Well, there's been a bit of a kerfuffle about whether or not Silverlight (nee WPF/E) supports binding, widgets and XMLHttpRequest gubbins. And Adobe has open sourced Flex, as well as having had its Apollo platform out for a bit now. XULRunner is still going, being used for SongBird and Joost, and freshly the DVD version of Wikipedia, though whether or not Mozilla is promoting it well as a platform is under discussion.
Having done an awful lot of XULRunner programming in the last few months, there's still a lot to be done before its an easy to use platform. Quite a lot of undocumented interactions cause crashes - particularly race conditions between XBL bindings being attached and scripts in the body of the document being run, and any manipulation of the tree in script during an XBL constructor. But I don't have any idea how well Silverlight or Apollo handle such things, or even if they support anything as flexible as XBL. There needs to be an XULRunner 2.0 that is a lot more predictable in its behaviour, and less arcane in its invocations.
Jing ke ci qin wang, Hero and The Curse of the Golden Flower, seems the Chinese authorities like supporting films about an invincible leader. I got tired of eye candy, and the massacres weren't entertainment. Wipe them out and continue as though nothing happened. Erase democracy from the Google cache.
I've spent a little more time on quad-store, and found some more realistic performance figures from Franz Inc and the ESW wiki.
There's now a reasonably fast in-memory sorting (using radix 256), around 2.2s/10 million triples, which should help indexing small stores. I also have had a look at MPI for linking nodes together.
I think the premise may well hold - as the limiting factor for growth is IO and memory rates, not CPU, so trade CPU for compression and limit the number of values a store can hold, so making the store's representation smaller, reducing IO. Structure for locality and divide the store into nodes when the limits are exceeded. I still haven't found a large enough dataset to push the 230 values it can hold. And 230 values is up to 290 triples, as each triple has 3 values. 2 bits of the 32 are reserved to indicate whether it's a compressed URI, or a hash table URI, a blank or an literal.
OpenLink Virtuoso also seem to be using something similar in their 'bitmap indexes', though limiting to 32 bit values gives you a set of sorted b-trees of blocks of quads, rather than indices - in a pure index you have to look up the value, so incur an indirection.
I'm not yet bored with playing with this, as I am learning quite a bit about how bandwidth limited systems behave, whereas most of my previous work has been cpu limited numerical stuff, distributed services, or km and visualisation apps.
Starting from Joe Gregorio's BitWorking post on 'megadata', I'm wondering what happens if you work this thing from the other end - rather than trying to make a database that scales well over distributed compute nodes, instead focus on optimising each node whilst trying not to compromise external scalability.
Getting parallelism working, whether via network or just concurrent threads in the same machine, is harder than straight-ahead computing in a single node.
Since my background is in engineering computing and simulation (with a little KM and recreational prolog), I've little idea why it takes 15 minutes to load 10,000,000 triples into a RDF store , whereas reading a 150 MiB file itself takes seconds.
So I'm trying to find the cost points for nodes, rather than looking at distribution schemes here.
For this, I'm taking a node as a virtual processor and half a GiB RAM, partly because my laptop has a single non-hyperthreaded core and 640 MiB RAM, so is a good model for a single node in a server array. A quad core hyperthreaded server with RAID should be eight nodes -eight times my laptop in Mips, disk speed and RAM.
At that size, a node doesn't have to handle more than a billion tuples, and I'm assuming a little bit that some of the strategies for distributing queries over nodes will still apply to such nodes. Limiting a node to a billion tuples also makes coding easier - you can use 32 bit identifiers, as long as they are reasonably local to the node. By 'reasonably local', I'd expect some number of IDs to be common to all nodes to represent the most frequently occurring term values, but distributed queries not to have to rely on having unique IDs that span between nodes.
Most of the RDF stores seem to be written in Java, and what I've seen of the implementations do a lot of pointer chasing, so this is a bit of fun to see what we can do with SSE2 to make a RDF-like query engine without pointer chasing.
If each tuple in the store is a quad vector of 32 bit ints, we can do quite fast searches using SSE2. As John Sowa predicted, many triple-stores have found that triples aren't enough, and are quad stores now. Though maybe a hexa-store is best for human-oriented data, as most of the relations we come up with have arity less than seven.
The log of my first week's hacking is available here.
Importing from the 1716 MiB SQL dump mentioned in the BitWorking post's comments, using a compression schema and a string table to generate a 160 MiB table of around 10 million triples and keep the full form of each quad within the memory limits takes around 2 minutes, around twice disk throughput speed.
Getting that far took most of Good Friday and Low Saturday, then I went to my sisters for the rest of Easter.
Coming back and coding in the evenings this week, I was playing with merge sort on the quads. Sorting one term over a 10 mega-quad table takes around 9 seconds, which is around 24 passes with merge sort, so visiting 28 million quads a second at ~85 clock cycles per quad (clock speed is 2.4GHz). That does seem a little high, as there's only around 20 instructions in the lowest level loop, though there is a branch. Using SSE to eliminate the branch costs more than the simple C variant.
to generate indices where all quads matching two terms are contiguous, you need an index for each selection of two terms from four, ie six indices.
Let P, O and G denote the four terms in the quad - subject, predicate, object and graph.
For one or three term queries, four indices suffices - for one term, one index for each of SPOG, for three terms, one index sorted on the three terms in any order.
For a query of four terms, any index will have the matches contiguous.
So for quads, six indices will give you an O(log(N)) match on any single part of a query, as long as SPOG appear first and last in at least one of the indices.
SPOG -> S, SP, SPO matches contiguous, SP matches ordered by O over G.
POSG -> P, PO, matches contiguous, PO matches ordered by S over G.
OSPG -> O, SO, matches contiguous, SO matches ordered by S over G.
Based on the assumptions I've made about what a node in a distributed array needs to provide, ie 32 bit IDs is enough, and how well the sample quads compress, these don't have to be indices - a reference into a file takes as much space as the data itself - instead they are the IDs. I'm using these for direct matches, not comparisons such as SPARQL filter provides; you'd filter a potential, or create a union of a small range (such as 2 < x <= 5 translates to x=3|x=4|x=5 for integers).
I'd expect that most of the time you'd want the results around a single subject, particularly if you have lots of blank nodes, ie you'd be using one ordering to get ?PO_, then use SP?_ (? desired term, _ don't care, SPOG specified value).
An optimiser may first look at the POGS and OGSP orderings to determine the spans of the predicates and literals to determine which patterns to match first.
Either you can build a topological sort and start with finding ?title candidates, then ?issue candidates, then ?article, or you can merge the results of all matches with one ungrounded term.
This lack of locality, I think, is going to be a pain point for this kind of normalised store.
Whether it's an index with pointers into a larger store, or an ordering of a compressed form of the quads, you've got a cache (disk or memory) miss, which is why I'm trying to implement this without chasing pointers.
But so far I'm happy that it's possible make a midi-store node that's good for a billion quads, and then distribute a mega-store between them using a higher level protocol than that which is optimised for the node to use internally.
The strange thing about google map's directions from Newport, Wales to Newfoundland, Canada is that, like Bern to New York, you depart for America from Quai Frissard in Le Havre, swimming, whereas you just continue with a slight right turn over the channel.
This last week I've been looking a bit at some of the gpu toolkits that I mentioned last week. Mostly that has concerned getting used to building them, since my home computers done have high enough spec graphics cards to run them. I'm getting tempted to buy a shuttle to play with, but like using my laptop more than a desktop, and it seems a waste buying a top-flight graphics card then interacting with it via a laptop and ssh (which is how I often use my Mac).
I've also started porting a large program from Windows to Linux so I can operate on it using oink static analysis tools and Mozilla's scriptable metaprogramming tools. Actually it only needs to preprocess on gcc rather than be ported, but it would be nice if I could run it at home.
Also this got me thinking about how to do an efficient triple-store.
For me, this year's language is assembly. I did a little 6502 assembly as a teen - wrote a dissembler for the BBC B's OS and mucked around with its interrupts in high school and some 6800 during university, and did a tiny bit of 386 inline assembly for loop optimisation of Gouraud shading parts of my MSc in 1992, so it's not quite a new language, but it's one I haven't used in a few years.
It seems that there is more assembly around these days - some marginally disguised such as C++ SIMD intrinsics, but quite a bit of the lock-free code I've been seeing is assembly. Perhaps I'm just looking at more parallel and concurrent code. It seems the high level languages we currently have don't have abstractions which match multi core architectures, and so we have to make our own low-level libraries to map them to them.
Targeting these new architectures, the PeakStream platform looks interesting - though it seems to only target workstation GPUs, and may not be a platform (which I take as synonymous with virtual machine) but rather a set of GPU optimised libraries. As my only home machine is a laptop without I don't have machines which have its target GPU or one for NVIDIA CUDA. The Sh shader metaprogramming library also looks like the sort of thing that may be useful - it uses C++ operator overloading, much like Boost lambda or RealLib to generate an AST of the expression, which is then calculated on either a CPU or a GPU backend (RealLib expressions are calculated using the CPU, sometimes with SIMD intrinsics, to required precision). I'm interested as to how Fortress' parallel for might get implemented on a GPU, and whether it's still necessary to detect glitches in gamer rather than workstation class GPUs - traditionally the gamer class GPU's ran hotter so weren't guaranteed to produce accurate results all the time, but there's no mention of that in recent generations.
This post is delayed from Thursday as I was off in York, finding a venue for my wedding reception. My lovely lass stayed with me for a fortnight, but now she's back in Glasgow :(.
Re: Why is UML so hard?
They have been had over?


