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Profiles of the Team – Part 4
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Kathy Ruemmler: Chief WH Counsel
First person to inform PBO of the SCOTUS ruling of PPACA
She's famous for her role as a lead prosecutrix in the Enron fraud case — and for her fabulous footwear.We'll start with the boring stuff: Ruemmler's credentials. She has had a remarkable legal career, moving seamlessly between private practice and the public sector. Before joining the White House counsel's office, she served as principal associate deputy attorney general at the Justice Department. Prior to that, she was a litigation partner at Latham & Watkins, as well as an assistant U.S. attorney in D.C.This is not Ruemmler's first tour of duty at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. She also served in the White House counsel's office under President Bill Clinton, a busy time for White House lawyers. In addition to her legal skills, Kathy Ruemmler has a sparkling personality. As a former Latham colleague told ATL when she left for the DOJ, "She's a really good lawyer, and a genuinely nice person. We're very sorry to lose her.
Gorelick said Ruemmler brings several strengths to the post, namely that she already knows the "traditions and values" of the administration as well as the people there. In addition, Gorelick said, Ruemmler is someone who "can be forceful when she needs to." Indeed, Ruemmler made a lasting impression with her closing remarks in the Enron trial: "Those … were … flat … lies!"
Kathleen Sebelius: HHS Secretary
"When we talk about health care, we always keep in mind that we are not just talking about saving money or increasing efficiency. We are also talking about providing a higher quality of life. When people are healthy, they miss fewer days of work and get more done. They spend more time at home and less time in doctors' offices. They can take care of their grandkids. They can play softball…They can get a good night of sleep."
Since taking office, Secretary Sebelius has been a leader on some of the Obama administration's top priorities. As the country's highest-ranking health official, she played a key role in the passage of the historic Affordable Care Act and is now leading its implementation. She also coordinated the response to the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. And under her leadership, HHS has provided a wide range of services from health care to child care to energy assistance to help families weather the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Mike Froman: USTR
He is a close adviser to the president. As Obama's deputy national security adviser, Froman's caseload includes, among other items, trade, energy development and international investment. His position has been tested at the G8 and G20 summits, where he serves the president's No. 2 during those events. Froman and Obama go further back, though. When Obama decided to run for the Senate in 2004, Froman served as a policy adviser and introduced him to former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin who Froman served in the Clinton administration.. After Obama won the presidency, Froman served on a 12-member advisory board for his transition team. He also graduated the same year as the president from Harvard Law School.
Penny Pritzker: Commerce secretary
She's a longtime supporter of the president. Pritzker, 54, first met President Obama and his wife, Michelle, at a Chicago YMCA in the early 1990s while her children were playing basketball and Michelle Obama's brother, Craig Robinson, was coaching. Since then, she has been an important supporter and has helped raise millions of dollars for his political campaigns since he ran for the Senate in 2004. During Obama's 2008 White House run, Pritzker served as the national chairwoman of his campaign finance team, which shattered fundraising records.
"She's built companies from the ground up," Obama said. "She knows from experience that no government program alone can take the place of a great entrepreneur." He noted that Thursday is her birthday, saying: "For your birthday present, you get to go through confirmation." That prompted laughter. "It's going to be great." Obama also said he had "watched her kids grow up." "This is what's unique about Penny, her friendship with the President gives her a unique ability as part of the economic team," said Bill Daley, a Commerce Secretary under Bill Clinton and a White House chief of staff to Obama. "She'll really be in the room as they're talking through policy, whether it's around the debt or around the budget or a tax bill if there is one. Because of that unique relationship that puts her in a different category than a lot of people who go into the cabinet."
Arne Duncan: Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan is the ninth U.S. secretary of education. He has served in this post since his confirmation by the U.S. Senate on Jan. 20, 2009, following his nomination by President Barack Obama. Duncan's tenure as secretary has been marked by a number of significant accomplishments on behalf of American students and teachers. He helped to secure congressional support for President Obama's investments in education, including the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's $100 billion to fund 325,000 teaching jobs, increases in Pell grants, reform efforts such as Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation, and interventions in low-performing schools. Additionally, he has helped secure an additional $10 billion to avoid teacher layoffs; the elimination of student loan subsidies to banks; and a $500 million national competition for early learning programs.
In his confirmation hearings, Duncan called education "the most pressing issue facing America," adding that "preparing young people for success in life is not just a moral obligation of society" but also an "economic imperative." "Education is also the civil rights issue of our generation," he said, "the only sure path out of poverty and the only way to achieve a more equal and just society." Duncan expressed his commitment to work under the leadership of President Obama and with all those involved in education "to enhance education in America, to lift our children and families out of poverty, to help our students learn to contribute to the civility of our great American democracy, and to strengthen our economy by producing a workforce that can make us as competitive as possible."
Tom Vilsack: Secretary of Agriculture
Tom Vilsack serves as the nation's 30th Secretary of the Agriculture. As leader of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Vilsack is working hard to strengthen the American agricultural economy, build vibrant rural communities and create new markets for the tremendous innovation of rural America. In four years at the Department, Vilsack has worked to implement President Obama's agenda to put Americans back to work and create an economy built to last. USDA has supported America's farmers, ranchers and growers who are driving the rural economy forward, provided food assistance to millions of Americans, carried out record conservation efforts, made record investments in our rural communities and helped provide a safe, sufficient and nutritious food supply for the American people.
Secretary Vilsack has served in the public sector at nearly every level of government, beginning as mayor of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa in 1987, and then as state senator in 1992. In 1998, he was the first Democrat elected Governor of Iowa in more than 30 years, an office he held for two terms. As Secretary of Agriculture, Vilsack has been candid and direct about the challenges and opportunities facing USDA, and the importance of fulfilling the vast missions of the Department as a champion of rural America, a steward of the environment and a protector of our food supply. Already, Agriculture Secretary, he has helped to implement the Recovery Act to create thousands of jobs, instituted reforms at USDA that will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and met with foreign governments to begin to establish food security across the globe. Vilsack has also made civil rights a top priority, taking definitive action to improve the Department's record and to move USDA into a new era as a model employer and premier service provider.
Previous profiles:
Part 1 * Part 2 * Part 3
168 Responses to "Profiles of the Team – Part 4"
Dear @MomsDemand urge restoring 'well regulated' to the 2nd A. Establish Mandatory Liability Insurance for ALL gun makers, sellers, & users.
— Bobfr (@Our4thEstate) May 20, 2013
Congrats Bob!
Can't thank you enough LP for providing an informative synopsis of various members of President Obama's team. Very helpful!!!
#FORWARD FOCUSED
4 lovelyplains
TY Bobfr…..sometimes I think the MSM lives in an alternate universe….I just like to do a little counter-programming, when given the opportunity!
5 utaustinliberal
Chiparoo? Niiiiiiiiiiiice changes/updates to TOD.
6 Chipsticks
Ha, you spotted me playing? 😆 Just noticed a whole bunch of WordPress widgety things I never used before, I hope this experimenting doesn't result in the blog blowing up!!!
Love the @barackobama scrolling tweets, Chips 🙂
Ah, good Bob! Still playing around with settings – my only worry is thay they'll make the blog even slower to load for some people??
Thank you LP, LOVE this series!
10 lovelyplains
GA Chips, Thanks for adding the other profiles at the end of the thread….sent you a DM
11 amk for obama
Excellent daughter news just now. Stood all India 71stin PG entrance exam for the India's top govt medical college by scoring 98.85%. Will surely get a PG medical seat in this highly affordable and top notch institute. This is the college she has been wanting all along. Now keeping fingers and toes crossed for getting the branch she wants. 😀 😀 😀
12 Chipsticks
Magnificent news Amk, she's just amazing – fingers, toes and all other bits firmly crossed! Congratulations to the Amk family!
Thanks Chips. 71st out of some 25,000 contenders. All her hard work has paid off.
14 canadabarb4obama
amazing, AMK….so happy for you and your family
Thanks canadabarb.
Good luck to your daughter, Amk.
Please extend my congratulations to her, amk!!!!
I will, Bob. Thanks.
20 57andfemale
Oh my God.. Congratulations to you and your daughter!
Thanks 57f. 🙂
22 RanMan (@ranman09)
Congrats amk to your daughter and the rest of the family. I know you are so proud of her. Be sure and tell her the TOD family sends Congrats and best wishes from all over the world. 😀 😀
Thanks RanMan. Yes, we are mighty proud of her.
WOW, most impressive!! Big celebration is in order!!
Thanks meta. Yup, we will celebrate big when her allotted branch is know next month.
26 Alycee (@jazziz2)
OUTSTANDING! Congrats to daughter and all of the family!
Thanks Alycee. What, no jokes for me? 🙂
28 sherijr
Wow amk, that is completely outstanding.. huge Congratulations to your Excellent daughter.. and to you dad & mom ~ well done 🙂
Thank you, sheri. mom & dad are quite relieved.
30 jackiegrumbacher
Great news, amk. She must be a very smart and capable young women.
Thank you jackie. Yes, she is and always has been. 🙂
Congrats AMK!! You must be so proud….I will celebrate vicariously w/ a brew this evening. Bravo!!!
Thanks LP. Have one on me.
34 sjterrid
Congratulations to you and your family! You must be very proud of her! I hope and pray she gets to work for the branch that she wants to.
Thank you sjt. I am also hoping she gets the branch she wants.
Amk, what beautiful and wonderful news. You and your family must be in a beautiful celebratory mood today. Your daughter has to be a joy in your life. Congraluations to her and to you and the Mrs. Amk. So happy for her, indeed. The young people are making us proud all over this world. Go on wonderful father, smile and celebrate. Best of hopes for her now and in her future.HZ
Thank you so much, Hz. We are 'severely' pleased that all her hard work has finally paid off. 🙂
38 utaustinliberal
Who had the "Worst Week Ever?" Not Pres. Obama. He's sitting and smiling at a 53% approval rating. pic.twitter.com/z1TMXr9YCf
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) May 20, 2013
39 vcprezofan2
Thanks, LP. I really like this personal introduction to the O movers and shakers, even if I can't remember them all. Speaking of teams, you guys know who popped into my head today? Proud Former White House Intern – Hi PFWHI!
Outstanding roundup of profiles, Chips! People need to be aware of the folks at top who serve the President and the country. This is great!
*Cough* *Cough *Cough* Dudette!
I was way too busy playing with widgets to do a new post, hats off to LovelyPlains!
Urp! My apologies to you both. Well done LP! Looked so good, without looking at the byline, I just assumed it came from the Master. 😀
🙂 What a silver-tongued devil you are!!!
45 yardarm756
We use to call that a "brown noser". 😀
46 cookemom
whew! done. sweat is fat crying.
Ha! I like that! 😀
Me, too! 🙂
This ought to be fun…
NJ legislature plans to send four #guncontrol bills to Christie's desk http://t.co/WBaB1drJVL #gunsafety
— Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 20, 2013
I'll bet this 'extremely popular, almost Democrat' vetoes them all. Can't think why the people of NJ think this guy is worthy of their approval. Wake up New Jersey–Christie's been taking you for a ride for four years.
I've been donating $15 monthly to his opponent, Buono. In fact I mailed out my primary ballot earlier today. I'll do what I can to try to get the word out how much he's hurt the public workers in our state
@thehill Wait, this isn't from The Onion? "She may be today the most important person in American culture and politics." LOL!
NC 2yr old puts dad's unattended gun in mouth & fires http://t.co/JGxC6pYdLW // Anybody had enough? Apparently not. #gunsafety
Federal judge finds probable cause Fox News reporter helped leak classified docs http://t.co/9o56unmoYV
At the link:
"Rosen had allegedly instructed Kim how to send codes through a Google account to signal if a meeting was taking place: "One asterisk means to contact them, or that previously suggested plans for communication are to proceed as agreed; two asterisks means the opposite."
According to the affidavit, Rosen asked Kim to provide "what intelligence is picking up" so that he could break the news "ahead of my competitors." He also said he would "love to see some internal State Department analyses."
A federal judge agreed that there was probably cause that Rosen had broken the law and took the unusual step of signing off on a warrant for his emails. The case differs from the DOJ's seizure of Associated Press emails because the AP is not considered a target in that case.
U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr., whose office is investigating the case, said that the government "exhausted all reasonable non-media alternatives for collecting the evidence" before going after Rosen's emails, the Post reported. No reporter has ever been prosecuted for seeking classified intelligence."
That's not journalism, that's a #NEWSTAINER soliciting classified information to buff his ratings …
#TrustBarack
Soon to be #NEWSTAINER going to #JAIL!
VA Report: More than 85,000 #veterans treated for injuries involving sexual abuse http://t.co/IQKcIJLPgI
Separate System Ensures Wounded Troops Receive Disability Benefits Quickly http://t.co/0srZYrktgq
— Veterans Health (@VeteransHealth) May 17, 2013
59 FayPax
The first time I left my home and came to care for my grandchildren was so my daughter's husband could go do a special assignment heading up a team charged with clearing up the VA files. The veterans administration was so understaffed, they had to pull in military personnel to try to clear up the backlog. They worked in teams with military personnel from all over the country. Each team of 6 (?) had to process 2,000 applications a week. It began as a 3 month assignment that stretched into 6 months. When he returned, he said they hadn't even made a teenie tiny dent.
By the way, it was not long after President Obama took office. So it is a problem he inherited.
The backlog is like something out of a nightmare. Govt needs to take some of that inflated bloat going to crooked defense contractors and fund whatever is needed to get this resolved.
The funny thing is, the military is so pro-Republican it's ridiculous.
