Coffee-Break Tutorial: Easy Typewriter Dialogue (DnD)
Coffee-Break Tutorial: Easy Typewriter Dialogue (DnD)
Today's coffee-break tutorial covers a great effect that is useful in a wide variety of situations. Making a dialogue object that has lines of text that appear a letter at a time, just like it was being written on a typewriter! How to make an effect like this is a recurrent question we see come up on the forums and other social platforms, and while there are a number of great assets out there that will permit you to do this. We thought we would show you how this can be done in the simplest form, so you can learn and have base to build your own text systems.
NOTE: This tutorial is for people that use DnD. If you prefer to use GML to make your games, we have a companion article for you here.
For this tutorial, you will need to create a new project in GameMaker Studio 2 as we'll be starting from scratch. In this project you should add a new font asset and give it a name (in this tutorial we'll be calling it simply fnt_dialog), and then add a new object asset and name it obj_dialog):
Project Setup Font And Object
We'll be adding all our actions into the dialog object and the idea is that we'll be creating an array of text, where each item in the array is a complete sentence or paragraph of text, and then we'll be taking that text and drawing only a section of it each step, advancing the section to show a new letter little by little to create the typewriter effect. So, let's get started...
Before we add any actions into our dialog object, we need to first define a function that we'll need to deal with wrapping text that is too long for the space we want to draw it in. Now, GameMaker Studio 2 has a GML function draw_text_ext that can be used to automatically wrap text when it overflows a given length, and in many cases that will be perfectly fine to use. However, since we will be drawing our text a letter at a time, this function causes an issue where words will start to appear on one line, then "jump" to the next as the GML function detects that they are now longer than the maximum width. You can see this happening in the following GIF:
Draw_text_ext Overflow Problem
To prevent this from happening, we are going to take our input string then run it through a function that will add in the required line breaks based on the position of spaces in the text. This will mean that the string will be pre-formatted to go to a new line before it's even drawn.
You should make a new Script asset for this and while you can name it anything you wish, for the sake of this tutorial, we'll call it the same as the function it's going to contain: string_wrap. In the script you'll see that there is already a Declare A New Function action present, so fill it out as shown in the image below, and add an Execute Code action to it:
string_wrap function declaration
The code we'll be using is shown below, and you should simply copy and paste it directly into the Execute Code action:
var _text_wrapped = "";
var _space = -1;
var _char_pos = 1;
while (string_length(_text) >= _char_pos)
 if (string_width(string_copy(_text, 1, _char_pos)) > _width)
 if (_space!= -1)
 _text_wrapped += string_copy(_text, 1, _space) + "\n";
 _text = string_copy(_text, _space + 1, string_length(_text) - (_space));
 _char_pos = 1;
 _space = -1;
 if (string_char_at(_text,_char_pos) == " ")
 _space = _char_pos;
 _char_pos += 1;
if (string_length(_text) > 0)
 _text_wrapped += _text;
return _text_wrapped;
All this script is doing is looping through the given string a letter at a time and checking to see if the length of the string after each letter is added to it overflows the permitted text width, while also storing the position of the last space found between words in a variable. If the text does overflow the given width, then the function adds a line break ("\n") into the text at the last space, then continues on, and it will do this for the entire length of the given text, adding as many line breaks as required.
With that done, we can turn our attention to the dialog object and actually start to code our typewriter effect. To start with we need to add a Create Event to set up some variables that our object will need. We'll need quite a few variables to control things, so we've broken it into blocks of variables to make it easier, so add a Create Event to the object now, and then add this first block:
Create Event block one
This first block defines an array which is what we'll use to contain each of our lines of dialogue. Here we're adding in two lines, but you can add more as you wish, just make sure that you increment the array position for each line. Now add the following:
Create Event block two
This next block initialises all the controller variables that will be required to draw our text using the typewriter effect. These variables are as follows:
 - text_current : this will be used to tell GameMaker what the current text array position to use for the text.
 - text_last : this will be used to tell GameMaker what the last array position is, in this case 1 as we have 2 positions - 0 and 1 - in our array. For an array with position 0, 1, 2, and 3, then this variable would be set to 3.
 - text_width : this is the maximum width that we want the text to be drawn before it wraps to a new line
 - text_x : the X position where we want to draw the text in the room
 - text_y : the Y position where we want to draw the text in the room
The final block of variables to add looks like this:
Create Event block three
These two variables will control the current last character of the text being drawn, and the timing of when each character is drawn. By changing the variable char_speedyou can change how fast or slow the text appears on the screen.
The last thing to do in our Create Event is to call the function we created earlier on the first line of text we'll be drawing so that it wraps correctly within the given width:
Create Event block four
Most typewriter effects permit you to skip the effect in some way, and so we'll be adding this into our own example. We want the skip effect to work in two different ways:
 - If the current line hasn't finished being drawn, then pressing skip will draw the whole line right to the end instantly
 - If the current line has finished being drawn, then pressing skip will go to the next line and start drawing that
We'll do this using the Space key on the keyboard, but you can use any input method you want as the actions we'll show will be the same. So, add a Keyboard Pressed - Space event to the dialog object now. First, we'll check the length of the whole string being drawn against the current position of what is actually being drawn, like this:
Keypress Space event block 1
All this does is set the current last character being drawn to the last character in the whole string, so the whole string will instantly be displayed. If the whole string is already being displayed, then we need to use the elseand add into that the following:
Keypress Space event block 2
Here we advance the variable that tells GameMaker which array position to get the text from, and then we check to see if we've advanced outside of the size of the array. If we have, then we restart the room, but that's just for this tutorial. Normally you'd then destroy the dialog object or have your game perform some action here. If there is still more text in the array, then we call our string_wrapfunction to add line breaks to the next line to be displayed and reset the current last character to the start of the string ready to display it letter-by-letter again.
The draw event is probably the simplest of all to set up and we'll start by setting how we want the text to be displayed by choosing a font, position and colour. Add a Draw Event now and give it these actions:
Draw Event block 1
With that done, it's time to actually draw our dialogue text! First, we need to check the current last character of the text being drawn, and if it's not the last character of the whole text, advance it by the speed that we set in the create event:
Draw Event block 2
To draw the text, we simply use the string_copy() function to copy the section of the total text from the beginning to the current last character and then draw that, like this (under the "If", not as part of it):
Draw Event block 3
You can add the dialog object to a room now and run the game and the results should be something like this:
The final effect in all its glory
With this, you now have a dialog object that you can use at any time in a game! How do you ask? Well, all you need to do is


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Computation of tryptophan fluorescence quenching by amide and histidine
Tusell, JosÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â© RamÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â³n.
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Tryptophan fluorescence quantum yield is widely used to follow protein folding for the villin headpiece subdomain (HP-35) and a synthetic peptide Ac-W-(A) ₃ -H + -NH ₂ (WH5). These biopolymers have a histidine residue, which is a potent quencher of tryptophan fluorescence, positioned four amino acids away from tryptophan. Experiments assumed that when folding occurs the fluorescence of tryptophan will be quenched by histidine due to the formation of an alpha helix. The reliability of folding and unfolding rate constants determined by tryptophan fluorescence has been called into question by several computational studies. A method to calculate the electron transfer matrix element was developed for different donor/acceptor systems. This method shows that the electron transfer matrix element is sensitive to orientation at close distances and that it does not follow a simple exponential decay with distance. This thesis improved the methods developed by Callis and coworker by conducting 100 ns long simulations for single tryptophan proteins and by modifying the calculation of the fluorescence quantum yield to account for heterogeneity in the calculated electron transfer rates. In addition the method was extended to calculate electron transfer rate constants for histidine quenching by conducting 1 microsecond long simulations of HP-35 and WH5. Calculated tryptophan fluorescence quantum yields for the single tryptophan proteins show better agreement with experiment than was previously reported. Simulations for HP-35 and WH5 indicate that the ability of histidine to quench the fluorescence of tryptophan is surprisingly controlled by the energy gap dependence on the distance that separates them. The energy gap dependence on this distance arises from water solvation around histidine. At large distances this solvation decreases the ability of histidine to accept an electron from tryptophan. Different tryptophan/histidine rotamers control this distance. Even when HP-35 is completely folded much of the time histidine does not quench tryptophan fluorescence contrary to the idea that histidine is only close when HP-35 is folded. The calculated fluorescence quantum yield is sensitive to the distribution of close and far conformations and the rate of exchange between these two conformations. This sensitivity gives credibility to the folding/unfolding rates derived from tryptophan fluorescence quantum yields.

