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Description ADULT Has dark-streaked brown back and reddish brown wings with two white wing bars; tail and rump are gray-brown, and has black eyestripe and black crown with bright white central stripe. Supercilium is very broad and white behind eye and plumage is otherwise mostly gray with limited brown on flanks. Bill is dull pink. JUVENILE Immature and first-winter recalls adult, but is heavily streaked above and below. First-winter recalls adult, but black elements of head pattern are brown.
Dimensions Length: 6-7 1/2" (15-19 cm)
Habitat Generally common summer visitor (mainly May-Aug) to weedy and brushy areas, sometimes seen in taiga woodland. Winters from southeastern U.S. to Mexico.
Observation Tips Easy to see.
Range New England, Northwest, Western Canada, California, Rocky Mountains, Southwest, Florida, Alaska, Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Eastern Canada, Southeast, Texas
Voice Song comprises a couple of piercing whistles followed by several bird-squeakerlike grating chirps; call is a sharp pink.
Discussion Distinctive sparrow that is widespread and familiar in winter, when it forms large flocks. Subtle subspecies variation exists across range; taiga breeders are described here. Sexes are similar.

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Family: Bufonidae, Toads view all from this family
Description White or cream dorsal stripe, and is dusky gray or greenish dorsally with skin glands concentrated within the dark blotches. Parotoid glands are oval, widely separated, and larger than the upper eyelids. Mottled venter and horizontal pupils but lacks cranial crests.
Dimensions 6.4-12.8cm. (2 1/2-5")
Warning Toads have enlarged glands (called the paratoid glands) on the side of the neck, one behind each eye. These glands secrete a viscous white poison that gets smeared in the mouth of any would-be predator, inflaming the mouth and throat and causing nausea, irregular heart beat, and, in extreme cases, death. Toads pose a danger to pets, which may pounce on and bite them. Humans should take care to wash their hands after handling a toad, and to avoid touching the mouth or eyes until having done so.
Subspecies Boreal - Underside has dark blotches. Alaska through Colorado Rocky Mountains & California.
California - wide head, no blotches on belly. Baja California.
Armagosa - few warts. Nevada - Nye, lincoln counties.
Voice No vocal sac...similar sound to peeping chicks.
Breeding January-September. Weather dependant. Eggs attached underwater to vegetations.
Habitat Woodland/meadows near springs.
Range Alaska through Baja California along pacific coastline. also Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado & Nevada.
Discussion Active during the day at higher elevations, otherwise twilight. Burrows underground. Diet is mainly insects.


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Samui Orchid The Ocean Resort 酒店坐落在海滩之上,包括小屋和低层现代泰国风格的建筑。坐落于南拉迈的班哈恩海滩,度假酒店距机场30分钟,距码头或者市中心15分钟。度假酒店建造在我们自己的海滩上的的25英亩椰子林内。您可以惊讶地的看到和享受我们的3个海滩边大游泳池。苏梅兰花度假酒店提供美丽迷人的小屋,配有您可以想到的所有现代化设施。欢迎您来体验兰花度假酒店美丽的风景和我们工作人员名扬四海的泰式友好服务。
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Date of stay:
Mar 03, 2015
Accommodation and facilities:
Poor breakfast,dont forget any belongings in your room you cant find again because nobody had been see it,little bit far from main town ,if you make your reservation on internet ! be smart and look your res.details and listen what offer the front officers to you (Be carefull ! ) ,if you planing to stay long term like me think twice : you can reach to nirvana , otherside ; Calm ,silance ,relaxable place and good for families with childeren
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I recomend to you check to room details that to hotels giving to you ....example ;Compare room demansions and features with booking com writing on theire web page about same hotel (I checked it also )
Mar 06, 2015
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Ethem Hakan Eyiler
Date of stay:
Feb 21, 2014
Accommodation and facilities:
if you look for peacefull place, thats it. I liked the location even if it was 15 min driving from Lamai beach centrum. Hotel provides free transport every two hours. Also nice three swimmingpools. Place little bit more windy, beach nice. Personal nice, try to keep this resort clean. Rooms cleand every day with new towels Pictures of this hotel are very old, i think, furniture is older, only one small cupboard for our clothes. Breakfat still the same - eggs, saussages, tomato, muffins, croassants, jugurts, cornflakes. but never mind. We were happy in this place, but do not eccept miracles :)
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Mar 06, 2014
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Silvie Pindurova
Date of stay:
Mar 04, 2012
Accommodation and facilities:
Leider ist diese Hotelanlage nicht empfelenswert.Frühstückbuffe eine katastrofffe. Tag und Nacht ab und zu Stromausfall.
