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POLITICO Playbook: Trump's one way out
By ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
President Donald Trump speaks while departing the Capitol after a Senate Republican Policy lunch on Wednesday. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo
SHUTDOWN … DAY 20 … TRUMP'S ONLY WAY OUT …
THERE IS AN INCREASING RECOGNITION in the White House and among his most important allies on Capitol Hill that the only way for PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP to get movement on his border wall is to figure out a way to build the barrier on his own. He thinks he has options -- national emergency, other executive action -- but it's almost time to put a nail in the coffin of his congressional efforts.
THERE IS NO DEAL WITH DEMS TO BE HAD … All available public and private evidence tells us Trump's talks with SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI and SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER are at a complete impasse, despite what some of his aides and allies seem to tell him. (People also convinced the president that he would have more leverage in January when Dems took the House!)
-- TRUMP is running up against a Democratic House that is doing exactly what it said it would do: block his wall. And he's not going to split Schumer and Pelosi. There is no space between the two leaders on this issue.
MISCALCULATION … THE WHITE HOUSE made a flawed calculation a few weeks ago. They thought Pelosi would be ready to deal, and could deliver Trump his wall once she got past her leadership election. It was a serious misjudgment by an administration that frequently misreads the Hill -- and is having a tough time reading Pelosi.
THEY THOUGHT she would cave on the wall, and she isn't.
WHAT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT PELOSI … She's a slow-burn type leader -- not unlike SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL. They don't get flustered at momentary shifts in whatever debate they are a part of. Pelosi has set a strategy and theory of the case, and she's going to stick with it.
YESTERDAY, the White House had JARED KUSHNER on the Hill, trying to work out some sort of wall-for-something deal. Pelosi said she really is not interested in a wall trade. The White House should save Jared's time -- especially today, which is his birthday. More from Burgess Everett and Eliana Johnson on the meeting
-- VP MIKE PENCE is on the Hill today for meetings.
WHAT'S WITH THE STORMING-OUT SHTICK? … MAYBE it works in real estate, where both parties are yearning for a deal, but yesterday on the Hill, people thought it was strange behavior and a sign of a president under intense pressure with little room to maneuver.
-- WAPO'S DAVID NAKAMURA and SEUNG MIN KIM: "President Trump has long said that keeping opponents off balance is the best way to win a negotiation. But nearly three weeks into a partial government shutdown, his usual playbook doesn't seem to be working." WaPo
ON THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION…
-- THE HOUSE and other entities would likely immediately jump in, and try to have the courts stop the move. But it would allow Trump to claim progress -- which the president is seeing none of at the moment. He could open the government, and say the wall is being built. And if the courts strike it down, then the president can blame the judiciary, something he's done before.
-- BTW: Republicans don't really like this emergency declaration stuff. They think it's executive overreach and undermines congressional authority.
-- ALSO: Dems can cut the money Trump uses to build the wall in next year's appropriations cycle.
-- ELIANA JOHNSON (@elianayjohnson): "White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and Army Secretary Mark Esper are accompanying Trump to the border [on Thursday], per source, following a day of failed meetings with lawmakers."
-- ANOTHER PROBLEM: AP'S NOMAAN MERCHANT in Hidalgo, Texas: "The federal government has started surveying land along the border in Texas and announced plans to start construction next month. Rather than surrender their land, some property owners are digging in, vowing to reject buyout offers and preparing to fight the administration in court." AP
THE PRESIDENT is heading to McAllen, Texas, this morning. He is scheduled to leave the White House at 9:15 a.m. While at the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station, Trump will participate in a roundtable on immigration and border security. He will also travel to the Rio Grande and get a border security briefing.
-- FOX NEWS' SEAN HANNITY will air an interview with the president from his time at the border at 9 p.m.
Good Thursday morning. MARKET WATCH … WSJ'S AVANTIKA CHILKOTI: "Global Stocks Slip as Growth Worries Linger"
NYT'S KATIE ROGERS and MAGGIE HABERMAN: "Trump Thinks He's His Own Best Messenger. Where Does That Leave Bill Shine?": "At the beginning of the government shutdown, Bill Shine was about as far away from the capital as President Trump's most senior communications official could get. While the president was complaining about sitting alone in the White House trying to force Democrats to accept a wall on the Mexican border, Mr. Shine was on a Hawaiian vacation.
"As the shutdown presented Mr. Trump with an ever-expanding political challenge, Mr. Shine, who joined the White House staff with the expectation that he would deliver on his promise to satisfy Mr. Trump's hunger for positive news coverage, stayed on vacation, keeping in contact with colleagues by phone.
"Eventually, Mr. Shine came home early to help manage the administration's response. But any expectation that he would be by the president's side crafting a cohesive message would be a miscalculation of the role he has actually come to play as Mr. Trump's latest communications director, according to interviews with over a dozen former and current administration officials." NYT
-- THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER'S RICK PORTER: "TV Ratings: Trump Speech, Democratic Response Draws 40 Million-Plus Viewers": "The response by Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer had slightly larger preliminary numbers than the president's address." THR
THE IMPACT … "Food inspections by the FDA have been sharply reduced, alarming critics," by WaPo's Laurie McGinley and Joel Achenbach: "The furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation's food supply — one of the many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that are making Americans potentially less safe. The agency, which oversees 80 percent of the food supply, has suspended all routine inspections of domestic food-processing facilities, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in an interview.
"He is working on a plan to bring inspectors back as early as next week to inspect facilities considered high-risk because they handle sensitive items such as seafood, soft cheese and vegetables, or have a history of problems.... Foodborne illnesses are a major problem in the United States, sickening 48 million people each year and killing 3,000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates." WaPo
-- "Coast Guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdown," by WaPo's Dan Lamothe: "Employees of the U.S. Coast Guard who are facing a long U.S. government shutdown just received a suggestion: To get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting, dog-walking or serving as a 'mystery shopper.'
"The suggestions were part of a five-page tip sheet published by the Coast Guard Support Program, an employee-assistance arm of the service often known as CG SUPRT. It is designated to offer Coast Guard members help with mental-health issues or other concerns about their lives, including financial wellness. 'Bankruptcy is a last option,' the document said." WaPo
KEEP AN EYE ON … DOJ SHAFTS DEMOCRATS … MARIANNE LEVINE: "Klobuchar says she was denied Barr meeting before hearing because of shutdown": "Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn) said Wednesday that she was unable to get a meeting with Attorney General nominee William Barr before his confirmation hearing next week because of the government shutdown.
"'I tried (as did Blumenthal) to get meeting w/AG nominee Barr and was told he couldn't meet until AFTER the hearing,' Klobuchar, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, tweeted, referencing Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal. 'The reason given? The shutdown.'" POLITICO
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SCOOP … 2020 WATCH -- ALEX THOMPSON: "Top Sanders 2016 adviser accused of forcibly kissing subordinate": "On the final night of the Democratic National Convention in July of 2016, Bernie Sanders' staffers went out to a Mediterranean restaurant and hookah bar in City Center Philadelphia to celebrate and mourn the end of the campaign.
"Sitting at the bar sometime after midnight, convention floor leader Robert Becker—who oversaw Sanders' Iowa campaign, then helped lead his efforts in Michigan, California, and New York as deputy national field director—began talking with a female staffer who had worked under him along with her boyfriend.
"Becker, now 50 years old, told the 20-something woman that he had always wanted to have sex with her and made a reference to riding his 'pole,' according to the woman and three other people who witnessed what happened or were told about it shortly afterward by people who did. Later in the night, Becker approached the woman and abruptly grabbed her wrists. Then he moved his hands to her head and forcibly kissed her, putting his tongue in her mouth as he held her, the woman and other sources said.
"The woman did not formally report the incident at the time because the campaign was over. But over the past several months, Becker, who is not on Sanders' payroll, has been calling potential staffers and traveling to early primary states to prepare for another presidential run—activities that Sanders' top aides did not endorse, but did not disavow, either.
"Among those whom Becker contacted was the woman who says he assaulted her. The entreaty prompted her to step forward to tell senior Sanders advisers, including 2016 campaign manager Jeff Weaver, about what happened to her." POLITICO
-- "Jeff Weaver will not return as Bernie Sanders' campaign manager in 2020," by CNN's Gregory Krieg
-- CHRIS CADELAGO: "Steyer won't run for president in 2020"
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THE INVESTIGATIONS -- "House Democrats now asking questions about Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin," by NBC's Heidi Przybyla: "Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has agreed to deliver a classified briefing to U.S. House lawmakers on Thursday on his recent decision to lift sanctions on companies linked to a Russian oligarch and Vladimir Putin ally, marking the start of an aggressive new focus on Mnuchin by newly empowered House Democrats, according to two top Democratic aides. ...
