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I skipped school to attend the first Earth Day in Philly. In author's essay, I identify with her father, well except his politics. Some organic food for thought. https://www.greenbiz.com/article/my-dads-conservative-naturalist-im-environmental-hypocrite If things had gone differently since the first Earth Day in 1970, the fight against climate change easily could have been led by ranchers and fishermen. These leaders may have been Boy Scouts like my dad was; they may not have had fancy degrees but probably could identify almost any leaf or animal species at first sight. They may have led a movement to protect biodiversity for self-interest and not necessarily for social good. But does the intention really matter if it increases the number of people who act and vote for environmental protections? We need to reconcile across the naturalist-environmentalist divide in order to bridge political differences that will hasten the transition to a sustainable world. To do this, we must recognize the hypocrisy of the environmental movement to date. We might then embrace the connection to nature and rootedness that many "non-environmentalists" have. The result will be a new, more inclusive movement of people who will act against climate change. My $0.02,

Agree. Perhaps no coincidence the change is soft starting at the beginning of a new year. “Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.” - Tennyson

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Ok then @Cubber and @Eagledad , I think you might have misinterpreted each other so I hid the last two posts. As @Tampa Turtle suggested let's not rehash a previous topic here. Thank you. cc: @NJCubScouter , @Sentinel947

The activities of scouts in Poland, as in other countries, include camping and earning merit badges. But many Scout troops here remain staunchly loyal to Roman Catholicism and prewar Polish ideals, despite the Communist Party's claim to the leading role in society. Scout troops have Catholic chaplains, and the Auxiliary Bishop of Cracow is the movement's national chaplain. ''At the moment, yes, younger people's interest is very great,'' said Dr. Maria Hrabowska, a pathologist at the Gdansk Medical Academy and a Scout leader. The generation over 25 years old, she said, those with martial law seared in memory, is ''in a waiting position, but the younger ones are very interested.'' Scouting's Roots in Poland Much of Polish scouting's character has to do, arguably, with the movement's roots here. ''Polish scouting was always linked to the independence movement, before World War I,'' said Witold-Lech Rusiniak, another Gdansk scoutmaster. During World War II, Polish scouts, organized in units called the ''gray ranks,'' fought alongside underground troops against the German occupiers. After the war, scouting flourished for a time under prewar, non-Communist scoutmasters. But in 1949, with increasing Stalinization, the Government sought to discipline the movement, purging the leadership and setting scouting on a Communist course. ... more at Source link and Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP) https://zhp.pl/serwis/en/

Has anyone seen this year's holiday message video from National?

Agree, it does sound like Wood Badge training problems. What I have seen with female troop leaders is a tendency to focus on specific program areas - scoutcraft, nature, hiking . Maybe advancement related, maybe just sticking with what they know. Fishing, shooting sports not so much. My $0.02

A clever and "courteous" escape plan. How he remained a cheerful and merry Scout, after enduring the Nazis and then the Communists is remarkable.

The Ashley Book of Knots, first published in 1944 contains nearly 7,000 illustrations of over 3,000 knots. (The book is now entering public dpomain - RS) Ashley spent time aboard whaling ships, including the Sunbeam for a piece commissioned by Harper’s Monthly Magazine. In addition to writing about the industry and sketching its knots, he photographed the vessels and crews, creating a rare archive of the early 20th-century New England maritime trade. For his book research, he tried to get as broad an overview of knots as possible, visiting the circus, fishermen, bakers, tree surgeons, and anyone else who employed this technology in their work. Ashley examined old seamen’s dictionaries, and became an expert knot tyer himself. As he wrote in The Ashley Book of Knots: … I have continued to collect knots wherever I could find them, and as unfamiliar sailors’ knots became increasingly difficult to find I was attracted by the knots of other occupations. I hobnobbed with butchers and steeple jacks, cobblers and truck drivers, electric linesmen, Boy Scouts, and with elderly ladies who knit. Mr. Ringling himself … took me about his circus and was pleased to be able to dazzle me with a score of knots with which I was quite unfamiliar. Thou Shalt Knot: Clifford W. Ashley exhibit continues at the New Bedford Whaling Museum (18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Massachusetts) through June 2018. (Hmmm, a trip idea to pass along to PLC - RS) Clifford W. Ashley was an artist who studied under the influential illustrator Howard Pyle, painted expressive maritime scenes, and published histories of whaling related to the waterfront of his hometown, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Yet he’s best remembered for a wildly popular book on knots. Source: https://hyperallergic.com/412646/thou-shalt-knot-new-bedford-whaling-museum/

Report said he was on scene for nearly two hours. I hope post trauma counseling is available to responders. CBS This Morning had a video interview, Eagle Scout Hero.

