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The AD640 is a monolithic laser-trimmed multi-stage logarithmic amplifier ("log amp")–a complete, calibrated measurement system comprising five 10-dB stages with paralleled current outputs that produce a device output precisely proportional to the logarithm of the input voltage. Deviating only ±0.6 dB from the ideal function, the AD640 is designed from the outset to exhibit high stability with temperature through the use of accurate nonlinear-circuit design principles. Read full article
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Barrie Gilbert, the first ADI Fellow, has "spent a lifetime in the pursuit of analog elegance." He joined Analog Devices in 1972, was appointed ADI Fellow in 1979, and manages the Northwest Labs in Beaverton, Oregon. Barrie was born in Bournemouth, England, in 1937. Before joining ADI, he worked with first-generation transistors at SRDE in 1954, and at Mullard, Ltd.; later at Tektronix and Plessey Research Labs. Barrie is an IEEE Fellow (1984) and has received numerous awards. He has some 50 issued patents, has authored about 40 papers, is coauthor of several books, and is a reviewer for several journals. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Oregon State University in 1997.
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"Sensor fusion" means combining two or more sensors into one single system.
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Fast Food: Do You Want Fries With That?
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Nicmar 2.5k
On 9/27/2020 at 9:01 PM, Spunkygal said:
While running errands today outside of my immediate neighborhood, traffic in my lane was stopped and not moving. I thought there was a lane closure ahead and was able to get in a different lane. I soon saw that the traffic snarl was to get into a parking lot for a place called Jollibee. I guess its food must be incredible because in the parking lot, there were employees directing traffic around barricades on where to go and that line wound around like crazy! Has anyone ever eaten there and is it worth the hassle? This rivaled the Popeyes chicken sandwich lines or the In and Out is coming to town lines! I've never heard of this place!
There is a Jollibee coming to our city..
KWalkerInc 1.4k
The fast food places in our area that have been drive-up only (which they all are for the most part) have apparently done a very good job (my father says Taco Bell in particular is very efficient). However, Arby's is so slow that cars are getting so backed up they block the street, and with their location they could set things up so they at least re-route the cars back behind the veterinarian and other businesses in a neighboring building, as there's space for cars there (a back way out of the parking lot). It's surprising that they haven't either gotten a little better by this point, or had business decline out of frustration.
smittykins 5.6k
We used to have a Dunkin' Donuts(which originally was a local restaurant with a drive-thru added later)where cars routinely backed up onto the road. Eventually, it closed and a new location built a little further down.
Jaded 31.0k
On 10/23/2020 at 4:30 AM, KWalkerInc said:
I've never known of an Arby's that had shorter and efficient wait times.
This one was pretty good when it had dine-in service. It was Carl's Jr. (pretty much all of them) that would be slow (except for when I was dropped off and going to walk over to a basketball game afterwards and had tons of time, then they'd get it ready instantly). But the Carl's Jr. next to this Arby's has been efficient with its drive-up now, as long as people can get past the Arby's back-up to get into the parking lot. KFC backs up to the street every once in a while if it's really busy because it's on a small lot, but they let people in for pick-up too so they're usually not out to the street.
On 10/25/2020 at 5:42 PM, smittykins said:
the dunkin donuts I go to is drive thru only, even tho you can eat in there but that all changed when COvid hit.
callie lee 29 2.4k
Just tried Pollo Tropical for the first time (is that considered fast food) and while I don't really like chicken the quesadilla wrap was amazing. And I think I need to find a dupe recipe for their creamy cilantro garlic sauce.
StatisticalOutlier 15.4k
On 9/30/2020 at 2:24 PM, BW Manilowe said:
I don't like the curly fries (whomever decided fries needed to be seasoned like that is an idiot, in my book—I'd rather add my own seasoning, thank you very much),
Is that what I don't like about curly fries? It's something, because even if Mr. Outlier gets them and they're sitting right in front of me, I won't eat them, and it's not like me to pass up something that's fried. They're not even redeemable with my ketchup-and-mayonnaise fry sauce concoction.
On 10/3/2020 at 7:08 AM, annzeepark914 said:
Hmmm...now I'm in the mood for Popeyes fried chicken sandwich on that good roll. I haven't even had breakfast yet 🌞
Those Popeye's fried chicken sandwiches are just as good as advertised. The chicken, the roll, the pickle, the spicy sauce. Perfection.
They other day, they got my order wrong and instead of bone-in chicken I got tenders. I've never even thought about ordering chicken tenders because I'm not five years old, plus I prefer dark meat to white. But I have to say, they were good. I always over-order to have leftovers, and just eat the bone-in chicken cold, but those tenders reheated wonderfully in the microwave, with a finish in the toaster oven on TOAST, to crisp them up.
So I ordered them on purpose the next time, and this time got sauce--the Cajun mustard whatever. Damn if that wasn't really good, too.
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49 minutes ago, StatisticalOutlier said:
Until the chicken sandwich came along, I'd order wings cause, bad girl that I am, I wanted more crunch than meat. I think I'll try tenders next...Cajun mustard sounds good. Hey...that spicy mayo is hot! Last time I got the sandwich I know I said "classic" and isn't that the non-hot version? I came home and scraped as much of it off as I could. Was still delicious.
BW Manilowe 15.6k
19 hours ago, StatisticalOutlier said:
It might be. Since I only know you through this site, I can't really say. But the curly fries at Arby's have some sort of seasoned salt (I guess it is) on them & I don't like them like that. They don't taste garlicky or oniony, but they don't taste like they just have plain table salt or even plain sea salt on them either. I'd rather put my own, non-seasoned, salt on my fries, thank you very much.
19 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
Until the chicken sandwich came along, I'd order wings cause, bad girl that I am, I wanted more crunch than meat.
That's why I get legs and thighs. I prefer dark meat, but there's much more favorable crunch : meat ratio than with a breast. Wings are just too hard for me to eat.
What I don't want to know is where they get the chickens they use for the sandwiches, because those breasts are enormous. I'm fearing the chickens that can't stand up without tipping over because they're bred to maximize breast meat.
I saw a video several years ago that showed chickens with huge breasts teetering on their spindly legs. What kept them from toppling over was the overcrowded cages. I really don't like buying these oversized chicken breasts. Years ago, maybe around 2005-ish, I bought a 3.5 lb chicken, roasted it, and when I began to carve the chicken, there was no breast meat. That poor animal wasn't able to get enough food while alive. I still kick myself for not taking it back to the supermarket and showing it to the manager (it was a store I rarely shopped at so maybe I didn't feel comfortable doing that??) I wonder why PETA isn't going after these poultry farms.
I don't really eat chicken but I do love me some fried chicken skin. I'll eat the legs and maybe a little though but for the most part the actual meat gets tossed (or given to friends who aren't bothered by it).
However I may need to cave and try that Popeye's Chicken sandwich.
Edited November 11, 2020 by callie lee 29
larapu2000 3.2k
I wonder why PETA isn't going after these poultry farms.
I wonder why the USDA isn't going after consumer's obsessions with breast meat, leading to the breeding of breast heavy chickens to suit the demand in the market. Or why chains aren't doing their part in pushing dark meat on consumers.
The food industry is one of the few industries that pivots immediately to consumer tastes and demands. When farms breed frankenchickens, it's not because farmers are making that choice of their own accord.
biakbiak 89.5k
wonder why PETA isn't going after these poultry farms.
They have been for years, just not as media friendly as nude models not wearing fur.
WritinMan 2.3k
On 10/26/2020 at 10:43 AM, Jaded said:
In my town, Arby's has by far the most efficient drive-thru service. If you go to Wendy's you better take a book.
Anela 10.3k
Five Guys in my area, was open for people to go to the counter, and people were spaced, and wearing masks. I like their fries now - they used to be too skinny, and small.
Quof 14.4k
5 hours ago, Anela said:
they used to be too skinny, and small.
Just like the rest of us.
I love In and Out but being in line for 14 hours is beyond ridiculous.
On 11/19/2020 at 6:06 PM, WritinMan said:
I just moved, now I'm in the same boat as you. The Wendy's here is DREADFUL. And I hate that, because Wendy's is decent fast food.
AimingforYoko 20.8k
Where I live Popeye's has always had the biggest quality of food to service disparity. I never leave a Popeye's drive-through without thoroughly checking the order. Unfortunately, except for the mom and pop places, they have the best takeout fried chicken.
chessiegal 13.7k
Well, it's official. The Panera Bread in my little corner of the world has officially closed. They closed it the beginning of April, with a note on the door saying due to the pandemic hurting business, they were closed temporarily. I loved so many of their soups, salads, and sandwiches. It was in the same complex as my regular grocery store. I contacted Panera in the summer. It took them over 2 weeks to get back to me. They said it was unclear if they would reopen. When I went to the grocery store today, there was a sign saying space for lease. Dang.
Cinnabon is selling frosting by the pint.
I mean, frosting is one of the easiest things to make, but for the Cinnabon fans and the kitchen-averse, I suppose it might be worth it.
You can buy frosting at the grocery store. Is Cinnabon's something magical?
If you compare it to frosting you'd buy from a good bakery, it's not that out of line. (It's a little out of line, though.)
PRgal 4.6k
Unless you count Starbucks or other coffee places, salad bars, poke places or craft pizza joints, I honestly haven't had real fast food in almost 2 years! The last time was McDonald's (for breakfast) in early 2019!
p.s. do fast casual places where you pick a protein and two or three sides count as "fast food?"
Gramto6 8.0k
I haven't bought food outside my house for years. And at this point would never do it!
Once in a great while, I'll stop by McDonald's and get the original burger, small fries & small Coke. It's my culinary nostalgia trip, back to my teens.
Popeye's to offer chocolate-filled beignets.
Awesome, just as long as they don't use the chicken grease.
On 11/21/2020 at 4:33 AM, Quof said:
Haha, yes!
I'll have to check out Popeye's again, to try the beignets.
WendyCR72 30.3k
On 12/23/2020 at 3:23 PM, AimingforYoko said:
That's DISGUSTING!
MargeGunderson 28.7k
That really should have come with a warning!
On 11/8/2020 at 5:24 PM, callie lee 29 said:
We used to have Pollo tropical here and it was good especially the black beans and rice. But they went away...
On 12/3/2020 at 10:44 AM, chessiegal said:
I had Cinnabon once and it was awaful!🤢 I compare it to a dish sponge with frosting on it .