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12:38 AM
can one express a path from source permutation to a target permutation in terms of factorials?
2 hours later…
2:42 AM
_USER_ path from source permutation to target permutation is just a permutation, and you can express that as a number "babcdefgac". To go from "abcdefgacb" to "babcdefgac" requires a minimum of 7 swaps.
_USER_ are you trying to compute this minimum?
2:53 AM
golfily, right?
I think the characters in the string not being all distinct might complicate things
d-> c, c-> a, a->g, g->f, f->e, e-> d someone told me that this cycle creates an upper bound
but they had no formal way of explaining it
> In the general case, you should simply subtract the number of cycles from the permutation length, and you get the minimum number of required swaps. This follows from the observation that in order to "fix" a cycle of N elements, N-1 swaps are enough.
Consider the permutation a b c -> b c a, which has the single 2-cycle (a->b->c); you can create this permutation in 2 swaps by swapping a <-> b and then a <-> c.
In general an N-cycle can be created with N-1 swaps, and if the permutation is a product of multiple independent cycles you just create each cycle independently.
this was the answer I was looking for. but can we frame in such a way that we the min number swaps just based on the number of characters and their repetitions?
constrained by a target string
for example
if we had a grid that was 3 by 10 and we wanted to get to some destination
can we frame that path as being some number of steps N W E
such that
the number of ways can be calculated over the total number of ways possible 10!/n! etc where n
are all the factorials of each letter which appears more than once
_USER_ actually sort of did that already. It's baked into your original statement. thank you!!
3:47 AM
I have a strange habit of saving every new page I visit to the WayBack Machine
2 hours later…
6:01 AM
It's apparently quite difficult to have three different colors for visited, unvisited, and hover that can both be recognized as distinct from each other and as separate from black and legible at all.... and look nice. I understand the reasoning here but I'm concerned that what we've got now may be the least bad option. Underlining isn't possible in markup, so there will never be black underlined text unless it's a link. Can we make this work as-is? Or are there suggestions of what to do instead? We have limited color choices with the theme... Thoughts? — Catija ♦ 34 secs ago
^^^ Please let me know what y'all think about this. I want to find a solution but I've been poking at it with Lisa and we're having a difficult time finding a better option that meets all of the needs without adding a completely unrepresented color to the theme... or using the blue from the medal... which y'all already aren't super fond of, depending on who you ask.
Even the default beta visited links are nearly black... so the only real change here for y'all is that it's green nearly black rather than blue nearly black.
6:33 AM
_USER_ Why do we need a separate colour for hover?
It's the standard on the network and... when we don't have it people sometimes ask? Also, the green used for hover looks too-bright when we try using it for visited.
We have the added problem that there's a network-wide default green on every site - the green used to indicate when a question is answered/accepted... so we have to avoid clashing with/repeating that color, too.
_USER_ Change the standard! Hovering is increasingly becoming obsolete due to touch devices, and it serves no purpose other than bling.
7:16 AM
_USER_ hm... that might have to do with accessibility issues though, especially if somebody has set the screen's contrast higher than 50% because of reduced vision, for example; I don't think it's necessary for touch devices, though, because the user directly touches the link and doesn't move another pointer to click it (unless there's a Bluetooth mouse connected to the device)
_USER_ "there will never be black underlined text unless it's a link" that would be confusing, especially for new or anonymous users who may not know what is and isn't supported as post text yet (you need pretty good vision to discern between "almost black" and black), and they might think that links are disappearing after they click them
1 hour later…
8:43 AM
_USER_ I don't get what the difficulty is. I would propose leave the unvisited and hover as they are now, just make the visited not so dark. What's the problem with that? (Honest question, I don't quite get it)
In codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/7987/…, for example, the dark colour for visited links is just fine. Dark, but doesn't look black
And the hover colour is just slightly lighter than the unvisited colour
So, something like that, but in green
First is hover, second is unvisited, third is visited, in Meta
_USER_ Especially considering that green is the color the human eye has the best sensibility for. Shouldn't be hard to find a dark green shade that's appropriate
9:09 AM
^ standard link in the middle is a bit too bright for my taste
Maybe slightly darker.
Why is orange so legible when at full brightness on white?
Because orange is the new black
9:55 AM
_USER_ I don't think that goes well with the theme tbf, it's not quite a field green
10:51 AM
_USER_ I like current green (unvisited). And it's probablhy best not to change it. My proposal is just to make current visited less dark:
The first two are as they are now
_USER_ Good point, yes
_USER_ Yeah, that's good.
_USER_ ^^^^
First and second could even be lightened a bit if more contrast with the third is needed
11:51 AM
_USER_ they're not discernible at actual text sizes. You can't judge by the bold, header size.
Why is it so important to know if you're already visited a link?
Having a visited color is one of the biggest requests I get on site design posts. When we redesigned the site layout last year, most of them got removed (accidentally). Almost every site that I realized had that happen asked for it back. People (including me) like the breadcrumbs of knowing what questions they already visited.
My browser never saves any history, so I never see visited links anyway
_USER_ I highly doubt that the bottom one isn't discernable from the middle one at smaller sizes
It's about meeting accessibility requirements. What's visible to some isn't visible to all.
_USER_ I can clearly differentiate them at 30% zoom; x-height of about 1 mm or so.
11:59 AM
_USER_ For example, the top two here are barely visibly different to me an I have excellent color vision. For others, they're identical.
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Leo TenenbaumThere have been a couple of OEIS-related questions recently, so here's another: Pick a sequence from the Online Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences, and write a full program or function which computes the sequence in one of the following ways: It prints every term in the sequence in order It tak...
_USER_ I've just tried them with a colour-blindness simulator. All types of colour blind people should be able to distinguish them if they don't (!) use colour correction software.
Not about color blindness. People with reduced vision but who still use the site without screen readers are the people I'm talking about here.
_USER_ Such people probably have hi-contrast/magnifying settings or software.
_USER_ The top two are the current colours. I only changed the third
_USER_ Same here
12:16 PM
_USER_ I didn't say the top two are the problem... the second reference is of the orange example.
Ah, sorry
But the orange example is current meta, no?
Anyway, all we are asking (and there's strong consensus, 63/0 votes) is a slightly less dark visited link... shouldn't be a problem
It's not a problem if we don't care about meeting the guidelines for accessibility, but we do.
_USER_ So the guidelines state that visited/unvisited links must be discernible, but do not require other difference between links and non-links than the underlining?
12:23 PM
Btw, if a link doesn't contain text