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Граф Дика — это 3-регулярный граф с 32 вершинами и 48 рёбрами, назван в честь Вальтера фон Дика
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Граф является гамильтоновым графом с 120 различными гамильтоновыми циклами. Его хроматическое число равно 2, хроматический индекс равен 3, его радиус равен 5, диаметр равен 5 и обхват равен 6. Он является также 3-вершинно-связным и 3-рёберно-связным.

Граф Дика является тороидальным, и двойственный граф его тороидального вложения — это граф Шрикханде, строго регулярный симметричный гамильтонов граф.

Алгебраические свойства
Группа автоморфизмов графа Дика — это группа порядка 192. Она действует транзитивно на вершины и рёбра графа. Таким образом, граф Дика является симметричным. Он имеет автоморфизмы, которые переводят любую вершину в любую другую вершину и любое ребро в любое другое ребро. В списке Фостера граф Дика, обозначенный как F32A, является единственным кубическим симметричным графом с 32 вершинами.

Характеристический многочлен графа Дика равен .

Карта Дика
Граф Дика является  симметричного паркета поверхности третьего рода из двенадцати восьмиугольников, известного как карта Дика или Паркет Дика. Двойственный граф этого паркета является  полным трёхдольным графом K4,4,4.

Галерея

Примечания

Графы, имеющие собственные названия
Регулярные графы

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You didn't make it to the 2016 Toy Fest West show in Las Vegas? We are happy to share with you a collection of Toy Fest West videos, featuring exciting new products from exhibitors at the show.
Founded in 1961, WTHRA is a non-profit organization that is most recognized for producing and promoting the annual "Western States Toy & Hobby Show", now known as ToyFest West. Our trade show has grown over the years and is now recognized as both the second oldest and second largest toy trade show of its kind in the United States.
Hours: Sunday 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Monday & Tuesday 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.


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Lacson denies MR of axed OPA execs
Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson denied the motion for reconsideration (MR) filed by four former employees of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) who were fired for binge drinking while on official travel in Victorias City last year.
Lacson stated in a resolution that an MR may be granted only if new evidence is discovered; the assailed decision is not supported by the evidence on record; and/or errors of law or irregularities have been committed prejudicial to the movant's interest.
He said that no new evidence has been discovered or submitted by the respondents that would materially alter or affect his Jan. 3 decision dismissing them from the service. (https://bit.ly/3H9lXHk)
His earlier decision was also supported by evidence on record, as the respondents' position paper was considered.
While respondents heavily relied on the alleged invitation of the Victorias City agriculturist, Lacson said that there was nothing to back this up other than the respondents' bare and self-serving claims.
Lacson went on to say that their position paper contains no proof in the form of affidavits or other documentary evidence.
He added that unless the claim or allegation is supported by a sworn statement from the Victorias City agriculturist himself, it cannot be given weight in favor of the respondents.
The governor also said that, while the respondents insisted that the meeting at the restaurant was part of official business, nothing was submitted or presented to support the claim that the time spent at the restaurant outside Victorias City Hall was indeed part of and a continuation of official business.
Furthermore, Lacson pointed out that since the July 15, 2022 meeting ended at 4:45 p.m., no one among the respondents bothered and cared to inform their driver that the meeting had ended early and that they were at a restaurant outside Victorias City Hall.
The driver only found out where the four were around 8 p.m. when he contacted one of the respondents on his own initiative and obtained the information.
Lacson dismissed engineers German Abihay, Ramelo Letran and Rezin Palacios, and project development assistant Maria Luisa Abano.
Governor Eugenio Jose LacsonNegros OccidentalOffice of the Provincial Agriculturist

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Barbecue pulled beef with tangy coleslaw.
East Indian spiced beef with cucumber avocado salsa.
Blackened chicken, cheese, lettuce, tomato, with chipotle ranch.
Grilled ham, brisket, cheese, jalapeños, mustard.
Marinated chicken breast, fried egg, cheese, lettuce, tomato w/ horseradish mustard.
Brisket, ham, chicken, turkey, seared in barbecue sauce, topped with spicy mayo, lettuce, tomato, cheese.
Turkey, cheese, lettuce, tomato, w/ chipotle ranch.
Lone Star Samwiches aims to offer an open air dining experience from its mobile food unit with a variety of regional American-samwich-favorites with a multi-cultural flare. The 'samwiches' will be prepared with only the best local ingredients, served fresh, and only made to order. Each 'samwich' is a representative of the melting pot that is unique to the City of Houston.


At the Stirling Court Hotel we can accommodate and arrange private dining from intimate gatherings to large functions for up to 230 guests. Whether it's an awards dinner, a conference dinner or a family celebration, we'll work with you to ensure your event is everything you want and more.
The Windows on the Wallace Conservatory can hold up to 80 for a private dinner. Alternatively, it's a stunning venue for a drinks reception for your event.
Our light and airy Abbey Craig restaurant can seat up to 230 diners, with room for a dance floor and stage.
Our Events Team can help you choose entertainment, lighting, music and decoration to create an unforgettable event in magnificent surroundings.


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Q: Include GIT installation in a Java app I have a Java app that uses GIT.
I want to install GIT seamlessly on the user's computer - mac, win & linux - instead of asking them to install it on their own...
How can I include the GIT installation inside a Java app?
Thanks

A: You can use JGit as a standalone Java implementation of git, rather than using the native implementation. This will make it much easier to bundle with your Java application, as well as allowing for easier interoperability with Java. JGit is specifically designed to be embeddable in Java applications.

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Q: How can a frontend hosted on cloudfront access appsync when CORS should be block the call? Just a general question about how this works in AWS. I didn't find the solution explained anywhere straight to the point.
I have a frontend hosted over cloudfront at one url and an AWS Appsync graphql api for the backend which exposes a seperate public url. The graphql api is managed by AWS Amplify the cloudfront distribution separately, in case it matters.
Now i am wondering how it is possible that the frontend can just call the appsync api? Shouldn't the CORS block access to the graphql api since they are on two different urls? Where is the magic happening?


