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David William Ogden, known professionally as David W. Ogden (born November 12, 1953) is an American lawyer who served as the deputy attorney general of the United States.  An American lawyer, Ogden was also a high-ranking official in the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Defense during the administration of President Bill Clinton. He is a nationally recognized litigator and counselor in the Washington, DC., office of the law firm WilmerHale, LLP.

Early life and education
Ogden is the son of Horace G. "Hod" Ogden (1925–1998), who was the first director of the Bureau of Health Education at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and previously had worked for the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare), and Elaine C. Ogden, an elementary school teacher.

Ogden earned an A.B. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and a J.D. magna cum laude in 1981 from Harvard Law School. He served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. In 1981–82, Ogden clerked for Hon. Abraham David Sofaer, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and in 1982–83, he clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun.

Career
Ogden began his career in Washington, D.C., as an associate from 1983 until 1985 at the law firm of Ennis Friedman & Bersoff, and he served as a partner at that firm from 1986 until 1988.  From 1988 until 1994, Ogden was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Jenner & Block.  From 1994 to 1995, he served as the deputy general counsel and legal counsel for the United States Department of Defense. From 1995 to 1997, he was an associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice. From 1997 to 1998, Ogden was counselor to United States Attorney General Janet Reno, and from 1998–99, he was chief of staff to Attorney General Reno. From 1999–2000, he was acting assistant attorney general and from 2000 to 2001, the Senate-confirmed assistant attorney general in charge of the Civil Division in the United States Department of Justice. As assistant attorney general, Ogden led the Justice Department's largest litigation division handling major constitutional, administrative law, false claims act, government contracts, consumer law, and tort matters. In September 1999, under his leadership, the Civil Division filed the United States' high profile lawsuit against the tobacco industry.

From June 2001 until November 2008, and again since April 2010, Ogden has been a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr ("WilmerHale"), leading the firm's Government and Regulatory Litigation Practice Group. In private practice, he has represented a wide range of businesses, trade associations, and individuals in litigation, arbitration and investigations against the United States government, state governments and foreign governments, and private parties, including cases under the Administrative Procedure Act, fair lending laws, the False Claims Act, fraud racketeering laws, international litigation, and arbitration.

Deputy attorney general
On January 5, 2009, President-elect Barack Obama announced he would nominate Ogden to be deputy attorney general. Ogden's nomination was criticized by conservative groups that objected to some of his previous legal work, such as litigation under the First Amendment on behalf of adult entertainment companies including Playboy and Penthouse and amicus briefs on behalf of the American Psychological Association in constitutional litigation involving abortion and gay rights. However, the selection was praised and supported by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Sheriff's Association, the National District Attorneys Association, Larry Thompson, Jamie S. Gorelick, Seth Waxman, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Ogden was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 12, 2009, in a vote of 65–28.

As deputy attorney general, Ogden set new Justice Department policy in connection with criminal and civil discovery to fulfill the department's obligations to disclose exculpatory information to criminal defendants; providing new law enforcement resources to help Native American tribal communities combat violence against women and children; redoubling federal efforts to combat health care fraud; and accommodating federal enforcement policy to laws in several states legalizing medicinal use of marijuana.

On December 3, 2009, it was announced that he would be resigning his post and returning to private practice in February 2010. According to news accounts, Ogden stepped down in part because of disagreements with Attorney General Eric Holder over management issues.

Personal life
Ogden is married to Anne Harkavy and has three children; two by his first marriage. Harkavy was formerly deputy general counsel for litigation, regulation and enforcement for the U.S. Department of Energy.

See also
 List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 2)

References

External links

1953 births
American lawyers
Clinton administration personnel
Harvard Law School alumni
Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States
Living people
Obama administration personnel
People associated with Jenner & Block
United States Assistant Attorneys General for the Civil Division
United States Deputy Attorneys General
University of Pennsylvania alumni
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partners

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This Magnetic mixing device provides proper agitation for any plating bath. Keeping your solution properly mixed will result in better plating results. Easy to use and maintain. Features: Dual Voltage Small Footprint Speed control for agitation The sensor and heater are placed in the solution to provide accurate temperature control. The readout can be switched from Fahrenheit or Celsius. The face plate of the thermal controller changes from blue to green when a desired temperature is reached.


A small compatibility patch for Glass Glowset and Better Morrowind Armor.
Simply drop the "meshes" folder in your "data files" folder and let the meshes overwrite.
Make sure to install after both Glass Glowset and Better Morrowind Armor.
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This brought such wonderful memories back of Croz's mother, Missy, being held up to "dunk" the ball when she was about the same age. Memories like that just give a good feeling in your heart, you know?
OPSU basketball guard, Krys Randolph, made the comment, "That little guy will remember that forever." I know he will. His mama did.
In fact, Croz brought his best friend Ethan to the next game on Saturday so Ethan could meet "his new best buddy." Croz waited on the floor for Tavien, but neither of us saw that he was waiting, so by the time Croz came to the other end of the court Tavien was gone.
So OPSU forward Bill Lee called Tavien up and told him that his little dunking friend was there to see him. Tavien had already changed clothes and was home. But he came back to the gym so his new little friend could see him.
Those basketball players had an exciting, hard playing game on Saturday afternoon. And they came away short on the points. But I would never call them anything but winners. When your last game, and your loss, are set aside so you can make a little person happy, you're nothing but a winner.
Didn't get to go to all the games, but I thoroughly enjoyed each one that was able to go to. They're fun and they're exciting.
All of the interaction started because Main Street Guymon and the Chamber of Commerce worked together to have a "Lunch with an Aggie" during the Christmas break for the basketball teams. We invited the public and had a lunch with the players. That's when I met them. And that little bit of community helping from everyone works to build relationships. And relationships are the basis of getting things done and doing good things.
I love the OPSU athletes and their coaches. They bring fun things to attend. They bring visitors whenever their parents or others come to town. They bring future people who have a tie to the Panhandle, many who choose to stay here. And they can bring happiness to little guys like Croz and Ethan.
Each time I attended a game, the coaches greeted me and made me feel special. They were so polite. You and I know that I did little, but I gained much.
For one thing, I am a member of the Rotary and were it not for those OPSU basketball players, golfers, and football players we could not pull off the Pioneer Day Rotary BBQ without painkillers. They come and pitch in to get ready, to serve, and to clean up.
So, my hat is off to those coaches that are helping these players the importance of community and to each and every one of the players that helps, and especially to those who do it with a smile.
I'm proud of you. I'm lucky to know you.