"[B]ecause of his role in the campaign — and, most recently, the Dec. 19 announcement easing sanctions on companies aligned with Oleg Deripaska, the Putin ally with ties to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort — House Democrats believe Mnuchin should be a focus of and source of information for several planned investigations both related and unrelated to the Russia probe, according to the aides. These include examinations of Trump's finances and the business practices of the Trump Organization." NBC
UPDATE -- "Doug Jones Seeks Inquiry Into Misinformation Efforts in Alabama Senate Race," by NYT's Alan Blinder: "Jones, the Democrat who was an unwitting beneficiary of misinformation tactics during a special election in Alabama in 2017, asked the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to investigate the episodes. ...
"'Such deceptive tactics have no place in American politics and must be repudiated by those involved in our political system,' Mr. Jones wrote in a letter to Ellen L. Weintraub, a Democratic member of the commission. ... [The] overall effort, which cost $100,000, was underwritten through an intermediary by Reid Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn." NYT … The letter
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WHAT LANGLEY IS READING -- "Did CIA Director Gina Haspel run a black site at Guantánamo?" by McClatchy's Carol Rosenberg: "An attorney for the accused architect of the Sept. 11 attacks told a judge in a secret session last year that CIA Director Gina Haspel ran a secret agency outpost at Guantánamo, an apparent reference to a post-9/11 black site, according to a recently declassified transcript.
"The claim by Rita Radostitz, a lawyer for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, appears in one paragraph of a partially redacted transcript of a secret hearing held at Guantánamo on Nov. 16. ... Neither the public nor the accused was allowed to attend the hearing but, following an intelligence review, the Pentagon released portions of its transcript on a war court website." McClatchy
ISIS 2.0? -- "As Iraq's Shiite militias expand their reach, concerns about an ISIS revival grow," by WaPo's Tamer El-Ghobashy and Mustafa Salim in Baghdad: "Iraq's large and well-armed Shiite militias are now running many of the Sunni areas they helped liberate from the Islamic State, fostering local resentments that could fuel a resurgence of support for the extremist group. After winning nearly a third of the seats in parliamentary elections last year, the Shiite militias, including several ideologically aligned with Iran, are enjoying unprecedented military and political power in Iraq." WaPo
SPOTTED: Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski last night at Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont's inaugural ball at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford -- Joe's band played. ... Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Jonathan Capehart at Blue Duck Tavern last night as part of a table of five. ... Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) walking into Alero in Dupont Circle to get takeout.
SPOTTED at a special screening of "Vice" last night at the Newseum (trailer): Reps. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), Marc Veasey (D-Texas), Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) and Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Tony Blinken, Zeke Miller, Terry Hunt, Evan Ryan, Josh Green, Craig Gordon, Margaret Talev, Bob Cohn, John Harwood, Sam Feist, Asawin Suebsaeng, Betsy Woodruff, Nedra Pickler, Jennifer Loven, Eric Schmitt, Michael Crowley, Blake Hounshell, Ben Schreckinger, Warren Strobel and John Walcott.
TRANSITIONS -- Will Kinzel, who most recently oversaw Delta's lobbying efforts in Washington, is joining MillerCoors as VP of government affairs. The Boehner alum will be in charge of federal and state advocacy for the company. … Emily Pierce, an Obama DOJ alum, is joining CLS Strategies.
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Washingtonian's Jessica Sidman ... BuzzFeed's Emily Ashton
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Morgan Finkelstein, associate director for media relations at CAP's Moscow Project, celebrating tonight with dinner with her boyfriend and a party this weekend. What she's been reading recently: "I'm reading 'Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World,' by Suzy Hansen and it's fantastic. The book challenges every assumption about what it means to be an American abroad, an American at all, and how we exist in -- and happen to -- the world. Also, it's beautifully written. A must-read for anyone who works in national security, likes to travel or is well, American." Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Jared Kushner is 38 … FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is 45 … Beth Fouhy, senior editor of politics at NBC News and MSNBC ... Joanna Rosholm, former press secretary for Michelle Obama ... Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) is 69 … Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) is 6-0 … Michelle Fields (hubby tip: Jamie Weinstein) ... former Rep. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) is 81 ... Nick Calio, president and CEO of Airlines for America, is 66 … GPG's Lauren Edmonds ... Freddie Tunnard, WH producer for NBC News (hat tip: Monica Alba) ... POLITICO's Maya Parthasarathy and Kristen Miller ... Esther Whieldon ... AP national security reporter Robert Burns … Luke Johnson … Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) is 62 … former Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) is 58 … Benjamin Hackett … Adam Walinsky is 82 ... Joe Lacob is 63 ... Jeremy Button … Abigail Ashbrook … Blake Adami … Nat Wienecke ...
... former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) is 56 (h/t Tim Griffin) ... former Rep. Dan Crane (R-Ill.) is 82 … Liesl Hickey, partner at Ascent Media (h/t Blain Rethmeier) … Joe Petrzelka … Caroline Hakes ... Freddy Gray, deputy editor of The Spectator, is 39 ... The Hill's Julia Manchester (h/t Mallory Shelbourne) ... AEI's Caitlin Summers ... Nat Sillin … Lauren Coape-Arnold ... Robby Goldsberry ... Aaron Buchner, COS at Organizing for Action … David Hallock … Liz Chadderdon ... Steve Marchand ... Dante Scala … Vaughn Ververs, political editor at NBCNews.com, is 5-0 ... Jessica Mudditt … Stacy Hawkins Adams … Myranda Tanck ... Braxton Marcela … Lanny Wiles ... IBM's Hugh Livengood ... Sally Lovejoy ... Ryan Dierker ... Blake Hopper ... Kamal Patel ... Adam Weissmann ... Samuel Negatu … Cheryl Benton … AnnMaura Connolly (h/ts Teresa Vilmain)
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Perennial Explorer: A Profile of Neelima Sinha
This University of California, Davis, botanist studies the genes that regulate plant anatomy.
Anna Azvolinsky
Neelima Sinha
Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis
Katherine Esau Junior Faculty Fellow (1997-1999)
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship (2001)
Elected Fellow of the AAAS (2006)
Benjamin Peary Pal Chair of the Indian National Scientific Academy (2015)
The Pelton Award – Botanical Society of America (2016)
Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists (2018)
© courtesy of David Slipher
Plant biologist Neelima Sinha was 30 years old when she entered graduate school in botany at the University of California, Berkeley. "It doesn't seem terribly old now, but I was a lot older than the other students around me," she recalls. Although Sinha had "desperately wanted to do research and get a PhD" after receiving her master's in botany from Lucknow University in India, her own practical inclinations and her mother's guidance steered her to take the civil service exam to explore her career options. "My mother wanted me to be independent, and I think she thought that doing a PhD was a long road and that I would need someone to support me in order to complete it," she says.
So Sinha worked as a bank manager for nine years, earning a good living and achieving the independence her mother had envisioned. On the job, she met her husband, Ranjan, who had an engineering degree. Ranjan, like Sinha, was increasingly disenchanted by his job in finance. "Suddenly, we both decided that we wanted to go back and pursue PhDs. We had money saved up and started to prepare, studying for the GREs and applying to schools at night after work. I was studying for the GRE biology subject test and thought, 'This is what I want to be doing,'" Sinha says.
In 1985, with their 5-year-old son Bhaskar in tow, Sinha and her husband arrived in Waco, Texas, to attend Baylor University, where Ranjan entered a 1-year MBA program, and Sinha was to do a 1-year master's program in environmental studies. "We had never traveled outside of India, and landing in Texas was like arriving on another planet. Some people were very welcoming and others were not so welcoming," she says. "People would stop me in grocery stores and ask if I was Christian, and someone actually asked me if, in India, people still lived in trees." Along with the culture shock, the couple also worried about readjusting to life in an educational institution, as they'd both been out of school for almost a decade. "Initially, we took a year leave of absence from our jobs to see if we could even do academia after such a long time away," Sinha says. The time away from school turned out not to be an issue, and after six months at Baylor, both Sinha and Ranjan were applying for PhD programs.
In 1986, the family moved to Berkeley, California, where Sinha started her PhD research in botany and Ranjan began a PhD program in accounting. "We were both happy when we arrived at Berkeley, which was a completely different experience," she says. "People there were very welcoming." The family later moved to Boston for Ranjan to take a job, and then Sinha landed a faculty position at the University of California, Davis, where she's been ever since.
Early enchantment
Sinha was born in 1954 in a small town near New Delhi, India. Her father worked in the state government, and his position meant that the family—including Sinha's brother, Prakash, who is eight years younger, and her sister, Sudha, who is eight years older—moved to a new city every three years or so. "I didn't have many friends growing up as a result," Sinha says. "I just remember a lot of packing boxes!" Sinha's parents—particularly her mother, who only received her high school certification after the birth of her first daughter— prioritized education. Sinha attended all-girls' Catholic schools, which she remembers fondly. "We were a Hindu household, but I still have a very soft spot for Irish Catholic nuns. I only have good memories from the schools I attended," she says.
