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Jon Alterman breaks down the factors that created the 'perfect storm' of Middle East geopolitics
by Brian Contreras	on July 19, 2017 1.2K views
Jon Alterman delivers the lecture "The Middle East Amidst a Storm" on Wednesday, July 19 in the Amp. OLIVIA SUN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The main thing Jon Alterman wanted to talk about was the "ferocity of the Middle East." And from civil wars in Syria, Yemen and Libya, to insurgencies in Iraq and Egypt, to "rising tensions" just about everywhere else, he had plenty of material to draw on.
But speaking Wednesday morning in the Amphitheater as part of Week Four: "Geopolitics Today: A Partnership with CSIS," Alterman — the senior vice president, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy and the director of the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies — did not start off with his sphere of geopolitical expertise.
Instead, he talked about a tree.
"When I bought my (D.C.) house in 1999, there was a large pin oak in the front yard; and by large, I mean this thing was huge," Alterman said. "It was shaped like a pin, with a long, tall trunk that suddenly opened into this huge leaf canopy that covered my front yard."
He tried to grow a garden below it, but the foliage blocked out the sun and not much took root.
Then, five years ago, on a midsummer's night, "it all changed." Two weather fronts collided, forming a derecho storm that swept over Washington, D.C., and ultimately, with a "massive crack" of lightning, struck down Alterman's tree. His family awoke to find their front yard covered by the felled oak.
"Destructive storms like this derecho often arise when several weather systems collide … (and) it seems to me that's what's happening in the Middle East now," Alterman said.
Of course, Arab geopolitics aren't influenced by hot and cold fronts; rather, Alterman identified the trio of metaphorical storms that plague the region as internal challenges, external challenges and "a profound crisis of confidence."
"In an earlier age, each one of these destructions alone would've been enough to provoke widespread crisis," Alterman said. "Now they're happening all at once, amplifying, reinforcing and building upon each other."
And whereas the Arab Spring demonstrated the degree to which this region is interconnected, Alterman predicts that the next decade will highlight the differences between its nations.
The first factor inciting that tension is internal in nature.
Demographically, over two-thirds of Arabs are under 30, and youth unemployment is at 30 percent; not only are there not enough jobs to go around, but for Arab males, time spent attending school lowers one's odds of finding a job at all.
Furthermore, despite massive improvements in government capacity since the '50s, state bureaucracies remain unprepared to deal with the "complexity and speed of modern life."
"What they have isn't enough because they're trying to compete on a global stage," Alterman said.
Economically, the region's strong ties to oil (even for non-oil-producing countries) makes it vulnerable to price drops, especially when a low price-per-barrel overlaps with additional fiscal issues like "bloated public sectors" and "a weak banking system."
On top of all that, changes in media have created a "very uncomfortable environment" for regimes used to controlling the flow of information.
"The games that governments play with news media have changed," Alterman said. "When I was in Damascus in 1991 … I (picked) up the newspaper and (looked) at the front page, and there (were) articles that had been cut out with a razor blade. … The fact is, you can't play that game anymore."
And with TV, Twitter, YouTube and the like offering workarounds to state censorship, he added, "you'll never be able to play it again."
Simultaneously, external factors are further pressurizing the region.
"Every Arab state I'm aware of feels a certain amount of threat from Iran," Alterman said, citing Iranian involvement in violence, or support of violent groups, in Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine, Kuwait and Bahrain. "Iran has influence and Iran loves to remind people … that 'I can touch you and you will feel it.' "
Additionally, non-state actors like the Islamic State group, al-Qaeda and an "array of like-minded terrorist groups" work to weaken central governments and foment discord among populations.
"(These groups) exploit local social, economic and political grievances, and addressing those grievances — that is, the internal (ones) — is really, really hard," Alterman said.
Then, also adding fuel to the fire, is what Alterman dubbed the "uncertainty challenge."
"Simply put, the region is wracked with uncertainty about how people and states will behave … and how the rest of the world is going to treat the Middle East," Alterman said.
Governments and rulers used to believe they understood their populations, but the Arab Spring upended those assumptions. Suddenly unsure about how much control they had over their own countries, and with criminals and civilians alike no longer cowed in fear of the state, national leadership struggled to "re-establish control."
The games that governments play with news media have changed," Jon Alterman said. "When I was in Damascus in 1991 … I (picked) up the newspaper and (looked) at the front page, and there (were) articles that had been cut out with a razor blade. … The fact is, you can't play that game anymore."
At the same time, the massive expenditure of the Iraq War, alongside America's historic rise as a global oil producer, gave the United States both the motive and the opportunity to "push the Middle East aside." But after 70 years of U.S. efforts to make the region dependent on it, a withdrawal would leave allies without the security they've relied on for decades.
"As a Saudi friend explained to me about four years ago … 'Not only do we not have (an alternative) … we don't have the people or institutions to craft an alternative,' " Alterman said. " 'There's no way we can conceptualize an alternative if the U.S. were to pull out.' "
With no clear successor to the mantle America holds in the region — and the U.K. before it, and the Ottomans before that — and "no question in anybody's mind that the oil age is going to come to an end," one is left asking: What's next?
Though the "skies seemed calm and predictable" only yesterday, the overlapping nature of these three crises is now brewing a perfect storm.
What seemed like a fairly consistent political scene across the Arab world in the 1990s and 2000s has now, post-Arab Spring, fractured into an array of different, and differently troubled, geopolitical actors. With every country distinct from every other in terms of size, demographics, policy, political stability, wealth and so on, the region finds itself adrift amid a sea of diversity.
"And, there's a question of governmental capacity," Alterman said. "Governments are weak partly because they haven't existed to do stuff, they've existed to give people jobs. … How do you transition from that, to having to deal with the complexity of the modern world?"
Libya provides a case study in this disruption. In 2008, Moammar Gadhafi worked to tear down every non-state institution that might challenge his supremacy; now that he's gone, it is much harder to create stability.
"When I look at the disarray in Libya, it's not a total shock, because Libyans were trained for 40 years to snipe each other because that's what their government wanted them to do," Alterman said. "Getting beyond that will take the entire process."
All the same, Alterman urged against a perspective too steeped in "gloom and doom"; there are still "small pockets of capacity and excellence."
Government ministries are pushing for smaller staffs and budgets; workers are traveling abroad to get experience and then bringing their new skills back home; the masses of young people, in all their "impatience, restlessness and creativity," are spreading ideas and driving positive change.
As a Saudi friend explained to me about four years ago … 'Not only do we not have (an alternative) … we don't have the people or institutions to craft an alternative,' " Jon Alterman said. " 'There's no way we can conceptualize an alternative if the U.S. were to pull out.' "
Granted, these problems are not going away anytime soon. With civil wars lasting a decade on average, and insurgencies even longer, it will be a while before the Middle East sees an end to its conflict. But unlike the Cold War, when nations could choose one of two foreign policy options, the modern Arab world is presented with an "incredible kaleidoscope of possibilities, constantly changing and refracting under shifting conditions."
"Where there was (once) order, we have what I would argue is going to be lasting disorder. … Still, I think it's a mistake to think that the Middle East is going to be subject to a bloody decade," Alterman said. "The young and creative population that captivated the world in 2011 is still young and creative."
As he closed his lecture, Alterman returned to the story of his fallen oak tree.
"The tree company (removed) the debris from our yard … (and) they ground down the stump, leaving us a pile of woodchips and sawdust," Alterman said. "Today the garden has the same shape it always did … (but) where the mighty oak once stood is a little ornamental red Japanese maple."
And with the canopy no longer blocking out the sun, other plants — flowers and weeds alike — are thriving.
"The garden isn't what it was, and perhaps not what it will be," Alterman said. "But after the storm, it couldn't remain as it had been. It's a new garden that thrives under new conditions."
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Some portions of the extensive old castle date from the 12th century, and the Gottesacker church contains interesting antiquarian relics.