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"""Compatibility module defining operations on duck numpy-arrays.

Currently, this means Dask or NumPy arrays. None of these functions should
accept or return xarray objects.
"""
from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function

import contextlib
import inspect
import warnings
from functools import partial

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

from . import dask_array_ops, dtypes, npcompat, nputils
from .nputils import nanfirst, nanlast
from .pycompat import dask_array_type

try:
    import bottleneck as bn
    has_bottleneck = True
except ImportError:
    # use numpy methods instead
    bn = np
    has_bottleneck = False

try:
    import dask.array as dask_array
    from . import dask_array_compat
except ImportError:
    dask_array = None
    dask_array_compat = None

def _dask_or_eager_func(name, eager_module=np, dask_module=dask_array,
                        list_of_args=False, array_args=slice(1),
                        requires_dask=None):
    """Create a function that dispatches to dask for dask array inputs."""
    if dask_module is not None:
        def f(*args, **kwargs):
            if list_of_args:
                dispatch_args = args[0]
            else:
                dispatch_args = args[array_args]
            if any(isinstance(a, dask_array.Array) for a in dispatch_args):
                try:
                    wrapped = getattr(dask_module, name)
                except AttributeError as e:
                    raise AttributeError("%s: requires dask >=%s" %
                                         (e, requires_dask))
            else:
                wrapped = getattr(eager_module, name)
            return wrapped(*args, ** kwargs)
    else:
        def f(data, *args, **kwargs):
            return getattr(eager_module, name)(data, *args, **kwargs)
    return f

def fail_on_dask_array_input(values, msg=None, func_name=None):
    if isinstance(values, dask_array_type):
        if msg is None:
            msg = '%r is not yet a valid method on dask arrays'
        if func_name is None:
            func_name = inspect.stack()[1][3]
        raise NotImplementedError(msg % func_name)

around = _dask_or_eager_func('around')
isclose = _dask_or_eager_func('isclose')
notnull = _dask_or_eager_func('notnull', eager_module=pd)
_isnull = _dask_or_eager_func('isnull', eager_module=pd)

def isnull(data):
    # GH837, GH861
    # isnull fcn from pandas will throw TypeError when run on numpy structured
    # array therefore for dims that are np structured arrays we assume all
    # data is present
    try:
        return _isnull(data)
    except TypeError:
        return np.zeros(data.shape, dtype=bool)

transpose = _dask_or_eager_func('transpose')
_where = _dask_or_eager_func('where', array_args=slice(3))
isin = _dask_or_eager_func('isin', eager_module=npcompat,
                           dask_module=dask_array_compat, array_args=slice(2))
take = _dask_or_eager_func('take')
broadcast_to = _dask_or_eager_func('broadcast_to')

_concatenate = _dask_or_eager_func('concatenate', list_of_args=True)
_stack = _dask_or_eager_func('stack', list_of_args=True)

array_all = _dask_or_eager_func('all')
array_any = _dask_or_eager_func('any')

tensordot = _dask_or_eager_func('tensordot', array_args=slice(2))
einsum = _dask_or_eager_func('einsum', array_args=slice(1, None),
                             requires_dask='0.17.3')

masked_invalid = _dask_or_eager_func(
    'masked_invalid', eager_module=np.ma,
    dask_module=getattr(dask_array, 'ma', None))

def asarray(data):
    return data if isinstance(data, dask_array_type) else np.asarray(data)

def as_shared_dtype(scalars_or_arrays):
    """Cast a arrays to a shared dtype using xarray's type promotion rules."""
    arrays = [asarray(x) for x in scalars_or_arrays]
    # Pass arrays directly instead of dtypes to result_type so scalars
    # get handled properly.
    # Note that result_type() safely gets the dtype from dask arrays without
    # evaluating them.
    out_type = dtypes.result_type(*arrays)
    return [x.astype(out_type, copy=False) for x in arrays]

def as_like_arrays(*data):
    if all(isinstance(d, dask_array_type) for d in data):
        return data
    else:
        return tuple(np.asarray(d) for d in data)

def allclose_or_equiv(arr1, arr2, rtol=1e-5, atol=1e-8):
    """Like np.allclose, but also allows values to be NaN in both arrays
    """
    arr1, arr2 = as_like_arrays(arr1, arr2)
    if arr1.shape != arr2.shape:
        return False
    return bool(
        isclose(arr1, arr2, rtol=rtol, atol=atol, equal_nan=True).all())

def array_equiv(arr1, arr2):
    """Like np.array_equal, but also allows values to be NaN in both arrays
    """
    arr1, arr2 = as_like_arrays(arr1, arr2)
    if arr1.shape != arr2.shape:
        return False

    flag_array = (arr1 == arr2)
    flag_array |= (isnull(arr1) & isnull(arr2))

    return bool(flag_array.all())

def array_notnull_equiv(arr1, arr2):
    """Like np.array_equal, but also allows values to be NaN in either or both
    arrays
    """
    arr1, arr2 = as_like_arrays(arr1, arr2)
    if arr1.shape != arr2.shape:
        return False

    flag_array = (arr1 == arr2)
    flag_array |= isnull(arr1)
    flag_array |= isnull(arr2)

    return bool(flag_array.all())

def count(data, axis=None):
    """Count the number of non-NA in this array along the given axis or axes
    """
    return sum(~isnull(data), axis=axis)

def where(condition, x, y):
    """Three argument where() with better dtype promotion rules."""
    return _where(condition, *as_shared_dtype([x, y]))

def where_method(data, cond, other=dtypes.NA):
    if other is dtypes.NA:
        other = dtypes.get_fill_value(data.dtype)
    return where(cond, data, other)

def fillna(data, other):
    return where(isnull(data), other, data)

def concatenate(arrays, axis=0):
    """concatenate() with better dtype promotion rules."""
    return _concatenate(as_shared_dtype(arrays), axis=axis)

def stack(arrays, axis=0):
    """stack() with better dtype promotion rules."""
    return _stack(as_shared_dtype(arrays), axis=axis)

