Training Log Archive: barb

Event: UNO Pawtuckaway Camping Weekend
 

Recent reading:
A bit of "Animal Liberation"
"American Widow" by Alissa Torres, 9/11 widow
"The Primal Teen" by Barbara Strauch. Useful. Teen brains are still growing huge swaths of neurons, and then pruning them back - clearly still developing in specific areas. They need adults to help them make good/safe choices. And they need more sleep.
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So PSYCHED!: on my way to Isabel's first soccer game. She got onto the hot, division 2, team - competition will be fierce. Her teammates have mad skillz (and include some girls who are on club teams), and the games are going to be highly watchable.

Wicket Hahd Night-O with Dave.

to school for meeting with teachers about orienteering unit; work; home later.

Junior High O: Meeting with teachers and chaperone coordinator. Also touched base with school nurse and principal.
Reviewed the homework which the teachers will be introducing and guiding.
Reviewed the other sessions to take place in their classrooms. There are 4 major sessions: (1) my lecture, (2) assigning and starting the route-planning homework, (3) teams reviewing and optimizing routes, (4) teamwork (e.g. role play how to deal with problem).
Reviewed the field trip itself. Key issues include how to make the initial arrival and entry into the woods more efficient, whether the kid in the wheelchair will be coming and how to accommodate him, how to handle the kids when they finish, and changes to the "map walk" in the beginning.
Kids who go to NEOC's NOD events will get extra credit for their teams.

The latest exciting news is that Katia & Giovanni have a new camper van! And they're bringing it to Pawtuckaway!

C • free tours available to sightseeing the inside! 1

OK, I ordered 12 of Karen's posters printed by zazzle, at about $19 each + shipping. My plan is to put them up in the 4 jr high classrooms, and the 5th grade classroom. And then use the rest for prizes for the best teams. Or allow them to buy them with their tickets that they earn.

I was thinking maybe I could get Ross (Samantha would also be SO ideal but she is working whenever my kids are at school) to come to school and hand out the ice cream prize for the kids doing such a great job. Then they could meet the guy on the poster...

Am meeting tomorrow with the teachers to find out how they're planning to pay for the bus.

C • Team Ross + Sam 1

Prep for jr high O. Includes ordering some of Karen's posters, sending email soliciting chaperones, communicating with the chaperone organizer, prepping for meeting with teachers.

So I guess I'm probably going to DC for that rally on October 2nd, because my ex-mother-in-law is going and it would be fun to hang out with her and it's an opportunity to have the kids see her... Anyway, that means I have to get from the rally at 4pm in DC to the Hudson Highlander that starts the following morning at what, 9am?

Do I fly back to Boston Sat evening?

Is there some way to get from NY airport to Highlander Sat evening or Sun morning?

Is there some other option that gets me up to NY from DC, like train + a friend?

Dave will be coming down from Boston so if I can get to the Highlander somehow then I can drive back with him.

C • transportation 5

work commute

How would I figure out the positions of the hour markings and month markings for this sundial without paying $499?
... Ah, perhaps this: building an analemmatic sundial. I'm finding it a little hard to follow, but I think I have it.

1. Draw the N-S and E-W axes.


2. Draw the circle, any desired radius a.


3. Draw the angle phi, which equals your latitude.


4. Draw the third side of a right triangle where two of the sides are the E-W segment OW, and the line you've just drawn at angle phi from OW. Now you have lengths c and b. (You figure out where to draw the third side by moving a right angle along the c line until the perpendicular line intersects the origin O. You could also construct a line perpendicular to the c line that intersects O.)


5. Mark distance b from O north along the N-S line. This is where the ellipse will intersect the N-S line; call it N.
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7. Measure distance c along the E-W line, starting from O, in both directions, to find the foci F and F' of the ellipse.


8. Draw the ellipse with string length F-N-F', or F-W-F'. (Should be equal.)


9. Mark 15-degree marks on the circle. Project them directly south to the ellipse for the hour markings.


10. Mark the adjustments for the gnomon/person/analemma as shown in the diagram below, where the angles are measured from the focus F.

This doesn't comletely incorporate in the equation of time corrections into the central analemma as done in the southern hemisphere sundial pictured here. It is missing E-W deviations from the N-S line of the analemma.

w/David and Keegan