an internal Tetra Tech report that details how the company believed employees mishandled soil samples and falsified radiation data.
In March, a Tetra Tech worker told the Investigative Unit that his bosses ordered him to conceal radiation on the site. He said supervisors told him to replace potentially contaminated soil samples with clean ones, dump potentially contaminated soil into trenches on Hunters Point and sign falsified documents that were later submitted to the government.
Tetra Tech has 30 days to pay the NRC's proposed penalty or request in writing that the fine be withdrawn.
If you have a tip for the Investigative Unit email theunit@nbcbayarea.com.


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#ifndef MAPPING_C
#define MAPPING_C

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <assert.h>

#include "mapping.h"

#include "helpers.h"

// user-defined mappings
// (the curves you can edit in the brush settings)

typedef struct {
  // a set of control points (stepwise linear)
  float xvalues[8];
  float yvalues[8];
  int n;
} ControlPoints;

struct _Mapping {
    float base_value; // FIXME: accessed directly from mypaint-brush.c

    int inputs;
    ControlPoints * pointsList; // one for each input
    int inputs_used; // optimization

};

Mapping *
mapping_new(int inputs_)
{
    Mapping *self = (Mapping *)malloc(sizeof(Mapping));

    self->inputs = inputs_;
    self->pointsList = (ControlPoints *)malloc(sizeof(ControlPoints)*self->inputs);
    int i = 0;
    for (i=0; i<self->inputs; i++) self->pointsList[i].n = 0;

    self->inputs_used = 0;
    self->base_value = 0;

    return self;
}

void
mapping_free(Mapping *self)
{
    free(self->pointsList);
    free(self);
}

float mapping_get_base_value(Mapping *self)
{
    return self->base_value;
}

void mapping_set_base_value(Mapping *self, float value)
{
    self->base_value = value;
}

void mapping_set_n (Mapping * self, int input, int n)
{
    assert (input >= 0 && input < self->inputs);
    assert (n >= 0 && n <= 8);
    assert (n != 1); // cannot build a linear mapping with only one point
    ControlPoints * p = self->pointsList + input;

    if (n != 0 && p->n == 0) self->inputs_used++;
    if (n == 0 && p->n != 0) self->inputs_used--;
    assert(self->inputs_used >= 0);
    assert(self->inputs_used <= self->inputs);

    p->n = n;
}

int mapping_get_n (Mapping * self, int input)
{
    assert (input >= 0 && input < self->inputs);
    ControlPoints * p = self->pointsList + input;
    return p->n;
}

void mapping_set_point (Mapping * self, int input, int index, float x, float y)
{
    assert (input >= 0 && input < self->inputs);
    assert (index >= 0 && index < 8);
    ControlPoints * p = self->pointsList + input;
    assert (index < p->n);

    if (index > 0) {
      assert (x >= p->xvalues[index-1]);
    }

    p->xvalues[index] = x;
    p->yvalues[index] = y;
}

void mapping_get_point (Mapping * self, int input, int index, float *x, float *y)
{
    assert (input >= 0 && input < self->inputs);
    assert (index >= 0 && index < 8);
    ControlPoints * p = self->pointsList + input;
    assert (index < p->n);

    *x = p->xvalues[index];
    *y = p->yvalues[index];
}

gboolean mapping_is_constant(Mapping * self)
{
    return self->inputs_used == 0;
}

int
mapping_get_inputs_used_n(Mapping *self)
{
    return self->inputs_used;
}

float mapping_calculate (Mapping * self, float * data)
{
    int j;
    float result;
    result = self->base_value;

    // constant mapping (common case)
    if (self->inputs_used == 0) return result;

    for (j=0; j<self->inputs; j++) {
      ControlPoints * p = self->pointsList + j;

      if (p->n) {
        float x, y;
        x = data[j];

        // find the segment with the slope that we need to use
        float x0, y0, x1, y1;
        x0 = p->xvalues[0];
        y0 = p->yvalues[0];
        x1 = p->xvalues[1];
        y1 = p->yvalues[1];

        int i;
        for (i=2; i<p->n && x>x1; i++) {
          x0 = x1;
          y0 = y1;
          x1 = p->xvalues[i];
          y1 = p->yvalues[i];
        }

        if (x0 == x1) {
          y = y0;
        } else {
          // linear interpolation
          y = (y1*(x - x0) + y0*(x1 - x)) / (x1 - x0);
        }

        result += y;
      }
    }
    return result;
}

// used in python for the global pressure mapping
float mapping_calculate_single_input (Mapping * self, float input)
{
    assert(self->inputs == 1);
    return mapping_calculate(self, &input);
}
#endif //MAPPING_C