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Dieses Service ist o.k. Alles hatt per E Mail gut geklappt.
Mar 11, 2012
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Mario De Bona
Date of stay:
Dec 30, 2011
Accommodation and facilities:
This resort could be 5 star if they could be bothered to do anything with it. We stayed in a 2 bedroom villa with priavte pool, it was big and nice but old and needs some major work done. They were rust rods inthe showers which have only Luke warm water in them, so if you like a hot shower do not stay here. Breakfast might as well be non existent, it was cold and not nice at all. The free shuttle to lami only goes every 2 hrs Wich leaves you stranded as this resort is in the middle of no where. The staff are unfriendly and cAnt be bothered to do anything they don t even smile. They also pretend not to speak English and half the time were asleep. They give you have price entry into the zoo which is still very expensive fir what it is. The zoo it s self needs to be shut down the animals livin conditions are not up to scratch and makes you want to be sick. The 3 pools are big but quite unusable they still need alot of work and don t be sucked in by the pool bar as it doesn t exist. The resort is poorly lite so you will need a tourch to find your way around. The restraint also closes when the staff feel like they also dont cook unless they can be bothered so don t expect to be able to get food here. Our bed linen was exstemley dirty and wAs never change the airconditioner also leaked reception was sending someone to fix it but they never came. The beach is picturpretty but you can t swim in it due to he wind surfers and all the coral. Would not stay here ever And would not recommend to anyone.
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Can t fault it have used several times
Jan 02, 2012
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Ashleigh fox
Date of stay:
Jan 03, 2010
Accommodation and facilities:
жили в стандартном номере на 1 этаже трехэтажного корпуса,терраса с выходом прямо на бассейн,1800батт в сутки.номера старые,полностью отсутствует влажная уборка,только подметание.территория отеля грязноватая завтраки очень плохие(тосты,масло,джем,кофе,чай,мюсли,-яйца жарят не понятно как,2 дня вообще не знали что есть яйца,завтрак стоит 200 бат на чел в сутки.)единственный плюс - 2 бассейна (правда тоже не очень чистые),неплохое море с пляжем.(море мелкое,сильные отливы),на территории находится местный зоопарк и океанариум,проживающим в отеле скидка на билеты 50%.вообщем считает за такие деньги можно найти куда лучше отель,даже в высокий сезон.
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Jan 12, 2010
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Date of stay:
Aug 27, 2008
Accommodation and facilities:
Very quiet and nice hotel, ideal for those people who want to relax, and enjoy a beautiful beach( only from 2 o clock in the afternoon because the water ist away (200m) before, but when there is water you have the whole beach alone , fantastic. The bungalows itself are nice and have a good standard, not like in a five star hotel but remeber you are not in europe, we had the bungalow in front of the sea with a 180 view (fantastic). The zoo show is also good, especially for kids
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sawadee best for asia, everything worked fine
Sep 11, 2008
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Dr. Lovse Thomas
Date of stay:
Aug 08, 2008
Accommodation and facilities:
Beautiful! Villa at the beach with private pool. Restaurant for lunch is ok! Nice view from villa in greater swimmingpool. I can recomend this resort. Resort taxi can pick you up until 22:00 from lamai beach.