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By Donna Chicone
The 4th of July is a fun holiday to celebrate. However, many dogs do not enjoy the loud noises that accompany fireworks. Dogs can startle and run away. July 4 is the day the most dogs are identified as lost. Some dogs will escape the noise by hiding under beds or a space that feels safe. They may tremble in fear and anxiousness. Thunderstorms any time of year can also be distressing for dogs.
 Pet Parent Question
"My dog physically shakes and hides under the chair when he hears any loud noise. What can I do to help him?"
Answer: Many dogs react to loud noises. Close the windows and doors and play soothing music, or watch TV to mask the noise outside. Give your dog a food toy with treats to occupy him. You can purchase a Thundershirt, in most pet stores, that swaddles your dog.
T-Touch is a form of touch and stroking that can be of comfort. If necessary, contact your veterinarian for help and possible medication. Acknowledging that this is a real issue for your dog and doing what you can to help him is the most important thing.
Bathing and grooming our dogs can be costly, but it is important for their overall health. Dogs need their ears cleaned and nails trimmed regularly. If a dog does not shed, it means he has hair (not fur), and if the hair is not washed and brushed it will matt and cause discomfort. If a dog sheds, regular grooming with designated products can help reduce shedding.
Bathing a dog outside with cold water from the hose is not a good idea. Use warm water and only shampoo products designed for dogs.
Pet Parent Question:
"I know my dog needs a bath, but how often should I bathe him?"
Answer: You can determine how often to groom your dog with input from your groomer and your pocketbook. Every 4 to 6 weeks is a good starting frequency.
Most dogs do not like to be bathed. Try to make it a fun experience for your dog. Be sure to rinse thoroughly so soap does not build up on the skin and cause itchiness. Dogs can air-dry in warmer weather. Those with hair should be dried with a doggie dryer so their hair does not mat.
Reward your dog with a fun treat for being a good dog during his bath. A clean dog often means a happy pet parent.
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imaginery friends, just like a lot of other children do.
She often talks about "Panda san *1,"Tanuki san *2" and "Bunny san."
"Panda san is still a baby," "It was Tankui san who made a mess," she would say, but there was something about "Bunny san" that set it apart from the other two.
After some pondering, I realised that her description of "Bunny san" was often more detailed and specific than that of of the other ones.
"Bunny san is much older than me, so she can use chopsticks very well."
"Bunny san is looking at the flowers on the balcony now."
One time, my daughter was tinkering on the piano.
She did that often and I didn't pay much attention to it - until my ears caught a certain tune.
It was the Tulip song.*3
She didn't have a piano teacher, and neither I nor my wife had ever taught her to play it.
I asked her how she came to learn it, and she replied, "Bunny san taught it to me."
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Holy Words of Shinto: Harae Kotoba
It is said that just by reciting these Holy words - called Harae Kotoba (祓詞, purification words) - below, you can purify yourself and turn bad luck into good luck!
The words are always recited before a Shinto ritual.
The Harae Kotoba:
掛けまくも畏き 伊邪那岐の大神 / 筑紫の日向の橘の小戸の阿波岐原に /
禊ぎ祓へ給ひし時に/ 生り坐せる祓へ戸の大神たち /
諸々の禍事・罪・穢れあらむをば /
祓へ給ひ清め給へと 白すことを聞こし召せと /
Pronunciation (in Japanese):
かけまくも かしこき/
いざなぎのおおかみ / つくしの ひむかの たちばなの おどのあわぎはらに/
みそぎはらえたまいしときに / なりませる はらえどのおおかみたち /
もろもろの まがごと つみ けがれ あらむをば /
はらえたまい きよめたまえと / まおすことを きこしめせと/
かしこみ かしこみも まおす。
The recording of a Shinto priest reciting the Harae Kotoba
Pronunciation (in alphabet):
Kakemakumo kashikoki / Izanagi-no-Ohkami / Tsukushi-no Himuka-no Tachibana-no Odo-no Awagihara-ni/
Mishogi harae Tamaishi tokini / Narimaseru Haraedo-no Ohkami-tachi /
Moromoro-no Magagoto Tsumi Kegare Aramuoba /
Haraetamai Kiyometamae-to/ Maosukoto-o Kikoshimese-to/
Kasikomi Kashikomi Maosu.
Sunday, 4 November 2018
The Watch Cabin
(Translated by Saya)
My high school building was ancient, something like 120 years old*1
It had undergone so many renovations and extension works in the past that its layout had become a total mess.
For example, even though it was a one-storey building, it had a staircase reaching from one end of a corridor to the ceiling.
There were also a music room right next to the entrance, and an inaccessible door embedded into a wall (seen from the outside, it was conspicuously covered over by plywood boards).
The oddest of them all was what they called the "Watch Cabin."
A countryside village in Kyoto with traditional farmhouses *2
My home was far from school, so I sometimes stayed overnight in houses of friends and teachers who lived locally.
One day I couldn't find anyone who could let me stay in their house, so I decided to spend a night in the said "Watch Cabin".
Outwardly, the Watch Cabin looked like a normal country house. It came with one 8-jo*3 room, an old telephone and a small kitchen.
And I was about to find out why the place was called the Watch Cabin through the experience I had that very night.
Another person, a friend of mine, was going to stay with me in the Cabin.
We were in high spirits, as if we were on a school trip, as we cheerful spread out futons on the floor.
Marcelo Carter's "A worm-shaped god"
Hi everyone! How are you today? Good? :D
I just wanted to introduce to you a novella written by one of my blog readers and friend Marcelo Carter, a young and very talented Chilean writer!
* Visit Marcelo's blog where he posts short horror stories. They are in Spanish but you can use Google translator to read them :D
The book is available on Amazon Kindle, and is called A worm-shaped god.
*click HERE to go to the Amazon page.
(*If you can read Spanish, here is the original Spanish edition of the book on Amazon)
Here is the summary of the story:
Andrés, after witnessed a brutal beating on his teacher, which would eventually lead him to death, is threatened by the bully of the school, Sebastián Kurdo; an aggressive boy, believed to belong to a violent gang called "The Skull-breakers".
Filled with fear and uncertainty, Andrés looks for the help of an old friend who has returned to the city, not knowing that Ignacio is no longer the innocent boy he remembers, and that his help will unleash a series of tragic, macabre and horrifying events. Based on a true story.
Sounds intriguing, isn't it? :D
I finished reading it some days ago and oh boy was it scary. The story is written in first person narrative, so I felt like I was myself thrown into the nightmarish world of teenage violence and crime and of cladestine bloodthirsty sect, alongside the narrator.
The fact that the narrator is just a normal teenager makes it feel worse; he is caring towards his mother and loyal to his best friend, but ironically it is precisely his love for his best friend that gets him into deep water, because that friend turns out to be a total psycho. XD
Until the very end of the story I was on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen to this poor boy!
There are lots of blood and gore in the story, so it is not for the faint of heart!
(I felt literally sick reading some parts of the story XD)
If you want to know more about the story please visit the website Marcelo created for his book:
On this website, you can also find information about the documentary that was filmed back in 2006 about the true crime story on which Marcelo's book is based.
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
My Friend's Piano Recital! (Personal Announcement from Saya)
Hi everyone! :D How are you?
I just wanted to make an announcement about a piano recital which will take place on Friday 9th Novemember 2018, in London.
The recital will be given by Nobue, my dearest friend and mentor, and one of the most brilliant pianists I have ever known in my life.
She is someone you might call an old school pianist, who values authentic interpretatoin of music and producing beautiful sounds above all else.
Not only is she a great pianist, she also happenes to have a great personality too. You don't find that combination too often (I'm joking, of course LOL).
Anyway, I hope that if you happen to be in London on that day (it's a shame I won't be able to go this year, but probalby I will next time), please consider attending her recital. You won't regret it, I promise.
Here are the links to the details of her recital and her profile:
*Nobue's Recital Information
NOBUE piano Piano Concert at 1901 Arts Club, vol.3
 (Facebook page)
*Nobue's Profile
How to Go to Another World: "Fed Up"
Happy Halloween Everyone ~ :D
Here is a little ritual for you to enjoy!
I hope you all get loads of sweets to stuff yourselves with. XD
Love and Peace!
(Translated by Saya)
1： Anonymous ：2012/01/05(Thur) 02:06:27.80 ID:73sG3iym0
How to do it:
This ritual is recommended for people who are fed up with their lives or who want more excitement in their lives.
Write a hexagram as large as possible on a paper measuring 5 X 5 cm, and write "Fed Up" (Akita 飽きた in Japanese) inside the hexagram.
It will be more effective if you write it in red ink.
When you finish writing, you go to sleep holding the paper in your hand or with the paper under your pillow.
Next day, if you wake up and the paper is gone and you feel a difference in the air, or something out of ordinary happens to you, then you know you have been successful.
The reason the paper disappears is not because you have lost it, but you have changed places with yourself in another world.
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June 25, 2012
I've pretty much wrung-out the possibilities of propagating by grafting, and wanted to delve into some other hard-to-propagate fruits, and so I've ventured into the rarefied air of plant tissue culture. Tissue Culture is growing embryonic plants from parts of the tree you wouldn't always think of for starting plants, like slices of the leaf. The sterile growing medium this cherry is in consists of tapioca starch, coconut milk, table sugar, minerals, vitamins, growth hormones, and a preservative. This clump will multiply and be divided into more jars, and continue to multiply until its time to change the hormone so it will grow roots. Photosynthesis is not necessary, as it bypasses the usual method of making food, where chlorophyll takes sunlight and water to make glucose. The plant takes up sugar directly from the medium and actually grows better in the dark. Gardening in a baby food jar with no bugs, no disease, no sunlight, and the end result is clean, vigorous plants; there's a lot to like about this.


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Who wrote the first book on this planet?
The Diamond Sutra is the oldest surviving book that can be verifiably dated, but the first book published isn't known. It is probable that it hasn't survived the centuries.
Currently, the writer of the first book is not known. However, the first writings were associated with the Chinese. During this time, they used blocks of wood and rice papers for printed literature.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


The origin of the Rificolona lead back before twentieth century, when many peasants and mountain dwellers come to the city from the hills of Vallombrosa and Impruneta to celebrate the nativity of Madonna nella Basilica della Santissima Annunziata. They praised the Vergin 8 september and sold their products under the open Gallery of the Ospedale degli Innocenti.
To light the way during the walk, the peasants carrry small lanterns, open at the top to allow the candle to burn. This is an occasion when Florentine youngsters and teenagers party all night, teasing the peasants, calling them fierucolone or fieruculone, (on account of their animated participation and their rather abundant bottoms). Over the course of time, the party is a little changed but still today, on the night of the celebration, between 7 and 8 september, there are two groups: the boys march with their blowpipe and the children march in the city center supporting the rificolone and singing:
Ona, ona, ona
Oh che bella rificolona!
La mia l'è co' fiocchi
E la tua l'è co' pidocchi.
E l'è più bella la mia
Di quella della tu zia.
The word "rificolona" derives from the ancient "fierucola", little feast but important.


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The award consists of $30,000 and can be used towards:
- The Fellow's academic year and summer stipend.
Examples of charges NOT considered legitimate include:
- Tuition – it is expected that the Fellow's institution will waive or assume tuition charges.
- Summer salary or other compensation for the research advisor.
- Pooled or overhead costs, and salary for support staff (e.g. secretarial or clerical help).
- The applicant must be working toward a Ph.D. in an academic institution. (Please note: the applicant must have already been accepted into a Ph.D. program.)
- No limitations are placed on citizenship.
- Fellowships are only tenable at U.S. and Canadian Universities.
- Fellows must be enrolled on a full-time basis for the duration of the award.
Application Evaluation Information
Applications will be evaluated by a panel of experts in the fields of ocean engineering and ocean instrumentation. The main criteria for evaluation include:
- The project – Is it innovative? Is it technically sound?
- The candidate – Important criteria include intellectual ability and achievement, evidence of creativity and initiative, and potential for a career that will impact ocean engineering and instrumentation.
Preference will be given to candidates who have a well-defined thesis direction, but who still have enough remaining time to work toward their Ph.D. such that the receipt of a Link Foundation Fellowship could make a difference.