@contextlib.contextmanager
def _ignore_warnings_if(condition):
    if condition:
        with warnings.catch_warnings():
            warnings.simplefilter('ignore')
            yield
    else:
        yield

def _nansum_object(value, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """ In house nansum for object array """
    value = fillna(value, 0)
    return _dask_or_eager_func('sum')(value, axis=axis, **kwargs)

def _nan_minmax_object(func, get_fill_value, value, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """ In house nanmin and nanmax for object array """
    fill_value = get_fill_value(value.dtype)
    valid_count = count(value, axis=axis)
    filled_value = fillna(value, fill_value)
    data = _dask_or_eager_func(func)(filled_value, axis=axis, **kwargs)
    if not hasattr(data, 'dtype'):  # scalar case
        data = dtypes.fill_value(value.dtype) if valid_count == 0 else data
        return np.array(data, dtype=value.dtype)
    return where_method(data, valid_count != 0)

def _nan_argminmax_object(func, get_fill_value, value, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """ In house nanargmin, nanargmax for object arrays. Always return integer
    type """
    fill_value = get_fill_value(value.dtype)
    valid_count = count(value, axis=axis)
    value = fillna(value, fill_value)
    data = _dask_or_eager_func(func)(value, axis=axis, **kwargs)
    # dask seems return non-integer type
    if isinstance(value, dask_array_type):
        data = data.astype(int)

    if (valid_count == 0).any():
        raise ValueError('All-NaN slice encountered')

    return np.array(data, dtype=int)

def _nanmean_ddof_object(ddof, value, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """ In house nanmean. ddof argument will be used in _nanvar method """
    valid_count = count(value, axis=axis)
    value = fillna(value, 0)
    # As dtype inference is impossible for object dtype, we assume float
    # https://github.com/dask/dask/issues/3162
    dtype = kwargs.pop('dtype', None)
    if dtype is None and value.dtype.kind == 'O':
        dtype = value.dtype if value.dtype.kind in ['cf'] else float

    data = _dask_or_eager_func('sum')(value, axis=axis, dtype=dtype, **kwargs)
    data = data / (valid_count - ddof)
    return where_method(data, valid_count != 0)

def _nanvar_object(value, axis=None, **kwargs):
    ddof = kwargs.pop('ddof', 0)
    kwargs_mean = kwargs.copy()
    kwargs_mean.pop('keepdims', None)
    value_mean = _nanmean_ddof_object(ddof=0, value=value, axis=axis,
                                      keepdims=True, **kwargs_mean)
    squared = (value.astype(value_mean.dtype) - value_mean)**2
    return _nanmean_ddof_object(ddof, squared, axis=axis, **kwargs)

_nan_object_funcs = {
    'sum': _nansum_object,
    'min': partial(_nan_minmax_object, 'min', dtypes.get_pos_infinity),
    'max': partial(_nan_minmax_object, 'max', dtypes.get_neg_infinity),
    'argmin': partial(_nan_argminmax_object, 'argmin',
                      dtypes.get_pos_infinity),
    'argmax': partial(_nan_argminmax_object, 'argmax',
                      dtypes.get_neg_infinity),
    'mean': partial(_nanmean_ddof_object, 0),
    'var': _nanvar_object,
}

def _create_nan_agg_method(name, numeric_only=False, np_compat=False,
                           no_bottleneck=False, coerce_strings=False):
    def f(values, axis=None, skipna=None, **kwargs):
        if kwargs.pop('out', None) is not None:
            raise TypeError('`out` is not valid for {}'.format(name))

        # If dtype is supplied, we use numpy's method.
        dtype = kwargs.get('dtype', None)
        values = asarray(values)

        # dask requires dtype argument for object dtype
        if (values.dtype == 'object' and name in ['sum', ]):
            kwargs['dtype'] = values.dtype if dtype is None else dtype

        if coerce_strings and values.dtype.kind in 'SU':
            values = values.astype(object)

        if skipna or (skipna is None and values.dtype.kind in 'cfO'):
            if values.dtype.kind not in ['u', 'i', 'f', 'c']:
                func = _nan_object_funcs.get(name, None)
                using_numpy_nan_func = True
                if func is None or values.dtype.kind not in 'Ob':
                    raise NotImplementedError(
                        'skipna=True not yet implemented for %s with dtype %s'
                        % (name, values.dtype))
            else:
                nanname = 'nan' + name
                if (isinstance(axis, tuple) or not values.dtype.isnative or
                        no_bottleneck or (dtype is not None and
                                          np.dtype(dtype) != values.dtype)):
                    # bottleneck can't handle multiple axis arguments or
                    # non-native endianness
                    if np_compat:
                        eager_module = npcompat
                    else:
                        eager_module = np
                else:
                    kwargs.pop('dtype', None)
                    eager_module = bn
                func = _dask_or_eager_func(nanname, eager_module)
                using_numpy_nan_func = (eager_module is np or
                                        eager_module is npcompat)
        else:
            func = _dask_or_eager_func(name)
            using_numpy_nan_func = False
        with _ignore_warnings_if(using_numpy_nan_func):
            try:
                return func(values, axis=axis, **kwargs)
            except AttributeError:
                if isinstance(values, dask_array_type):
                    try:  # dask/dask#3133 dask sometimes needs dtype argument
                        return func(values, axis=axis, dtype=values.dtype,
                                    **kwargs)
                    except AttributeError:
                        msg = '%s is not yet implemented on dask arrays' % name
                else:
                    assert using_numpy_nan_func
                    msg = ('%s is not available with skipna=False with the '
                           'installed version of numpy; upgrade to numpy 1.12 '
                           'or newer to use skipna=True or skipna=None' % name)
                raise NotImplementedError(msg)
    f.numeric_only = numeric_only
    f.__name__ = name
    return f

argmax = _create_nan_agg_method('argmax', coerce_strings=True)
argmin = _create_nan_agg_method('argmin', coerce_strings=True)
max = _create_nan_agg_method('max', coerce_strings=True)
min = _create_nan_agg_method('min', coerce_strings=True)
sum = _create_nan_agg_method('sum', numeric_only=True)
mean = _create_nan_agg_method('mean', numeric_only=True)
std = _create_nan_agg_method('std', numeric_only=True)
var = _create_nan_agg_method('var', numeric_only=True)
median = _create_nan_agg_method('median', numeric_only=True)
prod = _create_nan_agg_method('prod', numeric_only=True, no_bottleneck=True)
cumprod_1d = _create_nan_agg_method(
    'cumprod', numeric_only=True, np_compat=True, no_bottleneck=True)
cumsum_1d = _create_nan_agg_method(
    'cumsum', numeric_only=True, np_compat=True, no_bottleneck=True)

def _nd_cum_func(cum_func, array, axis, **kwargs):
    array = asarray(array)
    if axis is None:
        axis = tuple(range(array.ndim))
    if isinstance(axis, int):
        axis = (axis,)

    out = array
    for ax in axis:
        out = cum_func(out, axis=ax, **kwargs)
    return out

def cumprod(array, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """N-dimensional version of cumprod."""
    return _nd_cum_func(cumprod_1d, array, axis, **kwargs)

def cumsum(array, axis=None, **kwargs):
    """N-dimensional version of cumsum."""
    return _nd_cum_func(cumsum_1d, array, axis, **kwargs)

