The Biarri Applied Mathematics Conference is on again and registrations are open for 2016. This year BAM will be covering  a range of presentations across supply chain, logistics and mining optimisation. With our supply chains becoming more and more complex don’t miss out on exploring how optimisation can be used.

Extending the MIP toolbox to crack the Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Problem

Robin Pearce will be delving into the Liner Shipping Fleet Repositioning Problem (LSFRP) which involves repositioning ships between service routes while maximising profit. This presentation will demonstrate how this problem can become quite large, with multiple ships, thousands of potential cargo transfers and tens of thousands of arcs. A straightforward MIP implementation can solve small scale problems, however the problem quickly becomes intractable..

In this presentation Robin will show us how he has managed to reduce solve times from hours down to a few minutes.

Robin Pearce is a mathematics student at the University of Queensland. After studying a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied Mathematics at UQ, he spent two years as a Graduate Fellow with CSIRO working on three-dimensional microstructure modelling. He is now a PhD student with Michael Forbes, once again at UQ. His main topics of interest are the use of lazy constraints and disaggregated Benders decomposition for solving large and difficult integer and mixed-integer programs.

Optimal facility location and equipment selection for whey re-use

Whey is a by-product of cheese making that is a potentially important source of nutrients, but which currently goes to disposal in many parts of the world. In this presentation, Rasul Esmaeilbeigi will analyse the efficiency of investment in whey-processing with the aim of releasing the productive potential of currently unexploited whey supply chains. Rasul will describe a decision support model for production and distribution of products derived from whey that extends a globally inclusive facility location problem. The basic tenet of the model is that equipment selection during the initial stages of facility planning is critical, as capital costs in the early stages of supply chain design go into purchases of new machines and site conditioning. The model selects the optimal combination of whey processing equipment, facility locations and transportation routes subject to budget, equipment availability and final product requirements.

Rasul is currently a PhD. candidate in the school of mathematical and physical sciences at the University of Newcastle. he holds a master’s degree (2014) and a bachelor’s degree (2012) in Industrial Engineering. Rasul has expertise in the field of Mathematical Programming and Combinatorial Optimization and also general knowledge and experience of programming languages for solving large scale optimisation problems.

Multiple Yard Crane Scheduling with Variable Crane Handling Time and Uncertain Yard Truck Arrival Time

Container yard performance heavily depends on the efficient operations of yard cranes. Yong Wu will discuss the multiple yard crane scheduling problem with variable crane handling time and uncertain yard truck arrival time. Here the variable crane handling time refers to the variable time of handling each individual container, while the uncertain yard truck arrival time relates to the actual arrival time of trucks that are dispatched to either pick up or drop off containers. While there is a rich body of literature addresses the multiple yard crane scheduling problem in a deterministic operational context, there is a paucity of research incorporating these uncertain factors.

Dr Yong Wu is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Business and Asian Studies within the Griffith Business School. Yong holds a PhD in Operations Research and an MEng in Mechanical Engineering and has worked for The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific, a joint venture between National University of Singapore and Georgia Institute of Technology (2005-2008), and the Institute for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Victoria University, Australia (2008-2010). He teaches in the area of logistics and supply chain management and his research interests are in logistics and supply chain management, operations research and engineering optimisation.

Machine learning methods for mineral processing

Machine learning emerged as a subject area in the late 1950s; yet to date there has been little application of machine learning to mineral processing.

There are of course many ways that machine learning can be applied. Stephen Gay will pursue a probabilistic framework, strongly related to the new subbranch of mathematics called information theory.

The approach is to use far less samples than conventional methods and to infer many of the missing variables – indeed to infer the missing variables at a great level of depth (distribution of multimineral particles at each stream). By inferring this information we have a ‘snapshot’ of unit models for each series of plant data. Machine learning algorithms are then applied to parameterise the models according to operational parameters.

Dr. Stephen Gay originally graduated from University of Queensland [BSc (hons/Applied Maths)]. His domain areas have largely been in physical oceanography, mining (PhD), image analysis and geometric probability. The main area of mining is the development of software for optimising mineral processing plants. He received most of his grounding in mathematical modelling for mineral processing at the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) – and in 2008 development his own independent consulting and contracting business which has since evolved into a startup Company: MIDAS Tech Intl. In 2014 he patented a method that enables the estimation of detailed mineral processing data from simple measurements – and has largely been focusing on getting interest in this new method from Mining Companies and Universities.