We had never traveled outside of India, and landing in Texas was like arriving on another planet.
Sinha's fascination with biology started around age 8, she recalls. By high school, she was so enthralled with the subject that her parents bought her extra biology books to read at home on everything from how seed germination works to how the human kidney functions. She had an "incredible" 11th grade biology teacher, a nun who had a master's degree in zoology and who led Sinha's class on dissections of creatures from across the animal kingdom: "Earthworms were OK, cockroaches were maybe OK, but when we got to the warm-blooded creatures like the pigeon, I just couldn't handle it," she says. Her visceral reaction to the animal dissections drove her to study plants.
Perhaps not surprisingly, when Sinha entered college at India's Lucknow University in 1971, she studied chemistry and animal science but majored in botany, particularly immersing herself in paleobotany and the history of plant life on Earth. She graduated with her master's in 1975, but Sinha made the pragmatic decision to go into banking. After a few years, however, she realized that her banking career was not fulfilling enough and that academia was where she, and her similarly frustrated husband, belonged.
Auspicious beginnings
At Berkeley, Sinha joined Sarah Hake's lab, which was focused on the genetics of plant development. Hake was then a new faculty member who was also a joint appointee at the United States Department of Agriculture's new Plant Gene Expression Center (PGEC), and Sinha was her first graduate student—one who had never performed genetics or molecular biology experiments. Sinha worked hard, absorbing all of the techniques she could from Hake and others in the lab and ultimately choosing to study a genetic mutation in maize called KNOTTED that disrupts normal leaf development, turning the normally smooth corn leaves bumpy—a result of cells within the leaf adopting inappropriate cell fates. Sinha investigated the developmental characteristics of these mutants, showing that the knot-like nodules originated in the innermost leaf layer. The gene that was mutated, called KNOTTED-1, turned out to be among the first homeobox genes, a large family of similar genomic elements that direct the formation of many body structures during early development, found in plants.
Uncovered the role of KNOTTED-1 in leaf development in maize.
Established that the maize homeobox gene KNOTTED-1 can regulate leaf cell fate and that modulating the expression of this gene can result in cell fate switch within leaf structures.
Analyzed the evolutionary origin of homeobox genes in the ancestors of plants, fungi, and metazoans.
With colleagues, found that similar leaf structures are not necessarily homologous among plants and that KNOX genes are involved in generating compound leaves in many diverse plant groups.
Demonstrated host-induced gene silencing, where small interfering RNAs expressed in a host plant can lead to silencing of genes in a parasitic plant.
Homeobox genes typically encode transcription factors that bind to DNA and selectively turn certain genes on or off. When Sinha began to study the genes, they were relatively well characterized in animals, such as in Drosophila, but not in plants.
Intrigued, Sinha started worked on cloning homeobox genes in tomato plants and studying their function. "I called it my 'nine pm to midnight project,'" she says. Sinha would go home to be with her family for dinner, put her son to bed, and then come back to the lab. After a few years, she discovered that homeobox genes in plants influenced leaf development. In 1993, she reported that when KNOTTED-1 was overexpressed in the tobacco plant, the plant's leaf cells switch fates, causing shoot structures, for example, to form on leaves.
When it came time to plan her next move, Sinha had to coordinate with Ranjan, who was also looking for an academic position. Ranjan got a job at Boston University and Sinha, while still in California, applied for and received a fellowship from Pioneer Hi-Bred, an agricultural seed company. The fellowship was not tied to working in any specific laboratory, so the family moved to Boston, and Sinha found workspace in a Drosophila geneticist's lab at Boston University. "I worked on maize and tomato genetics on my own, and that was my postdoc," Sinha says.
Being an Indian and a woman, I kept thinking 'What did I do to deserve this faculty position? . . . I came to realize that this is widespread. My smart and capable female students come to me constantly questioning themselves, and it breaks my heart.
In 1995, she accepted an assistant professor position in the plant biology department at UC Davis. Her husband and son stayed in Boston at first. A year later, her son moved to be with her, and in 1997 Ranjan joined his wife and son in California, accepting an assistant professor position in the School of Management at Santa Clara University.
At UC Davis, Sinha focused on a subset of homeobox genes in the tomato plant called the Class I KNOX genes, which encode transcription factors necessary for the proper patterning of plant organs. "The tomato was interesting because it had a compound leaf structure, rather than a simple leaf structure, and I wanted to understand what role these KNOX homeobox genes played in shaping the leaves," she says. Serendipity was on her side: she had cloned two KNOX homeobox genes while at PGEC and wanted to see if any mapped to known tomato mutants. "The first Southern blot I ever did showed me that one of the genes I cloned mapped to a mutant I had found in UC Davis's tomato stock center." That Southern blot ended up in a Plant Molecular Biology paper, published in 1999, in which Sinha and her colleagues identified a novel version of a KNOX homeobox gene in tomato caused by fusion between a KNOX gene and an adjacent metabolic gene.
She also continued to focus on how plant diversity developed throughout evolution, using the leaf as a model. Geeta Bharathan, a postdoctoral fellow in Sinha's lab at the time, examined the role of homeobox genes in leaf forms from ferns to flowering plants, finding that the origins of simple leaf structures varied and that similar leaf structures don't necessarily predict homology among plants. "We keep finding that the same genes are important for sculpting morphological diversity in plants," Sinha says. The results were published in Science in 2002.
Sinha's lab was also working on parasitic plants, which attach to another plant, siphoning water, nutrients, and RNA from their hosts. Amos Alakonya, a graduate student from Kenya, was interested in the mechanics of plant parasitism because plant parasites, such as Striga, plague maize and sorghum agriculture in Africa. Focusing on a California-native parasite, Alakonya and collaborators showed that small interfering RNAs expressed in the host plant can lead to silencing of genes in the parasitic plant, a phenomenon now called host-induced gene silencing. "It was a Trojan horse approach that Amos came up with," Sinha says. The lab is now trying to modify this phenomenon to induce resistance to parasitic plants in tomato plants. "These parasites can be devastating, resulting in 60 percent to 70 percent loss of tomato yields," Sinha says.
An energetic spirit
Despite her success, Sinha says she found it difficult to shake her "imposter syndrome" for a long time. "Being an Indian and a woman, I kept thinking 'What did I do to deserve this faculty position?'" she says. "I came to realize that this is widespread. My smart and capable female students come to me constantly questioning themselves, and it breaks my heart. Years and years of being at great universities and doing good work, and we are still questioning ourselves."
Being around young people helps me keep up with their concerns, the increased social responsibilities they are taking on, and also the technology that they are embracing.
Sinha has responded to the lingering doubts she and her trainees experience by embracing her cultural background and respecting diversity in her lab. "My lab has always had an international flavor, and I love that because it's wonderful to see how international scientists adjust to our culture, and we adjust to theirs." She recalls, for example, how a postdoc from Japan had to ask her about a phrase a graduate student in the lab used. The postdoc had been in the lab for a month when he told Sinha that he had just made his 40th DNA construct. "A graduate student overheard, did a double take, and said 'Man, you are an animal in the lab,'" she explains. The postdoc later came to Sinha's office to ask what the graduate student had meant. "I told him it was a great compliment, it meant that he had amazing hands in the lab," she says. "When the postdoc was leaving the lab, we got him a shirt that said 'Japanimal' that he would then have to explain the meaning of back in Japan."
Along with the banter and conviviality of those in her lab, Sinha also enjoys the fresh infusion of ideas as she interacts with new students each year. "Being at a university is energizing. You may be getting older, but the people around you are always of the same young age group. Sometimes you look in the mirror and are shocked to see that you are aging because no one around you appears to be aging," Sinha explains. "Being around young people helps me keep up with their concerns, the increased social responsibilities they are taking on, and also the technology that they are embracing."
And it gives Sinha an opportunity to share her passion for promoting the importance of plant life. "I always begin the introductory biology class I teach at UC Davis by saying, 'If we didn't have plants, none of us would exist,'" she says. "We need to spark young people's interests in plants."
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The Cambridge Analytica scandal exposes the mistake in allowing companies like Facebook to self-regulate in the first place.
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Congress hasn't taken steps to prevent foreign powers from buying political ads on the internet. But states like California can take the lead in protecting our elections.
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Q: Using sklearn on audio files of different lengths I'm new to ML and wanted to try a project myself to learn, so please excuse any blatant mistakes. I'm trying to classify a few files (ringtones and such) using audiolab and sklearn in python.
Here's the code:
from scikits.audiolab.pysndfile.matapi import oggread, wavread

