the opera progresses slowly but steadily and that's the main focus of todays missive. last summer i made some good progress late in the game by turning the chord structures of 11 arias into midi files that could be used in a more sophisticated composition program like finale. in the fall, i was able to buy finale when i had some cash left over from
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so i call the employment security department to set up an unemployment insurance claim. turns out the way they figure your weekly amount is as follows--you look at the last five quarters. you drop the last quarter and take the average income of the two highest remaining quarters. then there's a formula that significantly reduces that to about two-
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