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Clark County’s number of new COVID-19 cases broke four digits in the past week as activity continues to rise.
Clark County Public Health’s May 19 report showed 165.7 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population over seven days, about 11% more than the 149.6 per 100,000 reported the prior week. The case rate has been increasing for six weeks after reaching a low of 24.4 cases per 100,000 on April 7.
Recent case rates lag behind the most recent counts of cases. The health department’s most recent case rate was based on activity from May 3 to May 9.
The health department reported 1,100 new cases between May 12 and May 19, more than the 779 reported between May 5 and May 12.
The update on May 19 included 856 confirmed cases and 244 suspected cases based on antigen testing. In total, there have been 76,737 confirmed and 15,483 probable cases in Clark County since the outbreak began.
Clark County Public Health’s May 19 report included three confirmed deaths after reporting two confirmed deaths on May 12. The deaths were a man in his 70s, a man in his 60s and a woman older than 80.
The health department also reported three deaths suspected to be due to the disease after not reporting any suspected deaths May 12. Those deaths included two men in their 70s and a man in his 60s.
The deaths put Clark County’s total at 807, which includes 712 confirmed and 95 suspected to be due to COVID-19.
The number of COVID-19 patients occupying hospital beds in Clark County dropped slightly. As of May 19, 9.5% of beds had either patients with confirmed COVID-19 or patients awaiting test results, less than the 10.1% reported the week prior. The number of intensive care unit (ICU) beds occupied by COVID-19 patients was 11.8%, up from the 7.3% reported May 12.
New COVID-19 hospital admissions saw an increase in the latest data. In its May 19 report, the health department reported 7.4 admissions per 100,000 population in the past seven days, up from 6.6 admissions per 100,000 population reported May 12.
Total hospital bed occupancy in the county saw a slight drop. The health department reported 97.6% of hospital beds and 98% of ICU beds were occupied in the county, compared to 97.9% of all beds and 98.2% of ICU beds on May 12.
Clark County’s statewide share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths stayed about the same as of May 19 compared to the prior week. The Washington State Department of Health reported the county had about 6% of cases and 6.3% of deaths.
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Daivd Ury is really onto something. Who is David Ury? you may ask. Most likely, you’ve seen him around, getting throttled, axed, murdered, or most notably, having an ATM fall on him in AMC’s critically-acclaimed “Breaking Bad.” Yes, he’s one of those character actors that you like but might not know unless you’re looking in the right places. Ury has definitely been working hard. You can catch his hilarious collaboration with his alter-ego, Kevin Tanaka, right here:
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Charles Yu is the author of the novel “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe” and the short story collections “Third Class Superhero” and “Sorry Please Thank You.” In 2007, Yu won the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award. When discussing Yu’s work, Italo Calvino comes up as does Douglas Adams and Kurt Vonnegut. What strikes me is Yu’s flair for a natural and casual humor mixed in with philosophical musings and various games with language and narrative. You can read my review of “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe” right here.
It is an honor and a privilege to interview Gene Yang, known for “American Born Chinese” and “Boxers & Saints.” And now he and Sonny Liew offer you “The Shadow Hero.” With all the unpacking, literally and figuratively since Comic-Con, I finally share with you this interview. You really can’t say enough about Gene Yang. He has opened up a great path for others to dare to follow. Yeah, he’s that big of a deal.
Michael Cho laughed with recognition when I compared his character, Corinna Park, with Truman Capote’s Holly Golightly. Granted, it is by no means an exact match but the two are kindred spirits in many ways. There is something very appealing and relatable about Corinna Park. In Cho’s debut graphic novel, “Shoplifter,” we observe a young woman’s struggle to find her place in the world. We appreciate that struggle as well as the increasingly disconnected world we live in. You can read my review here.
Cho is an illustrator, cartoonist, and writer whose previously published work includes “Back Alleys and Urban Landscapes,” a collection of sketches depicting Toronto’s cityscape. Born in South Korea, he has lived in Canada since he was six.
Seth, author of “Palookaville,” has said, “Michael Cho’s ‘Shoplifter,’ his first graphic novel, is a joy to behold–so beautiful it will make all other cartoonists weep with envy.”
In this interview, Cho speaks to the impatience of youth and life in the big city for young people. This is part of an unfolding story. Cho is looking forward to pursuing this narrative further with other characters. “Shoplifter” is the first of five graphic novels with intertwined themes.
“Shoplifter” has two-color illustrations throughout and is available as of September 2, 2014. It is published by Pantheon, a division of Random House. To pre-order, visit Random House right here.
Paul Tobin is a comic book writer who is known for his work with Marvel Comics, among a full roster of other works. With Dark Horse Comics, Tobin has worked, with his wife, Colleen Coover, on BANDETTE; with Joe Querio on THE WITCHER; and with Juan Ferreyra on COLDER as welll as PROMETHEUS: FIRE AND STONE. For this interview, we focus on the writing in The Witcher and chat a bit about the Aliens Predator Prometheus crossover event.
Based on the popular book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is an action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt RED and published by Atari, Inc. Selling millions of copies, the short stories by Sapkowski feature a fantasy world inspired by Polish folklore with supernatural themes. The next game release is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, set for February 24, 2015, and it will make the perfect companion to the trade paperback release of The Witcher graphic novel.
Look for the trade paperback of The Witcher Volume 1 to come out on September 24, 2014. For more details, visit our friends at Dark Horse Comics right here.
As Tobin explains, he breaks everything down by panel while making sure not to crowd the artist. Panel by panel breakdown is essential in many ways, not to mention continuity. We take a close look at some panels that set up an important plot point: the introduction of the character, Marta, hovering in the distance, who Jakob is inextricably linked to.