Still buying myth that Repubs give a crap about military. They really just want to keep lining pockets of GOP buddies.
Supreme Court to rule on Christian prayers at government meetings http://t.co/Bb50GFoUXW #SCOTUS
@carlquintanilla But, but, that Kenyan socialist is dragging this country down! He's taking away our liberty! FREEDOM!
66 Linda
WASHINGTON — Senators working on a bipartisan immigration bill have agreed to require fingerprinting when foreigners leave the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports.
It's a step toward the more expansive biometric system favored by many senators but deemed too expensive to include in the bill.
Under the amendment by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the nation's 10 busiest airports would have to establish a fingerprinting system within two years. Within six years it would have to be in place at the 30 busiest airports.
The amendment passed 13 to 5 Monday as the Senate Judiciary Committee plunged into its third week of deliberations on the immigration legislation.
Lawmakers have cited the absence of a reliable system to track people coming and going as a major security flaw.
Sometimes I think Republicans would like to knock down the Statue of Liberty, along with Emma's poem on its base, and be done with it. Just keep the people we have, so we cannot grow our minds along with other cultures, not have to use the word "global," again, and eventually all of us can turn into cannibals when we run out of ideas and energy and food and stuff.
Or we can GOTV 2014 – ALL DEMOCRATS FOREVAH!
Ryan Lizza is tweeting about James Rosen ….
Good lord. Just read this (1/2): pic.twitter.com/J3mXhTtcYF
— Ryan Lizza (@RyanLizza) May 20, 2013
Just read this (2/2): pic.twitter.com/3laATSGWK2
Please realize how serious that is – releasing "Top Secret" combined with "SI" is way out there serious breach of security.
Lizza attitude is very informative and he might want to rethink this particular tweet because it reveals he's a fool, in several ways …
If James Rosen's "clandestine communications plan" were illegal, every journalist in Washington would be locked up. Unreal.
Stephen Jin-Woo Kim leaked highly classified information about North Korea's intentions to test a nuclear weapon. #NEWSTAINERS trying to pretend this is common place behavior should consider other employment. President Obama began his Presidency making it crystal clear he would not tolerate breaches in National Security. Folk should have taken him at his word.
Reporters think they are above the law ? I am shocked !
70 debz
They really do think they are above the law. Since when is leaking classified info covered by "freedom of the press?" And if all of these "journalists" are so upset that their sources are afraid to talk to them, then maybe they should make sure that the info they given isn't from an illegal leak. Also, I am getting really tired of the gop and msm using the word "chilling." Interesting, they both use the same talking points.
71 forus50
He's taking something and running – not at all clear that reporter will be indicted. I think Ryan Lizza is doing what they all do now: better to be first than correct.
Here's what the US Attorney's office sent over in response to this morning's WP piece on DOJ going after James Rosen. pic.twitter.com/q5z5pUtY9p
He's certainly 'running with it,' FORUS. In this case, Rosen appears to be acting as a provocateur and orchestrator of clearly illegal activity. If that is what the DOJ have determined, then his emails are material evidence that would be used to prosecute him under 18 U.S.C. 793 Unauthorized Disclosure of National Defense Information as a collaborator, co-conspirator.
Why folk persistently fail to realize that President Obama is not only a Constitutional law scholar, he deeply respects the law. When he tells you not to break the law, he's not joking.
So this Jin-Woo Kim fella met Rosen in March of 2009 and 3 months later leaked information to Rosen ?
It sounds like a conspiracy to me…….
Bobfr – I remember the SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) classification from when I worked for the Navy and the "SCIF" rooms that had to be constructed in-house, so there would be no leaks or compromises, etc. Here's more on SCIFs, which denotes the seriousness:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_Compartmented_Information_Facility
Heads should roll!
As a young Navy Officer, Jacqueline, I worked in such a place, in the DC area 🙂
I remember one guy I worked with who was in charge of such a place – with its clean, filtered air and stuff and powerful overhead air exhausts masking out sounds from escaping into the outer limits.
It was back in the days when everybody had to first start going to the a/c hanger or outside to smoke, so he'd invite his favorite smokers up to the SCIF 'cause nobody knew you were breakin' the rules on govt time.
Ah, memories. 🙂
78 japa21
Media continues its downward trek to irrelevency. Still uses targeting instead of extra scrutiny re IRS, ignores two dozen lib grps included
— john miller (@deaconmill) May 20, 2013
This could be something…
Michele Nunn creeps closer to #GASen race, attends DSCC fundraiser w/ Obama http://t.co/gT4Wmo7EdE #gapol #gadems
— Daniel Malloy (@ajconwashington) May 19, 2013
80 Liberal Librarian
Morning Obots!
After a couple of days away from the Intertubes, I'm getting my sea legs back. Hope to have an essay ready for tomorrow. Night owl chat is already set for tonight.
How is the punditocracy treating the Rosen news? Closing ranks? Screaming First Amendment?
On the Rosen news: do you even need to ask?
Hi LL! Welcome back! Looking forward to your essay.
LP – Another remarkable post! Thank you!
Love all these people. Arne Duncan's mother's story is even more interesting to me – will try to dig it out again to read. (Behind every successful man and all that … )
Oh, and, there are WOMEN on President Obama's team? Why wasn't I informed of this?
Anytime JB! TY
Hey GOP, put up or shut up. If you think Obama should be impeached, go ahead. Otherwise, get back to the job you were hired for, governing.
OT. Anybody know how many donuts Knoller has eaten or counted since PBO became president? (snark)
Saw Star Trek on Saturday, Dudette!
Woot! I saw it Thursday! 🙂
Going back again — several times, I sure!
My first 3-D movie. I'm hooked. Loved it more than I expected to, since it is all-action-all-the time. But in terms of character chemistry, development, and Star Trek sensibilities, there isn't one note that Abrams missed or glossed over. Loved it.
I heard it is quite an experience to see it at one of those IMAX theaters.
That's where my next viewing will be. Saw it in 2-D and was still on the edge of my seat. Can't wait for Imax 3-D.
I saw it at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. The 3D was meh, but the movie was great. I love it how it was one great variation on a theme, the theme being the Khan mythology of TOS.
What will be interesting is how they cover the 5 year mission. Will they, again, do variations on some of the best TOS episodes?
I wouldn't expect Abrams to revisit the same gimmick. I look forward to what he'll do next.
Well, this 3-D novice was impressed!
I was astounded. I saw it at a mini-3-D theatre, not one of the big IMAX and it was still amazing.
However, I'm sooo glad I missed the 3-D showing of the last Harry Potter movie and saw it in the regular format. I have a phobia of snakes I would have run screaming out of the theater if it was as realistic as Star Trek was.
CHICAGO — An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence.
But during testimony Monday, when she was asked why she nonetheless took Trump to court, Jacqueline Goldberg replied firmly that "Somebody had to stand up to him."
Goldberg says "The Apprentice" star enticed her into buying two condos at Chicago's Trump International Hotel & Tower with an offer to share profits of the entire building.
But she told jurors at the civil trial in Chicago that she felt "conned" when Trump withdrew the profit-sharing plan after she bought the condos.
Testifying last week, Trump denied the allegations. He also told reporters that Goldberg was in fact trying to rip him off.
Trump is laughably pathetic.
I believe her 100%, because really, it's so like Trump to be accused of trying to swindle a senior citizen. This fucking guy is something else, a fake billionaire reduced to flipping condos.
And sometimes the condos (and seniors) flip back. Trump's the Bernie Madoff of real estate, with fake hair.
99 Ladyhawke
lovelyplains, this is such a terrific feature you created. It is so nice to see the hard working members of the administration getting the recognition they deserve. I hope this post get tweeted out to all of the media outlets and gasbags. They might learn something about what a dedicated public servants look like. Under the radar, this team is doing amazing things for the American people. Thank you so much for this.
100 lovelyplains
TY Ladyhawke….very kind of you
101 Eveingeorgia
This is really bothering me so I thought I'd bring it to you for discussion. Why are some folk, Tim Wise, Ta Nehisi Coates slamming the president's speech to the graduates at MOREHOUSE? What did he say that was so offensive? What should he have said? Why does he always get labeled as lecturing to us black folk? I'm black and I think it was spot on. Perhaps this is the wrong forum, but I sure would like to hear what you think. I"m really disappointed in Tim and Ta.
102 cookemom
I have an idea, do you have a link to what they said?
103 sherijr
I've been disappointed in Tim Wise for a while now. I'masmartypants wrote about it this morning.. apparently Wise feels POTUS was talking down to smart black men. Frankly just more BS imo.. just one more way to criticize President Obama- its what sells… I guess. I felt POTUS was damn inspirational.. and though he was talking to 500 damn smart and capable graduating black males- he did not talk down to them, he talked like a loving, experienced father/ adult to them- someone who has walked in their shoes- which is not something Tim Wise can say. As to Ta Nehisi.. I don't know what he has said, but he's another man who tends to be up and down about POTUS.
Yep, that is how I heard the speech. It was like talking across the kitchen table to me, which is where we received a lot of our encouragement. I hate it that people distort what he is trying to do. What did they want him to do: send his message by mail to each graduate.
I honestly do not know what these guys want from President Obama.. but they continue to raise that bar don't they? Its neverending.
106 57andfemale
And if he hadn't given this speech, they would have criticized him for ignoring AA's. Unbelievable.
107 FayPax
I could write a book. There is no simple answer, but suffice it to say that if the President and First Lady had given a generic all-American speech in an all-Black setting, they would have been accused of whitewashing history and ignoring the special plight and gifts of Blackness. In the end, the question should be whether or not the audience appreciated what they were trying to impart.
The idea that the President and policy are responsible for the dreams, desires and pursuits of everyone is ludicrous.
Thanks for these replies. Here is the link to Wise's post, @Cookemon: http://www.timwise.org/2013/05/bullying-pulpit-racism-barack-obama-and-the-selective-call-for-personal-re.comsponsibility/
Ta Nehisi's can be found at the Atlantic. ( I don't know how to link to different posts at once).
thanks I will take a peep see
110 vcprezofan2
Ta Nehisi
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/how-the-obama-administration-talks-to-black-america/276015/
Thanks I just read this one. As I noted in my response about Tim Wise's comments, I do understand the frustration, more of Ta Nehisi's than Wise. The feelings of people like Ta's are valid. Are they hard to hear? Most certainly, but they also deserve some scrutiny because what he said is true. Maybe if there were more concerned leaders in the communities that need this attention, PBO wouldn't feel it his duty. I happen to agree that it is sad commentary that AA black youth especially, get a different message than white youth.
I believe PBO feels he's part of the village that it takes to raise our kids and is using any platform he can to get his message across to those who most need to hear it. I'm sure he's aware that it may offend some, but has decided his influence is needed and outweighs the fact that the message is delivered in a forum such as a college graduation.
I read it myself and am 3/4 of the way through the responses, and have to say that today I would strongly go out of my way to recommend reading the responses. By and large this is the first time (ever?) I've seen such a balanced, sensible and meaningful discussion (with give and take etc. etc.) on a site, and with PBO's actions as the topic.
I didn't read the comments, because the topic came back up on the new TOD thread. I was adding my 2 cents there. I'll go back and read the comments later.
Finally read the comments and yes they were very balanced, well reasoned, with respect of opposing views. I find my view about the whole thing is simply both view points are valid. A person's opinion shouldn't be arbitrarily dismissed because it opposes an action by PBO. His statue is not diminished imo, in his decision to address these type issues in that type forum. Folks need to relax and take stock of all angles of the issue before, immediately calling to task anyone who disagrees with PBO, or something he did.
Appreciate you going back to check if my impression was all in my head. 😉 My off the cuff response BEFORE reading Ta Nehisi (whom I rarely ever read) and SP on Wise was 'who cares what THEY think, I heard that speech from start to finish and I was okay with it'. Reading Ta Nehisi and the very civil back and forth that followed (including Ta N's interaction with the commenters) was a good exercise for ME. I felt quite comfortable (& surprisingly no anger) reading the back and forth and seeing merit in certain responses even though I didn't necessarily agree with them. Discussion the way it should be (comparing – the world as is or the world as it should be)?
I appreciate you taking the time to read the comments and be open minded enough to want to absorb the various opinions. That you benefited from the discourse is secondary to your willingness to explore beyond an initial reaction. To me, that is growth and shows a level of confidence and self awareness. It means that you're comfortable enough to hear others truths, even about a topic that doesn't touch you on a personal level. Admirable indeed.
😳 😳
BTW, anything to do with PBO touches me on a personal level. (Don't want to make you dizzy running to get back here, so after this see you on the current thread)
118 CEB
Critics ths like these two are from the "is he black enough" camp. As I said yesterday, Ef 'em and the jealous horse that they rode in on. I love how PBO and Michelle just go on being who they are and ignoring all of the insane chatter.
119 rikyrah
I dunno……but I'm with you
Hey, Rickyrah, I heard you at Field Negro yesterday. Thanks for the support..some real strange replies over there.
Sorry about the spelling of your name; my iPad thinks it knows what I meant to write. In other words, it wasn't me.
Ok read Tim Wise and I do understand what he's saying about the venue for the message. These young men were not the audience that needed to hear PBO's message. Those young men are already on a path of becoming upstanding citizens and an asset to society. They like he did, see the value of hard work and dedication. The young men who needed to hear that message, were not in the seats at Moorehouse, rather probably somewhere thinking it's cool to know all the words in Lil Wayne's last rap song.
It is true that those type messages are not carried on to non-AA audiences. The reason may be because we do allow ourselves to feel that they don't need the information. Is it because we think they are somehow inherently privileged enough that they won't fall into the pitfalls, or is it they are not expected to perform less than stellar by society at large?