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Ricky Warwick has made the title song from his upcoming record When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues) available online.
The Black Star Riders frontman is set to release the full-length as part of a double CD next month along with acoustic album Hearts On Trees.
Warwick says it was his friend Sam Robinson who came up with the lyrics for the song.
He adds: "He handed me these lyrics and my jaw hit the floor. They were the lyrics for the title track When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues) and that title alone just evoked so many memories for me from my childhood.
"The strange thing is that Sam and I grew up about a mile apart from each other and supported the same football team, we had the same working class upbringing but never met each other.
"Now here was a guy who wrote in this song about the music that his father listened to, which was the same music that my father listened to – about his father working during the week, having a flutter on the horses on a Saturday, winning money, buddies coming over, the whiskey coming out, the cards coming out and we'd get to be the DJs and get to put the records on.
"And when you're 10 years old, that was a big thing that you were in charge of the record player. You got to put on Sinatra, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline and all these greats, and that was magical.
"Sam and I both had that when we were kids. So as soon as he handed me those lyrics I could hear the song, I could hear the music and I could hear the melody."
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John W. Hurst (* 6. Februar 1947 in Blackpool) ist ein ehemaliger englischer Fußballspieler. Der Innenverteidiger, der auch als Offensivspieler eingesetzt werden konnte, war ab 1965 gut zehn Jahre ein fester Bestandteil in der Mannschaft des FC Everton. Größter Erfolg war für ihn 1970 der Gewinn der englischen Meisterschaft. Obwohl er zwischenzeitlich auch Kapitän der englischen U-23-Auswahl war, blieben ihm Länderspieleinsätze für die A-Nationalmannschaft jedoch versagt.

Sportlicher Werdegang
Der aus der Grafschaft Lancashire stammende Hurst war früh in seiner Geburtsstadt Blackpool ein vielversprechendes Talent. Groß gewachsen agierte er dabei zunächst auf der Position des Mittelstürmers und in dieser Rolle brachte er es bis in die englische Schülernationalmannschaft. Noch im Jugendalter zog es ihn nach Liverpool zum FC Everton. Dort schulte er zum Außenläufer um und rasch fiel er Cheftrainer Harry Catterick auf, als er in der Nachwuchsmannschaft einen nicht unwesentlichen Anteil am 1965er Gewinn des FA Youth Cups hatte. Als Ersatzmann hinter Jimmy Gabriel und Brian Harris absolvierte Hurst ab Herbst 1965 erste Pflichtspiele für die Erstligamannschaft und zum Ende der Debütsaison als Ergänzungsspieler vertrat er auch Stürmer Fred Pickering. Erst nach der Jahreswende 1966/67 kristallisierte sich seine sportliche Perspektive heraus, als sich Hurst an der Seite von Brian Labone einen Stammplatz im Abwehrzentrum erarbeitete. Dabei wurde besonders seine Leistung am 11. März 1967 im FA-Cup-Achtelfinale gegen den Erzrivalen FC Liverpool (1:0) gewürdigt, als Hurst den englischen Weltmeisterstürmer Roger Hunt "neutralisierte".

Die frühen Erfahrungswerte als Offensivspieler halfen Hurst dabei, seine Aufgaben als Verteidiger häufig auch spielerisch zu lösen. Dabei zeichnete ihn mehr ein gutes Positionsverständnis und eine Fähigkeit, das Spiel "zu lesen" aus, als eine besondere Zweikampfhärte. Dies brachte ihm im Verlauf seiner Karriere den Spitznamen "Gentleman Jack" ein, der auch daher rührte, dass er abseits des Platzes zu den ruhigeren Charakteren zählte. Ebenso wenig zu seinen Stärken gehörte die Schnelligkeit und vielmehr versuchte er über das Passspiel entsprechende Räume zu überbrücken. Bei Bedarf – speziell bei Freistößen oder Eckbällen – schaltete er sich im Spiel auch vorne ein, wobei ihn in diesen Fällen zumeist Mittelfeldspieler Howard Kendall nach hinten absicherte. Zunehmend als Stürmer auflaufend, war Hurst in der Saison 1967/68 eine feste Größe der "Toffees" und die Serie ununterbrochener Einsätze endete erst im Vorfeld des FA-Cup-Halbfinals gegen Leeds United (1:0). Von einer akuten Hepatitiserkrankung erholte er sich jedoch überraschend schnell und im Endspiel gegen West Bromwich Albion (0:1) stand er wieder in der Startformation. In den folgenden beiden Jahren fehlte er im Verlauf der insgesamt 98 Pflichtspiele nicht ein einziges Mal und auf dem Weg zur englischen Meisterschaft 1970 sorgte er mit zwei Toren in den ersten beiden Saisonspielen für einen guten Start – zunächst der einzige Treffer zum 1:0 beim FC Arsenal und kurz darauf ein Distanzschusstreffer nach Doppelpass mit Alan Ball gegen Manchester United (2:0) in Old Trafford. Obwohl sich Hurst über fünf Jahre in der obersten englischen Spielklasse bewährt und darüber hinaus die englische U-23-Auswahl als Kapitän angeführt hatte, blieben ihm Einsätze in der A-Nationalmannschaft verwehrt. Dabei teilte er das "Schicksal" mit Akteuren wie Peter Simpson vom FC Arsenal, der ebenso konstant auf hohem Niveau Leistungen gezeigt hatte, aber Stammspieler der "Three Lions" wie Bobby Moore, Norman Hunter oder Colin Todd nicht verdrängen konnte.

