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Global Food Security
Grade Level(s)
9 - 12
Estimated Time
Two 50-minute class periods
Students will explore the causes of hunger, both domestically and globally; evaluate potential solutions for solving world hunger; and forecast the impact of a growing world population on current food supplies.
Interest Approach
Activity 1
- Food Security Handout: Survey (1 copy)
- Food Security Handout: Results (1 copy)
- Food Security Handout: Cards (print 1 sheet; cut out cards)
- Internet access for each student OR for instructor (to project for class)
- Map the Gap website
- Food Access Research Atlas
Activity 2
- A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World National Geographic article
- Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food National Geographic Live video
Activity 3
- Green Revolution article
- The Next Green Revolution article
- Food in a Future of 10 Billion article
- Consequence Wheel/Future Wheel reference
- Sheets of drawing paper
- Markers or colored pencils
Essential Files (maps, charts, pictures, or documents)
undernourishment: an indicator of inadequate dietary energy that is assessed at the population level using national food balance sheets to determine the supply of dietary energy available to a given population and modeling of how that energy is distributed across the population
Sustainable Development Goals: adopted in September 2015, this set of 17 goals seeks to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda; each goal has specific targets to be achieved over the next 15 years
Millennium Development Goals: endorsed by the United Nations in September 2000, eight measurable goals were declared as a commitment to build a safer, more prosperous, and equitable world with a target date of 2015
malnutrition: a condition resulting when a person's diet does not provide adequate nutrients for growth and maintenance
hunger: synonymous with chronic undernourishment; defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization as consuming less than a minimum level of kilocalories
Green Revolution: beginning in the mid-20th century, a large increase in crop production in developing countries was achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties
food security: when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life
food insecurity: a situation that exists when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life
food desert: defined as urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food
famine: when people face a complete lack of access to food and other basic needs and experience mass starvation, death, and destitution
Did you know? (Ag Facts)
- With proper tools and investment, agriculture output in Africa could increase over 200% by 2030.1
- In countries around the world, cost is the primary factor in food choice.2
- Malnutrition affects every country on Earth and more than one-quarter of the world's population.3
- The increasing demand for affordable meat, milk, and eggs means the world will need 60% more animal-sourced foods.4
Background Agricultural Connections
What is food security? The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations defines food security as all people, at all times, having physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food which meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Using this definition, the FAO identifies four dimensions of food security:
- Physical AVAILABILITY of food
- Economic and physical ACCESS to food
- Food UTILIZATION
- STABILITY of the other three dimensions over time5
Conversely, food insecurity exists when people lack secure access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and an active and healthy life.
The Millennium Development Goals endorsed by the United Nations as a commitment to build a safer, more prosperous, and equitable world, included a hunger target (1c). This target was to halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger. The FAO reports that developing nations as a whole have nearly met the 1c target. However, wide differences persist across regions. "Some have made rapid progress in reducing hunger: Latin America as well as the Eastern and South-Eastern regions of Asia have all achieved both the MDG 1c hunger target...The MDG 1c target has been reached in the Caucasus and Central Asia and in the Northern and Western regions of Africa. Progress has also been recorded in the Caribbean, Oceania, Southern Asia, and Southern and Eastern Africa, but at too slow a pace to reach the MDG 1c target. Finally, Central Africa and Western Asia are moving away from the hunger targets, with a higher proportion of undernourished in the population now than in 1990–92."6
On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development — adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit — officially came into force. Over the next fifteen years, with these new Goals that universally apply to all, countries will mobilize efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change, while ensuring that no one is left behind. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) build on the success of the Millennium Development Goals and aim to do more to end all forms of poverty via calls to action by all countries and all peoples. The SDGs are not legally binding, but governments are expected to take ownership and establish national frameworks for the achievement of the 17 goals.
Chronic hunger— consuming less than a minimum level of kilocalories—can lead to malnutrition whereby a person's diet does not provide adequate nutrients for growth and maintenance. In some instances, a widespread scarcity of food known as famine is caused by several factors including crop failure, population imbalance, or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompanied or followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality.
Although food security is a global problem, it is also a problem that is prevalent domestically. According to a 2015 report by USDA's Economic Research Service, "14.0 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during [2014], including 5.6 percent with very low food security, meaning that the food intake of one or more household members was reduced and their eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year because the household lacked money and other resources for food."7 Children were food insecure at times during the year in 9.4 percent of US households with children (3.7 million households), meaning these households were unable at times during the year to provide adequate, nutritious food for their children.
One of the factors contributing to US household food insecurity is the existence of urban neighborhoods and rural towns without ready access to fresh, healthy, and affordable food. These food deserts are found throughout the United States where grocery stores are nearly non-existent in a specific area, and consumers must rely on restaurants and convenience stores for food. Fresh, nutritious food is often replaced by processed foods or is simply not available. This lack of access to fresh food can lead to poor diets and may result in higher rates of obesity and other dietary-related illnesses.
Interest Approach – Engagement
- Project the World Food Programme Hunger Map for the class to see.
- On poster paper or a whiteboard, write "WHY?"
- Engage students in a discussion as to why undernourishment is present in a particular country. The map shows the distribution of the global population that is suffering from inadequate dietary energy.
- Invite students to write their answers to the question. Factors to be considered include geographical location, politics, the state of natural resources, conflict, education, technology, poverty, food distribution, and natural disasters.
Activity 1: Household Food Security Activity
Note: This activity replicates a 2015 survey conducted by USDA regarding food security in US households. Although the "responses" indicated by the response cards are based on fact, this activity does not imply that the responses are specific to your students. Please use your discretion in conducting this activity, especially in cases where the results may be too close to reality for your students.
- "For this activity, one of you will ask questions from an actual US government survey designed to measure levels of household food security."
- Ask for a volunteer.
- Give them the Food Security Handout: Survey.
- "One of you will interpret the results of the survey."
- Ask for a second volunteer.
- Give them the Food Security Handout: Results.