Notable people
Johann Pfeffinger (1493–1573), theologian and Protest reformer
Georg Agricola (1494–1555), scholar and scientist
Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), jurist, economist and historian
Ernst Friedrich Germar (1786–1853), professor of mineralogy, entomologist and local politician
Julius Heinrich Petermann (1801–1876), Orientalist
Ernst Kals (1905–1979), submarine commander
Walter Schlesinger (1908–1984), historian
Joachim, Count of Schönburg-Glauchau (1929–1998), politician, writer, Bundestag deputy of the CDU 1990–1994
Dieter Erler (1939–1998), footballer
Christine Spielberg (born 1941), discus thrower
Torsten May (born 1969), boxer

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Glauchau is twinned with:
 Grenay, France (1996)
 Iserlohn, Germany (1991)
 Jibou, Romania (2005)
 Lynchburg, United States (2007)
 Vermelles, France (1998)
 Zgierz, Poland (1996)

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Glauchau Notgeld (emergency banknotes) Small currency notes from Glauchau depicting the story of how the Buttermilchturm (Buttermilk tower) got its name. webgerman.com/Notgeld/
Glauchau Notgeld (emergency banknotes) Small currency notes from Glauchau depicting the story of the Saxon Beer wars of 1731. webgerman.com/Notgeld/

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Misinformation in the news can create incorrect collective memories, affecting behaviour and attitudes of society.
Many people are prone to 'remembering' events that never happened, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
In a study on false memories, Dr Kimberley Wade in the Department of Psychology demonstrates that if we are told about a completely fictitious event from our lives, and repeatedly imagine that event occurring, almost half of us would accept that it did.
Over 400 participants in 'memory implantation' studies had fictitious autobiographical events suggested to them - and it was found that around 50% of the participants believed, to some degree, that they had experienced those events.
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30% of participants appeared to 'remember' the event — they accepted the suggested event, elaborated on how the event occurred, and even described images of what the event was like. Another 23% showed signs that they accepted the suggested event to some degree and believed it really happened.
Dr Wade and colleagues conclude that it can be very difficult to determine when a person is recollecting actual past events, as opposed to false memories – even in a controlled research environment; and more so in real life situations.
These findings have significance in many areas – raising questions around the authenticity of memories used in forensic investigations, court rooms, and therapy treatments.
Moreover, the collective memories of a large group of people or society could be incorrect - due to misinformation in the news, for example – having a striking effect on people's perceptions and behaviour.
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"We know that many factors affect the creation of false beliefs and memories — such as asking a person to repeatedly imagine a fake event or to view photos to "jog" their memory. But we don't fully understand how all these factors interact. Large-scale studies like our mega-analysis move us a little bit closer.
"The finding that a large portion of people are prone to developing false beliefs is important. We know from other research that distorted beliefs can influence people's behaviours, intentions and attitudes."
Scientists have been using variations of this procedure for 20 years to study how people can come to remember wholly false experiences.
The paper, 'A Mega-analysis of Memory Reports from Eight Peer-reviewed False Memory Implantation Studies', is published in Memory. It is co-authored by Dr Kimberley Wade at the University of Warwick, UK, Dr Alan Scoboria at the University of Windsor, Canada, and Professor Stephen Lindsay at the University of Victoria, Canada.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Nearly 41 percent of Britain's small business community want to leave the European Union because they do not believe membership is beneficial for their companies, a survey has shown ahead of a referendum likely next year.
The research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) found that 47 percent of members surveyed wanted to stay in the 28-member bloc while 10.7 percent of members were undecided.
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to renegotiate Britain's ties with the EU and then, by the end of 2017, hold a referendum on whether to stay in or leave. Most observers expect the vote to be held next year.
Many of those wanting to stay in the union, including the leaders of some of Britain's biggest companies, have made their argument one of economics, saying Britain's EU membership gives it access to open markets and millions of consumers.
However smaller firms have been more likely to complain about the amount of so-called "red tape" they face as part of the membership, such as business and health and safety regulations. The FSB said that only 41 percent felt informed about the vote from a business point of view.
"Regardless of what a firm's current position is, there is a shared message that small businesses feel they lack clear, impartial information on which to form their views," said Mike Cherry, FSB policy director.
According to the survey, those members who are most likely to vote to stay in are those who export and import to the EU, those who employ non-UK EU nationals and members based in Scotland, London and Northern Ireland. Women were also more likely to back membership than men.
Those members wanting Britain to leave the EU would instead like to see improved trade links with the rest of the world and with the EU and its member states. The FSB said it received responses from 6,263 of its members.
Two recent surveys of the British population have shown that the number of Britons wanting to stay in the EU has fallen since the government agreed to amend the wording of the question to be put to voters.