Im Verlauf der 1970er-Jahre blieben vergleichbare Erfolge aus und Hurst verließ nach sechs weiteren Jahren im Sommer 1976 den FC Everton nach insgesamt 402 Pflichtspieleinsätzen und 34 Toren, davon 29 Treffer in 347 Ligapartien. Dabei war Hurst den Umbaumaßnahmen von Trainer Billy Bingham, der 1973 Catterick (dauerhaft) nachgefolgt war, zum Opfer gefallen. Mit dem Zweitligisten Oldham Athletic fand sich ein Interessent und im Boundary Park verbrachte Hurst letztlich fünf weitere Spielzeiten als Stammspieler, bevor er 1981 vom aktiven Sport zurücktrat.

In den 1990er-Jahren kehrte Hurst kurzzeitig als Nachwuchstrainer zum FC Everton zurück.

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Swedish startups rally to defend Pakistani developer being deported because of a former employer's failure to pay pension
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Pakistani native and Dynamo developer Tayyab Shabab has suddenly become a cause celebre in the Swedish tech community after bureaucrats in Stockholm determined he must be deported, apparently because his previous employer forgot to withhold pension payments from his salary as he was required to do under the terms of his work visa.
That an employer error could result in a developer's loss of visa has incensed Swedish startup workers and prompted Geektime syndication partner The Nordic Web's founding editor, Neil S W Murray, to launch a petition on change.org to head off his deportation. The petition has 5,480 signatories so far with a goal of achieving 7,500. The petition has also grabbed attention from others, including Spotify founder Daniel Ek and TechCrunch editor Mike Butcher.
"I found out about the case when I came across this post from Tayyab's CEO, Mathias Plank, last Friday," Murray tells Geektime, adding that he was "driven by a frustration and a sympathy for Tayyab and his family. Within ten minutes I had reached out to Mathias offering my help, and decided to start a petition to show support for Tayyab's case."
Neil S W Murray (foreground) has launched a petition on change.org to reverse the Immigration Authority's decision (Facebook)
Based in London, Murray travels at least twice a month to cover the entire Nordic startup scene, where he says "overzealous bureaucracy" is "beginning to severely harm the business environment in the region, especially when it comes to startups attracting talent."
To deport someone that pays taxes and contributes for a technical error made by former employer is nothing but insanity. Please RT https://t.co/B9INd6qtL2
— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) September 23, 2016
"There is no doubt that measures like this will harm the Nordics' ability to attract talent, and this is why this case is so important. As if the Government can't step in and apply some common sense to this situation, it will be hard for startups in the region to believe they are acting in their best interests when it comes to assisting startups forming and growing in the Nordics."
Immigrants from South Asia fill Sweden's talent gap
The tech scene's leaders have typed in their support, including SUP46 Co-founder and CEO Jessica Stark has also signed. Another big backer is Maria Rankka, the CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. She launched a hashtag campaign on Twitter Monday called #BackaTayyab, which was trending in the country going into Tuesday.
"Computer programmer is the single most common profession in the Stockholm county and we are depending on a global influx of computer scientists and coders to stay competitive, so this case is very sad," she conveyed to Geektime. She was in Tel Aviv Tuesday as part of the annual DLD tech and startup festival, speaking about innovation in the tourism space, but there was clearly a lot on her mind back home.
Maria Rankka, CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (chamber.se)
"I hope we will be able to influence decision makers, because this is a key issue for not only startups but all of the Stockholm business community. Generally the labor migration legislation is pretty open and competitive, but the sun has its spots…"
From the perspective of the South Asian community in Stockholm though, the case is especially scary. As Rankka mentioned, the number of tech-related immigrants in Sweden is significant. While India and Pakistan are far from the most numerous groups of nationals in Sweden, they do compose a lot of its top tech talent.
Originally from Chennai, Raman Ramalingam has spent more than six years in Europe, four of them in Sweden. He works on talent recruitment for local incubator STING – Stockholm Innovation & Growth, making him uniquely qualified to speak about the situation. From what he can see, changing Swedish attitudes to immigration are putting a lot of pressure on the large South Asian developer community in Stockholm.
"Most of the tech professionals here are increasingly coming from abroad because of the lack of skills in the local talent pool here," Ramalingam tells Geektime. Which positions exactly? Well, Sweden's Immigration Authority itself lists several in-demand jobs in the tech world: IT technicians, IT architects, systems administrators, telecommunications engineers, electrical engineers, biomedical researchers, GIS engineers, chemical engineers and market analysts. That covers some of the big ones in the startup world: software engineers and machine learning in particular, Ramalingam lists.
Ramalingam (top right) says he is the first non-Swedish-born employee at STING, and the case is opening natives' eyes to some new problems for professional immigrants
Sweden is trying to grow with an extremely stretched local talent pool. Yet, the office's policies appear to have morphed in the last year. The reason why is patently obvious. Swedish fears about immigration have peaked in the last year with reports of overt anti-Semitism among many immigrants in the southern city of Malmö and fears that immigrants are behind more sexual assaults. The right wing has experienced a surge over the past few years, as fears of the refugee crisis continue to boil over in the historically open society. But as in other countries, it seems professional immigrants are caught in the political crossfire.
Ramalingam explains that visa renewals had been fairly routine: once every two years, a visa holder would have to apply with three months of pay stubs and one year's record of tax payments. Suddenly in March just before his third renewal, he caught wind of a massive change in the offing.
He was shocked.
"But now, you have to specify all of your salary before and after taxes from when you started working in Sweden; I have to enter each and every month's salary before and after taxes for current and previous employers, when I took vacation, etc," he explains of the new situation facing immigrants, asking, "Can you imagine someone who has been working here three or four years, completely auditing immigrants' records?"
This is where Shabab ran into trouble Ramalingam says, as his previous employer was apparently not very organized and underpaid his pension. "Normally you have to submit your insurance documents of your current employer. But now, I'm not completely sure."
The community is hopeful, but realize that it might be too late to prevent Shabab's deportation at this point. While this battle may be a lost one, the swell of support and the notice of the country's politicians should reassure some people that the issue of professional immigration might get a reassessment.
Meanwhile, South Asian IT specialists and systems managers wait with anxiety about what this case means for their own future in Sweden. As Ramalingam put it when he signed the petition, "I'm working everyday to ensure the tech startup space of Stockholm has the best team and talent in place. But in my busy work life in the Stockholm startup ecosystem I forgot for a moment that, I'm an immigrant from India myself and waiting for the migrationsverket decision right now for my own work permit extension which is under processing."
"So, I am the next Tayyab!"
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SwedishDeveloper September 28, 2016 at 12:55 pm
I wanted to give some insider information on ther siutation, and why it is not as clear cut as the media claims it to be. First of all, in order to qualify for a swedish work visa a minum salary requirement has to be met (the minimum required wage is roughly 1/3-1/4 of what someone with Tayyab's stated experience should expect to be payed. So this is not a simple clerical error). Continuing, corporations in Sweden have been screaming about "developer talent shortage" for decades, yet lots of new graduates from swedish technical universities are told that they lack sufficient previous work experience.
This coupled with the fact that the CEO of Dyanmo has been mouthing of about how only the best of the best deserve to be employed, and that Tayyab is one of the best developers in Sweden makes regular swedes less than sympathetic to Tayyab's case. There has also been numerous inconsistencies in reporting on what Tayyab has actually been employeed to do.
To an average swedish developer who competes with Tayyab in the job market, this doesn't look like swedish bureaucracy ruling with an iron fist over startups who struggle to find talent. To an average swedish developer this looks like an obvious attempt at hyping an average developer to fantasy levels when the real reason for all this ruckus is a failing company that wants to suppress wages.
Haris Bin Aslam September 28, 2016 at 2:44 pm
Being a foreign professional myself and having worked in Swedish tech industry for more than 4 years now, basically the so-called 'insider information' is that having a minimum base salary and having a basic pension insurance are two completely different requirements for getting a work permit in Sweden. So, having a much higher salary than the base salary, required by the Swedish migration board, does not automatically qualify a visa applicant to not to have a pension insurance. And what's more Swedish companies are required to have these pension and sick insurances only from foreign talents, not from Swedish residents, unless the Swedish residents are already covered by a collective agreement with a labor union. So basically some level of intelligence is required to understand the current situation.
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Cases of separation and divorce are rarely straight forward and Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for separated parents and their children.
It is understandably a season for sentiment and can open up old wounds. Tragically, some parents use Christmas as an opportunity to prove a point or cause disruption with their former partner. Those problems so often cascade down onto the children.
One key area where separated or divorced parents can fall out is who has the children over the festive period. In the knowledge that Christmas Day has been on 25 December for as long as I can remember, why haven't arrangements about where the children spend Christmas been sorted? I am not surprised that judges do not welcome eleventh hour applications for contact at this time of year.
In the interest of stability in the family, I would urge parents to plan ahead, communicate clearly and effectively and ensure that their children know what is happening this Christmas. It is too often the case that they become the casualties of their parents' disputes and, instead of enjoying the festive season, they merely survive it.
If things are strained with your ex-partner, deal with them like you would a business partner, taking away the emotion and remaining calm and measured. Make sure that your business is raising happy, healthy youngsters and make this Christmas the best you possibly can.
What other tips do you have on how single or newly-divorced people can make Christmas easier? Comment below, e-mail us or tweet us @HelpWithDivorce.