So I get what Wise is saying. I also get that there's a lot of work to do and no one man is going to do it alone. I think it's one of those subjects that is so personal depending on where you fall in the spectrum of the message, that there is no right or wrong. For example, Tim, himself being quite societal privileged, can afford to be very vocal about the delivery, rather than the message. Others, who may have a young man in the household who needed to hear this message, knowing how that same society views him, can at least point to what PBO said and use it on that level.
123 canadabarb4obama
I am certain there were thousands of young men watching on tv and in the overflow audience. If it touched even one person, there was nothing PBO needed to change.
That wasn't the point of Wise's argument. His point was that the particular audience in question already know the message and already have started on their path to success. Kinda like preaching to the choir is Wise's point. Don't get me wrong, I don't see that Wise has standing to even comment on the subject. I can understand other AAs, whose personal experiences give them the right to speak out on it. There is no right or wrong to this. It's a personal AA thing, we don't have to think alike or agree on everything.
My point: Wise need not be yet another armchair quarterback.
I personally love hearing PBO's words of wisdom. probably much like the young gentleman in the picture who had tears streaming down his cheeks. I'm certain he appreciated every word.
"I personally love hearing PBO's words of wisdom". Exactly my point.
It's too personal to dismiss out of hand, that someone may have objected to having to hear about the importance of taking care of their families and other stereotypical inferences given to our AA youths in a commencement address. Not that it shouldn't be raised, but that its raised at a college graduation venue.
Wasn't that young man the one PBO called on to stand? Then PBO went on to talk about his accomplishments. Of course tears were streaming. Whether he was one of the folks who had no problem with the message in that forum isn't the point. The point is that the feelings of any AA who may question if this was the time or place are valid.
In your opinion this is a valid question.
I don't disagree with you. I just have room to listen to and hear other folks opinions is all. I've made several comments on this thread and the next one on this topic, which sums up how I feel on the subject.
I'm moving on from this. There is too much happening right now with kids in OK who will never make it to college. They won't hear a commencement address of any kind.
LovelyPlains, have I told you lately that I love your Obama Admin profiles? Today, I also particularly like the fact that you included a link to the previous profiles. We are so pampered on this site – everything we need at our fingertips! Sure hope you continue to feel the lovely positive vibes that come with being part of our community. THANKs!
TY VC, very kind ouf you….but I can't take credit for adding the links to the previous profiles….Chipsticks was kind and smart enough to add the links!
Terrific TEAMWORK – Chips Chica and the Chipadees working closely together! 😉 😉
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So, the T Party are going to point to these trumped up SCNDALES as a way to get rid of the Federal Government once and for all.
This is what they are running in in 2014 and 2016.
States Rights again!!
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Happy Belated Birthday to our girl prettyfoot58
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@simonebienne Make it to the end of the week w/o myself or my loved ones getting shot by some nutball.
On Rosen. Is it illegal for a news person to publish classified information? I thought it was legal to publish, but illegal for a person with national clearance to have certain information to leak it to a third party. I thought that the news person would often let officials know that they had the leaked info out of professional courtesy. Depending on what it was they would even hold it if requested, or give a heads up as to when it would be published. So correct me if I'm wrong, did Rosen commit a crime? Who is this Kim person anyway?
I think this is the case. I believe that pursuing the reporters is the option of last resort in order to identify someone who is leaking the classified info.
There is a lot of emotion running high, and very few in the press are keeping cool heads. Wouldn't it be great if the press actually was objective and could make the distinctions that you're making?
Ryan Lizza REALLY wanted everyone to think that Rosen was being subjected to criminal prosecution. That does not appear to be the case. And let's be clear: the Rosen/Kim case is four years old; so this was paraded out by the Post in order bolster the AP story, and it is less than honest, in my opinion.
God, I remember a time when we could have a serious, informed debate on these lines and where they should be drawn. We can no longer have civil, informed discussions anymore. So pathetic.
Posted info about Kim, upthread, cookemom. If you have authorized access to classified information and you disclose it, you've broken the law(s). If you make any attempt to breach the mechanisms protecting classified information, you've broken the law(s). Typically a journalist who publishes classified information is not in violation of the law. But, Rosen, did not merely take info from Kim and publish it, he appears to have actively conspired and, in_deed, devised a strategy to breach the mechanisms protecting classified information to gain access, not the least of which was intentionally compromising someone entrusted with, and responsible for, classified information. In this case, the classified information is of a very special nature and releasing the information compromises much more than most folk realize, i.e., it's not just the content of the information, it's the systems by which the information is obtained. Whether they prosecute him remains to be seen.
Thank you, Bobfr, for the absolutely best analysis and fact-finding on this issue. In the sea of misinformation, and emotional and political grandstanding, this was the most helpful paragraph I've read.
DITTOOOOO This
Thanks so much. I was trying to compare this to what the ABC guy is suppose to have done with the Benghazi info. This isn't exactly the same thing. Is this another shiny object to distract from what Jonathon 'do you have the juice' Karl actually did?
What the ABC dude aka Jonathan Karl did is, at a minimum, pass on GOP-falsified email information – nothing confidential, just manufactured bs intended to harm the President's political standing. Karl may well have known it was fabricated, but we don't know that.
The two 'shinny objects' that are similar are the AP's reporting on the 'under ware bomber' and what Fox/James Rosen did re: North Korea nuclear testing. In both cases highly classified information was leaked. In one case, the 'journalist' was actively attempting to compromise mechanisms that protect classified information and succeeded when he got Kim to participate and provide that information to him. In the other instance, it is probable that a political operative with access to highly classified CIA information leaked to one or more AP 'journalists.' Whether said reporter(s) was actively trying to compromise mechanisms or whether the operative merely wanted someone to post the story – all in an attempt to undermine President Obama during an election year – are facts currently being investigated.
I get it now, different toilets….. same sheet. In the end, attempts to bring down a presidency.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's inspector general says the U.S. Attorney in Arizona violated department policy by providing Fox News with information apparently aimed at undercutting the credibility of a federal agent who helped reveal the botched arms-trafficking probe called Operation Fast and Furious.
The IG says there was substantial evidence in the 2011 incident that then-U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke's motive for disclosing a memo by federal agent John Dodson was retaliation. In testimony to a House committee just two weeks earlier, Dodson had raised serious concerns about Operation Fast and Furious.
Why would a PBO appointee leak to Fox……???? This man resigned in August of 2011
We're a nation of immigrants-and it's one of our greatest strengths. #CIRMarkup, pic.twitter.com/pdqEa0NdYe
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 20, 2013
RT so your friends know President Obama's plan to fix our broken immigration system. #CIRMarkup, pic.twitter.com/0nFL71KbQ3
The stumbling block is always #4, because, you know, job creators.
… and freedom.
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Hey Chips, I think you will enjoy reading this.
http://espnfc.com/feature/_/id/1454682/premier-league-2012-13-club-club-review-1st-10th?cc=5901
Though I am sure UT won't.
NEW behind-the-scenes photos of POTUS and FLOTUS from April: http://t.co/WlK4tE26j2
— petesouza (@petesouza) May 20, 2013
https://twitter.com/Dudette9t9/status/336551404154023936
Sorry, deleted the above tweet. Fixed typo below…
@newsnation Hey Tamron, is that Colorado supermax prison still empty? http://t.co/yqA2NhZRuz Why not move Guantanamo prisoners there?
@WhiteHouse Is that Colorado supermax prison still empty? http://t.co/yqA2NhZRuz Move worst Gitmo prisoners there & create jobs.
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Remember the President is to make an announcement on Thursday re Gitmo.
Finding someone else may not be easy. Colorado State Penitentiary II, also known as Centennial South, consists of 948 solitary-confinement cells.
It has no dining room, no gym, no rooms where a group of prisoners could take classes or go to therapy or get vocational training. It's row after identical row of empty cells.
This sounds like a pet project and was never intended to be in use, doesn't it ?
They could reconfigure parts of the building if needed. Better than letting it sit empty.
161 Alycee (@jazziz2)
There's a brand new EMPTY facility in either IL or MI (forget which); as I recall, the facility was on the short list to be converted to federal use and the residents near the prison WANTED the jobs it would bring. The no-balls congress defunded transfers…
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Sam Nunn's daughter—-possible Ga. sen. candidate
🙂 We must be on reading the same tweet timelines. 🙂
Thinking of you @symmetry11 Jackson Five ~ I'll Be There/Feelin Alright http://t.co/VNDOm2KXXs Get well soon!
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Some good info on these tweets. FOX is going to get all twisted trying to defend Rosen and not act like the ACLU here.
https://twitter.com/lawscribe
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http://theobamadiary.com/2013/05/20/attention-jon-stewart-youre-not-remotely-funny/
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Charles Pierce on Jonathan Karl:
"Assuming the FAIR report is accurate, then Jonathan Karl was not trained as a journalist, because the Collegiate Network doesn't produce journalists. It produces partisan warriors. He was not trained as a reporter, because the Collegiate Network doesn't produce reporters. It produces propagandists. He was not trained as a newsman, because the Collegiate Network doesn't produce newsmen. It produces hacks.
This is, of course, indelicate for someone in my business to say but, at every level of his steady rise in the business, some executive should have looked at Karl's resume, seen The Collegiate Network there, and then shitcanned the thing before the interview process even began. Are there conservatives who are good reporters? Absolutely. But all the ones that I know came up the same way I did, and none of them came up through the coddled terrariums of the activist Right. They learned their craft. They were not trained to be spies in the camp of the enemy. They were not trained to be moles. And every damn one of them would have checked those phony e-mails before throwing them out to the public, and most of them wouldn't have fallen for them, because they are journalists, reporters, and newsmen. They are not partisan warriors, propagandists, or hacks. If Jonathan Karl doesn't like being called a hack, then he should stop being a hack. Here's one way to do it.
Blow the source who lied to you and, therefore, lied to us.
Do that. Or be a hack."
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/Jonathan_Karl's_Bad_Awful_Week
Senior White House staff knew of the ongoing investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups ahead of the release of a report from a Treasury Department inspector general, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday, but held off on informing the president to wait for a final report.
With the knowledge of an investigation, the White House held to a "cardinal rule" that it should not get involved in an external investigation, Carney said during his daily briefing. "No one in this building intervened in an ongoing independent investigation or did anything that could be seen as intervening," he said.
"To the chagrin of some who would have liked us to get more in front of this, we appropriately waited," Carney later added.
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The $10.75 million in funding, secured by DCED from the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery program, will enable Bloomsburg to undertake the flood protection project that will help community facilities, including the local high school, and more than 100 homes in the town from future flooding from the Susquehanna River. The comprehensive project includes the construction of approximately 4,700 linear feet of earthen levy, installation of several street closure and control systems, and installation of new storm water and sanitary sewer systems and a pumping station to alleviate flooding for the entire town during future storm events. The levy will be constructed primarily on land owned by the town in the southern sector north of Fort McClure Boulevard. The levy wall will extend from the existing levy wall located near Barton Street, surround the middle school, and extend from Railroad to Center Street.
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The inner nucleus of this galaxy displays a rise in stellar orbital motion that indicates the presence of a central dark mass. The best fit model for the motion of molecular gas in the core region suggests there is a supermassive black hole with about 450 million times the mass of the Sun. This is the first object to have its black-hole mass estimated by measuring the rotation of gas molecules around its centre with an Astronomical interferometer (in this case the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy).
A supermassive black hole (SMBH) is the largest type of black hole, on the order of hundreds of thousands to billions of solar masses (M☉), and is found in the centre of almost all currently known massive galaxies. upermassive black holes have properties that distinguish them from lower-mass classifications. First, the average density of a SMBH (defined as the mass of the black hole divided by the volume within its Schwarzschild radius) can be less than the density of water in the case of some SMBHs. This is because the Schwarzschild radius is directly proportional to mass, while density is inversely proportional to the volume. Since the volume of a spherical object (such as the event horizon of a non-rotating black hole) is directly proportional to the cube of the radius, the minimum density of a black hole is inversely proportional to the square of the mass, and thus higher mass black holes have lower average density.
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Ascídias (Filo: Chordata, Classe: Ascidiacea) compreendem a classe mais diversa do subfilo Tunicata (também conhecido como Urochordata). Foram descritas aproximadamente 3000 espécies em todos os habitats marinhos . Podem ser encontradas tanto solitárias como em colônias, apresentando diversas cores e formas, ou mesmo serem imperceptíveis. São animais bentônicos, sésseis quando adultos, porém quando no estágio larval, se locomovem para encontrar um substrato para fixação. Em algumas espécies podem fixar-se num substrato e voltar a nadar antes da fixação num substrato definitivo . Alimentam-se por filtração de alimentos em suspensão.

