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Harvard University ( JD) Ronald Alan Klain ( / ˈkleɪn / KLAYN; born August 8, 1961) [1] is an American attorney, political consultant, and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023. A Democrat, Klain previously served as chief of staff to two vice presidents: Al Gore from 1995 to 1999 ...
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Carl Sagan, seen here with a model of Viking lander, popularized the aphorism. " Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence " (sometimes shortened to ECREE ), [1] also known as the Sagan standard, is an aphorism popularized by science communicator Carl Sagan. He used the phrase in his 1979 book Broca's Brain and the 1980 television ...
In probability and statistics, the Tweedie distributions are a family of probability distributions which include the purely continuous normal, gamma and inverse Gaussian distributions, the purely discrete scaled Poisson distribution, and the class of compound Poisson–gamma distributions which have positive mass at zero, but are otherwise ...
Sonata for keyboard & orchestra in D major (1762) (CPE Bach's authorship doubtful, version of H.453) H 481. Sonatina for keyboard & orchestra in D major (CPE Bach's authorship doubtful) H 482. 11 Flute Concertos (lost, CPE Bach's authorship doubtful) H 483.
1. Website. naomiklein .org. Naomi Klein (born May 8, 1970) is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses; support of ecofeminism, organized labour, criticism of corporate globalization, [1] fascism [2] and capitalism. [3] In 2021, Klein took up the UBC Professorship in Climate Justice, joining the ...
Care International. CARE ( Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, formerly Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe [1]) is a major international humanitarian agency delivering emergency relief and long-term international development projects. Founded in 1945, CARE is nonsectarian, impartial, and non-governmental.
Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury. It is a form of risk management, primarily used to protect against the risk of a contingent or uncertain loss. An entity which provides insurance is known as an ...