And we talk about Tobin’s Prometheus: Fire and Stone. It was Editor-in-Chief Scott Allie’s brilliant idea to bring together all the writers on the crossover event. While each writer had a separate stand-alone book to work on, getting together allowed them to share ideas and actually make each other’s work better.
Tobin acknowledged that he’s a very private writer but he loved this format with ideas flowing back and forth in a supportive environment. It will make reading all the books that much smoother. This blockbuster crossover event begins with Tobin’s Prometheus: Fire and Stone.
Look for the first issue of Prometheus: Fire and Stone out on September 10, 2014. For more details, visit our friends at Dark Horse Comics right here.
Randy Stradley talks here a bit about Dark Horse Comics. He partnered with Mike Richardson to create Dark Horse and has led the way in its development. Stradley shares some thoughts on the first time Dark Horse made an appearance at Comic-Con. It was pretty humble way back then.
Looking forward, Stradley pointed to twelve new creator-owned properties that had just been announced. Among new Dark Horse projects to look forward to is Chuck Palahniuk’s “Fight Club 2,” a big step beyond his 1996 novel, full of supernatural spookiness, set for a 10-issue run debuting May, 2015. Brian Truitt, at USA Today, provides an insightful interview with Palahniuk about this new project right here.
Of course, this is just the tip of the iceberg of what you can find at Dark Horse. For more information, visit Dark Horse Comics here. Some of the news you can find, like Dark Horse taking home five Eisner Awards this year, follows:
Comic-Con is many things: a focal point for learning about pop culture and a place to buy and sell pop culture. It is a fascinating place to be to observe a concentrated segment of consumer culture. With an estimated attendance this year topping off at 160,000, Comic-Con International: San Diego is an instant village. Not everyone is there for exactly the same reasons. But, at the same time, even the academically-inclined that claim that they are there only for the serious panel discussion, must admit to this event being like going to Disneyland.
You are there, caught in the sweep of humanity, and you can’t help but feel that you are part of something bigger. This is a mega-community all mashed together with various views and agendas. To be fair, I like to give credit to everyone for all the hard work they do. There is so much on display, with so many issues at play all at once. On the most basic level, we have a huge number of humans all seeking something. The only way it makes sense for me is to set up guideposts for myself ahead of time and go to the things that matter most to me. And, like a grand museum, you will only manage to see part of what you set out to see.
We’re only human, right? We are more complex than we give ourselves credit for. Comic-Con is not a bunch of rats set loose, even if it may seem like that at times. We are human. Comic-Con seems like one big spectacle sometimes but, just like they say about going to school, traveling, and life in general, you get back what you put into it. The thing to remember about Comic-Con is that, at its roots, it is about fandom and a love for comic books is at its core. If you gather together a group of young (and not-so-young) people who are sensitive to seeking out something more, whatever that might be, you’re on a good track right there. That something more, whatever it might be, will be an anchor, a gateway, a portal, all at once.
From Charles Yu’s Third Class Superhero:
I know this is as good as it will ever get for me and it’s not that good. I have a small heart, a dark heart, a heart filled with exactly equal amounts of good and evil, one that is weak and will take us only so far, but for now it propels us higher and higher and higher.
The pure magic of Walt Kelly’s “Pogo” comic strip defies easy description. It appeared in newspapers around the country and galvanized thought among the thoughtful. His strange and beautiful comic strip was, in its day, “Doonesbury,” “The Simpsons,” and “The Jon Stewart Show” all rolled into one, times ten. Its satirical bite was so effective that newspapers would opt for either the innocent joke version or go for the political version of the comic strip. Has Walt Kelly been relegated to the margins? That is where many an odd genius will dwell only to be rediscovered. Thanks to Fantagraphics Books, the Pogo comic strips are getting their due.
To label the works of Jane Austen as a 200-year-old franchise is like plucking the wings off a butterfly, isn’t it? Well, it was said, without too much irony, at one panel discussion at this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego. Sure, there was some irony, since we’re all comedians now with impeccable timing, but the intent was to strategize on how to get the most out of Austen. And what would Jane Austen have to say about this? Producers would be interested to know, especially if she could pitch to them a new show. Franchises just aren’t what they used to be. Original content is scarce.
Lucy Knisley is a wonderfully observant cartoonist. There wasn’t anything quite like her comics journal, “French Milk,” when it was first published in 2007, and it has grown in stature ever since. It’s a fun read, first of all. It’s also a gentle push forward in what the comics medium is capable of. Knisley has created a number of other works with that same personal quality. Her more recent notable work is “Relish,” published by First Second in 2013. In this work, the narrative is tighter and the drawing more refined in keeping with the book’s structured theme. For this interview, there is some comparison of these two works and some thoughts on what lies ahead for comics.
We begin with thoughts on M.F. Fisher, a master at storytelling that made a fine mix of memoir and writing on food. Fisher’s first published book was “Serve it Forth,” in 1937. And, like the title implies, the pages within contain words that express an uncanny zest for life, and food. Nowadays, it seems like we’re all foodies. But only a few can claim to be standard-bearers to Fisher to any degree. I started thinking about that in terms of what Knisley is doing and that is where our conversation takes off.

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The impact of inclusive leadership: Unraveling the dynamics of employee performance in the Pakistani education sector through the lenses of collectivism and psychological safety
Keywords:Inclusive Leadership, Collectivism, Psychological Safety and Employee Performance.
