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Now that the format war is over with HD DVD conceding defeat to Blu-ray, where does this leave those early adopters of the now obsolete HD DVD format? To find out, I contacted both Future Shop and Best Buy communications departments.
Both Future Shop and Best Buy as one would expect are pointing clients to their in house tech support (FutureShop forums and the Geek Squad respectively) to answer questions about Blu-ray. Though Best Buy does say that starting in March they "will prominently showcase Blu-ray hardware and software products in its stores and online". I would also think Future Shop will be doing the same even if they did not mention such a move explicitly.
Future Shop and Best Buy are liquidating their HD-DVD players (one is available for $99) but they made no mention of any similar price reductions on films. We might have to wait a while since there are still films scheduled for release on HD-DVD well into May 2008. I would think that we'll see this list shrink as studios want to cut their losses on the dead format will cancel HD-DVD releases in favor for Blu-ray, but perhaps not all. Dreamworks animation has some questions about dropping HD-DVD for the moment.
On the bright side if you unfortunately joined the HD-DVD camp both Future Shop and Best Buy will continue to honor warranties and offer support. But the clock is ticking on this and eventually (in years) I would expect them to no longer do so.
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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-387, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (exemption from taxation of 50% of United States social security payments to Canadian residents).
Mr. Speaker, this is a bill that, interestingly enough, first surfaced in this chamber from the current Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism. It has been reincarnated on a number of occasions by myself and the member for Essex. It would redress a gross injustice to people who receive social security benefits while living in this country.
The former Liberal government made a major change, which I believe was a grossly improper one. This would rectify it so that the social security payments received in Canada would be treated the same as the Canada pension plan benefits that are received in the United States and taxed there by that government.
Right now, we are substantially overtaxing these benefits received by Canadians living in Canada but receiving social security benefits from the United States.
I would also thank my seconder, the member for Burnaby—Douglas.
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MALTA DIARY: Brexit turmoil in the UK; Brexit concern in Malta; recollections of a boyhood spent under the Union Jack
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The inseparable links between Malta and Great Britain stretch back to the late 18th and early 19th Centuries and although Malta has been independent since 1964, and there have been new generations, the links are as strong as ever.
Inter-marriages have left a plethora of British surnames in a Maltese telephone directory, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. For people in my age-group and even younger, it is automatic that following any new international development one of the first steps is to investigate how this will affect both Great Britain and Malta.
Brexit may be causing turmoil in the British Isles but it is also being looked at with considerable concern by Malta and the Maltese. It is estimated there are about 15,000 people holding British nationality resident in Malta and an equal number of Maltese and more, resident throughout Britain.
Commercial and entertainment links are still strong and British tourists are a major source in the Maltese tourism economy. British goods and British medicines, as well as medical treatments occupy a high agenda.
A case in point reflecting the really strong ties, last Friday the actor Richard Swift passed away, the actor who played Richard, long-suffering husband of Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet) in the comedy series 'Keeping Up Appearances'. The death made headlines in all Malta media outlets, the series being much-loved and much-followed in Malta. The same can be said for productions like 'Only Fools and Horses', 'Last of the Summer Wine', 'Fawlty Towers' and many, many others.
The Malta Government has drawn up various contingency plans of how to deal with the situation when Brexit eventually materialises. This includes a ten-year residence guarantee (renewable) for all British residents, a continuation of medical services and a plan to tackle euro/pound sterling differences in the tourist sector.
All these meanderings have recently caused me to reflect back on my own boyhood and what it was like living under the Union Jack in those days, particularly coming from a family which had strong links with the Royal Navy and my own father being an Officer in the Royal Air Force.
Two memories that have remained strongly highlighted have been two gigantic naval ships that I grew up with. The context is that Malta has been a seafaring island since time immemorial and has inseparable bonds to its surrounding sea. When I was a boy every port and creek teemed with Britain's Mediterranean Fleet and wherever one looked Royal Navy sailors.