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Aug 18, 2008
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P.M. Steensma e/v Kuhlman
Date of stay:
Mar 18, 2008
Accommodation and facilities:
Lovely Resort, right on the beach. Very quiet.Friendly staff. Although there is some new accommadation here,some of the resort is a looking little tired. Would still reccommend for the location and peacefullness
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Very good, changed dates at short notice, no problem
Mar 31, 2008
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Terence Cox
Date of stay:
Dec 22, 2007
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I stayed with my husband and three children (7 to 12 years old) in the deluxe bungalow, 2 bedrooms and private pool for 10 nights over the chritmas holidays. It was a great value package, as breakfast was included and there was no compulsory Gala dinner for Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve (I checked a few other resorts, they all had very expensive dinners, which I thought was not fair!). The accomodation was FANTASTIC: a few steps away from a nice peaceful beach, a good size very clean private pool, a large terrasse in the shade and 2 large rooms with connecting doors, efficient and quiet aircon, nice size bathroom with hotwater. Clean and confortable, could not ask for more! The staff was very friendly, always ready to help, with a smile. Cleaning was done every day, new sheets and towels daily also. Breakfast on a terrasse near the beach was american style buffet, nice! For lunch, you could have lots of different snacks at the beach café, again friendly staff, good food and reasonnable prices. 2 huge pools, clean and deep enough for diving. A massage place on the beach with a friendly lady. For diner, there are no restaurants on the hotel ground, but you only need to walk a few minutes out of the resort to find at least 2 good restaurants, I would particularly recommend Simple Life , run by a Thai old couple: food is excellent, prices low ( around 800 bath for 5 people, all included) and you really feel at home. The hotel taxi also took us to 2 different resorts nearby (3 minutes drive) where you can enjoy bar, restaurant and beach. So no worry for diners either. There are lots of animals on the hotel grounds: birds, tigers (including babies!) and a large aquarium. Through the hotel reception, we booked daily trips to Koh Tao and Koh Tan for snorkling, taxis to other places on the island and other services. It was always as planned, on time and no hussle at all. If you want to be away from the too busy, too crowded areas of Chaweng and Lamai beach, this is the place to go to. This trip to Orchid Resort was a total success. Hope you can enjoy it too!
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Booking service on Sawadee was fast and very efficient, I would use this service again anytime.
Jan 03, 2008
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Carole PAYRE
Date of stay:
Jan 10, 2007
Accommodation and facilities:
We had 5 good days at Samui Orchid Resort. Nice and clean rooms, but linnen could have been changed! Fine and long beach, clean in front off the resort, only few resorts along the beach, and a good walk by the beach to the muslim fisher-village. Good beach if you like kite-boarding, and the wind is right. But no restaurant in the evening, but free shuttle to Lamai running the day, last trip back at 20.15 is too early - Remember to tell the reception if you want to use the shuttle from Lamai to resort. Zoo and aquarium is ok, but do not choose the resort because of that.
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Everything really ok, and very fast reply.
Jan 22, 2007
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Jan 08, 2007
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We stayed here for 4 nights, we had 2 adjoining bungalows with our own plunge pool and after being in bangkok for 5 nights it was a good place to unwind before moving on to our final destination. We chose this resort as my daughter wanted to visit the zoo & aquarium and swim with the sea lions. She had a wonderful experience with the sea lions but in the aquarium we were distressed at how small the tanks were, especially for the larger fish. We are also concerned about the Bengal tigers and leopard show. As the tigers are now at threat from extinction, perhaps it is time that a new home can be found for them so they can be spared from performing circus tricks. This resort is very quiet & peaceful and is ideal if you just need to recharge your batteries for a few days. It has a lovely long beach, a perfect beach if you are into kite boarding but not so good for swimming! The two good size swimming pools, with plenty of sun beds made up for this. The staff were all very friendly and Jess on reception always went beyond her duties to help you. Something that needs to be taken in to consideration when booking this resort is that it is a little remote and as the beach bar/resturant closes at 1800 if you want to have a meal or a drink you needed to make your way into nearby Lamai. The resort offered a free shuttle to Lamai at certain times of the day but its last trip back at 2015 is to early.
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quick, efiecient and had no problems
Jan 28, 2007
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Mrs P Yeo
Date of stay:
Jan 02, 2007
Accommodation and facilities:
bit old need to refurbish but nice beach and pool.service and staff support was excellent but breakfast is very bad.
Reservation service:
excellent as expected
Jan 09, 2007
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Stephan Gerhard
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Samui Orchid The Ocean Resort... Koh Samui's Tranquil Hidden Family Beach Resort
Samui Orchid The Ocean Resort
has been appropriately named because of its location directly on one of Koh Samui's most magnificent and peaceful beaches. The resort and its beach is perfect for families, but considering the size of this stunning beach, even romantic couples will find their quiet spot! Samui Orchid The Ocean Resort is set on approx. 130,000 square meters of absolute beach front land and offers 69 rooms and bungalows, some with private pool set inside a very mature tropical and enchanting garden. The concept of 'choice' is one of our key philosophies.