The survival and success of organisations are becoming more and more dependent on leadership in the complex and rapidly changing business environment of today. Despite the fact that the pertinent literature emphasis the significance of leadership in team performance,earlier studies that primarily focused on trasnformational leadership produced mixed results. This study adds to the existing body of knowledge by shedding light on the unique interplay between inclusive leadership, cultural values such as collectivism, and psychological safety. The study offers helpful advice for educational leaders and policymakers in Pakistan and other similar cultural contexts in terms of its practical implications. It emphasis the value of promoting inclusive leadership styles that not only improve worker performance but also foster a sense of community and psychological safety among employees. These insights can help educational institutions improve the environment of their workplaces by enhancing their leadership development programmes. This study fills this gap by incorporating conversation of resource theory, that demonstrated inclusive leadership practices foster a resource-rich environment within the organisation.As a cultural value, collectivism emphasis the significance of cooperation and group cohesion. Employees under supervision of inclusive leaders’ are more likely to hold onto newly acquired resources and use them wisely for better performance when they feel psychologically safe.Organization culture- collectivism moderated the relationship between inclusive leadership and indirect relationship between inclusive leadership and employee performance via psychological safety , according to the findings of hierarchical regression analysis from questionnaire-based field study of academic sector in Pakistan. Result of analyses support the hypothesis based on past literature and support practitioners to develop strategies to build progress in this sector.The study offers helpful advice for educational leaders and policymakers in Pakistan and other similar cultural contexts in terms of its practical implications. It emphasis the value of promoting inclusive leadership styles that not only improve worker performance but also foster a sense of community and psychological safety among employees. These insights can help educational institutions improve the environment of their workplaces by enhancing their leadership development programmes.Additionally, this study has implications for national and international policy. The incorporation of inclusive leadership principles into educational frameworks and policies is a possibility for policymakers. For future, current study provides a foundation for academics to investigate the different aspects of inclusive leadership in various organisational and cultural settings.
Additional research could concentrate on comparative analyses across various Pakistani industries. Furthermore, examining the long-term effects of inclusive leadership on worker performance and organisational outcomes would provide valuable insight into the long-term effects of these leadership techniques.Future research should focus on inclusive leadership at various educational levels, such as primary, secondary, and higher education, to better understand how leadership strategies differ at these levels and how they affect employee performance.Future research may conduct in-depth analysis and comparative studies with other countries in the region to examine cultural nuances.
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text: Five Point Someone What Not To Do at IIT ’ is the debut narrative by famed author Chetan Bhagat. The plot rotates around 3 musketeers Hari, Ryan and Alok at IIT. Their fellowship is strengthened into close bond during their times at IIT, passing extreme difficulty to endure through the tough competitions. Three of them have high tone- prospects of being at the top in their classes and graduate out of the Institution with flying colours. As opposed to their prospects, the results and scores fall beyond their imagination. Hari has by the time fallen for his professor’s son. Alok and Ryan are the 2 beings who noway get along with each other. At IIT, the 3 of them have to bear the skeptical professors, stressful study accoutrements and assignments, burden of measureless examinations and a stern academic schedule. The story focuses on their on- the- point survival in the IITs and the everlasting struggle with the age-old education system of India. The book has been acclimated into immensely successful flicks in the languages Tamil and Hindi.

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…what are you doing that I cannot do
–from Black Elk Speaks
some might cancel this appropriation, say
they don’t know me, say I don’t know anything,
but I see in my reflection the same features: Yup’ik, Inuit, the Eastern Eskimo.
You saw them too, when I sat with you at powwow, my face the two-faced axe
left in a pit, with antler rods and dart points, at the mouth of the Upward Sun River.
You saw in me the sunrise child-girl swathed in ochre, let me sit
in the circle, find my way back to belonging. No dipnet, stick-spear, no fires lit
to find the oyster beds abundant. But I do what I can—lift the feather on the beat, gift
the drum tobacco, cleanse with sage the spaces where I tend
the sickness of this living without birdsong and the feel of dirt between my fingers,
sleep with legend:
how you rubbed the soldiers out, and the women on the hill made tremolo—which in my dreams becomes a song of sorrow. Not a past-life wound, not karmic illness,
but a refugee of tribe, the clan of standing at the mirror, where I see myself a ghost, traveling from Siberia across the frozen strait, migrating far, far away, up the coastal rivers to the north,
to the south, to the interior, paddling with the salmon toward the weir.
I honor the wild asparagus, the dandelion, the elderberry’s syrup. The bitter roots that stay
the long winter. My teeth like yours,
like those of lions in a standstill population now extinct.
The Blackfoot tradition holds that the first Indians lived on the other side of the ocean; the Hopi people say their ancestors had to travel through three worlds to cross the ocean to a new world. Genetic evidence supports a theory that ancestors of Native Americans lived for 15,000 years on the Bering Land Bridge between Asia and North America until the last ice age ended. As a hapa—half Japanese, half European—the question of ancestors has always been problematic. I stood outside both groups as observer, never fully integrated or accepted. It wasn’t until my thirties, when I began to participate in pow pow, that I recognized in features the root association: the same dark hair, the same high cheekbones, the same slant of the eyes. Something stirred, a powerful sense of belonging. Among first people, I learned that where I stood was the center of the world. I danced, made tremolo, made myself a dress of chamois.
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Kathleen Hellen’s collection meet me at the bottom is forthcoming in Fall 2022 from Main Street Rag. Her credits include The Only Country Was the Color of My Skin, her prize-winning collection Umberto’s Night, and two chapbooks, The Girl Who Loved Mothra and Pentimento. Featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily, her work has appeared in Ascent, Barrow Street, The Carolina Quarterly, Colorado Review, jubilat, New Letters, North American Review, Prairie Schooner, The Rumpus, Subtropics, The Sycamore Review, and West Branch, among others. For more on Kathleen, visit https://www.kathleenhellen.com/


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- Incomes rose here by 28% between 2000 and 2006. The $39,900 median income has been "all but gobbled up by the rise in property taxes and insurance alone."
