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NY plane crash: Don't study the safety card
There is something about single aisle jets like the one that splashed down on New York's Hudson River today that you are never told in safety briefings, writes Ben Sandilands.
Ben Sandilands,
There is something about single aisle jets like the one that splashed down on New York's Hudson River today that you are never told in safety briefings on any airline.
And that is that if you were to pop the rear exits in a "water parking" incident like today's, the jet will sink — very, very quickly.
Airbus A320s, like the one involved in today's dramatic but fatality-free crash, and their Boeing 737 counterparts, will come to rest in survivable ditchings in a tail down attitude with the rear door sills under water.
But airlines all around the world consider this "too much information". Instead passengers are asked to study "the safety card in front of you", which gives easy to follow instructions, also reproduced in large letters and symbols on the inside of the doors, as to how to release the doors if the cabin attendants are "incapacitated".
Bear this in mind. You are asked to note your nearest exit. And you are shown how to operate it. But you are never told not to deploy the rear doors if you find yourself on a body of water like Port Phillip, or Botany Bay, or the mouth of the Brisbane River.
A US Airways Airbus A320. Notice the rear doors near the tail
The Airbus A320 after landing. The rear doors are now submerged.
In today's outstandingly successful emergency landing on the Hudson River, the crew seated in the jump seats beside each rear door had been trained to urge passengers forward to the overwing and front sets of exits in such a situation.
This was exceptionally important in New York today. Not only was the river freezing cold, but fast flowing. The jet floated from around 50th Street on Manhattan to at least 23rd Street in a matter of minutes, bedecked on the wings, and the forward door slides, with passengers looking as if they were waiting for a train.
The forward slides on which most of them were standing could also have been detached and turned into life boats.
Awareness of the dangers of the rear exits in a ditching is just one of the critical elements of cabin crew training at Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Blue.
But what if the rear section cabin crew were incapacitated?
Maybe a sign DO NOT OPEN AFTER A WATER LANDING should be affixed to the inside of the rear doors. CASA and the airlines have been asked for their views on this.
The flight path from take-off to crash landing. Courtesy of Aviation Herald
Early reports are that the US Airways flight struck geese soon after takeoff. However, the height above ground and the momentum of the jet seems to come together fortuitously, because live flight tracking sites showed it reached a height of about 3000 feet, and remained airborne for around six minutes before splashdown.
(These figures are unofficial.)
After crossing a tract of suburbs and electing not to land at the small Teterboro field which they were fast approaching, the pilots glided the plane down the Hudson River, clearing the George Washington Bridge and its 180 metre tall pylons before splash down.
Bird strikes causing passenger flight crashes are rare. The last significant accident was 48 years ago, on 4 October 1960, when an Eastern Air Lines Electra turbo prop hit seagulls on taking off at Boston's Logan Airport and crashed with the loss of 62 lives out of 72 people on board.
Ben Sandilands
Editor of Plane Talking @PlaneTalking
Ben Sandilands has reported and analysed the mechanical mobility of humanity since late 1960 - the end of the age of great scheduled ocean liners and coastal steamers and the start of the jet age. He's worked in newspapers, radio and TV in a wide range of roles as a journalist at home and abroad for 56 years, the last 18 freelance.
Alison Hetherington
Ben might also be able to shed light on how passengers get out of the small planes Rex uses on the Merimbula to Sydney route if they land in water. I caught one a few months ago and the only exit I could see had a sign saying not to open it if the plane landed in water.
Catherine Scott
Bird strike? In 1995 my daughter, two nieces and I were on a plane that took off from Mascot heading for the US but which failed to proceed when something nasty happened to an engine. The captain gave bird strike as the cause. After a long grueling interval ditching fuel etc, said captain landed the aging, over-loaded 747 safely, to his credit. It seems that, despite the airline sticking to its story, that it was the aging, overloaded bit that was the issue, which apparently contributed to an oil line rupturing. Birds, shmirds.
Anyway, at least observing the whole drama allowed me to surmise some of the routines in place to deal with the risks associated with having a major international airport right in the middle of a large city. After the flash and bang the captain altered direction dramatically and took the crippled craft on a route that led along the harbour and straight out through the heads. I assumed this was to stop it going down in a heavily populated suburb.
Ben – a query? A number of us who were flying in the seventies and eighties with domestic airlines, Qantas and Alitalia cannot remember our emergency training associated with various aircraft: Fokker 27 and 28, Viscount 700 and 800, Electra's to DC9's and 727's addressing the opening of rear doors during a ditching. As you know all of these aircraft have rear door exits/entries some with slides or ropes!! My gosh. Can we ask the airlines why they didn't address obvious shortfalls in ditching emergency procedures?
Jenny Laws
Well said Ben! As a former flight/training attendant in the early eighties with the now defunct Australian Airlines we were never advised the opening of rear doors on DC9's or 727's would be disastrous. I wonder why? Anyone who was around in that era might be able to shed some light on flight crew also being as much in the dark on safety as passengers.
Not sure when Ben last flew but every domestic flight I've taken in the last 5 years clearly says not to open the exit if there are hazards, including water or fire; the safety demonstration also says this.
The safety cards even have a picture of the door with a big red cross on it.
On Air Nuguini (sp?) a couple of years ago, I got an exit row and was asked to study the card, which included this information. I was then subjected to a 3-question test from the flight attendant!
So I think it's *really* important to study the card, something Ben should probably do next time he's on a junket. 🙂


