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− | </div></div></div></div></div>
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− | <meta charset="utf-8">
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− | <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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− | <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
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− | <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
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− | <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
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− | </head>
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− |
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− | <body>
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− | <style type="text/css">
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− | @media (max-width: 920px) {
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− | .navbar-header {
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− | float: none;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-left,.navbar-right {
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− | float: none !important;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-toggle {
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− | display: block;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-collapse {
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− | box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.1);
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− | }
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− | .navbar-fixed-top {
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− | top: 0;
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− | border-width: 0 0 1px;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-collapse.collapse {
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− | display: none!important;
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− | }
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− |
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− | .navbar-nav {
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− | float: none!important;
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− | margin-top: 7.5px;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-nav>li {
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− | float: none;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-nav>li>a {
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− | padding-top: 10px;
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− | padding-bottom: 10px;
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− | }
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− | .collapse.in{
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− | display:block !important;
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− | }
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− | #soc{
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− | display:none;
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− | }
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− | }
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− | #links{
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | /*font-size:20px;*/
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− | font-size:1.6vw;
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− | margin:0 0.9vw 0.5vh 0.9vw;
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− | padding:0;
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− | line-height:0px;
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− | padding-top:28px;
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− | }
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− | /*Fixes font size when nav-bar is collapsed*/
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− | @media (max-width: 920px) {
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− | #links{
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− | font-size:20px;
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− | }
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− | }
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− | #links:hover{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | }
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− | #links:active{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | }
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− | .navbar{
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− | background-color:#e8e8e8;
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− | border-bottom:none;
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− | min-height:54px;
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− | margin:4px 0 0 0;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle .icon-bar {/*teal toggle */
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− | background-color:#47BCC2;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle { /*Removes toggle bobrder*/
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− | border:none;
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− | background-color:#e8e8e8;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle{ /*Removes toggle bobrder*/
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− | border:none;
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− | background-color:#e8e8e8;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle collapse{ /*Removes toggle bobrder*/
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− | border:none;
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− | background-color:#e8e8e8;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle:hover {
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− | background-color:#47BCC2;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle:focus, .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle:hover {
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− | background-color:#47BCC2;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle:hover .icon-bar, .navbar-inverse .navbar-toggle:focus .icon-bar{
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− | background-color:#eeeeee;
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− | }
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− | #soc{
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− | margin-top:-12px;
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− | margin-left:-15px;
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− | }
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− | .soc_1{
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− | margin-right:3px;
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− | }
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− | .soc_2{
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− | margin-right:3px;
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− | }
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− | .soc_3{
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− | margin-right:3px;
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− | }
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| | | |
− | /*Navbar exgem logo styling*/
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− | #logo, #logo_inverse{
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− | margin-top:-12px;
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− | vertical-align:middle;
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− | width:48px;
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− | height:48px;
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− | /*Alligns logo with toggled list on thin screens*/
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− | margin-left:13px;
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− | margin-right:-12px;
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− | }
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− | /*Logo is visable on page load by default*/
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− | #logo{
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− | display:block;
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− | }
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− | /*The inverse logo is not visable by default, but becomes visable*/
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− | /*when #logo_button is hovered over (found in jquery)*/
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− | #logo_inverse{
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− | display:none;
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− | }
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− |
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− | /*Displays brand inline with ExGem*/
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− | .navbar-brand > img {
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− | display: inline;
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− | }
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− | .navbar-right a{
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− | height:50px;
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− | width:48px;
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− | }
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− | #Top_link.navbar-brand{/*Top link styling*/
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | font-size:25px;