Here's another AFC North team with a coach who could be on the hot seat. Marvin Lewis is the second-longest tenured coach in the NFL today, but he won't be able to afford missing the playoffs in consecutive years on top of five years of wild-card futility. The Bengals caught some tough breaks last season by losing seven of nine by a possession. Starting the season against Baltimore, Houston, Green Bay, Cleveland and Buffalo could give the Bengals a 4–1 start going into their bye.
Pivotal game: Week 17 at Ravens. This game could decide who gets a wild card and who stays home. Both the Bengals and Ravens will have to deal with a competitive AFC West, so nine wins may not cut it for a wild-card berth.


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Kumaon region in Uttarakhand, India is famous for its beautiful hilly terrain enveloped in lush green plantation. But that's during the day. If you rise early you may find the greenery enveloped in morning mist. The veil of fog thickens in chilly wind and falls gently down the valley. As the morning grows older the sun comes out from behind the lofty peaks of the Himalayas and envelops the earth with warmth and light.
Published in response to Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Enveloped.


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Jumping Into That Gap In The Market
BY BIZCATALYST 360°
Ever grown tired of having too much month at the end of your money? Sick of counting down the days until your pay check arrives? Tired of putting your hopes into the weekly lottery draw? Well, there is a way to ease these stresses of everyday life: become your own boss and pay yourself!
To do so, any would-be entrepreneurs must listen to the needs of the modern world and find a gap in its market to exploit, and the entrepreneurial world of today is ever-changing, fast-paced and shape heavily by the use of online tools, so that's a good place to start. Social media, for example, is a key component in the successful delivery of a product, used by business leaders as a way to communicate with customers and employees — it's a brave new world! And bravery is what it took Sabri Suby, CEO of digital agency King Kong, to get where he is today. Despite the infancy of his company (it's only two years old), Suby now claims to have revenues of close to $4 million; pretty impressive for a company that was born on a computer in a bedroom, don't you think? And Suby isn't the only entrepreneur to have changed his life: Chris Williams of Aginto Solutions sensationally went from homelessness to running the successful website design company. And if you don't believe me, click here!
But enough of the stories of inspiration: you want to know how you can do it, right? Well, unfortunately, there is no exact formula to follow in becoming an entrepreneur, but that's not to say it can't be done. In the age of the digital entrepreneur, for Suby and Williams it was all about using the online tools that were at their disposal to help them in finding their unique selling points, and you can too. Forbes have offered a comprehensive list of platforms and programmes that are great to utilise, of which can be found here.
However, more important than any list telling you what to do, is doing it yourself!
Know your goal — why are you doing this?
Listen to your heart — what idea makes it flutter every time you think about it?
Do the market research — where can your little idea fit into the big, wide world that it will be entering?
Utilise your USP — how best can your idea's unique selling point be used as a tool to wedge itself firmly in the gap you've identified?
But don't lose sight of the original goal — when you are in a position to do so, operate using the 80:20 rule: 80% working on your product, 20% marketing it.
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Canada's Point Blank Creative has put together this fan-driven trailer based on the comic book Archie, turning its cleaner-than-a-Bible storyline into a twisted, gritty teen-drama you would wanna watch.
Riverdale was produced with the help of almost 100 Craigslist volunteers from the Vancouver film industry. We produced this and the 10 other comedic videos on a budget of $3, 500 over a weekend. The Craigslist and random nature of this production brought the director and his girlfriend together. It also united the executive producer's wife with her long lost friend/boyfriend when she recognized him playing the character of Moose.


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Conflat is a United Kingdom railway term for a short wheelbase flat wagon container wagon.

British Railways used several standard types of wagon. The Conflat A, which could carry one type 'B', or two type 'A', containers, was the most common. It was regularly used to carry AF (frozen food) containers: while the Conflat L, which could carry three smaller containers for bulk powders, was also produced in large numbers.

The Conflat B wagon could carry 2 AFP (frozen food) containers. These were slightly wider than the standard AF containers, and were designed to carry loads on pallets.

History
'Conflat' is the telegraphic code within the Great Western Railway's coding of railway wagons for a container wagon. Unlike normal wagon loads, containers were only listed to carry furniture or goods (unless they were refrigerated containers, which carried frozen products kept cold by ice) which needed to be placed on a specialist flatbed wagon which had train braking capability due to the fragile nature of the products carried.

The wagons were removed from service (as were the containers themselves) when more modern containers came into use.