- "Some of you will respond to the survey questions based on answers given to you on note cards. Your collective responses will reflect the state of food security in the United States., as it was measured in 2010. Because questions of food security are very personal, we won't ask you to respond on behalf of your actual household."
- Ask for 20 volunteers. Distribute the Food Security Handout: Cards among these students.
- Each student represents roughly 6 million US households. Have these students stand in line, facing the same direction.
- If there are more cards than students, place each extra card on the ground, in line with the standing students, to represent the remaining households.
- Have the first volunteer proceed with the survey. In response to each question, students will remain in place or take one or two steps forward to illustrate their responses.
- Once the survey is complete, have the second volunteer interpret the results (see Food Security Handout: Results for details).
- As individual students OR as a class, go to the Map the Meal Gap website and scroll to the Food Insecurity Rates map.
- Assign a county to each student to explore, OR explore the county in which the school is located. Ask the following questions of students:
- What is the food insecurity rate in the county?
- What is the average cost of a meal?
- In order to meet the food needs of the insecure population in the county, how much additional money is required in this county?
- Show students the Food Access Research Atlas.
- Zoom in on the map to identify the nearest food deserts to the town in which your school is located. Select the Low Income & Low Access Layers and the Component Layers to identify the areas of low income and access near your school.
- Lead a class discussion about hunger, food insecurity, low income, and low food access in your town, county, and state. What factors influence the food insecurity rates?
Activity 2: Feeding the World
- Assign students to read A Five-Step Plan to Feed the World by National Geographic.
- Instruct them to write pro or con responses to the five-step plan for feeding a world of 9 billion people.
- Lead a group discussion in which students share their written responses.
- Show students the video Revolutionizing the Way We Grow Food (10:20 duration). Instruct students to note Caleb Harper's solutions for growing enough food to feed the world's increasing population.
- Lead a class discussion, asking students to evaluate the feasibility of Mr. Harper's solutions.
Activity 3: The Future of Food
- Assign the following readings to students prior to class:
- Using the information from Consequence Wheel/Future Wheel reference, explain to students how to construct a future wheel. It is important to remember that this forecasting technique follows an "if, then" format. "If" this event occurs, "then" this is the result. For example, "if" the population reaches 9 billion by 2050, "then" food shortages will occur. OR, "if" new food production technologies are invented, "then" food shortages will be alleviated. It is possible that both scenarios are included in one future wheel as a result of brainstorming consequences.
- Divide the class into groups of four students. Assign the topic/issue of "9 Billion Mouths to Feed in 2050" for the center of their future wheels. Give students time to brainstorm as many consequences ("if/then") as they can create.
- Each group of students will draw their future wheel and share their future predictions, as time allows.
Concept Elaboration and Evaluation
After conducting these activities, review and summarize the following key concepts:
- Production and distribution of food is affected by the relationships between geography, politics, and economics.
- Developed and under-developed countries face both similar and very different economic challenges that affect agriculture and food security.
- The Green Revolution increased agricultural productivity around the world and created significant environmental consequences.
We welcome your feedback! Please take a minute to tell us how to make this lesson better or to give us a few gold stars!
Enriching Activities
Enlist students to plan a service project that addresses hunger issues in your area.
Review with students the key points in Promoting Access to Local, Healthy Food. Lead a discussion that prompts answers to the question: In regards to food deserts, might local farms help address inequality in access to healthy food?
If there is a food bank in close proximity to your school, invite an employee or volunteer to speak with your students about hunger and food insecurity in your area.
Challenge students to draw von Thünen's Rural Land Use Model for a specific food desert location (use the Food Access Research Atlas) and identify the accessible, healthy foods that urban gardens might provide as a solution to the desert.
Arrange a classroom gallery walk using Peter Menzel's Hungry Planet posters (see Companion Resources). Instruct students to evaluate the amount of money families spend on food and what foods families eat in different countries. Compare these countries based on their levels of development (economic, social, political, and environmental).
Note: This enriching activity was highly recommended by lesson pilot teachers. You may want to incorporate it into your curriculum as time allows.
Show students the documentary, A Place at the Table (available on Netflix). Following the viewing, ask students the following questions. Encourage them to consider the geographical, cultural, and social factors involved.
- What facts did you learn about hunger? Which one is the most startling, and why?
- In 2010, Feeding America—the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity—conducted a hunger study in which they found that 23% of the adults interviewed have attended college or a technical school. What resources or procedures, in addition to education, might help solve hunger issues?
- Eighty-five percent of families that are food insecure have at least one working adult in the household. Do you find that surprising? Why or why not?
- In the film we learn that in the '60s, there was a huge push to end childhood hunger that resulted in free breakfast and lunch programs, senior meal programs, and the expansion of food stamps. As a result, by the late '70s, hunger was basically eradicated. Why do you think hunger has come back as such a pressing issue in our country?
- One in three children born in the year 2000 will develop Type 2 diabetes (formerly called "adult onset"). What are some of the factors that add to the reasons why diet-related illness is increasing in young people at such an unprecedented level?
Suggested Companion Resources
- Crop Intensity Maps (Poster, Map, Infographic)
- Feeding the World: Can global crop production meet future demands? (Poster, Map, Infographic)
- Interactive Map: Staple Food Crops of the World (Poster, Map, Infographic)
- Nine (+) Infographics That Will Help You Teach Hunger (Poster, Map, Infographic)
- World Hunger Map (Poster, Map, Infographic)
- Food Facts: 7 Reasons to Eat Insects (Multimedia)
- Population, Sustainability, and Malthus: Crash Course World History video (Multimedia)
- TEDMED Talk: What Does the World Eat? (Multimedia)
- World Population History (Multimedia)
- Hungry Planet Resources from Social Studies School Service (Teacher Reference)
- Dirt to Dinner (Website)
- Dirt-to-Dinner: Food Matters (Website)
- FAOSTAT: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Statistics Division (Website)
- Hungry Planet Family Food Portraits (Website)
Agricultural Literacy Outcomes
Culture, Society, Economy & Geography
- Compare and contrast the economic challenges facing developed and under-developed countries (poverty, population, and hunger) (T5.9-12.c)
- Discuss the relationship between geography (climate and land), politics, and global economies in the distribution of food (T5.9-12.f)
- Evaluate and discuss the impact of major agricultural events and agricultural inventions that influenced world and U.S. history (T5.9-12.g)
- Provide examples of how changes in cultural preferences influence production, processing, marketing, and trade of agricultural products (T5.9-12.j)
Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
- Correlate historical events, discoveries in science, and technological innovations in agriculture with day-to-day life in various time periods (T4.9-12.a)
- Discuss population growth and the benefits and concerns related to science and technologies applied in agriculture to increase yields and maintain sustainability (T4.9-12.c)
- Predict the types of careers and skills agricultural scientists will need in the future to support agricultural production and meet the basic needs of a growing population (T4.9-12.f)
Common Core Connections
Reading: Anchor Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.8Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
National Standards
Within GEOGRAPHY
APHG Topic 5A: Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use: The development of agriculture led to widespread alteration of the natural environment.