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The Visionary Who Paved the Way for 'Boyhood'
By Chris Dickens
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This meditation on growing up from an unsung 1970s auteur belongs alongside this year's probable Best Picture winner.
Whether or not you agree with me that Boyhood was 2014's best film, if you watched it, you know you saw something new. Director Richard Linklater has done something unique in filmmaking history: a single narrative movie created over such a long period (12 years) that the viewer's experience is one of watching the characters age, some from childhood to adulthood, without special effects, in the span of two and a half hours.
Reviewers' attempts to tie the film to precedents usually stop at Michael Apted's Up documentary series, which updates us every seven years on the same few lives. Occasionally a reviewer cites the filmmaker François Truffaut, who used Jean-Pierre Léaud to play his young alter ego, Antoine Doinel, in five films shot over 20 years. But there's a glaring omission in these discussions: 1970s Scottish filmmaker Bill Douglas.
His films move with the erratic, vivid nature of old memories, in exhilarating jumps of time …
Douglas, who died of cancer in 1991 at age 57 and with only four films to his name, isn't well known even among cinephiles. And yet those who do know him call him one of Britain's most creative and influential filmmakers. His masterpiece is an autobiographical trilogy, shot in black-and-white over a six-year period. It begins in 1972 with a 46-minute film whose title, My Childhood, already foreshadows Linklater's magnum opus, and continues with two longer films, My Ain Folk (1973) and My Way Home (1978). The films are set in the 1940s, in the poverty-stricken Scottish mining town of Newcraighall, where Douglas grew up. They tell the bleak, often harrowing coming-of-age story of Jamie (played by Stephen Archibald) who, because his mother is locked in an asylum, lives in destitution with his grandmother and half brother, just down the street from the womanizing father he doesn't know.
If Boyhood is a film about the experience of growing up, Douglas' childhood series — closely based on his own life — is about looking back on growing up. In Linklater's film, the leaps from one year to the next are largely unfelt, except in moments of retrospect, beautifully mimicking the passage of daily life. But Douglas' films move with the erratic, vivid nature of old memories, in exhilarating jumps of time, leaving narrative gaps for the viewer to fill in.
Watch an eight-part documentary on Bill Douglas (by 400 Blows Productions).
One of the most striking things about Douglas' image-driven films is how quiet they are — you'll hear more wind than human voices. They're quiet in the way childhood memories often are, in an isolated, preoccupied way, interrupted by sudden explosions of noise charged with the anxious energy of a troubled childhood.
Novelist Andrew O'Hagan, one of Douglas' former students, recalls for me the filmmaker's strange sensitivity to both noise and silence. "You could sit with Bill saying nothing for quite a long time," he says, "and there was definitely something meditative in the moment, just as there always is in his films. A sudden noise could upset him, his eyes growing large, anxiety breaking out on his face, as if an unexpected noise could only mean a threat."
Though Douglas died before he could garner the same degree of praise as his peers, his name belongs alongside Linklater and Truffaut as a daring, original filmmaker who found new ways to show on-screen how a boy becomes a man.
Buy the entire DVD collection of the Bill Douglas trilogy on Amazon, and watch the trailer for the trilogy on YouTube.
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Curtin University researchers including the author and Intan Oldakowska, biomedical engineers, are collaborating with surgeons at St John of God and Royal Perth Hospitals as well as researchers at the University of Western Australia (UWA) to create a new expandable orthopaedic fastener with stronger fixation.
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(69) Arthur George Knight, Sgt 426402, 10th Bn Alberta Regiment, Canadian Infantry
69th of the Old Boys of St Wilfrid's School, Haywards Heath to lose his life in WW1.
Arthur was born on 26 June 1886 in Haywards Heath to Edward Henry and Ellen Knight. His father was a carpenter who had also been a St Wilfrid's schoolboy, the headmaster at the time had often complained about the Edward Knight's attendance and non-payment of school pence. In 1891 the family lived at the Railway Stables, near to the Burrell pub and railway station.
At some time between 1893 when his Arthur's baby sister Rose died (she was buried in St Wilfrid's churchyard) and 1901 the family moved to Reigate where they lived at 11 Copse Road. Arthur was 14 at the 1901 census and had a job as an "odd boy" in a builder's yard. Like his grandfather and father he trained as a carpenter but then left to seek a new life in Canada in 1911 which is where he joined the Canadian Army on 19 December 1914. His papers say he was a carpenter and had served 1 year in the Territorial Army. He was 5ft 9in, had blue eyes, a fair complexion and was declared fit for service.
In 1917 Arthur was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest medal possible for the action which had caused his death on 3rd Sept 1918. The London Gazette printed this:
"For most conspicuous bravery, initiative, and devotion to duty when, after an unsuccessful attack, Serjt. Knight led a bombing section forward, under very heavy fire of all descriptions, and engaged the enemy at close quarters. Seeing that his party continued to be held up, he dashed forward alone, bayoneting several of the enemy machine-gunners and trench-mortar crews, and forcing the remainder to retire in confusion. He then brought forward a Lewis gun and directed his fire on the retreating enemy, inflicting many casualties.
In the subsequent advance of his platoon in pursuit, Serjt. Knight saw a party of about thirty of the enemy go into a deep tunnel which led off the trench. He again dashed forward alone, and, having killed one officer and two N.C.O.s., captured twenty other ranks. Subsequently he routed, single-handed, another enemy party which was opposing the advance of his platoon. On each occasion he displayed the greatest valour under fire at very close range, and by his example of courage, gallantry and initiative was a wonderful inspiration to all. This very gallant N.C.O. was subsequently fatally wounded.
The Canadian records tell us a little more:
"While taking part in operations with his Company, he was struck in the head by shrapnel from an enemy shell about 3pm on September 3rd 1918, when 500 or 600 yards left of Buissy. He died shortly after being wounded."
He died in a nearby military field hospital and is buried at the Dominion Cemetery, Hendecourt-les-Cagnicourt, grave I. F. 15. His VC is in the Glenbow Museum in Canada. A commemorative plaque has been erected to honour him in Haywards Heath, at the Town Hall.
Arthur's parents were presented with his medal by the king at an investiture at Buckingham Palace. Arthur's mother died in Reigate in 1923, his father lived on there with Arthur's sister Nellie and her husband until his death in 1942.
Arthur's cousin George Frederick Watts was another of the school's Old Boys to die, his mother was Arthur's aunt Alice Jane Knight.
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Surrey Mirror and County Post Friday 27 December 1918
REDHILL'S VC
MR. AND MRS. KNIGHT RECEIVED BY THE KING
PRESENTATION OF THE MEDAL
December 19th 1918, will be a red-letter day to Mr. and Mrs. Knight, of Meadvale, Redhill, the parents of the late Acting Sergt. Arthur George Knight, V.C., 10th Battalion, Alberta Regt. They were received by the King at Buckingham Palace, where his Majesty held an Investiture and Mr. and Mrs. Knight received the V.C. Medal, which had been awarded his son for conspicuous gallantry. The official record of the acts of valour which earned the honoured decoration provides us with a few sentences which must make us all more than proud of Arthur George Knight, and it is too much to hope that his name will be perpetuated in the borough. Here is a copy of the official record which was given to Mr. Knight:-
No 426402 a/Sergeant Arthur George Knight, late 10th Battalion Alberta Regiment.
For extraordinary gallantry, courage, initiative and devotion to duty in action.
At Villiers-le-Cagnicourt on 2nd Sept., 1918, after an unsuccessful attempt had been made to drive the enemy from a portion of the Northern trench of the Buissy switch, this N.C.O. led a bombing section forward under very heavy machine gun, trench mortar, and artillery fire, and engaged the enemy at close quarters. After ten minutes close fighting, seeing that his party continued to be held up, Sergt. Knight dashed forward, alone, bayonetting several of the machine gunners, and trench mortar crews and forcing the remainder to retreat in confusion. He then brought forward a Lewis gun and directed his fire on the retreating enemy, inflicting many casualties, and causing more confusion in their ranks.
His platoon then continued to advance close on the heels of the fleeing enemy, and during their move forward Sergt. Knight saw a party of about thirty of the enemy go into a deep tunnel , which led off the trench. He immediately dashed forward again and killed one of their officers and two N.C.O.'s and captured the remainder, amounting to 20 other ranks. When another party of the enemy attempted to hold up the platoon as they were advancing toward their objective, he once more dashed forward alone; and routed their party before they had time to properly organise and oppose the progress of the platoon.
On these three occasions this non-commissioned officer performed these extraordinary acts of valour under fire of the heaviest nature, at very close range. He undoubtedly saved his platoon many casualties, greatly aided in the speed of the advance, demoralised each party of the enemy he attacked, and by his example of courage, gallantry and initiative, was a wonderful inspiration to all who saw him.
That is a record that fills the hearts of the parents with justifiable pride in their son, who, as we have already recorded in these columns, was later mortally wounded. Sergt. Knight is surely a Redhill boy. Certainly he was born in Sussex, but at an early age he came to reside in Redhill, and at St John's Schools he was educated. From school to the joiner's bench, first as an apprentice with Messrs. W. Bagaley and Sons, builders, and then as a workman, he was in our midst. when there was a slump in the building trade some years ago he migrated to Canada, where he "made good," and was prospering when the war broke out.
It was on Nov. 25th Mr. Knight received a message from the King signed "George R.I.," in his Majesty's own handwriting as follows: "It is a matter of sincere regret to me that the death of No.426402 Acting-Sergt. Arthur George Knight, late 10th Battalion Alberta Regiment deprived me of the pride of personally conferring upon him the Victoria Cross, the greatest of all awards for valour and devotion to duty." Later Mr. Knight was asked if he desired to attend at Buckingham Palace to receive the Victoria Cross or whether he would prefer that the decoration should be transmitted to him. As was only natural Mr. Knight expressed his desire to receive the decoration from the hands of his Majesty. This request was not only granted but he was permitted to be accompanied by his wife, and his two daughters the Misses Nellie and Lily Knight. By a singular coincidence 19th December was the fourth anniversary of the day Sergt. Knight enlisted in the Alberta Regiment, and it was a fitting date for the presentation. One of our representatives has interviewed Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and both of them had nothing but words of praise of the courtesy and consideration that was shown to them. The investiture "was a most brilliant spectacle" said Mr. Knight "The band of the Irish Guards played a selection of music, and where we were seated we had a splendid view of the magnificent scene." Special seats were allotted to Mr. and Mrs. Knight, and their daughters in front of the dais, from which the King made 300 odd presentations. "We were there nearly two hours, and were the last to be presented to the King." added Mr. Knight. A corporal of the Hussars, and a private of the Fusiliers were decorated with the Victoria Cross, and his Majesty had a short chat with each of them. Then my wife and I were presented. His Majesty handed me the medal and expressed his sorrow at the great loss we had sustained. He was just a fine English gentleman and made many inquiries about my son and where he was born. To both the wife and myself he was very kind, and I shall ever remember the scene and the presentation."
"Yes it was all so brilliant and nice" commented Mrs. Knight "and I highly appreciate the honour bestowed upon my poor boy, but it won't bring him back to us."
[The original also includes a photograph of Arthur]
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Villa Ramallo es una localidad de Argentina, ubicada en el partido de Ramallo, en el norte del interior de la Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Sus principales actividades económicas son la agricultura y ganadería, que constituyen la mayor parte del ingreso de la localidad.

Población
Cuenta con , lo que representa un incremento del 12% frente a los del censo anterior.