- Property tax on a median-priced home rose to $8,011 last year from $3,505 in 2000.
- Between 2000 and 2006 the median home price rose 172 percent to $375,800 in Miami-Dade.
- Only 1 in 10 homes sold in Miami-Dade was affordable to a family earning the median income.
- Turnover of prosecutors at the Miami-Dade state attorney's office is approximately 20% per year because they can't afford to live here.
- To recruit doctors and research scientists, the University of Miami is kicking in up to 50% of the purchase price of a home-- up to $300,000-- in exchange for a stake in the property. When an employee sells the property, the university shares in the equity appreciation.
- Nurses and other skilled medical workers can't afford to live here. Baptist Health has bought a large Kendall apartment complex which it is renovating to offer as discount rentals for hard-to-fill positions such as nurses.
UpDate (9/12): Today's Miami Herald reports that nearly a quarter of south Florida homeowners spend at least half of their income on housing. Miami-Dade had the highest rate in the U.S. (24.9% spend 50% of income on housing).
UpDate (9/20): And it keeps getting worse. Today the Miami Herald reported south Florida housing costs rose 8.4 percent in July and August-- the fastest rise in 25 years-- while overall costs rose 3.7 percent.
UpDate (5/15/08): Today the Miami Dade County Commision will vote on whether or not to increase funding the North Terminal by another $64.3 million in order to finish the baggage handling system ($43.5 million) and the automated people mover ($20.8 million). How can they say no? And so it goes.

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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released the unclassified conclusion of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear program entitled Iran: Nuclear Intentions and Capabilities.
The press release is available at
But don’t trust the media to tell us what is in this thing. You can read it for yourself at:
Here are some highlights:
“We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program; we also assess with moderate-to-high confidence that Tehran at a minimum is keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons. We judge with high confidence that the halt, and Tehran’s announcement of its decision to suspend its declared uranium enrichment program and sign an Additional Protocol to its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement, was directed primarily in response to increasing international scrutiny and pressure resulting from exposure of Iran’s previously undeclared nuclear work.
We judge with moderate confidence Iran probably would be technically capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 2010-2015 time frame (INR judges Iran is unlikely to achieve this capability before 2013 because of foreseeable technical and programmatic problems). All agencies recognize the possibility that this capability may not be attained until after 2015.
We judge with high confidence that Iran will not be technically capable of producing and reprocessing enough plutonium for a weapon before about 2015.”
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With his wife dead and buried, and life nearly over at 75, John Perry takes the only logical course of action left: he joins the army. Now better known as the Colonial Defense Force (CDF), Perry’s service-of-choice has extended its reach into interstellar space to pave the way for human colonization of other planets while fending off marauding aliens. The CDF has a trick up its sleeve that makes enlistment especially enticing for seniors: the promise of restoring their youth. After bonding with a group of fellow recruits who dub their clique the Old Farts, Perry finds himself in a new body crafted from his original DNA and upgraded for battle, including a brain-implanted computer. But all too quickly the Old Farts are separated, and Perry must fight for his life on various alien-infested battlegrounds.
Wow…..just, WOW. I am not much of a science fiction reader, not because I do not like it, but because my TBR pile (affectionately know as Mt. Readmore) is full of fantasy books. But this book, this book rocked my socks off. I would call this “hard” science fiction, “hard” in the sense that there is lots of science and technology, no “mystical force” or “hokey religions” (to quote Han Solo), there are very techie explanations for every thing that occurs. The story, the characters, the plot, I loved them all. I will definitely to adding this series to my reading list.
And the title, very, very appropriate. Well done, Mr. Scalzi, well done indeed.


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Emmanuel Macron had promised it during his campaign: his new government is now working on the possibility of renting an electric car for only €100/month. This attractive leasing offer will nevertheless have to face many obstacles before being put in place. At present, it is difficult to predict when this will be the case.
“We will deploy an affordable offer of electric vehicles […] by setting up leasing mechanisms to support the most modest households”. This is what Emmanuel Macron said on March 17, during his first campaign speech. The promise is significant: the re-elected president wants to allow the French – at least some of them – to rent an electric car for only €100/month.
Of course, the objective, other than political, is above all ecological. Less polluting than their polluting counterparts, electric vehicles are an integral part of the government’s strategy to reduce CO2 emissions. While diesel vehicles are on the verge of being banned, the government is seeking to ensure succession while maintaining suitable mobility for lower-income households.
An electric car at €100/month, but for whom?
Because for the moment, the various measures aimed at increasing the transition to electricity have mainly benefited the wealthiest households. With a market largely dominated by Tesla and, in France, by the Renault Zoé, electric cars are still much more expensive than thermal ones, although the latter are much less profitable in the long term.
For the time being, the government must therefore determine the terms of this shock measure. With a view to giving access to electricity to the less well-off populations, Emmanuel Macron had already specified last March that this new leasing offer would be offered primarily to young people, as well as to socio-medical professions. The general public could also benefit from it “subject to resources”. In addition, the first installment could be covered by the Caisse des dépôts “for couples who earn the minimum wage or a little more”.
In total, 100,000 vehicles per year would be eligible for this leasing offer. According to initial calculations, the measure would cost 50 million euros in its first year, i.e. a relatively ridiculous price of 500 euros per vehicle. For the time being, its implementation is not yet relevant. Difficult yet to chart on a deployment schedule. “We will need a sufficiently robust system for the French to benefit from it immediately”, explains Agnès Pannier-Runacher, new Minister for Energy Transition.