_fail_on_dask_array_input_skipna = partial(
    fail_on_dask_array_input,
    msg='%r with skipna=True is not yet implemented on dask arrays')

def first(values, axis, skipna=None):
    """Return the first non-NA elements in this array along the given axis
    """
    if (skipna or skipna is None) and values.dtype.kind not in 'iSU':
        # only bother for dtypes that can hold NaN
        _fail_on_dask_array_input_skipna(values)
        return nanfirst(values, axis)
    return take(values, 0, axis=axis)

def last(values, axis, skipna=None):
    """Return the last non-NA elements in this array along the given axis
    """
    if (skipna or skipna is None) and values.dtype.kind not in 'iSU':
        # only bother for dtypes that can hold NaN
        _fail_on_dask_array_input_skipna(values)
        return nanlast(values, axis)
    return take(values, -1, axis=axis)

def rolling_window(array, axis, window, center, fill_value):
    """
    Make an ndarray with a rolling window of axis-th dimension.
    The rolling dimension will be placed at the last dimension.
    """
    if isinstance(array, dask_array_type):
        return dask_array_ops.rolling_window(
            array, axis, window, center, fill_value)
    else:  # np.ndarray
        return nputils.rolling_window(
            array, axis, window, center, fill_value)

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Do you want a list of the exhibitions in Paris? But also do you want to know all the best shops for shoes or jewels? And the restaurants? Will you get the ordinary ones or do you prefer special places full of charm and originality?
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This section highlights the key pieces of environmental legislation relevant to businesses:
lists of key current environmental legislation for Scotland and Northern Ireland. In most cases links are provided to full versions of the legislation on the Office for Public Sector Information (OPSI) website
information on key forthcoming environmental legislation including EU Directives, and consultations from the UK Government, Northern Ireland Assembly and Scottish Government
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The private rented sector continues to grow, with 4.5 million households and almost half of young people now renting their homes.
New figures for 2015/16 released in the English Housing Survey show 2.5 million more households are now privately renting in comparison with 2000, while the proportion of those doing so has doubled since the 1980s and 1990s.
Some 46 per cent of people aged between 25 and 34 were also found to be in the private rented sector, up from just 24 per cent in 2000. However, it is not only young people who are more likely to be renting, with the study also revealing the proportion of families with dependent children in the sector has risen from 30 per cent in 2005/06 to 36 per cent.
Allison Thompson, managing director at national estate agents Leaders, says: "The private rented sector continues to play a crucial role in the UK's housing market, providing millions of people with a home and, in most cases, a flexible and affordable way of living that suits their needs.
"It is often wrongly assumed that renters cannot afford to buy, but in fact our research shows many people find renting better meets their requirements, whether these revolve around work, proximity to a certain school or social reasons.
Renting a home can also be a realistic short-term solution for those looking to buy, with 172,000 households moving out of the private rented sector and into owner-occupied accommodation in the year in question.
For more information on letting or renting a property contact your local Leaders branch or visit leaders.co.uk.


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Vicente Pío Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo (n. 26 aprilie 1898 - d. 13 decembrie 1984) a fost un poet spaniol, membru al generației '27, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Literatură (în anul 1977).

Principalele caracteristici ale poeziilor sale suprarealiste sunt: folosirea metaforei stranii, cultivarea versului liber și subtilitatea tehnicii.

Motivația Juriului Nobel

"pentru opera sa  poetică creatoare, ce luminează condiția omului în Univers și în societatea actuală, reprezentând totodată o profundă înnoire a tradițiilor poeziei spaniole dintre cele două războaie ".

Viața
Vicente Aleixandre s-a născut la Sevilia la 26 aprilie 1898. Copilăria și-a petrecut-o însă la Málaga. La vârsta de unsprezece ani se stabilește, împreună cu părinții și cu sora sa,  la Madrid, unde are să locuiască aproape tot restul vieții. A urmat o școală comercială și Dreptul, după care a predat timp de doi ani lecții de legislație comercială. S-a angajat ca funcționar la o companie de căi ferate, dar sănătatea sa șubredă l-a obligat, în 1925 la orice activitate, în afară de cea literară, pe care nu o mărturisise nimănui. S-a retras doi ani la țară, unde își cunoaște "colegii de generație", între care Damasco Alonso. Acesta a avut o influență hotărâtoare asupra formației sale poetice . În această perioadă a prins contur prima sa carte de poeme Ambito, publicată în 1928 și a avut loc debutul său literar în "Revista de Occidente".

Opera
 1928: Incintă ("Ámbito");
 1932: Spade ca buzele ("Espadas como labios");
 1935: Distrugerea sau iubirea ("La destrucción o el amor");
 1944: Umbra paradisului ("Sombra del paraíso");
 1954: Istoria inimii ("Historia del corazón");
 1962: Într-un vast domeniu ("En un vasto dominio").

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Bibliografie
 Danțiș, Gabriela - Scriitori străini, Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică, București, 1981
 Valori eterne ale poeziei hispanice, Note biografice de Darie Novăceanu, Editura Minerva, 1991, BPT 1354, pag. 163

Nașteri în 1898
Decese în 1984
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The cost of attending board meetings should not create undue financial burden for any board member. Regional and national boards sometimes have a special challenge in this regard. At the same time, transferring the financial burden to your organization is not necessarily the best or easiest solution. These expenses add up very quickly, and they must be covered by your organization's budget.
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Paying spouses' expenses should be justified judiciously; under most cases, it is not appropriate. This reimbursement may turn into a compensation issue that must be reported in the Form 990.


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Thomas Jay Ryan est un acteur américain, né le  à Pittsburgh en Pennsylvanie.