Descrição
Os indivíduos adultos apresentam pouca semelhança com os típicos cordados, embora o seu estágio larval de curta duração apresente todas as características principais do filo Chordata: cordão nervoso dorsal tubular, notocorda, fendas faríngeas rudimentares e cauda pós-anal. Outra característica importante é a presença do endóstilo na faringe, que é considerado homólogo da glândula tireóidea dos vertebrados . A larva lecitotrófica sofre metamorfose e perde todas essas características, exceto o endóstilo e as fendas faríngeas rudimentares, que tornam-se funcionais e multiplicam-se para formar os sacos branquiais. Todas as ascídias são hermafroditas, mas evitam autofertilização produzindo gametas femininos e gametas masculinos em momentos diferentes. Possuem alto potencial invasor, na maioria das vezes causando prejuízos ecológicos .

Estudos químicos e bioquímicos de ascídias têm levado a descoberta de compostos com propriedades farmacológicas. A principal aplicação desses compostos têm sido como agentes antitumorais, assim como também estão sendo desenvolvidos agentes anti-HIV a partir desses compostos. Também foi descoberto que no esôfago da ascídia Styela clava existem células endócrinas que secretam um hormônio semelhante à insulina humana . Além disso, muitas espécies solitárias são cultivadas para a alimentação no Japão, Coréia, França e Chile  ou extraídas diretamente de costas rochosas para consumo humano ou isca.

