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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Hunter Biden’s Perfectly Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption

"How did this get to be standard practice?"

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Queen's Pawn Game

"In the most general sense the term Queen's Pawn Game can refer to any chess opening which starts with the move 1.d4. It is the second most popular opening move after 1.e4. The name is usually used to describe openings beginning with 1.d4 where White does not play the Queen's Gambit."

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Englund Gambit

"Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn games and create an open game with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn. The gambit is considered weak; Boris Avrukh writes that 1...e5 "seems to me the worst possible reply to White's first move"."

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Oregon’s Maximum Annual Rent Increase 2020

"What you need to know: The allowable rent increase percentage for the 2020 calendar year is 9.9%. See our office’s Rent Stabilization page for more, including a downloadable spreadsheet with all the data."

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Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You

"Antioxidant vitamins don’t stress us like plants do—and don’t have their beneficial effect. You probably try to exercise regularly and eat right."

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Scandinavian Defense

"The Center Counter Defense is one of the oldest recorded openings, first recorded as being played between Francesc de Castellví and Narcís Vinyoles in Valencia in 1475 in what may be the first recorded game of modern chess, and being mentioned by Lucena in 1497."

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Sicilian Defense

"The Sicilian Defense is the most popular defense against white’s opening 1.e4 and is used extensively at top level play. It is a very aggressive defense and immediately stakes claim at the center, denying white the double pawns on e4 and d4. Many chess champions actually prefer to start with 1.d4 because of how well the Sicilian Defense plays against 1.e4." read full text »

Banter Blitz with World Champion Magnus Carlsen (6)

"World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen plays blitz chess against chess24 users while talking about his moves: https://ift.tt/2UKjZ7R Premium to challenge Magnus during his show!https://bit.ly/2XUjTMe► Watch live and on-demand shows: https://bit.ly/2J389Um► Follow top tournaments"

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County Wage Growth (Map of the Week)

"While the macro outlook is more uncertain today, one item our office has tried to highlight is that current economic conditions are pretty good. The share of prime working-age Americans and Oregonians is relatively high and wages are rising."

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Friday Beer Thoughts: Local Demand

"Many of the business discussions surrounding beer tend to focus on the number of breweries opening or closing. We use that as a barometer for the health of the sector, including our previous look at industry dynamism. Counting breweries is pretty easy, however it also provides an incomplete picture."

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50 Strategies to gain the upper hand over your opponent — MyChessBlog.Com – #1 Chess Blog On The Internet

"Here we are discussing some basic strategies that can give you advantage, however microscopic it may be."

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Fun Friday: Marginal Propensity to Consume

"One question our office gets quite frequently about the kicker is what sort of economic impact does it have. After all we are returning hundreds of millions, if not a billion, dollars to taxpayers who likely did not budget the kicker into their household finances."

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What People Actually Say Before They Die

"Insights into the little-studied realm of last words. Mort Felix liked to say that his name, when read as two Latin words, meant “happy death.” When he was sick with the flu, he used to jokingly remind his wife, Susan, that he wanted Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” played at his deathbed."

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What Replaces Timber?

"Between the mill closure in Coos Bay, downsizing in Forest Grove, and the lively cap and trade discussions, there has been a renewed interest and focus on the timber industry in Oregon."

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More on Migration to Oregon

"Last week we updated the basics of migration to Oregon. The post generated quite a few comments and questions. As such I wanted to post an update with a little more information."

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Generalise, don't specialise: why focusing too narrowly is bad for us

"The 10,000-hour rule says intense, dedicated practice makes perfect – at that one thing. But what if breadth actually serves us better than depth? By Let’s start with a couple of stories from the world of sports."

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Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek

"Researchers at Norway's Polar Institute fitted the young female with a GPS tracking device and freed her into the wild in late March last year on the east coast of Spitsbergen, the Svalbard archipelago's main island."

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Former Mozilla exec: Google has sabotaged Firefox for years

"A former high-ranking Mozilla executive has accused Google of intentionally and systematically sabotaging Firefox over the past decade in order to boost Chrome's adoption."

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