The ‘Hidden Talent’ That Determines Success

"In our era of globalisation, your job performance may depend on your “CQ”. So what is it? Imagine meeting someone for the first time who comes from a distant country but is fluent in your language."

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Coronavirus, the Economy, and Oregon

"Our office continues to get asked about the potential impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the economy. Long story short is that it is still too early to tell how much economic fallout will occur given the ongoing public health developments as the virus spreads."

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In world's first, atomic force microscope sees chemical bonds in individual molecules (w/ video)

"A nanographene molecule exhibiting carbon-carbon bonds of different length and bond order imaged by noncontact atomic force microscopy using a carbon monoxide functionalized tip. This molecule was synthesized at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Toulouse. Credit: IBM (Phys."

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Food for Thought: Shifting Drivers of Growth?

"Like the nation overall, Oregon is transitioning down to more sustainable rates of growth. Job gains are roughly in-line with what underlying demographics suggest the state needs to hold the unemployment rate steady."

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Oregon Office of Economic Analysis

"This morning the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis released the latest quarterly economic and revenue forecast. For the full document, slides and forecast data please see our main website. Below is the forecast’s Executive Summary."

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What Drives Cost of Living Differences? (Graph of the Week)

"We know the cost of living varies considerably across the country. It can even vary significantly just across town. But what really drives these differences? In a word, housing."

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Opening Novelty: The Granada Gambit

"A few months ago I took a pleasant holiday to the south of Spain. On my adventures I spent a couple of nights in the very picturesque city of Granada."

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Friday Beer Thoughts and One Last 2020s Prediction: Closures

"One last prediction for the 2020s: Oregon will see more brewery closures. In fact we are likely to see a dozen or more closures every year in the decade ahead. This is mostly due to the fact that Oregon has seen considerable growth in the number of breweries in the past 10-15 years."

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Here’s Exactly What Happens Inside Your Body When You Crack Your Back

"Either way, having loose ligaments and tendons may play a role, too, since people who have tight ligaments and tendons typically aren't able to shift in ways that allow them to actually "crack" their back, Dr. Anand says."

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Economic Trends of the 2010s (Graphs of the Decade)

"Economically, the 2010s were a disappointment. Now, the U.S. economy went the full 10 years without a recession, a first in history. However we began the decade at the bottom of the worst recession in a long time. As such much of the decade was about regaining the lost ground."

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Are Aerospike Engines Better Than Traditional Rocket Engines?

"This is a rocket engine. Really, all it is is a heat and pressure machine whose end goal is to convert that heat and pressure into workable thrust. The more that gets converted the better. This conversion is usually done by a large bell nozzle."

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How to fight back against Google AMP as a web user and a web developer

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First-Ever HD Footage of a Cell Moving Through the Body

"Ew go to the washroom when you do that. /s"

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Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee unveils plan to save the internet

"Tim Berners-Lee, a British engineer credited with having invented the World Wide Web in 1989, has released an ambitious plan detailing steps for better online governance, addressing problems like misinformation, data surveillance and censorship."

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A Weakened Black Hole Allows Its Galaxy to Awaken

"Astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars are being born at its core."

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Turbulence and Magnetic Fields in the Large-Scale Structure of the Universe

"The nature and origin of turbulence and magnetic fields in the intergalactic space are important problems that are yet to be understood. We propose a scenario in which turbulent-flow motions are induced via the cascade of the vorticity generated at cosmological shocks during the formation of the large-scale structure." read full text »

Episode 928: Hong Kong

"Jimmy Lai is one of the richest people in Hong Kong. And in some ways, the story of his rise is the story of Hong Kong itself. Jimmy was born in mainland China. In 1960, when he was 12 years old, he snuck out of China and into Hong Kong by hiding in the bottom of a fishing boat."

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Pressure runs high at edge of solar system

"Illustration depicting the layers of the heliosphere. Credit: NASA/IBEX/Adler PlanetariumOut at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high."

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