import numpy as np

from sklearn import svm

files = ["Basic_Bell.ogg", "Beep-Beep.ogg", "Beep_Once.ogg", "Calling_You.ogg",  "Time_Up.ogg"]
labels = [2,1,1,2,2]
train = []

for f in files:
    data, fs, enc = oggread("Tones/"+f)
    train.append(data)

clf = svm.SVC()
clf.fit(train, labels)

I'm getting an error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/athul/Projects/Audio Analysis/read.py", line 18, in <module>
    clf.fit(train, labels)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sklearn/svm/base.py", line 150, in fit
    X = check_array(X, accept_sparse='csr', dtype=np.float64, order='C')
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sklearn/utils/validation.py", line 373, in check_array
    array = np.array(array, dtype=dtype, order=order, copy=copy)
ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.

In my (limited) understanding this seems to be issue because the train data has different sizes and hence numpy can't convert it into a matrix, so how do I fix this? Can I pad it? If so whats the size I should use? Or is this a mistake on my part?

A:
In my (limited) understanding this seems to be issue because the train
data has different sizes and hence numpy can't convert it into a
matrix,

True, that's exactly the issue.

so how do I fix this? Can I pad it? If so whats the size I should use?
Or is this a mistake on my part?

There are 2 options I can think of, one is to use a network that supports different size matrices (Option1). Other is to pad with zeros. (Option 2). One can also change the length of the audio with other methods (maintaining or not the pitch) but I have not find any applications of that in any paper so I will not post it as an option.
Option 1: Use a network that can deal with different sizes
Normally, one uses Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) as it can cope with different sizes of audio.
Option 2: zero-pad / truncate
I couldn't honestly find a standard here. You could choose a fix duration and then:

*

*For shorter audios: Add silence at the end and/or start of the audio

*For longer audios: Cut them

from pydub import AudioSegment

audio = pydub.AudioSegment.silent(duration=duration_ms)    # The length you want
audio = audio.overlay(pydub.AudioSegment.from_wav(path))
raw = audio.split_to_mono()[0].get_array_of_samples()      # I only keep the left sound

An example of this kind of application can be UrbanSoundDataset. It's a dataset of different lengths audio and therefore any paper that uses it (for a non-RNN network) will be forced to use this or another approach that converts sounds to a same length vector/matrix. I recommend the paper Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for Environmental Sound Classification or ENVIRONMENTAL SOUND CLASSIFICATION WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS. The later has it's code open sourced and you can see it uses the method I explained (kind of) on function _load_audio in this notebook

A bit off topic, but for these kind of applications is highly recommended to use mel-spectrum
Standard (as far as I know) is to use a mel-spectrum for this kind of applications. You could use the Python library Essentia and follow this example or use librosa like this:
y, sr = librosa.load('your-wav-file.wav')
mel_spect = librosa.feature.melspectrogram(y=y, sr=sr, n_fft=2048, hop_length=1024)

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In a cruel twist of irony, the first installment in the franchise to be helmed by a filmmaker with an Academy Award for Best Director under their belt has turned out as the lowest-rated ever on the aggregation site. At the time of writing, Chloé Zhao's cosmic epic is sitting just under the threshold at 59%, but it's not a foregone conclusion quite yet.
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Q: Generating a Rank2Type within a Monad So I superfically understand Rank2Types, but when I try the following
{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes, RankNTypes #-}

import Data.Machine

f :: IO (Process a a)
f = return . auto $ id

GHC coughs out
Couldn't match type `MachineT m0 (Is a0) a0'
              with `forall (m :: * -> *). Monad m => MachineT m (Is a) a'
Expected type: IO (Process a a)
  Actual type: IO (MachineT m0 (Is a0) a0)
In the expression: return . auto $ id
In an equation for `f': f = return . auto $ id
Failed, modules loaded: none.

So as far as I can see, GHC won't allow me to put a forall in a Monad. Is there a principled, quantification logic reason for this, or is this simply a limitation of GHC? Or am I simply doing something silly?