Private beach BBQ's, adventure at Time Empire Park, Shark Aquarium and Exotic Bird Shows are just a few offerings ensuring your children will never get bored. The resort also operates a tour counter for sightseeing and transportation to the nearby nightlife and shopping areas.
Whatever you or your kids wish, we at 'The Ocean Beach Resort' strive to provide our guests with a service level that creates a truly magical and exotic experience and sweet memories.
Samui Orchid The Ocean Resort
is right on the beach and consists of bungalows and low-rise modern Thai styled buildings. The three story high main building features panoramic views of Ban Harn bay and the beach front and swimming pools.
:: Standard Room ::
Our Standard Rooms offer excellent garden view, temperature control air conditioner, cable TV, in-room Wi-Fi internet access, telephone, mini-bar, tea / coffee making facilities, personal electronic safe, hair dryer, bathroom amenities, private sun-lounges and private dining area.
The rooms are approx. 44 square meters in size.
:: Superior Room ::
Our Superior Rooms offer excellent garden view, temperature control air conditioner, cable TV, in-room Wi-Fi internet access, telephone, mini-bar, tea / coffee making facilities, personal electronic safe, hair dryer, bathroom amenities, private sun-lounges and private dining area.
The rooms are approx. 51 square meters in size
:: Pool Villa ::
Our cozy Pool Villas offer private garden area with pool, also garden view, temperature control air conditioner, cable TV, in-room Wi-Fi internet access, telephone, mini-bar, tea / coffee making facilities, personal electronic safe, hair dryer, bathroom amenities, private sun-lounges and private dining area.
The Villas are approx. 160 square meters in size (Including pool)
:: 2 Bedrooms Family Residence ::
Our huge size private Family Villas offer two bedrooms with pool, also garden view, temperature control air conditioner, cable TV, in-room Wi-Fi internet access, telephone, mini-bar, tea / coffee making facilities, personal electronic safe, hair dryer, bathroom amenities, private sun-lounges and private dining area.
The Villas are approx. 320 square meters in size (Including pool)
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:: The Ocean Beach Restaurant ::
The Ocean Beach Restaurant delivers a simple but delicious culinary experience focusing on grandmothers recipes that combines the best of home-cooking and modern cooking using only the freshest seasonal ingredients and Siamese seafood. The restaurant is absolute beach front with undisturbed views over the ocean.
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A fundamental question of leader design
Tapered leaders are quite pricey, leading many fly fisherman to start building their own. The trouble as I see it is that leader material is also pretty expensive for the puny length that comes on a spool. Because of this, I opted to buy bulk spools of mono and fluoro last year to make my leaders with, using the same material in each leader (not mixing mono and fluoro, though I think that when making leaders with double-nail knots it doesn't matter if you mix with regards to the slipperiness) and tying freshwater and saltwater leaders alike, all the way down to the tippet. The thing is, I never asked the question of others as to whether this was a wide-spread practice, particularly in freshwater trout fishing where tippet size is so thin. I've hooked and landed plenty of fish with these leaders (more with fluoro than mono), and never had a failure at a knot, so it's not an issue of landing fish, but perhaps more one of material softness that affects the number of fish that are interested in the fly at the end of the line.
So assuming that regular mono or fluoro can be purchased having the same approximate diameters as the much more expensive spools of tippet material, does it make more sense to
go this route? Comments?
yes and no, mainly yes
I do the same thing that you do, and end up buying 300yds of p-line flourocarbon, and tie my own leaders with it. The little spools of tippet can be pretty handy out on the water though. Most people whom I've talked about this say that the leader spools in general are higher quality, but as long as the line you are using is of high quality, I think it makes no difference. While high quality flourocarbons and such may cost $7-$10, compared to those 30yd tippet spools your'e getting a tremendous value. Plus the large spools can easily last a season or two, unless you fish like me and change flies every 3 minutes. :hehe:
I know what you mean about the smaller size of tippet spools. It's not a problem for me any longer, however, as I carry everything I need in a roomy fanny pack, so a couple of 300-yd. spools of line fit in easily. The other thing I've done is take spent tippet spools, as well as the little ones that cheap backing comes on, and re-load them with 20-yds. or so of line from a larger spool.