On the same subject: Driving with an electric car can cost you more than with a combustion engine
A measure that comes in a difficult context
Still, 100,000 vehicles is an ambitious figure. Given the current production largely slowed down by the shortage of components, it could be that the French have to rely on luck to hope to take advantage of this leasing offer. Especially since its price may also be undermined by market fluctuations. Experts predict an increase in the price of batteries, due to the lack of availability of raw materials.
Another problem to take into account: the number of charging stations on French territory. Currently numbering 50,000, France is still considerably behind in this field compared to its European neighbours. “It’s a major obstacle for city dwellers who don’t have a garage at their disposal”also believes Fabien Neuvy, researcher at the Cetelem Observatory of the automobile. “Poor people have often been forced to leave large urban centers to find accommodation, and drive a lot. Autonomy, the fear of running out of fuel, are significant issues”.


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Data mining algorithms usually generate a large number of rules, which may not always be useful to human users. In this project, we propose a novel visual data-mining framework, called Opportunity Map, to identify useful and actionable knowledge quickly and easily from the discovered rules. The framework is inspired by the House of Quality from Quality Function Deployment (QFD) in Quality Engineering. It associates discovered rules, related summarized data and data distributions with the application objective using an interactive matrix. Combined with drill down visualization, integrated visualization of data distribution bars and rules, visualization of trend behaviors, and comparative analysis, the Opportunity Map allows users to analyze rules and data at different levels of detail and quickly identify the actionable knowledge and opportunities. The proposed framework represents a systematic and flexible approach to rule analysis. Applications of the system to large-scale data sets from our industrial partner have yielded promising results.


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Nikolova (2016a): study ZZ EU 27 1994
- Nikolova, M.
- Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition.
- European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, Vol. 45, 129 - 148
- 18+ aged general public, 27 EU member states, 1994-2013
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- INT-WVS: combined waves
- Probability multi-stage random
- N = 90181
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- Interview: face-to-face
Happiness Measure(s) and Distributional Findings
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Self report on single question:
All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as-a-whole these days?
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- Life satisfaction
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Trend average happiness in European Union

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Why AI won’t replace jobs, it will make them better
Across almost every industry and department, it seems that AI is the ‘plat du jour’ and everyone is thinking about how it can benefit their business in some way. Yet, the one area often neglected is HR and how AI could help their workforce. Instead, whenever we talk about AI in relation to employees it seems to have connotations of job losses and workers being replaced by machines. But these images are ill-conceived. In fact, AI is key to helping the future workforce, not replacing it.
Human vs machine
First things first, it is perhaps important to be clear about the technological reality of AI – and not be misled by dystopian theories we may hear. It is vital to highlight that AI still requires some initial input and who does that come from? Us, the humans. Ultimately, AI is still what we want to make it.
The purpose is to help, not hinder, our working lives. At its most basic level, AI helps with analysing and reviewing a huge amount of data we never could do manually and often taking on and automating the more menial tasks, allowing us to turn to more interesting work and to add more value in the workplace.
Improving employee experience
However, AI is also about a lot more than just automation and management of data at scale. As well as enabling employees to take on more engaging and rewarding activities, it can help employees to further develop and grow. If HR utilises AI properly, it can allow employees to be able to spot possible knowledge or skills gaps, highlighting and offering necessary or useful training for their role and helping them to do their job better.
Moreover, the use of AI can even highlight the training needed to make the next step up in their career, whether that be upwards or sideways. It can provide insights into completely new job roles or career paths an employee would not have previously known about or considered but that they could be a good fit for with the use of competency-based recommendations. AI can produce a customised and personalised experience at scale, enabling employees to thrive. More than doing a job better now, it is about helping create better careers for the future.
For HR, AI can help to better manage employees’ career paths, carving out new and different career opportunities and unearthing hidden talent for new job openings. AI also provides HR with effective and efficient workforce planning, helping HR make better informed and data-driven decisions to prepare and equip the workforce for the future.
Futureproofing skills and business
In turn, this helps the overall business and is why the application of AI should be high on any organisation’s Christmas wish list. Not only are employees more engaged and invested, but the organisation is also more likely to retain great talent.
This year more than ever, organisations have also had to quickly – and completely – change their operations, offerings, services, maybe their entire busines model. As a result, employees have had to completely switch up their skills too, and fast.
Being able to pinpoint skills gaps and more importantly, see where there will be needs and possible issues in the future, AI can make this transition a lot more efficient and smoother, helping employees to quickly adapt to new business environments. With uncertainty still on the horizon for 2021, being able to predict future requirements and prepare for additional business changes will be vital.
Having insights into how the business is changing, where certain skills are required, the potential future job roles and possibilities can also offer some reassurance and stability to employees, even in the current circumstances.
With the HR department better supported by technology, it will also be able to focus on the more “human” activities, such as coaching, supporting employees and looking after their mental wellbeing – even more important when still facing such uncertainty.
AI is far from something that should be feared by employees but instead embraced. It is not about working against AI but with it, to better learn and improve careers. Organisations need to realise the potential of applying AI in HR, not only for helping grow and develop employees but also for futureproofing their business in such changeable times.
The advantages and disadvantages of AI in cloud computing
Cloud computing offers businesses more flexibility, agility, and cost savings by hosting data and applications in the cloud. AI capabilities are now combining with cloud computing and helping companies manage their data, look for patterns and insights in information, deliver customer experiences, and optimise workflows.