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<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfUNlvwE4uohbcTyJ3JlV9Wgur5XscmAGbc42DWiRiQz-U2pvdC43t8arQG8tckcNdB719fkaQHC5pPCbt5hh_Tv4S2kTv0lxCPm5_5x4B8nxeK4R2TCOCxQ_4dGIqUuyPm0Q-j?key=vjP8M2JIkNLa8NsBXTm-9Q" alt="" width="300" height="400"></p><p dir="ltr">Георгий Моисеев &ndash; бывший активист движения в защиту кооператива &laquo;Бест Вей&raquo;, который является гражданским ответчиком по уголовному делу, касающемуся австрийской компании Hermes Management: оно рассматривается Приморским районным судом Санкт-Петербурга. А также защитник консультантов компании Hermes Management в судах от обвинений в неосновательном обогащении.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">С осени прошлого года он перешел на сторону врагов кооператива и Hermes и торпедирует восстановление работы &laquo;Бест Вей&raquo;.</p><p><img src="https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfO63XhXpQTjIBHzEDR99AfXiMrIQTnDg50y3VtdbZSTOEBzIp-5G_oiHAxDG7Mi4wOIjYWuYIRLnXcTJ7_wBXjrZV_hcXrnNOj0aftibvEZkfgBT9eBEI7X5QlUIGxNqvM0xhMng?key=vjP8M2JIkNLa8NsBXTm-9Q" alt="" width="480" height="360"></p><p dir="ltr">Причина в том, что его амбиции стать руководителем или серым кардиналом кооператива основатель кооператива Роман Василенко и его покойный председатель Сергей Крючек отказались удовлетворить, так как увидели, что Моисеев &ndash; алчный обманщик.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Моисеева убрали из всех проектов, деньги у него кончились &ndash; и на крутом повороте, на котором оказался кооператив, он решил взять власть в &laquo;Бест Вей&raquo; с помощью черных схем, чтобы захватить 4 млрд на его счетах.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>Лидер пятой колонны</strong></p><p dir="ltr">Еще до смерти Сергея Крючека 22 марта с.г., сразу после появления информации о его тяжелой болезни, Моисеев объявил себя новым председателем.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">До этого Георгий Моисеев провел среди нескольких десятков своих сторонников, многие из которых не пайщики кооператива, а консультанты Hermes, нелегальные &laquo;выборы уполномоченных кооперативных участков&raquo; &ndash; хотя полномочия действующих уполномоченных истекают только в 2026 году, все они живы-здоровы, никто из них полномочий не слагал. Причем сторонники Моисеева голосовали сразу на всех &laquo;выборах&raquo; &ndash; на всех кооперативных участках.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Георгий Моисеев утверждает, что &laquo;новых уполномоченных&raquo; избрали пайщики. Сколько их было? В кооперативе более 15 тыс. пайщиков, и подавляющее большинство из них ничего не слышали об избрании новых уполномоченных и Моисеева.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Еще до &laquo;выборов&raquo; Моисеев завел фишинговую электронную почту кооператива, фишинговый телеграм-канал, изготовил фальшивую печать &laquo;Бест Вей&raquo;. После того, как в 23 марта в полном соответствии с уставом голосами 12 уполномоченных кооперативных участков из 14 председателем кооператива была избрана экс-заместитель Крючека Салтанат Камзиевна Салимянова, Моисеев провел новые, уже вторые выборы себя председателем &ndash; опять среди своих лжеуполномоченных.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">У Георгия Моисеева не было шансов избраться по уставу. Все 14 уполномоченных кооперативных участков &ndash; против Моисеева.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Единственный путь для него &ndash; лжевыборы, липовые протоколы об избрании. С этими липовыми протоколами Моисеев пришел к московскому нотариусу (поскольку петербургские все были предупреждены через нотариальную палату города) и за взятку получил нотариальное заверение. А потом подал документы на внесение изменений в ЕГРЮЛ о том, что он является новым председателем.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Из-за протестов буквально сотен пайщиков кооператива, написавших заявления в налоговую, внесение изменений было приостановлено, а затем по иску одной из пайщиц был вынесен судебный запрет на изменения в ЕГРЮЛ.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">При этом Моисеев не оставляет попыток провести еще третьи выборы &ndash; понимая, что несколько десятков подписей его сторонников и подельников на фоне численности кооператива более 15 тыс. пайщиков будут выглядеть неубедительно. 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При этом сайт &ndash; основное средство взаимодействия с пайщиками.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">То есть Моисеев, на словах призывающий к возобновлению покупки кооперативом квартир, на деле торпедирует эти усилия, лишая кооператив возможностей для постепенного восстановления работы. 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Но то, что Моисеев выступал координатором программы судебной защиты, позволило ему сформировать реноме победителя в судах, в том числе в Верховном, хотя реальными авторами победы были юристы, разрабатывающие концепцию защиты, работавшие в рамках этих дел.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Пустившись в самостоятельное плавание, юридическими достижениями Моисеев похвастаться не может. Большинство его дел, которые он вел в интересах клиентов &laquo;Гермеса&raquo; и пайщиков кооператива, &ndash; откровенное мошенничество с его стороны.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Вот рассказ одной из пайщиц: &laquo;Некоторое время назад я, глубоко еще веря в профессиональные и человеческие качества Моисеева, обратилась к нему за юридической помощью. Моя родственница попала в беду, и я решила обратиться к нему как к &laquo;выдающемуся судебному юристу всея Руси&raquo;, уверяя свою родственницу, что он точно поможет. И что бы вы думали? Она обратилась к нему, оплатила его &laquo;услуги&raquo; (поверя моему слову), он взялся за дело и... просто не пришел на решающий суд! Моя родственница в шоке&raquo;.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Таких историй &ndash; десятки. Потому что главное, в чем профессионал Моисеев, &ndash; в разводе на деньги.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Главная задача Моисеева сейчас &ndash; собрать на &laquo;срочносборах&raquo; деньги на работу альтернативных органов кооператива и еще на выдуманную им историю: якобы он нашел в российской компании под названием &laquo;Гермес&raquo; активы австрийской Hermes и с помощью &laquo;сильной адвокатской фирмы из Москвы&raquo; сможет их взыскать &ndash; а для этого нужно также собрать деньги на предварительный юридический анализ и работу юристов.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Люди, знакомые с Моисеевым, говорят о том, что для него никогда не было своих и чужих: единственное, что для него значимо, &ndash; заработок.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Цель Моисеева в борьбе с кооперативом: шантажом заставить руководство кооператива с ним договариваться, включить его в руководство кооператива и выделить долю в немалом фонде, формируемом из вступительных и членских взносов. Но его шантаж не сработает.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">А после того, как Моисеев проиграет в борьбе за власть в кооперативе, он предъявит к кооперативу претензии от клиентов Hermes Management &ndash; совершенно забыв о собственных речах в защиту кооператива.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr">Последние акты &laquo;творчества&raquo; Моисеева позволяет его остановить &ndash; привлечь к ответственности по целой гирлянде статей ГК и УК, чем и занимаются адвокаты кооператива и пострадавших от действий этого черного юриста.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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Full-time staff numbers are down, too; as of June, the parks service had 12,600 full-time employees, which is 24% fewer staff than they had at the beginning of the year. [url=https://tripscan.xyz]трип скан[/url] That’s the lowest staffing level in over 20 years, according to Kristen Brengel, senior vice president of government affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association. https://tripscan.xyz tripskan Some parks, including Yellowstone, have increased their staff this year. But with low staffing levels at other parks unlikely to meaningfully improve this year, Kym Hall, a former NPS regional director and park superintendent, told CNN she worries park rangers and other staff could hit a breaking point later this summer. “By mid-August, you’re going to have staff that is so burned out,” Hall said. “Somebody is going to make a mistake, somebody is going to get hurt. Or you’re going to see visitors engaging with wildlife in a way that they shouldn’t, because there aren’t enough people out in the parks to say, ‘do not get that close to a grizzly bear that’s on the side of the road; that’s a terrible idea.’” The National Park Service did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on its staffing levels. Meanwhile, visitors are arriving in droves. Last year set a new record for recreation visits at nearly 332 million, smashing the previous record set in 2016. Hall said the process of hiring thousands of seasonal workers for the summer takes months, typically starting in the previous fall or winter to fully staff up. “Even if the parks had permission, and even if they had some funding, it takes months and months to get a crew of seasonal (workers) recruited, vetted, hired, boarded into their duty stations, trained and ready to serve the public by Memorial Day,” Hall said. Compounding the staffing issue is the fact that many park superintendents, some of whom oversee the most iconic parks like Yosemite, have retired or taken the Trump administration’s deferred resignation offers. That leaves over 100 parks without their chief supervisor, Brengel said. And amid the staff losses, staffers normally assigned to park programming, construction, and trail maintenance, as well as a cadre of park scientists, have been reassigned to visitor services to keep up with the summer season.