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my tank set up is a 10 gallon tank with 1 mountain minnow, 2 bait shop minnows, and 2 goldfish. all these guys grew up together so they dont try to eat each other.
one of the goldfish is big enough to eat the cloud. but it is used to goldfish. i got the cloud for free when i bought my goldfish because walmart didnt kow what it was. there was just a little tiny mystery fish in with a tank full of goldfish 10 times bigger than it.
my advise would be to get the smallest goldfish you can find and let them get used to the cloud minnows. they should get along then.
Your tank is overstocked.
What is the nitrate concentration?Aquarist since 1995
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i never got it tested. i'm not a hardcore fish person, it's just a tank i got from my uncle who wanted to get rid of it. and the fish are doing fine. there's 5 fish and they each have their 2 gallons of water.
ah never mind. we got the water tested. is that what you mean? everything was normal, considering we live nest to a corn field.
What is the nitrate concentration.
They need more than 2 gallons each. Stocking has a lot more to do with water changes than actual volume, but there are minimums. If these are fancy goldfish you need twenty gallons for one and an additional ten gallons for every additional goldfish. If these are long-bodied goldfish they need a huge tank (125 gallons or more).
Your not being a 'hardcore' fish person doesn't mean it is okay to neglect fish. If you are not going to take proper care of them you need to give them to someone who will.Aquarist since 1995
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I'm new, but I've got experience with goldfish. Fishguy is absolutely right. Both ArkD'Julie and firefly have seriously overstocked tanks. Neither one of you should freak out, but making some changes would be much better for your fish.
ArkD'Julie, if you are still checking back with this thread, you said you were thinking of going with a larger tank. A 55 would be a minimum for keeping all four goldfish. A 75 gallon would be even better. Otherwise, if you want to go with a 40 gallon, I would suggest rehoming at least one of the fish. Two would be better and give you room to play around with adding other species like White Clouds. They won't hurt the goldfish, but the goldfish do find them to be a tasty snack if they can catch them. Or you could cycle the new tank and just move two into the larger tank and keep the 15 gallon set up for the other two. That would at least give them some relief from the stress.
firefly, in your case, I would get rid of the bait minnows at the very least. I've heard a lot of formulas for stocking tanks from 1 inch of fish per gallon to calculating the surface area for gas exchange. None of these formulas work for goldfish. They are pond fish. They put out a huge amount of ammonia both as the waste you see, and through their gills. They are just not very good fish for a 10 gallon tank. Your fish are not grown up. A long thin goldfish, or comet, gets to be 10 to 12 inches long when they are full grown. A fancy, fantail goldfish get to be the size of softballs. They don't remain small if you keep them in a smaller tank. They remain small because poor water conditions are not allowing them to grow properly. This is not something you can see or smell. There are tests for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate, which will give you an idea of how efficient your filter system is. You can buy the little test kits a WalMart when you get the chance.
I keep a school of White Clouds with my Goldies (1 fantail, 1 Ryukin, and 1 Shubunkin) without and issues. The Goldies don't pay much attention to the smaller fish and the WCMM have learned to steer clear of the Goldies at feeding time. My tank temp. is set to 72˙F.


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Moffat County High School hosted the Clint Wells Invitational at its home track Friday with eight other teams from Northwest Colorado in attendance. Several state champion contenders competed on the track and in the field events.
Craig On a beautiful spring day in Craig, athletes from across Northwest Colorado competed at the Clint Wells Invitational hosted at Moffat County High School.
The home Bulldogs had a good day, running away with a points title for the girls team and a second-place finish to Grand Valley for the boys.
Moffat County freshman Kayla Pinnt had another big day, notching wins in the 100-meter, 400 and 4x100 relay. In the 100, the freshman was not up against any of the elite sprinters she has seen in Grand Junction, but Pinnt won in 12.51 seconds, her fastest time of the season and the fastest in 3A track this year.
"I thought I ran it in 13-something," Pinnt said about the race. "But then my dad came over and told me what I had done, and I was really happy. I wanted to make it to state, but now I feel like I can go and win it."
The open 400 was Pinnt's first of the season. And while she was disappointed in her time, the 64.55 still was good enough to win by almost 4 seconds. Pinnt wants to get more experience in the race to try and take it on at the state meet, as well.