A beautiful celebratory tribute to the powers of one of our most undervalued skills — an ideal gift for the avid reader.
As young children, we are taught to read, but soon go on to forget just how miraculous a process it is, this turning of scratches and dots into understanding, unease and inspiration. Perhaps we need to stop and remember, stop and learn again how to read better.
Damon Young is a prizewinning philosopher and writer. He is the author of seven books, including How to Think About Exercise, Philosophy in the Garden, and Distraction. His works are published internationally in English and translation, and he has also written poetry and short fiction. Young is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Best window display wins a coffee machine for the staff room!


A start-up type company who are growing quickly. Located in Melbourne's CBD and offer a friendly, supportive environment for new starters. You will work as part of a small Finance team and will report directly to the Financial Controller.
We need someone with a good attitude and that can start quickly for this one. You must also be able to commit to the assignment for 3 months though the role may extend to 6. Strong accounting skills and Xero experience would be ideal.


Valentine's Day is one where we thinking about hooking up for a grand date, and Dallas has plenty of choices for prix fixe meals and specials for the night for that special someone in your life. But what if we are playing solo for the big night? Don't play into the hype and feel you need to hunt a date, we have you covered for a perfectly acceptable night on the town with no regrets. Don't stay at home, get out there and enjoy. It is always fun to people watch, especially the couple who just met for the first time from Match.com.
The new Craft and Growler is owned by husband and wife attorneys Kevin Afghani and Catherine Kinslow who also operate a patent firm just to the rear of the Craft and Growler building located at 1601 Parry which is just in view of where Big Tex should be standing at Fair Park. The couple are soft opening Craft and Growler today at 3pm and close at 9. The shortened hours are just for this week and will expand starting after Thanksgiving.


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What kind of factors influence the drawing process in adults?
Psychology professors Dale J. Cohen and Susan Bennett explore this topic in a series of experiments conducted at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Cohen & Bennett (1997) explain that an artist's illusions and delusions can result in drawing inaccuracies. What's an example of a delusion? An artist relying on what they know about an object instead of the actual physical features of an object.
This refers to an artist's inability to decide what to include in a drawing and how to represent it.
This refers to an artist's ability to create the proper marks on paper after they have perceived an object and made good decisions about how to represent an object. Cohen & Bennett (1997) explain that mark making "is a physical process, not a perceptual or cognitive process" and that artists must have the "appropriate motor skills" to make the marks required to create a representational drawing.
This refers to an artist's perception of their own work. If an artist perceives a mark to be more accurate than it really is, drawing inaccuracies will go uncorrected.
Cohen and Bennett (1997) created four experiments to assess the effect decision-making, motor skills and artist misperception of drawings have on the drawing process. Each experiment was designed to investigate these effects in isolation. The participants in these studies were college students. Some served as experimental subjects (i.e., they completed rendering tasks assigned by the researchers) and some served as critics (i.e., evaluators) of the drawings created by the other students.
An artist's decision-making capabilities are "a relatively minor source" (Cohen & Bennett, 1997) of drawing inaccuracies in adult drawings.
Motor coordination is not a significant source of drawing inaccuracies in adult drawings.
An artist's misperception of their own work is not a source of drawing inaccuracies in adult drawings.
So what is a source of drawing inaccuracies in adult drawings?
An artist's misperception of an object.
How Cohen & Bennett (1997) designed each experiment and assessed each effect in isolation is very interesting. For a detailed account of Cohen and Bennett's materials, methods, findings and statistical analysis for each experiment, please see their paper. Their paper is available for free on the website of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Cohen & Bennett (1997) is one of the many articles cited by Jennifer Landin in her dissertation. Do you have questions about drawing and learning?


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Corneocytes: relationship between structural and biomechanical properties
Ana S. Évora, Michael J. Adams, Simon A. Johnson, Zhibing Zhang
Background: Skin is the interface between an organism and the external environment, and hence the stratum corneum (SC) is the first to withstand mechanical insults that, in certain conditions, may lead to integrity loss and the development of pressure ulcers. The SC comprises corneocytes, which are vital elements to its barrier function. These cells are differentiated dead keratinocytes, without organelles, composed of a cornified envelope and a keratin-filled interior, and connected by corneodesmosomes (CDs). Summary: The current review focusses on the relationship between the morphological, structural, and topographical features of corneocytes and their mechanical properties, to understand how they assist the SC in maintaining skin integrity and in responding to mechanical insults. Key Messages: Corneocytes create distinct regions in the SC: the inner SC is characterized by immature cells with a fragile cornified envelope and a uniform distribution of CDs; the upper SC has resilient cornified envelopes and a honeycomb distribution of CDs, with a greater surface area and a smaller thickness than cells from the inner layer. The literature indicates that this upward maturation process is one of the most important steps in the mechanical resistance and barrier function of the SC. The morphology of these cells is dependent on the body site: the surface area in non-exposed skin is about 1,000-1,200 μm2, while for exposed skin, for example, the cheek and forehead, is about 700-800 μm2. Corneocytes are stiff cells compared to other cellular types, for example, the Young's modulus of muscle and fibroblast cells is typically a few kPa, while that of corneocytes is reported to be about hundreds of MPa. Moreover, these skin cells have 2 distinct mechanical regions: the cornified envelope (100-250 MPa) and the keratin matrix (250-500 MPa).
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This is the peer-reviewed but unedited manuscript version of the following article: Évora A, S, Adams M, J, Johnson S, A, Zhang Z: Corneocytes: Relationship between Structural and Biomechanical Properties. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2021;34:146-161. doi: 10.1159/000513054. The final, published version is available at http://www.karger.com/?doi=10.1159/000513054.
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Évora, A. S., Adams, M. J., Johnson, S. A., & Zhang, Z. (2021). Corneocytes: relationship between structural and biomechanical properties. Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, 34(3), 146-161. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513054
Évora, Ana S. ; Adams, Michael J. ; Johnson, Simon A. ; Zhang, Zhibing. / Corneocytes : relationship between structural and biomechanical properties. In: Skin Pharmacology and Physiology. 2021 ; Vol. 34, No. 3. pp. 146-161.
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N1 - Funding Information: The work was carried out as part of the project "Skin Tissue Integrity under Shear" (STINTS) that is funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No. 811965. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 S. Karger AG. All rights reserved.
N2 - Background: Skin is the interface between an organism and the external environment, and hence the stratum corneum (SC) is the first to withstand mechanical insults that, in certain conditions, may lead to integrity loss and the development of pressure ulcers. The SC comprises corneocytes, which are vital elements to its barrier function. These cells are differentiated dead keratinocytes, without organelles, composed of a cornified envelope and a keratin-filled interior, and connected by corneodesmosomes (CDs). Summary: The current review focusses on the relationship between the morphological, structural, and topographical features of corneocytes and their mechanical properties, to understand how they assist the SC in maintaining skin integrity and in responding to mechanical insults. Key Messages: Corneocytes create distinct regions in the SC: the inner SC is characterized by immature cells with a fragile cornified envelope and a uniform distribution of CDs; the upper SC has resilient cornified envelopes and a honeycomb distribution of CDs, with a greater surface area and a smaller thickness than cells from the inner layer. The literature indicates that this upward maturation process is one of the most important steps in the mechanical resistance and barrier function of the SC. The morphology of these cells is dependent on the body site: the surface area in non-exposed skin is about 1,000-1,200 μm2, while for exposed skin, for example, the cheek and forehead, is about 700-800 μm2. Corneocytes are stiff cells compared to other cellular types, for example, the Young's modulus of muscle and fibroblast cells is typically a few kPa, while that of corneocytes is reported to be about hundreds of MPa. Moreover, these skin cells have 2 distinct mechanical regions: the cornified envelope (100-250 MPa) and the keratin matrix (250-500 MPa).
AB - Background: Skin is the interface between an organism and the external environment, and hence the stratum corneum (SC) is the first to withstand mechanical insults that, in certain conditions, may lead to integrity loss and the development of pressure ulcers. The SC comprises corneocytes, which are vital elements to its barrier function. These cells are differentiated dead keratinocytes, without organelles, composed of a cornified envelope and a keratin-filled interior, and connected by corneodesmosomes (CDs). Summary: The current review focusses on the relationship between the morphological, structural, and topographical features of corneocytes and their mechanical properties, to understand how they assist the SC in maintaining skin integrity and in responding to mechanical insults. Key Messages: Corneocytes create distinct regions in the SC: the inner SC is characterized by immature cells with a fragile cornified envelope and a uniform distribution of CDs; the upper SC has resilient cornified envelopes and a honeycomb distribution of CDs, with a greater surface area and a smaller thickness than cells from the inner layer. The literature indicates that this upward maturation process is one of the most important steps in the mechanical resistance and barrier function of the SC. The morphology of these cells is dependent on the body site: the surface area in non-exposed skin is about 1,000-1,200 μm2, while for exposed skin, for example, the cheek and forehead, is about 700-800 μm2. Corneocytes are stiff cells compared to other cellular types, for example, the Young's modulus of muscle and fibroblast cells is typically a few kPa, while that of corneocytes is reported to be about hundreds of MPa. Moreover, these skin cells have 2 distinct mechanical regions: the cornified envelope (100-250 MPa) and the keratin matrix (250-500 MPa).
KW - Corneocyte
KW - Corneodesmosomes
KW - Cornified envelope
KW - Mechanical properties
KW - Skin
KW - Stratum corneum
JO - Skin Pharmacology and Physiology
JF - Skin Pharmacology and Physiology
Évora AS, Adams MJ, Johnson SA, Zhang Z. Corneocytes: relationship between structural and biomechanical properties. Skin Pharmacology and Physiology. 2021 Apr;34(3):146-161. https://doi.org/10.1159/000513054