We take a look at some of the benefits and drawbacks of AI in cloud computing.
The benefits of AI in cloud computing
A major advantage of cloud computing is that it eliminates costs related to on-site data centers, such as hardware and maintenance. Those upfront costs can be restrictive with AI projects, but with cloud enterprises you can access these tools for a monthly fee, making research and development related costs more manageable. AI tools can also gain insights from the data and analyse it without human intervention, reducing staff costs.
AI is able to identify patterns and trends in large data sets. Using historical data, AI compares it to the most recent data, which provides IT teams with well-informed, data-backed intelligence. AI tools can also perform data analysis fast so enterprises can rapidly and efficiently address customer queries and issues. The observations and valuable advice gained from AI capabilities result in quicker and more accurate results.
Improved data management
AI enables extensive data management, and cloud computing maximises information security, making it possible to deal with massive amounts of data in a programmed manner to analyse them properly, allowing the business to leverage information that has been “mined” and filtered to meet each need. AI can also be used to transfer data between on-premises and cloud environments.
Businesses use AI-driven cloud computing to be more efficient and insight-driven. AI can automate repetitive tasks to boost productivity, and also perform data analysis without any human intervention. IT teams can also use AI to manage and monitor core workflows. IT teams can focus more on strategic operations while AI performs the mundane tasks.
With businesses deploying more applications in the cloud, security is crucial in order to keep data safe. IT teams can use different AI-powered network security tools which can track network traffic, they can flag issues, such as finding an anomaly.
The drawbacks of AI in cloud computing
Enterprises need to create privacy policies and secure all data when using AI in cloud computing. AI applications require a large amount of data, which can include consumer and vendor information. While some data can be anonymous and can't be tied to personally identifiable information, knowing who the data belongs to makes it more valuable. When sensitive information is used, data protection and compliance is a major concern.
IT teams use the internet to send raw data to the cloud service and recover processed data. Poor internet access can hinder the advantages of cloud-based machine learning algorithms, as cloud-based machine learning systems need consistent internet connectivity.
While processing data in the cloud is quicker than conventional computing, there is a time lag between transmitting data to the cloud and receiving responses. This is a significant issue when using machine learning algorithms for cloud servers, where prediction speed is one of the primary concerns.


The conversation might help George Osborne prepare himself for what is likely to come.
The last time the Tories won power the economy was also pulling itself out of recession and running a huge public sector deficit. In the 1993 budget the then Chancellor, advised by one David Cameron, announced the introduction of VAT on domestic fuel at eight per cent.
The idea was to reduce borrowing, at a then record £51 billion. The result was howls of public outrage about a tax on the poor, a spectacular by-election defeat at Newbury and Mr Lamont's sacking.
No Chancellor since has had to make the same kind of grim decisions about taxes. Until now. The financial markets will bank-roll the British economy while they believe a post-election Chancellor has the guts to "do a Lamont". If they start to sniff fear, or a hung Parliament leaves a vacuum, the potential consequences are grim.
A further run on the pound leading to a spike in inflation as import costs soar, even a downgrading of Britain's precious credit rating are all possibilities.
Has the Treasury still got the stomach for ladling nasty fiscal medicine down the electorate's throat? We will find out in May.
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by Donna Byrd
Bill and I were lucky this week. We were invited to stay the week of July fourth with my cousin Linda and her husband, Bake, at their beach house on North Topsail Beach. Several other friends were joining us and it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. Yes, I know that I live only a few miles from their casa (as the crow flies) and I tell everyone I live at the beach, but I don’t live on the majestic ocean’s shore, on the very edge of our continent. Sand and water are not in my backyard or front yard, for that matter. So to actually pack our bags and drag all of our “stuff” over for a few days to stay on our beautiful beach and be “real” vacationers, was a treat for us.
There are somethings that are different about staying on a vacation five minutes from home. First of all, you don’t have to pack too much. I was the ultimate minimalist because I knew that if I ran out of clothing or needed something, I could jump in the car and run home to get it. Secondly, I didn’t have to worry about who would water my tomatoes, peppers, flower gardens and porch plants. I could go home and do that myself. Guess what? I went home every day for a few hours to be a “homie.” I enjoyed checking in at home to do a few chores, only to return back to vacation land.
I love arriving at this particular beach house. I know I’m at the ocean because of the smell of salt on the breeze the moment I step out of the car. Taking a deep cleansing breath to rid myself of the real world, I stretch to unwind and shake my shoulders. I believe it’s time to leave my worries down by the elevator door. Pressing a button, I call the elevator down and begin to unload my car.
Now, this is where the magic of vacation begins for me. The elevator. Did you ever read C.S. Lewis’ “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?” It’s the story of four children who are staying at the rural English home of a professor during World War II. The children discover a big old wardrobe in one of the rooms and while playing in it, find that they are transported to Narnia, a snowy, white kingdom ruled by the White Witch. Together with their lion friend Aslan, they conquer the evil witch and rule Narnia. As a child, it was one of my favorite books and I can’t help but think of it every time I press the elevator button. I’m going to step into the magic box and be transported to the enchanted sea kingdom of endless water and sky, sand and surf, sea witches and pirates, mermaids and sea birds, shells and sea glass.
The magic portal lifts me up and stops at the second floor. Pulling back the folding partition, I pause before I open the door. I know that it is the only thing standing between me and my land of enchantment. I savor the delicious anticipation and slowly turn the door knob. The beachy smells of the house envelop me like the hug of an old friend. Stepping out and leaving all of my things on the elevator, I turn left, walk a few steps down a little hall and the view hits me: sand, sea and sky, a rather beige, blue and white world where troubles vanish in the wind and waves. I love this kingdom and all of a sudden I have forgotten the outside world!