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− | margin-bottom:5px;
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− | opacity:0.6
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− | }
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− | #topnav{
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− | padding-bottom:0px;
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− | position:fixed;
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− | }
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− | #topnav (max-width: 767px) {
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− | display:none;
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− | }
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− | #text{/*Top link text*/
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | }
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− | #myNavbar{
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− | border: none;
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− | }
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− | /*sticky footer*/
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− | .wrap {
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− | min-height: 100%;
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− | margin-bottom: -65px; /* equal to footer height */
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− | }
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− | .wrap:after {
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− | content: "";
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− | display: block;
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− | }
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− | .footer, .wrap:after {
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− | height: 60px;
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− | padding-top:5px;
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− | }
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− | .flare .wrap:after{
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− | height:5px;
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− | }
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− | .flare{
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− | background-color:#8cd5d9;
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− | padding-top:3px;
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− | position:relative;
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− | bottom:0px;
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− | width:100%;
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− | }
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− | .footer{
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− | background-color:#e8e8e8;
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− | }
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− | /*Hides igm logo and team name*/
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− | #sideMenu, #top_title {display:none;}
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− | #bodyContent h1, #bodyContent h2, #bodyContent h3, #bodyContent h4, #bodyContent h5 { margin-bottom: 0px;}
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− | #top_title{visibility: hidden; background:#eeeeee;}
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− | #bodyContent{background:#eeeeee;}
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− | #mw-content-text{background:#eeeeee;}
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− | #HQ_page{background:none; height:0px; width:0px;}
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− | #content{background:none;}
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− | #globalWrapper{height:0px;background:#eeeeee;}
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− | /*end of hacky css :) */
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− | /*There is a <p></p> at bottom of iGEM page. In order to keep footer*/
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− | /*On bottom of page we have styled <p> tags to have no margin or border*/
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− | /*Therefore on all of our paragraphs need to id "pp" to work properly*/
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− | p{
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− | margin:0;
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− | padding:0;
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− | border-style:none;
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− | }
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− | #pp{
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− | padding-top:20px;
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− | padding-right:40px;
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− | padding-left:40px;
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− | font-size:150%;
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− | }
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− | /*Heading styles*/
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− | h1, h2, h3, h4, h5{
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− | text-align:center;
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− | color:#339499;
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− | font-weight:500;
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− | padding-left: 40px;
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− | padding-right: 40px;
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− | }
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− | h1{font-size:340%;}
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− | h2{font-size:320%;}
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− | h3{font-size:290%;}
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− | h4{font-size:260%;}
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− | h5{font-size:220%;}
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− | h6{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | font-weight:500;
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− | font-size:200%;
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− | padding-left:40px;
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− | }
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− |
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− | /*Italics for Quotes using i tag*/
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− | q{
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− | text-align:center;
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− | color:#339499;
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− | padding-left:10%;
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− | padding-right:10%;
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− | font-size:120%;
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− | font-style: italic;
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− | }
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− | /*Styling for links*/
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− | a{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | font-weight:550;
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− | }
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− | /**page content styling starts**/
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− | body{
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− | background-color:#eeeeee;
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− | }
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− | h1{
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− | text-align:center;
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− | border-style:none;
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− | }
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− | #Section_Link, #Section_Link:visited{
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− | display:block;
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− | margin:0 auto 10px auto;
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− | width:14px;
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− | }
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− | #Section_Link:hover{
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− | }
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− | #sectionGap, #sectionGap:focus, #contentTitle{
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− | min-width:100%;
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− | min-height:10vh;
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− | background:#e8e8e8;
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− | display:block;
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− | font-size:400%;
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− | text-align:center;
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | text-decoration:none;
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− | border-style:none none solid none;
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− | border-width:3px;
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− | border-color:#8cd5d9;
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− | }
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− | #sectionGap:hover, #sectionGap:active{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | }
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− | #sectionGap, #sectionGap:focus, #contentTitle{