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As suggested by several members, the side discussion about using "moderator" in a display name was moved to Forum Support. That discussion was then locked per @NJCubScouter .

This topic is a relocation of the misuse of forum display name discussion, specifically calling yourself a Moderator when you are not.

Seeing your first snow is always magical.. well for the first couple of inches.

You are NOT now nor have you ever been a moderator on this forum under any of the various display names you have created and used: jblake, Stosh, Heretic, Lurkin. A trustworthy scouter would not claim to be what he is not. Scout Law. A person with common sense would not claim to be what he is not. Pending moderator review.

Software feature. I don't know if Administrators can change those default title names across the board or the necessary number of posts for those titles.

Well if you could only participate in one forum, I would say scouter.com is not a bad choice.

Scouter.com members choose their own display names, assuming that name is not already in use in this community. What names you had on other forums are irrelevant. Members can also change their display name. "You are permitted to make 3 changes in a 30-day period." Just a matter of going into Settings and changing your Display Name. As I recall, one member changed his scouter.com member name to Lurkin (sp?) earlier this year for awhile. I don't know why. Changing names causes confusion in the community. Hope this helps.

His merit badge advancement perhaps goes against old scouter wisdom, but his results and actions speak louder. And he just turned 11.

10 years old, 5th grader Tenderfoot Scout saves a classmate choking by quickly using Heimlich maneuver. Check out the video. Well done. http://www.khou.com/news/boy-scout-saves-classmates-life-in-the-cafeteria/499874098 Scout Salute.

IMO, at our local council summer camp, the tables flip. The young staff and New Volunteers rule and the Old Guard's sphere of influence is limited to his troop's campsite.

Well in this case, the scout's scoutmaster wrote a letter for the discipline hearing. Milton, Mass Dec 13, 2017 A 13yr old Boy Scout who mistakenly forgot his folding knife (2-inch blade) in his backpack and then showed it to friends while on his way home from school was suspended for eight days following a disciplinary hearing Tuesday with the school’s principal and vice principal. “I confirmed with the school yesterday they intend to put this on his permanent record and use verbiage that uses the word ‘weapon,’ ” said. his mother “He is a male of color. ... My son doesn’t miss days from school. We can count the number of days since he’s missed since kindergarten on two hands.” .... The boy’s troop leader, Jim Solomon, wrote a letter on behalf of the teen presented at the disciplinary hearing. He said the suspended teen is a dedicated Scout who wants to one day become an Eagle Scout. Folding knives are a necessary utility, and the boy had the knife in his backpack because he intended to go camping in Manchester, N.H., (Camp Carpenter - RS ) but then didn’t because he was sick, Solomon said. He added that Boy Scouts are well trained to use the knives safely. Solomon said the school is being too strict. He should have “gotten a warning,” Solomon added. “They should have said, ‘Don’t do it again’ because he didn’t do anything wrong. ... He was excited about being a Scout and wanted to show others his knife.” More details and photo of knife at source link: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2017/12/school_punishes_boy_scout_over_2_inch_blade

I'm more worried about NNRE, Net Neutrality Reversal Event.

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Scouts are like squirrels, they forget where they bury things. Schenectady, NY "A Statue of Liberty replica that was erected in Liberty Park by the Boys Scouts in 1950 is looking for a new home. Schenectady was one of six locations in New York that had enough interested and enthusiastic Boys Scouts to order a statue. Due to construction in that area of State Street, across from the former YMCA, the replica has been put in the city garage on Foster Avenue for safekeeping. But Mayor Gary R. McCarthy expects it to have a new home soon.... The replica is about 8 1/2 feet tall without its base. It is made of sheet copper and weighs about 290 pounds. The cost of the replica was about $350 at the time it was installed. When construction workers moved the statue out of Liberty Park in August, they unearthed a time capsule that was buried by the Boy Scouts when the replica was installed. "It was supposed to be opened in 2000, but it never was," said Joe Berlant, the retired deputy director for development for the city of Schenectady and a former Boy Scout leader. "The Schenectady Council of the Boy Scouts dissolved around 1991 or '92, so the folks immediately involved in the statue and the time capsule had lost track of this." There were around 200 Boy Scout groups around the country that participated in a program in 1950 to erect Statue of Liberty replicas in their communities. The Schenectady group also put the time capsule — a small box made of sheet copper — under the base of the replica. When officials opened it, the only item inside was ..." more details and photos at source link https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/12/13/statue-of-liberty-replica-will-find-a-new-home