Learning Objective 4
Learning Objective 4Analyze the consequences of the Green Revolution on food supply and the environment.


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ContactEva Fidjeland Art
Orrefors Railway Station, Kalmar
Tel. +46 48130866
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- Contemporary
- Photography
Eva Fidjeland´s Innovative Style of Digital Art
A new trend in visual art is emerging due to artist Eva Fidjeland's implementation of an innovative, creative approach to the process of manufacturing art. The artist is known internationally for creating in a variety of mediums, from the traditional canvas to digital, and is currently presenting her work in a new style of collaborative art. The artist is displaying her creative expertise within the various mediums and is also transforming her physical expression and character for introduction within her creations. Fidjeland is seamlessly incorporating aspects of digital technology with visual and performing art, creating unique works that tell stories through intricate details.
Eva Fidjeland's "Dragon"
Fidjeland's extensive collection of digital photography captures the aesthetic details of her subjects, including still, animal and plant life. In a digital work entitled "Dragon", Fidjeland presents a close perspective upon her subject, highlighting multiple intricate aesthetic details. Notice how the detail of the wings is of a different aesthetic quality than the legs and other areas of art. In the midst of these details, emerges the dragon fly's expression, providing the observer with a neighboring view of its moment in time.
Eva Fidjeland's "The Red Lady II"
Various stages of human expression are now at the center of Fidjeland's innovative style in art. In a work entitled "The Red Lady II", the artist takes a snapshot of a human expression, and accentuates specific details through texture, color and shading. The artist's creative decisions, particularly pertaining the color and shading, establishes a precise expression of emotion and tone. Texture is a key visual factor within the art as the observers learn about Red Lady's character through her choice of color in lipstick, the smoothness of her skin, and the covering of an eye with her hair.
Eva Fidjeland's "The Birdwoman X"
Each digital photograph establishes a character through expression and visual detail. The character in "Birdwoman X", for example, possesses a different style and emotional nature than the character Red Lady. Birdwoman's color and shading, relative to the character's hair, eyes, skin and lips, establishes character through exquisite shadings of brown, red and green. Performing a comparative facial analysis of the two characters will result in the depiction of two unique forms of expression.
Fidjeland is pioneering a new style in visual art that uses digital technology to place emphasis on the expressions and details within creations. Her work is innovative for seamlessly collaborating visual and performing art with digital techniques. The artist is embodying the concept of collaborative art through her creative process and details present in her creations.
Swedish Artist Eva Fidjeland Featured by Resident Curator Kristen T Woodward, Professor of Art at Albright College
Presumably a group of self-portraits, this series of Dancer portraits is equivocally voyeuristic in the soft keyhole shadowing of the pictures edges along with the penchant for embellishing costume. I like the tempered restraint of Dancer II, which presents a darker contrast to the overall blue pattern, and a haloed richness in the saturation of the figure´s hair and sienna background. While there´s a decisiveness in the sideways profile of the head, the delicate curl of golden hair points towards her mouth as if to await declaration.
The Red Lady IV had a decidedly different mood despite small actual changes in the model lightning and attire. Being that the subject isn´t fully transformed, I don´t feel that different characters are being created, but that the viewer is invited into the psychological exploration of facets of an archetype. The direct stare of The Red Lady and elevated position of her face above the viewer´s natural eye-line creates an aura of superiority or rebellious dissent, while the conflicting orange and blue hues aid the instinct of competition. In a more graphic way, the figure is also presented as a Pop diva, haughtily looking down on the viewer in her feathered boa. Provocative in stature, the light source seems to glow from within rather than from an external bright light, and therefore she holds our interest and curiousity. Kristen T Woodward Professor of Art, Albright College Reading PA (Januari 21, 2014) http://www.artists2artists.net/photo/the-dancer-ii
Swedish Artist Eva Fidjeland Featured by Resident Curator Kristen T Woodward 24/1-14 Eva Fidjeland´s Art Captures the Human Experience 4/11-13 Inner Landscapes – Eva Fidjeland & Jane Walker 3/10-13 Inner Landscapes 10/9-13 Primary Forms with a Bold Function 10/7-13 Skulpturutställning 2/7-13 Sculpture Exhibition – Eva Fidjeland in Schleswig-Holstein 1/6-13 Skulpturutställning 27/5-13 Highest Form of Awareness 11/3-13 Contemporary Artist Use Social Media for Global Branding 9/9-12
What makes Swedish artist Eva Fidjeland so unique is her ability to create pieces of art using natural, earthly tones while maintaining a commitment to photography, digital art, and traditional visual art. Eva Fidjeland has the ability to see the elements of the world as they are, including the beauty that is nature and animal life, and recreate them in the form of art that has cultural relevance to audiences across the world. Her cultural pieces would fit seamlessly in any gallery or museum in any part of the world.
(Quote from review written by Dominic Richardson, writer/editor at Art Bracket LLC)
Eva Fidjeland is an artist born in Stockholm 1955.