Historia
El origen de la población de Villa Ramallo se produce el 1 de febrero de 1886, cuando a la estación local, levantada en tierras que pertenecían a Diego de Alvear y a Juan Joyce, arriba el primer tren para dejar inaugurado el servicio ferroviario. Entre los años 1889 y 1890 se instalan un molino harinero, comercios de ramos generales, una casa cerealista y la Escuela N.º 6 Gral. Manuel Belgrano.

A la conjunción que formaban el servicio ferroviario y la creciente explotación agropecuaria se suma la instalación del Banco de la Nación Argentina, hecho que tuvo lugar el 21 de diciembre de 1909. También en esa misma época se produjo la creación de carpinterías, herrerías, talabarterías, talleres mecánicos y comercios. Además Villa Ramallo instaló una bodega dedicada a la producción de vinos y el único corralón de materiales para la construcción que por entonces hubo en nuestra localidad.

Hacia 1930, Villa Ramallo por su desenvolvimiento económico, cultural y social había alcanzado a ser el centro poblado más importante del partido.
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Villa Ramallo posee dos bancos: el Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, inaugurado en 2006 y el Banco de la Nación Argentina, en él se produjo el asalto y la tragedia, comúnmente llamada Masacre de Ramallo.

En la parte céntrica se halla el centro comercial de Villa Ramallo donde hay una sala de cine, heladerías, discotecas, negocios de ropa de conocidas marcas, lujosos restaurantes y casas de comidas rápidas. Importantes joyerías y relojerías. También hay destacados clubes deportivos como Defensores de Belgrano, que en el año 2007 comenzó a participar del antiguo Torneo Argentino B, siendo el único representante del partido en dicha competición y desde el año 2010 hasta el presente se encuentra jugando el Torneo Federal A.
Villa Ramallo posee el edificio más alto del partido con 20 metros de altura.
Además existen otras instituciones como EDEN (proveedora de luz), Cablevisión, Telecom, Litoral Gas, etc.

Personalidades
 Juan María Traverso, piloto argentino de automovilismo de velocidad actualmente retirado.
  Leonardo Castillo (21 de julio de 1931 - 15 de diciembre de 2006), poeta.
 Federico José Luppi, actor, reconocido internacionalmente. Nacido el 23 de febrero de 1936 en Villa Ramallo y fallecido el 20 de octubre de 2017 en Buenos Aires (Caba)

Clubes
Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo
Club Atlético y Social Los Andes
Club Social Almagro
Club Independiente

Parroquias de la Iglesia católica en Villa Ramallo

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Municipalidad de Ramallo
Secretaría de Desarrollo Local
Ramallo Ciudad