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Questioned by both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill about the low staffing numbers, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has brushed off concerns, testifying in May that slightly less than half of permanent NPS employees work on the ground in the parks, while other staff work at regional offices or at DC headquarters. [url=https://tripscan.live]трип скан[/url] “I want more people in the parks,” Burgum said. “I want less overhead. There’s an opportunity to have more people working in our parks … and have less people working for the National Park Service.” https://tripscan.live трип скан But internal NPS data tells a different story, Brengel said, showing that around 80% of National Park Service staff work in the parks. And regional offices play an important supporting staff role, with scientists on staff to help maintain fragile parks ecosystems, as well as specialists who monitor geohazard safety issues like landslides. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska recently pressed Burgum to provide a full list of staff positions that have been cut at the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service since the Trump administration took over. The Interior Department has not provided the list, a Senate staffer said. The regional offices within the park service are on edge, waiting to see how courts rule on a Trump administration reduction in force plan they fear could gut their ranks, a National Park Service employee in a Western state told CNN. “If they greenlight the RIF plan, then it’s going to be a bloodbath,” the employee said. In addition to probationary workers that were fired in February, early retirements are also culling the agency’s ranks, and the continued $1 spending limit on federal workers’ credit cards is making it extremely difficult to do field work in the parks, with a simple overnight trip needing to be requested 10 days in advance, the employee added. The lack of superintendents and NPS supervisors creates more of a headache, they added. “These times, when it’s all about fighting for scarce resources, you really need those upper-level people with clout working the system,” the employee said. Hall, the retired NPS regional director, said losing rangers, maintenance professionals and park superintendents could profoundly alter American landmarks. “What you’ve lost with all this attrition – you’ve lost all this knowledge that’s going to take years to build back up,” Hall said.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico AP — At least three people were missing in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding Tuesday that was so intense an entire house was swept downstream. [url=https://tripscan.live]трипскан вход[/url] Emergency crews carried out at least 85 swift water rescues in the Ruidoso area, including of people who were trapped in their homes and cars, said Danielle Silva of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. No deaths were immediately reported, but Silva said the extent of the destruction wouldn’t be known until the water recedes. https://tripscan.live трипскан сайт “We knew that we were going to have floods … and this one hit us harder than what we were expecting,” Ruidoso Mayor Lynn D. Crawford said during a radio address Tuesday night. Crawford said that some people were taken to the hospital, although the exact number was not immediately clear. He encouraged residents to call an emergency line if their loved ones or neighbors were missing. The floods came just days after flash floods in Texas killed over 100 people and left more than 160 people missing. In New Mexico, officials urged residents to seek higher ground Tuesday afternoon as the waters of the Rio Ruidoso rose nearly 19 feet in a matter of minutes amid heavy rainfall. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings in the area, which was stripped of vegetation by recent wildfires. A weather service flood gauge and companion video camera showed churning waters of the Rio Ruidoso surge over the river’s banks into surrounding forest. Streets and bridges were closed in response. Kaitlyn Carpenter, an artist in Ruidoso, was riding her motorcycle through town Tuesday afternoon when the storm started to pick up, and she sought shelter at the riverside Downshift Brewing Company with about 50 other people. She started to film debris rushing down the Rio Ruidoso when she spotted a house float by with a familiar turquoise door. It belonged to the family of one of her best friends. Her friend’s family was not in the house and is safe, she said. “I’ve been in that house and have memories in that house, so seeing it come down the river was just pretty heartbreaking,” Carpenter said. “I just couldn’t believe it.” There were also reports of dead horses near the town’s horse racing track, the mayor said. Two National Guard rescue teams and several local teams already were in the area when the flooding began, Silva said, and more Guard teams were expected. The area has been especially vulnerable to flooding since the summer of 2024, when the South Fork and Salt fires raced across tinder-dry forest and destroyed an estimated 1,400 homes and structures. Residents were forced to flee a wall of flames, only to grapple with intense flooding later that summer.