A: Your particular example can be made to work as follows:
{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes, RankNTypes #-}

import Data.Machine

f = (return :: (forall a. Process a a) -> IO (forall a. Process a a)) (auto id)

As Carl says, you have to annotate functions that you want to use impredicatively, such as return here. Even then, working with impredicative types in GHC is somewhat fragile. I wouldn't recommend it. The reasons for the restrictions are simply that it's tricky to perform type inference in the presence of impredicative types, and additionally, Haskell's surface language has no proper syntax to specify the type at which you want to instantiate a polymorphic function.
A common workaround is to wrap stuff up in a newtype:
data PolyProcess = PP (forall a. Process a a)

f' :: IO PolyProcess
f' = return $ PP $ auto $ id


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Q: Can't get Chrome extension content script (document_start) to inject synchronous third-party script into  block I have a third-party <script> that utilizes MutationObserver for conditionally transforming newly added nodes, and for obvious reasons is required to be included inside of the <head> block.
If I manually update the source of the Website and include the third-party <script> inside of the <head> block - everything works correctly, and the third-party <script> is able to observe all mutations that occur.
However, if I use a Chrome extension to inject the third-party <script> into the <head> block of the Website - the third-party <script> is being properly injected into the <head> block of the Website, but is observing very few mutations, comparatively speaking.
My review of the Chrome > DevTools > Network panel revealed that the third-party <script> starts its' load sequence after a variable number of requests belonging to <img>, <script>, <etc> elements inside of the <body> block. Following this discovery, and a bit more research - I was able to confirm that Chrome does in fact default to loading dynamically injected <script> tags asynchronously.
Below you'll find the relevant manifest.json configuration being used, as well as the several different methods for which I've attempted to inject the third-party <script>.
manifest.json
"content_scripts": [{
    "matches": ["*://*/*"],
    "run_at": "document_start",
    "js": ["head.content-script.js"]
}]

head.content-script.js (attempt #1)
document.write('<script async="false" src="//third-party-js.com/third-party.js"></script>');

head.content-script.js (attempt #2)
var script = document.createElement('script');

script.async = false;
script.src = ('//third-party-js.com/third-party.js');

document.documentElement.appendChild(script);

head.content-script.js (attempt #3)
var script = document.createElement('script'),
    code = '(' + function() {
        document.write('<script src="//third-party-js.com/third-party.js"><\/scr' + 'ipt>');
    } + ')()';

script.textContent = code;
(document.head || document.documentElement).appendChild(script);
script.remove();

head.content-script.js (attempt #4)
var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {
    mutations.forEach(function(mutation) {
        mutation.addedNodes.forEach(function(addedNode) {
            if (addedNode.nodeName === 'HEAD') {
                var script = document.createElement('script');

                script.async = false;
                script.src = ('//third-party-js.com/third-party.js');

                addedNode.appendChild(script);
            }
        });
    });
});

observer.observe(document, {
    'childList': true,
    'subtree': true
});

Has anyone else experienced this challenge? I am also open to suggestions if there is a better approach to doing this. I would even open to using something like mitmproxy for modifying the response on-the-fly. Again, my primary objective with the Chrome extension is to end up with a smooth, reliable page load - as if I had manually updated the source of the Website to include the third-party <script>.

A: Here is a flawlessly working solution. Credit goes to wOxxOm:
head.content-script.js
var url = '//third-party-js.com/third-party.js',
    urlEncoded = window.btoa(unescape(encodeURIComponent(url))),
    urlContent = localStorage.getItem(urlEncoded);

if (!urlContent) {
    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.open('GET', url, true);

    xhr.onload = function(e) {
        if ((xhr.readyState === 4) && (xhr.status === 200)) {
            localStorage.setItem(urlEncoded, xhr.responseText);
            window.location.reload(true);
        }
    };

    xhr.send(null);

    document.write('<script src="' + url + '"><\/script>');
} else {
    var script = document.createElement('script');
    script.textContent = urlContent;
    document.documentElement.append(script);
}


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The oil signifies anointing and with anointing comes power, this power is usually given by the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we can say that where there is an anointing of oil, it is the out pouring of the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Holy Spirit is joy!
When the Oil of Gladness is upon a person, they assume a royal office, they become ordained to proclaim God's praises as kings, queens, princes and princesses in God's kingdom.
When the Oil of Gladness is poured out, it sanctifies a person and cleanses them, setting them apart for the Lord to serve Him and only Him.
We've all heard the saying, God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called and indeed it is true. When the Oil is poured out, it qualifies a person for the office they have been anointed to. Just like Aaron, the oil was poured over him and he became anointed into the office of a priest and the anointing qualified him for that office as well.
But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.
The Holy Spirit the strength of every Christian. Receiving in the form of the Oil of Gladness brings strength because the Joy of the Lord is our strength. When oil is rubbed into the body and given a good massage, strength is often restored to weak limbs. So, also the when the Oil of Gladness is poured out, it restores strength and quickens the mortal body.
Oil beautifies and perfumes, when oil is applied on skin, it makes it smooth, soft and shiny and this is why oil is often applied on the skin of a babies, to keep it beautified and healthy. When the Oil of Gladness is poured out on a person, the person becomes radiant, both physically and spiritually because the glory of the Lord is upon that person. Even as Moses shone with God's glory, so also a person who has the Oil of Gladness will be radiant in the eyes of all. So also, oil is a perfume, when it is applied on a person, the scent is difficult to miss, when the Oil of Gladness is on a person, other spiritual minds will be able to perceive and discern it. The ungodly world cannot tell it, but the noses of sanctified saints will be able to perceive the perfume of the Oil of Gladness.
The power of the Oil of Gladness will ultimately remove every wrinkle, spot or scar in the person who carries this anointing. Oil is known for its medicinal and healing qualities, so also when the Oil of Gladness is poured out, every disease that previously brought sorrow will have to give way and let Joy come in.
The Oil of Gladness works to soften and supple hearts. It helps men to humble themselves and be broken before the Lord.
However, the Oil of Gladness is not for everyone; from our #meditationmonday verse, you can see that there is a condition that must be fulfilled before it can be poured out. There must be perfect holiness before there can be perfect happiness. For the Oil of Gladness to be poured out, a person must love righteousness and hate sin.
Sin is the enemy of joy. When a believer is delivered from sin, he is brought into a state where he can have more room for the joy of the Lord to abide within him.
Notice that the verse says that the oil of gladness is poured out on him above his companions, which means that his companions are anointed too, but because of the passion which with he loves righteousness and hates sin, God will pour out a special Oil of Gladness (which is another name or symbol for the Holy Spirit,) on him above his companions.
Brethren, let us desire to chase after righteousness so passionately that there will be no room to consider sin in our hearts, and as we love and desire righteousness, may we will not go un-noticed before the Lord and may He will see our hearts and reward us with the Oil of Gladness above our companions.
Prayer: Lord, I come to you today to thank you for revealing your Oil of Gladness to me. I pray that I may passionately desire righteousness and hate all forms of lawlessness that you may anoint me with the Oil of Gladness above my companions and I may reap its benefits in my life. In Jesus name I pray, (Amen).
*Points 1-7 are taken from a message by Charles Spurgeon on the Oil of Gladness.
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Brass Band Buizingen to perform `When Worlds Collide'
Nigel's latest work for brass band will be premiered by Brass Band Buizingen in the 4th Flemish Open Brass Band Championshipson 14th April in Mechelen, Belgium.
Composer's Note: `When Worlds Collide´ seeks to recreate the atmosphere and sentiment of the American cult Sci-Fi movies of the 1950's such as Robert Wise's 1951 film `The day the Earth Stood Still' and `Invasion of the Body Snatchers' directed by Don Siegel in 1956, as well as Rudolph Maté's 1951 film `When Worlds Collide'.
`When Worlds Collide´ is programmatic with subtitled sub-sections:
1. Crop Circles – 2. Lights in the Sky – 3. Strange Happenings – 4. Sightings – 5. "We Come In Peace" – 6. Alien Abduction – 7. Analysis of the Earthlings –
8. Teleportation – 9. New Understandings – 10. Visions of Far Off Worlds – 11. Colonisation!
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NIGEL CLARKE studied composition at the Royal Academy of Music with Paul Patterson, winning the Josiah Parker Prize (adjudicated by Sir Michael Tippett) and the Academy's highest distinction, the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. Clarke was co-nominated in 2006 World Soundtrack Awards in the `Discovery of the Year' category. He gained his Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Salford. Nigel has previously held positions as Young Composer in Residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Composition and Contemporary Music Tutor at the Royal Academy of Music, London, Head of Composition at the London College of Music and Media, visiting tutor at the Royal Northern College of Music, Associate Composer to the Black Dyke Band, Associate Composer to the Band of HM Grenadier Guards, Associate Composer to the Royal Military School of Music, Associate Composer to Brass Band Buizingen in Belgium and Composer-in-Residence to the Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine (Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy). In 1997 Nigel joined the United States International Visitor Leadership Program sponsored by the US Information Agency. He is currently and Visiting Composer to Middle Tennessee State University Bands.
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As per extant instructions, reservation is provided to Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) at the rate of 15%, 7.5% and 27% respectively in case of direct recruitment on all India basis by open competition. In case of direct recruitment on all India basis otherwise than by open competition, the percentage fixed is 16.66% for SCs, 7.5% for STs and 25.84% for OBCs.
In case of direct recruitment to Group C posts normally attracting candidates from a locality or a region, the percentage of reservation for SC / ST / OBC is generally fixed on the basis of proportion of their population in the respective States / Union Territories.
With the enactment of 'The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016', reservation is also provided to Persons with Benchmark Disabilities against the posts and services of the Central Government at 4% of the total number of vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment in the cadre strength in each group of posts i.e. Group A, B and C.
As per Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, as amended from time to time, 10% of the vacancies in the posts upto of the level of the Assistant Commandant in all para-military forces; (ii) 10% of the vacancies in Group C posts; and (iii) 20% of the vacancies in Group D posts, to be filled by direct recruitment shall be reserved for ex-servicemen.
The persons belonging to Economically Weaker Sections (EWSs) who are not covered under the scheme of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs shall get 10% reservation in direct recruitment in civil posts and services in the Government of India.
Above data is consolidated in respect of Central Government Ministries / Departments and their attached and subordinate offices spread all over the country. This data is not maintained State-wise.