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− | min-width:100%;
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− | min-height:10vh;
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− | background:#e8e8e8;
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− | display:block;
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− | font-size:400%;
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− | text-align:center;
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | text-decoration:none;
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− | border-style:none none solid none;
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− | border-width:3px;
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− | border-color:#8cd5d9;
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− | }
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− | #sectionGap:hover, #sectionGap:active{
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− | color:#339499;
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− | }
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− | .container{
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− | min-width:100%;
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− | padding:0;
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− | }
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− | .div_vl{
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− | padding-top:2%;
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− | height:35vw;
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− | width:95vw;
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− | display:block;
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− | margin-left:auto;
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− | margin-right:auto;
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− | }
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− | .div_vl.backgroundimage{
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− | background-image: url('https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/9/93/T--Exeter--Home_Background1.png');
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− | background-repeat:no-repeat;
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− | background-size: 100% auto;
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− | width:100%;
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− | height:88vh;
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− | }
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− | #title{
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− | style="font-family: 'Arial';
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− | color:#4e4e4e;
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− | text-align:center;
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− | margin-bottom:20px;
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− | font-size:400%;
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− | }
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− | .div_content{
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− | padding:0;
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− | min-height:100vh;
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− | width:100%;
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− | background:#eeeeee;
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− | }
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− |
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− | /*div_banner contains to links at the top of each page to link to*/
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− | /*each section of the page*/
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− | .div_banner{
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− | max-width:90vw;
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− | margin:12vh auto 5vh auto;
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− | display:block;
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− | height:8vh;
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− | }
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− |
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− | /*Contains styling for the left and right pictures of the banner*/
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− | .subdiv_banner{
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− | height:8vh;
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− | padding:0;
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− | margin:auto;
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− | position:relative;
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− | bottom:0;
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− | right:0;
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− | }
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− | .subdiv_banner.left{
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− | float:left;
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− | display:block;
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− | }
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− | .subdiv_banner.right{
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− | float:right;
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− | display:block;
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− | }
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− | .subdiv_banner.middle{
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− | height:100%;
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− | }
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− | /*Positions the images in correct place in the divs*/
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− | .subdiv_banner.left img, .subdiv_banner.right img{
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− | width:100%;
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− | position: relative;
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− | top: 38%;
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− | -ms-transform: translateY(-50%) /* IE 9 */
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− | -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%) /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
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− | transform: translateY(-50%);
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− | }
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− | .banner_link,.banner_link:visited{
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− | position: relative;
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− | height:100%;
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− | padding:0, 2px!important;
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− | color:#47BCC2;
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− | text-align:center;
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− | font-size:1.5vw;
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− | /*Max font size where "section" and "1" don't appear on*/
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− | }
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− | .banner_link span.oneline{
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− | position: relative;
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− | top: 34.5%;
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− | -ms-transform: translateY(-50%) /* IE 9 */
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− | -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%) /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
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− | transform: translateY(-50%);
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− | }
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− | .banner_link span.twoline{
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− | position: relative;
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− | top: 7.5%;
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− | -ms-transform: translateY(-50%) /* IE 9 */
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− | -webkit-transform: translateY(-50%) /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
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− | transform: translateY(-50%);
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− | }
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− | .banner_link:hover{
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− | text-decoration:none;
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− | color:#339499;
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− | }
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− | .link_fix{
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− | display:block;
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− | position:relative;
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− | height:1px;
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− | top:-15px;
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− | }
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− | /*Mobile and small screen css*/
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− | @media (max-width: 767px){
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− | .link_fix{
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− | display:none;
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− | }
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− | .div_vl.backgroundimage{