HMS Forth was one of the giants that occupied and dominated Pieta' Creek which was the RN's submarine depot and the Forth was the depot ship. Pieta' was en route from Sliema – where we lived – to Valletta and back – and therefore the frequent bus trips to the capital and back meant a splendid view alongside the ship which had an overall length of 500 feet (151 metres).
Day and night it was a beehive of activity with scores of sailors teeming about in their various duties, loading supplies, unloading submarine parts and the various aromas of foods being cooked for the hundreds of sailors throughout the day.
The Forth was commissioned a submarine depot ship in 1939 and initially served at bases in Scotland, Holy Loch and the Clyde. During World War II it was stationed in Halifax in Canada to service the transatlantic submarines.
In early 1950 it was relocated to Malta and in 1953 took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The Forth spent the decade in Malta and spurred my determination to become a sailor in HM's naval fleet, a determination instantly and continually quashed by my mother who said she absolutely forbade my EVER becoming a sailor because sailors were womanisers and therefore unreliable!
By the end of the decade my family had relocated to the UK and the Forth left Malta to be modified to support nuclear submarines.
Meanwhile, at my London school I had joined the Cadet Corps and one day in 1961 we made a day-trip to Portsmouth and of course a trip around Portsmouth Harbour. And there, lo and behold, was HMS Forth in all its splendour. Seeing it brought tears to my boyhood eyes.
The other giant was HMS Ranpura, a fleet depot ship. This giant had started life as the SS Ranpura, a passenger and cargo carrying ocean liner which had been built by P&O at Newcastle upon Tyne and launched on 13th September in 1924.
At the onset of World War II it was converted into an armed merchant cruiser and completed on 30th November, 1939 with the addition of eight six-inch guns (152 mm). It was used as a convoy escort vessel to engage German surface ships.
After the war it was stationed in Malta and remained there to the end of the 1950s, anchored in Ta' Xbiex Creek, where I often went fishing with my father either off his boat or from the rocks. Its vastness occupied the creek and like the Forth on the other side of the creek, it teemed with life, sounds and smells day and night.
So many years have gone by. Both of these giants were long ago scuttled of course but in my dreams they are still here, teeming with life and every time I go past the spot where they used to be moored I see the activity, hear the sounds and smell the aromas all over again.
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John Dalziel was appointed as Glasgow Warriors forwards coach in May 2019, joining the club from his position as head coach of Scotland 7s
The former Border Reivers captain began his coaching career with Melrose, leading the Greenyards side to three league titles during his time in charge.
Dalziel was then promoted from his role as assistant coach of Scotland under-20s to the team's head coach in 2016, before guiding the team to a best-ever fifth-place finish at the 2017 World Rugby Under-20 Championship in Georgia.
His work with the Scotland 7s squad included a Challenge Trophy victory at the Hong Kong 7s in 2019.
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The three most powerful words we can speak are: "I am ___," where we fill in the blank with the third word of our own choosing. We create our lives with this simple incantation. It is a magic spell that works every time, so it is important to be careful how we use it.
There is danger in the careless use of the phrase. For example, saying something like "I am afraid" seems pretty ordinary, but it defines us as being fearful. None of us want to become the thing we fear. It is just as easy to say something like, "I am strong and I will get through this".
Since you can fill in the blank with any word of your choice, then ask yourself, "What do I want to become?" This is one simple practical application of the creative juice we all have.
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After an extended run in the second tier, Kyoto Sanga are aiming to climb back into the top-flight this season, laying out some cash, signing some experienced players while keeping hold of some of their more talented youngsters, to bolster the team. Leading the way is Gert Engels, the man who led them their greatest past success -- an Emperor's Cup title in 2002.
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This Truck is pretty heavy, and even in first gear, it takes some serious torque to move it. My first motor choice was the e-tek which is a PM motor, but after looking at the performance curves, it really would be pushing the e-tek to try and drive the truck.
