Special interest badge form template for Scouting Ireland

Special interest form templates 

For Scouting Ireland special interest badges.

EMBED .pdf doc from Google Drive:

A_LovelySpecialInterestBadgeFormTemplate_ScoutingIreland.pdf

A_LovelySpecialInterestBadgeFormTemplate_ScoutingIreland.odg OpenOfficeDrawing

Inspiration: 

http://74cork.com/one-program/special-interest-badges.pdf 

b&w description and simple template at end. Nice.

colour slides describing special interest:

https://my.scouts.ie/uploads/files/Special%20Interest%20Badges/Venture%20special%20interest%20badges.pdf

cub samples/examples:

http://www.86mtmerrionscouts.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Special_interest_badge_work1.pdf

orienteering samples:

http://scoutteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Special-Interest-Badge-Physical-Orienteering.pdf

music sample:

http://scoutteam.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Speical-Interest-Badge-Skill-Guitar-Photography.pdf

Some ideas for special interest project tasks:

 Prepare and run an activity for your scout troop (or younger section) based on your project.

 Create and try out a game for your scout troop (or younger section) on the theme of your project.

 Create and try out a game which will teach some aspect of your project.

   With activities you bring to your troop REVIEW them and see if they can be made better.

one page desc:

https://my.scouts.ie/uploads/files/One%20Programme/Special%20Interest%20Badges.pdf

template: colourful, nice BUT used it before and confused scouts topic/project/tasks areas unclear/overlap:

"What is your project? Describe what you want to do and the steps to get there"

"What do you hope to achieve doing this badge? How will you know when you are finished?"

https://caherdavinscouts.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/specialinterestform_cubs.pdf

I used as base for attached template .odg/B.pdf

GOOD content (CUBS): https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/personal-progression/getting-started

heh heh werewolves: https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/resources/games/general/assassin

https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/resources/games/general/caterpillar-race

https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/resources/games/indoor/fortunately-unfortunately

https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/resources/games/team-building/peanut-butter-river

https://sites.google.com/site/cubsireland/resources/games/team-building/distance-clove-hitch

where on uniform and how to sew:

https://brackenstownscouts.com/helpful-stuff/special-interest-badges/

http://scoutteam.org/tag/special-interest-badge/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merit_badge_(Scouting_Ireland)

Name	Section	Further reading
Map-maker	Scoutcraft	Cartography
Pioneering	Scoutcraft	Pioneering
Signalling	Scoutcraft	Signalling
Camper	Camping	Camping
Camp Chef	Camping	Camping
Campfire Leader	Camping	Campfire
Quartermaster	Camping	Quartermaster
Camp Leader	Camping
Hiker	Adventure	Hiking
Hike Leader	Adventure
Hill Walker	Adventure
Orienteer	Physical Ability	Orienteering
Cyclist	Physical Ability	Cycling
Athlete	Physical Ability	Athletics
Sports	Physical Ability	Sport
Self Defence	Physical Ability	Self Defence
Electrician	Electronics
Electronics	Electronics
Radio	Electronics
Computer Applications	Electronics
Computer Programmer	Electronics
Computer Skills	Electronics
Car Mechanic	Skills
Home Manager	Skills
Metal Worker	Skills
Woodworker	Skills
Woodcarver	Skills
Bookbinder	Crafts
Artist	Crafts
Printer	Crafts
Photographer	Crafts
Basketry	Crafts
Leathercraft	Crafts
Collector	Crafts
Equestrian	Nature
Sea Fishing	Nature
Pet Keeper	Nature
Gardener	Nature
Angler	Nature
Archaeologist	Natural Sciences
Geologist	Natural Sciences
Farmer	Natural Sciences
Naturalist	Faith and Environment
Observer	Faith and Environment
Forester	Faith and Environment
Civics	Faith and Environment
Scripture	Faith and Environment
Faith	Faith and Environment
Bell ringer	Entertainment
Bugler	Entertainment
Musician	Entertainment
Entertainer	Entertainment
Irish Dancer	Entertainment
Fire Safety	Public Service
Emergency	Public Service
Guide	Public Service
Interpreter	Public Service
Life Saver	Public Service
Advanced Life Saver	Public Service
Home Maintenance	Public Service
Public Health	Public Service
Public Speaking	Public Service
Consumer	Public Service
Secretary	Public Service
Librarian	Public Service
Social Awareness	Social awareness
World Friendship	Social awareness
Conservation	Social awareness
Gaeilge	Languages	Gaeilge

Bike is ok, shoulder a bit sore. bike crash Mon Oct 23 2017

From: James Coleman [mailto:gaoithe@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday 23 October 2017 10:00
To: Fionnuala; Daire
Subject: [External] Bike is ok, shoulder a bit sore

hi guys, I came off bike. Hit my shoulder. I'm at clonskeagh. Bike is fine(broken brake lever) but something wrong with shoulder. I need to goto doc or vhi clinic I think. Sorry!