DESIGN: Self-Charging Battery Achieves Milliamp Milestone
Strategic Elements is claiming several development milestones for its moisture-powered self-charging battery. The first is a demonstration of the company's Battery Ink technology powering an electronic device equipped with multiple sensors and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication. The ability to power BLE connectivity will enable wireless sensor networks for wearable and internet of things (IoT) devices that transmit data to other devices like mobile phones, computers, and others.
Deemed most significant, the second milestone is to print a prototype battery pack with the Battery Ink that can generate over a one milliamp (1 mA) of current from moisture (humidity) only. Obviously, achieving this higher milliamp range expands the range of devices a battery can power.
Strategic Elements' Battery Ink technology employs graphene oxide-based ink to print small, thin, and lightweight battery cells on surfaces like glass and plastic. The battery cells derive power and self-charge from moisture only. According to the company, "moisture from humidity in the air and graphene oxide are a readily available, environmentally-friendly source of energy compared to alternatives based on lithium."
Curious about this unique power technology but require higher knowledge and illumination? If so, pay a visit to the Strategic Elements website.
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HTML in Visual Studio Code
As you type in HTML, we offer suggestions via HTML IntelliSense. In the image below, you can see a suggested HTML element closure as well as a context specific list of suggested elements.
HTML IntelliSense
We also offer up suggestions for elements, tags, some values (as defined in HTML5), Ionic and AngularJS tags. Document symbols are also available for HTML, allowing you to quickly navigate to DOM nodes by id and class name.
You can also work with embedded CSS and JavaScript. However, note that script and style includes from other files are not followed, the language support only looks at the content of the HTML file.
You can trigger suggestions at any time by pressing ⌃Space (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Space).
You can also control which built-in code completion providers are active. Override these in your user or workspace settings if you prefer not to see the corresponding suggestions.
// Configures if the built-in HTML language suggests Angular V1 tags and properties.
"html.suggest.angular1": true,
// Configures if the built-in HTML language suggests Ionic tags, properties and values.
"html.suggest.ionic": true,
// Configures if the built-in HTML language suggests HTML5 tags, properties and values.
"html.suggest.html5": true
Close tags
Tag elements are automatically closed when > of the opening tag is typed.
HTML Close1
The matching closing tag is inserted when / of the closing tag is entered.
HTML Close2
You can turn off autoclosing tags with the following setting:
"html.autoClosingTags": false
Auto update tags
When modifying a tag, the linked editing feature automatically updates the matching closing tag. The feature is optional and can be enabled by setting:
"editor.linkedEditing": true
Color picker
The VS Code color picker UI is now available in HTML style sections.
color picker in HTML
It supports configuration of hue, saturation and opacity for the color that is picked up from the editor. It also provides the ability to trigger between different color modes by clicking on the color string at the top of the picker. The picker appears on a hover when you are over a color definition.
Move the mouse over HTML tags or embedded styles and JavaScript to get more information on the symbol under the cursor.
HTML Hover
The HTML language support performs validation on all embedded JavaScript and CSS.
You can turn that validation off with the following settings:
// Configures if the built-in HTML language support validates embedded scripts.
"html.validate.scripts": true,
// Configures if the built-in HTML language support validates embedded styles.
"html.validate.styles": true
You can fold regions of source code using the folding icons on the gutter between line numbers and line start. Folding regions are available for all HTML elements for multiline comments in the source code.
Additionally you can use the following region markers to define a folding region: and
If you prefer to switch to indentation based folding for HTML use:
"[html]": {
 "editor.foldingStrategy": "indentation"
To improve the formatting of your HTML source code, you can use the Format Document command ⇧⌥F (Windows Shift+Alt+F, Linux Ctrl+Shift+I) to format the entire file or Format Selection ⌘K ⌘F (Windows, Linux Ctrl+K Ctrl+F) to just format the selected text.
The HTML formatter is based on js-beautify. The formatting options offered by that library are surfaced in the VS Code settings:
 - html.format.wrapLineLength: Maximum amount of characters per line.
 - html.format.unformatted: List of tags that shouldn't be reformatted.
 - html.format.contentUnformatted: List of tags, comma separated, where the content shouldn't be reformatted.
 - html.format.extraLiners: List of tags that should have an extra newline before them.
 - html.format.preserveNewLines: Whether existing line breaks before elements should be preserved.
 - html.format.maxPreserveNewLines: Maximum number of line breaks to be preserved in one chunk.
 - html.format.endWithNewline: End with a newline.
 - html.format.indentInnerHtml: Indent and sections.
 - html.format.wrapAttributes: Wrapping strategy for attributes:
 - auto: Wrap when the line length is exceeded
 - force: Wrap all attributes, except first
 - force-aligned: Wrap all attributes, except first, and align attributes
 - force-expand-multiline: Wrap all attributes
 - aligned-multiple: Wrap when line length is exceeded, align attributes vertically
 - preserve: Preserve wrapping of attributes
 - preserve-aligned: Preserve wrapping of attributes but align
 - html.format.wrapAttributesIndentSize: Alignment size when using force aligned and aligned multiple in html.format.wrapAttributes or null to use the default indent size.
 - html.format.templating: Honor django, erb, handlebars and php templating language tags.
 - html.format.unformattedContentDelimiter: Keep text content together between this string.
Tip: The formatter doesn't format the tags listed in the html.format.unformatted and html.format.contentUnformatted settings. Embedded JavaScript is formatted unless'script' tags are excluded.
The Marketplace has several alternative formatters to choose from. If you want to use a different formatter, define "html.format.enable": false in your settings to turn off the built-in formatter.
Emmet snippets
VS Code supports Emmet snippet expansion. Emmet abbreviations are listed along with other suggestions and snippets in the editor auto-completion list.
Emmet HTML support built-in
Tip: See the HTML section of the Emmet cheat sheet for valid abbreviations.
If you'd like to use HTML Emmet abbreviations with other languages, you can associate one of the Emmet modes (such as css, html) with other languages with the emmet.includeLanguages setting. The setting takes a language id and associates it with the language id of an Emmet supported mode.
For example, to use Emmet HTML abbreviations inside JavaScript:
 "emmet.includeLanguages": {
 "javascript": "html"
We also support User Defined Snippets.
HTML custom data
You can extend VS Code's HTML support through a declarative custom data format. By setting html.customData to a list of JSON files following the custom data format, you can enhance VS Code's understanding of new HTML tags, attributes and attribute values. VS Code will then offer language support such as completion & hover information for the provided tags, attributes and attribute values.
You can read more about using custom data in the vscode-custom-data repository.
HTML extensions
Install an extension to add more functionality. Go to the Extensions view (⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X)) and type 'html' to see a list of relevant extensions to help with creating and editing HTML.
Next steps
Read on to find out about:
Common questions
Does VS Code have HTML preview?
No, VS Code doesn't have built-in support for HTML preview but there are extensions available in the VS Code Marketplace. Open the Extensions view (⇧⌘X (Windows, Linux Ctrl+Shift+X)) and search on 'live preview' or 'html preview' to see a list of available HTML preview extensions.


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Libraries, supermarkets, classrooms…the world is full of places that look very similar, and yet our brains always seem to keep track of where we are. In a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at Princeton University and Ohio State University have uncovered one way in which the brain does this.
Similar-looking places can be distinguished from each other because of differences in what we experience when navigating to them. As we head toward a destination, our brains catalogue details such as other nearby buildings, the look of the doorway, even the people nearby.
The researchers discovered that the parahippocampal cortex, a part of the visual system that analyzes the current scene in front of us, also incorporates the details leading up to the scene, or its "temporal context." As a result, even when two scenes look identical, we create different memory traces for them when their temporal contexts are different. Ultimately, this can help our brains to keep track of where we are in the world.
Learn more about Nicholas Turk-Browne's research at Princeton University.
Journal Citation: Turk-Browne NB, Simon MG, Sederberg PB. Scene representations in parahippocampal cortex depend on temporal context. J Neurosci. 2012 May 23;32(21):7202–7.