Localidades de la provincia de Buenos Aires
Partido de Ramallo

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About the Cultural Partnership
The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership is a nonprofit organization through which 26 full members of arts, science and cultural organizations in Balboa Park collaborate to achieve greater organizational efficiency, innovation and excellence. The Partnership's member institutions vary in size and type and include museums, performing arts groups and theaters, cultural centers, gardens and the San Diego Zoo.
Values that underlie the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership's processes, outputs and culture include:
Working collaboratively is at the heart of all the Cultural Partnership does. We use our collective strengths and resources wherever possible to make us stronger together than we can be individually, through what we do as well as how we do it.
We respect and effectively build, utilize and preserve the cultural, human and financial resources of our community. We share and leverage these resources responsibly to make the experience of Balboa Park arts, science, and cultural institutions continuously more accessible — physically, personally, and intellectually — in person and virtually.
We value opportunities to learn from years of collective wisdom in Balboa Park as well as to continually build new skills, seek greater insights and challenge convention. This helps us to problem-solve, foster innovation and encourage new thinking. Sharing our learning advances the vitality of our members, our community, and the arts, science and cultural fields.
Innovation and Agility
The Cultural Partnership embraces the generative possibilities of collaboration. We strive to maintain an agile organizational structure that allows us to be open and strategically responsive to new opportunities, including ones in which we can be pioneers.
The Cultural Partnership members and the community are strengthened through our external relationships. Serving as the "go to" organization between Balboa Park organizations as a whole and the community encourages sharing, coordination and collaboration on a broader scale.
The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership seeks excellence in all that we do in order to serve as a vital asset for our members and the community. The Partnership enhances our members' capacity to achieve the highest professional standards and deliver the greatest value to their communities.
The Balboa Park Cultural Partnership seeks to achieve four key strategic outcomes in order to maximize the effectiveness of our collaboration, maintain our competitive edge, support innovative thinking and achieve our mission and vision:
1. Increase the economic and environmental sustainability of our members and Balboa Park.
2. Optimize the visitor experience and opportunity for lifelong learning in Balboa Park.
3. Strengthen the visibility, voice, and leadership of the Partnership.
4. Develop the Partnership's organizational strength and capacity for success, and become an employer, service provider and investment of choice.
Rubi Baricuatro
Manager, Sustainability Program
Susan Batt
Manager, Community Engagement
Peter Comiskey
Jake Dalbey
Ticketing Representative, Explorer
Grace Dove
Cassandra Kaawaloa
Coordinator, Programs & Special Events, One Park - One Team
Nate Kling
Assistant, Sustainability Program
Kristen Mihalko
Director, Operations
Cody Nelson
Director, Events & Public Programs
Zia Sinclair
Ticketing Coordinator, Explorer
Jay Torrence
Ticket Representative, Explorer
Michael Warburton
Director, Parkwide Communications
Theresa Wulf
Director, Community Engagement and Sustainability Program
The Partnership was formed in 2003 to provide a means for members to identify and achieve collective goals and to speak with one voice on issues of mutual benefit and importance. The Board of Directors is comprised of executive directors of member institutions. Park staff, trustees, and volunteers participate in the development and implementation of Partnership programs — Sustainability Program, Learning Institute, Explorer, Publics Events, and One Park – One Team.
Our mission is to enrich the cultural life in and beyond San Diego by facilitating collaboration among Balboa Park's cultural institutions and with the community; to enable the cultural institutions to achieve their full individual and collective potential; and, to preserve, enhance and make the arts, science and cultural assets of Balboa Park accessible for present and future generations.
Our vision is for Balboa Park to serve as a national model for exceptional collaboration, innovative education, and transformative arts, science and cultural experiences.
Rubi's strong sense of social and environmental justice has led to a career in sustainability advocacy. She holds a BA in Environmental Studies & Sustainability from San Diego State University. Rubi has interned with I Love a Clean San Diego, led the Green Team at the Fleet Science Center and assisted with their LEED re-certification. She hopes to encourage everyone to be sustainability champions so we can make Balboa Park and the world a better place for current and future generations.
Balboa Park Cultural Partnership Officers
Steve Snyder | President
Micah Parzen | Vice President
Rob Sidner | Vice President
Luanne Kanzawa | Treasurer
Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour | Secretary
John Bolthouse | Executive Director, Friends of Balboa Park
Frank Casciani | President, Spanish Village Art Center
Makeda Dread | Executive Director & Founder, WorldBeat Center
Judy Gradwohl | President & CEO, San Diego Natural History Museum
Jack Harkins | Chairman and President, The Veterans Museum at Balboa Park
Tomas Herrera-Mishler | President & CEO, Balboa Park Conservancy
Nik Honeysett | Director & CEO, Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Herb G. Johnson | Executive Director, San Diego Automotive Museum
Luanne Kanzawa | Executive Director, Japanese Friendship Garden
James G. Kidrick | President & CEO, San Diego Air & Space Museum
Deborah Klochko | Executive Director, Museum of Photographic Arts
Bill Lawrence | Executive Director, San Diego History Center
Douglas G. Myers | President, CEO, Zoological Society of San Diego
Dr. Micah Parzen | CEO, San Diego Museum of Man
Megan Pogue | Executive Director, Timken Museum of Art
Tommy Ramirez | President, Centro Cultural de la Raza
Michael Remson | CEO, San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory
Anthony Ridenhour | Executive Director, San Diego Model Railroad Museum
James Saba | Executive Director, San Diego Junior Theatre
Timothy J. Shields | Managing Director, The Old Globe
Rob Sidner | Director, Mingei International Museum
Jacquelin A. Silverman | Director, San Diego Art Institute
Adam Smith | Executive Director, Comic-Con Museum
Dr. Steve Snyder | CEO, Fleet Science Center
Molly Terbovich-Ridenhour | President & CEO, San Diego Civic Youth Ballet
Roxana Velásquez | Executive Director, The San Diego Museum of Art
Susan has managed the Community Access Pass program since its inception in 2014, serving as liaison with partnering nonprofit organizations and facilitating the distribution of free annual passes to underserved families. A Park employee since 2001, Susan joined the BPCP in 2013 and was part of the Explorer launch team. As part of Balboa Park Central, Susan managed the Passport to Balboa Park program for 12 years, coordinated December Nights for 4 years, and reorganized the current Special Events Referral Committee.
Past experience includes corporate hospitality for five Super Bowl games, special event and concert production, and corporate food service, menu development and quality assurance. Susan has an MBA from San Diego State University and undergraduate degrees from the Culinary Institute of America and the University of Arizona, and is a past member of the San Diego Junior Theatre Board of Trustees.
Balboa Park Conservancy
Balboa Park Online Collaborative
Centro Cultural de la Raza
Comic-Con Museum
Fleet Science Center
Friends of Balboa Park
Japanese Friendship Garden
Mingei International Museum
Museum of Photographic Arts
The Old Globe
San Diego Air & Space Museum
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet
San Diego History Center
San Diego Junior Theatre
The San Diego Museum of Art
San Diego Museum of Man
Spanish Village Art Studios
Timken Museum of Art
The Veterans Museum at Balboa Park
WorldBeat Center
The City of San Diego
The San Diego Foundation
An Australian native, Comiskey has a long track record of bringing together diverse stakeholders to launch and operate public cultural and science programs on two continents. Since 2008, he has served as the Executive Director of the Downtown Anaheim Association, a nonprofit group working with Anaheim city officials, Anaheim's Redevelopment Agency, and multiple property owners to drive visitation of the city's downtown precinct through developing and launching a number of major public events.
Upon moving to the US in 1998, Peter assisted in the launch of Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana, and then led the US operations of an international tourist attractions group in Baltimore. Returning to California in 2007, he became the founding Executive Director of Anaheim's MUZEO Foundation, creating a unique model for regional cultural arts venues in the newly rejuvenated downtown Anaheim.
Comiskey holds an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles, and bachelor's degrees in business and education from Australian universities.
Bio coming soon
Grace Dove graduated Cum Laude from Suffolk University with a BA in Art History. When not at the Cultural Partnership, you can find Grace working at The San Diego Museum of Art.
As a San Diego native, she frequently visited Balboa Park and it is such a pleasure to work for two of its many organizations. In her free time, Grace enjoys going to concerts, strolling through art museums, and eating delicious Mexican food.
Cassandra "Cassie" Kaawaloa graduated from San Diego State University with her bachelor's degree in journalism and media studies with a minor in sociology. Cassie brings experience in communications and public relations from her time working with nonprofit organizations such as Fleet Week San Diego, the Emilio Nares Foundation, ArtReach and more.
Coming from an "Army brat" lifestyle, Cassie moved to San Diego for school and found a place to feed her coffee obsession and foodie persona. In her free time she enjoys listening to podcasts, reading, breakfast food and talking about Beyoncé.
Nate Kling is a recent graduate from San Diego State University, graduating with Bachelor's Degree in Sustainability with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies. As a student in SDSU, Nate developed a passion for environmental policy, community engagement, and conservation science.
Nate brings his experience from working in non-profit organizations including the American Conservation Experience, the Center for Regional Sustainability, and KPBS Public Broadcasting. In this role, Nate is excited to help organizations in the Park find innovative ways to reduce their environmental footprint.
Kristen Mihalko has worked in the nonprofit sector focusing on programming and community building since 2010. As the Director of Operations, Kristen manages the daily operations of the Cultural Partnership, Explorer, and One Park - One Team. She is an advocate for leadership development and team member engagement.
Kristen holds a Master's Degree in Strategic Communications from National University and is currently enrolled in University of San Diego's Arts and Culture Leadership Series. Kristen serves on two local boards, YNPN San Diego and Rising Arts Leaders San Diego, as Treasurer. She also serves on the National Emerging Museum Professionals Network as the Secretary.
Cody's passion for helping people connect their ideas with the community has led to over 15 years of experience in the development and execution of large public events. This has included events such as Fleet Week San Diego and always includes the mission to connect and foster vibrant, diverse, and engaged communities. This same ambition is applied to her work as the lead producer and content expert for public events and Maker Faire.
Cody received a MBA in Marketing from Nova Southeastern University, Florida, and a BS in Human Services, with an emphasis in nonprofit management and magna cum laude honors from Springfield College, Massachusetts. In addition, she completed the George Washington University Event Management Certificate Program at the University of San Diego.
James Torrence is an experienced photographer and web designer with several IT certifications. Since 2001, he has applied this diverse knowledge in service to San Diego-area non-profits like Feeding America San Diego, Greenpeace, and 4 Walls International.
Michael is currently the Director, Parkwide Communications for the Balboa Park Cultural Partnership, a non-profit supporting 30 organizations residing on the 1,200 acre Balboa Park campus. In this role, he is focused on building the Balboa Park brand and positioning the Park as a must-visit destination. Michael was formerly the Associate Director of Communications for the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, among other leadership roles held during his 20+ years with the non-profit San Diego Zoo Global.
Michael's proven ability to assess process and improve quality and efficiency has led to the management of hybridized creative processes, blending both in-house and agency creative resources for excellent ideation and maximized execution. As a brand manager, he has had major roles in transformational rebranding, new brand creation, and brand hierarchy management. Michael also has extensive experience managing media strategy and buying processes, as well as public relations and social media strategy development and execution.
He believes that synergy between creativity and logic are the recipe for success.
Theresa Wulf's role is to ensure that BPCP is working and communicating effectively with our members, and also that our relationships in the broader community are strong. This includes oversight of the successful Community Access Pass and Patron programs. She brings a wealth of experience to the BPCP in public relations, government liaison and collaboration. For 16 years, Theresa was Director of Public Affairs for San Diego Junior Theatre, and also served as Interim Executive Director. She was pivotal in expanding marketing, publicity, administrative and partnering efforts for this nationally renowned youth theatre education organization.
She also served as Community Issues Advisor to former San Diego Mayor Susan Golding, advising the Mayor on all policy and outreach issues related to arts and culture. Theresa has served as a member of the San Diego Regional Arts and Culture Coalition, Balboa Park Central Board of Directors, the San Diego League, the San Diego Performing Arts League and the SDSU Young Alumni Association. Theresa earned a B.A. in Political Science from San Diego State University, and is a graduate of the Fieldstone Foundation Emerging Leaders Program.


I was about to put the dirty tin cans in our recycling box when I noticed five identical mackerel tins. Always a fan of 'direct' recycling, I came up with this handy storage unit for small components.
It took around five minutes to work out the best configuration, and another five minutes to make. I will now save you five minutes by showing you how to make the RECYCLED FISH-TIN DESK TIDY.
Step 1: Materials, Tools and Constructing the Base Level.
Take five empty mackerel tins. If mackerel is not your fish of choice, pilchard or sardine tins would be equally at home in this project. You will also need a way of sticking the tins together. A hot glue gun is the ideal weapon to use here.
Wash the tins out well. Wash them out VERY well. No-one likes a desk tidy which smells of fish.
Turn one of the tins upside-down and run a couple of lines of hot glue down one of the long sides. Hold the tins together until the glue cools. Don't hold too close to the glue - those tins are excellent heat conductors.
Step 2: Adding the Second and Third Levels.
Take two more tins and put them upside down and side by side. Keep them flat on the workbench, and dribble some hot glue between to hold them together.
When the glue has cooled, turn them the right way up and glue them to the other pair of tins so that they slightly overlap the open tin.
Take the final tin and place it crossways at the back of the second layer. See where it sits best, then turn the whole thing over and dribble hot glue around the edges where it touches, especially where the lower two cans meet. Leave the whole assembly to cool for a while.
Step 3: Finishing and Ideas for Expansion.
Spray the whole desk-tidy a colour of your choice. I left mine unpainted as a handy reminder of the nutritional value of mackerel (and because I didn't have any spray paint).
You now have a useful little desk tidy or small component holder made of recycled materials. If you collect more tins you could extend this indefinitely by gluing several units together, or be daring - come up with your own fish-tin configuration.
Hmmmm....Is it just me, or does something seem..........fishy?
Cool. You could also remove the lids from Altoids tins and do something very similar.
Or leave the lid on O.o That way you don't knock it over and spend the next 30min picking up components; and spend the next month stepping on them on your white carpet, haha.
Very nice :) You don't by any chance have a smart way to make a lid, just for the top one in your construction?
The way to make a lid would be to open the tins with one of those openers that cuts sideways through the seam rather than pulling the tab or using a downward cutting opener. The side cutting type automatically create a lid as they cut. Look on the advertising / packaging - the manufacturers often use the 'lid' thing as a marketing point.
Hey i like this idea, Nice!