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Q: Adding standardized RMSE of validation set after last epoch has finished I am in the middle of modifying my copy of training.py from Deep Learning with PyTorch, by Eli Stevens, Luca Antiga, and Thomas Viehmann.  I want to compute the standardized RMSE of the validation set after the last epoch of training has finished.
I know how to do this, in general.  However what is the best way to do this in the indicated project?

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Read about the latest at the Grand Canyon and Visitor Center. We'll keep you up to date with the South Rim and Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon News Week of Nov 6th 2017
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Grand Canyon News Week of May 29, 2017
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Grand Canyon News Week of Apr 17, 2017
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Mike Krzyzewski's career comes to a close at Final Four
Mike Krzyzewski's legendary reign as Duke's head coach came to an end on Saturday night in an 81-77 loss to North Carolina in New Orleans.
The Blue Devils fought hard, matching North Carolina shot-for-shot down the stretch. The difference was a deep 3-pointer from sophomore guard Caleb Love with less than 30 seconds remaining.
That shot gave North Carolina a 4-point lead, which was ultimately enough cushion to seal the win.
Thanks for everything, Coach K.
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— Saturday Road (@SaturdayRoad) April 3, 2022
Krzyzewski's career ends with countless records broken and accolades earned. He won 5 National Championships (second only to John Wooden) and went to 13 Final Fours (most all-time).
He also led Duke to 15 ACC Tournament titles and 13 ACC regular season crowns. His 101 NCAA Tournament victories are the most all-time by a wide margin.
In the postgame press conference, Krzyzewski deflected when asked about coaching in his final game.
Coach K asked about his emotions walking off the floor for the last time. "It's not about me," he said.
— Eamonn Brennan (@eamonnbrennan) April 3, 2022
Krzyzewski: "I'm sure at some time I'll deal with this in my own way but for now we need to deal with our family."
— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) April 3, 2022
Duke will now be turned over to coach-in-waiting Jon Scheyer, who has built a tremendous recruiting class for next year's team. It's a group that includes 5-stars Dariq Whitehead, Kyle Filipowski, Dereck Lively II and Mark Mitchell. The class ranks No. 1 in the country, per 247Sports Composite rankings.