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Graphical and logical formalisms for business process modeling and verification
AuthorBi, Henry Haidong
AdvisorZhao, J. Leon
MetadataShow full item record
PublisherThe University of Arizona.
RightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.
AbstractProcess models are an essential component of business process management and are found in various information systems such as workflow management systems, enterprise resource planning systems, and supply chain management systems. Process modeling and analysis are key steps in business process management. However, most existing activity-based process modeling paradigms found in process management tools lack a mathematical formalism, have limited expressive power, or have little analytical capability. Consequently, process modeling and analysis in the industry remain an art rather than a science. In this dissertation, we first propose a logic-based workflow verification approach by applying propositional logic with constraints to verifying the correctness of both acyclic and cyclic workflow models. We demonstrate that this approach is capable of detecting process anomalies in workflow models. We then propose process graphs as a graphical and mathematical tool for business process modeling and analysis. We formally define the syntax and semantics of process graphs and their constructs. We show that process graphs can not only model all types of execution order of activities, but also support multi-level abstraction, modular modeling, and analysis of the correctness of process models. We apply process graphs to defining and classifying process anomalies, and demonstrate that the proper use of process graphs can prevent certain process anomalies. We also propose process logic as a logical formalism and mathematical method to represent process models for the purpose of process verification. We formally define the syntax and semantics of process logic to reflect the characteristics of process structures in a more precise way. We establish a formal relationship between process logic and graphical representations of process models, and transform the problem of verifying the correctness of process models into the problem of determining the validity of process argument forms in process logic. We demonstrate that process logic can be used to verify completely the correctness of activity-based process models. Process graphs and process logic provide a theoretical foundation for the modeling, analysis, and verification of activity-based process models that are most widely used in the applications of business process management.
Degree ProgramGraduate College


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Cool Australia and Planet Ark's National Recycling Week have created three resources to help educators connect children to the wonders of the natural world through sensory and play-based learning. This lesson has been developed as part of the Schools Recycle Right Challenge for Planet Ark's National Recycling Week.
Turn your recycling efforts into classroom learning by accessing these online lesson plans and digital resources. Each lesson is aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework and includes hand-on, children-centred learning activities that are fun and engaging.
These three free-to-access lessons below cover:
- Waste and recycling investigations
- Describing and sorting waste
- Sorting waste according to size, shape, weight, colour and texture
- Sensory exploration of paper (feel, smell, and sound)
- Drawing the connection between paper and trees
Activities are differentiated for 0 to 2 year olds, and 3 to 5 year olds. Suggestive learning evaluation criteria included in each lesson.
These activities will help you embed sustainability and recycling into your daily practice at your centre and in your community.
Check out the digital library for National Recycling Week – its jam packed with videos, pictures, factsheets and news articles to inspire recycling in your centre.


How do you say "what's your name?" in French?
Here's the answer:
"comment tu t'appelles?"
Watch a real native speaker say it:
Here's how it sounds in a textbook:
You could also say:
 - comment est-ce que tu t'appelles?
 - comment t'appelles-tu?
Fun fact: the hundreds of thousands of people learning French with Memrise get this phrase correct 95.04% of the time!
Time to set your textbook on fire, learn "comment tu t'appelles?" and other useful phrases that French speakers really use!
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Google Research
Ensuring Connectivity via Data Plane Mechanisms
 - Junda Liu
10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (2013)
We typically think of network architectures as having two basic components: a data plane responsible for forwarding packets at line-speed, and a control plane that instantiates the forwarding state the data plane needs. With this separation of concerns, ensuring connectivity is the responsibility of the control plane. However, the control plane typically operates at timescales several orders of magnitude slower than the data plane, which means that failure recovery will always be slow compared to dataplane forwarding rates.
In this paper we propose moving the responsibility for connectivity to the data plane. Our design, called Data-Driven Connectivity (DDC) ensures routing connectivity via data plane mechanisms. We believe this new separation of concerns basic connectivity on the data plane, optimal paths on the control plane will allow networks to provide a much higher degree of availability, while still providing flexible routing control.
Learn more about how we do research


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Sunday, September 25, 2005
Just one in 10 elementary kids walks or bikes to school, a drastic drop from three decades ago when some 60 percent of students relied on the heel-toe express to beat the morning bell.
Some local schools are trying to change that. On Oct. 5, the sixth annual International Walk and Bike to School Day, millions of students from around the globe, including the Chicago area, will use their feet and pedals—rather than mom or dad's minivan—to get to class.
It's all an effort to encourage kids to be physically active, and to remind communities that their streets need to be safe for kids, say local representatives for Safe Routes to School, an international movement that promotes walking and biking to school.
"It is just one day, but our hope is that it kicks off a larger desire to make [walking and biking to school] a routine part of kids' lives," says Melody Geraci, of the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation (_URL_), which heads up Safe Routes to School initiatives in the suburbs.
During the rest of the year, Safe Routes also helps schools teach bike safety, says Beth Gutelius, of Mayor Daley's Safe Routes Ambassadors, which works with Chicago schools.
For some kids, the message is getting through.
"I feel good when I ride my bike to school," says Eddy Jakovec, 12, a sixth-grader at John B. Murphy School in Chicago.
Schools must coordinate and raise money for events encouraging kids to walk and bike to school, but Safe Routes can help. Visit either _URL_ or _URL_ for information.
And while it's work, volunteers say it's worth it. Hinsdale mom Maryann Romanelli organized Community Consolidated School District 181's first Walk and Bike to School Day in 2000, hoping to encourage officials to improve area roads, sidewalks and signs.
Volunteers led clusters of kids to the district's seven elementary schools. The school buses were still running, but they were empty, she says.
On that walk, says Romanelli, one official tripped on a rough patch of sidewalk—a move she couldn't have orchestrated if she tried. Five years later, she still leads the district's walk and bike to school festivities—and says Hinsdale has increased its budget to improve the infrastructure around schools.
If your kids are walking or biking to school, remember to be safe, says Gutelius. Kids under 8 should walk with an adult. Look left, right, then left again before crossing the street. Leave iPods and other earphone gadgets at home to hear approaching cars and pedestrians. In neighborhoods without sidewalks, walk in the street against traffic. However, always ride a bike in the direction of traffic and obey the rules of the road, such as stopping at stop signs and signaling turns. Find more safety tips at _URL_
This article appeared in the
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How to Inflate a Helium Balloon
Mylar Balloons (also called Foil Balloons) are a fun addition to your party decorations, especially if you are planning a themed party. Mylar balloons in your child's favorite character, like Elmo or Cinderella, or animal-shaped balloons for a Jungle party really add to the atmosphere. And kids love them!
However, many people have questions on how exactly to inflate Mylar balloons. Follow the instructions below and enjoy your party stress-free!
What You Will Need
- Helium Tank
- Balloon Weight
- There is a small valve or opening in the "tail" of the balloon. Slide this opening onto the nozzle of the helium tank until you have a tight fit. Hold the neck of the balloon firmly around the nozzle with one hand and press on the nozzle to release the helium into your balloon.
- Inflate the balloon.
- Mylar (foil) balloons are self sealing, so just remove the nozzle from the balloon and press the valve flat to seal.
- Do NOT tie the ribbon around the valve of the balloon or a leak may occur. Instead, use the hole or tab located below the valve to secure the ribbon.
- Tie the ribbon to a balloon weight to prevent the balloon from floating away.
- A foil balloon can appear deflated in cold air, but it will fill out when warmed up.
- Do not expose foil balloons to extreme heat or they can burst.


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Tool Care and Sharpening Instructions
To Sharpen a Garden Hoe
- Position the tool with the blade pointed up.
- File the outside edge only of the blade to a sharp angle (as shown) using the coarse side of the file.
- Using the mild side of the sharpener file, lightly remove any nicks or burrs from the inside edge of the blade keeping the file fairly flat and parallel to the blade.
- Finish off the outside edge of the blade with the mild side of the sharpening file to an even, sharp edge.
- Clean soil from the handle after each use.
- Check the wedge occasionally during use and tap back into place if needed.
- Once or twice a year, re-oil the handle using a penetrating wood oil finish like Tung Oil or Danish Oil.
- Clean soil off the blade after each use.
- Keep the blade sharp using the Farmer's Own File.
- Before storing for winter, oil the blade to prevent rust.


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Traveling Luck for Ouen Dakoesse, New Caledonia (general), New Caledonia
Where is Ouen Dakoesse?What's around Ouen Dakoesse?
Wikipedia near Ouen Dakoesse
Where to stay near Ouen Dakoesse
The timezone in Ouen Dakoesse is Pacific/Noumea
Sunrise at 05:02 and Sunset at 18:20. It's Dark
Latitude. -21.8333°, Longitude. _PHONE_°
Satellite map around Ouen Dakoesse
Loading map of Ouen Dakoesse and it's surroudings
Geographic features & Photographs around Ouen Dakoesse, in New Caledonia (general), New Caledonia
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
- Kochéré (15.9km)
- tribal area;
- a tract of land used by nomadic or other tribes.
- Tribu de Koum (49.1km)
- an area where vessels may anchor.
- Mouillage de Ngoé (20.5km)
- a mountain range or a group of mountains or high ridges.
- Massif du Humboldt (36.9km)
- a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Baie de Kouakoué (52.2km)
- a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].
- Col de Ni (47.7km)
Airports close to Ouen Dakoesse
La tontouta(NOU), Noumea, New caledonia (117.4km)
Noumea magenta(GEA), Noumea, New caledonia (149.4km)


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ISAAA releases educational cartoon about GM crops
The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released an educational cartoon designed to enhance understanding of GM crops. Mandy & Fanny: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture is the first educational cartoon of its kind developed by ISAAA to illustrate the rapid adoption of biotech crops and their role in increasing income for farmers worldwide. The educational cartoon publication is authored by Bhagirath Choudhary and Kadambini Gaur, representatives of ISAAA in India, and illustrated by Irfan Khan, a renowned cartoonist in India. Check out the cartoon.
Women farmers in Africa face regulatory hurdles to agricultural technology and training
A BBC News article discusses female farmers in Africa who call on policy makers to increase women's access to training, science and technology for agriculture.
Women grow as much as 90% of the food in sub-Saharan Africa, yet they have access to just 5% of resources including information, training and farm inputs, which are mostly provided to men. According to Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, a farmer in Zimbabwe, "A major stumbling block is the lack of cohesion and communication, between the policy makers in the relevant government departments." Read more.