We have workflow diagrams, mockups how Food ordering will look like.
We provide to you the all information necessary to build this application.
We will pay according to the milestone. The choosing company/individual must sign a NDA agreement.
Feel free to bid how much you will charge for this project and we can talk. Bottom line we want to find a partner that we can trust to build this application.
We would like to work with the company/individual who has developed the Food application before.
This is a online food ordering website that will have 3 version as mentioned from the above.
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De extensie van een bestand dat gecomprimeerd is met 'gzip' is meestal 'gz'. De gzip-compressie gebruikt de deflate-methode om te comprimeren, maar de bestanden zijn niet uitwisselbaar met zipbestanden. Een zipbestand kan meerdere bestanden bevatten, terwijl gzip alleen (één enkel bestand) comprimeert.

De opvolger van gzip is bzip2.

Gebruik van gzip in internettoepassingen

Gzip wordt ook vaak gebruikt door browsers en webservers om de hoeveelheid dataverkeer te verminderen en daarmee gebruikers een snellere ervaring te geven. Het is onderdeel van de HTTP-standaard. Naast gzip wordt ook vaak Brotli gebruikt, een modernere versie met betere prestaties. Het is voor webservers mogelijk om Brotli en gzip tegelijk te ondersteunen (een browser geeft zelf aan welk algoritmes ondersteund worden).

Door het comprimeren van HTTP-antwoorden hoeft doorgaans slechts 15% van het originele document verstuurd te worden, wat bij grote bestanden of bij langzame verbindingen tot een aanzienlijke tijdsbesparing kan leiden.

Ondersteunen van compressie is voor zowel browsers als webservers niet verplicht. Wanneer de browser of de server compressie niet ondersteunt, wordt er teruggevallen op de niet-gecomprimeerde versie.