As a sales rep, you're constantly fighting an uphill battle for attention from leads and prospects.
The harder you try to sell, the harder that job becomes.
Giving your sales pitch too early makes you look like a used car salesman just trying to close a deal. Instead of buying, leads avoid you completely.
A sales funnel gives you a relationship-focused framework to follow, preventing you from giving your pitch too early. Rather than trying to sell your prospects on your products or services, the sales funnel allows you to educate potential customers to make a qualified, educated purchasing decision.
While the exact steps of a sales funnel can vary dramatically, it typically follows the same process: awareness, interest and evaluation, desire, action, and re-engagement.
At each stage of the sales funnel, you need to offer specific information, content, or answers that help your prospects move closer and closer to making a purchase.
Let's break down exactly what happens at each stage of the funnel and how you can optimize each step to better appeal to your target audience.
Although research and preparation isn't an actual stage in the sales funnel, it's still incredibly important to creating future success. Before you get started, get to know who you're trying to attract and who you are as a company.
Start by identifying your own brand values. What does your company stand for? What do you stand for as a sales rep? What qualities, characteristics, or skills are important to your team? What is your brand's personality?
Understanding the core of your company gives you a foundation to create customer relationships.
For example, Patagonia's mission isn't to sell jackets or hiking gear. Their mission is to save the planet. This larger "reason for being" creates a shared interest between the company and potential customers, encouraging shoppers to build a long-term relationship with the brand.
You also want to get to know your target customer beyond just a potential payday. Creating a buyer persona gives you the rundown of who your ideal customer is, what problems they're facing, and what solutions you can provide to make their life easier.
Your buyer persona will also make it easier to identify what content is needed during each stage of the sales funnel. Understanding your prospects' goals, frustrations, and personality will allow you to tailor the information you're providing to better address questions or concerns they may have.
At the very top of the funnel is the awareness stage. The main purpose of this phase is to improve the visibility of your brand and start collecting leads. While you want to be sure you're targeting the right group of people, it's also okay to cast a wide net at this stage.
During the awareness stage, you want to bring attention to your brand but you don't need to push any particular product or service. Instead, you should focus on sharing ideas, solutions, or advice.
Content at this stage in the sales funnel should be informative, but also fun and interesting. It needs to stand out in an already crowded space. Don't be afraid to get creative.
Refer back to your buyer persona to identify areas where your target audience is hanging out. Get to know what social media platforms they use frequently and target those areas. Run advertisements on non-traditional platforms they might use, such as dating apps or video games if it fits within your brand persona.
The key here is to create content that will attract your target audience's attention where they're already spending their time––even if it's not the "best practice" platforms, such as Facebook or Twitter. If your target audience isn't active in those areas, don't waste your time or money.
Determine a specific process or action that would push the lead to the next phase of the sales funnel, such as signing up for your newsletter or registering for a webinar. Have a clear conversion in mind, such as social media follows or newsletter signups, and measure how many people you're attracting compared to how many people are converting.
If your conversion rate is low, you'll want to revisit the content you're creating. Look for better posting opportunities or content that may be more appealing to your audience.
Once a lead has converted from the awareness phase, they enter the interest and evaluation stage of the sales funnel. At this point, you've attracted a lead's attention and they want to know more about a particular idea, concern, or question. However, they're still not prepared to consider a purchase.
Your main goal at this stage is to build a relationship with your new lead to determine what their end goals are. You can do this through creating a consistent brand voice and message that your target audience can relate to, and sharing it through various content channels.
During the interest and evaluation stage, you want to put out feelers to see what your lead engages with.
Tracking what links they click in your email campaigns or what posts they engage with on social media can help you better understand what problems they're facing and what solutions they might be looking for.
Be sure to follow up with your lead about any questions they have or additional information they need. Although they aren't ready to purchase yet, you should focus on maintaining a relationship that positions you as a helpful expert. This will make it more likely that they come to you when they're ready to buy.
You can also use retargeting to get your ads in front of previous site visitors. Retargeting through Facebook or Google Ads can bring leads who may not have converted the first time around back to your site to complete a signup or check-out process.
The transition between the second and third stage of the sales funnel may not be as clear as from the first to the second. As your leads start to become more familiar with what you offer and how you can help solve their problem, they'll start to develop a greater interest in certain products or services.
Slowly ease them into the next stage by offering free trials, discounts, videos, or even 1-on-1 demos to increase their desire for your products or services.
At this stage of the sales funnel, your lead is a full-blown prospect. Not only have you caught their attention and got them interested in your brand, but they're also actually considering making a purchase.
However, you're not quite ready to close a deal.
Your prospects still aren't 100% sure if your solution is right for their needs. They're going to be looking for how well your offer fits within their budget, their current business model, and what kind of outcomes they can expect.
Your main goal at this point is to show your prospect what life would be like as a customer. You'll want to show what kind of returns they can expect on their investment into your products or services, and make it as easy as possible for them to pull the trigger.
If they haven't already taken advantage of a free trial or a discounted offer, this is a great time to offer one. The investment is low on the prospects' end, and gives them a better feel for how your solution will make their lives easier without giving a full commitment.
This is the stage where all the action happens. After properly nurturing your lead, you're ready to seal the deal and convert your prospect.
But your goal at this stage isn't just to get your almost-customer to buy. You should also set them up for success with your product or service. This means providing them with educational materials that'll help introduce—and equally importantly, incorporate—the new solution to their daily lives.
The first few days or weeks can make or break a potential long-term relationship with a new customer.
If the customer feels like you closed a deal and then disappeared, it may turn them off from making another purchase. This is especially true for subscription-model sales funnels that depend on repeat buyers.
Have a clear training system in place, whether it's through email, phone call, or webinar. Check in consistently with your new customers to see if they have any questions or concerns. Give them some time to become familiar with the product and then check in again.
Don't try to upsell or push an additional product right away. Instead, give your new customer some time to adjust to what they've already bought.
Once they're more comfortable with your product or service, then you can start reintroducing your customer to the sales funnel.
Loyal customers can be the best thing for any brand. Just a 5% increase in customer retention rate can result in a 25% to 95% increase in profit. And happy customers aren't just more likely to buy more, they're more likely to tell their friends to buy as well.
Re-engaging with these customers who had a positive experience with your brand can encourage them to make an additional purchase, as well as give you referrals that lead to new conversions and customers.
Essentially, your customers should never run out of content to engage with. Even if they've already purchased and are pleased with the solution you're providing, you'll want to create offers, information, and advancements that will keep them interested.
At this stage in the sales funnel, focus on keeping your long-term relationship going. This could be through introducing new features and products that customers might be interested in or encouraging your customers to become ambassadors for your brand.
Content at this stage should go beyond just selling.
Webinars, tutorials, and demonstrations should extend your current customer's knowledge on how they can use your products or services or give them pro-tips to truly master their purchase.
Measure your re-engagement content by the lifetime customer value of each individual. Identify how long they're staying a customer with your brand and how much they're spending during that time.
This can help you identify if you're reaching people who are invested in your products or services.
Your sales funnel stages should always appeal to your target audience.
There isn't a cookie-cutter approach to creating a good sales funnel. However, in order to understand how a sales funnel and its stages work, you need to understand how your target audience thinks about the buying process.
While these content options for each phase of the sales funnel can get you started, you'll see better results from paying attention to what your audience is asking for––just make sure to have each stage of the sales funnel covered.


So, my birthday is this week! Yay! And I thought is would be cool if the topic of this week's Create A Scene would be family secrets! After all, the best time to find out a family secret is one's own birthday.
My entry: Sarah woke up on the day of her eighteenth birthday and crawled to the kitchen, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. They fell on a man sitting at the table, his grubby coat brushing across the floor. Her mother's face was pale as the coffee mug in her hand shook. The man spoke in such a soft voice, Sarah could barely hear his words. Her mother nodded with tears in her eyes.
They both shot their gaze towards her. The man took a deep breath, his eyes studying her.
Sarah was in shock. How could any of this be true and what was a unit minute? She turned to her mother for guidance.
"This is your choice," was all her mother could offer.
Very intriguing scene! Imagine traveling through space and time…pack my bags.
Moonlight. That's my name. I always thought that my mother was an incredible romantic. My grandmother always smiled when she spoke my name, even when I was in trouble. So imagine my joy when I saw my name on my birthday cake. It was painted in a scene with a tree, a full moon, and the silhouettes of two lovers. My entire family surrounded me as I blew out my candles, or so I thought.
I pulled on my robe and slipped on my sandals. My grandmother led me deep into the forest. There in a glade stood seven young women, ranging from seventeen to twenty two. I stared. My grandmother pulled me to the center and introduced me to Serenade, Merlot, Rose, Brooke, Strand, and Vista, my six sisters.