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Happy Cinco De Mayo, everyone!!
I've been diligently eating Mexican food on Uno, Dos, Tres, and Quatro De Mayo all week, in order to fully prepare for the big day today (including multiple batches of my favorite homemade salsa and margaritas, of course, plus a surprise birthday lunch at one of my favorite local taco spots on Tuesday). But then when I arrived in Salt Lake City yesterday for a conference, I was stoked to find out that my friends here already had plans for us to eat even more Mexican food today and tomorrow. So heck, I figure I might as well round things out and enjoy the final leftovers of these ancho chicken enchiladas on Sunday to make this a veritable Mexican food feast WEEK!
My kind of way to begin the month of May, right there. ? ? ? ?
Also, I'm convinced you need these enchiladas in your life this weekend too.
Do you have this one in your spice cabinet? If not, I highly recommend picking up a little jar. Ancho chiles are simply roasted poblano chiles, and their flavor when ground up into spices is extra earthy and smoky and ?. Heads up – different brands can vary with their levels of spiciness (heat). But in general, ancho chile powder is slightly spicier than traditional American chili powder, and I love the extra kick it brings to this recipe.
As always with me and homemade enchiladas, I will urge you to take the extra time (which you can also multitask with prepping the enchiladas) to make homemade sauce to go on these enchiladas…which is always worth it. And hey, while you're at it, go ahead and make a double batch so that you can use it in another recipe later in the week. It's so delicious and so versatile!
I love serving mine with some fresh avocado, cilantro, and maybe some extra sour cream or cotija cheese on top. But feel free to go with whatever on earth sounds delicious to you. And enjoy every last bite.
Perfect for Cinco de Mayo, or Mexican-food-filled birthday weeks, or any day you're craving some seriously delicious enchiladas.
This Ancho Chicken Enchiladas recipe is easy to make, full of big flavor, nice and cheesy and filled with chicken and beans, and perfect for Cinco de Mayo or anytime you're feeling like Mexican food!
Preheat oven to 350°F. Prepare your enchilada sauce.
In large saute pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add onion and saute for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add diced chicken and green chiles, and season with salt and pepper. Saute for 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the chicken is cooked through. Remove from heat and set aside.
To assemble the enchiladas, set up an assembly line including: tortillas, enchilada sauce, beans, chicken mixture, and cheese. Lay out a tortilla, and spread two tablespoons of sauce over the surface of the tortilla. Add beans in a line down the middle of the tortilla, then add in a spoonful of the chicken mixture, then sprinkle with 1/3 cup cheese. Roll up tortilla and place in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Then spread the remaining enchilada sauce on top of the tortillas, and sprinkle on the remaining shredded cheese.
*If you are using pre-cooked chicken, just leave it out of the saute and cook the onion and green chiles for 1 additional minute (instead of 6-8). Once you remove the onion and green chiles from the heat, stir in the chicken (which should be shredded or chopped into bite-sized pieces).
These look fabulous and love the recipe for the sauce. It's cold and rainy in NJ today so might have to make these to warm up!!
Thanks, Erin, we hope you enjoy them!
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PS- Totally making these for dinner tonight!!
Thanks for sharing with us, Leveez, we're so happy you and your family enjoyed them!
I love the combo of ingredients for the filling!! These look incredible!! Can't wait to make them!!
Thanks, Deborah, we hope you enjoy them!
Thanks, Sara, we hope you enjoy them!
There is literally no better food that Mexican Food. Thank God I live in the southwest!
So pretty! I love the color and I bet the taste is delish!
yum yum made these and they were so good, and easy ! Thanks.
Thanks, Shelby, we're so glad you liked them!
An out of this earth meal!
We're so happy you enjoyed them, Kate!
I always love trying new enchilada recipes and these will certainly be my next to try! They look fantastic!
Thanks, Megan, we hope you enjoy them!
I made these a few months back and they were delicious. The sauce was perfect and the flavors were good.
Just stumbled across this recipe and am wondering what other uses you've found for that enchilada sauce!
OMG I made this recipe over the weekend and it was so incredibly delicious! I went a little heavier on the cheese but didn't change anything else. I swear it even tasted better the next day. This is definitely one of my top favorite recipes now.