Another state champion contender, Jorge Valdez, of Hayden, didn't disappoint in Craig. Valdez cleared 6 feet to win the boys high jump. Although he has made 6-4 this season, Valdez said he was satisfied with winning the event.
"It's not my best, but it was still good enough to win, so that's good, I guess," he said.
But Valdez will not be satisfied with 6 feet the rest of the season. He has relied mostly on athletic ability to get this far and said improving on his form will be important to meet his goals.
"There are some jumps where my form is great, and then the next one, it's off," he said. "I need to work to make that more consistent. My brother (Rene) has the school record; that's 6-6. So I'd like to get there."
The most exciting finish of the day came in the boys 100, when TJ Shelton, of Meeker, beat Kelly Campbell, of Moffat County, by 0.01 second. Campbell would have a good day the rest of the way, running for Moffat County to wins in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400.
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Soroco's Nic Paxton took second place in the long and triple jumps. In the boys high jump, Moffat County's Miguel Cruz cleared a career-best 5-8, beating out Soroco's Bjorn Carlson for second place.
Gaven Spears and Dylan Villa delivered in the throwing events for Moffat County. Villa tied for first, and Spears was third in the shot put. Spears was first and Villa was second in the discus. Emily White posted personal bests in the shot and disc, taking fourth and third, respectively, for Moffat County.
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Teacher as Student: Professors Collaborate During Open Classrooms Week
Members of Southwestern's Faculty Development Committee wanted to give their colleagues the opportunity to observe each other in the classroom. Associate Dean Arthur McEvoy (Committee Chair), Professor
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"We have a lot of good teachers at Southwestern, and I thought the idea of opening our classrooms would be a good way to learn from one another," Professor Hoyos said. The structure was experimental. Involvement was voluntary. And the event was a success.
Involvement exceeded expectations, with 43 faculty members either opening their classrooms to their fellow professors, sitting in on others' courses, or both. Participating instructors represented a diverse cross section of teaching styles and experience levels.
"The level of participation was amazing to me," Professor Hoyos said. "Over two-thirds of the faculty participated in the week. I think at many schools, one-third would be high, and that was what I thought our rate would be. It can create a certain level of anxiety to have a colleague sit in on your class. But there seemed to be a genuine desire to both learn from and to share with one another. I think it speaks well about our faculty's interest in teaching and willingness to grow."
Dean McEvoy said that the purpose of Open Classrooms is less about evaluation and feedback and more about observing and learning from what colleagues do. "We generally keep to ourselves as academics," he explained. "People are pretty proprietary about the classroom, but the non-evaluative set up of the week and its spirit of reciprocity made it much safer. I think everyone learned a lot. I learned a lot."
Daily brown bag sessions were also held in the faculty lounge to discuss the things professors witnessed in each other's classes. Twenty three professors attended the lunch gatherings. "I felt like I learned a lot in those sessions, not only about teaching, but about my colleagues on a personal level," Professor Hoyos said. "I think what we saw is a school-wide commitment to high quality teaching and a variety of approaches. The best conversation I had all week was with Professor Hila Keren. We have similar goals and desires about teaching, and had a lengthy conversation after lunch one day about the issues we face in the classroom and how we try to address them. We approach these issues much differently, both stylistically and pedagogically, so it was good to compare notes and talk about why we do things the way we do."
Based on the positive feedback the committee received, the plan is to try to organize one Open Classrooms Week during each term. Dean McEvoy explained that the week really cultivated a strong sense of association. "My motto for this year is 'Building community by working together,'" he said. "The faculty lounge is often empty at lunchtime, but during Open Classrooms Week it was full every day, with people who sometimes don't cross paths with each other talking animatedly about work and ideas, about things that matter to everybody in common. It was a great thing."


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The Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence: An update
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Binghamton University's Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence (TAEs) moved rapidly from concept to reality during fall semester 2013, thanks to a strong partnership between the Division of Academic Affairs and the Division of Research.
"The effort has benefited from strong collaboration between Academic Affairs and the Division of Research," Provost Donald Nieman explained. "I can't thank my colleague Bahgat Sammakia (Vice President for Research) enough for his support, involvement and insights."