TIP! Know your auto manual very well, or at least dog ear important pages. This will help you speak intelligently to a technician about your car when it is time to take it in.
When you have car problems, you should get your car fixed quickly. Having a non-functioning car makes life quite difficult. However, it's not usually necessary to pay a bunch of money when you need repairs. You can perform many simple repairs yourself, as well as find a way to save money on auto repair shops whenever they are necessary.
TIP! Buy OEM parts. These parts are issued by the manufacturer of your vehicle.
Keep a good battery charger in your car. Dead batteries are a common problem, and you should always have a charger or cables on you at all times. Locate the points the battery charger should be connected to so you can easily jump start your own vehicle.
TIP! If you plan to take your car to the shop, do not leave anything inside the car. The technicians may have to move out these things to fix your car, and they cannot be held liable if anything goes missing.
When you arrive at a repair shop, don't be afraid to ask questions. Focus particularly on the issue that you have; make sure to inquire about what you can do to prevent similar problems in the future. Learning how to prevent certain issues will help you save a lot of money.
TIP! Look for signs that should serve as a warning that your repair man is no good. If they are talking in circles and avoiding your questions, you should take your business elsewhere.
You need to know about all costs before handing your keys over. If you don't understand something, ask questions until you do. You don't want to be shocked by a huge bill to pay.
TIP! Independent mechanics can be great. These types of mechanics are sometimes not licensed or insured, but charge much less and can do really great work.
Thoroughly review your car manual. When you show up to a mechanic's shop, you are going to have to explain some information about your car. You may even discover how to solve your car problems yourself.
TIP! Before you settle on a mechanic, inquire about their rates and prices. There are many unscrupulous mechanics who are not upfront about their costs and policies.
Before dropping your car off for repairs, remove any valuables. Mechanics may need to take these items out to do the work and they aren't responsible if you discover something missing. Remove everything from your trunk too.
Prior to bringing your car to a shop for a repairs, try to find out what the issue is. A bit of money can be saved in this way, and you may stay away from fraudulent people. Some dishonest mechanics may try to exaggerate the problem to get more money out of you.
TIP! Some shops replace your tired with even older ones. This is a quick way for them to make a profit and take advantage of you.
Pay attention to the condition of your car's wiper blades. If you don't have wipers that work well or streak your windows, you need to purchase newer ones. Wiper blades need to be replaced once every year or possibly more often depending on the where you live.
TIP! Have you read over your owner's manual? The truth is that very few car owners actually do this. But, reading it can give you a lot of helpful information.
TIP! The manufacturer is the first point of call if your new vehicle is unsafe or not performing as it should. There could be a recall issue for that car or they'll consider issuing one if you're not the only one to complain about it.
It may be a good idea to fully photograph your car internally and externally prior to taking it in for repairs. Sometimes shady mechanics supplement their income by stripping a car of its more expensive parts. You should make sure you keep track of the way your vehicle is looking just in case something like this were to happen.
TIP! When a mechanic gives you a diagnosis, don't make a decision about repairs for a couple of hours. Call other shops to see how much repairs would be before getting work from the first mechanic.
Educate yourself on the basics of car repairs and warranties before going to the mechanic. Learn the difference between rebuilt parts, salvage parts, and new parts. "New" means that they just arrived from the manufacturer, meeting the standards set out by that company. Parts that are listed as "re-manufactured, rebuilt and reconditioned" means that the parts are used but restored to original condition. "Salvage" means that the parts are used and lack alteration.
TIP! Get a written estimate if the quote is much over one hundred dollars. Written proof can prove to be invaluable to settling any disagreement you may have with the mechanic.
As this article has shown you, it is possible to make minor repairs to your car without the need of an auto shop. At the same time, if you have to take your car to an auto shop, you now know how to save the most money and time. If you take care of the problem yourself, you can save a lot of money. This article shows you what to do in future.


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Le Killing est une série télévisée québécoise diffusée sur Noovo.ca et produite grâce au Fonds indépendant de production et au . La première saison a attiré en moyenne 36 000 spectateurs. Elle a généré 400 000 vues et une troisième saison est maintenant envisagée.

La série est réalisée par Alec Pronovost, qui a été nommé jeune auteur à surveiller en 2020 par Radio-Canada. Il collabore avec Alexandre Pelletier pour l'écriture de la série. Pronovost a obtenu plusieurs distinctions au Québec, pour son travail en humour avec Julien Lacroix, Rosalie Vaillancourt et David Beaucage. La série est produite par la corp et KOTV.

Les principaux comédiens qui jouent dans la série sont Louis Carrière, Olivier Trahan, Daphné Côté-Hallé, Jay Du Temple, Anthony Montreuil, David Beaucage, Jérémy Laliberté, David Bourbonnais et Rosalie Vaillancourt.

Synopsis
Dans la première saison, des moniteurs de camp sont en compétition dans un jeu d'élimination dont le but est de devenir le Master Killer. Clochette, moniteur à sa 2e année, tente de conquérir une fille en devenant le Master Killer.

Le jeu d'élimination se déroule entre les moniteurs du Camp Saint-Cardinal, à qui on attribue des cibles qu'ils doivent "assassiner". En tuant une cible, ils obtiennent une nouvelle cible et ainsi de suite. Le dernier moniteur vivant est déclaré Master Killer.

La saison 2 se déroule un an plus tard. Le gagnant de ce jeu deviendra grand chef du camp. Le jeu d'élimination prend moins de place dans cette deuxième saison. La production a préféré développer les personnages et leurs relations au lieu de mettre l'accent sur le jeu.

On y retrouve tout de même les moniteurs pour un autre été au Camp Saint-Cardinal. Cette fois, le prix à remporter est une promotion. L'histoire d'amour est toujours présente, mais les spectateurs découvrent aussi les motivations secrètes de Gruau, et de nouveaux animateurs se joignent à l'équipe.

Fiche technique
 Créateur : Alec Pronovost
 Réalisateur : Alec Pronovost
 Auteurs : Alec Pronovost et Alexandre Pelletier
 Script-édition : Benoit Pelletier, Charles-Alex Durand et Félix Brouillet
 Directeur de la photographie : Christophe Fortin
 Producteurs : Guillaume Arsenault / Mathieu Cauchon / Julien T. Chartier / Louis Morissette / Alain Chicoine / Louis-Philippe Drolet / Mélanie Viau
 Direction artistique : Laura Lemelin-Rainville
 Prise de son : Thomas Sédillot et Alexandre LeBlanc

Distribution
 Louis Carrière : Clochette
 Daphnée Côté-Hallé : Quenouille
 Olivier Trahan : Renard
 Jérémy Laliberté : Gruau
 Anthony Montreuil : Pizza
 Rosalie Vaillancourt : Slingshot
 David Beaucage : Vertèbres
 David Bourbonnais : Glue
 Jay Du Temple : Hercule
 Brian Piton : Carl
 Alexy Daoust-Bernier : Timothé
 François Larouche : Shadow
 Charlie Lemay-Thivierge : Panini

Liste des épisodes

Saison 1
 School's Out
 Cowboy
 Frère Bob
 Vision tigrée
 Commando 2000
 Flocon d'avoine
 Rédemption
 Kumbaya

Saison 2
 Coin de Paradis
 La Saint-Valentin (des campeurs)
 La rumba chez Glue
 La Vida Es Un Carnaval
 Maison Hantée
 Psychorigide
 La Princesse et le Dragon
 Romance à Brooklyn
 Kick la cacanne!
 Le chalet de fin d'été (de cet été-là)

Prix et sélections
Le Killing est lauréate d'un prix Numix : Production linéaire - Humour (2019).