Fionn hope thinks ok at work. your phone is at home, if you get a chance send me your work phone num so I have it.

Vhi clinic not great for physio so not sure do I want to go there. Shoulder sore enough now.



On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 10:15 AM, . . . .

Daire, - I’m just off the phone to James. He’s came off bike landing on right shoulder and is in at a doctor n Clonskeagh – can’t cycle – he’s just gone in to see doctor – I think he will need to go to Vincents to get it xrayed just in case.



On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:06 PM, James Coleman wrote:
Thanks Daire,

I am good now.
I am at home, Fionnuala came and got me from hospital.

Hospital was grand. I went to doctor first right there where I crashed at shops in Clonskeagh which was good as she put me straight in for x rays at hospital. Xrays are clear, my diagnosis is soft tissue damage to ac joint, it will take a while to heal (4-6 weeks) mainly needs rest(which I am not good at!!). But I am resting it now well - and got ice - in a sling - my left hand has to learn alot!

After doctor I got painkillers in pharmacy and breakfast in shop and got taxi with bike first to Hollingworths(front brake lever broken from crash) then on to St Vincent's. Busy morning!

Going grand now,

James


When the crash happened another cyclist stopped and helped me get out of road.
Then he also helped me and advised me not to cycle on and ignore the injury, good advice!
His name is Slava. Thanks Slava!! :-D
Immediately after accident I picked up myself and bike and realised, OW, my right arm is quite sore.
After calming down I did throw leg over bike and realised 2 things:
 1. ow right arm is quite sore
 2. right brake lever is completely broken dangling off
So we locked bike and I headed into the Doctor! :)

Now I have met Slava a few times on bike going in & out to work and chat a bit.


https://www.dublininquirer.com/2015/10/20/bicycle-collision-tracker/

bike collision log - mon 23 oict 2017 - clonskeagh
53.30534622767371,-6.236425638198853

cyclist travelling North on Roebuck road in on-road cycle lane.
Traffic backed up and moving slowly, bikes undertaking cars.
Car slow to move off after lights changed, then moving forward and started indicating to turn left (across bike lane to access Bird Ave.)
They could have indicated earlier but they were still well before junction so there was plenty of time to see their intentions.
I was about a car length behind them at this stage and there was a good gap behind them.
I moved out from cycle lane behind car to overtake on their right.
I glanced behind to check road was free and when I looked back car had completely stopped (still back a good bit from from turn in junction). I braked hard, rear wheel slid out to right and I fell on my right side arm outstretched ending up in middle of car lane. Traffic behind stopped (moving slowly so no problem), the car ahead moved off around corner gone. I grabbed bike and got off of road. Another cyclist stopped to check I was ok.

Shoulder AC joint sprained. Bike right brake lever broken bent backwards.

On 27 Oct 2017 18:27, "James Coleman" wrote:

Right arm shoulder AC joint sprained (doctor, hospital, 4-6 weeks recovery). Bike right brake lever broken bent backwards (right handlebar must have hit ground).

Road was wet & slippy but it was good weather at time of accident.

Searching for non-printable chars. 'grep -c -P -n "[\x00-\x08\x0E-\x1F\x80-\xFF]" *' also cvs server searching for corrupt files

A cvs rlog (and log) command was failing.
This prevented a jenkins job from starting.

The cvs log failed when it hit a certain file.
$ cvs log dir/dir/file
cvs [server aborted]: unexpected '\x49' reading revision number in RCS file cvsroot/module/dir/dir/file,v
On the cvs server the file had cvs version/log details at start and latest text of file after but a section of binary junk in the middle.

So to check for corruption in other cvs files . . .

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3001177/how-do-i-grep-for-all-non-ascii-characters-in-unix

Searching for non-ASCII chars just involves eliminating any char > 0x80.
Searching for non-printable chars.is more useful.

Useful grep:

    grep -c -P -n "[\x00-\x08\x0E-\x1F\x80-\xFF]" *

breakdown:

    \x00-\x08 - non-printable control chars 0 - 7 decimal
    \x0E-\x1F - more non-printable control chars 14 - 31 decimal
    \x80-1xFF - non-printable chars > 128 decimal
    -c - print count of matching lines instead of lines
    -P - perl style regexps

Instead of -c you may prefer to use -n (and optionally -b) or -l

    -n, --line-number
    -b, --byte-offset
    -l, --files-with-matches

E.g. practical example of use find to grep all files under current directory:

    find . -type f -exec grep -c -P -n "[\x00-\x08\x0E-\x1F\x80-\xFF]" {} + 

You may wish to adjust the grep at times. e.g. BS(0x08 - backspace) char used in some printable files or to exclude VT(0x0B - vertical tab). The BEL(0x07) and ESC(0x1B) chars can also be deemed printable in some cases.