A faculty committee appointed jointly by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and the provost identified five TAEs during the 2012-13 academic year:
• Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging
• Health Sciences
• Material and Visual Worlds
• Smart Energy
• Sustainable Communities
All raise important questions and are designed to bring faculty from a variety of departments and schools together to answer them. They are also areas in which Binghamton University has existing strength and can, with additional investments, become premier, enhancing its stature as a research university.
In April 2013, Provost Donald Nieman appointed faculty members to serve on steering committees to guide each of the TAEs, and each steering committee identified a member to chair its group. They are:
• Bat Ami Bar-On (Citizenship, Rights and Cultural Belonging)
• Terry Deak (Health Sciences)
• Wayne Jones (Smart Energy)
• Tom McDonough (Material and Visual Worlds)
• Pam Mischen (Sustainable Communities)
The committees range in size from 11 to 16, and include 71 faculty members altogether. The Health Sciences and Smart Energy steering committees met regularly during the summer, and the other three committees began meeting regularly when the fall semester began.
"The work that the steering committees have done in a very short time is truly remarkable, and I am grateful for their hard work," Nieman said. "They have developed initiatives that have created a sense of identity for each of the TAEs and are generating a sense of excitement about the possibilities they hold." With the assistance of the Department of Communications and Marketing, each TAE has developed a website to promote its activities.
Each of the steering committees has either held or planned events to engage faculty and community members in their work. For example, the Sustainable Communities steering committee sponsored a highly successful conference at the University Downtown Center attended by 75 faculty, students and community members in early November; and the Smart Energy Committee has held a workshop series that has brought notable speakers to campus. The other three steering committees have planned conferences and speaker series for the spring 2014 semester.
"The steering committees have benefited from outstanding staff support," Nieman added. "Katie Ellis (senior director, Communications and Marketing), Gerald Hovancik (senior Web developer), Rachel Coker (director, Office of Research Advancement), Mary Beth Curtin (assistant vice president for Research Initiatives) and Vicki Griffin (senior staff assistant, Academic Affairs) have devoted considerable time and made invaluable contributions to this initiative." In addition, six student interns — all members of the Binghamton University Scholars Program — have assisted in planning and executing steering committee initiatives.
"Steps to foster transdisciplinary research collaboration are also well under way," Nieman said. "With funding provided by the Road Map, the Provost's Office, and the Division of Research the committees have all conducted competitions for seed grants to support research collaborations by interdisciplinary faculty teams. We believe this is one way to help build the foundation for successful, major grant proposals."
Thus far, 13 seed grants have been awarded, and plans for another round of competition are being developed. In addition, three steering committees have identified research themes designed to foster collaboration.
The steering committees have also provided guidance for collection development in Bartle Library. Because the TAEs define the future of research at Binghamton University, Libraries Dean John Meador decided that a significant portion of the new resources provided to Bartle Library by the Road Map should be used to purchase materials that will support the TAEs. Librarians met with each of the TAE steering committees to ascertain their most critical needs and developed purchasing plans that will fill them.
Participation in faculty hiring was perhaps the most important and time-consuming activity engaged in by steering committee members. As they assembled the 2014-15 hiring plan, the provost and deans identified 38 positions as affiliated TAE hires. (Affiliated hires are positions that are allocated to a department or school but aligned with a TAE.) Each of these 38 search committees has members of a TAE steering committee serving on it.
"So far, the experiment has been successful, balancing the interests of the TAE and the department or school in the selection process," said Nieman. "Two of these searches have already been brought to a successful conclusion with broad consensus between the department and the TAE representatives concerning the best candidates. Other searches are under way and will conclude in the spring."
In addition to participating in searches for affiliated hires, TAE steering committees have begun to identify future hiring needs — for affiliated and core positions to be filled in 2015-16. (Core positions are senior hires associated with a TAE, and searches to fill them will be led by members of the TAE steering committee.) On Dec. 4, 2013, a memo asking deans, departments and TAE steering committees to begin prioritizing affiliated and core hires for 2015-16 and directing them to a website to request positions was circulated.
"In conclusion, the TAEs are off to a strong start," said Nieman. "The University is recruiting faculty who will strengthen each TAE, and the steering committees have initiated activities to build identity, stimulate intellectual exchange and promote collaborative research for their TAE."