Her art reflects cultural influences from childhood years spent in Portugal,
Lebanon, Iran and Afghanistan. In 1978 she went to live in the artists´
village Ein Hod, Israel. There she learned the art of making stained glass
from Professor Joseph Chaaltiel. http://ein-hod.info/artists/ora
Upon returning to Stockholm she was approached by the Vasa Museum and
appointed to reconstruct glass parts for the Vasa Ship.The New Vasa Museum
was inaugurated in 1990. http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/The-Ship
Eva Fidjeland has exhibited her art work at numerous museums and galleries
in Sweden and abroad. http://galerie-stexwig.com
Eva Fidjeland Blog: http://EvaFidjeland.blog.com
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Guards At The Taj is the Pulitzer prize finalist playwright Rajiv Joseph's recent plays. The play opened Off-Broadway in June 2015 to critical acclaim and was reviewed in major publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post.
It is 1648 India, two lowliest of Imperial Guards stand guard on the dawn watch outside Taj Mahal. They witness sun rising for the first time on the newly-completed Taj Mahal—an event that shakes their respective worlds. When they are ordered to perform an unthinkable task, the aftermath forces them to question the concepts of friendship, beauty, and duty, and changes them forever.
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My research covers the description, classification and history of African languages spoken in Sub-Saharan Africa and more specifically Niger-Congo languages (including Bantoid and Bantu languages) with particular interest to classifications using phylogenetic methods. I try to understand human migrations by combining linguistic, geographical, palaeoclimate and simulated data.
Moreover, as a historical linguist, I am also collecting and analysing linguistic data for several language families (Indo-European, Polynesian, Semitic, Japonic and Turkic) in order to study linguistic changes.
December 2015Visit to the University of Missouri (in Columbia, MO) where I was invited to give two talks. The first one entitled "Bantu population dispersal shows preference for routes following familiar habitats" shows that the Bantu migrating people did show preferences for following savannah habitats. The second talk entitled "Automated reconstruction of Proto-Bantu using a statistical model of phoneme evolution" presented a new model developed by my colleagues from the University of Reading (Evolutionary Biology Group) which allows to reconstruct automated proto-words.
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Place 1/3 of the batter in the loaf pan and top with 1/3 of the sugar-cinnamon mixture; do that two more times, ending with sugar cinnamon.
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|Lesson Topics: Figurative and literal meaning of proverbs (day two of the unit)
Framingham Public School (FPS) Language Arts Curriculum:
Content Area Skills and Concepts
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Whole Group Activity
The teacher asks the students to recall the definition of a proverb and some examples discussed the previous day while reading the fables. The teacher also references the fact that they are learning about proverbs in English as well, and asks them to keep in mind any similarities between proverbs that they learn today in Spanish and proverbs that they either already know or are learning about in English.
Small Group Activity
The teacher divides the class into cooperative groups and provides each group with a sentence strip that has an unknown proverb written on it. The teacher asks each group to predict the figurative meaning of that proverb and to write the predictions on a piece of paper.
The teacher provides each group with a short story that has the target proverb embedded in it, and asks the students to read the story and revise the prediction as needed.
The teacher gives each group the figurative meaning of their proverb so that
students can confirm their predictions. Students then work in their groups to
create posters that state the proverb, depict pictures with the literal meaning
of their proverb, and include the figurative meaning of the proverb (as restated
in the students' own words).
Whole Group Activity
Each group presents its proverb to the rest of the class by sharing its poster and discussing the literal and figurative meaning of the proverb.
The teacher assesses the presentations with a rubric that focuses on two areas: the students' ability to convey both figurative and literal meanings of their proverb and the quality of the posters and presentation. Part of the assessment rubric should address the students' use of correct vocabulary and their ability to orally present information that they have gathered (using correct grammar, appropriate speech style, etc.).
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Piezo-electric sounder used to play musical scales or simple a beeping sound
Bioloid CM-5 module
The CM-5 module is an Atmel ATMega128 based mcu module. The microcontroller's PCB is housed in a molded plastic enclosure, which also houses the rechargeable battery pack (9.6V).
The CM-5 interfaces to the "outside world" via a TTL Serial Network, the diagram below shows the 3-wire multi-dropped serial network.
This serial network is used to connect motors (AX-12) and sensors (AX-S1), each of which have different Network ID's programmed in their non-volatile memory.
The Bioloid frames are made from injection molded plastic and are superbly designed - they fit and connect perfectly to each other as well as to the AX-12's and AX-S1's supplied in the kit.
Bioloid Kit Software
There are two software utilities that come with the Bioloid kit, these are:
1. Motion Editor - a GUI that allows you to create motion sequences for your robot, & 2. Behaviour Control Program - a GUI that allows you to program sequences of events/motions.
Using the Motion Editor in conjunction with the Behaviour Control Program allows the programmer to use the Motion Editor to generate the robots motion sequences and then use the Behaviour Control Program to implement the logic (or intelligence) of the robot.
Both of these utilities are Freeware
Educational Institutions can install the software on multiple PC's without infringing on licensing agreements.
Bioloid Kit Motion Editor
The Motion Editor is a package that allows the user to move the motors of a robot simply by INC or DEC the number that describes the motors current position.
Motions are built up frame-by-frame - very similar to a story board in an animation sequence. This allows quite complicated"animations" to be quickly programmed and tested. Once a motion has been defined it can then be downloaded into the CM-5's FLASH and called from the Behaviour Control Program.
Bioloid Kit Behaviour Control Program
The Behaviour Control Program is a very nice package, it is easy and intuitive to use.
A series of commands are entered that allow the programmer to interrogate ALL the functionality of the AX-12, AX-S1 and the CM-5 mcu module. The functionality accessible within the CM-5 includes playing motion sequences, external pushbuttons and the CM-5's timer.
The commands provided with the Behaviour Control Program include:
program control commands (START, END),
conditional branching commands (IF,ELSE IF,ELSE,CONT IF) with conditional operations (=, >, and > =, <, and < = =),
program sequencing commands (JUMP & CALL/RETURN),
numeric commands (COMPUTE), and
assignment commands (LOAD).
Another feature of the Behaviour Control Program is the debugging function which allows variables to be displayed on the PC's screen whilst the program is executing - making it very easy to calibrate AX-S1 sensors.
