Chain Crew
As I am involved with the chain crew, when the Torbay Trojans play home games. I have found some videos to explain the role and how the crew operate.
These are from the OCFOA – ORANGE COUNTY FOOTBALL OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION
Firstly is a overview of the briefing given by officials to the chain crew prior to the games. The document cited in the video has written instructions
Once you have undertaken the duties once, things become clear, including what to do at the end of a quarter when the teams change ends.
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#Football,#Briefing,#ChainCrew
Astronomy updates
A few updates from the world of Astronomy, these were published last week, just that my blog has lots of stuff scheduled.
Both the following are interesting:-
We can discuss further on science forums.
Links
Just added this on 2/5/2023
In other news it is also #BlackHoleWeek, so if you head over to NASAs Black home basics page there is loads of useful information on the the subject. Be sure to follow NASA on the Fediverse too.
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#Astronomy,#News,#BlackHoleWeek,#NASA,#Cosmology
American football – Trojans Training
We have played our first two games of the season. Next two weeks 7th & 14th May, will be training before our next game – away to Portsmouth.
Training will be the usual time 10am to 13:00 at our home ground.
Links
Fixtures
23rd April Wyverns vs Trojans 2pm Kick off
30th April Trojans vs Storm 2pm Kick off
21 May Dreadnoughts vs Trojans 2pm Kick off
28th May Trojans vs Dreadnoughts
4th June Trojans vs Monarchs
16th July Trojans vs Wyverns
30th July Storm vs Trojans
6th August Monarchs vs Trojans
Tags
#Trojans,#Football,#Training,#TorbayTrojans,
#AlwaysTrojan.
USA – Book ban updates
The banning of books seems to be continuing at pace in the USA. A recent fediverse post provided a link to a lot more information, esp the subject matter that will result in books being banned.
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#USA,#Book,#Bans
American football – Trojans vs Storm
Trojans play their first home game of the 2023 season against Swindon Storm on Sunday 30th April. This is an home fixture.
Update: Spent today helping to paint the wall and make out the pitch for the game on Sunday.
Links
Fixtures
23rd April Wyverns vs Trojans 2pm Kick off
30th April Trojans vs Storm 2pm Kick off
21 May Dreadnoughts vs Trojans
28th May Trojans vs Dreadnoughts
4th June Trojans vs Monarchs
16th July Trojans vs Wyverns
30th July Storm vs Trojans
6th August Monarchs vs Trojans
Tags
#Trojans,#Football,#Training,#TorbayTrojans,
#AlwaysTrojan.
Science forums ranking
After several more months of posting and replying on Science forums I have moved up from Baryon to the dizzy height of Atom.
This is a great place to discuss all manner of science topics, can be from beginner to very advanced level.
Also worth joining as this is the forum I link to so that people can discuss topics raised in some of my posts here.
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#Science,#Forums,#Discussion
Free Software Foundation workshop – 1st May 2023
Metacartes: a free/libre toolbox to chart the course to an ethical digital technology
Metacartes: a free/libre toolbox to chart the course to an ethical digital technology
Monday, May 01, 12:00–13:30 EDT (16:00–17:30 UTC)
Links
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#FSF,#FreeSoftware,#Workshops
RFID Magnetic stir bar
A Temperature-Sensing Magnetic Stir Bar
Magnetic stirrers are a standard feature in many science labs, they save manual stirring and also ensure that this is undertaken at a consistent speed.
This project from hackaday takes the tech one step further, by creating a custom stir bar, these hackers have added sensors, so data such as temperature can be monitored during experiments.
Sounds really cool, there is a video here explaining how everything works.
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#Hackaday,#Laboratory,#Equipment,#Modified#Magnetic,#StirBar
Scismic jobs webinars.
The four workshops presented by Scismic during January 2023 are now complete. All recordings are available on Youtube and links are below.
I have also included a link to their Create a winning CV webinar from a few years ago.
Recordings are now available:-