Non-Printable ASCII Chars

** marks PRINTABLE but CONTROL chars that is useful to exclude sometimes 

Dec   Hex Ctrl Char description           Dec Hex Ctrl Char description 

0     00  ^@  NULL                        16  10  ^P  DATA LINK ESCAPE (DLE)  

1     01  ^A  START OF HEADING (SOH)      17  11  ^Q  DEVICE CONTROL 1 (DC1)

2     02  ^B  START OF TEXT (STX)         18  12  ^R  DEVICE CONTROL 2 (DC2) 

3     03  ^C  END OF TEXT (ETX)           19  13  ^S  DEVICE CONTROL 3 (DC3) 

4     04  ^D  END OF TRANSMISSION (EOT)   20  14  ^T  DEVICE CONTROL 4 (DC4) 

5     05  ^E  END OF QUERY (ENQ)          21  15  ^U  NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT (NAK) 

6     06  ^F  ACKNOWLEDGE (ACK)           22  16  ^V  SYNCHRONIZE (SYN) 

7     07  ^G  BEEP (BEL)                  23  17  ^W  END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK (ETB)

8     08  ^H  BACKSPACE (BS)**            24  18  ^X  CANCEL (CAN) 

9     09  ^I  HORIZONTAL TAB (HT)**       25  19  ^Y  END OF MEDIUM (EM)

10    0A  ^J  LINE FEED (LF)**            26  1A  ^Z  SUBSTITUTE (SUB)

11    0B  ^K  VERTICAL TAB (VT)**         27  1B  ^[  ESCAPE (ESC)

12    0C  ^L  FF (FORM FEED)**            28  1C  ^\  FILE SEPARATOR (FS) RIGHT ARROW

13    0D  ^M  CR (CARRIAGE RETURN)**      29  1D  ^]  GROUP SEPARATOR (GS) LEFT ARROW

14    0E  ^N  SO (SHIFT OUT)              30  1E  ^^  RECORD SEPARATOR (RS) UP ARROW 

15    0F  ^O  SI (SHIFT IN)               31  1F  ^_  UNIT SEPARATOR (US) DOWN 

There was just one corrupt file on cvs server.
Remove file from local workarea, remove file from cvs, remove Attic file on server, move file back in workarea, cvs add and commit. Log and version history and tags are lost, just have latest version of file.

Autogeddon by Heathcote Williams - petrol - ROCK OL

http://dublincycling.ie/cycling/heathcote-williams-author-autogeddon-rip

Extracts from Autogeddon - by Heathcote Williams.
IN 1885 Karl Benz constructed the first automobile.
It had three wheels, like an invalid car,
And ran on alcohol, like many drivers.
Since then about seventeen million people have been killed by them
In an undeclared war;
And the whole of the rest of the world is in danger of being run over

Due to squabbles about their oil.

...

As adults are glutted by mobility,
Children wanting to play on their own doorsteps
Are hemmed in by parental fears,
Or else fatally immobilised.

The heart of the community, the street,
Is daily rent apart -
Conversation numbed
By a nervy descant of toxic shock.

Streets that were open universities,
Are now the open sewers of the car-cult.

...

OIL.
From the Sanskrit root -il, light, illumination,
And petr, Peter, the rock.
Thus, petrol is―remarkably―light from the rock.

...

Traffic control is, for most people,

Their most intimate, and direct,
Experience of government―
As well as being one of its most seminal justifications:
‘Look, you can’t do without some form of organisation,
I mean, take something basic like roads . . .
You couldn’t just have everyone driving on whichever side of the road they pleased.
Things would be chaos.’

...

http://carfreeuniverse.org/Members/colin/autogeddon/

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jul/02/heathcote-williams-obituary

Heathcote Williams died aged 75 July 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathcote_Williams

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=oil

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=olive . . . " from Latin . .  from Greek elaia "olive tree, olive," probably from the same Aegean language (perhaps Cretan) as Armenian ewi "oil." "

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=petrol

The part about Oil is cute but seems to be made up. 

Petr is rock, yes, but -il/light/Sanskrit ? Doesn't seem to be true.

http://spokensanskrit.de/index.php?script=DI&beginning=0+&tinput=light&trans=Translate&direction=ES

Wow. Sanskrit/Hindi looks like great fun! Hard though.