Programming the Bioloid Robot Kit in C
It is also possible to program the CM-5 module using freeware C compilers, such as that made available by AVR Freaks.
This gcc compiler is a great freeware tool, coupled with the editor Programmers Notepad.
This is an option for experienced programmers only though, you'll need to start from the ground up - write all the communication protocol's from scratch, etc., etc.
Bioloid Robot Links!
Bioloid Wiki
Trossen Robotics Community
Bioloid Robot Downloads!
Bioloid Introduction Sheet
Bioloid user guide
Beginner Kit manual (22 MB .pdf file)
Dynamixel AX-12+ Serial Actuator manual
Dynamixel AX-S1 Serial Sensor Module manual
Software! (8 MB; Includes Behaviour Control Program v1.26, Motion Editor v1.20, & Robot Terminal v1.01)
The Bioloid Creation Process


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Because we love Montana almost as much as we love beer, our logo serves as a tribute to both, incorporating elements of our beloved historical Montana breweries.
Our Logo and Company Crest
With necessity being the mother of invention…Bozeman Brewing was born.
Let us explain…
When Todd Scott met his future wife Lisa Danzl while both were working and playing in Yellowstone National Park in 1986, they conceived a dream together: To one day live off the land. It was a dream inspired by a trip to Alaska and a love for the outdoors, and one day, darn it, they were going to make it happen.
The couple moved to Tahoe, where Todd put his culinary degree to work as a sous chef while they skied. It was here that they decided it was time to become self-sufficient. Todd had every intention of making their own soap, toothpaste, even toilet paper. But one thing haunted him… he didn't want to live without beer. He had no choice; the first step was to learn how to make his own. And that was also the last step.
Todd's natural knack for home brewing, made with borrowed equipment, quickly trumped the couple's off-the-grid dreams. And let's just say that Lisa wasn't all that disappointed… now she didn't have to use the homemade toilet paper for starters, but she also got to drink some damn good beer. Todd and Lisa had never tasted such fine brew, and they knew they were on to something special.
That was just the beginning of the journey toward Bozeman Brewing Co. beer. The rest goes something like this…
Todd refined his beer making skills for a brewery in Calistoga, while working another job and taking classes on the art and science of beer fermentation at UC Davis. But all the while, Montana beckoned.
Todd scored a job as the head brewer for Spanish Peaks in Bozeman―a position he held for 10 years―and Lisa worked for the City. When Spanish Peaks moved production to California, Todd and Lisa knew it was time to bring their own fine brews to the beer drinkers of Bozeman. They bought the equipment and opened the doors to the Bozeman Brewing Company warehouse in 2001, on the edge of Bozeman's historic Brewery District on the north side.
There, Bozeman Brewing Co.'s flagship beer, Bozone Select Amber Ale (based on a recipe that Todd had perfected over the years), made its way to the beer drinkers of Montana. Today, the same warehouse rotates seasonal ales and lagers, along with the regulars Hopzone IPA, Plum Street Porter, Gallatin Pale Ale and Two O'clock Wheat, all on tap in the BBC tasting room.
And today, Bozeman Brewing Company's beers are too good to be wasted. Please… Drink 'Til MT


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Australian Open Criterium
Saturday, 2 November 2019
Noosa Parade, Noosa, QLD
A star studded line up of some of Australia's best professional cyclists will descend on Noosa for the Australian Open Criterium on Saturday, 2 November 2019.
This event is part of the Noosa Triathlon & Multisport Festival.
The women's event is an action packed race on a super fast, 30 minute + 3 lap, high intensity, "hot dog" circuit along Noosa Parade in front of a 20,000 strong crowd!. The mens' race is 45 minute + 3 laps.
Women: 30 minutes + 3 laps
Men: 45 minutes + 3 laps


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Orange Coast College sophomore outside linebacker Nick Cody is the team's lone first-team All-Southern Conference performer, topping eight Pirates who were recognized by conference football coaches.
Cody, who earned second-team recognition as a freshman middle linebacker, had a team-best 98 tackles this season, including 50 solo stops, 13.5 tackles for loss and three sacks.
Sophomore tailback Robert Penny, who rushed for 827 yards on 191 carries and scored 10 of his 11 touchdowns on the ground, was a second-team choice for the second time. He earned second-team laurels as a freshman in 2010. Penny finished with 1,472 career rushing yards and 17 rushing touchdowns at OCC, which finished 3-7, 1-5 in the Southern Conference this fall.
Sophomore defensive end Vince Coleman, who led the Pirates with 8.5 sacks, was named to the second-team defense, as was sophomore safety Hunter Vanderpool. Coleman totaled 61 tackles, including 15.5 for losses, while Vanderpool was second on the team with 79 tackles.
Sophomore receiver Tyler Duncan, who averaged 19.4 yards per catch, was a second-team honoree on offense, as were teammates Kyle Finney, Andrew Albers and Buzzy Yokoyama.
Duncan led the team with 38 receptions for 738 yards and seven touchdowns. In two seasons, he produced 1,023 yards and nine touchdowns on 63 catches.
Yokoyama, honored as an all-purpose player, had 33 catches for 465 yards and six touchdowns. The one-time Newport Harbor High standout had 141 rushing yards on 37 carries and averaged 29.9 yards on seven kickoff returns as a freshman.
Finney was a two-year starter at guard, while Albers, a 6-foot-8, 295-pound tackle, started his entire sophomore season. A Costa Mesa High product, Albers was a bounce-back from the University of Utah.
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Palmieri Concludes GCAL Re-AcquisitionDonald Palmieri finalizes purchase of GCAL - will continue to push integrity & ethics in the diamond industry.
The Palmieri Group, led by Donald A. Palmieri, concluded the acquisition of Gem Certification & Assurance Lab, Inc. (GCAL) and other assets that had been previously sold to Collectors Universe, Inc. in 2005 by Palmieri. As previously announced, Collectors Universe had decided to exit the diamond grading business due to unfavorable conditions in the jewelry market. Don and Pam Palmieri, who originally founded GCAL in 2001, are happy to be back in total control.