Promotional Look Book - Flottman Company.
Redesign this mining company's company look book to assist with sales.
Modernize the book with bold imagery and bright colors and use the book to highlight what makes this company stand out from their competition.
The company was thrilled with how the book turned out and their sales team started using it immediately. The new look book clearly shows the company's expertise and uniqueness.
Flottman Company prints and produces books for a variety of customers and uses. This promotional look book was created to be used as a corporate introduction piece, a handout at trade shows and as a leave behind by sales representatives. Our marketing team at FUSIONWRX designed the piece, and we printed, cut and folded the books in house. We utilized a clean layout and eliminated cumbersome text and distracting background images. We also incorporated their products' signature green color into the color scheme. The bright green color that our printers were able to produce is what really makes this book stand out. The color is unique in the industry to Cincinnati Mine Machinery, which is why it plays such a pivotal role in this piece.
We created a 9 x 12, 16-page look book, increasing both the presentation size and page quantity of the previous book. A focus on white space, a limited color palette, and a crisp, modern font allow for a precise and clean design that is inviting and easy to read. Large, bright images throughout the book showcase the products the company has to offer, and highlight the green color that has become synonymous with quality in the mining industry. This straightforward and methodical layout appeals to the companies that Cincinnati Mine Machinery is targeting.
We incorporated a pocket folder into the back cover for the placement of product specific one-pagers. A business card slit on that folder allows for a complete and convenient information package.
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TIMES-SHAMROCK FILE An empty factory building sits on the east end of Mahanoy City in 2006. More than a decade later, Mahanoy City is examining what's beyond its time in Act 47 recovery status.
MAHANOY CITY — The public will have the opportunity to learn more about Mahanoy City possibly becoming a home rule community at an informational presentation next Tuesday.
The presentation will be held at 6 p.m. before the regular monthly meeting of the Mahanoy City Borough Council by representatives of the Pennsylvania Economy League. The meeting location has been changed to Mahanoy Area High School's large group instruction room, which is located near the district and high school administrative offices.
The proposed change to adopting a home rule charter is part of the process to help the borough recover from being financially distressed.
Borough officials decided in 2015 to seek help as a distressed community through Act 47, which is the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act.
The Act 47 plan had the borough being approved in late 2016 for an $800,000 no-interest state loan to be paid over 10 years. The borough used the proceeds to satisfy outstanding expenses in 2016 fiscal year and provide stability in the 2017 budget year.
 Increasing the collection rate for real estate taxes through various means, such as the face value period and the penalty period to encourage more timely payments.
 Increase the frequency of delinquent tax sales.
 Consider delinquent tax lien sales.
 Reduce the occupational assessment tax from $52.50 to zero.
 Consider forming a home rule study commission.
"The basic concept of home rule is relatively simple. The basic authority to act in municipal affairs is transferred from state law, as set forth by the General Assembly, to a local charter, adopted and amended by the voters.
One of the major aspects of Act 47 that the borough took advantage of was being able to increase the Earned Income Tax rate, which is normally 1 percent, with 0.5 percent going to the borough and the other half to the Mahanoy Area School District. Act 47 permitted the borough to petition the county court to increase the EIT rate to two percent, with 1.5 percent distributed to the borough and the remaining 0.5 percent to the school district.
"The recovery plan calls for home rule to be considered because the borough, under its recovery plan, has an earned income tax rate of 2 percent, which is allowed under Act 47," Cross said. "But once the borough leaves Act 47 because there is a maximum time (five years) you can be in Act 47, the borough will lose the revenue. The borough will then have to decide how do you replace that revenue.
Cross said that the entire process could take up to 20 months. The borough has until 2021 when the Act 47 five-year term is over.
"We need to start sooner than later," Cross said.
As for who will be on the study commission, borough residents can submit their names to have their names placed on the ballot in a similar procedure as for any candidates.
The proposed ordinance is available for inspection at the borough hall and the Schuylkill County Law Library.


Ask anyone who's been marketing on craigslist for some time and they'll definitely agree to the fact that designing the ad and posting it on craigslist is the easy part and the beginning to have the best results.
Having posted your ad on Craigslist, you need to keep track of it. it is indeed quite sad that most people do not know how to do this. After repeated disappointments, they'll end up looking for craigslist posting services. In this section, I'll be sharing with you some of the ways via which you can be able to track your craigslist ads.
Here's how you can conveniently keep track of your craigslist ads.
First of all, you should know that craigslist does not give you any way of knowing who is viewing your ad or clicking on it and you mostly have to rely on external services. With different tracking techniques, you can be able to monitor the number of views, the clicks, as well as the conversation, lists your ad gets.
All the tracking for your ads can be done on an individual place and you will be able to know which of your ads are doing best and why.
First of all, you need to have a tracking pixel. A tracking pixel in layman's language is a line of HTML code which you can embed within the HTML code of your ad's description. When creating your post on craigslist, you should incorporate the tracking pixel code.
It's quite simple to do this and the best part about it is that all you have to do is copy and paste the line of code which may be even less than 100 characters with spaces.
Once you post your code, the end user will not be able to see it at all. Once anyone looks at your ad, their data will be sent to the account offering you the tracking service. The information mainly will contain the browsing info, the state or region as well as the number of visits of the potential buyer.
Knowing how many people view your ad is not enough. To know the number of clicks you get to your external site, you need a tracking link and it's not advised to use the original URL of your destination website.
The tracking link is simply a URL that redirects the buyer to your destination URL. The tracking link normally contains your custom domain name such as 'pa.ke' and the URL slug such as 'TipsHomePage'. With these two, you'll end up with 'pa.ke/ TipsHomePage' as the tracking link.
This is pretty much the hard part and after creating it, you can write 'pa.ke/ TipsHomePage' on your browser and it should redirect you to your homepage.
Having tracked the views and clicks your ads get, you will be able to see the conversations that come from the ad. This simply means you'll be seeing which customers are your paying members.