Let's ask the internet experts:

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/402768/what-is-the-etymology-of-oil-is-the-cute-description-of-oil-and-petrol-in-the

Koh-i-noor 

from Pers. koh کوه "mountain" نور Noor (light)." famous diamond that became part of the British crown jewels after the annexation of Punjab by Great Britain in 1849, from Persian کوہ نور Kh-i-nr, literally, mountain of light^[182][183]

Make plastic guitar pick out of old CD or bank cards.

Trace guitar pick on old CD with sharpie. Cut it out with scissors or secateurs; be careful! It is tough to cut. Smooth edges with file, wire cloth and/or sandpaper. File off CD paint or remove sticker if desired.

Trace guitar pick pattern on CD.

CUT

Abrade. Smooth edges. Remove paint if desired.

Make more!

Tools are good.

Shiny guitar picks and earrings!

scout compass bearing game generator - python script

I made a script for generating post labels and bearing following instructions around paths in a compass bearing game, it is here:
https://github.com/Gaoithe/scout_compass_bearing_game

scout_compass_bearing_game

Calculate bearings and generate: post labels, bearing following instructions and game cheat sheet instructions.

Scout compass bearing challenge game

Posts are set out in a circle a good distance apart. One post starting at magnetic North, other posts at each compass point N NNE NE ENE E ESE . . . e.t.c. Each post is labeled with name and has a scrambled alphabet in a grid.
Scouts receive an instruction sheet with start post and series of bearings to follow. At each post visited a letter of a word is obtained.
A simple grid reference for each post describes how to obtain a letter. The grid reference at N post comes from the Irish grid reference system. The letters in the grid are scrambled at each other post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_grid_reference_system#/media/File:Irish_Grid.svg
A full scrambled alphabet is on each post. This allows a large combination of word instructions to be used. It allows interesting quotes or song lyrics to be used as a challenge for a group of scouts.
e.g. of post label with post name and scrambled alphabet in grid:

########################################
#
# POST: 337.5 => NNW
#
#        1   2   3   4   5 - Easting
#
#    5   Y   H   T   M   G   
#    4   W   B   C   I   U   Q   
#    3   K   P   Z   R   L   
#    2   S   X   O   N   J   
#    1   F   V   E   D   A   
#     \
#      Northing
#
########################################

e.g. of instruction sheet for a two letter word:

########################################
#
# Word 0
# START at POST: 67.5 => ENE
#
# 0. Follow bearing 123.75 to next Post,
#    Record letter @ Easting 1, Northing 1  _______
# 0. Follow bearing 146.25 to next Post,
#    Record letter @ Easting 6, Northing 4  _______
#
########################################

e.g. of portion of cheat sheet

########################################
# Cheat Sheet
#
# Word 0 is We, post path is [67.5, 45.0, 22.5]
#    DEBUG post:45.0 c:W
#    DEBUG post:22.5 c:e
#
.
.
.

A python script is used . . . 16 posts are currently used. 8 posts or other number can wasily be used with script adjustment. The word list or quote used can be changed in script. TODO: map and allow arbitrary positioning of posts e.g. in rectangle or other shape would be suitable for a permanently marked compass bearing challenge.
The script is quite messy currently . . WIP . . beware of roadworks and dragons.

FILES:

The script, run:

• python scout_bearing_to_compasspoint.py 

Numpy is used a little bit, matplotlib is called but not needed to generate game instructions, there is some not used curses at end of script.

Output of script text post labels and word instructions:

• scout_bearing_to_compasspointDEBUG.txt

Put the script in an open-office doc, insert a section around the post labels and in format->section make it two columns. Do the same around word instructions. Adjust labels/instructions so they do not wrap around a column or page. print. Cut up. Attach labels to posts. Have fun!
See files:

• scout_compass_bearing_posts.odt
• scout_compass_bearing_posts.pdf 

Blank route card

My Google spreadsheet route card: Blank Route Card - Google Sheets
PDF version: Blank Route Card - PDF

Route card resource from Scouting Ireland:
http://scoutteam.org/route-cards/

MPC - Mountain Pursuit Challenge handbook
http://www.mpcteam.ie/Docs/handbook.PDF

Sionnach guide:
http://www.sionnach.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/SionnachGuide2016.pdf

http://www.scouts.ie/Scouter/Programme-Scouter-Stuff/Adventure-Skills/Hillwalking/Overview-Hillwalking/Hillwalking-Logbook.pdf

http://www.mountaineering.ie/_files/Route%20Card.pdf

http://kerrymountainrescue.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/route_card.pdf