Diversidade e ocorrência

As ascídias compreendem a maior e mais diversa classe do sub-filo Tunicata (Urochordata), totalizando aproximadamente 3000 espécies já descritas e todas de ambiente marinho. Os indivíduos adultos apesar de serem sésseis habitam uma grande diversidade de habitats como sedimentos moles, recifes de coral e substratos rochosos. Podem ser encontradas desde ambientes quentes até ambientes frios como na Antártica. Além disso, podem sobreviver em ambientes com salinidade abaixo de 20-25%) ou acima de 44% . Espécies da Antártida podem tolerar baixas temperaturas da água como -1,9 °C, enquanto que outras espécies podem sobreviver em temperaturas acima de 35 °C no Golfo Pérsico. Tem ocorrência em todo o mundo, no Brasil foram encontradas 57 espécies .

Parede do corpo e sustentação
As ascídias possuem um epitélio simples recoberto por uma túnica bem desenvolvida e de matriz composta por um carboidrato chamado tunicina. A túnica fornece suporte e proteção, varia de macia e gelatinosa a resistente e coriácea, às vezes, inclui espículas calcárias. No entanto, esse revestimento não é inerte já que contém amebócitos e, em alguns casos, células e vasos sanguíneos. Algumas ascídias abrigam algas simbiontes em suas túnicas. Faixas musculares situam-se abaixo da epiderme, esses músculos localizam-se no interior de um mesênquima produzido pela ectoderme, chamado manto. Músculos longitudinais que se estendem ao longo da parede corpórea servem para puxar os sifões abertos junto do corpo, que são dois: o sifão inalante e o sifão exalante. Músculos circulares do esfíncter fecham as aberturas dos sifões. A cavidade do corpo foi perdida, concomitantemente, com a evolução de uma câmara de água denominada átrio, que funciona na filtração .