Rapid Performance Modules, for most Australian applications, are a "plug & play" style module with a simple installation procedure. The module does not connect to the ECU directly, but rather it connects in line with the input and or output signals. For most Rapid Module installations, the wiring simply patches in line with the factory wiring harness for easy installation.
Rapid Modules come in two general varieties of connections to deliver the power & torque increases to turbo diesel engines: #1 - calibration of the injectors' duty cycle and #2 - calibration & optimisation of the diesel pressure in the rail.
Why offer different styles of modules?
Different fuel systems and different vehicles respond differently when modified with the addition of a module. With Rapid Performance Modules we have the ability to supply a module that is best suited to your vehicle and expectations. It is not a matter of one module or one style fits all.
The first connection style utilises a direct connection between the Rapid Module and the vehicles individual injectors by patching into the factory wiring harness to the injectors. This enables the digital Rapid Module to calibrate the opening time of the injectors individually which accurately optimises the timing of the injection and quantity of fuel delivered. This configuration requires a highly advanced microprocessor to control the injection parameters. This means that the Rapid Module can support considerable increases in power & torque of the vehicle even if multiple injection is required (ie. Pre/post injections needed for management of the diesel particulate filter).
The second connection style plugs directly onto the common rail sensor. This enables custom calibration of the diesel fuel injection through an increase in the rail pressure, predominantly in the low to mid range, while still working within the safety parameters. This increases power & torque across a broad RPM range with substantially improved low down and mid-range performance.
Rapid Modules come pre-tuned with settings to suit most vehicle applications offering dramatic improvements but still have the ability to be custom calibrated to suit individual vehicle modifications and owners requirements allowing you to get the full benefit of your custom modifications.


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Home » Departments » Neurosurgery » Professor Shimon Rochkind
Prof. Shimon Rochkind, MD, PhD. Specialist in Neurosurgery and Microsurgery Director, Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Department of Neurosurgery.
Neurosurgery and Microsurgery
2009-date	International Medical Laser Specialist at class: Hon-IMeLas, World Federation of Societies of Lasers in Medicine and Surgery
2008-date	Instructor of Peripheral Nerve Surgery Course, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
2006-date	Director of International Fellowship Program in Peripheral Nerve Microsurgery, affiliated to the American Society for Peripheral Nerve
2006-date	Board Member of Peripheral Nerve Surgery Committee of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies
2005-date	Head and Member of Appeal Committee for medical services in foreign countries in the field of nerves and brain, Ministry of Health, Israel
2005-date	Board of Directors (Honorary Position) of the World Academy of Laser Application
2003	Advanced Clinical Training - Double Free Neurovascular Muscle Transfer for Total Brachial Plexus Palsy Reconstructive Surgery. Ogori Daiichi General Hospital, Japan
2001-date	Director of the Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Department of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel Jointly responsible for: adult neurosurgical peripheral nerve and brachial plexus clinic, pediatric neurosurgical peripheral nerve and brachial plexus clinic, adult neurosurgical-orthopedic foot clinic peripheral nerve neurosurgical-orthopaedic oncology clinic
1993-2000	Senior Neurosurgeon responsible for treatment of peripheral nerves, brachial plexus and cauda equina, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
1989-1993	Senior Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
1992 Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Senior Fellowship
1992	Task Force Committee on Pediatric Disaster Medicine of The World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine Doctor in charge of neurosurgical service
1991 Tel Aviv Medical Center Temporary department for treatment of severely injured children (chemical warfare), Doctor in charge
1988-1989	The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery Neurosurgical Fellow, Rittersporn Award Program
1981-1988	Ichilov Hospital, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel
1976-1978	University Hospital, Ivano-Frankovsk, USSR (including 6 months at Neurosurgical Institute, Kiev) Neurosurgery Resident
2014	Ph.D. Bar Ilan University, Israel. Title of Ph.D. Dissertation: Influence of Laser Phototherapy on Acetylcholine Receptors and Creatine Phosphokinase content in Denervated Muscle Supervisor: Prof. Asher Shainberg
1992	Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Senior Fellowship Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
1988-1989	Pediatric Neurosurgical Fellowship The Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
1989	Specialist in Neurosurgery - Diploma No 10842
1989	Israel Board Examination – Neurosurgery - Part II
1987	Israel Board Examination - General Surgery - Part I
1981	Israel Medical License No. 14924
1969-1975	Ivano-Frankovsk Institute of Medicine, USSR
Editor of 3 international medical and scientific journals
Editorial Board Member of 8 international medical and scientific journals
External Reviewer of 34 international medical and scientific journals
External Reviewer, American Institute of Biological Sciences, for the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC)
External Reviewer, Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development
External Reviewer, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Stimulus for Enhancing Extramural Development
External Reviewer, National Research Foundation, South Africa
Awards, Grants, Patents and Publications
Awards: Recipient of 7 international and 3 national awards for basic and clinical research, including Outstanding Teacher Award, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Grants: 16, including by the Ministry of Defense, FP7 Consortium (EU), Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Johnson & Johnson, Moxie Foundation
Patents: 8 international patents in field of biotechnology and laser technology
Publications: Author of 67 review articles, 7 review papers, 4 case reports, 15 proceedings and co-writer of 28 books
Doctor Sagi Arnoff
Doctor Sagi Arnoff is one of the world's largest specialists in the field of neurosurgery, which owns all the modern technology in his speciality. Besides, he conducts a scientific activity, publishes numerous scientific articles and participates in international symposia in the area of neurosurgery.
Doctor Ran Harel is HMC's leading neurosurgeon and spinal surgeon, who specializes in minimally invasive techniques, spinal tumors and more.
Professor Zvi Ram - one of Israel's best neurosurgeons, over 20 years of clinical experience, chief of neurosurgery complex at Ichilov hospital
Dr. Fried is Professor of Neurosurgery and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is Director of the Adult Epilepsy Surgery Program there, and Co-Director of the Seizure Disorder Center. Concurrently, he is a Professor of Neurosurgery at Tel-Aviv University in Israel.


Ric was attacked by a swarm of bees.
I'll go tell Byron the good news.
Joyce told me his father was in the hospital.
I don't know. Why don't you ask Anita?
Sanity gave me some stamps.
Darci wondered whether he should let Israel go or not.
Ilya opened the trunk to get the spare tire.
Kevyn didn't care whether Roxana liked him or not.
Think keeps a rabbit's foot as a good-luck charm.
I was right there with Glen at the time.
Romain pretended to not hear a thing.
Varda would make a good teacher.
The story of No and Manjeri's relationships is full of dramatic events.
Honzo opened the door and let Naim in.
Do you think Brandy and Martin go to the same school?
I'd like to show Urs what I bought today.
I'm fairly certain that Mehrdad is innocent.
Ron is talking with someone right now. Can you wait?
Did you have a fun day with Peter?
"It was boring," Don added.
Sigurd talked my ears off.
I expect that Raja will eat before he comes.
"Ramesh and Annard are planning to get divorced." "I wasn't aware of that."
Mahesh is eager to buy a new car.
Manavendra doesn't look anything like his brother.
Sheila has a lot of books in his room.


Posted on April 10, 2019 by shieldformuslims	in UK and tagged Hate Crimes, hate crimes against Muslims, islamophobia, racism.
first Muslim Mayor has called on the borough council to formally adopt the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims' definition of Islamophobia.
Posted on July 5, 2018 by shieldformuslims	in Uncategorized and tagged anti-Muslim, anti-Muslim hate crimes, attack, France, islamophobia, racism, ultra-right.


It seems that auto makers want something else than usual cars. For example Ferrari asked for a antivirus, now Aston Martin has requested a personal cellphone. The device has been designed by Mobiado and is still concept form. The official debut will be made at the world watch and jewelry show in Switzerland.
The heart of Mobiado CPT002 is the solid sapphire crystal, shee-through capacitive touch screen. Its sides are crafted from plainum, they incorporate the battery, electronics, and SIM card allowing for the screen of the phone to be transparent giving the phone a simple modern look while maintaining a luxurious appearance.
The CPT002 is not just a simple phone, it is the key to your Aston Martin vehicle, automatically unlocking the doors as you approach, and when connected to the GPS in your car it will offer you a new level of social experience.