Our entire management team, top graders, and technicians were retained immediately during the transfer of ownership. Don Palmieri, President of GCAL, comments, "We are very fortunate to have a virtual "Dream Team" of experienced and professional gemologists, customer service, fulfillment and IT professionals, as well as good old, home-grown management that always protects the integrity and high ethics of the company."
According to Pamela Palmieri, Vice President, "Our primary focus is to deliver the best service and services to our customers, and treat our employees like family. The rest is just business."
During the CUI tenure, GCAL gained international recognition and developed numerous enhanced certification services designed to protect consumers and jewelers alike, most notably the "GCAL Zero Tolerance 4C's Guarantee," which means that GCAL stands behind each and every diamond they grade. In 2008, GCAL became the first North American gem lab to become certified "ISO 17025 Laboratory Accredited" through the Geneva, Switzerland international certifying body with treaties recognized in over 70 countries worldwide.
Angelo Palmieri, GCAL's ISO Management Representative and Director of CDEdiamonds.com noted, "I am grateful to be able to operate in this industry at a high level with the legacy of professionalism, ethics and integrity firmly associated with our companies and our family name. My generation is as eager as previous generations to want to believe in the goodness of people and institutions; however, there is a great need to have third party services that can be trusted to protect industry and consumers alike."
In 2007, GCAL launched CDEdiamonds.com, a B2B diamond exchange offering GCAL Guaranteed Certified Diamonds for wholesale and retail dealers to buy directly from the source. This site has continued to expand its offerings since its launch, with the additions of Certified Diamond Jewelry, Matched Diamond Pairs, Botswana & Canadian diamonds, and enhanced member services, which has translated into it becoming the fastest growing B2B exchange in the marketplace with over 3200 current members in just 18 months of operations. More recently, GCAL and IDS (Ideal Diamond Solutions) have initiated a working alliance to offer turn-key e-commerce websites and fulfillment services for retail jewelers.
Don Palmieri has been engaged in this industry for over four decades serving in various capacities:
• As a consultant & forensic expert to some of the largest and most well-known government, museum, banking, and insurance institutions, and testifying as a government and consumer expert in the jewelry industry's largest fraud case. He also served 18 years as a consultant and expert appraiser for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
• As a court appointed Chapter 11 Trustee for Alison Gem Corp, where he has distributed 30% to the unsecured creditors, and is hopeful to have a total recovery for the unsecured class of close to 40%, a figure that is quite uncommon to achieve in a jewelry bankruptcy.
• As an appraiser, he has been frequently interviewed as a gem expert and consumer advocate in publications such as Barron's, Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Money Magazine, Consumer Reports, Forbes, as well as, appearing on dozens of radio and television programs, most recently CBS Saturday Morning, Dateline, Consumer Reports TV, The History Channel, Inside Edition, CNN American Morning, CNN International, CNN News, ABC's Good Morning America, and NBC's The Today Show.
• Most recently as a consumer advocate, trying to educate and inform consumers before they join the "Gold Rush of 2008-2009" by mailing in their old jewelry to recover pennies on the dollar. Don has appeared on Inside Edition, CNN, Good Morning America, and The Today Show as their consumer expert since November 2008 in an effort to provide the average consumer with the knowledge and the tools to convert their possessions into needed capital in these trying times.
For more information . . . contact us at (212) 869-8985 or visit our websites:
Hope to See You in Las Vegas!
We are hoping for a brighter economic climate at the JCK Las Vegas show this year. Our booth is in the main lobby of the Sands Convention Center "L59" between Buyer Registrations (same location as the last two years).
This year, we are working with "IDS" Ideal Diamond Solutions to bring retailers free websites so they can offer their customers GCAL Certified Guaranteed Diamonds from numerous sightholders and dealers. Additionally, IDS will offer services like putting your branded and in stock items online where you will have a 24/7 digital sales associate. They have a great menu of services for the non-internet jeweler, including fulfillment.
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Liquidation Auction
At the JCK Show in Las Vegas, Gemological Appraisal Assoc. (GAA), a sister company of GCAL, will hold a sealed bid auction on goods worth over a million dollars. GAA is an assigned Chapter 11 Trustee and Liquidating Trustee. The lots available for bidding will be grouped in $30,000 lots (2003-2004 wholesale prices) and can be viewed on site at the how. Winning bids must equal 51% or greater of the wholesale value. The sales will be separated in categories of certified loose diamonds, high quality, medium quality, and commercial quality 14K and 18K white and yellow gold solitaires, ear studs, tennis bracelets, necklaces, as well as, colored stone and CZ jewelry. View all lots at www.GemTips.com
GCAL Helps Get Your Diamonds into the Consumer's Hands -
Faster and More Efficiently
Get on-board with GCAL, and we'll do everything we can to help your sales skyrocket!
CDE Dealers
Log on to CDEdiamonds.com to view a large inventory of GCAL Certified Diamonds from
the sellers...
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GCAL Passes ISO 17025 Annual Audit (2009)
In March 2008, GCAL became North America's first and only IS0 17025 Laboratory Accredited Gem Lab. As is customary with this level of certification, GCAL is required to undergo periodic testing to ensure compliance with all regulations and standards. On May 7th & 8th of 2009, after the transition from public (Collectors Universe) to private ownership (Palmieri Group), a team from the accrediting body visited GCAL's New York Laboratory, and were pleased with the continued advancements GCAL has been making in process & procedure. Needless to say, GCAL passed this annual audit with flying colors, and continues to be North America's only IS0 17025 Laboratory Accredited Gem Lab.
There are two main components in ISO 17025 - Management Requirements and Technical Requirements. Management requirements are primarily related to the operation and effectiveness of the quality management system within the laboratory. Technical requirements address the competence of staff, methodology and test/calibration equipment. Laboratories use ISO/IEC 17025 to implement a quality system aimed at improving their ability to consistently produce valid results. Since the standard is about competence, accreditation is simply formal recognition of a demonstration of that competence.