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- Campus code for Geelong Waterfront Campus, used in Callista.
The letter 'F' is used to denote the Geelong Waterfront Campus for the direction of internal mail.
Student Amenities Higher Education Loan Program
- School of Communication and Creative Arts
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Student Equity
- The method of organisation of the teaching year. Deakin moved from a semester system to a trimester system in 2008.
At Deakin there are three trimesters; trimester 1 runs from March to June; trimester 2 runs from July to October; trimester 3 runs from November to February.
- Senior Research Fellow
- Senior Research Fellow
- School Executive Officer
- student evaluation of teaching and units (survey)
- School of History, Heritage and Society (now School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
- School of International and Political Studies (now School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
- sick leave
- Student Learning Entitlement
- student loans survey
- senior leadership team
- subject matter expert
- School of Education
- specified credit transfer
- Credit may be granted for a specific Deakin unit where previous studies involve a substantial overlap of content at a similar standard. When specified credit is awarded for studies deemed to be the equivalent of Deakin units, this equivalence may be determined only by the Board of the faculty that offers the Deakin unit.
- Strategic Teaching and Learning Grant Scheme
- Student Timetable Allocation and Registration
- Statutes and regulations of the University provide for the organisation, management and good governance of the University. University legislation establishes the structure of the University and its staff. It sets out the courses which are offered and related matters such as admission and selection, fees, academic progress, academic awards and student discipline. Statutes and regulations are available in The Guide.
- Student Connect
- A web based administration portal which allows access to student enrolment details.
- student contribution
- Amount Commonwealth supported students contribute for each unit of study.
- Student Services and Amenities Fee
A fee that higher education providers can charge their students for student services and amenities of a non-academic nature, such as sporting and recreational activities, employment and career advice, child care, financial advice and food services.
- A study assistance activity development package that integrates with Vista in Deakin Studies Online (DSO). It allows you to create Flash-based activities and games.


What is Structural Soil?
Structural Soil is a soil developed by Cornell University and trademarked under the name 'CU-Soil®'. CU Structural soil has been engineered to simultaneously meet the support needs of the pavements that stand on top of it and the requirements of the trees that are rooted in it. It is the answer to several expensive problems in the urban environment such as raised and cracked sidewalk cracks (which lead to tripping and potential lawsuits), early and frequent need for pavement repair, and poor drainage leading to puddles and muddy sidewalks. Additionally, it prolongs the life of street trees, so they don't have to be replaced every 5-7 years.
Structural soil works as a 2-part system: a lattice of crushed stone, which provides the structural support and load-bearing capacity required by the work, and a carefully measured mix of heavy clay loam, which fills the gaps between the crushed rocks and promotes tree root growth, aeration and adequate water holding capacity.
The development of CU structural soil took place in Cornell University's Urban Horticulture Institute, by a team including the renowned professor Nina Bassuk, and has been tested in the field for well over 15 years.
Helps with Soil Compaction
Soils under pavements tend to become compacted, because the weight of the traffic on them slowly crushes the pockets of air and water in the soil. This is a great problem for urban tree roots since they are forced to grow in soil that is as dense as a brick. Unable to grow downwards, roots grow horizontally or even upwards, causing the bulges and cracks in the sidewalks that we are all familiar with.
Read more about soil compaction, its causes and how to prevent and fix it here; we wrote a blog with lots of useful info.
Helps with Tree Growth in Urban Areas
Urban areas benefit from trees and green areas in their midst, which is why tree planting tends to be a high priority for city councils. However, under normal circumstances, those trees are doomed to die in 5 to 7 years, due to stunted root growth, soil compaction, and poor drainage, which will, in turn, cause health issues for the trees and accelerate their death. Using structural soil to support trees helps them develop healthy roots and grow to their full potential - the oldest field applications of structural soil are over 25 years old and performing as well as expected.
How Is Structural Soil Used?
CUStructural Soil® was designed to provide sufficient soil volumes for tree roots under pavements and parking lots. According to the instructions, it is ideal under pedestrian mall paving, sidewalks, planting islands, and parking lots.
Urban Trees
CU-soil can be used before a pavement or parking lot has been built or added after the fact to prolong the life of trees and paved areas. Structural soil can be combined with sandy loam if there is a large enough opening around the tree, or it can be used on its own to extend the pavement closer to the tree trunk without compromising the tree's health.
Installing structural soil under a traditional porous pavement has many benefits when it comes to absorbing, distributing and storing stormwater. The main recommendation is to lay some geotextile between the structural soil and the mortared pavement (or the sand bed if no mortar is used), to discourage roots from growing in that direction.
Porous asphalt is a lot like regular asphalt, but it has its own specific mix to keep it porous and allow stormwater to seep through it instead of run over it. Structural soil is an excellent base under porous asphalt, and the amount of CU-soil required will depend on the type of soil underneath it. Additionally, storm drainage may be required - check your local regulations.
Saving Trees
Sometimes the trees are already there and you want to pave around them. Instead of leaving small "tree pits" of easily compacted soil,consider the structural soil trenches system, which uses the crown projected area of the tree to calculate how much structural soil will be required to keep it healthy. A small amount of structural soil can help you conserve a valuable and beautiful tree, and save a lot of money in repairs.
If structural soil is good for trees, imagine how good it will be for turf! While parking areas are not usually covered in turf, fire lanes are a frequent use of CU-soil and turf for an area which is not normally used for traffic, but which may on occasion have to withstand the weight of a fire engine. Structural soil has the necessary load-bearing capacity, and additionally, it will help with drainage so that stormwater is reabsorbed and deflected appropriately during the rainy season.
Where Can You Find CU Soil?
Structural Soil was patented and trademarked under the name 'CUStructural Soil®' to ensure consistency and quality control - there are other products around which claim to be structural soil, but they are not CU-soil. You can buy CU-structural soil from licensed producers and vendors, and Minick Materials is very proud to be one of them.