Biographie

Filmographie

Cinéma

Télévision
 1998 : Degas and the Dancer : Edgar Degas
 1999 : Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist : Edgar Degas
 2013 : Elementary : Ken Whitman (1 épisode)
 2014 : Nurse Jackie (1 épisode)
 2016 : The Good Wife : Ed Janoway (1 épisode)
 2017 : Blue Bloods : Juge Carter Metcalf (1 épisode)

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Acteur américain
Naissance en août 1962
Naissance à Pittsburgh


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Sydney Pollack's alternative cinema for the old.
Director and producer Sydney Pollack died Monday at his Los Angeles home at age 73. Pollack, who referred to himself as "Mr. Mainstream," is best remembered for the 1982 comedy Tootsie and the 1985 romance Out of Africa, for which he won an Oscar. In a 2005 "Middlebrow" column, Bryan Curtis dissected Pollack's ability to "take any scenario—from the ridiculous to the horrific, from Streep to strife—and mold it into benign mush." The article is reprinted below.
Sydney Pollack's The Interpreter begins in Africa about seven decades after the director last left us there, with Meryl Streep holding a bullwhip. That picture was called Out of Africa, and it also contained the unnerving sight of Robert Redford participating in a world war. In The Interpreter, Pollack lets the continent off easy: It's merely being ravaged by a genocidal lunatic. Whether this represents a leap forward in artistry is debatable, but it does point out Pollack's great talent. He can take any scenario—from the ridiculous to the horrific, from Streep to strife—and mold it into benign mush. This is the source of Pollack's enduring popularity and why some of us find his recent pictures so maddening.
Pollack was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1934—raised around a "suspiciousness of sophistication," he says, by a father who wanted him to become a dentist. He lit out for New York, where he fell in with Methodstudents at the Neighborhood Playhouse; then he studied at the knee of John Frankenheimer and began directing for TV. Before he was 35, Pollack had helmed episodes of Ben Casey, The Fugitive,and the Bob Hope Chrysler Theater (where he directed Claude Rains' final performance). He jumped ship for the movies in 1965, and a year later the journalist Peter Bart quoted Pollack deriding the "horizontal" storytelling favored by American directors and offering paeans to Fellini and Truffaut. But by then it was too late. Pollack's rough edges had been shorn off by television. He had become a dedicated middlebrow artist, suspicious of sophistication and concerned with nothing so much as being an entertainer.
What moves Pollack? Well, for one, stars. Pollack's casts bulge with big-timers whose personalities often stand in for character and motivation. Witness his 1993 film The Firm, which accommodates Tom Cruise,Holly Hunter,Ed Harris,David Strathairn,Gary Busey, and Paul Sorvino by more or less asking them to play themselves. For the heavies, Pollack recruited Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook,and Wilford Brimley—enough superannuated horsepower to shoot another Cocoon sequel. Pollack's title cards often sag so heavy with stars that the films themselves seem to melt away. All that remains of 1973's soapy The Way We Were is its marquee: "Redford and Streisand." The same goes for Out of Africa ("Redford and Streep") and The Electric Horseman ("Redford and Fonda"). One of the reasons Pollack's films feel so reassuring is that they pander to our basest moviegoing instinct: "Well, if it's a turkey, at least it's got…" That this is also the base instinct of studio executives explains a bit about why Pollack is a Hollywood treasure.
It's often suggested that Pollack has an unrivaled knack for wringing great performances out of his actors. On the set of Tootsie, his best film, he butted heads with Dustin Hoffman, and the battles lent Hoffman's performance an electricity, a great unease. (And for once Pollack juggled the embarrassment of talent, with bit parts for Terri Garr, Bill Murray, Charles Durning, and Pollack himself.) Pollack's later work rarely betrays the notion that his leading men have been given any direction at all. How else to account for Redford's All-American gauziness in Out of Africa—he "looks as if he'd been blow-dried away," quipped Pauline Kael—or Ford's low-decibel mumbling in Sabrina? As Pollack has retreated as a director, he seems to bring out the very worst in Redford and Ford and Cruise. They revert to their virgin states: elusive, grinning blanks.
Even committed multilateralists might find this a little tough to swallow, but I think I see what Pollack is up to. The high-end stars, the soupy thrillers, the multinational institutions—Pollack, who is about to turn 71, is creating an alternative cinema for the old. (A not-unreasonable strategy, given the demographics at the screening I attended for The Interpreter.) In that most major directors set out to honor their audiences' inner 13-year-olds, it may well be the most revolutionary thing Sydney Pollack has ever done.