Jason Stine, Testing Program Manager for Laboratory Accreditation Bureau (the firm that performs Certification assessment) explains that his job is to provide third party attestation of technical confidence. "Basically, that means that we watch them do what they do," Stine says. "Laboratory tests are supposed to be repeatable and verifiable — we should all be doing it the same way. GCAL is the only diamond grading lab in the United States to earn this prestigious certification, and it is one of only three diamond grading labs in the world that is ISO 17025:2005 accredited."
What does this mean for you? Whether you are a retailer, manufacturer or customer, this accreditation stands for reassurance and minimal risk. It enhances consumer confidence, and even makes your goods more easily accepted overseas. Because ISO is internationally recognized, exporters don't have to retest for other markets with different standards. "Over 40 laboratory accreditation bodies have signed a multi-lateral recognition statement called the ILAC Arrangement, which greatly enhances the acceptance of data across the national borders of the signatory countries," explains Stine.
This goes back to a long held belief, "I believe that all labs could grade at 99% accuracy if they wanted to," according to Donald A. Palmieri, President and Founder of GCAL.
Product Spotlight: DiamondID® Guaranteed
Hearts and Arrows Certificate
Now you can wear your Hearts & Arrows on your Certificate. GCAL introduces a Guaranteed Diamond Grading Certificate with actual images of the Hearts and Arrows pattern produced when Ideal cut diamonds are viewed through an optical symmetry viewer. We photograph the pavilion (hearts) and crown (arrows) of each diamond in a special lighting environment so Hearts and Arrows pattern pictured on the certificate is exactly the same as the one you see when you examine the pattern in your store.
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Gold Rush…2008 and Beyond
Today, mining companies looking for precious metals get their best exploration tips from satellites circling the globe from hundreds of miles above the earths surface, while other entrepreneurs are headed directly to consumers jewelry boxes to mine their golden riches.
Only one other time in recent US history did we see gold prices jump rapidly by hundreds of dollars, which was during the gold rush of 1978-79. We had no internet or affordable fax machines at that time, so all information came on expensive teletype machines, television and radio news programs, and newspapers. Real time quotes came on the telephone, which held gold buying or selling commerce to the speed of humans on any given day during working hours.
Since Thanksgiving 2008, GCAL has been approached by numerous media outlets to help with stories they were preparing to investigate concerning consumers selling old gold jewelry. We agreed to help and ended up being interviewed after their investigative reporters had canvassed numerous companies offering to buy gold. We appeared on Inside Edition, CNN, Good Morning America, KMBC in Kansas City (NBC Affiliate), and The Today Show.
Here is what we have learned: Cash4Gold offered 15-17 cents on the dollar on their first offer, and quickly doubled the offer, only after the customers refused the obviously low offer. Similar businesses who advertise nationally and regionally offered more on their initial offers, but were still quite low. Retail jewelers in New York City and in larger cities offered 40-75 cents on the dollar. 47th Street Level shops offered 60-90 cents on the dollar, depending upon the undercover reporter's willingness to haggle for a higher price. 47th Street refiners offered over 90 cents on the dollar. In all cases, the samples were controlled and had been thoroughly tested, weighed, documented, photographed, and code-marked to make sure we were always using the same pieces during the tests.
We have advised consumers in all cases to check with credentialed appraisers and hometown jewelers for expert advice before selling their jewelry, in many cases, their most prized possessions and keepsakes from relatives and ancestors. When the financial crisis is over, and it will be over in the near cycle, consumers will remember how they were treated or mistreated when they were desperate or just in need of extra cash. Unfortunately, it will always be our industry, and those jewelers on the front lines who will bear the fruit of their anger or mistrust. We recommend to all knowledgeable jewelers not to further victimize these consumers when they need our professional advice or guidance more than ever. We will continue to provide consumer help and services to our industry in any way we can. We are all affected by the current economic condition, but we must maintain our integrity most, in the hardest times.


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The Difference Between Being Fashionable and Having Good Style
"Wearing clothes is a necessity in life, so why not do it well?" –Yourlovelyman
There's a distinction between learning about style and learning about fashion. Style gives you the possibility to define your own version of "cool" while fashion simply follows trends set by others. Fashion is always changing. Style does not. Fashion is overtly materialistic, with unnecessary items tagged with useless hype and overpriced into oblivion. Fashion is, essentially, a business. It's a multi-billion dollar industry whose sole purpose is to create an artificial demand for novelty and innovation. Style, on the other hand, can happen at a thrift store or in a bargain bin.
For the most part, style pervades our life, not fashion. The guy interviewing you for your job doesn't care if your suit is Brooks Brothers or not. But he'll notice if it doesn't fit right. Your boyfriend's parents don't care what kind of seam your jeans have. But they'll notice if you're dressed like a slob. You need to look your best when the moment calls for it.
People are strongly influenced about how we feel and believe about a person based on how they look. Almost from the moment of birth, each of us is judged—silently, unconsciously, and nearly instantly—on the basis of our height (or lack of it), our weight and bulk, the shape and symmetry of our facial features, the length and style of our hair, our mode of dress, our grooming—everything that goes into the mix of qualities known as "physical attractiveness." This physical attractiveness phenomenon has been studied in depth for decades by social scientists of many disciplines, including psychologists, sociologists, biologists, and anthropologists and their collective conclusion is that what you look like—or more important, how others perceive you— can drastically shape your life, for better or for worse. But for this specific post, I'll be focusing more on this topic from a sartorial perspective and less of an academic one.
Here are some things I've thought about concerning the clothes we wear:
Clothes should make you look good. Or at least make you think that you look good. I read on a blog some time ago that said something along the lines of: "Fashion is vanity; it's a non-functional adornment of the body," but that's not really true. It is functional. You don't dress nice just for the sake of dressing nice. Some say they do, but I think there's an ulterior motive. I think we dress nice to increase our chances of getting "lucky."
INTERESTING SCIENCE FACT: Studies have shown that women unconsciously dress more provocatively, in more revealing clothes and wear more jewelry when they're ovulating.