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with a different pseudorandom number value. Decoding the message requires knowing the sequence of numbers that were used to encode the message which is very difficult for sophisticated pseudorandom number generators.
|Value plus number (Mod 26)||20||24||15||23||3||11|
Note: The information entered above is used exclusively for the calculations and it is not saved in any form.
The word qabalah is often spelled as kabbalah, kabbala, kabala, cabbalah, cabbala or cabala.
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Helmet Library user regulations
Helmet is an abbreviation of the words Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries.
Helmet library service consists of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa City Libraries. Helmet libraries have a shared customer register and library system.
Helmet libraries are open for everybody. Anyone who follows the customer regulations is allowed to use the libraries' collections, services and customer facilities. You are obliged to use library materials, media and facilities in an appropriate way.
When you receive a library card (a customer registration number) or when you accept becoming a contact person, you are committed to follow these user regulations and the potential changes of the regulations. The current user regulations and the separate instructions and rules about the various appliances to be used at the library along with the rights to use them are to be found at _URL_ -> Info -> Using the library.
Library card and pin code
Library card is a card or a customer registration number in some other form approved by the library (later in this text referred to as library card).
You can get a personal library card, the right to borrow and a PIN code at any Helmet library or mobile library. The first library card is free of charge. You will get the library card when you state your address and present a valid ID card with a photograph and personal identity number accepted by the library. To be able to receive a library card you need an address in Finland. If you do not have a Finnish personal identity number, your library card is valid for twelve months at a time.
Children under 15 can have a library card with a written consent by a guardian or other statutory representative (later representative). The representative is responsible for the loans on the library card of a child under 15 years, as well as for the child's use of other services, equipment and facilities of the library.
A day care centre, school, other institution or community can have a library card for twelve months at a time. A contact person is appointed for the card. This person will oversee that the card is used appropriately.
The library card is personal. This also applies to using the library's self-service.
You are responsible for the items that have been borrowed with your library card.
In order to prevent the misuse of your library card you can ask the personnel in the customer service to always check the identity of the borrower. Lending by the automatic lending machine is protected with your PIN code. A staff member of an institution or community can use the institution's or community's library card with the consent of the representative of the institution or community.
You must inform the library immediately if your library card disappears. This responsibility also concerns the contact person. If you have lost your library card, you can call the telephone number 09 3108 5309 when the libraries are closed and leave a message in the answerphone. You are not responsible for the material that has been borrowed with the lost library card after you have informed the library that the library card is missing. A library card that has been reported lost will be removed from use.
Along with the library card you will need a PIN code, if you wish to use the library's web services, lending machines, customer computers and self-service libraries. You will get the PIN code from the library or mobile library when you present a valid ID card approved by the library. The PIN code will not be given by e-mail or phone.
Please keep your contact information up-to-date. You must notify the library without delay about the changes of your address, email address and your name. You can check your contact information on the website _URL_.
The relationship between the library and the customer is confidential.
The library is responsible for the accuracy of the customer register. The personal Information on the borrower and the representative is recorded in the libraries' customer register. The library is responsible for keeping the customer register up to date according to the law in force.
In accordance with the Personal Data Act, the library has the right to record the customer's personal identity number into the register. The register report is on view at the libraries and on the website _URL_ -> Info -> Using the library.
You are entitled to check the information recorded about you in the library's customer register. You will be shown the information in question at the library's customer service desk when you prove your identity by presenting a valid ID card accepted by the library. The representative of a person younger than 15 years of age is entitled to get information about the guarantee's overdue loans and unpaid fees. The contact person of an institution or community is entitled to check the information about the institution or community in question.
Loans, returns and renewals
You may have simultaneously 100 loans of which 5 can be console games. The loan period varies from 1 day to 28 days. You will find specific information about the loan periods in the appendix of the user regulations. Movies and games will not be lent to a customer who does not fulfill the age limits approved by Kansallisen Audiovisuaalisen Instituutin Mediakasvatusja kuvaohjelmayksikkö MEKU (Media education and visual program unit of National Audiovisual Institute).
Due dates are on the check-out receipt. Please return your loans on the due date at the latest. You can return the material to any Helmet library during its opening hours. If you wish you can get a receipt of the return. Some libraries have so-called returning boxes. The items returned via the returning box are registered as returned on the next opening day of the library. Returning your loans via a returning box is on your own responsibility.
You will receive a notification of an approaching due date 48 hours in advance, if you have a functioning email address in the library's client register.
You can renew your loans five (5) times at the library, mobile library or in Your record at _URL_. It is not possible to renew the loans if the material has been reserved or if you have lost your right to borrow. There may be restrictions in renewing the loans. E.g. bestsellers and most objects that are to be borrowed cannot be renewed.
The first reminder of overdue loans will be sent 14 days after the due date, the second reminder 28 days after the due date. The first reminder can also be received by email. The Helmet library system also sends reminders on unpaid payments in order to avoid the expiration of the debt.
You will lose the right to borrow
- if your loans are more than 28 days overdue
- if you have lost or damaged the material of the library
- if you fail to pay your overdue fees when they have amounted to or exceeded the sum indicated in the payments appendix
An exception to the above is a borrower who has started the process of a loan arrangement and whose debt to the library belongs to the freezing of payments. In the case of a debt like this, the debtor may not be targeted by the loss of borrowing rights due to a delay in payment.
You will regain your borrowing rights
- by returning the items that are overdue
- by compensating for lost or damaged items
- by paying the accumulated fees
The restoring of the borrowing rights can take about a week depending on the method of payment. If you pay the fees to the bank account of the library, the borrowing rights are restored after the library has dealt with the payments in its own bookkeeping. If the payment has been transferred to a collection office the borrowing rights are restored only after the collection office has made the payment to the library's account and the library has checked the payment.
Reservations and interlibrary loans
You can reserve material either at the library or by logging in _URL_.
You may not have more than 50 pending reservations at the same time. You will receive a notification about reservations that can be picked up by a text message, email or letter. There may be restrictions in reserving materials.
Most libraries have a self-service pick-up shelf for reservations. The protection of customers' data will be taken into consideration when arranging the pick-up of reservations.
You can order an item as an interlibrary loan from elsewhere in Finland or abroad, if the item is not available in the collections of any Helmet library. The service is subject to a charge. If, however, the material in question is available in some scientific or special library in the metropolitan area, it cannot be ordered as an interlibrary loan.
In general, using the library is free of charge. However, fees will be charged for items returned or renewed after the due date, reservations that are not picked up, and for certain special services. The most important fees charged by the libraries are listed in the appendix of the user regulations.
The overdue fee will accrue every calendar day after the due date until it reaches the maximum amount. No overdue fee will be charged for materials from the children's and teens' departments. The overdue fee will be charged even if you fail to renew the loans due to a break in the internet connection or some other technical problem.
For a reservation that has been delivered to the pick-up shelf but not picked up by the customer, customers aged 18 or older will be charged a fee. The fee will be charged even if the pick-up notification has not arrived due to a delivery error, a fault in telecommunications, or another reason.
You must compensate for lost or damaged material. Instructions to compensate for material are to be found in the appendix of the user regulations. NB. The library is not responsible for damages which the recordings you have borrowed possibly have caused to your appliances or for those damages caused to a third person by using the library appliances.
The library uses a collection office to collect outstanding payments. The outstanding payments are transferred from the Helmet library system to the collection office used by each city library in question approximately 60 days after the due


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This paper investigated the potential difference in motivations between managers and creatives in creative industries. Its aim was to find out if managers and creative employees of creative industries have a significant difference in motivational factors and what might the difference be. In addition, the relationship between motivation and other demographic areas such as gender, salary and culture is also tested. An deep review of the previous research led to two hypotheses and several research questions. The theoretical framework was selected in order to present quantified results of the motivation pattern. The Self-determination theory (SDT) has been a ground breaking motivational theory in that it focuses on the quality of motivation instead of the quantity. This research was done by using a quantitative research method in order to broaden the already existing knowledge and to provide proof for those results. The research tool used is an 18-item Work Extrinsic Intrinsic Motivation Scale (WEIMS). The research sample from 109 creative industries employees was collected amongst marketing agencies in Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The statistical research results include descriptive statistics, factor analysis and logistic regressions analysis. The factor analysis the results showed that employees can be divided into three groups: Intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation, Amotivation. However, the logistics results that there are no differences between motivation factors amongst managers and creatives in the creative industries. In addition the descriptive statistics show both employee groups being highly intrinsically motivated, although extrinsic motivation is present as well. Moreover, the results depicted some interesting finding from other demographic areas of the research. In particular relationship between different motivations and cultures was established. The results indicated that there is a strong relationship between extrinsic motivation and Finnish employees. The results of this research went against some previous studies of motivations in creative industries. On the other hand the results supported what is generally known about motivation. The results can be used at management of companies when making decisions for employee rewards as well as in the scientific community as a starting point or support for future researches.
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
No two microchips are exactly the same, even if they come from the same factory and production line. But US Navy researchers think this quirk of modern manufacturing could be turned into an advantage, as it provides a clever way to authenticate the microchips used in many modern ID cards.
Each chip has hundreds of thousands of transistors and wires that all vary very slightly in size and qualities, meaning no two chips are truly identical. These differences are not enough to affect the way each chip works but can be detected by sending signals through each device and measuring the resulting delays.
These variations can be used to generate a unique identifying code for each chip. The code could be held by an authenticating party, like a bank, and then checked each time the card is used in a reader. If someone tries to clone the card, the reader will warn that the chip's electrical signature does not match that of the original.
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Temporary absentee (TEMPORARY absentee)
In census practice a distinction is made between the resident population 1 or de jure population 1 of a given area, which consists of the people who habitually live in that area, and the actual population 2, or de facto population 2, which is made up of the persons in the area on census day. In the resident population, temporary absentees 4 are included with those permanent residents 3 who are present in the area on census day; the actual population consists of residents together with visitors 5 or transients 5. The two methods of enumeration will give different results even for the country as a whole. The place where a person lives is called the place of residence 6. For administrative reasons, certain persons who live together in large communities (i.e. boarding schools, military persons in barracks, prisoners, etc. (cf. 110-5*) are often separately enumerated. These persons form the institutional population 7. Special rules are used to enumerate homeless 8 or persons of no fixed abode 8.
 - 6. The term domicile is a technical legal term for legal residence and denotes the place where a person is legally deemed to reside. This may differ from his actual residence. In the United States of America, the de jure population is the population of usual residence.
 - 7. In the United States of America the term institutional inmates is reserved for persons living under care or custody in correctional institutions, hospitals for mental disease and tuberculosis, homes for the aged, handicapped and dependent or neglected persons; other residents of group quarters include such persons as students in college dormitories, or soldiers in military barracks.