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UFOs spotted in the sky above Cessnock and Singleton – Blue Mountains Gazette
Posted on September 18, 2017 by REAL PARANORMAL
UFO sighting in Hunter Valley sky | VIDEO, PHOTOS, POLL
Dozens of unusual lights have been spotted in the night sky south-west of Cessnock and north towards Singleton.
The sighting has raised questions about whether the strange craft were UFOs, military aircraft or something else.
The man who spotted the lights captured them on video.
The video shows still and flashing lights on a craft. It appears to be moving around sharply, but the man attributes some of this movement to using the zoom lens on his camera.
He said the sound on the video was not coming from the craft.
When the video is freeze-framed at certain points, the craft appears to have a triangular shape. The lights of the craft are coloured white and red in the video.
The man, who did not want to be named, first saw the lights while out on his deck, calling his dog in.
He lives in an area surrounded by bush and state forest near the Watagan Mountains, not far from the Laguna area.
Strange lights in the sky spotted south-west of Cessnock.
"Looking to the north, I noticed three flashing lights coming towards me," he said.
"All of a sudden one went to the left, the other to the right, and the third one kept coming our way."
Soon several dozen came over the horizon.
"Before we knew it, there would have been 40 to 50 of them, flying towards us. They were spread apart. I noticed most of them did a U-turn and went back again.
"I thought 'this is strange, am I in a movie, like one of those attacks from Mars.
"There were so many out there, it was such a spectacle. It was overwhelming. My heart was pumping really fast."
The man said that helicopters and aeroplanes occasionally fly over, but "this seemed quite odd" because the craft were "flying together".
"There was no sound whatsoever. Normally when an aeroplane or helicopter goes by, we can hear it – even in the house," the man said.
"These were quiet."
A second video of strange lights in the sky spotted south-west of Cessnock.
In any case, they did not seem like conventional aircraft because "their movements were too flexible".
"Their movements were quite erratic in that they moved towards us and then fairly quickly turned around and went back," he said.
The Singleton Military Area is to the north of the man's property, which was the direction from which the lights seemed to be coming.
A Department of Defence spokesman said Singleton barracks "didn't have anything going on which they think could have been responsible".
The man said the craft first appeared in the sky about 8pm on Thursday.
"Most had three or four flashing lights on them," he said.
"They turned around and went back north. By 8.30pm, they were all gone and the sky was clear of these flashing lights.
"We came back inside because they kind of vanished."
About 15 to 20 minutes later, he went back outside to have another look. The craft had returned.
He could see the craft for another half hour or so.
"Some went back and a few more came out and towards us," he said.
Some time between 9pm to 9.30pm, the last of them had gone.
"At the very end, there was only one or two I could see doing this strange kind of loop," he said.
"They were coming out from north to south, then they turned around and went back north again."
Did he think they were UFOs?
"The first thing my wife said was 'they're UFOs', but I don't really believe in UFOs," he said.
He thought they could possibly be military drones.
He wondered if someone could help identify the craft.
"I'm curious because it's an odd thing and I don't have an explanation," the man said.
"I'm one of those people that likes to have an answer to these things. Maybe somebody else saw it. If a number of people saw it, there could be different perspectives on it.
"Someone in the aeronautics industry might recognise the lights and know what kind of craft it is."
The story, UFO sighting in Hunter Valley sky, first appeared on the Newcastle Herald.
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AFA finds requests for EGM invalid
The AFA has found that a significant proportion of the forms it received requesting for an extraordinary general meeting are invalid.
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The AFA says more than 100 of the 230 forms it received could not be accepted for a range of reasons, pushing the number of valid forms below the 5 per cent threshold required to request an EGM.
Fifty of the forms were duplicates, 25 forms were provided by non-members of the AFA and 28 forms could not be verified as it incorrectly identified the member.
"The AFA has notified Mr Mark Dunsford who provided the forms calling for the EGM that less than 5 per cent of the voting members of the AFA are represented and, accordingly, the AFA cannot take his special resolution to change the AFA constitution to the membership as yet," the association said in a statement.
"The AFA is telephoning 24 members where forms have been received in their name but the details provided are insufficient to identify whether the member completed the form.
"The AFA will help them complete the form if that was their intention."
AFA national president Deborah Kent said the board appreciates the right of members to call an EGM within the confines of good governance under the Corporations Act and will facilitate a resolution if and when the requisite 5 per cent of voting members is reached.
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Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates: Keys to Palaearctic Fauna, Fourth Edition, is part of a multivolume series covering inland water invertebrates of the world that began with Volume 1: Ecology and General Biology (2015), then Volume 2: Keys to Nearctic Fauna (2016), and finally in Volume 3: Keys to Neotropical Hexapoda (2018) (insects and springtails). It now continues with identification keys for Palearctic invertebrates in Volume 4. Two other volumes currently in development focus on general invertebrates of the Neotropical/Antarctic, and Australasian Bioregions. Other volumes in the early planning stages include Afrotropical and Oriental/Oceanic Bioregions. All volumes are designed for multiple uses and levels of expertise by professionals in universities, government agencies and private companies, as well as by graduate and undergraduate students.
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The Sentamu Academy Learning Trust (SALT) was created in February 2015 and comprises 1 Secondary Academy, 2 Alternative Provision Academies (Year 6 – Year 11) and 2 Primary Academies; all of our academies are within the boundary of Hull.
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Four generations of my maternal family have had thick curly hair. Most of us have made our peace with the weather-induced changes in texture that plague the unruly mob that grows on our heads. Some have given up and made semi-permanent changes, trying every new hair straightening/relaxing treatments that salons have on offer. Much like handling a rebellious teenager, I have learnt over the years that the best way to deal with my curls is letting them be instead of trying to coax them into submission.
In its defence, the Philips KeraShine Airstyler does not package itself as a hair straightener; instead, it results in a 'naturally' straight look. And while you can use it on wet hair, it gives you the exact effect you're trying to avoid: the shape of the brushed out curls is somewhat triangular, and they're neither springy nor straight, but more like a middle-schooler's handiwork.
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In his new solo show Martin Penev is presenting enchanting objects that are however hard to name, at least most of them. Each object seems to bring up memories of something cute from childhood and triggers moving associations. They seem to stand on the verge of being identified at any moment and yet just then they slip away from the clear minded consciousness. The shapes made out of bright carnival plush invite touching, caressing, hugging... Some exhibits have obviously originated from toys – just a little more of something is needed to overcome the habitual mistrust in contemporary art so that the viewer will be overcome with the unassuming joy of encountering something soft and colourful. But the artist had "modified" the shapes of the objects with some unexpected, contrasting interventions. Meticulously tightened bandages; carefully mounted faucets, handles, and a clock face; multiplied heads and so many other features merging into one multiplied heterogeneous creature disturb the sweetness and the coziness, diffuse the passive contemplation and invite compassion, even "co-authorship" of the imagination.
The "Plush gadgets", as the author calls them, obviously belong with the childish simplicity. They remind us simultaneously of the defenselessness but also of the absolute freedom of fantasy against the unknown and the unexplained. It is this transgression from the well known into the intuitively defined dangerous is what gives shape to the image world of "Unforeseen Circumstances". The hybrid forms turn away from the rational and give way to empathy. The association with toys that keep in their dead forms the memory of the sometimes living thing, and the seemingly joyous corporeality turn out to be a trick of representation in the works of Martin Penev. The trick is seducing the (grown up) viewers into "naiveté" though the deformations, the obsessive presence of the object in the space is pushing them into the labyrinth of urgent interpretation. It seems there is no easy explanation to what we may count on in our confused contemporaneity.
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The author expresses special gratitude to Ina Valentinova and Vulko Tchobanov.