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Malaria still poses one of the major threats to human health. Development of effective antimalarial drugs has decreased this threat; however, the emergence of drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, a cause of Malaria, is disconcerting. The antimalarial drug chloroquine has been effectively used, but resistant parasites have spread worldwide. Interestingly, the withdrawal of the drug reportedly leads to an increased population of susceptible parasites in some cases. We examined the prevalence of genomic polymorphisms in a malaria parasite P. falciparum, associated with resistance to an antimalarial drug chloroquine, after the withdrawal of the drug from Indonesia.
Blood samples were collected from 95 malaria patients in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, in 2010. Parasite DNA was extracted and analyzed by polymerase chain reaction–restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR–RFLP) for pfcrt and pfmdr1. In parallel, multiplex amplicon sequencing for the same genes was carried out with Illumina MiSeq. Of the 59 cases diagnosed as P. falciparum infection by microscopy, PCR–RFLP analysis clearly identified the genotype 76T in pfcrt in 44 cases. Sequencing analysis validated the identified genotypes in the 44 cases and demonstrated that the haplotype in the surrounding genomic region was exclusively SVMNT. Results of pfmdr1 were successfully obtained for 51 samples, where the genotyping results obtained by the two methods were completely consistent. In pfmdr1, the 86Y mutant genotype was observed in 45 cases (88.2%).
Our results suggest that the prevalence of the mutated genotypes remained dominant even 6 years after the withdrawal of chloroquine from this region. Diversified haplotype of the resistance-related locus, potentially involved in fitness costs, unauthorized usage of chloroquine, and/or a short post-withdrawal period may account for the observed high persistence of prevalence.
Malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum remains a major health concern, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. P. falciparum uses anopheline mosquitoes as a vector and spreads rapidly in the tropics and subtropics, where 3.3 billion people are at risk of contracting the parasite . According to a 2016 World Health Organization report, >212 million cases of malaria were reported annually and approximately 429,000 people died from malaria worldwide . In Southeast Asia, 15 million cases of malaria (7% global cases) and 26,000 deaths (6% global deaths) are reportedly associated with malaria each year .
Malaria is curable and preventable; however, the disease has not yet been completely eradicated. P. falciparum develops resistance against available medication, which explains the failed eradication of malaria; medication plays an important role in malaria control programs [2, 3]. Reports suggest that P. falciparum has now developed resistance to most antimalarial drugs, including chloroquine and its derivatives, sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine, mefloquine, and artemisinin [2–6]. Indeed, chloroquine was the standard antimalarial drug; however, chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum emerged in the late 1950s and spread worldwide . It is widely accepted that several polymorphisms play important roles in chloroquine-resistant P. falciparum, particularly a threonine substitution at codon 76 in the P. falciparum chloroquine-resistant transporter (pfcrt) and a tyrosine substitution at codon 86 in P. falciparum multidrug-resistant protein (pfmdr1) [7–11].
Chloroquine resistance is widely distributed; however, reports from some African countries indicate a decline in the resistant parasite population after chloroquine discontinuation [12–16], although this reduction in resistance varied between countries. A study in Malawi demonstrated a marked decrease in the prevalence of the chloroquine-resistant marker from 85 to 15% 13 years after chloroquine discontinuation , where its incidence was only 1/685 in 2009 . Similar observations have been reported from other African countries [12, 14]. However, 76T remains highly prevalent in Brazil , the Thai–Myanmar border , and Pakistan .
North Sulawesi is one of the malaria-endemic regions of Indonesia. A previous study detected a high prevalence of both 76T and 86Y polymorphisms (94 and 95%, respectively) among isolates from Minahasa, North Sulawesi (Fig. 1) . The Indonesian government had to change its malaria treatment policy because of the high rate of chloroquine resistance, and the administration of artemisinin-based combination therapies began in 2004. Subsequently, dihydroartemisinin piperaquine became the dominant therapy . As mentioned above, chloroquine-sensitive P. falciparum returned to some regions after the discontinuation of chloroquine. If the use of chloroquine can be reconsidered, its benefits would be considerable because chloroquine is a cost-effective drug without known severe side-effects. Most importantly, the reuse of pre-existing drugs would conserve the limited repertoire of antimalarial drugs. To better understand the changes in the resistant genotypes, we determined the prevalence of polymorphisms in pfcrt and pfmdr1 after chloroquine discontinuation in North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Blood samples were collected from 95 malaria patients clinically diagnosed at hospitals in Manado and Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Fig. 1), from August to December 2010. The collected blood samples were diagnosed via Giemsa staining and microscopic analysis by medical staff members at each hospital and collected on FTA Elute cards (GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Little Chalfont, UK).
Parasite DNA was extracted from dried filter blood spots by boiling them at 95 °C for 15 min. PCR–RFLP analysis of pfcrt and pfmdr1 was conducted as described previously . In brief, PCR was conducted using KAPA 5× buffer (containing 7.5 mM MgCl2), 2.5 mM MgCl2, 0.25 mM each dNTP, 0.5 μM forward and reverse primers (Table 1), 0.625 U Taq, and 5 μL of extracted DNA in a total volume of 20 μL. For the nested PCR analyses, 2 μL of the 100× diluted PCR product from the first amplification step was used as a template in the second step. Restriction enzyme digestion was performed with 7 μL (pfcrt) or 5 μL (pfmdr1) of the PCR products and two units of ApoI for pfcrt or AflIII for pfmdr1. A laboratory clone (3D7) was also amplified and digested along with the samples, which served as a positive control. The digested products were stained with ethidium bromide and separated on a 2% agarose gel.
The primary PCR reaction was performed as described above. The second nested PCR analyses used 2 μL of the 100× diluted PCR product from the first amplification step as template, with added tab nucleotides (Table 1). For the third PCR, with added dual indices, 2 μL of the 100× diluted PCR product from the second amplification step and TruSeq® DNA HT and RNA HT Sample Prep Kits (Illumina) were used. The amplicons were quantified with an Agilent 2200 TapeStation (Agilent), and then mixed to achieve the same molecular number. The samples were subjected to MiSeq (Illumina), and then sequenced with a MiSeq v3 Reagent Kit v3 (600-cycle). The short read sequences obtained were mapped onto the pfcrt and pfmdr1 coding sequences extracted from P. falciparum genome version 13, which was obtained from plasmoDB  by bowtie2 . To identify genetic polymorphisms, the mapped results were analyzed with GATK .
Regional differences in the genotypes were examined with Fisher's exact test.
In this study, we collected 95 blood samples that had been clinically diagnosed as malaria cases by local doctors. Among these samples, 59 were diagnosed by Giemsa staining as P. falciparum infections or possibly mixed infections of P. falciparum and P. vivax. Thirty cases were infections with P. vivax. No medical evidence was recorded for the remaining 6 cases. Using these samples, we conducted PCR–RFLP assays of the 227th base in pfcrt to identify the drug resistance-related genotypes at amino acid 76 (Fig. 2). We obtained clear results from 45/59 cases, which were initially diagnosed as P. falciparum infections (Fig. 3; Additional file 1: Table S1). In these 45 cases (100%), we identified the genotype "C," which encodes 76T, and thus, a chloroquine-resistant pfcrt. We conducted similar analyses for the 36 remaining non-P. falciparum cases. We found that the P. falciparum genome was detected in five cases diagnosed as P. vivax infections and two cases without any medical records, possibly due to their ambiguous diagnoses. The identified genotype also encoded a 76T in these cases. In addition, to validate the correct identifications of the genotypes, we subjected the amplified PCR products to multiplex sequencing on the Illumina MiSeq platform (Fig. 4a, b). We examined all 45 cases and confirmed that the genotypes of the P. falciparum infections were 76T (see "Methods" for details of the single-nucleotide polymorphism procedure), except for one where we failed to obtain an amplicon by PCR (Fig. 3; Additional file 1: Table S1). We validated the sequences using the Sanger method for four randomly selected samples, which confirmed that they were identical (Fig. 4c). In addition to validating the sequences, multiplex amplicon sequencing allowed us to identify the exact genotypes in the surrounding region, i.e., the haplotypes. For amino acids 72–76, we found that all cases had the SVMNT haplotype and no case was identified with the CVIET haplotype. Non-synonymous variations at codon 72S were identified as "agt" and "tct" in 41 and 3 specimens, respectively (Additional file 1: Table S1).
We conducted PCR–RFLP assays of the pfmdr1 gene in parallel (Fig. 3; Additional file 1: Table S1). We obtained clear results from 51/59 samples. We also detected P. falciparum genomes in 10 cases initially diagnosed as P. vivax and 3 cases without any medical records. Among the 51 samples, the 86Y and 86N genotypes were identified in 45 (88.2%) and 6 (11.8%) cases, respectively. We conducted amplicon sequencing of these samples on MiSeq, which confirmed the correct genotype results in all cases. Based on these results, we can make the following conclusions. First, conventional Giemsa staining is occasionally imprecise and further confirmation is needed to precisely detect the infecting parasite species. Second, PCR–RFLP is a convenient and accurate method, although further sequencing analysis can provide extensive information associated with the surrounding bases. Finally, and most importantly, the dominant population of P. falciparum in this area still has a chloroquine-resistant genotype. We also collected and analyzed blood samples from two neighboring regions, i.e., Manado and Bitun, in North Sulawesi, but found no significant differences between the areas in terms of the prevalence of 76T and 86Y mutants (p = 1.000 and 0.218, respectively).
Several previous studies have investigated the prevalence of the mutant genotypes of P. falciparum. A study that covered all of Indonesia in 2004 based on PCR–RLFP analyses showed that most of the genotypes in North Sulawesi were 76T . However, compared to previous studies, we found a slight increase in the prevalence of 76T mutation (from 94.4 to 100%), despite the lack of clear statistical significance (p = 0.290).
Another previous study showed that in Lombok, Indonesia, codons 72–76 comprised SVMNT in most cases (87.5%) and only a few isolates possessed the Southeast Asia type of CVIET (10.4%) during 2002 . The high prevalence of 76T was a common feature of all our observations, but we observed no cases of the CVIET haplotype in North Sulawesi. It is known that SVMNT is dominant in the Pacific region, such as Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines in Southeast Asia. By contrast, CVIET is dominant in Thailand, Vietnam, and Myanmar [27, 28], and the CVIET haplotype is assumed to have been spread from there to Africa . Therefore, our finding that SVMNT occurred exclusively in North Sulawesi may reflect the distinct geological origins of the drug-resistant genotypes to some extent.
Intriguingly, the results of our study were very different from those obtained in previous studies conducted in Malawi and other African countries. In Malawi, the prevalence of the pfcrt 76T genotype decreased significantly from 85% in 1992 to 13% in 2000 [16, 30]. Subsequently, it was only present in 1/685 (0.1%) cases in 2009 . In agreement, a field study showed that the susceptibility rate of the parasites to chloroquine increased from 50% in 1993 to 99% in 2005 . Similar reductions in the prevalence of the pfcrt 76T genotype have also been reported from Kenya, Senegal, and other countries that are mainly located in Africa, although their remission rates were less drastic than that in Malawi [12, 14, 31]. Based on these studies, it is suggested that the mutants are fitter than the wild type under the selective pressure of chloroquine. In contrast, the advantage should disappear without the drug. Thus, the corresponding mutation genotypes may have disappeared after a certain time following the drug's withdrawal.
To rationalize the observed reduction, it should also be hypothesized that the mutants are less fit than the wild type without the drug pressure. It seems to be true in CVIET, which is a major mutated haplotype around the 76T genotype and observed in the regions where the reduction of 76T was reported. In contrast, the SVMNT haplotype, which we found was dominant in North Sulawesi, is likely to be no less fit than the wild type . Indeed, the fixed prevalence of 76T was also reported even after chloroquine withdrawal in Venezuela, where the SVMNT haplotype is similarly dominant . Thus, differences in the biological features of the CVIET and SVMNT haplotypes with respect to their fitness may contribute to the distinct variations in their prevalence. Another even more confusing factor is the administration policy for the use of antimalarial drugs, where incomplete drug withdrawal and unauthorized chloroquine usage may have exposed the parasite to subtherapeutic concentrations, thereby contributing to the fixed mutant genotype. It has been shown that SVMNT is also involved in resistance to amodiaquine, which is used in a combination of artesunate–amodiaquine (AA) . In Indonesia, AA is used despite the current policy recommending dihydroartemisinin piperaquine (DHP). Therefore, suboptimal administration of AA is potentially involved in the sustained SVMNT haplotype, and the inverse effect by strict substitution from AA to DHP may be expected. In addition, misdiagnosis may contribute to the confusion. Hence, further biological studies combined closely with epidemiological and possibly social science studies may yield a more thorough understanding of the prevalence dynamics of the mutant genotypes and their controls.
It is known that the pfmdr1 86Y genotype is widespread throughout Indonesia (Table 2) . The reported prevalence rates are 15.8 and 26.7% in Flores and East Nusa Tenggara (the eastern part of Indonesia) and in Armopa (West Papua), respectively . By contrast, in western Indonesia, the reported prevalence of 86Y polymorphism is 100% . Sulawesi, located in the middle of these regions, reported the prevalence rates for pfmdr1 86Y polymorphism as 95.0% in Minahasa, North Sulawesi, and 62.5% in Mamuju, South Sulawesi. The prevalence rate detected in the present study was between these two values (88.2%; p = 0.664 and 0.029, respectively). For the Asian countries surrounding Indonesia, the reported prevalence rates are similar to those in western Indonesia or Sulawesi, as well as cases from the most southern part of Thailand (96.3%; p = 0.018, compared with our results). However, the reported prevalence rates in Peninsular Malaysia (5.3%, p = 0.000), Cambodia (2.15%, p = 0.000), western Thailand (3.1%, p = 0.000), and the upper southern part of Thailand (36.4%, p = 0.000) differed from ours [19, 33–36]. Other studies have described almost equal prevalence rates for pfmdr1 86Y in African countries such as Kenya (81.6%, p = 0.545) or even lower prevalence in Benin (57.1%, p = 0.000), Malawi (22.7%, p = 0.000), and Senegal (14.9%, p = 0.000) [13, 14, 30, 37]. Note that one of the lowest prevalence rates for the mutant genotype 86Y was reported from Malawi, where the prevalence of the mutant pfcrt also decreased dramatically [16, 30]. However, as discussed in these studies, the geographical distribution of 86Y polymorphism is complicated and does not always coincide with geographical distribution of pfcrt polymorphism. Furthermore, unlike the mutation at 76T in pfcrt, a clear reduction in the mutant genotype has not yet been reported after the withdrawal of chloroquine. Indeed, it is known that polymorphisms in pfmdr1 are involved in resistance to not only chloroquine but also amodiaquine, mefloquine, and lumefantrine [9, 37–39]. In this study, a small trend of reduction in the six years (95.0 to 88.2%) was observed; however, it was not statistically significant (p = 0.664). Besides, the regions we investigated were not similar enough for the difference to be significant. Therefore, continuous and robust monitoring should be considered to determine the effect of chloroquine withdrawal on the prevalence of 86Y genotype in this region.
In this study, using samples obtained from malaria patients from North Sulawesi, Indonesia, we examined the chloroquine resistance polymorphisms in P. falciparum, i.e., 76T in pfcrt and 86Y in pfmdr1, by PCR–RFLP followed by multiplex amplicon sequencing. We emphasized the power of employing the multiplex amplicon sequencing method as well as confirming the convenience of using the conventional RFLP–PCR method. The cost of sequencing is decreasing rapidly; thus, a more comprehensive overview of the changes in genotypes throughout the world can be obtained by targeted sequencing of a larger number of genes in parasites or even whole genome sequencing. The results obtained in the present study showed that the prevalence rates of the mutant genotypes were 100 and 88.2% for 76T in pfcrt and 86Y in pfmdr1, respectively. We consider that the fixation of 76T mutations can be explained by the incomplete withdrawal of the drug, the short time interval since the withdrawal of chloroquine, and/or the possible equal fitness costs of the susceptible and resistant SMVNT genotypes. This suggests that re-emergence of the use of chloroquine is by no means guaranteed and that national health authorities should consider the results of continuous molecular surveillance when formulating their malaria treatment policies. To obtain definitive conclusion and rationalize these assumptions, the size of our cohort is not comprehensive enough and more detailed epidemiological information might be required. The multiplex amplicon sequencing system we applied is, however, supportive to this end.
YS, AEM, SMW, JY, and JT conceived and designed the study. AEM and JT conducted sample collection. PR, VV, IS, IHD, JAK, GEJ, LRR, YE, RM, and JY performed experiments. PR and JY conducted the literature search, performed data extraction and analysis, and interpreted the results. PR drafted and wrote the manuscript. YE, RM, and SMW critically reviewed the manuscript for important intellectual content and revised the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
We are grateful to F. Minamoto and M. Imada for their positive coordination of the Japanese and Indonesian research communities. The authors also gratefully acknowledge support from the Asia-Africa S & T Strategic Cooperation Promotion Program from the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science & Technology and a Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Genome Science" (221S0002) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan and JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 15H05272.
All data were included either in the main text or the supplemental materials except MiSeq raw reads as they were summarized in the Additional file 1: Table S1.
Samples were collected with written informed consent or verbal consent, confirmed by doctors at Sam Ratulangi University, for participants who had difficulties reading the form. Records of these agreements were kept by the doctors. The study protocol was approved by the local ethical committees of Sam Ratulangi University and the University of Tokyo (approved number 10-49).
13104_2017_2468_MOESM1_ESM.xlsx Additional file 1: Table S1. Table of the observed genotypes in this study.