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The electrical network is a man-made complex network that makes it difficult to monitor and control the power system with traditional monitoring devices. Traditional devices have some limitations in real-time synchronization monitoring which leads to unwanted behavior and causes new challenges in the operation and control of the power systems. A Phasor measurement unit (PMU) is an advanced metering device that provides an accurate real-time and synchronized measurement of the voltage and current waveforms of the buses in which the PMU devices are directly connected in the grid station. The device is connected to the busbars of the power grid in the electrical distribution and transmission systems and provides time-synchronized measurement with the help of the Global Positioning System (GPS). However, the implementation and maintenance cost of the device is not bearable for the electrical utilities. Therefore, in recent work, many optimization approaches have been developed to overcome optimal placement of PMU problems to reduce the overall cost by providing complete electrical network observability with a minimal number of PMUs. This research paper reviews the importance of PMU for the modern electrical power system, the architecture of PMU, the differences between PMU, micro-PMU, SCADA, and smart grid (SG) relation with PMU, the sinusoidal waveform, and its phasor representation, and finally a list of PMU applications. The applications of PMU are widely involved in the operation of power systems ranging from power system control and monitor, distribution grid control, load shedding control and analyses, and state estimation which shows the importance of PMU for the modern world.
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While fireworks delight celebratory crowds in the summer, for those experiencing PTSD, autism, or sensory-related triggers, these loud and illuminated events can be anxiety-inducing. Understanding how fireworks affect others can help us celebrate holidays safely and with compassion for those around us.
Fireworks & your brain
The loudness of fireworks isn't the only reason they can cause anxiety. According to Dr. Todd K. Favorite at the University of Michigan, the unpredictability of firework explosions can trigger your fight or flight response, increasing your heart rate and causing heavy breathing. The feelings we associate with this are ones where we sense imminent and immediate danger. This is why fireworks can induce anxiety in many individuals.
How to manage auditory anxiety
If you or someone you celebrate with has anxiety related to fireworks, ask your neighbors to alert you if and when they plan to set a few off. This will give you valuable time to prepare and make a plan to cope with your body's reaction, reducing the fear surrounding fireworks.
Here are some things that can be a part of that plan:
- Communicate when you are starting to feel uncomfortable
- Use noise-canceling headphones and distract yourself with music, a podcast, or an audiobook
- Try a grounding technique: hold a piece of ice, recite a memorized poem, sit with a pet, or visualize a favorite place
- Take deep breaths
- Check-in with yourself regularly and assess how you are feeling
There are many ways to handle auditory anxiety, and Valley Oaks Health can provide you with the stability and support needed to help you take steps toward better mental health.


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Improve UDF and MapReduce development experience using MaxCompute Studio
Created#More Posted time:Nov 15, 2016 10:03 AM
UDF is short for User Defined Function. MaxCompute provides many built-in functions to meet users' computing requirements. It also supports UDF creation to meet custom computing demands of users. There are three types of UDFs available for user extensions: UDF (User Defined Scalar Function), UDTF (User Defined Table Valued Function) and UDAF (User Defined Aggregation Function).
At the same time, MaxCompute also provides the MapReduce programming interface. You can use the Java API provided by MapReduce to compile a MapReduce program for processing data in MaxCompute.
With the end-to-end support provided by MaxCompute Studio, you can quickly start and familiarize yourself with the development of a UDF and a MapReduce program of your own to improve efficiency. Next, we will introduce how to develop a UDF of your own using MaxCompute Studio:
Create a MaxCompute Java module
First, you should create a module in IntelliJ for developing the MaxCompute Java program. The specific steps are: File > New > Module... The module type should be MaxCompute Java. Configure the installation path of the Java JDK and MaxCompute console. Click Next, enter the module name and then click Finish.
There are two main objectives for configuring the console here:
- The compiling of UDF and MapReduce programs is dependent on the related JAR files of the MaxCompute framework. These JAR files are all present in the lib directory of the console. MaxCompute Studio can help you to automatically import these lib files to the dependent library of the module.
- MaxCompute Studio can integrate the console and some actions will be very convenient using the console.
So far, a module for developing a MaxCompute Java program has been established, that is, the jDev shown in the figure below. Its main directories include:
- src (User-developed UDF|Source code directories of the MapReduce program)
- examples (Example code directories, including single test examples. You can refer to the examples here to develop your own programs or compile a single test)
- warehouse (The schema and data required for running locally)
Create a UDF
Suppose our demand for the UDF is to convert the character strings into lower-case strings (the built-in function tolower has implemented this logic. Here we just use this simple demand to illustrate how to develop a UDF using MaxCompute Studio). MaxCompute Studio provides UDF|UDAF|UDTF|Mapper|Reducer|Driver templates. As a result, you only need to compile your own business code and the framework code will be automatically filled in by the templates.
- 1. Right click the src directory, and select New > MaxCompute Java.
- 2. Input the class name, such as myudf.MyLower, and select the kind. Here we choose UDF. Click OK.
- 3. The framework code has been automatically filled in by the template. We only need to compile the function code for converting the character strings into lower-case strings.
Test the UDF
After a UDF or a MapReduce program is developed, the next step is to test your code and check whether it meets the expectation. MaxCompute Studio provides two testing methods:
The Local Run framework provided by MaxCompute is dependent on, and you only need to provide the input data as you do for writing a common single test, and assert the output to conveniently test your own UDF or MapReduce program. There are various single test examples in the examples directory and you can refer to them to compile your unit test. Here we create a new MyLowerTest testing class to test our MyLower:
Sample data testing
Many users have requested to sample some data from online tables to the local machine for testing. MaxCompute Studio also supports this feature. In Editor > UDF kind, right click MyLower.java, click Run menu, and the Run/Debug Configurations dialog box pops up. Configure MaxCompute project, MaxCompute table and Table columns. Here we want to convert the name fields of Table hy_test to lower case:
Click OK, and MaxCompute Studio will first automatically download the sample data from the table through the tunnel to the local warehouse (the highlighted data files in the figure), and then read the data of the specified column and run the UDF locally. You can see the log output and printed result in the console:
Release a UDF
Okay. Our MyLower.java has passed the test. Next we will package it into a JAR resource (this step can be performed using IDE by referring to the user manual) and upload it to the MaxComptute server end:
- 1. In MaxCompute menu, select the Add Resource item:
- 2. Select the MaxCompute project you want to upload the resource to, the JAR file path, the resource name you want to register, and determine whether to force update when the resource or function already exists. Then click OK.
- 3. After the JAR package is successfully uploaded, you can proceed to register the UDF. In the MaxCompute menu, select the Create Function item.
- 4. Select the JAR resource you want to use, select the main class (MaxCompute Studio will automatically parse the main classes contained in the JAR resource for you to choose from), enter the function name and click OK.
Production and usage
The successfully uploaded JAR resource and registered function (you can see this timely in the Resources and Functions nodes of the corresponding project in the Project Explorer, or you can double click the node to display the decompilation source code) are ready for real production and usage. We can open the SQL editor of MaxCompute Studio and enjoy using the mylower function that we just write. The syntax highlighting and display of function signatures are a piece of cake:
MaxCompute Studio's support for MapReduce development process is similar to UDF development. The main differences include:
- The MapReduce program applies to the whole table and the input and output tables are specified in the Driver. So if you use sample data for testing, you only need to specify the project in Run/Debug Configurations.
- After a MapReduce program is developed, you only need to package it into a JAR resource and upload it, without the need to register the program.
- To run the MapReduce program in a real production environment, you can achieve this on the console that has been seamlessly integrated to the MaxCompute Studio. The specific steps are: in the Project Explorer window, right click Project, select Open in Console, and then input the commands similar to the follows in the console command line:
jar -libjars wordcount.jar -classpath D:\odps\clt\wordcount.jar com.aliyun.odps.examples.mr.WordCount wc_in wc_out;


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- The distinction between reserves and resource base is explained in Tilton (as 14 above) p 62.
- Buchholz et al, as 5 above. Modelling of depreciation is introduced on p 551 and the stated result is on p 553 (case θ = 1 and δ > 0).
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Editor's note: The following article was contributed by Mark Connor and Tim Green of the U.S. Department of Labor. The content may be edited for clarity, style and length. Find more information at _URL_
Transitioning out of the military can leave you with a lot of unanswered questions. You many be wondering:
- How can I find a new job that compliments my skills and interests?
- Where can I find free local resources?
- How can I prepare for applying and interviewing for jobs?
- What benefits are available at my new job, and how do they differ from my military benefits?
- Am I on target to meet my retirement and other savings goals?
- How can I balance competing goals for my savings ― like college savings, a new car or retirement?
Here are some resources to get you started on finding answers:
1. Veterans' Employment and Training Service
The Labor Department's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, or VETS, can help prepare you for a civilian career, including employment and transition assistance. Visit veterans.gov or download the department's free Employment Assistance Workshop eBook. From planning your transition to finding civilian employment to researching local labor markets, these resources will help you plot your path.
2. Employee Benefits Security Administration
Check out publications, worksheets and online tools from the department's Employee Benefits Security Administration, or EBSA. These can help you learn about saving for retirement, making the most of your private sector employer's benefits and financial planning.
3. Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of Veterans Affairs can provide a lot of assistance to transitioning service members. And they can help you make the most of your retirement benefits if you take a position within the federal government.
4. Labor Department webcast
This Labor Department webcast can also be a valuable tool. Representatives from VETS, EBSA, the VA and the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards provide information to help you find employment, employee benefits and financial planning resources.


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Two teams compete to reach the finish line, as they move round the board answering questions and exploring solutions to scenarios. Teams are encouraged to discuss their answers, sharing ideas and experiences to learn from each other.
Questions in the game help players to explore:
- What is food security?
- Who is vulnerable to food insecurity and why?
- Common issues faced when shopping, cooking or eating
- Methods to improve access to food
- The role of community and voluntary organisations