La série a également été nominée aux prix Gémeaux et aux Oliviers.

Dès sa première saison, la série a été reconnue pour sa qualité. ArtTV la qualifie de marquante : « La série réussit à capter notre attention grâce au scénario simple, mais efficace, et à sa réalisation sans temps mort. Les répliques très punchées aux lignes assassines – jeu de mots intentionnel – sont interprétées avec brio. Quoi de plus ? Le Killing met en vedette une multitude de nouveaux visages. Un mot : fraîcheur ». La Presse et le Huffington Post ont également recommandé la série.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Web-série québécoise
Série télévisée québécoise des années 2010
Web-série créée en 2019
Série télévisée en français québécois
Série télévisée se déroulant au Québec
Série télévisée tournée au Québec


Mr. Bencai Gong, is the President of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) South America (Peru) Ltd.
Graduated from South West Petroleum University with specialization in Petroleum Geology. Holds an MBA from Washington University and is a Phd in Economics.
Has worked 22 years in CNPC and has been responsible for major projects, not only in China but in different Asian Countries, Africa and South America.


"Every February since 1990, Alberta has set aside a special day to celebrate families and the vital role they have played in building this great province.
"Whether you spend Family Day with your kids, parents, brothers and sisters, or spend it with your friends, teammates and colleagues, may this day bring you closer and make you happier.
"Our family bonds are important. They make a house a home, they encourage the next generation to excel, and they help us all shape a more prosperous and secure future.
"This Family Day, let's celebrate the families, past and present, big and small, formal and informal, that help make Alberta such a fun, vibrant and welcoming place to live.
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Capiago Intimiano ist eine norditalienische Gemeinde (comune) mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) in der Provinz Como in der Lombardei.

Geographie
Die Gemeinde liegt etwa 5 Kilometer südöstlich von Como. Die Nachbargemeinden sind Cantù, Como, Lipomo, Montorfano, Orsenigo und Senna Comasco.

Geschichte
Die Gemeinde wurde Ende der 1920er Jahre aus den vormals eigenständigen Kommunen Capiago und Intimiano gebildet.

Gemeindepartnerschaft
  Buják

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Pfarrkirche San Leonardo
 Kirche San Vincenzo e Anastasio

Persönlichkeiten
 Aribert von Mailand (um 970 bis 1045), Erzbischof von Mailand
 Alessandro Pozzi (* 1954), Radrennfahrer

Literatur
 Anna Ferrari-Bravo, Paola Colombini: Guida d'Italia. Lombardia (esclusa Milano). Milano 1987, S. 271.
 Lombardia – Touring club italiano, Touring Editore (1999), ISBN 88-365-1325-5, Capiago Intimiano Online
 Capiago Intimiano auf tuttitalia.it/lombardia

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Butler County Courts resolve legal disputes, including criminal misdemeanors and felonies in Butler County, Nebraska. Courts operate at the Federal, Nebraska State, or local Butler County level, and they maintain records for all of their criminal cases, which make up an individual's Butler County criminal history. These Butler County public criminal records include homicides, sexual assaults, DUIs, drug charges, property crimes, and more. Criminal records also list trials, convictions, and sentences, as well as any plea bargains or settlements. Butler County criminal history records include the defendant's name, personal information, the criminal charges brought against the individual, and any criminal case files created by Nebraska law enforcement. A criminal history search shows an individual's criminal record, making it an important part of performing a thorough Butler County background check. Butler County Courts may provide online access to their criminal history records.
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Butler County Probation Departments oversee court-ordered probations which have been imposed instead of incarceration in Butler County, Nebraska. Probation Departments maintain detailed records on individuals who are on probation, which is part of the individual's criminal history. These Butler County public records include personal information on the individual and the criminal charges that led to probation. It can also include the terms of the probation, such as any requirements to seek treatment, attend counseling, or pay restitution to victims, as well as any travel restrictions or bans on contacting certain people that may be included in the probation order. Butler County probation records also list the length of the probation sentence, and they are an important part of a background check. Probation Departments may provide online searches for criminal history records.
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Butler County Sheriff Departments operates at the county or local level, keeping public order by investigating crimes, arresting suspected criminals, and stopping crimes in progress in Butler County, Nebraska. Sheriff Departments maintain records on all of their actions, including arrest reports, warrants, and jail bookings. These Butler County criminal records make up an individual's criminal history, and they contain personal information, all criminal charges in a person's record, and any legal cases after an arrest. Criminal history records include felonies and misdemeanors such as Butler County DUIs, drug charges, homicide, domestic violence, and probation violations. Sheriff Department records also include criminal case files and investigation records, which makes searching criminal history records an important step in conducting a background check in Butler County. These records may be available online from the Sheriff Department.
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Butler County Police Departments provide local law enforcement services, including stopping crimes, arresting suspects, and conducting investigations in Butler County, Nebraska. As part of this job, Police Departments maintain a number of criminal history records, including Butler County arrest records, warrants, and reports on jail bookings. These records make up an individual's Butler County criminal record, including the criminal charges made during an arrest and any resulting legal cases from a police arrest. This can include felonies and misdemeanors such as fraud, probation violations, drug possession, manslaughter, and traffic crimes. Police Department records can include investigation materials and criminal case files, and searching criminal history records is an important step in performing a Butler County background check. Police Departments make many of their criminal history records available online.
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I started surfing Malibu in 2013 when I moved nearby and it still amazes me how perfect this break can get and how many guys go out. Here's a short film I made inspired by the break at Malibu. Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!