Our elegant 4 Stars resort placed in a wonderful Green Landscape.
Big Swimming Pool in the centre of the resort with sun terraces offering sun loungers and poolside service.
A la' Carte fish restaurant located on the top of a Hill direct on the Beach offering our Guest not only the most famous grilled Fish but also a wonderful View to the open sea.
Main Restaurant with an indoor seating Area with panoramic views of the Bay and an outdoor terraced dining area.
Pizzeria which offer the most famous Italian Pizza and Pasta.
Beach Bar, guests can take advantage of an elevated beach bar, where they can enjoy casual drinks and food at the sunset.
Disco, Lobby Bar, Bob's bar, shops, Pool Bar, Internet Café and WL, Soft Animation Theatre, Room service and Laundry.
As you can Experience the Oriental atmosphere at the Oriental Tent with Shisha Corner.


Topic: What was your toughest defeat as a Penn State football fan?
psu_dad wrote: I totally don't get the appeal of that movie.
Susan Sarandon. In a bathtub. Mostly naked. Hey, I'm here to help.
All smoking? Or just tobacco? Can I still bring my crack pipe?
"Attention all units! Attention all units. Man wearing a Boston Red Sox hat and a truss spotted smoking a crack pipe near Pirates of the Carribean entrance. SWARM! SWARM! SWARM!"


I've had far too many of the people that are supposed to help me tell me to sit and wait. Not on everything, but on the things that would actually get me employed sooner rather than waiting for months. Sitting around collecting a cheque that doesn't cover half of your expenses isn't how to get back to a place of prosperity or ensure you don't become homeless.
So while waiting for the possibility that some company may eventually call me for an interview, I'm done sitting around in the interim. I've signed up for some flexible work doing deliveries. I'm done listening to fear-mongering about self-employment. Now I'm waiting to be approved to start.
And while that is happening, I've been creating myself a schedule that includes blocked off writing time. I edited two chapters today.
Tomorrow I meet with my job coach and Wednesday I meet with a recruiter who searched me out online because of my writing accomplishments.
I'm also tired of sitting in general. When I can afford it, I'm going to get a small work out device like a stepper with a handlebar to be active while I watch movies. I'm sitting too much and my glutes are suffering. Because my quads are stronger than my glutes, my body is a little off kilter.
I'm going to get in touch with some people about my feature film script too. I have a place to send my one-pager and a martial arts contact was interested in reading the screenplay because he's a filmmaker.
Other than that, I have some research and cold calls to make for my internship. I also have some other tasks for another recruiter.
I feel better than I've felt in a long time.
I most certainly agree with your view on life! Go get it!


Some dates get burned in our memories. One date that pops up for me each year is November 17, the day the U.S. Congress approved the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) back in 1993. Now, 23 years later, NAFTA is as controversial as ever.
Farmers, union, environmental and women's activists gathered in Mexico City last week to take stock of the lessons from NAFTA and plan strategies to confront the next big threat: the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). One of the earliest lessons from the NAFTA experience was that people and environments in all three countries were affected. The stories from Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
This week we celebrate May Day, the International Day of Workers' Rights. The days' origins are in the Haymarket Affairs in Chicago in 1886, when labor activists were killed for advocating for an 8-hour workday.
The ability of the United States to make its own decisions regarding how, where and why to build transcontinental oil pipelines has been challenged by TransCanada Corporation, which sued the U.S. yesterday for the loss of potential future profits associated with the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline. The move represents a threat to both U.S.
Today was the first day of "Lessons from NAFTA: Building a New Fair Trade Agenda" - a conference that has brought together an amazing collection of civil society leaders, academics and government representatives from the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Day two of our "Lessons from NAFTA" conference hit hard on one of the most powerful themes of the meeting - the role of trade in forced migration.
Tomorrow, June 6, thousands of people from across the Great Lakes region will come together for the Tar Sands Resistance March in St. Paul, MN. This will be the largest action against tar sands to date in the region; speakers include Bill McKibben, Winona LaDuke, and Keith Ellison among others.
A new report released today from IATP takes an in-depth look at how tar sands have developed from an unconventional, inefficient energy source to the spotlight of the corporate agenda as conventional oil supplies dwindle.


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Ethereum was proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer. Development was funded by an online crowdsale that took place between July and August 2014. The system went live on 30 July 2015.
Ethereum is an open blockchain platform that lets anyone build and use decentralized applications that run on blockchain technology. Like Bitcoin, no one controls or owns Ethereum – it is an open-source project built by many people around the world. But unlike the Bitcoin protocol, Ethereum was designed to be adaptable and flexible.


The arts play an essential role in a child's academic, social and personal development. The Be Creative Chicago Campaign for Creative Schools is building a new foundation for public education based on the fundamental principle that the arts are essential.
The arts play an essential role in a child's academic, social and personal development.
Research has shown that students who participate in the arts improve their academic performance, attend school more regularly, graduate in greater numbers and are more likely to attend college. The results are even more pronounced in lower-income neighborhoods. The initiative recognizes the arts are education.
The arts inspire full, meaningful and engaged lives. Children become better communicators, work in teams more effectively, and are more able to connect the dots from subject to subject. These social and personal skills last a lifetime.
A modern economy demands a modern education. Our economy relies on innovation and new ways of seeing and solving problems. This campaign to expand arts education to all CPS schoolchildren will have an extremely positive benefit to the future economic and social health of our city.
The arts are becoming part of every CPS school curriculum.
This is not a pilot project or one-time program. This is about bringing the arts to every student through an approach that builds in complexity from kindergarten through high school, just like math, history or science.
Learn more about how to contribute.


This year's banquet will be held at the "Hilton Garden Inn/San Diego Mission Valley/Stadium". The Hilton Garden Inn is located at 3805 Murphy Canyon Road in San Diego, approximately 6 miles west of SDSU (map link below). Onsite parking for the event is free.
The Friday evening event begins with a social hour at 6pm (no-host cash bar), then dinner at 7pm. The meal will be followed by the evening's program which will include an overview of the Department by the Department Chair, Dr. Allen Gontz.
The Baylor Brooks Honored Alumni Award will be presented to this year's deserving alumnus, Dr. Jorge Ledesma Vazquez. Jorge received his MS degree from SDSU and PhD from UABC. He is a Professor Emeritus with the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC) in Ensenada. Over the years, Jorge has fostered cross-border collaboration of geologic and marine scientists, and he has championed cross-disciplinary studies of the Baja Peninsula and Gulf of California.
The dinner will NOT be buffet-style. The plated selections include marinated flank steak, oven roasted herb marinated chicken breast, or wild mushroom ravioli (vegetarian). More details on the attached reservation form. Please indicate your selection on the reservation form.
CURRENT SDSU GEO-STUDENTS – At least 50 percent of your banquet fee will be reimbursed if you make a reservation by the deadline AND show up at the banquet!!! And, remember, SDSU geo-alumni may be your future employers and are a great bunch of people!
BANQUET RESERVATIONS DUE BY March 29th!!!


Bumper stickers are a way to show your opinion, views, and humor to all of the other drivers on the road. Making them is a very profitable business venture, and can be easily integrated into an already existing printing company. Choosing a name is an essential key to starting a business. Here are some great names of existing printing companies to give you inspiration.
This great video shows a machine that prints exceptional bumper stickers and auto decals, it would be a great asset to any type of printing company.


The SYRMEP (Synchrotron Radiation for Medical Physics) collaboration has performed, for the first time in the world, a clinical program of mammography with synchrotron radiation.
evaluated by means of custom phantoms. Very encouraging results have been obtained with severe dose constrains as far as both spatial and contrast resolution are concerned. Moreover, the capability of detecting phase contrast effects was demonstrated, albeit with a higher delivered dose.