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Railways continues its emphasis on improvement in Railways infrastructure in the North-eastern region
Ministry of Railways has been laying great emphasis on improvement in Railway infrastructure in the North-eastern region.
North Eastern Region is served by Northeast Frontier Railway consisting of 8 states i.e. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and Sikkim.
Out of 8 States of North Eastern Region, rail network connectivity now exists in 7 States. For, Sikkim, the new line project Sivok-Rangpo (44 km) has been sanctioned.
First of all, entire metre-gauge section in North-east region has been fully converted into broad-gauge line.
In last 3 years, following major developments have taken place in North Eastern Region:
(i) Naharlagun which is 10 km short of Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, has been connected to the National Capital by a direct train.
(ii) With commissioning of Balipara-Bhalukpong line after gauge conversion, Arunachal Pradesh have been provided with second Broad Gauge connectivity.
(iii) Entire track on North Bank of Brahmaputra, running very close to Assam-Arunachal border, has been connected to Broad Gauge with commissioning of Rangiya-Murkongselek Broad Gauge line.
(iv) Meghalaya has been brought on railway map of the country with commissioning of Dudhnoi-Mendipathar railway line.
(v) With commissioning of Lumding-Silchar Broad Gauge line, the Barak Valley has been brought on Broad Gauge network of the country.
(vi) Agartala, the capital of Tripura has been brought on Broad Gauge network.
(vii) With commissioning of Gauge Conversion of Arunachal-Jiribam section, Manipur state has also been connected with Broad Gauge network.
(viii) With commissioning of Kathakal – Bhairabi Gauge conversion, the State of Mizoram has come on Broad Gauge network.
(ix) Around 900 km of Metre Gauge has been converted into Broad Gauge. Now, no metre gauge line exists in the North-eastern region.
(x) 29 new train services have been added in the North Eastern Region.
20 major railway projects consisting of 12 new lines and 4 doublings having aggregate length of 1664 km at a cost of `Rs. 43771 crore are in progress in North Eastern Region. An expenditure of `Rs. 7143 crore has been incurred on these projects during 2016-17 and residual liabilities of some completed projects. Rs. 5586 crore has been allotted for the works in North Eastern Region in Budget 2017-18. 3 New Lines having aggregate length of 186 km costing `Rs. 9279 crore and 2 Doublings having aggregate length of 17.3 km costing `Rs. 3944.32 crore and 18 surveys for New Lines have been included in Budget 2017-18.
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Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents
Chiara Zusi, Alessandro Mantovani, Francesca Olivieri, Anita Morandi, Massimiliano Corradi, Emanuele Miraglia Del Giudice, Marco Dauriz, Luca Valenti, Christopher D. Byrne, Giovanni Targher, Claudio Maffeis
Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest liver disease in children and adolescents in Western countries. Complex traits arise from the interplay between environmental and genetic factors in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Aims: We examined the association between NAFLD and eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at genetic loci potentially associated with liver damage (GCKR, MBOAT7, GPR120), oxidative stress (SOD2), lipid metabolism (PNPLA3, TM6SF2, LPIN1, ELOVL2, FADS2, MTTP) and fibrogenesis (KLF6) in a paediatric population. A genetic risk score (GRS) was performed taking into account both these SNPs and clinical risk factors. Methods: We recruited a cohort of 514 obese children and adolescents (mean age [±SD]: 11.2 ± 2.8 years, z-BMI 3.3 ± 0.8). NAFLD was identified by ultrasonography. Genotyping was performed by TaqMan-based RT-PCR system. Results: The overall prevalence of NAFLD was 67.5% (347 patients). Among the eleven genotyped SNPs, the genetic variants in TM6SF2 rs58542926 (OR = 4.13, p = 0.002), GCKR rs1260326 (OR = 1.53, p = 0.003), PNPLA3 rs738409 (OR = 1.58, p = 0.004) and ELOVL2 rs2236212 (OR = 1.34, p = 0.047) were significantly associated with a higher risk of NAFLD. Addition of a 11-polymorphism GRS to established clinical risk factors significantly (albeit modestly) improved the discriminatory capability of the regression model for predicting the risk of NAFLD (with SNPs C-statistic 0.81 [95%CI 0.75–0.88] vs. 0.77 [0.70–0.84] without SNPs; p = 0.047). Conclusions: NAFLD was strongly associated with three genetic variants, TM6SF2 rs58542926, PNPLA3 rs738409 and GCKR rs1260326, and more slightly with ELOVL2 rs2236212, in obese children and adolescents. Addition of a 11-polymorphism GRS to clinical risk factors improved the predictability of NAFLD.
Digestive and Liver Disease
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.029
NAFLD
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Zusi, C., Mantovani, A., Olivieri, F., Morandi, A., Corradi, M., Miraglia Del Giudice, E., ... Maffeis, C. (2019). Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents. Digestive and Liver Disease, 51(11), 1586-1592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.029
Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents. / Zusi, Chiara; Mantovani, Alessandro; Olivieri, Francesca; Morandi, Anita; Corradi, Massimiliano; Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele; Dauriz, Marco; Valenti, Luca; Byrne, Christopher D.; Targher, Giovanni; Maffeis, Claudio.
In: Digestive and Liver Disease, Vol. 51, No. 11, 01.01.2019, p. 1586-1592.
Zusi, C, Mantovani, A, Olivieri, F, Morandi, A, Corradi, M, Miraglia Del Giudice, E, Dauriz, M, Valenti, L, Byrne, CD, Targher, G & Maffeis, C 2019, 'Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents', Digestive and Liver Disease, vol. 51, no. 11, pp. 1586-1592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.029
Zusi C, Mantovani A, Olivieri F, Morandi A, Corradi M, Miraglia Del Giudice E et al. Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents. Digestive and Liver Disease. 2019 Jan 1;51(11):1586-1592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2019.05.029
Zusi, Chiara ; Mantovani, Alessandro ; Olivieri, Francesca ; Morandi, Anita ; Corradi, Massimiliano ; Miraglia Del Giudice, Emanuele ; Dauriz, Marco ; Valenti, Luca ; Byrne, Christopher D. ; Targher, Giovanni ; Maffeis, Claudio. / Contribution of a genetic risk score to clinical prediction of hepatic steatosis in obese children and adolescents. In: Digestive and Liver Disease. 2019 ; Vol. 51, No. 11. pp. 1586-1592.
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AU - Byrne, Christopher D.
AU - Targher, Giovanni
AU - Maffeis, Claudio
N2 - Background: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the commonest liver disease in children and adolescents in Western countries. Complex traits arise from the interplay between environmental and genetic factors in the pathogenesis of NAFLD. Aims: We examined the association between NAFLD and eleven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at genetic loci potentially associated with liver damage (GCKR, MBOAT7, GPR120), oxidative stress (SOD2), lipid metabolism (PNPLA3, TM6SF2, LPIN1, ELOVL2, FADS2, MTTP) and fibrogenesis (KLF6) in a paediatric population. A genetic risk score (GRS) was performed taking into account both these SNPs and clinical risk factors. Methods: We recruited a cohort of 514 obese children and adolescents (mean age [±SD]: 11.2 ± 2.8 years, z-BMI 3.3 ± 0.8). NAFLD was identified by ultrasonography. Genotyping was performed by TaqMan-based RT-PCR system. Results: The overall prevalence of NAFLD was 67.5% (347 patients). Among the eleven genotyped SNPs, the genetic variants in TM6SF2 rs58542926 (OR = 4.13, p = 0.002), GCKR rs1260326 (OR = 1.53, p = 0.003), PNPLA3 rs738409 (OR = 1.58, p = 0.004) and ELOVL2 rs2236212 (OR = 1.34, p = 0.047) were significantly associated with a higher risk of NAFLD. Addition of a 11-polymorphism GRS to established clinical risk factors significantly (albeit modestly) improved the discriminatory capability of the regression model for predicting the risk of NAFLD (with SNPs C-statistic 0.81 [95%CI 0.75–0.88] vs. 0.77 [0.70–0.84] without SNPs; p = 0.047). Conclusions: NAFLD was strongly associated with three genetic variants, TM6SF2 rs58542926, PNPLA3 rs738409 and GCKR rs1260326, and more slightly with ELOVL2 rs2236212, in obese children and adolescents. Addition of a 11-polymorphism GRS to clinical risk factors improved the predictability of NAFLD.
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To change it in Visual Studio (at least in VS 2013) go to File > Advanced Save Options.