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4 Things to Know: J.R. Celski, Speedskating
By Jonathan Lloyd	• Published January 24, 2018 • Updated on February 10, 2018 at 9:10 am
Speedskater J.R. Celski went to Lakewood High School in Southern California before moving the Washington.
Four Things to Know
1. Celski crashed ahead of the 2010 Vancouver Games, but bounced back to win two bronzes, in the 1500m and 5000m relay.
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Henry Olsen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His book "Ronald Reagan: New Deal Republican" is scheduled to be published in June.
Monday would have been Ronald Reagan's 106th birthday. President Trump's election has caused many observers to bemoan Reagan's supposedly waning influence on today's Republican Party. But these people start from the same flawed assumption, that Trump's election means the United States and Republicans have rejected Reagan's legacy.
Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Trump's election does not represent the de-Reaganization of the Republican Party; it presents Republicans with their last, best hope to re-Reaganize it. This flawed common wisdom flows from a flawed understanding of Reagan's philosophy that accepts the myth that Reagan was an anti-government ideologue. But to paraphrase Reagan himself, it's not that the common wisdom is wrong, it's that so much of what it knows just isn't so.


Incorporated in 1995, Circuit Systems (India) Limited (CSIL) is in the business of manufacturing Printed Circuit Boards (PCB). CSIL has around 10 years of experience in manufacturing PCB's. CSIL's manufacturing plant is located at Gandhinagar, Gujrat.
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Armstrong Association's Employment Office
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia's Employment Office, shown in a 1912 photograph from the association's fourth annual report, helped skilled African American mechanics secure work. In addition to assisting adults with job placement, the Armstrong Association provided vocational training to children of working age to increase their odds of finding jobs after they left school. At times, the association faced resistance when placing migrants with employers. Some companies that agreed to provide jobs for migrants also requested that the organization only send African Americans with lighter complexions.
814 North Hancock Street
The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia conducted many investigations into the living conditions of African Americans in the city of Philadelphia as well as suburban areas of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. While assessing the needs of African Americans, the studies also gathered valuable information for migrants such as the availability of rentals and opportunities to purchase homes. The organization found that African American families like the one in this photograph, from 1925 in Philadelphia, had a difficult time securing adequate and affordable housing.
Dr. Richard Robert Wright, 1878-1967
Born in 1878, Richard R. Wright Jr. became the first African American to earn a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania, where his dissertation research found that African American skilled workers in Philadelphia primarily worked in fields outside of their skill sets. Wright urged John T. Emlen to add job placement to the Armstrong Association's agenda. After leaving the association, Wright became a professor and then President of Wilberforce University in Ohio. In addition to his work in education and continued activism, Wright also became editor of the Christian Recorder and became a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The Armstrong Association sought to meet the needs of African Americans moving to the North from southern states. In this 1921 political cartoon for the NAACP magazine, The Crisis, artist Albert A. Smith captures a motivating factor for African American migration. Although many came in search of opportunities and better economic conditions, African Americans also fled the extreme violence and oppression of the South. The Great Migration took place alongside the industrial development of northern cities such as Philadelphia, but it also occurred at the same time that leaders in the African American community called for anti-lynching legislation. Between 1882 and 1968, more than 4,700 lynchings (estimated) took place, primarily in Southern states. (New York Public Library)
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'Great Migration' films highlight transformative power of African-American communities (WHYY, August 4, 2016)
Goin' North: Stories From the First Great Migration to Philadelphia
In Motion: The African American Migration Experience
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Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia (Temple University)
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By Sharece Blakney
The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia was a social-service organization established early in the twentieth century to assess and address the needs of the African American community. Through its efforts to improve education, housing, and health, the organization addressed social and economic issues facing African Americans.
Founded in 1908, the association formed as a branch of the New York-based organization named for Civil War General Samuel C. Armstrong (1839-93), who led the 8th United States Colored Troops. After the war, in 1868, Armstrong founded the Hampton Institute in Virginia as an industrial school for students of color and to produce African American teachers. The Armstrong Association raised funds for the Hampton Institute and for Tuskegee University in Alabama, founded in 1881 by one of Hampton Institute's most famous graduates, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915).
Philadelphia's Armstrong Association began after Hampton educator John Thompson Emlen (1878-1955), who was part of the organization in New York, came to Philadelphia intent on bettering the conditions for African Americans. He believed that a branch of the Armstrong Association could supplement existing social institutions to address the needs of a steadily growing population of African Americans migrating from the South (a trend later termed the Great Migration). After a meeting between Emlen and Richard R. Wright Jr. (1878-1967), a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia branch began its work.
Originally, the Armstrong Association consisted primarily of wealthy white philanthropists, but Emlen believed that an interracial board was key to the organization's success. Each position on the board had two appointees: a white person as well as an African American. Emlen served as the organization's secretary, and Wright acted as field secretary.
Joining forces with the Philadelphia Housing Association and the Traveler's Aid Society, the Armstrong Association studied living conditions and overcrowding during the Great Migration as African Americans flocked to northern cities seeking economic opportunities and better social conditions. In 1900, the African American population of Philadelphia was 63,000. By 1910, it had grown to 84,459 and within another ten years it surpassed 134,000. In addition to a housing shortage, new arrivals found it difficult to find employment, especially in their previous fields. Wright, who earned his doctorate in sociology, noted in his dissertation that many African American migrants to Philadelphia were skilled laborers, but they often faced discrimination from employers and had to take jobs outside their skill sets. In response, the Armstrong Association developed initiatives such as an annual job fair, reports to monitor working conditions of African Americans, and representation in cases of workplace disputes.
Using the Thomas Durham Public School at Sixteenth and Lombard Streets as a case study, the organization created a learning and social center to help African Americans with job placement and skill assessments. The school, named for a former administrator in the Philadelphia School District, was established in 1910 and served a predominantly African American student body. In a study, the Armstrong Association found that only 53 of the 163 students of working age were able to secure work. Those who did found occupations that required very little skill and no room for advancement and provided a poor living wage. The Armstrong Association determined that providing students with better vocational training would prepare them to enter the workforce.
The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia's Employment Office, shown in a 1912 photograph from the association's fourth annual report, helped skilled African American mechanics secure work. In addition to assisting adults with job placement, the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia also provided vocational training to children of working age to increase their odds of finding jobs after they left school. (Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries)
The association also provided job placement services for African American migrants, documented by oral history interviews conducted in the 1980s by historian Charles Hardy. The association's industrial secretary, Alexander L. Manly (1866-1944), who joined the organization in 1913, secured more than $35,000 in contracts for African Americans within his first eight months in the position. Despite racial discrimination, the organization succeeded in aiding many newcomers searching for employment.
Emlen spent the remainder of his career in public service with the organization, while Wright left the group in 1909 because he favored self-help over the Armstrong Association's emphasis on philanthropy. Wright later became a bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The Armstrong Association of Philadelphia went on to affiliate with the National Urban League in a merger that created the Urban League of Philadelphia in 1957. Through its work, the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia helped a generation of African Americans who migrated from the South find housing and employment in their new city.
Sharece Blakney is a graduate student in American History at Rutgers-Camden.
Copyright 2017, Rutgers University
Gregg, Robert. Sparks From the Anvil of Oppression: Philadelphia's African Methodists and Southern Migrants, 1890-1940. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993.
Hardy, Charles. "Race and Opportunity: Black Philadelphia During the Era of the Great Migration, 1916-1930." Ph.D. diss., Temple University, 1989.
Trotter, Joe William and Eric Ledell Smith. African Americans in Pennsylvania: Shifting Historical Perspectives. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997.
Wright, Richard R. The Negro in Pennsylvania: A Study in Economic History. New York: Arno Press, 1969.
Urban League of Philadelphia Records, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia.
Armstrong Association of Philadelphia Annual Reports, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia.
Oral History interviews by Charles Hardy, Goin North.
Thomas Durham Public School, 1600 Lombard Street, Philadelphia.