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Questioned by both Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill about the low staffing numbers, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has brushed off concerns, testifying in May that slightly less than half of permanent NPS employees work on the ground in the parks, while other staff work at regional offices or at DC headquarters. [url=https://tripscan.live]tripscan войти[/url] “I want more people in the parks,” Burgum said. “I want less overhead. There’s an opportunity to have more people working in our parks … and have less people working for the National Park Service.” https://tripscan.live tripscan But internal NPS data tells a different story, Brengel said, showing that around 80% of National Park Service staff work in the parks. And regional offices play an important supporting staff role, with scientists on staff to help maintain fragile parks ecosystems, as well as specialists who monitor geohazard safety issues like landslides. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska recently pressed Burgum to provide a full list of staff positions that have been cut at the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management and the US Forest Service since the Trump administration took over. The Interior Department has not provided the list, a Senate staffer said. The regional offices within the park service are on edge, waiting to see how courts rule on a Trump administration reduction in force plan they fear could gut their ranks, a National Park Service employee in a Western state told CNN. “If they greenlight the RIF plan, then it’s going to be a bloodbath,” the employee said. In addition to probationary workers that were fired in February, early retirements are also culling the agency’s ranks, and the continued $1 spending limit on federal workers’ credit cards is making it extremely difficult to do field work in the parks, with a simple overnight trip needing to be requested 10 days in advance, the employee added. The lack of superintendents and NPS supervisors creates more of a headache, they added. “These times, when it’s all about fighting for scarce resources, you really need those upper-level people with clout working the system,” the employee said. Hall, the retired NPS regional director, said losing rangers, maintenance professionals and park superintendents could profoundly alter American landmarks. “What you’ve lost with all this attrition – you’ve lost all this knowledge that’s going to take years to build back up,” Hall said.