My days are filled with fun, laughter, a lot of beach walking, girl talk, sea glass collecting (I even found a few shards of Indian pottery washed up on the shore,) reading and catching up with some of my favorite people. Of course, for me, planning what to have for dinner is an important part of the day because in this kingdom, Thanksgiving is everyday! What is it about the ocean that makes us all so hungry?
After sundown, when the sky and ocean blur into one and everything turns blue-grey outside, we come in and join one another at the big dining room table. I love this table because so many folks can sit around it. Someone has put a Frank Sinatra station on Pandora and the mood is set for the next hour or so. The kitchen island is groaning with dishes we seldom allow ourselves to have except on special occasions; comfort foods and breads with butter and cheese. Wine is poured into generous sized glasses and we fill our plates with gusto. Dinner talk is of dreams and the future, the good memories of the past when our children were little and the cute things our grandchildren are now doing. It’s almost like dinnertime becomes a holy and sacred affair. We talk about the goodness of God.
Afterwards, we put on bathing suits and take our wine glasses out to the hot tub, where we spend most of the time looking up into the heavens, pointing out constellations and watching for satellites. In the beach kingdom the night skies never compete with outside lights. Linda tells us of the time she and her son saw the Northern Lights over the ocean. We know what a rare thing it is to view them this far south and all of a sudden, we realize again, that we’re in a magical place, a place of miracles. We pause with wonder as our eyes scan the vast universe. The black sky and pearly stars are almost within reaching distance. Heaven feels near and our hearts are full.
We come into the air conditioned chill of the beach house. I hurry out of my cold, wet bathing suit and put on my soft pajamas. The house and it’s inhabitants are settling down to rest. Crawling into bed fully expecting to read a few chapters of my book, I notice Bill is already sleeping. I prop myself up and try to read but it’s like a sea fairy has sprinkled sleeping dust in my eyes. I hear the rhythm of the rising tide and the before I know it, the new day is disrupting my dreams.
I sit up from my comfy bed, remembering where I am and I smile. The question of what type of day it is on the other side of the curtains, pulls me out of bed. When I pull them back, light fills the room and I have to adjust my eyes to the sun sparkling off the endless blue water. Walking out onto my balcony I spy a kite dancing in the wind above me. I make an executive decision and adopt it as the flag of my “Magic Beach Kingdom.” I shake my head at my own silliness and look over to the left. I see that one of our neighbors has displayed the American flag on the crossover walkway over the dunes that leads down to the beach. Remembering it’s the week of the Fourth, I stare at it for a while as it snaps with authority in the wind. Reality meets my magical world. I see the pretty kite come ride the breeze and shy away from the Stars and Stripes, dipping towards the ocean. “Oh, please let me wave over your kingdom this week,” it seems to beg.
I allow joy to rise in my heart. My worlds have collided and I’m alright with that. Hmmm…Is that coffee I smell? Let the day begin!
Here’s a little Table Talk with Uncle Billy IMG_1885
Here’s my Kite video IMG_1862
Here’s a link to Villas By The Sea, North Topsail Beach, North Carolina


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This extract is an unusual account because the same incident is described from the perspectives of two men, who describe their experiences in very different ways.
The Plague at Athens; Deals with the ultimate constitution of the universe, which consists of infinite atoms moving in infinite space Introduction Introduction: Invocation to Venus, the creative power of Nature. Thou, goddess, thou dost turn to flight the winds and the clouds of heaven, thou at thy coming; for thee earth, the quaint artificer, puts forth her sweet-scented flowers; for thee the levels of ocean smile, and the sky, its anger past, gleams with spreading light.
For when once the face of the spring day is revealed and the teeming breeze of the west wind is loosed from prison and blows strong, first the birds in high heaven herald thee, goddess, and thine approach, their hearts thrilled with thy might.
Then the tame beasts grow wild and bound over the fat pastures, and swim the racing rivers; so surely enchained by thy charm each follows thee in hot Touching the void accounts comparison whither thou goest before to lead him on. Yea, through seas and mountains and tearing rivers and the leafy haunts of birds and verdant plains thou dost strike fond love into the hearts of all, and makest them in hot desire to renew the stock of their races, each after his own kind.
And since thou alone art pilot to the nature of things, and nothing without thine aid comes forth into the bright coasts of light, nor waxes glad nor lovely. I long that thou shouldest be my Edition: Therefore the more, goddess, grant a lasting loveliness to my words. Bring it to pass that meantime the wild works of warfare may be lulled to sleep over all seas and lands.
Do thou, goddess, as he leans resting on thy sacred limbs, bend to embrace him and pour forth sweet petition from thy lips, seeking, great lady, gentle peace for the Romans. For of the most high law of the heaven and the gods I will set out to tell you, and I will reveal the first-beginnings of things, from which nature creates all things, and increases and fosters them, and into which nature too dissolves them again at their perishing: And so it was that the lively force of his mind won its way, and he passed on far beyond the fiery walls of the world, n Touching the void accounts comparison in mind and spirit traversed the boundless whole; whence in victory he brings us tidings what can come to be and what cannot, yea and in what way each thing has its power limited, and its deepset boundary-stone.
The impiety of Religion. Herein I have one fear, lest perchance you think that you are starting on the principles of some unholy reasoning, and setting foot upon the path of sin.
Nay, but on the other hand, again and again our foe, religion, has given birth to deeds sinful and unholy. Even as at Aulis n the chosen chieftains of the Danai, the first of all the host, foully stained with the blood of Iphianassa the altar of the Virgin of the Cross-Roads.