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Emercoin Builds New Blockchain System to Verify Graduate Certificates
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Addressing a global challenge in education and business, Emercoin will design a ground-breaking blockchain system that enables graduates to store and share verifiable diplomas and other education certificates on an encrypted and secure app.
Emercoin's pilot project will be developed for the Business and Technology University in Tbilisi and available for other schools.
The university, which opened in 2016 at Silicon Valley Tbilisi to offer students innovative new approaches to learning, is placing this pilot project on the Emercoin Blockchain because Emercoin offers unique flexibility through an innovative range of distributed services.
The new system addresses a global challenge among educators, businesses and graduates to certify the online accuracy and authenticity of education credentials. Outside of Georgia, due to widespread corruption and manipulation, online displays of those credentials are increasingly viewed as unreliable proof of work.
Graduates also can face difficulty obtaining their records from colleges or school systems that have closed or otherwise refuse to recognize their legitimate credentials.
The problem creates major challenges for a wide range of professional audiences, including college admissions officers, job seekers and business recruiters. It also poses risks for the general public, which often cannot obtain certified credentials from doctors, lawyers and other professionals.
The university is partnering with Emercoin, which, through its unique Name Value Storage (NVS) capability, is more efficient and less expensive than other platforms. While Bitcoin is well suited for financial transactions, Emercoin's NVS allows for efficient time-stamping of META-Data on its own blockchain that in turn gets merge-mined into Bitcoin Blockchain for security.
"Built by Emercoin, the new system can fundamentally transform the way education certificates are stored and shared by people," said Evgeny Shumilov, chief executive officer of Emercoin."We are honored to partner with the Business and Technology University to launch this pilot project, and we look forward to working with other colleges, universities and school systems around the world to build secure new ways for people to certify their education credentials."
Mikheil Batiashvili, the rector of the university, said the innovative blockchain project will create a more secure and trusted system for his students."We work hard to offer our students the highest level of security, innovation and trust, and I believe this blockchain-based service will empower graduates to control their personal data in a way that truly helps them advance their careers and succeed," - said Batiashvili.
Venture capitalist Bill Tai, an Emercoin advisor, said the innovation would offer far-reaching benefits to several aspects of modern life.
"Imagine a world where medical patients could trust the diplomas on their doctors' walls. A world where job recruiters could easily confirm that applicants actually graduated from the colleges listed on their resumes. A world where you could find and share your education credentials online, without fear they've been altered or expunged by bad actors," Tai wrote in a Medium article."Fortunately, with this innovation, we are close to making this world a reality."
The pilot stage of the project will be operated by the university and will be offered in an open-source platform to other parties in the near future.
Emercoin also announced recently that it is working with the Bitfury Group to build the first blockchain-based system for crisis insurance and risk management. The system is being built for specialist insurer Beazley and Lloyd's of London coverholder Risk Cooperative.
About Emercoin
Emercoin is an emerging leader in secure, distributed blockchain business services. The interoperability of blockchain technologies provides us a holistic view that can effectively be used in both real and virtual world problems. And that's exactly what Emercoin (EMC) is doing. Emercoin is introducing a new kind of blockchain that offers a wide range of services and solutions across all industries.
About Business and Technology University
The Business and Technology University offers students innovation in learning by combining two fields of business and technology. Programs bring together faculty and professionals from international companies and universities, integrating leading management and academic thinking with innovation. The university offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs. The programs are oriented on entrepreneurship based learning, encouraging students' innovative potential, developing their managerial skills that will make alumni competitive on both local and global labor markets.
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The Elections Commission rejected the little-known businessman's candidacy Friday morning.
Presidential hopeful Hussain Naseer has decided to challenge the Elections Commission's rejection of his candidacy at the Supreme Court.
The electoral body rejected the little-known businessman's candidacy Friday morning, citing inauthentic information in his application.
At a press briefing later on Friday, Naseer's spokesman disputed the EC's "unfounded" reasons, which included incomplete information, change of Naseer's permanent address, and invalid information about the 1,500 people who backed his candidacy.
The criminal record information of running mate Sheikh Nasrulla Musthafa was also incomplete, the commission said.
The preacher was previously arrested on suspicion of being involved in a scam that saw four people sent to Mecca without arrangements in place for their pilgrimage. He is also on trial in a separate case relating to pornographic material.
But the spokesman, Amjad Hussain, stressed that the sheikh has not been convicted of a crime.
Alleging undue influence over the five-member commission, Nasrulla said the EC refused to allow resubmission of the candidacy papers before the deadline of 4 pm on August 10. The EC refused to return the MVR100,000 (US$6,500) deposit fee and the set of forms from the 1,500 supporters, he said.
According to electoral laws, the EC's decision on a candidacy must be challenged at either the High Court or Supreme Court within five days, after which the appellate court must issue a judgment within seven days.
Asked by reporters if their intention was to delay the September 23 election, Nasrullah said he did not believe the case could warrant a postponement.
He also denied an ulterior motive or hidden agenda behind the candidacy when reporters observed that the pair was previously unknown in Maldivian politics.


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A common misconception among many 4-H families is they are not livestock producers; they are livestock showers in the sport of livestock exhibition. Animal ID requirements teach youth that they are a part of a larger livestock industry in which individual animal ID and traceability are important. As Indiana 4-H counties begin their animal ID processes, it's important to understand why animal ID is required to participate in county fairs and the Indiana State Fair.
What is the purpose of animal ID requirements? Why are they important?
If you have animals, the general public considers you a livestock producer. Your actions can impact public perceptions of animal agriculture for good and bad. Animal ID requirements also prove that a specific animal is a 4-H member's project animal. Ownership and ID deadlines set the parameters for the program year. This teaches youth to meet deadlines and pay attention to detail. It also ensures they have appropriate time to learn with their animal.
Remember, this is not just a show. It's about the learning that occurs between the ownership deadline and the county fair and/or state fair.
Disclaimer: Refer to 4-H animal show requirements for the Indiana State Fair. Some counties may have different requirements for county-only animals. Contact your county office for requirements of county only-animals.
What are the new species requirements for 2018 animal identification?
DNA hair requirement for all beef cattle (beef and dairy beef market steers, registered heifers, commercial heifers and dairy feeder steers). DNA hair samples for beef and dairy beef market steers are due in the county Extension office by April 1. Because April 1 falls on a Sunday in 2018, sample will also be accepted on Monday, April 2. DNA samples for registered heifers, commercial heifers and dairy feeder steers are due by May 15. Please check with your county office about earlier deadlines set by your county. Collection instructions and a how-to video are on the 4-H beef project page of the Indiana 4-H website. Collection envelopes are available from your county Extension office.
This requirement is for State Fair animals only. Please check with your county Extension office about requirements for county-only beef cattle.
Why was the DNA requirement added to beef cattle?
DNA was implemented for beef cattle for the same reasons it was implemented for swine a couple of years ago. DNA in swine allowed Indiana 4-H to give youth the benefit of doubt on animal ID, as is done with retinal imaging with sheep. If an issue occurs with a tag on a sheep, a retinal image of the animal is captured and then allowed to be shown when it matches. DNA has significantly reduced the stress of swine check-in. For the past couple of years Indiana 4-H has tried to give families the benefit of doubt with beef cattle when the families said they lost the tag on the way to the State Fair, or something similar. Think of this like an insurance policy against tag issues; it will only help 4-H members.
DNA is a permanent form of ID, to give youth the benefit of the doubt.
How is the DNA from swine and beef cattle used at the Indiana State Fair?
If any issues arise with the 840-RFID tags, county tags or tattoos, the 4-H member may have a DNA sample pulled at the State Fair to be compared to the May sample submitted to their county office. They are allowed to exhibit their animal with the understanding that if the DNA does not match, they will be disqualified. The 4-H member is not expected to pay for this onsite DNA testing.
All animals should be identified in Indiana 4-H Online. April 1 is the traditional ID deadline for beef and dairy beef market steers. April 1 falls on a Sunday in 2018, so Indiana 4-H Online will be open through the end of the day Monday, April 2 to ensure all youth can register their animal online. The deadline for all other animals is May 15. Contact your county Extension office for information on any earlier deadlines set by your county. Do not wait until the last minute to start the animal ID process.