Back in the 70's I got the bug to build an EV, and picked up a pretty beat 30V 400A 15 HP motor/generator from a surplus equipment company. This is a series wound motor that can take some serious power, so I decided I would use that instead. These motors have so much torque that the drive shaft can snap, so they use a torsion bar output shaft. The rear of the torsion shaft is driven by the rear female spline of the main motor shaft which is a tube.The output side of the motor has another external spline to drive the drive flange. The flange elongated slots engage the three raised post on the output end of the torsion shaft once the torque is high enough.A clever way to keep the output shaft from snapping under the high torque.
The drive spline will not be used on my coupling system so I cut it off with an air cut off wheel, since the shaft was too hard to cut with a bandsaw.


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Greetings blog fans and welcome to the first day of British Summer. I say that with a fair degree of irony as my walk from the station to the studio today left me wetter than a freshly caught eel, which is a wonderful way to pitch up to the first recording session of the day.
None the less, we soldiered on and today's first job was the recording of a cowboy's voice to be featured on a new bingo game coming to a social networking site near you. I won't name the site, but suffice is to say if you went to a library and asked to look at a book featuring a lot of faces….well, you get the idea.
Now I'm no stranger to the process of recording these games. In this past year I have been Santa, an Olympic god and a Mexican bandit, all following the same formula, so it's really just a question of getting into character (shouting yeee haaa tends to work well) and recording all of the phrases.
Except this time, things got a little different towards the end of the session when the director says, "That's all great Paul, now can we get some horse noises from you?"
Well, I was being paid by the hour, not by the character, so after an initial reaction of "Really, what now?" here's what happened next. You'll hear a slight gap when the director said, "These are great, can we have a few more?"
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Welcome to Overnight Regulation, your daily rundown of news from the federal agencies, Capitol Hill, the courts and beyond. It's Monday evening, and both the House and Senate are in session. Here's what to expect in Congress this week.
The Treasury Department has told the Singapore-based Broadcom that national security concerns about its proposed takeover of Qualcomm have been "confirmed," increasing the likelihood officials will recommend that President TrumpDonald John TrumpOklahoma City Thunder players kneel during anthem despite threat from GOP state lawmaker Microsoft moving forward with talks to buy TikTok after conversation with Trump Controversial Trump nominee placed in senior role after nomination hearing canceled MORE block the deal.
Broadcom's efforts at a hostile takeover of Qualcomm are currently being investigated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), an interagency panel chaired by the Treasury Department tasked with investigating foreign deals for U.S. companies. The committee put a halt to Broadcom's bid last week in order to investigate the potential deal over national security concerns.
In a letter to lawyers representing both companies dated Sunday, Aimen Mir, a top Treasury and CFIUS official, hinted that the interagency panel is leaning toward recommending against the deal.
"That investigation has so far confirmed the national security concerns that CFIUS identified to you in its letter on March 5, 2018. That investigation is expected to close soon," Mir wrote, asking Broadcom for additional information.
Qualcomm made the letter public Monday.
US concerns... CFIUS is concerned that the deal would threaten the investments Qualcomm has made in areas like 5G technology, thus opening the door for other countries to surpass the U.S. in the race to establish new wireless networks.
"Given well-known U.S. national security concerns about Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications companies, a shift to Chinese dominance in 5G would have substantial negative national security consequences for the United States," CFIUS wrote in a letter to the companies' attorneys last week.
Broadcom's response... Broadcom has since been trying to reassure lawmakers and regulators that it intends to prioritize investments in 5G development and preserve U.S. leadership in the field.
"Any notion that a combined Broadcom-Qualcomm would slash funding or cede leadership in 5G is completely unfounded," Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told Congress last week. "We have a proven track record of investing in and growing core franchises in the companies we acquire. In the case of Qualcomm, this will be 5G cellular."