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Padmavati Passed By CBFC With U/A Certification But With Clauses
By FabNewz Team
in : Bollywood News, Entertainment
Padmavati, much-involved in controversy as it has been, has finally received certification from the Central Board of Film Certification with a U/A Certification.Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus film has been under public scrutiny and religious groups ever since it was announced.From vandalising of movie sets, to assaulting the filmmaker to openly giving out death threats to Deepika Padukone, the movie …
Mumlayam Singh Yadav's Daughter-In-Law Enters Into Trouble For Dancing On Ghoomar From Movie Padmavati
in : Entertainment, Politics
Padmavati by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is not yet released but the controversy of the movie takes a new step every day. After threats by various people to Bhansali and Deepika, now Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law Aparna Yadav is also a part of the trouble as she was seen dancing on Deepika Padukone's 'Ghoomar'. The video of her dance has gone …
Deepika Remembers Her Best Scenes Of Padmavati
Deepika Padukone, the leading Bollywood diva who is a part of controversy nowadays was somehow disheartened as the movie Padmavati did not release on December 1. She has worked quite hard for the movie and was very excited to see how public react to her acting skills. Same were the things another side. It was actually the day when Deepika's …
NOT RANVEER, This Actor Was The FIRST CHOICE To Play Padmavati's Khilji
in : Bollywood News
While everyone congratulatedRanveer Singhfor completing a hat-trick withSanjay Leela Bhansaliin Padmavati, little did everyone know that it wouldn't have been possible had it not been for a certain gentleman. SpotboyE.com has learnt that Ranveer Singh was not the first choice to play the role of Khilji in the controversial movie. Ajay Devgn Was The First Choice For The Role Of …
Padmavati row growing stronger, more states join in the protest
More CMs join anti-Bhansali chorus and express angst against film. The controversy around Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmavati is reaching 'epic' proportions. After the recent threats to maim and kill filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and his lead actor Deepika Padukone for standing up to Rajput opposition to the film, now individual state governments are expressing their angst against the …
Ranveer-Deepika Fight? 3D Launch Of Padmavati Trailer Causes Trouble?
Ever since the signs showed up that Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone were romantically involved, they have been goals for a relationship for many couples. Although they never publicly acknowledged the relationship, everyone has been pretty sure about it. But there seems to have arisen a trouble in the perfect paradise. The 3d-trailer for Padmavati was launched on Monday and …
Shocking new details: Not Padmavati, man murdered at Nahargarh Fort to turn Hindus against Muslims
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A man's body was found hanging off the parapet of the Nahargarh Fort in Jaipur this morning. Chetan Kumar Saini was 40 years old.Initially dubbed a suicide, the picture is clearer now. It's a murder. Initial reports have been quick to pin this on the ongoing anti-Padmavati film protests in the state of Rajasthan and elsewhere. Because the word Padmavati …
SC Warns Netas To Not Pass Any Comment On Padmavati
TheSupreme Courthas asked ministers and chief ministers to not commenton "Padmavati"before theCentral Board of Film Certification(CBFC) has cleared the controversy-hit Bollywood movie. As many states have banned this film, the court said the film was being anticipated and the actions of those in office could bias the minds of CBFC members and pulled up the petitioner for filing a frivolous …
Padmavati: Trailer Release Gives Glimpses Of Khilji, Rani Padmavati, And Rawal Ratan Singh
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What is grand, majestic, evil, and trending on Twitter? The trailer for Padmavati has been released and is already making the headlines. Just like Sanjay Leela Bhansali's last few movies, the trailer of Padmavati promises a visual grandeur. Released on Monday, the three-minute trailer features vibrant colors of the Rajputana women's skirts to the dark ashy grey colors of Alauddin …
Padmavati Set Burnt in Kolhapur: Another Attack from Cast Based Faction?
It seems there is no reassurance for Padmavati and the director Sanjay Leela Bansali! The movie is going through a very tough time since the announcement of it. According to the recent news after the fateful event of the attack on the director Sanjay Leela Bansali in Jodhpur at the time of shooting, now the set has been targeted and …
Ranveer Singh's Character in Padmavati is Gay?
in : Gossips
Another revelation after the controversial attack on director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus Padmavati! There was a reason according to the attackers Shri Rajput Karni Sena in Jaipur as they believed the story had been changed and the historical events have been marred. Now as per the movie, Bhansali's portrayal of the QueenPadminiof Chittor during the 13th century and Delhi …
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone Shut Down Break-up Rumours with most Surprising Gesture
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in : Entertainment, Gossips
Ah the world will be in bliss once again with the news am going to introduce! Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, Bollywood's most talked about couple has surprised the gossip mongers once again when they came out of an event together, hand in hand. There was a strong rumor in B-town that the couple has split and there are numerous …
Shahid Kapoor Threatens Ranveer Singh to Stay in Limits or else He will Leave Padmavati
Padmavati, the moment the movie came into news as the upcoming project of Sanjay Leela Bhansali it si showing no sign to stay away from controversy. From the casting turmoil to the budget issue the movie has seen all. Now the latest buzz has shocked all that Shahid Kapoor who will be playing Ratansen has threaten the director Sanjay Leela …
Deepika and Shahid to Shoot Intimate Scene and Aditi Rao will be Ranveer's wife in Padmavati!
A lot of scoops in just one news! Yes, the shooting of Padmavati is on the full roll and according to the latest updates, Aditi Rao will be playing Kamala Devi, Alauddin Khalji's wife and the character of ruthless ruler Khilji is played by Ranveer. This is quite a big revelation in Padmavati's progress. But to raise the hit of the …
Ranveer Singh's Look in Padmavati is Leaked!
We have recently witnessed yet another outstanding look of Ranveer Singh for the film Padmavati.Now it appears like his traditional look has been leaked in the social media. After all, everyone has seen him growing his beard for this very film. And much to excite the fans, a picture of Ranveer has appeared on Twitter, where he iswearing a turban. …
Deepika, Ranveer and Shahid's Padmavati is Postponed to Release in December 2018
Every other day, Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, 'Padmavati' is in the news. And now, rumours say that the film is scheduled to be released in December 2018 instead of 2017. Though a chunk of dates has been given to the eminent director by the three superstars; Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor. But Bhansali wants his films in a more detailed perfection. On the …
Deepika Padukone is Hollywood's Next Generation, and India's Highest paid Actress
A few months ago, a 'willowy brunette' was seen dining with tennis star Novak Djokovic, and while the paparazzi was quick to recognise the tennis star, no one in the US could identify the beauty accompanying him, not right away at least. Well, gone are those days when Deepika Padukone was not a household name among movie fans in the West. …
Is Deepika Demanding More Money For 'Padmavati' ?
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Bollywood's sunshine Deepika Padukone is currently the current box office eye-candy as her recent released movies have done a superb business and performing stupendously well. All positive in her cards, the B-Town beauty, has apparently upgraded her fee specifically hiking her payment in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's next dream project "Padmavati". Taking into consideration Deepika's rivals Priyanka, Kangana, etc. have been …
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I will be visiting my alma mater in Annapolis next week!
I cannot wait to attend Mass in that BIG, BEAUTIFUL Chapel when I am there.
Get a life and leave us alone
Response from MRFF Advisory Board Member Joan Slish
Dear (name withheld)
It's wonderful that you will be visiting your Alma Mater and attending Mass in the Chapel. We have no problem with that and if anyone tells you that we are trying to take Christianity out of the military, they are wrong. According to our Constitution, Supreme Court rulings and military law there is a time, place and manner to worship and pray.
What we do have a problem with is forcing all of the football players to pray in the locker room – regardless of their religion.
Coach Monken asked his assistant to lead the team in prayer. He told the players to kneel, touch somebody and a Christian prayer was said.
Mikey received complaints from 44 graduates, 40 staff members and 6 football players on this unlawful act at the academy.
The full video of this was taken down and an extremely edited version was put up – minus the assistant telling everyone to kneel for prayer.
Our military is secular and the academy is a public school paid for with taxpayer money and must obey our laws.
As defenders of the Constitution we fight for the separation of church and state.
"…but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." (Article I, III)
This means that from the President to Congress to the military – no one's job is based on their religion.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion (Establishment Clause), or prohibiting the free exercise thereof (Free Exercise Clause)."(First Amendment)
The Establishment Clause means that you cannot favor one religion over another even though it is in the majority. This clause respects the rights of all religions. Our military is secular and there are people of other faiths that don the uniform that love this country.
The Free Exercise Clause (which is subservient to the Establishment Clause) means that our soldiers are free to exercise any religion they want or no religion at all but cannot elevate one God above others.
"Because religious belief, or non-belief, is such an important part of every person's life, freedom of religion affects every individual. Religious institutions that use government power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine all our civil rights. Moreover, state support of an established religion tends to make the clergy unresponsive to their own people, and leads to corruption within religion itself. Erecting the "wall of separation between church and state," therefore, is absolutely essential in a free society." Thomas Jefferson, to the Virginia Baptists (1808) ME 16:320.
This is his second known use of the term "wall of separation," here quoting his own use in the Danbury Baptist letter.
This wording of the original was several times upheld by the Supreme Court as an accurate description of the Establishment Clause.
"Jefferson's concept of "separation of church and state" first became a part of Establishment Clause jurisprudence in Reynolds v. U.S., 98 U.S. 145 (1878). In that case, the court examined the history of religious liberty in the US, determining that while the constitution guarantees religious freedom, "The word 'religion' is not defined in the Constitution. We must go elsewhere, therefore, to ascertain its meaning and nowhere more appropriately, we think, than to the history of the times in the midst of which the provision was adopted." The court found that the leaders in advocating and formulating the constitutional guarantee of religious liberty were James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. Quoting the "separation" paragraph from Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists, the court concluded that, "coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.
In 1878 "separation of church and state" became part of the Establishment Clause by law.
The Supreme Court heard the Lemon v. Kurtzman case in 1971 and ruled in favor of the Establishment Clause.
Subsequent to this decision the Supreme Court has applied a three-pronged test to determine whether government action comports with the Establishment Clause, known as the Lemon Test:
Government action violates the Establishment Clause unless it:
1. has a significant secular (i.e., non-religious) purpose,
2. does not have the primary effect of advancing or inhibiting religion
3. does not foster excessive entanglement between government and religion
Parker v. Levy:
"This Court has long recognized that the military is, by necessity, a specialized society separate from civilian society… While the members of the military are not excluded from the protection granted by the First Amendment, the different character of the military community and of the military mission requires a different application of those protections. … The fundamental necessity for obedience, and the consequent necessity for imposition of discipline, may render permissible within the military that which would be constitutionally impermissible outside it… Speechthat is protected in the civil population may nonetheless undermine the effectiveness of response to command. If it does, it is constitutionally unprotected." Parker v. Levy, 417 U.S. 733, 1974
The mandatory prayer violates the Separation of Church and State under the First Amendment, Lemon v. Kurtzman, the Lemon Test and Parker v. Levy.
The media and Christian writers fail to mention and ignore these laws – when they are fully aware of them – to speak only of the First Amendment.
In 2005, Major Chaplain James Linzey said on a video ""Remember, the demons believe in Jesus Christ. They believe in the truth — see that's Jesus Christ — and they tremble… They are as scared as little tiny mice running up and down the curtains in the cathedrals. Now, they're in the cathedrals. They're in the churches. They're controlling pulpits. That's how mainstream Protestantism has declined. Because they invaded the churches, and the mainstream Protestant churches stopped hearing the truth. So they want to squelch the truth by taking over the church. Now, this is not in my notes, but I was inspired by God because these are demonic, dastardly creatures from the pit of hell, and we need to stomp them out."
Mainline Christians including Catholics, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Methodist, etc. should be stomped out in favor of the Dominionist sect of Christianity (which has hijacked our military all the way to the Pentagon).
If any football player failed to take part in this mandatory prayer, they would have been outed for retaliation.
You are not privy to the emails Mikey has received over the years from the mainline Christians and others who have been told they are not the "right kind of Christian" or not "Christian enough," harassed, beaten, given poor performance ratings, advancements withheld and some being forced out of the military on trumped up charges, all because they would not give up their faith and become a Dominionist Christian.
We fight for the rights of these Christians more than any other but it never makes the news.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said "We do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment."
In other words, the majority doesn't rule over the minority where First Amendment rights are concerned.
She also said "The Establishment Clause prohibits government from making adherence to a religion relevant in any way to a person's standing in the political community. Government can run afoul of that prohibition in two principal ways. One is excessive entanglement with religious institutions, which may interfere with the independence of the institutions, give the institutions access to government or governmental powers not fully shared by nonadherents of the religion, and foster the creation of political constituencies defined along religious lines. The second and more direct infringement is government endorsement or disapproval of religion. Endorsement sends a message to nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community. Disapproval sends the opposite message."
Her statement makes clear that one religion is not to be favored over another or some will feel like insiders while others will not feel accepted.
We are neither an atheist organization nor are we anti-Christian. Mikey is Jewish (and prays to the same Father we do 3 times a day) and 80% of the Board, Advisory Board, volunteers and supporters (300 in total) of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) are Christians. In fact, 96% of our 47,300 soldier clients are Christians – Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodist, Lutherans, Baptists, Evangelicals, etc.
Check out our mission statement to get to know us better:
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/our-mission/
Check out the honorable and distinguished military personnel whom we rely on for their expertise in religious neutrality in the military:
https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/foundation-voices/
Enjoy your time visiting Annapolis and worshiping in the Chapel.
Joan Slish
MRFF Advisory Board Member
We hope you enjoy your visit to your alma mater and we certainly trust your word that you'll enjoy Mass in the big beautiful chapel. Why would you think such an idea would trouble anyone here at the MRFF?
Since you follow your declaration with an admonition to "leave us alone," it appears that you are under the impression that we have a problem with your attendance at Mass in your chapel. Nothing could be further from the truth. That's what the chapel is for, isn't it? And attendance at a Mass held in the chapel certainly falls within the correct time, place and manner for religious expression that the law and military regulations protect.
You see, the only problem we'd have with the situation you describe is if the women and men in the military were required by those who have authority over them to attend Mass in your big, beautiful chapel in spite of their having a different religion, faith or belief system. That would create a problem, as I'm sure you, as a graduate of Annapolis, understand.
So worry not. But it might help if you took the trouble to understand things a bit more clearly.