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For the next of our series, we go for a cup of tea with one of the School of Education team from the University of Gloucestershire. Today we have a cuppa and natter with Tracey Wire.
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I like to go for a gentle country walk when the weather's good. I always say I like the idea of a brisk winter ramble, but when it comes to it I'd rather stay in the warm. I enjoy swimming, reading, going to the cinema, and I'm always excited by the prospect of a holiday.
The people, really. It's great to work with colleagues who are committed and enthusiastic, and to be able to help students achieve their often long-held ambitions to become teachers. Knowing that the work we do here has a real impact in schools is a real motivator.
Well, I do like a nice Chinese, so how about Bar and Wok on the High Street?
I like the sound of that. They do a very reasonable lunchtime deal, so we'll meet you there at 12.30.
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The origins of cigars
It is commonly believed that the birthplace of tobacco, a plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana (especially Nicotiana Tabacum and Nicotiana Rustica, cultivated for their leaves to make cigars, cigarettes, snuff etc), was somewhere in the American continent
Certainly, when the Romans first came to Britain, the inhabitants of southern Mexico were already enjoying a smoke. They had no paper and wrapped their tobacco in palm leaves or corn husks, stuffed it into reed or bamboo, or rolled tobacco leaves into crude cigars.
For the rest of the world, the tobacco story started on October 12th 1492 when Christopher Columbus landed on an island which he renamed San Salvador. The natives told Columbus of another much larger island nearby and he immediately set sail, arriving off the Cuban coast on 28th October 1492.
Not knowing what to expect, he sent two of his fellow-explorers, Rodriguo deJerez and Luis de Torres, to scout the interior. In his log, Columbus reported that die two Spanish conquistadors met a large number of men and women, walking round "with a little lighted brand made from a kind of plant whose aroma it was their custom to inhale."
That same day, Rodriguo de Jerez took his first hesitant puff of the New World's early Version of the cigar, estimated to be as big as a man's arm, and became the first European smoker in history.
When Columbus and his crew returned home with tobacco leaves, Rodriguo, who'd taken to smoking a cigar every day, made the mistake of lighting up the unusual plant in public. He was promptly thrown into prison for three years by the Spanish Inquisition – as the world's first victim of the anti-smokers. After a brief period when pipe smoking was unfashionable, the smoking habit was revived with the growing European demand for cigars. "Sevillas", as the Spanish homegrown cigars were called, were superseded by those from the then Spanish colony Cuba, boosted by King Ferdinand VII of Spain's decree in 1821, which encouraged the production of "Cuban sticks". In 1830, the first Cuban "segars" (as they were then known) to arrive in Europe were delivered to the London shop of Robert Lewis. Britain's first cigar divan, Simpson's-in-the-Strand, opened in London, two years later.
Over the next few decades, Europe's trains introduced smoking carriages, hotels set aside smoking lounges for their guests, and smoking jackets and velvet tasselled smoking hats became "de rigeur" for gentlemen smokers. The after-dinner cigar, enjoyed with a glass of port or brandy by gentlemen who left the female diners to their own devices, became an established tradition.


Jean Allman teaches African History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is author of The Quills of the Porcupine: Asante Nationalism in an Emergent Ghana and co-author (with Victoria Tashjian) of "I Will Not Eat Stone": A Women's History of Colonial Asante. Her research on gender, colonialism, and social change has appeared in numerous journals.
Susan Geiger is Professor Emeritus of Women's Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is author of TANU Women: Gender and Culture Change in the Making of Tanganyikan Nationalism, 1955-65. She has published over a dozen articles on African women's history and the uses of life history in historical research. She serves on the editorial board of SIGNS.
Nakanyike Musisi is Director of Makerere Institute of Social Research at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. She has authored many chapters and articles on Baganda women. Her research interests include state formation, customary law, education, and environmental issues.


CAPMATRIX TECHNOLOGIES is an emerging company formed with a vision to provide IT solutions to Financial Institutions in order to excel their business growth.
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The Primary focus of the company is development of automated trading systems in capital markets and commodity markets around the world.
The solutions cover the areas like providing real time Algorithmic trading platform, tools for business analysis and back end Integration of the business systems. We believe that every trading institution/desk/trader have their own innovative trading ideas & concepts. Our desire and strength lies in converting such trading ideas & concepts in to customized, robust and efficient yet flexible solution to enhance their business.


Lost RaceEmbark on a new adventure with his car on city streets.
Road Rage 2 gameGrab the car and make crashes as you could want.
Go Diego Go! Safari Memory gameYou have to help Diego to find two by two identical animals.
Alley CatEat all fishes and dodge the electric eels.
Fashion Studio - Spring Break OutfitYou have a fashion studio and now have to do spring fashion suit.
3D Fighting : Bloody Rage 2Help Spiderman to fight against their adversaries.
TimmyTimmy is invited to a costume party and she needs our help.
Barbie Puzzle CollectionArrange all the pieces of the puzzle to see the picture with Barbie.
TV Casting Make OverChange her look and help her win the casting!
Pinkie Pie Pajama PartyHelp Pink pies to choose a super cool pajamas for pajama party.
Through the MachineYou are a fly caught in a machine--can you make it out safely?
Star ShineSelect the best place to shoot your star to light the rest.
Barbie Mini B Find all Mini B dolls.