Tan emphasized that Broadcom is moving to the U.S. and he promised not to sell any of Qualcomm's assets to foreign entities.
The Hill's Harper Neidig has the full story here.
The Senate Energy Committee holds a hearing on President Trump's fiscal 2019 budget proposal for the Interior Department. Interior Secretary Ryan ZinkeRyan Keith ZinkeTrump flails as audience dwindles and ratings plummet OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Senior Interior official contacted former employer, violating ethics pledge: watchdog | Ag secretary orders environmental rollbacks for Forest Service | Senate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Senior Interior official contacted former employer, violating ethics pledge: watchdog MORE will testify.
Senate Commerce subcommittees hold hearings on state and local infrastructure and investing in next generation broadband.
The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the Freedom of Information Act, "examining the administration's progress on reforms and looking ahead."
Guns: The Trump administration on Sunday unveiled a series of proposals on school safety and gun restrictions in the wake of the recent shooting in Florida, including a push for states to provide firearms training for school staff members.
White House officials said the administration will establish a federal commission to assess how to best address gun violence in schools, though it will not propose any legislation of its own. The administration will also not push for universal background checks or an increase in the age requirement to purchase a rifle.
Instead, as part of an effort to "harden" American schools, officials said the administration will provide assistance to states to arm teachers, encourage them to pass laws keeping guns away from dangerous individuals and call on Congress to pass legislation strengthening the national background check system.
Read more from Brett Samuels here.
More on guns: President Trump on Monday suggested he still supports raising the minimum age for purchasing a gun despite the idea being left out of a White House proposal released over the weekend.
In two morning tweets, the president reiterated his support for strengthening background checks, arming school officials and banning bump stocks.
The president also said he supports raising the age for purchasing rifles to 21, but said there is not enough political support to make the idea law.
"Very strong improvement and strengthening of background checks will be fully backed by White House. Legislation moving forward. Bump Stocks will soon be out. Highly trained expert teachers will be allowed to conceal carry, subject to State Law. Armed guards OK, deterrent!" Trump tweeted.
Jonathan Easley breaks it down here.
And the White House defended Trump's proposals Monday, amid questions on whether he had "chickened out" after pressure from the National Rifle Association.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump "hasn't backed away" from his support of expanding background checks or raising the age limit on gun purchases, although neither were addressed in a plan the administration rolled out Sunday night.
The NRA, which contributed heavily to Trump's election campaign in 2016, opposes both measures.
"He hasn't backed away from these things at all," Sanders said at a press briefing where she faced numerous questions on the issue, including from a Washington Post reporter who asked why Trump "backed away from some of the ideas he brought into the discussion" and "chickened out."
"They're still outlined in the plan," Sanders said.
Jonathan Easley has more here.
Animal welfare: The Trump administration has decided to withdraw an Obama-era rule that would have set new standards for the way animals should be treated if their meat is going to be sold as "certified organic."
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Monday that it is officially withdrawing the final rule it delayed for the third time in November. The agency said the rule, which was set to take effect in May, exceeded the department's statutory authority and could have had a negative effect on voluntary participation in the National Organic Program.
"The existing robust organic livestock and poultry regulations are effective," Greg Ibach, under secretary of Agriculture for marketing and regulatory programs, said in a statement.
Finalized under the Obama administration in April 2016, the rule largely dictated how producers and handlers participating in the National Organic Program are required to treat livestock and poultry to ensure their wellbeing.
The rule stipulated, for example, that poultry must be housed in spaces that are big enough for the birds to move freely, stretch their wings, stand normally and engage in natural behaviors. Livestock, meanwhile, must be provided access to an outdoor space year round.
Lydia Wheeler has the details here.
Environment: The Trump administration broke the law when it missed a deadline last year in implementing the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ozone pollution rule, a federal court ruled Monday.