Digestão

Por serem animais filtradores de suspensão, sua alimentação está baseada em partículas alimentares suspensas na água. Algumas espécies como as da família Octacnemidae são consideradas em parte ou totalmente carnívoras , mas todas as outras espécies de ascídias são alimentadas da captura de partículas em suspensão. Seu sistema digestório é composto por um esôfago, estômago e intestino. Em todas as ascídias estudadas até o momento o estômago é o principal local de digestão e absorção de alimentos . Anteriormente ao seu trato digestório, localiza-se uma cesta branquial, que está conectada ao endóstilo que produz uma rede de muco e o transporta ao longo do interior da mesma. A água que entra nas ascídias é bombeada através do sifão inalante, com o auxílio de cílios localizados na cesta branquial que criam uma corrente de água, as partículas ao entrarem no sifão inalante são presas nessa rede de muco, permitindo assim que o animal faça uma seleção de partículas a serem ingeridas . As partículas ingeridas se direcionam para o esôfago, depois para o estômago, onde vai ocorrer a digestão, por fim para o intestino para que os restos sejam liberados pelo ânus no átrio, para serem expulsos pelo sifão exalante.

Circulação
Nos tunicados o sistema circulatório é pouco desenvolvido, mas é bem visualizado nas ascídias, que possuem um coração tubular curto situado póstero-ventralmente no corpo, próximo ao estômago e atrás da cesta faríngea. O coração é circundado por uma cavidade pericárdica. Os vasos sanguíneos estendem-se anterior e posteriormente, abrindo-se em espaços em torno dos órgãos internos, e fornecem, também, suprimento sanguíneo à túnica. O batimento cardíaco é por ação peristáltica e a direção desse movimento é, periodicamente, revertida, fluindo sangue através do coração primeiro em uma direção e depois em outra. A fisiologia e a função sanguínea ainda não foi completamente compreendida, havendo apenas especulações .

Trocas gasosas
Ocorre através da parede do corpo, especialmente através dos revestimentos da faringe e do átrio. Pouco se conhece acerca da fisiologia respiratória desses animais .

Excreção
Na maioria das ascídias originam-se duas evaginações da parede posterior da faringe, que se situam ao longo de cada lado do coração. Estas estruturas são denominadas cavidades epicardíacas, que em algumas espécies funciona no acúmulo de produtos residuais nitrogenados, pela formação de cápsulas de estocagem denominadas vesículas renais. Além destas vesículas e de certas células sanguíneas (nefrócitos), é provável que muito do resíduo metabólico seja eliminado do corpo por simples difusão .

Sistema nervoso e órgãos do sentido
Um pequeno gânglio cerebral situa-se dorsalmente à extremidade anterior da faringe, originando poucos nervos para várias partes do corpo, especialmente músculos e áreas dos sifões. Um tubo nervoso dorsal bem desenvolvido está presente na cauda de suas larvas, mas essa estrutura é perdida durante a metamorfose. Possuem uma glândula neural localizada entre o gânglio cerebral e a porção antero-dorsal da faringe. Essa glândula abre-se para a faringe através de um pequeno duto, mas sua função é desconhecida. Os receptores sensoriais são pouco desenvolvidos, embora prevaleçam neurônios sensoriais táteis em torno dos sifões .

Reprodução e desenvolvimento
Embora as ascídias sejam hermafroditas, muitas espécies são incapazes de fecundar seus próprios ovos . A reprodução sexuada em ascídias coloniais ocorre através da produção de gametas do macho e da fêmea, logo depois ocorre o lançamento do esperma para o meio ambiente, levando os gametas masculinos para indivíduos femininos da colônia e por fim ocorre uma fecundação interna. A reprodução assexuada em formas coloniais ocorre de muitas maneiras: uma colônia pode dividir-se por fragmentação ou fissão, ou zoóides podem replicar-se dentro uma colônia por brotamento. Enquanto que ascídias coloniais normalmente retém a ninhada e seus ovos, as ascídias solitárias liberam seus ovos e esperma na água para a fertilização externa . Após a fertilização, o tipo de desenvolvimento encontrado nas ascídias é o desenvolvimento holoblástico bilateral, onde o primeiro plano de divisão estabelece o plano de simetria do embrião, dividindo o embrião em lado direito e lado esquerdo. Logo depois esse embrião irá se desenvolver numa larva lecitotrófica, que é um estágio de curta duração das ascídias. Essa larva possui um sistema nervoso central bem desenvolvido que se assemelha ao dos vertebrados, além disso, possui vários receptores sensoriais que funcionam na fixação, e provavelmente na seleção do substrato. Os indivíduos adultos apresentam pouca semelhança com os típicos cordados, embora o seu estágio larval de curta duração apresente todas as características principais do filo Chordata: cordão nervoso dorsal tubular, notocorda, fendas faríngeas rudimentares e cauda pós-anal, essa larva sofre metamorfose e posteriormente perde todas essas características, exceto o endóstilo e as fendas faríngeas rudimentares, que tornam-se funcionais e multiplicam-se para formar os sacos branquiais.

Importância ecológica
Ascídias são componentes importantes das comunidades bentônicas de substrato consolidado e o desenvolvimento de suas comunidades é regulado por variáveis ambientas como temperatura, sedimentação, salinidade, luz e hidrodinamismo . Incluem um papel ecológico como bioindicadores por apresentarem características importantes. Por exemplo, como são animais com alto poder de filtração, desempenha um papel significativo na purificação da água e influenciam na quantidade de nutrientes, de poluentes em suspensão e do plâncton  . A eficiente habilidade de filtração das ascídias pode ser a chave para a recente exploração populacional de varias espécies, que habitam desde zona entre - marés até grandes profundidades, e pode ser vinculada ao aumento da densidade bacteriana e de sedimentos em suspensão . Muitas espécies são tolerantes a grandes variações ambientais. Crescem rapidamente, alcançam a maturidade sexual em poucas semanas e podem ter um longo período reprodutivo, tornando-se potencias invasores e contribuindo para a questão da incrustação em regiões pontuarias</ref>.  Algumas espécies de ascídias são, mas abundantes em ambientes poluídos como portos e áreas indústrias, onde o excesso de partículas orgânicas e a proliferação de bactérias são recursos alimentares para os animais filtradores, particularmente as ascidias  Sendo assim,  as ascídias como bioindicadores reagem a alterações ambientais com a modificação de suas funções vitais normais e/ou da sua composição química, refletindo o atual quadro ambiental .

Ascídias na alimentação humana
Em algumas partes do mundo as ascídias fazem parte da alimentação humana, principalmente as espécies solitárias cultivadas no Japão, Coréia, França e Chile  ou extraídas diretamente de costas rochosas para consumo humano ou isca. Geralmente as espécies utilizadas são de grande porte e de fácil coleta.  No Chile são as Piuras chilenas, que podem alcançar 10 cm e são comercializadas frescas ou enlatadas. São de duas espécies: Pyura chilensis – de forte sabor e Pyura praeputialis. Na Europa, espécies de Microcosmus ("violets") são comidas frescas por todo o Mediterrâneo (França, Espanha, Itália e Grécia). E no Oriente, os japoneses cultivam e cozinham maboyas vermelhas (Halocynthia roretzi) , umas das mais populares espécies de ascídia no nordeste do Japão . Enquanto que na Coréia a preferência é por Styela clava.

Ascídias na saúde humana
Estudos químicos e bioquímicos mostraram o potencial farmacológico de compostos encontrados em ascídias, tendo como principal utilização como agente antitumoral. Trabectedina e Aplidina são agentes antitumorais retirados de ascídias, Trabectedina retirado de Ecteinascidia turbinata está sendo testado em casos de câncer de ovário, sarcomas de tecidos moles, câncer de endométrio, câncer de mama, câncer de próstata, câncer de pulmão e microcíticos e sarcomas pediátricos. E Aplidina retirado de Aplidium albicanse está sendo testado para neoplasias malignas sólidas e hematológicas (mieloma múltiplo, linfoma não Hodgkiniano, leucemia linfoblástica aguda).Ascídias do gênero Botryllus estão sendo estudadas e tem ajudado a esclarecer como são as funções do vírus da AIDS, assim como, também estão sendo desenvolvidos agentes anti-HIV extraídos de compostos de Didemnum sp. E a ascídia Styela clava possui células endócrinas no esôfago que secretam um hormônio semelhante à insulina humana . Além disso, compostos antimaláricos foram isolados da solitária Microcosmus helleri, Ascidia sydneiensis e Phallusia nigra. Essa diversidade de atividade biológica se dá por muitas vezes a uma associação das espécies dessa classe com a diversidade de micro-organimos associados . Da espécie Eudistoma vannamei, foi isolado o micro-organismo Streptomyces sp, o qual produziu uma ditiolpirrolona altamente citotóxica em diversas linhagens tumorais .