Action cams capture the action right at the very forefront, while helmet cams protect motorcyclists and cyclists whilst on the road. What if you combined the two into a small and neat product that everyone could wear, all of the time; regardless of it they are skiing down Mount Everest or cycling along a dodgy road. That is the idea behind the iON SnapCam LE, so we popped one on and took a wander.
By far smallest and lightest HD camera we've ever tested, the SnapCam LE is iON's latest and most feature-packed action/non-action cam. Designed to be worn on your person by way of the included clip (a tripod clip is also included, letting you set it up on a clamp or grip) you can discreetly record your day as you go about your business – all in HD.
The SnapCam LE features no screen and just two top-side buttons. Apart from that the only only physical features are the Micro USB charging port on the side, along with the rubber seal to insert a MicroSD card of up to 32GB in capacity. The highest recording resolution is 1080p at 30 framers per second, so we went for a walk.
We were very impressed with it, and although we cut them out of the footage for privacy reasons, all the people we passed had no idea that we were wearing a video camera; so small and discreet that it is. The drone section of the clip shows that even when the SnapCam is spun around and tossed through the air on a (badly piloted) quadcopter, it still recorded very well, handling the low late-winter sun very well.
Live-streaming is available via WiFi and Bluetooth to your phone or tablet, making the Snap Cam LE even more versatile. From lining up the shot (which we did to make sure the rotors of the chopper weren't in the way of the lens) to using it like a short-range spy cam, there's lots you can do with a HD camera that is this small.
We really love this thing and think it is a big step forward in both the action cam fields, and also in the realm of personal protection. Sure, everyone constantly wearing their own video camera is a bit Big Brother-y, but if it helps to keep vulnerable people safe, we're right behind it.