Nor could it avail the luckless maid at such a time that she first had given the name of father to the king. Such evil deeds could religion prompt. The fear of death and its cure. Nay indeed, how many a dream may they even now conjure up before you, which might avail to overthrow your schemes of life, and confound in fear all your fortunes.
As it is there is no means, no power to withstand, since everlasting is the punishment they must fear in death. The nature of the soul. And yet despite this, Ennius sets forth in the discourse of his immortal verse that there is besides a realm of Acheron, where neither our souls nor bodies endure, but as it were images pale in wondrous wise; and thence he tells that the form of Homer, ever green and fresh, rose to him, and began to shed salt tears, and in converse to reveal the nature of things.
Problems to be dealt with. Therefore we must both give good account of the things on high, in what way the courses of sun and moon come to be, and by what force all things are governed on earth, and also before all else we must see by keen reasoning, whence comes the soul and the nature of the mind, and what thing it is that meets us and affrights our minds in waking life, when we are touched with disease, or again when buried in sleep, so that we seem to see and hear hard by us those who have met death, and whose bones are held in the embrace of earth.
Nor does it pass unnoticed of my mind that it is a hard task in Latin verses to set clearly in the light the dark discoveries of the Greeks, above all when many things must be treated in new words, because of the poverty of our tongue and the newness of the themes; yet your merit and the pleasure of your sweet friendship, for which I hope, urge me to bear the burden of any toil, and lead me on to watch through the calm nights, searching by what words, yea and in what measures, I may avail to spread before your mind a bright light, whereby you may see to the heart of hidden things.
This terror then, this darkness of the mind, must needs be scattered not by the rays of the sun and the gleaming shafts of day, but by the outer view and the inner law of nature; whose first rule shall take its start for us from Edition: Fear forsooth so constrains all mortal men, because they behold many things come to pass on earth and in the sky, the cause of whose working they can by no means see, and think that a divine power brings them about.
Therefore, when we have seen that nothing can be created out of nothing, then more rightly after that shall we discern that for which we search, both whence each thing can be created, and in what way all things come to be without the aid of gods.
For if things came to being from nothing, every kind might be born from all things, nought would need a seed. First men might arise from the sea, and from the land the race of scaly creatures, and birds burst forth from the sky; cattle and other herds, and all the tribe of wild beasts, with no fixed law of birth, would haunt tilth and desert.
Nor would the same fruits stay constant to the trees, but all would change: But if they sprang from nothing, suddenly would they arise at uncertain intervals and in hostile times of year, since indeed there would be no first-beginnings which might be kept apart from creative union at an ill-starred season.
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In this traumatic, edgy account of ‘Touching the Void’ you are given two scenarios of two men in completely different mind sets as they are faced with tough choices.
Touching the Void leaves you emotionally and physically spent, and grateful it was only a movie, not a mountain, you had to endure%. ARMOR PROTECTION OF THE BATTLESHIP KM BISMARCK©. BY NATHAN OKUN. INTRODUCTION. The recent discovery by a deep-water remotely controlled submersible of the wreck of the German WWII battleship KM BISMARCK has renewed interest in that ship's capabilities vis-a-vis its battleship contemporaries in other navies at the time.
This article is an analysis of the armor protection . Touching the Void is an inspiring story about the power of the human will. To my surprise, the film left me emotionally spent as it touched on the issues of friendship, mortality and survival.
To my surprise, the film left me emotionally spent as it touched on the issues of friendship, mortality and survival. LETTERS OF CATHERINE BENINCASA. ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA AS SEEN IN HER LETTERS.
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Panetta Hearing: Underway
And we’re off. One thing I didn’t anticipate in my preview of CIA Director-designate Leon Panetta’s confirmation hearing is a question about his speaking fees. Which aren’t, you know, illegal or unethical. Still, watch for this as a hearing subplot.
Here’s Senate intelligence committee chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a former Panetta skeptic. She calls him a “clean break” from torture and manipulated intelligence and pledges her support. Feinstein, a big supporter of deputy CIA director and legendary operative Steve Kappes, makes a point of praising Kappes and says Panetta “will ensure [CIA] operates in a professional manner that reflects its true value to the country.” Interestingly, she says Panetta has promised to “reduce CIA’s reliance on contractors” and will inform the “full committee” — not just its leadership — of covert actions.
Let’s skip Vice Chairman Kit Bond’s (R-Mo.) opening statement. Up on the Senate intelligence committee’s website is Panetta’s responses to prepared questions. Check out how he describes his priorities.
If confirmed, I will have three immediate priorities. First, along with my deputy Steve Kappes, I plan to review all Agency operations to assess where we have critical gaps and where we ought to focus our operational resources. This will require a careful review of the Agency’s principal analytic assessments and scrutiny of how resources are allocated across CIA.
Second, I plan to work with Admiral Blair to forge greater collaboration between the DNI and CIA. The existing laws and Executive Orders speak to this relationship, but much has to be worked out between the leadership of the two organizations to ensure greater efficiency and coordination. I am committed to making this new structure work.
Third, I plan to review the relationship between the CIA and Congress to determine how to strengthen consultation with the Intelligence Committees, as well as other Committees of jurisdiction.
In addition to these three strategic priorities, I plan to review some key management issues facing the Agency, such as the over-reliance on contractors and the question of whether we are recruiting a talent pool this is diverse enough and sufficiently language-proficient to fulfill our operational requirements.
Oh, charmingly, Bond suggested that he’ll be asking Panetta about his finances to ensure there isn’t a “counterintelligence” question. Did someone accuse Leon Panetta of being a foreign agent or something?


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