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− | background-image: url('#');
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− | background:#ddd;
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− | }
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− | #title{
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− | font-size:150%;
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− | }
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− | /*Makes side pictures on banner invisible on small screens*/
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− | /*as it clutters screen*/
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− | .subdiv_banner.left, .subdiv_banner.right{
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− | display:none;
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− | }
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− | }
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− | }
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− | </style>
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− | <div id="top_page" class="link_fix"></div>
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− | <nav id="Top" class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-static-top">
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− | <div class="container-fluid">
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− | <div class="navbar-header">
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− | <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#myNavbar">
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− | <span class="icon-bar"></span>
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− | <span class="icon-bar"></span>
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− | <span class="icon-bar"></span>
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− | </button>
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− | <a id="logo_button" class="navbar-brand" href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter">
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− | <img id="logo" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/7/75/T--Exeter--Template--Logo2.png"/>
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− | <img id="logo_inverse" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/2/23/T--Exeter--Template_Logo2_inverse.png"/>
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− | </a>
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− |
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− | </div>
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− | <div>
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− | <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="myNavbar">
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− | <ul class="nav navbar-nav">
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Project">Project</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Parts">Parts</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Team">Team</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Human_Practices">Human Practices</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Attributions">Attributions</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Awards">Awards</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Log">Log</a></li>
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− | <li ><a id="links"href="https://2016.igem.org/Team:Exeter/Collaborations">Collaborations</a></li>
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− | </ul>
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− | <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
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− | <li style="height:50px;width:48px;"class="soc_1">
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− | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC31qfG4hnm8gRHDCkrBtAiQ">
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− | <img id = "soc" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/2/23/You.png"/></a>
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− | </li>
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− | <li style="height:50px;width:48px;"class="soc_2">
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− | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ExeteriGEM2016/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel">
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− | <img id = "soc" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/5/51/Fb.png"/></a>
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− | </li>
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− | <li style="height:50px;width:48px;"class="soc_3">
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− | <a href="https://twitter.com/exeter_igem">
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− | <img id = "soc" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/7/76/Twit.jpg"/></a>
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− | </li>
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− | </ul>
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− | </div>
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− | </div>
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− | </div>
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− | </nav>
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− | <div style="height:3px; background-color:#8cd5d9; margin-top:0px;" ></div>
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− | <!--div below contains a rolling counter for scrolling position-->
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− | <div id="scrollPosition" style="display:none;">0</div>
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− | <script>
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− | $(document).ready(function(){
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− | //topnav script
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− | var width = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
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− | console.log(width, "Hello, world!");
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− | if (width > 539){
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− | $( window ).scroll(function(){
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− | //id scrollPosition links to a hidden div at top of html that
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− | //constantly counts the pixels you have scrolled down.
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− | //Any other solution only worked when page is refreshed.
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− | $('#scrollPosition').html($( window ).scrollTop());
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− | //Handles #topnav at bottom of page
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− | var distHeight = $( document ).height() - $('#scrollPosition').html() - window.innerHeight;
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− | var boxHeight = $("#topnav").height();
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− | var manualPaddingbot = 5;
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− | var padding = boxHeight - distHeight + manualPaddingbot;
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− | //Causes #topnav to be a variable height from bottom when
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− | //footer is in view, and a fixed position on screen when
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− | //footer is out of view
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− | if (distHeight <= boxHeight){
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− | $("#topnav").css("bottom",(padding + manualPaddingbot));
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− | }
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− | if (distHeight > boxHeight){
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− | $("#topnav").css("bottom",manualPaddingbot);
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− | }
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− | })
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− | }
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− | //Causes the navbar logo to switch between the default and
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− | //inverse versions when the <a> with #logo_button is hovered over
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− | $('#logo_button').hover(function(){
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− | $('#logo').toggle();
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− | $('#logo_inverse').toggle();
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− | });
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− | });
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− | </script>
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− | <!--Counter and topnav ends-->
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− | <!--Content begins-->
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− | <div class="container">
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− | <div class="div_vl backgroundimage">
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− | <h1 id="title">Human Practices</h1>
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− | <!--Contains links to sections on page-->
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− | <div class="div_banner">