The budget stalemate between the Fiscal Oversight Board, the Governor, the Senate and the House, could end up not being that bad after all. If, as a result of it, all parties begin seeking a consensus, they could reach an agreement regarding what are the limits of the Board's powers, understanding what they want to do with what they can do, and recognizing as well that the executive and legislative powers that define policy in our republican form of government are not as far apart as it appeared.
The Board believes that under PROMESA it has the power to require actions not related to the budget on the government as a precondition to certify an otherwise compliant budget enacted by the Legislature and the Governor.
Ricardo Rosselló, Thomas Rivera-Schatz and Carlos Johnny Méndez jointly believe, and I think the three are right, that the Board cannot require action on a matter outside of their jurisdiction as a condition to certify the budget enacted by the elected government that is within the numerical parameters previously set by the board. On this matter, Rosselló, Rivera-Schatz and Méndez are right.
When the Indian Territory of Oklahoma sought admission, Congress approved an admission act in 1907 that conditioned admission to moving the territorial capital to Guthrie (a small town with a third the current population of Morovis, Puerto Rico), a requirement that made no sense, then or now). In Coyle vs Smith, our country's Supreme Court ruled that Congress could not impose as a precondition to statehood that which it could impose as a state. In a parallel fashion, if the Board cannot pass a law or impose the elimination of a labor law on its own, I believe it cannot achieve the same result imposing it as a precondition to certifying a budget enacted by the government elected by the people if the Congress has not authorized it.
The Board is using correctly many powers delegated to it by Congress, but imposing a specific official at the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, as the federal court has already ruled, is not one of them. Likewise, if the lawsuit filed by Rosselló and backed by Rivera-Schatz and Johnny Méndez moves forward, the court could very well determine that demanding the elimination of Law 80 of 1976, either.
If the Board wants to eliminate the risk that be the ruling, it should reevaluate the enacted budget in order to certify it and perhaps request that it be amended to deal with the items they cannot accept. In addition to considering that request, the Governor and the legislative leaders could consider the Law 80 amendment proposed by Rivera-Schatz eliminating Law 80 but grandfathering current private sector employees if they believe that it would improve the climate to attract new investment and create new jobs without taking away current employees' existing rights.
Despite the suit filing, this is a great opportunity to seek consensus, tothe benefit of Puerto Rico, the Fiscal Oversight Board and even the ruling New Progressive Party.


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Cargo turnover by SSP «Oktyabrsk» for the 10 months exceeded 4.9 million tons
Nov 02 2016, 14:25
NIKOLAEV, 02 NOVEMBER 2016, CONTEXT-Prichernomorie — In January-October the total turnover of the companies operating on the territory of specialized sea port «Oktyabrsk», amounted to 4 million 986,85 thousand tons, the correspondent of IA «Context-Prichernomorie» reports.
It was reported to the agency today, November 02, in the press-service of the SE «Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority».
Liquid cargoes in 10 months the port handled 36,39 thousand tons (286,3% against Jan-Oct 2015); bulk dry cargo — 4 million 171,61 thousand tons (94.2 %); unitized cargo — 778,85 thousand tons (67.1%).
REFERENCE: Specialized sea port «Oktyabrsk» (currently is in the process of renaming according to the law on decommunization) is located on the left Bank of the Dnepro-Bugsky estuary. The port area is 178,8 ha. For loading and unloading and maintenance of marine and river vessels the port has 7 berths with a total length of 1.53 km. Depth and length of the mooring line can take vessels up to 250 m, width is up to 40 m, with a deadweight up to 80 thousand tons. The declared draught in the port is 10.5 m. Processing capacity of SSP «Oktyabrsk» is up to 5 million tons of general cargo per year.


A group supporting the rights of foreign workers is calling for non-nationals to be allowed to vote in the country's elections.
The Association de Soutien aux Travailleurs Immigrés (ASTI) points out that the 1.5 percent annual population growth in Luxembourg during the last 10 years is driven largely by immigration.
Despite this, it says that the political rights of non-nationals does not take this evolution into account.
"Participation in national elections is an increasingly urgent option and a change in the law is needed," the organisation said in a press statement.
ASTI underlines the obstacles non-nationals face in registering to vote in communal elections and calls for automatic registration of foreign nationals moving to Luxembourg.
It is also critical of the five-year residency clause for people applying for Luxembourg nationality.
"Living together can be summed up in trying to manage the problem of pensions and annuities, but it also requires democratic political participation, including the entire resident population!" concluded ASTI.