If Trump achieves this misguided goal, the potential loss would amount to about $16,700 per household, far exceed any cost savings for businesses. The research highlights how Trump's crusade against regulations is the product of special-interest lobbying rather than a serious effort to promote economic growth.
Public Citizen's examination of 13 rules repealed, delayed or targeted for repeal by the Trump administration found that more than $105 billion in benefits, on average, will be lost every year from 2020 through 2040 if the Trump administration erases these rules or enacts toothless replacements. These at-risk benefits which would cost each household about $836 per year, vastly exceeding the rules' average annual costs of nearly $21 billion. The benefits are also far higher than the administration's claimed savings of at least $570 million per year through regulatory rollbacks.
A case in point is Trump's s recent proposal to roll back automotive fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards. Despite objections from career EPA career officials, the administration implausibly claimed that the rollback would result in increased safety as consumers would be more likely to buy new cars without the added cost of fuel economy technology. In fact, improved fuel economy can motivate consumers to buy newer car modes. Meanwhile, an analysis by Trump's own EPA backs up this point, acknowledging that the Trump rollback plan would increase emissions of air pollutants both from vehicle tailpipes and from fuel refining at a societal cost of $800 million to $1.2 billion through 2026. Meanwhile, one analysis finds that freezing federal vehicle standards at 2020 levels would boost consumer spending on gasoline by $20 billion in 2025, lead to 60,000 fewer jobs and an $8 billion decline in gross domestic product in 2025.
The Trump administration also has put key rules on ice despite the considerable net benefits. For example, the administration has refused to publish in the Federal Register four beneficial energy efficiency rules, and even appealed a federal judge's ruling that it must do so. Trump officials have also worked to undermine the regulatory process, particularly by cooking the books and lowering or eliminating consideration of benefits that are lost when rules are repealed.
The Trump administration has even failed to consider the possibility that federal rules may benefit the public. In a proposal to roll back offshore drilling safety standards, the Interior Department neglected to mention any benefit to society that would be forgone if the rule were to be repealed. The benefits, including natural resource damage, personal injuries, the cost of spill containment and impact to commercial fishing, could add up to $163 million per year, according to government calculations. Yet, the Interior Department only calculated the safety rule's costs to oil and gas companies. As Sen. Bill Nelson (D.-Fla.) wrote in a letter to the Interior Department, the proposal "places its entire justification on oil company profits and completely ignores potential economic costs to the lives and safety" of oil industry workers and coastal communities.


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David A. Clanton
Federal Trade Commission chair (born 1944)
David A. Clanton (born May 31, 1944)[1] was the acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission from March 4, 1981, to September 25, 1981.[2]
Clanton received a B.A. from Andrews University in 1966, followed by a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School in 1969.[1][3] In June 1969, Clanton became a legislative assistant to Michigan Senator Robert P. Griffin.[1] He gained admission to the bar in Michigan the following year,[3] and served as minority staff counsel for the United States Senate Committee on Commerce from April 1971 to January 1975.[1] After a brief stint as legislative assistant to the assistant minority leader of the U.S. Senate, Clanton was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the Federal Trade Commission.[1] President Ronald Reagan named Clanton acting FTC chair in 1981, pending selection of a nominee for the position.[4]
^ a b c d e "Announcement of Intention To Nominate David A. Clanton To Be a Commissioner and Intention to Withdraw the Nomination of Thomas Sowell To Be a Commissioner" (July 20, 1976), in Presidential Documents: Gerald R. Ford, 1976, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Volume 12, Issues 27-39, p. 1188.
^ List of Commissioners, Chairwomen, and Chairmen of the Federal Trade Commission: 1915-2018 (as of November 2018).
^ a b "David A. Clanton". Martindale. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
^ Bernice Rothman Hasin, Consumers, Commissions, and Congress: Law, Theory, and the Federal Trade Commission (1987), p. 194.
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