The University, in partnership with Chevening, is delighted to offer this generous scholarship to students from PR China who are studying a one year master's programme.
Students who are planning to study a master's programme.
The scholarship is open to all subjects offered as a one-year taught master's programme.


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US-China: A Shared Vision of Global Economic Partnership
The Honorable Penny Pritzker, Secretary, United States Department of Commerce; The Honorable Michael Froman, United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President; His Excellency Wang Yang, Vice Premier, State Council, People's Republic of China
Wednesday 12/17/14 Event: 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Video of US-China: A Shared Vision of Global Economic Partnership
Event summary by Richard C. Longworth
In a unique program cohosted by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and World Business Chicago, top trade negotiators for the United States and China pulled back the diplomatic curtain Wednesday just far enough to give Chicagoans a glimpse of the promise and potential roadblocks in economic relations between the world's two biggest economies.
Both sides assured the Chicago audience that relation between the two giants are based on "mutual interest and mutual respect." But US Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker warned the Chinese that the massive US investment in China won't necessarily continue, especially if China doesn't meet American concerns over "sanctity of contracts, transparency, rule of law, intellectual property protection and other issues."
These concerns, Pritzker said, "are beginning to take their toll."
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang assured Pritzker that China knows it has thrived in a world trading system led by the US and based on mutual trade laws, and has no intention of rocking that boat.
"We accept these rules," Wang said. "We have neither the ability nor the intent to challenge the United States."
This was the public face to a day of private negotiations under the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade, or JCCT. The JCCT has been held annually for 25 years, almost always in Washington or Beijing: this was only the second time it has been held outside the capitals and the first time in Chicago, which Chicago Council President Ivo Daalder called "evidence of this city's position at the nexus of trade."
For the first time, the government negotiators are meeting not just with each other but with private business leaders from the two countries, an innovation which Wang credited to Pritzker and to Michael Froman, the US Trade Representative. The three leaders and Daalder shared the stage before 500 Chicagoans in a program cohosted with World Business Chicago.
Pritzker's comments were the most pointed, and almost seemed to put Wang on the defensive.
"Foreign companies need to know they are on equal footing with domestic companies if governments hope to attract their capital," she said. She noted that the "unabashed rash to invest in China" over the past 25 year has slowed recently to a four-year low. One reason, she said, is the concern of US companies over Chinese government policy. She reminded Wang that China's economic growth, fueled by foreign investment, has lifted 600 million persons there out of poverty.
"None of us can rest on our laurels," she said.
Wang granted that "many of our American friends have questions as China has become stronger," but insisted that China's policies are based on "equal protection of the law" and "equal protection for the rights of Chinese and foreign companies."
Wang said China's economy is indeed changing, with more attention to the environment, more advanced technology, a move away from "backward manufacturing" and hence a need for new foreign technology.
The two nations are nearing agreement on a Bilateral Investment Treaty, or BIT, which would provide important protection for investors against discrimination and arbitrary treatment. The BIT, as envisaged, could open major areas of the Chinese economy, including financial services and health care, to U.S. investment. But China is now drawing up the so-called "negative list" of areas that will still be off limits.
Apart from this "negative list," Wang said, "the door is open wider. But he gave no hint what the list will include.
A greater immediate concern of US businesses is the Chinese anti-monopoly law, passed in 2008 and seen then as a major step toward bringing China into line with international anti-trust legislation. But more recently, American businesses have complained that China may be using it as a protectionist weapon against US investment.
Daalder asked Wang if the Chinese investment environment is "tightening," and Wang said it isn't.
China is "strengthening its anti-monopoly supervision," he said, but insisted that only ten percent of the anti-monopoly cases since the law was passed involved foreign companies.
"China is more integrated with the world now," he said, "so we have no reason not to open up."
Chicago political and business leaders took advantage of the JCCT to show the Chinese visitors the city and to push for more Chinese investment. Froman said that fifty Chinese-owned companies now invest in Chicago, but this is small compared to investment in China by US firms, including Chicago ones.
But at the same time, a Chinese property developer announced it would built Chicago's third-highest skyscraper, an 88-story building housing a five-star hotel and condos, to be designed by Jeanne Gang, Chicago's new star architect. The two developers of the lakefront building are Wanda Group, controlled by China's richest man, Wang Jianlin, and the Chicago-based Magellan Development Group. The building is to cost $900 million, with ground-breaking in 2016.
Richard C. Longworth is a distinguished fellow at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Read more of his program summaries and recent publications or follow his blog.
Issues: Global Economy. Regions: Asia.
The Honorable Penny Pritzker
@CommerceGov
Secretary, United States Department of Commerce
The Honorable Penny Pritzker was sworn in as the United States secretary of commerce on June 26, 2013. As the country's chief commercial advocate, Secretary Pritzker works closely with the business community to expand economic growth through trade, investment and innovation. She previously served as CEO of PSP Capital Partners, and the Pritzker Realty Group.
The Honorable Michael Froman
@MikeFroman
United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President
The Honorable Michael Froman was sworn in as the United States Trade Representative on June 21, 2013. He is President Obama's principal advisor, negotiator and spokesperson on international trade and investment issues. He previously served as assistant to the President and deputy national security advisor for international economic affairs.
His Excellency Wang Yang
Vice Premier, State Council, People's Republic of China
His Excellency Wang Yang was appointed as vice premier of the state council of the People's Republic of China at the 2013 National People's Congress. His portfolio covers agriculture, commerce, poverty reduction, tourism, and water resource management. Previously, he served as Communist party secretary in Chongqing Municipality and Guangdong Province.
3:00 p.m. Registration and security check-in
4:05 p.m. Presentation and discussion
5:00 p.m. Adjournment
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