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Jhund Movie Review A Sports Film That Talks About Class Divide
Nagraj Popatrao Manjule's new film, 'Jhund,' is founded on the inspiring true tale of Nagpur-based Vijay Barse, who bent Shantytown Soccer, an NGO that works untiringly with slum broods. Because Manjule is also the molding director, the faces are real, unlike in many Bollywood films where players wear brown face to blend in with their surrounds. As the camera traces the sorrow in Ankush Mashram's eyes, it remains raw and authentic. At the same time, it gives the Dalit hero a stirring background sound that is usually reserved for upper-class protagonists in popular Hindi cinema. The film got a theatrical release on 4th March 2022 and is now set to be released on May 6, 2022, on ZEE5.
Movie Plot:
Vijay Borade is a professor at Nagpur's St John's College, which is located near a large slum. During the rains, Vijay notices several slum kids playing football with a plastic can. He comes to the conclusion that the young people in the slum have turned to drugs and crime as a way of life. As a result, he gives them a football and instructs them to play every day for 500 rupees. They do it for the money at first, but after a while, they become addicted to the game and begin to play for fun. Later, he organises a national slum football competition in Nagpur, which leads to an invitation to assemble a squad and represent India in an international slum football tournament.
Director Manjule was inspired by Vijay Barse, who created the slum soccer competition in Nagpur two decades ago with the goal of rehabilitating slum youngsters. When he was included in Aamir Khan's Satyamev Jayate, his work got national attention. Manjule has made up the events that led to the foundation of a slum football squad and, eventually, the competition. He constructs, or rather, reflects a universe that is centred in the heart of duplexes, a prominent college, and its immaculate football field. It's a slum in the heart of the city with a ground that's being used as a wasteland.
The scene in Jhund where each member of the team introduces himself to Vijay is the most moving in the film. Their backstories all have a thread of violence and child abuse running through them. They've given up on themselves, and it's clear that football serves as a catalyst for transformation. The majority of the actors were chosen from the streets and gave true-to-life performances. Bachchan continues to be our gold standard in acting, as evidenced by his performance in this film. The football choreography is fantastic, and it creates the feeling that you're watching a game on a large screen. Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti's immersive cinematography adds to the film's charm.
The Jhund movie craves your attention, and once you give it to it, there's no turning back. Amitabh Bachchan is phenomenal, Nagraj Manjule is fantastic, and the film is just brilliant.
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Purim is a time to celebrate, and that's just what West Valley Jews did this weekend. The Chabad Jewish Center of Goodyear held its first-ever Purim Party Sunday afternoon at Quality Inn & Suites in Goodyear.
The event was open to the entire Jewish community, regardless of affiliation or background, said Rabbi Berel Zaklikofsky, who is relocating from New York to Arizona later this year. He'll serve as director for what is to become the first synagogue in the Southwest Valley.
The plot was foiled by King Ahasuerus' wife, Queen Esther, who, unbeknownst to him, was a Jew.
The holiday is observed by public readings of the Megillah ("Scroll of Esther") sending food portions to friends, giving gifts of money to the poor, and enjoying a festive meal accompanied with joyous drink.
The local Purim Party, attended by Zaklikofsky and his family, featured a light buffet lunch, as well as l'chaim, Hamantaschen, a Purim piñata, a costume party, music, dancing and plenty of schmoozing.
Zaklikofsky said the festival of Purim places a lot of emphasis on Jewish youths because the next generation is the best bet for continuing the customs of Judaism.
"We see that the holiday of Purim is significant because the miracle that occurred was for all ages," Zaklikofsky said.
Once Zaklikofsky relocates to the Southwest Valley, which could be as early as this summer, the Chabad Jewish Center of Goodyear will operate out of his home until a permanent center can be built.
As with the future synagogue, this weekend's Purim Party marked a major milestone for an under-served West Valley Jewish population, Zaklikofsky said.
"People are just so excited. There's a tremendous yearning for Judaism and the Jewish center in the area, especially by the youth," the rabbi said.
In December, he and his wife made the trek from Brooklyn, N.Y., to the Phoenix area to lead a public menorah-lighting celebration at Goodyear Community Park, commemorating the Jewish holiday of Chanukah.


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Q: What is the OCaml counterpart to Python's "with"-statement (automatic release of resources) What is the OCaml counterpart to Python's "with"-statement?
with open('test.txt', 'r') as f:
    # Do stuff with f
# At this point, f will always be closed, even in case of exceptions

That is: What is the preferred way in OCaml to safely ensure that a certain resource (open file, database connection, HTTP connection, etc.) will always be freed at a certain point in time? Waiting for the garbage collector is no option here, and exceptions should never prevent resources from being freed.
Of course, in OCaml you can always use try-finally and close the file "by hand", as you can do in Python. However, that kind of code is prone to errors. This is why Python introduced the "with"-statement. What's the OCaml idiom to make this kind of code easier to read and less prone to errors?
Note that this question is very different from the question Emulating try-with-finally in OCaml, as this is one step further: I don't just want to emulate try-finally in OCaml! (where Lwt's [%finally ...] does a fine job, by the way.) I want to get one step further, eliminating the need to write those finally-clauses in the first place - as one can do in Python.
Also note that this question is not about implementation details, but about idioms: Which of all possible designs and solutions gained some traction in the OCaml community and is generally accepted?

A: There is now Fun.protect which may be considered (effectively) the idiom, since it's in the standard library. E.g.,
let get_contents file =
  let ch = open_in file in
  Fun.protect ~finally:(fun () -> close_in ch) begin fun () ->
    let len = in_channel_length ch in
    let bytes = Bytes.create len in
    ignore (input ch bytes 0 len);
    bytes
  end

Nowadays, there are even let-operators which are slowly finding their way into more frequent use, e.g. https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/pull/9887
So you could define a let-op to use a file, like:
let ( let& ) ch fn =
  Fun.protect ~finally:(fun () -> close_in ch) begin fun () ->
    fn ch
  end

And use it like:
let get_contents file =
  let& ch = open_in file in
  let len = in_channel_length ch in
  let bytes = Bytes.create len in
  ignore (input ch bytes 0 len);
  bytes

The let& operator makes sure the in_channel is closed at the end of the current scope (get_contents).

A: JaneStreet's core_kernel standard library replacement provides exactly what you need in the form of In_channel.with_file. So if by any chance you are using core_kernel, see for usage examples here: https://dev.realworldocaml.org/imperative-programming.html#file-io

A: There are some reasonable answers here (emulating try with finally in ocaml), although the absence of macros makes it somewhat more cumbersome than would otherwise be the case (see eg this complaint under "No macros")

A: "with" in python uses special objects that manage resources and have a cleanup function that gets called when the "with" is done. Ocaml has no such thing. But you could implement them.
Something like:
let with_ (constructor, destructor) fn =
   let obj = constructor () in
   try
       let res = fn obj in
       destructor obj;
       res
   with exn ->
       destructor obj;
       raise exn

Or use an ocaml object that has a destroy method.
What it comes down to is that you hide your finally-clauses in the destructor or destroy method so you doin't have to write it manually.

A: Another simple implementation.
Let's first define a type which represents either a result, or an exception:
type 'a okko = Ok of 'a | Ko of exn

Then, define capture_errors:
let capture_errors fn = try Ok (fn ()) with e -> (Ko e);;

You can them implement unwind_protect:
let unwind_protect wind unwind =
  let result = (capture_errors wind) in
  begin
    unwind ();
    match result with
    | Ok (result) -> result
    | Ko (error) -> raise error
  end;;

The above consistently execute unwind once.
You could then define a generic with_ function:
let with_ enter leave body =
    let e = enter() in
    unwind_protect
      (fun () -> (body e))
      (fun () -> (leave e)) ;;

For example, with_open_file might be defined as:
let with_open_file opener closer file fn =
  with_
    (fun () -> (opener file))
    (fun (chan) -> (closer chan))
    fn

You can curry open_in and close_in in the common case:
let with_input_file = with_open_file open_in close_in;;

For example:
with_input "/etc/passwd" input_line

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Our office is in a restored mill building at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Darley Abbey Mills.
Just put the following postcode in your sat nav to get to the mill complex:
DE22 1DZ
To get a feel of the location, have a virtual fly round using Google Earth.
Depending on your direction you may come through Darley Abbey Village, down Old Lane, and over the toll bridge, or alternatively off the A61, down Alfreton Road, and past the rugby club.
The A61 direction is easiest if you have a large vehicle.
We're in the Middle Mill, on the main Haslams Lane route through the mill complex, but unfortunately it isn't signposted very well. You're looking for a green/grey door in the middle of a large mill building which as a small car park in front of it. There is a black signage with "Loates HR" in unhelpfully small text on the outside. You should see parking spaces for companies GCI and NFU, the front door is in-between these. Through the front door we are just inside on the right with a dark grey and glass office door.
If you're coming from the toll bridge direction, we're on the right after you've gone past Darley's restaurant, West Mill, and Long Mill. Be aware that there may be a toll collector operating just after you've crossed the bridge, particularly during morning/evening rush hour. Just tell them that you're visiting us, and they should let you through without paying. If they're not there, you don't need to do anything.
If you're coming from the A61 / rugby club direction, we're on the left after you've gone past Norton Straw.
Drive with caution past the rugby club as the recent floods have done a lot of damage to the road surface of Haslam's Lane.
There is free parking on site, either in the small car park immediately outside our building, or in the bigger car park opposite on the other side of Haslams Lane. If you can't find anywhere, please use the rugby club car park (A61 direction) or the public Darley Park car park near the Abbey and Paper Mill pubs (toll bridge direction), both of which are free and only a short walking distance away.
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