Think about it from another perspective: Would you walk up to a guy or girl in bar (or anywhere, really) who is dressed horribly and try to strike up a conversation with him or her? Highly unlikely. Without exchanging a single word between each other, you'll assume, based solely on what he's wearing, that he's probably unhygienic, socially awkward or inept, and just plain creepy. You can deny it now but think about it the next time you're in such a situation. That's the power of clothes.
This is the same person, taken about two years apart. Which would you befriend?
The wearer's personality should be apparent. Don't copy each look (on a mannequin or in a magazine) piece by piece. Being stylish requires some degree of confidence, whether it be on how your clothes match or how well they fit. But if you or someone just reproduces a whole look from head to toe, you're just agreeing with what someone else has suggested you wear.
There is an intrinsic appeal and virtue in quality itself. If someone takes care to produce what they produce, in any walk of life, then even if it comes out a bit wrong, or it's not for you, you may still appreciate it and attribute value to it accordingly.
Men look good in tailored clothing. It can absolutely flatter a man's natural physique if done properly. It can also lo terrible if done badly, and in general, American men don't dress well in formal clothing. See the British or the Italians for better examples of how to do it.
There is no such thing as overpriced. The idea that something is overpriced means that the item you want to buy is priced at a level that is over what you are willing to pay. If everyone felt that the item is priced too high, no one will buy the item and the store will go out of business. Basic economics will tell you that you and your friends will each feel that different items should be priced at various levels (this is called your personal price point). If you feel that an item that costs $2 is a good deal, your friend might feel that it is "overpriced". However, since we've just determined that you are willing to buy the item, the item is not "overpriced" — it merely "doesn't meet your friend's price point". Same goes for stores. A store cannot be "overpriced." If you ever say "Oh man, this store is so overpriced, let's get out of here!" we can no longer be friends.
But T-shirts that cost $200 are probably always overpriced. My justification for spending a lot of money on particular clothes is that it's just what you have to pay to get exactly the thing that you want. Menswear, in particular, is all about details. So anyone can get a shirt, or a cotton shirt, or a slim fitting cotton shirt and so on, but what if you want one that has a particular detail on it that appeals to you, like, high arm holes and very slightly flared cuffs. It's probably not worth $200 to get those details, but if that's what you want and there're no alternatives, what are you going to do?
A guy in fashion forum once posted this:
"The jacket that I got recently is made out of old tracksuits, re-cut and then garment dyed and washed. The result is, from a distance, not entirely dissimilar to any other double breasted jacket. But there aren't any other double breasted jackets that are made like that, or indeed that look or feel like that up close. Is it worth what I paid for it in terms of quality, materials, construction. probably not. But when I saw it, it appealed to me, and I knew that I couldn't get it anywhere else. So to me, that makes it worth it. Clothes are just boring otherwise."
And finally,
Personal style is not something you can develop by lurking and looking at pictures of strangers on the internet. Clothes are meant to be worn, and when you put something on that is essentially you it feels right on some subconscious level. And, with the proliferation of fast fashion outlets that allow you to experience a wide variety of aesthetics at a relatively low price, it's never been easier to buy a bunch of random shit and see what actually works for you.
"Changes in Women's Choice of Dress Across the Ovulatory Cycle: Naturalistic and Laboratory Task-Based Evidence" http://business.utsa.edu/faculty/kdurante/files/6ChangesinDress.pdf
Gueguen, Nicolas. "Makeup and Menstrual Cycle: Near Ovulation, Women Use More Cosmetics". The Psychological Record, Vol. 62, No. 3. 2012
Photos: GQ, r/malefashionadvice


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Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope's video game, ``Sugar Rush.'' In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet -- the netizens -- to help navigate their way, including an entrepreneur named Yesss, who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site BuzzzTube.
|Phil Johnston, Rich Moore,
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Más is the twin brother of Menos and is a member of Titans East and also a minor character in Teen Titans Go! who made a cameo debut in "Starliar" and made an official debut in "Más y Menos". He is voiced by Freddy Rodriguez.
He was first briefly seen in a flashback of a past party the Titans went to. In the episode "Más y Menos," Mas and Menos are taken up as Robin's students. Robin takes a liking for Más, but despises Menos. Robin would constantly hold favoritism towards Más, which eventually lead to the point where he tricked Menos away so he could teach Más alone. Later, Robin gets questioned about Menos' whereabouts, to which Robin dresses up as Menos, however Más easily sees through his disguise. Shortly after the real Menos returns and the two brothers happily hive five, due to being apart a long time, they release a lot of energy that could potentially destroy the Earth. The Titans try to vainly stop them, until Robin stands in their way and finally ends it, at the cost of getting severely injured.
- Super Speed: He is able to run at a very fast speed, but only when touching his brother
Episode Appearances
Season 1
- Starliar (debut, cameo)
- "Más y Menos" (speaking debut)
- "Dreams" (dream sequence, archive footage)
Season 2
- "Yearbook Madness" (cameo)
Season 3
- "Black Friday" (cameo)
- "Snuggle Time (cameo)
- The Cape (cameo, flashback from previous series)
Season 4
- Justice League's Next Top Talent Idol Star (cameo)
- Costume Contest (cameo)
Season 5
- May I Have This Trance? (cameo on cover)
- Fouled Out
- Misadventures in Babysitting
- "Más" means more in Spanish. It also means "plus".
- Like his brother, Más has a little crush on Starfire.
- Like his brother, they have an exceptional love of tamales; they were both offended when everyone was eating pizza.
- Along with Menos, they both share a similarity to the Pokemon Plusle and Minun as they're both 2 pairs of friends who are usually seen together and their names are references to the words plus and minus.
- His eyes are more narrow in his appearance in Starliar. He also has a big gap in his teeth like his brother as opposed to having a smaller one like in later episodes.
Voice in other languages
- Péter Szokol (Hungarian)
- Original (Italian)
- Damian Victor Oancea (Romanian)
- ? (Polish)
- Duda Espinoza (Brazil)
- Freddy Rodrigez (same English)
|The image gallery for Más may be viewed here.