VII. Relocated Analytic Beer

Distribution of functions

• Jirka Hrdina: Lakeman, Director of Sports and Health, Pioneer of including summer sports in Winter Olympic Games
• Ron Kerman: (in absentio) Mapman, Director of Tourism, Chief Executive Organizer
• Lubos Pick: Cameraman, Director of Photography, Superb Navigator
• Jan Rehacek: Chairman, Director of Transportation, Chronicle Keeper

Abstract program:

1. Polarization of light (JH)
2. Some numerical results about the 3n+1 problem (JH, JR)
3. Remark on the Logarithmic Fourier transform (JR)
4. for functions f(x) = 1/x^t, the polar area is a constant multiple of the Cartesian area (JR)
5. Change of coordinates in the definition of Euler Gamma constant (JR)
6. Definition of a sequence of arithmetical operations, such that exponential function raises the operation, while the logarithm lowers it. If the n-th operation is denoted by {n} that means that
   exp(x {n} y) = exp(x) {n+1} exp(y)
   and similarly for log. (JR)

Detailed program:

 19.3.  07:49  Lubos's unsuccessful attempt to enter the USA from
                Canada (it was too early)
        08:10  a successful one (through the Rainbow Bridge station)
        08:15  Lubos embarks on a train to Buffalo-Utica-Albany.
        09:10  Jirka leaves Bayshore, NY by car and heads for Newark 
        09:45  Honza leaves Jackson, NJ
        11:05  Honza gets Jirka at the Newark airport and they set off on
                a trip to Albany to pick up Pick.
        11:20  H&J miss their turn from the turnpike and adopt the plan B
                (going via I80)
        11:30  H&J miss the turn onto I80 and adopt the plan C (take higway 4)
        11:35  H&J missing the exit again turn to the plan D 
                (going somehow north)
        11:45  NY Thruway (I87) finally reached
        14:10  after missing an exit to Rensselaer H&J make a big circle
                via I90 onto the Albany-Rensselaer Amtrak Station
        14:15  Lubos found in a leisurely discussion with a clerk, trying to
                persuade her that he didn't steal his own tickets.
        15:45  a little refreshment in a Burger King near Saratoga Sprs.;
                the place had pink-to-purple chairs, whose color reminded
                us of that disgusting car we rented in Minneapolis; we also
                got three paper crowns so we would look more like idiots
        17:00  leaving I87 (exit 30); it begins to snow
        17:30  arriving in Lake Placid
        17:45  Hotel St. Moritz (with non-trivial parking system) found 
        18:30  a little walk to a grocery store to get food
        19:40  on our way back we decided to take a look at Lake Placid;
                it seemed well frozen so we stepped on the ice from a pier
                and took a picture
        19:45  as Jirka was jumping back, the ice yielded and Jirka fell into
                the cold water (up to his waist); in Jirka's honor the nearby
                High Falls Gorge was renamed to High Falls George
        19:46  Jirka promptly rescued; Lubos even got hold of his sinking
                camera (another Miracle on Ice in Lake Placid)
        19:50  Jirka rushed home; after a hot shower, he joins us for a dinner
                that took place on his bed 
        21:00  the first session of the seminar in the hotel lounge with coffee
           
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 20.3.  08:00  J&L descend to the lobby to take breakfast            
        09:30  a decision is made to go to Keene Valley for a hike that
               Lubos found in Ron's booklet
        11:00  arriving at a parking lot "Garden" (2.5 miles off route 73);
                choosing the trail to The Brothers
        11:30  first "brother" is reached after a moderately steep climb
        12:30  the second "brother" is reached; two little Czech flags
                are raised and filmed
        13:00  the third brother reached; lunch is taken
        13:30  we found a snowed in shortcut to the Lodge; Honza votes to
                take it, while Jirka and Lubos want to continue forward
        14:00  meeting some Greg who tells us we have 3 hours to get 
                to Johns Brook Lodge via Big Slide Mt.
        14:50  after a rather hurried march a foot of the Big Slide Mt. 
                is reached; the peak is so steep that we don't bother
                climbing it and take the downhill trail to the lodge
        15:05  riding part of the way on plastic bags 
        15:30  reaching the warming hut of the Lodge; talking to two
                volunteer caretakers who made us some tea and let us play
                with their 2 dogs (the beautiful husky Kishi and some mutt)
        15:40  filming the Johns Brook Lodge where we were originally supposed 
                to stay 
        16:05  thinking we are almost back on the parking lot; we learn that
                we have still 40 minutes to go 
        16:35  exhausted; we finally made it to the parking lot
        17:30  on our way back we stopped by at the Motor Inn "Prague" and 
                discovered that it is managed by the born American Charlie
                Lejcek, whose mother fled from Czechoslovakia in 1950;
                considering that Charlie visited CZ only twice he spoke
                nearly perfect Czech; his mother was quite entertaining
        18:20  arriving at the hotel; taking showers and resting
        19:45  the second part of the seminar in the lobby
        21:00  having dinner at the Greek restaurant "Mykonos";
                the "concrete program" consisted of a Greek wine and 
                coriander mushrooms with gyro (JR) and souvlaki (JH,LP)

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 21.3.  08:20  Jirka reports feeling sick
        08:30  having a butter-free breakfast in the lobby (according to
                the manager "butter is all gone - it was a busy weekend")
        10:30  the check-out time
        11:00  leaving Lake Placid and driving to Utica via Saranac Lake,
                Tupper Lake, Long Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Otter Lake
                and Old Forge, where we made a stop and Jirka bought out
                the local pharmacy (figuratively)
        14:00  arriving to Utica; looking for the train station
        14:20  walking around the train station, trying to find a place to eat
        14:30  after finding only tons of sombre looking warehouses we drive
                to downtown
        14:40  Utica is dubbed "the cursed town" for the lack of exhibiting
                a reasonably enticing eatery
        15:00  finding Friendly's at the other end of the town (it's closed!)
        15:10  we broke the spell by leaving our car at Friendly's and walking
                one block down to the Palmer's grill where we got some pretty
                good hot sandwiches with fries and a soup for Jirka
        15:45  leaving Lubos in Utica, H&J head southeast along I90
        20:00  after a series of more or less random choices in the NY Metro 
                area H&J took the shortest route to the Newark's parking lot H 
                where, in the thick rain, the 7. Analytic Beer was dissolved