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9.2 Paper aircraft flight distances

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On the way to work the idea of throwing the paper aircraft off of the mezzanine crystalized when the resolution to the lack of a pre-existing population mean was realized to be having the students predict the flight distances.  The mezzanine is very nicely appointed at this time. The students were asked to guess distances in feet as this would be the measurement system with which they are most familiar. To help the students visualize the space, the above image was prepared. Note that lanai is a Hawaiian word. The student union has roughly the layout of a nahs, a U shaped two level structure. The equivalent place in a nahs is called either nan kadei (towards the high titles at the front) or nan pahpei (towards the back, towards the apwin dies). Note that these are 1978 old system spellings. Reference the Pohnpei cultural documents specifically page five and eight .  The tape measure is anchored by the Tripltek directly under the mezzanine r...
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Arcminutes to meters

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An unusual sunny morning opened up the possibility of a cross campus measurement. Thoughts of the northwest corner of the B classroom building and the southeast corner of the allied health building had swirled in my head as I fell asleep the night before. Was that gap threadable on a constant line of latitude? A morning check of Google Earth suggested that the line might not be viable. The southeast corner of the allied health building occludes a line that just clears the northwest corner of the B building.  At 8:00 no students had yet arrived in the classroom, so I went to map the gap between the northeast corner of the B building and the southwest corner of the allied health building. This gap would constrain solutions on the ground for the other two corner clearances. The gap runs from North 6°54.562' to 6°54.568'  The northwest corner of the B classroom building is located at North 6°54.566' which means that the view above is essentia...
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Foods of Micronesia

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Note that this blog is not complete with respect to all the groups that presented. Only those groups for which a photograph of their food was taken are included below. Keisha and Grace from Pohnpei would present uht sukusuk. Grace presenting uht sukusuk. Uht sukusuk is pounded cooked bananas smothered in coconut milk. Austin and Breilon of U, Pohnpei, presented kehp neir, yam fritters. Yam fritters. Best when hot. Keanu, Baldezzar, and Joseph of Woleai along with Lyviane of Ulithi presented bulag gatip. Bulag gatip: boiled hard taro with coconut milk. Harston of Enipein, Kitti presented uht pirain solo. Uht pirain, fried banana slices. When hot not unlike a french fry. Note this would have been unripe bananas as fried ripe bananas will not hold shape once fried. En Neiritancy "Neiivahlynn" of Chuuk and Anastasia of Kitti, Pohnpei, presented boiled kehp neir....
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