Filogenia
Os urocordados, provavelmente, apareceram muito cedo na linhagem dos cordados. O celoma foi perdido como a principal cavidade do corpo, em conjunto com a formação de uma câmara cloacal (átrio) ampla através da qual a água passa a partir do corpo após a filtração faríngea. Os mais antigos urocordados podem ter sido as ascídias, que como grupo adotou um estilo de vida séssil, associado à alimentação de material em suspensão e à perda da musculatura locomotora do adulto. Existem dúvidas se as fendas faríngeas das ascídias são homólogas aquelas dos hemicordados e cefalocordados.

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There's been a lot of talk of downgrades recently; of pre-release trailers being unrepresentative of the eventual release. Here's hoping that this one's legit, because it's a wondrous display of graphical splendour. It's for the v1.0 release of Thief Gold HD—a high-res texture upgrade for the 1998 sneak-'em-up.
Thief: The Dark Project has never looked so good. Admittedly, that isn't really saying much—it was made in the late-'90s after all—but the trailer's comparison between the mod's v1.0 release and the currently available, and already much-improved, v0.9.3 is striking.
Kudos to the mod's makers for imbuing the video with all the hype and escalating tension of a AAA game trailer. That is a baller move.
I'm a big fan of Thief Gold HD mod, and Bentraxx's Thief 2 equivalent. Unlike so many HD texture mods, these are careful to keep the original aesthetic intact. They don't overwhelm the original art style, and that's crucial to preserving Thief's atmosphere.
Thief Gold HD 1.0 is "coming soon". Keep an eye on its ModDB page for more.


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LAWRENCE, Kan. –
There have been a few changes in the Kansas women's basketball lineup and freshman guard Monica Engelman and freshman forward Carolyn Davis are taking advantage of their new found minutes in the rotation.
Both Davis and Engelman are becoming key contributors on the floor and they helped propel the Jayhawks to a 75-64 victory over Colorado on Jan. 27th, to continue a Jayhawk winning streak at home.
"They have been adding a spark," guard Sade Morris said. "Davis has come in and done a great job as a freshman in a starting role. She has been putting up a lot of great points and defending and Engelman has been doing the same thing."
Davis has started in the last four-straight games and her high-level energy play stands out on the hardwood.
She recorded 10 points and 10 rebounds to log her first double-double of the season and along with the double-double she recorded a season high number of rebounds. She also worked in one assist and one block in her 26 minutes of play.
"She is a good catch and finish player," Kansas head coach Bonnie Henrickson said. "She has done a really good job of keeping the ball high. When we throw her the ball high she usually finishes. She has good footwork; she naturally catches and gets her inside foot down. As she becomes more and more aggressive she will be more and more productive for us. I really like where she has come and the confidence she has played with."
Even though Engelman didn't start versus the Buffaloes she put her time in on the court playing a total of 20 minutes. Engelman put up seven points, one rebound, one block and one steal to round out the end of the night.
"Offensively I have been very aggressive and I think that has been helping me to contribute more while I am in the game," Engelman said.
On Jan. 23 at Oklahoma, Engelman played a total of 26 minutes, recorded a season high 12 points and six rebounds and for the fourth time this season knocked down two three-point field goals, infusing confidence in her game.
"I love the fact that Monica (Engelman) drives the ball," Henrickson said. "She is probably a better a driver finisher than either than Sade (Morris) and Danielle (McCray). We have encouraged her to be more aggressive off the dribble."
Both players are stepping up their game up and finding their rhythm, proving to fans and teammates that they are focused and have the drive to get things done on the court.
"I think I run the floor really well, so it helps us in transition," Davis said. "When guards are pushing up the floor it leaves Sade (Morris) and Danielle (McCray) open if I up running the man up and if the dynamics change and they go out on Morris and McCray, then I am open in the middle. I think it really helps our transition game."
Look for Davis and Engelman to continue to play with a spark when the Jayhawks go for the second win this season against Border Showdown rival Missouri in Columbia on Jan. 30. Game time is slated for 5 p.m., at Mizzou Arena.


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Nearly every physician regards himself as an ethical practitioner. Nearly none of us are, at least not fully. There is no bright line that separates ethical from improper behavior. Indeed, it is because the boundary is fuzzy that ethicists and the rest of us wrestle with contentious controversies. It is, therefore, expected that ethicists are divided on many issues, much as the U.S.
Nearly every physician regards himself as an ethical practitioner. Nearly none of us are, at least not fully. There is no bright line that separates ethical from improper behavior. Indeed, it is because the boundary is fuzzy that ethicists and the rest of us wrestle with contentious controversies. It is, therefore, expected that ethicists are divided on many issues, much as the U.S. Supreme Court is often split in its decisions. If the Court's cases were easily decided, then most of its decisions would be unanimous.
While there are some bedrock ethical principles that should remain immutable, the field needs some breathing space to accommodate to societal changes and new research findings. Analogously, the Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but the definition of this evolves, so that today's court may decide a punishment issue differently from its predecessors. Similarly, it is possible that an issue deemed ethical today, might be considered unethical tomorrow.
Medical professionals confront ethical tension regularly. These situations can be tough to navigate through as a physician weighs one person's rights against another. If a doctor 'modifies' a diagnostic code so that an insurance company will pay the bill instead of the unemployed factory worker, has an ethical foul been committed? Is dispensing free drug samples, beloved by patients, ethical as this increases costs and raises drug prices for other patients? Is it ethical for a medical specialist to withhold from his patient that his primary care physician is mediocre and there are superior alternatives available? If a sick patient won't pay his bills, under what circumstances, if any, can the physician ethically terminate the relationship?
There have been physicians present during enhanced interrogation events (read: torture) ostensibly to guide interrogators against causing permanent serious injury or worse. Perhaps, these physicians have rationalized their role to be protectors of detainees, but this is nonsensical. This role is so far removed from the medical profession's healing mission, that it deserves no debate. Indeed, this practice tortures the medical profession that is under oath to heal and comfort the sick, not to provide flimsy cover to 'interrogators'.
I am not opining here on whether protecting our national security requires enhanced interrogation techniques. I am stating that the medical profession should not participate in the sessions. As to whether physicians and psychologists should contribute to developing 'interrogation' techniques to ensure that they conform to our nation's laws and values is grist for a true debate. Even if this preparatory training function were to be deemed ethical, I would never participate in it.
Physicians have been participating in force-feeding 'detainees' in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. It is wrong and unethical for a physician to have a role in force-feeding an individual who has the mental capacity to refuse medical care. I condemn this practice which tarnishes my profession and undermines the ethical scaffolding that supports and guides it. The World Medical Association, the American Medical Association and the British Medical Association have each firmly denounced force-feeding. Our military counters that the practice is legal and proper. If force-feeding is ethical, then why shouldn't we extend the practice into our hospitals and nursing homes?
President Obama has stated, "I don't want these individuals to die", with regard to the Guantanamo detainees. If our Commander-in-Chief wants to force food down someone's throat, he is free to give the order. But no doctor or nurse should carry it out.
First published in The Plain Dealer on 9/6/13.


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The first book in the Genetics Chronicles, The Titan Strain is a sci-fi journey into the dark world of a dystopian London. A bleak, stratified place rebuilding after the war that decimated America and crippled Europe, the city has become the playground of mods, humans illegally experimenting with genetic modification. It is also the home of Liane, an assassin trained from childhood by the shadowy government that rules the city. But when mods begin to turn up dead around the city, Liane defies her orders to working alongside a young police officer in the hunt for the killers. As they grow closer to solving the murders, they will also discover the truth of the whispered genetic advancement known as the Titan Strain.
Virginia Soenksen has always enjoyed creating new worlds and characters, and at some point started writing her ideas down. She devours books and movies at an alarming rate, especially those that focus on other worlds, speculations of the future of this world, or extraordinary people. An art historian and associate director of a museum, she also writes about Japanese textiles. While she has lived around the globe, she now resides in the Shenandoah Valley. This is her first (but hopefully not last) novel. Follow her on Twitter at @vmsoenksen.