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See also
Flatbed trolley
Flatbed truck
 Flatcar

References

External links
Model Railway Site featuring some detail on Conflats
 GWRR fleet

British railway wagons

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Page Rank Update this october? Google are you there?
yeah i know everyone has been too frustrated now on the big boss Google because still now after the last update last April, 02 2010 we wasn't heard about the next update hopefully this October ends, do Google sleep anyway? and can you please explain how this Google page rank works? because the update is not consistent because Google is indeed unpredictable on how this most awaited page rank update works, my goodness gracious i got so many sleepless night already but still Google will visit my blog to give some presence with..lol ok christmas is already around the corner maybe Google is planning a great gift or all of us? i hope this might great than a free coupon codes..
If you are a blogger then you must want to increase the popularity of your site/blog. These High PR Directory Submission Sites will help to make your site popular on the web.
Oh, i just noticed that Ive been made a lot of categories to this blog and i laugh out loud on that, anyway let me tell you a short story that is happened awhile ago which on how i detected a threat on my computer. yeah indeed my little computer detected a threat when i checked out the person profile that i really pissed of on the social networking site facebook, lol i dont know if my computer really reads on whats on my mind and hitting me that kind of txt when i was browsing the person profile, how funny inst it?
Yes dear, ill be posting some of my travel experiences to this blog as i achieve it so because i had this plan in mind that i will give my self a treat every time i accomplished some of my frustration and yeah i think i made some sort of them now and yeah thats why this category has been made..lol actually i am not a adventure like what you've been thinking on me at the first place because i was only a nature lover who can appreciated those beautiful scenery around the country..
yeah i was declined once again on the network that i was insistently want to get in which on payu2blog.com because i was too, too, too envy to those bloggers who been under the company already because they can get a bunch rather a set of task that they should serve with and as far as i know they can make it around 500 dollars if you are industrious enough per set of task and i think payu2blog is having a lot of batch of task per month, my goodness bloggers could me millionaire on this network,lol i hope i can get in then soon, wish my self luck though..


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Hello Sailor is the debut album released in 1977 by New Zealand band, Hello Sailor.

Track listing

Credits
 Artwork – Peter Adams
 Bass – Lisle Kinney
 Drums – Ricky Ball
 Engineer – Ian Morris
 Producer – Rob Aicken
 Vocals, Guitar – Dave McArtney, Harry Lyon
 Vocals, Saxophone, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar – Graham Brazier

Charts

Awards

References

Hello Sailor (band) albums
1977 debut albums


Chicago: "World, The," 08/21/2007, WGBH Media Library & Archives, accessed April 26, 2019, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_ADC80F4F094342FC819D10AA30C20150.
MLA: "World, The." 08/21/2007. WGBH Media Library & Archives. Web. April 26, 2019. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/A_ADC80F4F094342FC819D10AA30C20150>.