Sony Interactive Entertainment Hong Kong Limited Singapore Branch (SIES) has officially announced and will be releasing 32 game titles for the PlayStation VR (PS VR) on October 13, 2016, which is the same day of PS VR launch. A wide variety of contents such as games for core gamers, casual games, 360 degree movies, and animation film are available for total new experience only on PS VR.
NEW "Blood Ties" Single Player Story with PlayStation VR Support – In the wake of her father's death, Lara's uncle challenges her ownership of Croft Manor. Lara is determined to reclaim her legacy and prove that she is the rightful heir, but to do that she will need to confront her past head on. Explore Lara's childhood home in an hour of new Story Mode gameplay, and uncover a family mystery that will change her life forever. This new mode is playable in standard third person and can also be experienced in Virtual Reality mode.
Come face to face with the next evolution of survival horror in this terrifying prelude to Resident Evil 7 biohazard. Experience unprecedented immersion and fear on PlayStation VR.
A Shooting Gallery-style game. Players must take up their bow and protect their banana stash against waves of monkeys coming to get them.
Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA- X HD is a rhythm action game starring Electronic Diva "Hatsune Miku". "Play like singing", simple and exhilarating rhythm game and there is new "Live Quest mode"! Grow Miku us and let to clear by rhythm game and your sense. The world is spread by the song. New sensation of DIVA for you.
Welcome to the Hatsune Miku first VR Live♪ Miku is in front of your eyes! Sing! Dance! Enjoy just like real live sense and production only in VR space at the same time!
Batman: Arkham VR immerses you in the Dark Knight's Universe and redefines what it means to be the Batman. Experience Gotham City through the eyes of the World's Greatest Detective in an all new Arkham mystery. Think like Batman. Utilize his legendary gadgets in Virtual Reality to unravel a plot that threatens the lives of Batman's closest allies.
O! My Genesis is made exclusively for VR experience. You are the lord of everything.
What's more, as the Creator of the universe, you will face bizarre challenges in hostile environments, and be tested on your wisdom of conquering these challenges, while building civilization.


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Q: The correct way of styling a select menu for cross browser functionality I came across this problem with a select menu, it's about styling it with the help of CSS & Jquery. By now, I managed to get this result, which I really like it:

till now it works perfect in mozila, opera, chrome, IE7+.
This is the source which i have at the moment:
HTML:
            <select class="styled" name="">
                <option>Select title</option>
                <option>Mr.</option>
                <option>Mrs.</option>
                <option>Miss.</option>
            </select>

CSS:
select {
    border: 1px solid #d6d8db;
    background-color: #ecedee;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #47515c;
    padding: 12px 10px 12px 10px;
    width: auto;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
select > option {
    text-transform: uppercase;
    padding: 5px 0px;
}
.customSelect {
    border: 1px solid #d6d8db;
    background-color: #ecedee;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #47515c;
    padding: 12px 10px 12px 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.customSelect.changed {
    background-color: #f0dea4;
}
.customSelectInner {
    background:url(../images/select_arrows.png) no-repeat center right;
}

The jQuery is composed from two parts:
- the plugin
- and the control code
This can be viewd in the FIDDLE that i just created:
http://jsfiddle.net/s6jGW/1/
Please note there is "External Resources" on the left.
What I want to achieve

*

*The drop down I want to style it so that it will look approximately like in the image (I mean those options like - height - padding - on hover:

*I don't want the "SELECT TITLE" to be as a selection option, it must be only the title of the select box. in this fiddle you can see the it is as a option too. http://jsfiddle.net/s6jGW/1/

*Probebly most important, I AM LOOKING FOR CROSS BROWSER SOLUTION.
Thank you in advance

A:
The correct way of styling a select menu for cross browser functionality

Give up, there is no cross-browser way to style select and option elements. You'll need to replace them with your own, HTML-based controls.
But, if you want to insist (and probably give up on older browsers), the following links might help:

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*How to style a <select> dropdown with CSS only without JavaScript?

*Styling or Replacing the Standard Select Element.


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public class Pagination {
    private Link[] links = new Link[]{};

    public boolean hasPrev() {
        return (getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.PREV) != null);
    }

    public boolean hasNext() {
        Link nextLink = getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.NEXT);
        return (nextLink != null) && (nextLink.getPage() > 0);
    }

    public boolean hasLast() {
        return (getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.LAST) != null);
    }

    public Link getFirstLink() {
        return getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.FIRST);
    }

    public Link getPrevLink() {
        return getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.PREV);
    }

    public Link getNextLink() {
        return getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.NEXT);
    }

    public Link getLastLink() {
        return getLinkByRel(Link.Rel.LAST);
    }

    private Link getLinkByRel(Link.Rel rel) {
        if (links == null) return null;

        for (Link link : links) {
            if (link.getRel() == rel) {
                return link;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }

    public Pagination() {}

    public Pagination(Link[] links) {
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Rollover Crash Leaves 15-Year-Old Wyoming Girl Dead, 4 Injured
Joy Greenwald
Joy Greenwald Published: June 22, 2022
MattGush
A teenager was killed and four others injured in a single-vehicle rollover crash south of Rock Springs early Sunday morning, the Wyoming Highway Patrol says.
The crash happened around 2:47 a.m. near milepost 506 on U.S. 191.
Sgt. Jeremy Beck says five Rock Springs residents, two adult males and three juvenile females, were in a 2006 Nissan Altima that was headed north when the driver, 18-year-old Jaquan T. Lyons Smith, lost control of the car and rolled it.
Beck says Lyons Smith and the three girls were not buckled up, and one of the girls, a 15-year-old whose name isn't being released at this time, didn't survive the crash.
The other male in the car, 18-year-old Gaige D. Olsen, was buckled up and he, Lyons Smith, and one of the girls were taken to Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County.
The third girl was flown by helicopter to the University of Utah.
Impairment, speed, and driver inattention are being investigated as possible contributing factors.
This is the 45th fatality on Wyoming's roadways in 2022 compared to 44 in 2021, 42 in 2020, 75 in 2019, and 43 in 2018 to date.
WHP: Unbuckled Make Up Vast Majority of This Year's Road Deaths
Source: Rollover Crash Leaves 15-Year-Old Wyoming Girl Dead, 4 Injured
Filed Under: 15-year-old girl, driver inattention, fatal crash, Gaige D. Olsen, impairment, Jaquan T. Lyons Smith, juvenile passengers, Rock Springs, Rollover, speed, U.S. 191, Wyoming, Wyoming Highway Patrol
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Home / Bollywood / Films / Ashim Ahluwalia opens up on what it took for Arjun Rampal to portray the real "Daddy"
Ashim Ahluwalia opens up on what it took for Arjun Rampal to portray the real "Daddy"
The Daddy director, Ashim Ahluwalia recalls the first time he met the gangster and former MLA, Arun Gawli in Dagdi Chawl. "I was late for the meeting so no one introduced me. He (Gawli) was seated with a few older gang members and was speaking to Arjun (Rampal) with a few cops lurking around awkwardly," remembers Ashim, who also claimed that Gawli was a bit disturbed by his presence. Eventually, he turned to Ashim and voiced his concern saying, "Taping kar raha hain kya?" This is when Ashim was officially introduced to Gawli. "He is so used to watching the door, he's always got eyes at the back of his head," says Ashim, who found this agitated temperament an asset to drafting his first onscreen avatar. The communication between them also revealed that Gawli wasn't a "proactive don", but an "observant and reticent one". "First thing I told Arjun was, you're not going to be delivering monologues or speeches here. This is a guy who watches from the shadows and you can't fathom him, he's impenetrable," says the filmmaker, who made Miss Lovely in 2012.
While we all know the film is based on a living felon, the consequences of any kind of imprecise portrayal could influence a possible appeal and put Ashim into trouble, it makes his job a tough one.But he's quite determined. "I'm not doing a propaganda film. If I were to make a film on Arun Gawli and just show him as a social worker, it would seem unnatural. I don't want to judge his life, I only want to observe what it means to have a vile life for 40 years and whatever the circumstances may be," says Ashim, who has consciously ensured the film doesn't potray Gawli as an aspirational hero. "Based on who you speak with, the story will be different. If it's his mother, she will tell you how he grew up in poverty and that he was just unfortunate."
Ashim had his own set of conditions to be agreed on while the producers had a different take on the same to which Ashim said, "They wanted me to include item songs, cast A-listers and recommended someone for the part of Asha Gawli, who actually looked Norwegian. But I wanted it to be about just Gawli, there's enough masala there. You don't need to put him in a Dolce and Gabbana suit. I've already had to work with Arjun, who doesn't look Maharashtrian," as he laughed away. Eventually, the promoters backed out and Arjun Rampal agreed to produce the film.
Ashim wanted to leave no stones unturned and decided to completely immerse in Gawli's life, for which he interviewed him, his family, former gang members, those from opposing gangs, cops who hated him and even those who loved him. "What fascinated me was the protocol gangsters followed at the time. For instance, on religious holidays, there would be a ceasefire. Then, it was understood that you don't kill someone who is next of kin or close family. Also, during festivals, members of warring gangs would invite each other into their homes and would sit down over a lavish spread and try to sort out their differences. If it ended badly, they would be back to killing each other on the streets the next day. This was just like how kingdoms functioned, there was so much etiquette," says Ashim.
Daddy covers the 62-year-old's life from various perspectives and spans across decades required depicting Mumbai in the '80s and Gawli in his youth. Armed with a file photo from Agripada Police Station, shot in 1979 when he was first picked up, Ashim was surprised to know that Gawli, unlike the white kurtatopi wearing politician, "used to be a man who wore shirts with long collars and even flaunted a cool hairstyle". "Arjun just had to get an artificial nose to get the look right. So we planned on this and got him a nose, cheek and forehead from Italy, based on the archival photographs." But the transformation also had to be internal and Arjun had to mirror Gawli's body language. Picking up from video interviews and personal meetings helped, but there was a bit of hesitance. "I'd never seen a film of Arjun's, except parts of Rock On, when we began working. We got along following a commercial we shot together. He had a paranoia about me that 'Is this guy going to be super arthouse' and I was worried that 'Is he going to turn hero on me'. But when I told him that he was going to wear clothes that I bought from Mahim for Rs 200 and sweat in prosthetic makeup for 14 hours a day, he just said, 'OK let's do it' and then I was assured," says the filmmaker, who feels his lead has "not had great roles written for him" in the past.
Shot in locations in Kamathipura and also "in parts of Mazagaon, Cotton Green and Sewri in the Eastern belt of Mumbai — the last vestiges of erstwhile Bombay", Ashim was very particular when it came to choosing the locations. "I have grown up in Bombay and have seen how police stations, dance bars etc looked like in the '80s. These are spaces that most Bollywood movies get wrong." But Ashim's concerns with Hindi films also strays into storytelling. "Gangsters don't have families in our films. They only have families when they have to get shot. But here we have a life in crime of a family man in the midst of a gang war."


In an "Early Warning Report" the Office of the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency recommended to the agency it take immediate action on its largest warehouse. Parts of the EPA headquarters storage site had been converted into a workers' playtime complex for contractor employees while other sections were markedly unsanitary and unsafe. The contractor, Apex Logistics, LLC, had been previously described by EPA as "uniquely qualified" to do warehouse management work though there'd been no on-site reviews at the 77,000 square foot HQ warehouse in Landover, Maryland since it was leased by the agency in 2007. Following a briefing last month from the OIG about conditions there, EPA moved quickly to take corrective steps.
According to the OIG report, parts of the warehouse more resembled a private club than a government facility. The contractor's employees had set up personal spaces that contained "televisions, refrigerators, radios, microwaves, chairs and couches." There was also a space of 30 by 45 feet set aside for a well-equipped and well-maintained gym, using EPA surplus equipment, created and used by the contractor's employees – all of which were outside the view of security cameras.
In contrast, property such as computers and other refrigerators were unaccounted for and outside the proper security cage. Records dating back to 1992 were stored willy-nilly. There were safety and health hazards. The report stated, "Door jambs were corroded; dirt, dust and vermin feces were pervasive; and several items were rotting and potentially hazardous. We observed refrigerators with mold, and old computer bags molding and rotting." The record-keeping system was not accurate. In a test of 11 items within the secured cage area, six were found to have errors in their corresponding records. Propane tanks and vehicles were stored in the warehouse as well.
On May 15 and 16, 2013, the EPA Office of the Inspector General briefed the EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe, and Nanci Gelb, principal deputy assistant administrator for the agency's Office of Administration and Resource Management (OARM), on its findings and its recommendations that the EPA immediately inspect and fix the problems at its largest warehouse. The EPA has 60 days to report back to the OIG on what it has done to remedy the problems, but acted immediately to rectify the violations.
In a memo to the Inspector General, stamped May 23, 2013, contained in the same report, Perciasepe reported that the EPA had taken a number of actions in response. Among these: It took necessary steps to terminate Apex Logistics, LLC and its personnel; secured both the facility and personal documents; completed an accurate inventory; and "ordered an agency-wide review of warehouse and storage facilities" and began inquiries into potential improper actions by agency personnel connected with the warehouse, and into agency records storage policies. EPA reported it also corrected safety problems at the facility, identified and separated out for re-use elsewhere all surplus furniture, and drafted and implemented new guidelines on proper use and maintenance of the facility.
The EPA was previously cited by the Office of the Inspector General in its May 2013 Semiannual Report to Congress for wasting up to $21.6 million annually via 433,336 square feet of under-utilized space at 13 facilities.
The contractor had an established history with the EPA and enjoyed favored status. On August 2, 2011 in a notice of intent to award a no-bid contract to Apex for a transition-period warehouse management services, the EPA explained the company "is…uniquely qualified to satisfy the Government's requirement. As previous contract holder for four years, Apex has intrinsic knowledge that allows them to respond to the EPA faster than another vendor. They currently provide several mission critical services to the Government that cannot be interrupted while the new contract is re-competed. The vendor provides emergency clean up services, storage of sensitive items, property accountability services, space reconfiguration, shipment and receiving of Government property and collection of recyclable materials.