Work in progress - what now, MacJam buddies? I dunno about adding voice or leave it as an instrumental.
That rubbery slappy tappy thing you have happening here is quite cool! Nice bass lines too!
When I have some more ducks I will name them Rubbery, Slappy and Tappy. When this song has gestated for a while I 'll give it a proper title too. Thanks for listening.
it's like being caught in an oriental sound shower!
ooo - wow, that change wasn't expected after 2 minute mark - nice!
thank you for the mesmerizing music - very tasty indeed.
The change at 2 minutes was what made me persevere with this - well spotted. I'm not sure what this will become, but it does seem a bit oriental at the moment. Thank you for your interest.
I'm still reeling after hearing both Sisters' Universal collaboration and Khalilah's amazing vocals. It makes me want to finish this and several others I've had brewing for some weeks, but the day job gets in the way. Is it just me, or is the music on MJ getting more and more professional - sounding? Some of the stuff I've listened to this evening has been remarkably good.
New Title: Direct Box Boogie!
Nice! Super clean sounds with a loopy Michael Hedges / Keller Williams vibe - I really enjoyed this!
... is better than Dingle Dangle! I appreciate the Hedges reference, I must look into Keller Williams.
great sound grah3am! the guitars sound super crisp. love the fretless bass... those things are hard to play. sounds good to me as is, but probably would sound great with vocals too. good luck!
is still needed here. It loses impetus at about 30 seconds, and the bass is wrong here and there. (All over, probably!) I like playing the fretless though. You get that French horn sound now and then, and that lovely slur when you move up or down a note without taking your finger off the fretboard.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Watch this space for a week or so while I work to improve this.
lyrics sung in French or Italian or Spanish add to the mysterious vibe you've already got going? I was thinking of a Moroccan Casbah with a smokey and dark underground club. I don't know why. It is different, for sure. Thanks.
I have a CD set of SFX with some Turkish market noises. I'm a sucker for animal noises and other sound effects (blame Pink Floyd) so you may well hear some exotic hubbub in a future version.
Slap bass is great, your guitar playing is very cool, Like the verb on that, gives it some great space. I would liked to have heard a bit more of that dream like guitar playing of yours, unique track sir.
the slap bass is the sample on GB, played on a USB keyboard. My cheap bass won't slap, and sounds muddy, though it plays fairly well. Not sure if there will be more or less guitar later, as my usual method is to play everything and then pare away the non - essential parts. It started as a solo guitar piece, so I probably will put on some more. And dinosaur noises.
well, the prev song was sure short-lived! i must have been the ONLY person to comment since it was gone so quickly. but that's ok, D Dangle makes up for it. you have that tapping down to a T. i've tried it but i just sound fumbly. interesting guitar play on the left/right. love the 2:10 switch.
I put them both up at the same time, as I haven't posted for a while. There's a guy in the UK called Matt (of Matt's Guitar Lesson) who showed me how to do "Drifting" . It may even be a free lesson - he often has special deals. Anyway, whatever I paid for the lesson it was worth it, as it opened up a whole world of Crim - like twiddling to me. And the Switch is why I like this tune. It's evolving way beyond its solo guitar tapping and hitting origins. As ever, thanks for your interest and encouragement.
Or better yet, you could add some vocals. I was reading through the comments as I listened (the second time). Just as I got to tokai, I got to this part in the tune, and I says to myself, "Sounds like tokai would fit in here." Just a thought. Unique, and cool as ever.
... probably. I'm well into the next stage. It's now called "Chaos in Laos" (Or "Chowse in Louse", as someone once announced on local radio.) I've souped up the weaker first section, and it leads into the wacky guitar bit at 2.15 much better now. I'll add vocals when I've got the instrumentals all sorted. Right now it's obsessing me, as these things do, (I hope everyone else on MJ feels like this, and that I'm not a lone nutter) and whatever else should be part of it will occur to me in the next few days. Nice to hear from you again, Mr K.
Interesting set of sounds used. Especially like the kick in the bass. Good move to make the change you did in the middle of the song, takes it another direction and gets away from the repetition of the oriental sound. Nice one!
I've been working on the first section, fattening it up and making the change less drastic, and it begins and ends with a visit to a Turkish market. (Couldn't find a Laotian one!) Thanks for listening.


Natural world, fauna and flora inspires artists. Some creative marriage of Copenhagen - Tobias and Hanne Mikkelsen Scheel has created a beautiful series called Faunascapes. The work that we can see are a combination of the landscape and the image of a wild animal: raccoon, owls, bears, wolves, hare, fox and deer. Animal portraits are fragile, ethereal and full of poetry. Welcome to the gallery.


Australian Federal Police have raided the home of a Sydney-based tech entrepreneur who had been identified as the alleged inventor of digital currency Bitcoin.
Although most of the notes and records collected from the scene seem to suggest that he is Satoshi Nakamoto, the recluse inventor of Bitcoin, several digital posts and email messages had been backdated to seemingly appear that those posts were made during the hay-days of Bitcoin.
Mr. Craig Steven Wright may not be Mr. Right after all but an elaborate attempt to claim the spotlight as the Inventor, Hero and the main guy who invented Bitcoin.
Charles Sturt University (CSU) recently confirmed that Mr. Wright had been awarded with three (3) impressive Masters degrees in Network and Systems Administration, Management (IT) and Information Systems Security. CSU also confirmed that he was NOT awarded a PhD. Although, he was an adjunct academic, CSU clarified that he was not fomally employed by the University.
In a high-profile March 6, 2014, article in the magazine Newsweek, journalist Leah McGrath Goodman identified Dorian Prentice Satoshi Nakamoto, a Japanese American man living in California, whose birth name is Satoshi Nakamoto, as the Nakamoto in question. Besides his name, Goodman pointed to a number of facts that circumstantially suggested he was the bitcoin inventor. But then again, it was all baloney as Dorian repeatedly denied having anything to do with Bitcoin.
The latest effort which triggered a burst of excitement around two stories posted by Wired and Gizmodo which identified Satoshi Nakamoto as Australian businessman Craig Steven Wright — collapsed quickly in a Spartacus-like smackdown from Nakamoto's only known email account: According to Coindesk, the email sent on Dec. 10 from the address satoshi@vistomail.com, reads: "I am not Craig Wright. We are all Satoshi."
Now, who can contest that? But if all of us Bitcoin enthusiasts is Satoshi then that means Craig Wright is also Satoshi. Even if he's just one of the small fractions that make up bitcoin literally.