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Loyola surgeon elected president of OMeGA Medical Grants Association
MAYWOOD, Ill. (February 4, 2015) – Loyola University Medical Center orthopaedic surgeon Alexander Ghanayem, MD, has been elected president of the OMeGA Medical Grants Association, which awards and manages grants for orthopaedic graduate medical education in nine subspecialties.
OMeGA was established in 2008 to ensure the continued financial support of orthopaedic residency and fellowship programs. OMeGA has awarded more than $14.5 million of fellowship and residency grants through an open, accessible process designed to safeguard against potential conflicts of interest.
"As the sole organization dedicated to supplemental funding of orthopaedic graduate medical education across all subspecialties, OMeGA has an enormous responsibility," Dr. Ghanayem said. "Furthering these educational activities enhances our profession's ability to directly impact improved patient care and to advance the art and science of orthopaedic surgery."
Dr. Ghanayem is a professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Department of Neurological Surgery of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. Dr. Ghanayem is a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
About Loyola Medicine and Trinity Health
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a quaternary care system based in the western suburbs of Chicago that includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital and convenient locations offering primary and specialty care services from 1,877 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children's hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its teaching affiliation with Loyola University Chicago's Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Gottlieb is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park with 150 physician offices, an adult day care program, the Gottlieb Center for Fitness, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center at Melrose Park. MacNeal Hospital is a 374-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and psychiatric services, advanced diagnostics and treatments. MacNeal has a 12-bed acute rehabilitation unit, a 25-bed inpatient skilled nursing facility, and a 68-bed behavioral health program and community clinics. MacNeal has provided quality, patient-centered care to the near west suburbs since 1919.
Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic healthcare systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually. Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $18.3 billion and assets of $26.2 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians. Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services—ranked by number of visits—in the nation, as well as the nation's leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs.
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Gas & Oil News
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Norway wants to head further north in its search for oil
by Lars Bevanger
Norway's once vast oil reserves in the North Sea are dwindling, and the government is facing tough choices when planning for the country's economic future.
Since oil was discovered on the Norwegian continental shelf in 1971, this small nation has been propelled into the world's third largest oil and gas exporter, and petroleum activities contribute 20 % of the gross domestic product (GDP).
But now forecasts suggest the country's economic mainstay has started its inevitable decline. The oil and energy minister, Einar Steensnaes, told it was time to start looking at the alternatives.
"Not only is it essential to look for other energy sources. It is also important to look for other industrial activities to develop alongside the petroleum activity," he said.
Estimates say one third of the total petroleum resources on the Norwegian continental shelf are still unexploited. The government works on the assumption there are another 50 years left of oil there. It is not sure, however, that all the resources are exploitable.
Norway's biggest potential finds are no longer in the North Sea, where oil companies are well established and have very good resources and knowledge of how to get the oil and gas to the surface. Hydro executive Torvund is searching for alternatives to oil.
"The undeveloped areas in the [far north Arctic] Barents Sea are very promising, but more challenging in many ways," said the director general of the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, Gunnar Berge.
His directorate has advised the government that it must expand the search for oil and gas to the Barents Sea, and late last year the government announced it would allow drilling for oil and gas there. This provoked fierce criticism from environmental organisations which argued the fragile nature of the Arctic would not withstand any potential oil leaks. Many here say the oil and energy minister has been caught between a rock and a hard place on this question.
"We must secure new acreage, and the most promising areas are in the far north," said Mr Steensnaes. "But this also coincides with the very important fishing areas in Norway, and the population in this area is heavily dependent on fishing."
Drilling in the Arctic is extremely expensive and difficult because of the often fierce weather conditions. And there is also a significant political dilemma still to be resolved.
Both Norway and Russia are laying claims to an area of the Barents Sea that is bigger than the North Sea and is thought to contain even more oil and gas.
While Norway's oil production seems to have started its inevitable decline, gas production is on the increase. Statoil is Norway's largest oil and gas producing company. Acting CEO, Erling Oeverland, told the company believes there is enough gas for another 100 years of profitable production.
"In five years time, we will be producing as much gas as oil from the Norwegian continental shelf," he said. "After that, gas will be bigger than oil." Norway is already the third largest exporter of gas to the rest of Europe.
The production of oil and gas is not critical to cover the energy needs of Norway itself. Most of this country's 4,5 mm people are largely served by cheap hydro electric energy. But it is a great worry that the industry most crucial to this country's wealth is terminal. One company looking into future energy alternatives is Hydro, Norway's second largest oil and gas producer.
"We're presently making a small scale research project a small Norwegian island where we take the wind, transform it into electricity and then transform that electricity into hydrogen," said executive vice president Tore Torvund. "When there is no wind, we can produce electricity based on hydrogen."
Mr Torvund does not foresee making any profits from alternative energy sources for the next twenty to thirty years.
By then this country's economic mainstay -- oil --may well be fast running out.


1. God's gospel is authoritatively revealed in the Scriptures.
2. God's gospel alone addresses our deepest need.
3. God's gospel is made known supremely in the Person of Jesus Christ.
4. God's gospel is accomplished through the work of Christ.
5. God's gospel is applied by the power of the Holy Spirit.
6. God's gospel is now embodied in the new community called the church.
7. God's gospel compels us to Christ-like living and witness to the world.
8. God's gospel will be brought to fulfillment by the Lord Himself at the end of this age.
9. God's gospel requires a response that has eternal consequences.
We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.


The Gentle Author arrived through the dark and cold, pulling a trolley full of books, before delivering an absolutely fascinating and riveting presentation. TGA had chosen one hundred favourite images from 'The Gentle Author's London Album' and proceeded to talk around each image, with wonderful, rich detail about the photographs, the people and the historic and social contexts. We heard about the many contacts, stories and projects which have arisen through the daily blog, 'Spitalfields Life' which was the starting point of this amazing collaboration between TGA and about twelve participating photographers.
After the break, we heard more about the photographers and how their Spitalfields Life work is based on their own skills and interests and how national newspapers and other publications have become increasingly interested in them. Several books and exhibitions have come about through this ambitious project and more are planned. The whole phenomenon was described with disarming modesty and surprise at the exponential growth in interest and acclaim - the readership of the blog is now bigger than that of a national newspaper. It was a stimulating evening and there is a strong possibility that CoL&CPS may be invited to take part in a Spitalfields Life project itself - look out for more details later!