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Trustee Pages
BMP: PRODUCER ACADEMY
PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL
THE SLAYING OF INNOCENCE
Beth Morrison (PRESIDENT & CREATIVE PRODUCER)
bethm@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Noted as a "contemporary opera mastermind" (LA Times) and "a powerhouse leading the industry to new heights" (WQXR), Beth Morrison is an opera-theatre producer and President and Creative Producer of Beth Morrison Projects. Beth created Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) in 2006 to identify and support the work of emerging and established living composers. BMP is celebrated as an industry disruptor and tastemaker at the forefront of musical and theatrical innovation by commissioning, developing, producing and touring the groundbreaking new works of these living composers and their collaborators, which take the form of opera-theatre, music-theatre, and vocal-theatre. BMP encourages risk-taking and the result is provocative works that represent a dynamic and lasting legacy for a new American canon. Opera News has noted: "More than any other figure in the opera industry, Beth Morrison has helped propel the art form into the twenty-first century." In 2013 Beth co-founded the PROTOTYPE Festival with HERE, which has become "essential to the evolution of American opera." (New Yorker). Beth served a founding tenure as Producer for the Yale Institute for Music Theatre, as well as Producer for New York City Opera's VOX: Contemporary American Opera Lab. She is currently an advisory board member of National Sawdust and Brooklyn Youth Chorus, as well as a board member of the international competition, Music Theatre Now and Voices 21C, a social justice choir. Morrison is frequently asked to give lectures at conservatories across the country, including Mannes School of Music, NYU, Manhattan School of Music, Arizona State University, University of Illinois Champaign Urbana and more. Beginning in the 2019/2020 season, she will be a lecturer at Yale School of Drama. Morrison is also in demand as a speaker both nationally and internationally and has delivered key note speeches for Classical:Next and Opera Europa among others. She holds a Bachelor of Music from Boston University, a Master of Music from Arizona State University, and a MFA from Yale School of Drama.
Jecca Barry (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
jecca@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Jecca joined Beth Morrison Projects as General Manager in February 2013 and has served as Executive Director since 2017. In addition, she was recently named a Co-Director of the PROTOTYPE Festival. Jecca began her career as a performer of avant-garde flute music, before transitioning into finance and arts administration. Prior to joining BMP, she was a Business Manager at Spielman Koenigsberg & Parker where she handled the daily financial needs of high net worth clients, and Financial Administrator for the women's rights non-profits Huairou Commission/ GROOTS International. Jecca worked with several arts organizations while living in Paris, France (2002-03, 2006-08), including touring multidisciplinary performance works to London, Amsterdam, and New York. Jecca has served as producer for the physical-theatre work The Object Lesson since 2014, touring it domestically and internationally to venues in Edinburgh, New York, Los Angeles, and Australia among others, and developed the work HOME, by artist Geoff Sobelle, which will premiere in September 2017. Jecca received a B.A.(Mus) in Flute Performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England, and an M.M. in Flute Performance from New York University.
Kim Whitener (CONSULTING PRODUCER)
kim@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Having stepped down in late 2018 from her role of Producing/Executive Director at HERE where she had been since early 2007, Kim Whitener has resumed her life as an independent creative producer and consultant with her company, KiWi Productions. Working in partnership with Founding Artistic Director Kristin Marting, she co-curated and co-produced HERE's producing and presenting programs, as well as other special projects. During her tenure, she was instrumental in the launching of two major HERE initiatives – the MADE HERE online video documentary series and PROTOTYPE: Opera/Theatre/Now, an annual festival of opera-theater and music-theater, co-produced with Beth Morrison Projects, collectively directing eight festivals through January 2020. From 2007 to 2018, HERE more than doubled its annual budget to $2.5 million, grew its staff and Board of Directors, and established important co-producing partnerships. Prior to joining HERE, she executive produced and consulted to artists and companies such as The Builders Association (Alladeen, Super Vision, and Continuous City), Big Dance Theater, Martha Clarke, Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 33 Fainting Spells, among others. Ms. Whitener served as managing director of the ensemble theatre company The Wooster Group for four years, and previously was Marketing Director for Playwrights Horizons. She held theatre management and producing positions in Boston (Boston Music Theater Project) and Philadelphia (American Music Theater Festival) over the previous five years, with a specialty in new music-theater. She has served on many grant panels, including as 2015 lead program consultant for Creative Capital Performing Arts, the NEA Multi-disciplinary & Presenting Panel, the Fort Worth Opera Frontiers Panel 2013-15, The Pew Foundation Theatre Initiative, and the TCG New Generations Future Audiences Panel. She has taught seminars nationally and internationally on production, management, and development of projects for touring.
Brian Freeland (DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION)
brian@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Brian joined BMP in the summer of 2019. Prior to Beth Morrison Projects, he ran a number of independent theatre venues in New York and Denver, Colorado and served as designer, director and production manager of national and international performance works. Brian brings his background as a producer, director, writer, sound designer, and media artist, to the BMP production world. He was a founding member of The LIDA Project, the noted experimental theatre ensemble where he served as artistic director from 1995-2015 and is the co-founder of Countdown To Zero, a political theatre collective. He received his education from the University of Colorado at Denver and The American Musical and Dramatic Academy.
Robert Phillip Smith (ASSOCIATE PRODUCER)
robert@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Robert joined Beth Morrison Projects as an Associate Producer in September 2019. Prior to joining BMP, Robert was a producer and administrator at Manhattan School of Music, working with their Opera and Musical Theatre programs. His interests lie in the development of new theatrical works with music that both investigate and celebrate the human experience. Robert is overjoyed to join BMP as the company continues to innovate in the world of contemporary performance. He holds a BFA in Directing, Playwriting, and Production from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Melanie Milton (PROTOTYPE FESTIVAL PRODUCER)
melanie@prototypefestival.org
A Chicago native, and formerly an Associate Producer with Beth Morrison Projects, Melanie has produced work with BAM, Fringe Arts in Philadelphia, Los Angeles Opera, National Sawdust, HERE, and Works & Process at the Guggenheim. A trained soprano, Melanie has sung with Downtown Voices and The Collegiate Chorale in venues spanning Carnegie Hall, Trinity Wall Street, Park Avenue Armory, Alice Tully Hall, The Caramoor Festival, and NYTW. Melanie has a passion for bringing evocative opera to a new, eager set of ears and recreating the concept of the performance venue through her work with LoftOpera and an active freelance event schedule. Melanie holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from North Park University.
Ashley Peters (GENERAL MANAGER)
ashley@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Ashley Peters, originally from Utica, New York, holds a BFA in Dance and a BA in Psychology from University at Buffalo. As a freelance artist, Ashley has toured Germany with Jon Lehrer's Shadows in Motion, been a featured soloist with the Balasole Dance Company, toured Europe as a solo artist with Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp's International Ballet Ensemble as well as performed at Jacob's Pillow with Melanie Aceto Contemporary Dance Company. In 2012, she was presented an Award of Distinction in Research from the University at Buffalo on her thesis regarding the history and applications of jazz dance. Since moving to Brooklyn in 2013, Ashley has performed at Triskelion Arts, Gibney Dance, Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater and Bryant Park presents Modern Dance. She is an active company member of The Moving Architects, female-centric dance company, and dances in various freelance projects throughout New York City. Prior to working at BMP, Ashley worked at Gibney Dance Center and gained a passion for Arts Administration! Ashley is thrilled to bring the future of opera to all of you!
Anabel Manuela Romero (DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE)
anabel@bethmorrisonprojects.org
Anabel is a first-generation, Latinx-American creative producer born to parents that emigrated from Colombia. They are interested in creating and developing new theatrical experiences that are activating, innovative, transformative, and connect with diverse audiences to inspire social consciousness. In 2015, Anabel acquired their BFA in Voice Arts from the California Institute of the Arts. Upon graduating, Anabel joined The Industry as an Assistant Stage Manager for Hopscotch, a mobile opera performed in 24 cars and landmarks around Los Angeles. After wrapping the production, they transitioned to LA Opera for the next three years as a Program Manager, managing their large-scale community programs. Simultaneously, in 2016, Anabel co-founded an art collective, aLma.MaddR, dedicated to the creation and presentation of new multimedia works while administrative consulting and concert producing for Urban Voices Project, a music education organization for individuals that have been marginalized due to homelessness, mental health or unemployment. Anabel is currently working for Beth Morrison Projects as a Development Associate while pursuing an MFA in Theatre Management and Producing at Columbia University.
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