EPA head Scott PruittEdward (Scott) Scott PruittEPA looks to other statutes to expand scope of coming 'secret science' rule EPA ordered to reconsider New York efforts to tame downwind pollution OVERNIGHT ENERGY: EPA declines to tighten smog standards amid pressure from green groups | Democrats split on Trump plan to use development funds for nuclear projects| Russian mining giant reports another fuel spill in Arctic MORE was supposed to announce by Oct. 1 which areas of the country were in compliance with the 2015 Obama administration rule.
Pruitt later announced findings for areas that comply, but not for areas that do not.
Judge Haywood Stirling Gilliam Jr. of the federal District Court for the District of Northern California said Monday that Pruitt broke the law, and ordered him to publish the findings for almost all of the rest of the country by April 30.
Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has failed to meet a key deadline in the controversy over his first-class travel.
Pruitt has yet to provide key travel documents to Rep. Trey GowdyHarold (Trey) Watson GowdySenate GOP set to ramp up Obama-era probes More than two dozen former prosecutors, judges, active trial lawyers support DOJ decision to dismiss Michael Flynn case Sunday shows preview: As states loosen social distancing restrictions, lawmakers address dwindling state budgets MORE (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, who requested documentation and explanation surrounding Pruitt's first- and business-class work travel. The deadline to answer Gowdy was March 6.
In a letter addressed to Pruitt at the end of February, the Republican congressman pointed out concerns over the EPA chief's reported use of a "blanket waiver" to fly first class, a method Gowdy called prohibited.
A spokesperson for the EPA said the agency has been in touch with Gowdy's office in an attempt to get the information to him.
Pruitt has made headlines in the past few months over news that he primarily uses first class and business class when flying, including on short destination flights such as between Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Pruitt promised in February that his next flight would be in coach.
Environment: Attorneys for the Trump administration are asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt's new policy on science advisers.
Justice Department attorneys argued that Pruitt's policy preventing EPA grant recipients from serving on external advisory committees is well within government ethics rules and Pruitt's authority to pick his own advisers.
"Plaintiffs make the extraordinary claim that the EPA's effort to ensure a diversity of viewpoints on advisory committees that provide advice and recommendations to the administrator somehow violates government-wide ethics rules. But the directive that plaintiffs challenge does no such thing," the government wrote in a motion filed late Friday.
Pruitt rolled out the policy in October, arguing that EPA grantees -- generally academics with expertise in areas such as public health and pollution -- have significant conflicts of interests. He said the new policy for advisers would eliminate such conflicts.
Energy: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt is considering taking action to limit what he sees as speculative trade of ethanol credits in an effort to keep prices down.
Pruitt told reporters that one idea is to limit who can trade the credits that some refiners have to buy to comply with the federal ethanol mandate.
"There's some things on the trading platform I think should happen no matter what," Pruitt told reporters at EPA headquarters Monday, according to the Houston Chronicle.
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A Wavelet Analysis of MENA Stock Markets
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- Marco GALLEGATI, "undated". "A Wavelet Analysis of MENA stock markets," Middle East and North Africa 330400031, EcoMod.
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Keywordsstock market returns; comovements; wavelet correlation analysis;
JEL classification:
- C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
- E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
- G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
NEP fieldsThis paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:
- NEP-FMK-2006-01-24 (Financial Markets)
- NEP-MAC-2006-01-24 (Macroeconomics)
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Hurray for counts above 1,000!!!! Finally!!! Tanner's neutraphils were at 1,500 today, which means she can have salad and go to a restaurant again! She was very happy.
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Today at clinic, we were once again accompanied by Ms. Donna, who is videotaping Tanner's clinic visits for a fundraising video for the hospital. It's sort of like being on a reality show. Tanner had a little bit of a hard time acting like herself today with the camera there, but forgot about them long enough to sing "Day by Day" with the music therapist in the infusion room. She asked me to sing with her at first, then got confident and asked me to stop singing with her (lol) so she could take her act solo. She is singing that song in her performance tomorrow and she has a solo at the beginning of the song.
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