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Italoamericanii (numiți și "italo-americani", "italieni americani" sau "americani de origine italiană") sunt cetățeni ai SUA care au origini italiene ori s-au născut în Italia. Aceștia se află în principal în nord-estul și centrul SUA și sunt al cincilea cel mai mare grup etnic al americanilor albi după anglo-americani, germano-americani, irlandezo-americani și mexicano-americani.

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Rabea Massaad, Bea (beer) for short, was saturated with music from a very early age.
As soon as he could walk, Rabea was smashing away on a drum kit. At primary school he formed his first band, playing drums, aged 7.
He has since taught himself several instruments and has found that his real passion lies in guitar. He has been playing guitar for 8 years and has packed many years of composing, studio and gigging experience in this short time.
Influenced by many great musicians including Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme, Joe Satriani, and Dimebag Darrell of Pantera, alongside smaller influences such as John Petrucci and Steve Vai, Rabea's eclectic taste shines through when playing his guitar.
Rabea has now embarked on a new approach to the music industry by attending the Academy Of Contemporary Music to push his musical and creative output as far as possible alongside his fellow bandmates.
Through this, he has gotten involved in several big projects. Alongside working with Rob Chapman to form the band Dorje who have entered into the rock/metal music scene with a punch (#1 UK rock chart 2015 and charting in over 30 countries in 2016) and with his second project Toska (#1 Bandcamp global charts 2016) while also growing a substantial following on YouTube – meanwhile using the Torpedo Studio in his musical endeavours along the way.
Rabea has designed multiple signature model guitars with Chapman Guitars and amplifiers with Victory Amplification and is setting his sights on how he can continue to innovate with guitar tone.


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The 2019 White House Correspondents' Dinner Will Drop Political Comedy in Favor of a Historian Host
By Isabel Torrealba
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For years, it's been a tradition of the White House Correspondents' Dinner to have comedians as lead speakers. From Jon Stewart to Stephen Colbert to Seth Meyers to Jay Leno, each one of their performances included a political roast of the current government. While some presidents haven't enjoyed being the laughingstock of the evening, such as George W. Bush during Colbert's 2006 performance, others have joined in, as Barack Obama with Meyers in 2011. But since Trump took office, he hasn't attended either of the two dinners, which had Hasan Minhaj and Michelle Wolf as speakers.
Trump's disdain toward the dinner is rare, and the last time a sitting president did not attend was Ronald Reagan in 1981—but he had a good excuse, since he was recovering from being shot. Last year, Trump sent press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in his place, but Wolf's punchlines caused such a stir that Sanders wouldn't even pose for a photo alongside the comedian. After that event, there was speculation as to what the dinner should look like in the future, or whether it should even continue.
Monday, the White House Correspondents' Association announced the (at least temporary) end of the comedian as host, as it is having Hamilton biographer Ron Chernow speak at the 2019 dinner. Oliver Knox, president of the WHCA, said that he was, "delighted that Ron will share his lively, deeply researched perspectives on American politics and history," and added that, "as we celebrate the importance of free and independent news media to the health of the republic, I look forward to hearing Ron place this unusual moment in the context of American history."
While not every single performer has been a comedian—some have been musicians, like Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin— it is unusual to have someone that's not an entertainer of sorts host the dinner. Chernow says he was was asked that his speech focus on the importance of the First Amendment. He said that, "Freedom of the press is always a timely subject and this seems like the perfect moment to go back to basics. My major worry these days is that we Americans will forget who we are as a people and historians should serve as our chief custodians in preserving that rich storehouse of memory. While I have never been mistaken for a stand-up comedian, I promise that my history lesson won't be dry."
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Praiano is a town and comune of the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwest Italy. You'll explore the less-touristy side of things at Wine Tours & Tastings and Valle delle Ferriere. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around Praiano: Ravello (Villa Cimbrone Gardens, Villa Rufolo, & more) and Amalfi (Museo della Carta, Duomo di Sant'Andrea, & more). And it doesn't end there: take in the pleasant sights at Sentiero degli dei (Path of the Gods), kick back and relax at Fornillo, and head outdoors with I Suoni degli Dei - Pelagos.
For maps, traveler tips, where to stay, and other tourist information, use the Praiano journey website .
If you are flying in from United States, the closest major airport is Naples International Airport. In June, daily temperatures in Praiano can reach 82°F, while at night they dip to 68°F. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 29th (Sat) early enough to travel back home.