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Santa Fe, New Mexico AP — At least three people were missing in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding Tuesday that was so intense an entire house was swept downstream. [url=https://tripscan.live]трипскан[/url] Emergency crews carried out at least 85 swift water rescues in the Ruidoso area, including of people who were trapped in their homes and cars, said Danielle Silva of the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. No deaths were immediately reported, but Silva said the extent of the destruction wouldn’t be known until the water recedes. https://tripscan.live трипскан “We knew that we were going to have floods … and this one hit us harder than what we were expecting,” Ruidoso Mayor Lynn D. Crawford said during a radio address Tuesday night. Crawford said that some people were taken to the hospital, although the exact number was not immediately clear. He encouraged residents to call an emergency line if their loved ones or neighbors were missing. The floods came just days after flash floods in Texas killed over 100 people and left more than 160 people missing. In New Mexico, officials urged residents to seek higher ground Tuesday afternoon as the waters of the Rio Ruidoso rose nearly 19 feet in a matter of minutes amid heavy rainfall. The National Weather Service issued flood warnings in the area, which was stripped of vegetation by recent wildfires. A weather service flood gauge and companion video camera showed churning waters of the Rio Ruidoso surge over the river’s banks into surrounding forest. Streets and bridges were closed in response. Kaitlyn Carpenter, an artist in Ruidoso, was riding her motorcycle through town Tuesday afternoon when the storm started to pick up, and she sought shelter at the riverside Downshift Brewing Company with about 50 other people. She started to film debris rushing down the Rio Ruidoso when she spotted a house float by with a familiar turquoise door. It belonged to the family of one of her best friends. Her friend’s family was not in the house and is safe, she said. “I’ve been in that house and have memories in that house, so seeing it come down the river was just pretty heartbreaking,” Carpenter said. “I just couldn’t believe it.” There were also reports of dead horses near the town’s horse racing track, the mayor said. Two National Guard rescue teams and several local teams already were in the area when the flooding began, Silva said, and more Guard teams were expected. The area has been especially vulnerable to flooding since the summer of 2024, when the South Fork and Salt fires raced across tinder-dry forest and destroyed an estimated 1,400 homes and structures. Residents were forced to flee a wall of flames, only to grapple with intense flooding later that summer.

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Emily Mazreku, director of marketing and communications at Breakthrough T1D, lives with type 1 diabetes and worked with Mattel to design the doll. [url=https://kra34tt.cc]kraken войти[/url] Barbie’s phone app displays a snapshot of her actual blood sugar readings from one day during the design process. Barbie’s blood glucose reading is 130 milligrams of sugar per deciliter of blood, which is in the normal range. Most people with diabetes try to keep their blood sugar between 70 and 180 mg/dl.Her continuous glucose monitor has a graph that shows the highs and lows that can happen during the day. The blue polka dots are nods to the colors and symbols for diabetes awareness. https://kra34tt.cc kra35at Mazreku spent almost two years holding focus groups to get feedback about the features of the doll and to make sure it was representing the entire type 1 diabetes community. “Mattel approached us, and they wanted this to be a part of their Fashionista line,” Mazreku said. “And we jumped on that opportunity right away.” The line has dolls with more than 175 different looks, including a variety of skin tones, eye and hair colors. It includes a Barbie with behind-the-ear hearing aids, a blind doll who uses a cane and another with a prosthetic leg. There’s also a doll with vitiligo, a condition in which skin loses its pigment and becomes splotchy. “We know that increasing the number of people who can see themselves in Barbie continues to resonate,” said Devin Duff, a spokesperson for Mattel, in an email to CNN. The company said the blind Barbie and a doll with Down syndrome were among the most popular Fashionista dolls globally in 2024. The company launched its first doll with a disability — a friend for Barbie called Share-a-smile Becky, who used a wheelchair — in 1997. Customers noted at the time that Becky’s wheelchair couldn’t fit through the doors of the Barbie Dream House, a situation many people with disabilities encounter in real life.

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