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− | <!--Right picture (the teal line on right)-->
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− | <div class="col-sm-2 subdiv_banner left">
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− | <img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2016/8/8a/T--Exeter--Template_Banner_left.png">
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− | </div>
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− | <!--Contains all information of banner in the middle-->
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− | nature of the subject and assessing diversity. We want to highlight the
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− | as trying to uncover the reasons why synthetic biology doesn’t get as much
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− | positive attention as it should have.</p>
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− | <p id="pp">We are working hard to introduce a new synthetic biology
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− | module to The University of Exeter’s curriculum, which will be available
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− | to students as soon as September 2017. For school children we have created
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− | a board game, BioMech, which educates students in key synthetic biology
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− | concepts in an easy to understand and engaging way. Furthermore, we have
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− | visited school and fairs, giving talks and running workshops where we aim
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− | to give children an introduction to what synthetic biology is and how it
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− | already affects their lives for the better.</p>
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− | <p id="pp"> We initially had the idea of an educational
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− | synthetic biology board game named BioMech early on
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− | in the summer when we discovered the shocking lack of
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− | synthetic biology education in the United Kingdom. The
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− | aim of BioMech is to introduce secondary and sixth form
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− | The game teaches students to plasmid construction, biological
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− | parts and other essential biological concepts like mutation.</p>
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− | <p id="pp">After researching synthetic biology education in the UK,
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− | available educational resources for biology, with many teachers needing
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− | to create their own material to inspire students. Furthermore, there is
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− | also no education in synthetic biology for secondary school or A level students.</p>
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− | <p id="pp">In response to this we decided to get into contact with Edexcel,
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− | a GCSE and A Level exam board, and enquired the possibility of introducing
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− | synthetic biology in the syllabus. They responded with “iGEM could produce
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− | support resources, for the existing A level, which introduced ideas of
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− | synthetic biology and which could be used as ‘stretch and challenge’
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− | materials by teachers”. At this point we focussed our efforts on making
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− | BioMech an easily accessible educational tool that can be used alongside
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− | the current syllabus, building on the cellular biology and genetics that
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− | <p id="pp">The game teaches students about plasmid construction,
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− | biological parts and other essential biological concepts like
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− | mutation. The game starts with 10 BioBrick cards for each player
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− | who places 5 cards on the board to construct their plasmid. The
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− | winner of the round is the player that designed the plasmid that
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− | will be most useful in a randomly chosen scenario, the most appropriate
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− | plasmid is determined by card scores and player discussion. After a round,
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− | 5 more cards are dealt and the game continues, the winner is the person that
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− | <p id="pp">After making an initial prototype the team took the game
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− | to <a href=’#’>The Judd School</a>, a secondary school in Tonbridge,
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− | United Kingdom, to be tested by a group of GCSE students. We started
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− | a few fundamental synthetic biology terms such as BioBricks and
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− | plasmids. After forming two groups, the students began to play
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− | the game under our supervision and quickly grasped the rules.
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− | All of the students got involved with the game, often reacting
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− | enthusiastically whenever a mutation occurred in a cell.</p>
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− | <p id="pp">Even though the game was a hit with the students,
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− | as an education resource; the game needed to be able to educate
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− | and inspire students. After the session we conducted a number
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− | <h5><q><i>I barely knew about any of this before today, I’m definitely
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− | much more likely to take Biology for A-Level.</i></q></h5>
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− | <p id="pp">We interviewed two teachers at The Judd School to ask if they would
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− | and if they thought the board game would prepare their students for
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− | entering iGEM in the coming years. The head of key stage 3, Dr Courel,
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− | thought that as the game enables students to consider real life applications
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− | for genetically modified organism, and that this would aid the students when
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− | thinking about their own iGEM project. The head of biology at Judd School,
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− | Mrs Andrew’s thought our game would make a great intermediate step between
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− | <p id="pp">The Judd School visit was both a successful and productive,
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− | on how we could improve the game to educate more effectively and reach out
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− | <p id="pp">The students suggested a number of minor improvements to
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− | <a href=’#’>here</a>. The largest change to our game came after Mrs Andrew’s
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− | asked if she could keep a copy of the game herself. We knew that we could not
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− | afford to give board games out too everyone, so we came up with a new way to
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− | distribute our game at no cost. Our board game BioMech is now online to download
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− | for free on our wiki <a href=’#’>here</a>, with full printing instructions.
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− | This meant that our original target of making our game accessible to all UK
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− | <p id="pp">After testing the game at a couple of science conventions
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− | Scientists</a>, we were give feedback to help us make some minor improvements.
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− | The unboxing of BioMech can be seen below:<p/>
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− | <p id="pp">This new version of the game was played by students from
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− | we have began leaving copies of the game at schools free of charge,
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