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0:00 BIRKNER, Agazi at goalie for Northwest (Wash.)_.
0:00 Burdick, Austin at goalie for George Fox.
3:39 Offside against George Fox.
8:42 Shot by George Fox Carrillo, Isaiah, Save (by goalie) BIRKNER, Agazi.
10:08 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ MORSE, Jake, Save (by goalie) Burdick, Austin.
12:41 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ GORDON, Elijah, High.
13:51 Shot by George Fox Rickard, Micah, Save (by goalie) BIRKNER, Agazi.
16:57 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ BORMANN, Leon, High.
18:18 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [18:18].
22:16 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Chisholm, Cassen for Towne, Bryce.
25:16 Yellow card on George Fox Manon, Moises.
27:44 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [27:44].
28:42 Shot by George Fox Rickard, Micah, Blocked.
29:00 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [29:00].
29:40 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ GUNHUS, Payton, Wide.
29:46 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Turnipseed, Bryce for Horn, Tyson.
29:46 Substitution!George Fox substitution: LaMadrid, Noah for Manon, Moises.
29:46 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: IRUNGU, John for PROPHET, Noah.
31:11 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: MCINTOSH, Kyler for BALLARD, Alex.
31:55 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ MORSE, Jake, Blocked.
32:15 Corner kick by Northwest (Wash.)_ MCINTOSH, Kyler [32:15].
33:08 Shot by George Fox Turnipseed, Bryce, Save (by goalie) BIRKNER, Agazi.
36:06 Corner kick by Northwest (Wash.)_ MCINTOSH, Kyler [36:06].
36:41 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ NICKSON, Titus, Blocked.
37:05 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Dye, Simon for Torres, Fernando.
37:05 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Barene, Alex for Rickard, Micah.
37:48 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: REPSOLD, Mikias for MORSE, Jake.
37:48 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: STARR, Joey for TRAVIS, Jordan.
39:47 Shot by George Fox Centeno, Freddy, Wide.
90:00 For Northwest (Wash.)_: #0 DORNAY, Blake, #3 MORSE, Jake, #4 GORDON, Elijah, #7 REPSOLD, Mikias, #8 MCINTOSH, Kyler, #14 TRAVIS, Jordan, #16 BORMANN, Leon, #20 NICKSON, Titus, #22 GUNHUS, Payton, #23 SIEDENBURG, Trent, #25 SIEDENBURG, Tyler.
45:00 For George Fox: #1 Burdick, Austin, #2 Turnipseed, Bryce, #8 Ravelo-Ramano, J., #9 Towne, Bryce, #10 Manon, Moises, #13 Martin, Trevor, #14 Rickard, Micah, #19 Dye, Simon, #22 Centeno, Freddy, #26 LaMadrid, Noah, #28 Rudd, William.
45:00 DORNAY, Blake at goalie for Northwest (Wash.)_.
50:15 Red card on Northwest (Wash.)_ TRAVIS, Jordan.
50:15 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Ehleringer, Patrick for Burdick, Austin.
50:15 Ehleringer, Patrick at goalie for George Fox.
51:36 Shot by George Fox Manon, Moises, Blocked.
51:50 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [51:50].
54:26 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ MORSE, Jake, Blocked.
57:30 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Carrillo, Isaiah for Rickard, Micah.
57:30 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Horn, Tyson for Turnipseed, Bryce.
60:44 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ SIEDENBURG, Trent, High.
60:49 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: PROPHET, Noah for REPSOLD, Mikias.
62:59 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Chisholm, Cassen for Towne, Bryce.
62:59 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: MOTA SILVIERA, Lucas for BORMANN, Leon.
62:59 Substitution!Northwest (Wash.)_ substitution: BALLARD, Alex for MCINTOSH, Kyler.
66:47 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [66:47].
68:36 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ PROPHET, Noah, Save (by goalie) Ehleringer, Patrick.
68:55 Corner kick by Northwest (Wash.)_ SIEDENBURG, Trent [68:55].
71:53 Shot by Northwest (Wash.)_ BALLARD, Alex, Blocked.
73:01 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Huaracha-Canchola,J. for Centeno, Freddy.
73:01 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Barene, Alex for LaMadrid, Noah.
74:57 Corner kick by George Fox Manon, Moises [74:57].
76:59 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Ishimue, Joshua for Chisholm, Cassen.
76:59 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Turnipseed, Bryce for Horn, Tyson.
77:39 Header Shot by George Fox Turnipseed, Bryce, Save (by goalie) DORNAY, Blake.
77:39 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Mclinnes, Jared for Turnipseed, Bryce.
79:10 Offside against George Fox.
79:55 Corner kick by Northwest (Wash.)_ SIEDENBURG, Trent [79:55].
81:09 Offside against George Fox.
84:05 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Towne, Bryce for Ishimue, Joshua.
84:05 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Torres, Fernando for Dye, Simon.
84:05 Substitution!George Fox substitution: Rickard, Micah for Barene, Alex.
88:50 Shot by George Fox Rickard, Micah, Blocked.
95:00 Substitution!George Fox substitution: LaMadrid, Noah for Manon, Moises.
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Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and United States¹
Paris, 27 August 2008
We, the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom, condemn the action of our fellow G8 member. Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia violates the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and is contrary to UN Security Council resolutions supported by Russia.
Russia's decision has called into question its commitment to peace and security in the Caucasus.
We deplore Russia's excessive use of military force in Georgia and its continued occupation of parts of Georgia. We call unanimously on the Russian government to implement in full the six-point peace plan brokered by President Sarkozy on behalf of the EU, in particular to withdraw its forces behind the pre-conflict lines.
We reassert our strong and continued support for Georgia's sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders and underline our respect and support for the democratic and legitimate government of Georgia as we pursue a peaceful, durable solution to this conflict./.
¹ Source of English text: FCO website.


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Author`s name Dmitry Sudakov
There Was No Sex in USSR Indeed
History, traditions
The first years of Perestroika were marked with the growing epidemic of AIDS in the West and the rising popularity of TV call-in shows featuring Soviet and American citizens in Russia.
I watched all these shows but one. I know about the one I missed from my grandmother who gave me an enthusiastic recap: "Some American woman asked a question about sex, and a Russian woman got up and said "There is no sex in the USSR!"" Later, this phrase became proverbial. The poor woman became a laughing stock. However, there was some truth to her words as there was no sex in the USSR, indeed. The key, nonetheless, is the understanding of what the word "sex" meant in the USSR.
In the 1970s, Literaturnaya Gazeta (Literary Newspaper), a newspaper popular among intelligentsia, used to publish various reports from the USA. To this day, I remember an article about 42nd Street in New York, rife with words like striptease, sadism, masochism, sexual perversions, prostitution, and pornography.
After reading these reports, we were convinced that Western countries, especially the US, were hubs of debauchery.
The word "sex" was used in the articles about the vices of capitalistic society and, at times, in translated literature. It was not typical for conversational speech.
The Soviet government was concerned with preserving family values, mainly, because it could benefit from it. A family was a minimum unit the government could control, hence the name "social unit." Everything that happened outside of family life was hard to control, and therefore, was deemed suspicious and undesirable.
Sexual freedom was considered destructive for family values. The government designed various administrative barriers to prevent sex outside of wedlock. People who were not officially married could not share a room in a hotel, or stay overnight in a students' dorm.
Sexual education in schools was nonexistent as it could lead to debauchery. People were given no information about contraception since it was believed that the lack of knowledge would contribute to abstinence. Interestingly enough, the phenomenal number of abortions performed on Soviet women was completely dismissed.
The only form of sexual education available was boring lectures describing STDs read in vacation retreats.
I remember the Russian media trashing the Western sexual revolution. Interestingly, anti-bourgeois trends, typical for young people in the West in the end of the 1960s, were perceived by Russians as bourgeois decadence.
Hippies received their fair share of criticism as well. Although they protested against bourgeois society, they also protested against order. The USSR government's biggest fear was uncontrollable, chaotic and spontaneous events associated with destruction.
Free market was criticized for being unordered and anarchical. Everything that had an element of change in it was considered bad, including job-hopping, one-night stands, and promiscuous sexual relations.
In the late 1970s, certain shifts occurred in youth culture. It was immediately reflected in the Russian language where such words as oversexed and polyamory came to use.
The first mention of AIDS in the West appeared at the same time Perestroika began in the USSR. Russian society became more open and could not ignore the threat. The struggle against the virus was unthinkable without sex education. As strange as it may seem, during the struggle prostitution was short of being legalized, and pornography and sexual freedom flourished.
While the appearance of AIDS was the end of the sexual revolution in the West, in Russia it was just the beginning.
Many years have passed. No one will dare say that there is no sex in Russia. Hotels are happy to offer their rooms to anyone on a "per hour" basis. Erotic videos can be purchased in stores, online, or downloaded from the web. Dating sites and swingers' clubs are gaining in popularity. Life is getting better.
However, Russian society still considers sex as something negative. While it is readily available and obvious, sex remains a symbol of sin and vice. Russians still have conservative values. Opinion polls targeting young people reveal that they are even more traditional than the older generation. These values, however, are not necessarily observed. Bigotry is another issue. Those who openly discuss their desires are criticized more than anyone. You are better off keeping your dreams to yourself.
Rabkor.ru
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Nice article. I will share with my dad and with my aunt.