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Kanye West & Antonio Brown Link Up For Dinner In Los Angeles
Roommates, continuing their recent streaks of grabbing headlines and attention, Kanye West and Antonio Brown recently linked up with each other for a late night bite. Reportedly dining out at Craig's restaurant in Los Angeles, Kanye West and Antonio Brown not only chopped it up over dinner—but are also rumored to be working on music.
Following the release of his first Yeezy x Gap commercial along with the official release date of his Netflix documentary, Kanye West still found time to meet up for dinner with Antonio Brown, who has been at the center of major headlines (and intense controversy) for the last few weeks.
It's unclear if Kanye West and Antonio Brown are indeed working on music, but the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player has definitely been teasing his fans with the possibility of a collab with Ye in the studio.
As we previously reported, Antonio was officially released from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after he walked off the field in the middle of a game against the New York Jets earlier this month. He followed that up with a sit-down interview with the hosts of the 'Full Send' podcast, by slamming one of the few people who has publicly and privately shown him nothing but support…NFL superstar Tom Brady.
Speaking about his former teammate, Antonio said "Brady can't do s**t by himself. But you guys are going to make it seem like he's just this heroic guy. Bro, we all humans, bro. We're all dependent on somebody else to do the job. "If Tom Brady is my boy, why am I playing for an earnest salary? You my boy, though, right? Gronkowski is his boy, right? How much does he get paid? OK, so why is AB on a prove-it deal? Who's better than me over there? Let's be real!"
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In any organization, whether a start-up or an established one, documents are an important resource to keep a track of all activities. In earlier days, the only form of documents was hard copy paper documents like invoices, bills or other important personal files. But, today many businesses have audio and video files as a part of their documentation.


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Allergy sufferers have nearly 40% lower risk of COVID-19 infection, study says
By Julia Musto
Omicron variant watch with Emory's Dr. Winawer
Omicron variant is spreading with positive cases detected in several U.S. states. Emory School of Medicine's Dr. Neil Winawer says provides an expert's take on the variant's infection rate and the severity of cases.
People who suffer from allergic conditions have a lower risk for developing COVID-19, according to a new U.K. study.
The research from the Queen Mary University of London was published Thursday in the journal Thorax.
'LONG' COVID CAUSES BAD SMELLS AND TASTES, DEPRESSION FOR SOME SURVIVORS: 'HOT WATER SMELLS LIKE ROTTING MEAT'
Analyzing data from more than 16,000 adults between May 1, 2020, and Feb. 5, 2021, the authors asked participants to provide information about their age, household circumstances, job, lifestyle, weight, height, longstanding medical conditions, medication use, vaccination status and diet and supplement intake upon enrollment in the study in an online questionnaire.
Monthly follow-up questionnaires captured incident COVID-19 and the researchers used logistic regression models to estimate the associations between potential risk factors and the odds of developing COVID-19.
15,227 people – with the majority women and nearly 95% who identified their ethnic origin as White – filled out at least one follow-up questionnaire and 14,348 people completed the final questionnaire. The average age of the participants was 59.
In total, 446 cases of coronavirus were recorded, or nearly 3% of participants. Thirty-two people were admitted to the hospital.
Those with atopic diseases like eczema and those with hay fever or rhinitis had a 23% lower risk of contracting the disease.
Including people who suffer from asthma, there was a 38% lower risk of infection – even after accounting for the use of steroid inhalers.
PICTURE POSED BY MODELA man sneezes into a tissue. PA Photo. Picture date: Saturday March 14, 2020. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire (Photo by Ben Birchall/PA Images via Getty Images)
MORE AMERICAN ADULTS LIVING ALONE, CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS
Taking immunosuppressants was also associated with 53% lower odds of infection, although the authors noted this statistic may reflect greater shielding from infection by these patients.
Contrary to past studies, the researchers found that older age, male sex and other underlying conditions were not linked to a higher risk of infection,
Alternatively, people of Asian and Asian British ethnicity, household overcrowding, socializing indoors with other households, holding a front-line occupation excluding health and social care and raised body mass index or obesity were independently associated with a heightened risk.
Adults who were Asian or Asian British had twice the risk of testing positive compared with White U.K. adults and the greater the number of people sharing a household and the higher the number of visits made to indoor public places, the higher the odds of getting COVID-19.
The researchers said the study shows that there is limited overlap between risk factors for developing COVID-19 and those for ICU admission and death, as reported in hospitalized cohorts.
They also note that the study is observational and cannot establish cause.
Other limitations include that there was no oversight of COVID-19 swab testing and the reliance on results of testing usually prompted by symptoms – potentially missing asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.
In addition, ethnic minorities were underrepresented in the study.
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Category: Pandora Premium
Pandora Premium Launches Monthly Discounts for Students and Military Subscribers
Pandora Premium today announced new discounted subscriptions offered to students and members of the military.
Just like offerings from Apple Music and Spotify, students will now be able to pay just $4.99/month for the Pandora Student Plan, compared to $9.99/month for everyone else. Premium offers subscribers the chance to listen to music on-demand and ad-free, and includes features like personalized playlists, radio stations, and more.
The Pandora Military Plan will also provide a discount to active military and vets, priced at $7.99/month. Those who can take advantage of this discount include active duty, reservists, retirees, veterans, and military family members. Both the Pandora Military Plan and Pandora Student Plan include a 60-day free trial.
Originally a live radio streaming service only, Pandora launched its on-demand music streaming platform in 2017 in an effort to compete with Apple Music and Spotify. The company continuously updates its iOS app, in January introducing a voice assistant to help subscribers quickly play music and jump around the app.
Although student discounts are common, a price cut for individuals in the military is not offered by either Apple Music or Spotify. Tidal, however, does have a few military-related discounts, starting at $5.99 for a basic monthly plan and rising to $11.99 per month for a Hi-Fi audio plan.
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This article, "Pandora Premium Launches Monthly Discounts for Students and Military Subscribers" first appeared on MacRumors.com
Pandora Rolling Out Personalized Playlists to All Premium Subscribers on Mobile App
After a slow rollout began in March, Pandora today announced that all Premium tier subscribers can now access their own personalized music playlists. Similar to Apple Music and Spotify, Pandora's selection of playlists personally curate a specific collection of tracks, but Pandora focuses on moods, activities, and genres (via TechCrunch).
For example, Pandora can create "Your Energy Soundtrack," "Your Happy Soundtrack," "Your Rainy Day Soundtrack," "Your R&B Soundtrack," and more, with about 25 songs each. As a comparison, Apple Music's personal curation focuses on New Music Mix, Chill Mix, and Favorites Mix, offering songs aimed at introducing you to new artists, serving up relaxing tunes, and generating a collection of what the service decides are your favorite tracks.
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Pandora Premium users can send links to their friends (even if they're on the free tier) as a way to share their personalized playlists. The free tier users will have to watch a video ad to listen to the playlist and test out other paid features as well -- an ability Pandora debuted last December.
In regards to how the app curates the playlists, Pandora says it uses its "Music Genome" and machine learning algorithms to continously determine what music you listen to most often. Combined with human curators, Pandora then gathers songs into the new "Soundtrack" playlists to "perfect the lists and update them, as needed."
Apple Music updates its Mixes on specific days every week, but Pandora's offering appears to be a bit more nebulous. During the rollout phase of the feature, the app was creating "up to four new playlists" for each user every week, and it would continue until it "maxed out" the user's playlist categories. TechCrunch explains further: "This "max" is not a flat number, but varies by user. For example, someone who listens to a lot of different types of music may continue getting new playlists for weeks."
Pandora is offering the stable of personalized playlists as a way to entice its free users to upgrade to Pandora Premium, which runs for $9.99/month. Originally a live radio streaming service only, Pandora launched Premium in 2017 to compete with Apple Music and Spotify, combining its existing radio features into an on-demand music streaming service.
Moving forward, Pandora is planning to release more playlist categories and themes in the coming months. Pandora chief performance officer Chris Phillips says, "This is the beginning of a whole suite of themed playlists that we will automatically build and tailor to each Premium user. In the coming months, we'll be rolling out more even more themes for you to unlock."
Pandora Music is available to download on iOS [Direct Link] and Android for free.