In addition, to highlight the work being done by the TAEs, they were featured in an ad placed in the Chronicle of Higher Education (Nov. 22, 2013) calling attention to Binghamton University's "Bold New Approaches to Discovery."


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Burbank Target had some TFU and at least part of a case of Joes this morning... and naturally a couple unfamiliar faces were there (I got in a couple minutes after doors opened). Some dude had at least one Joe, a couple Cars, and two of the $20 TFs (the Premiere ones or whatever, which I guess just have silver trim on the box?). Another guy had a bunch of SW figures (Gree, a couple TFU troops maybe). Funny how the new faces always turn up on days when they actually stock
I left the Evo Trooper and Shadow Guard, picked up an extra Juno & Maris for custom fodder. The Joes were the Rock-n-Roll wave, and not many of 'em; I picked up RnR & a Crimson Guard (I'm really tired of the Duke arms being used; horrible elbows, bizarre place to cut the wrist joint, and no separate trigger fingers), the one guy with the TFs grabbed Torpedo according to Plumber Bob, and probably IG Destro if he was there at all. Couple Buzzers from the last week, a Cobra Trooper, and a Jump Trooper were all that was left.
Nevermind....Toonimator said it all.
So Burbank Target has Order 66, but in the "warehouse", with no specific date that it will be put on the floor. Meanwhile, other stores are putting them at the registers. No surprise...
This weekend's supposedly the 'street date', the planogram change for the Order 66s to show up at registers. But various Targets do it at various times...
...meanwhile, actually got to Target before opening (mostly because they were a few minutes late in opening), and naturally there was nothing new. The lack of unfamiliar faces, or Headphones & Jackie Chan, was a big clue
The latest Marvel Superhero Squad sets are out, in new packaging... still there from yesterday, with a few more added I think.
TRU Woodland Hills: nada new. Full pegs o' repacks though.
Target on DeSoto: nearly empty pegs. All repacks except for the Playmate Imperial Trooper chick, who I brought home to please me. Otherwise, more nada. No 66 or anything.
My local Target had a display on an endcap with the price listings for the Order 66 figures (none out) and the Force Unleashed role-play lightsabers.
The items and prices were listed, but the exclusive battle packs (Kashyyyk anyway) and the Galactic Heroes ones (Endor and Mustafar) plus some exclusive repaints of Transformers Barricade and Jazz in the tube-style packaging were what they were displaying.
Tomorrow morning I might actually make a toy run over there!
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Ordered the following G.I. Joe stuff from HTS today:
- Baroness x2
- Major Bludd
- Tiger Stripe Flint
- Snake Eyes - Arctic Gear
- Storm Shadow - Black
- GI Joe RAM Cycle
- Black COBRA Hiss w/Driver
- Barbeque
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- Roadblock (new deco)
- Sgt. Bazooka
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- Cobra B.A.T. x2
- Snow Serpent x2
Use code SPRCAT8 for 10% off and free shipping.
It's funny how you can pre-order GI Joe stuff (that will ship in June and August) and Indiana Jones stuff (shipping in May), but the SW Force Unleashed wave (which has been out for months) is M.I.A. Maybe Chef Boyardee got a job at HasbroToyShop...
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Got lucky at La Cienega Target today. Stopped by around 11am and found an endcap full of the Target exclusives. They must have just put them out, because they untouched. There were 2 sets of Order 66, 1 set of GI Joe and at least 2 sets of Transformers. I picked up the GI Joes and both Order 66 Tsui Chois. I'm happy that I'm done with these exclusives so early. Funny thing is, the shelf tag has a date of 4-13-08 on it.
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NEW ALBANY – Voters today will decide whether wine and liquor will be legal in New Albany.
A 2012 law allows a county seat or other city with 5,000 or more residents and within a county that has voted dry to decide on liquor legalization independent of its surrounding county.
Opponents say legalized alcohol will not bring in the restaurants proponents have suggested. Citizens For An Alcohol Free County's most recent ad in New Albany newspapers cites Baldwyn, Holly Springs and Corinth as having legalized alcohol without attracting Chili's, Red Lobster, Applebee's or Longhorn and adds that Corinth had Ruby Tuesday before legalization.
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MADISON-Mary Lou Haas, age 58, went home to Jesus on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. She was born on Oct. 9, 1954, in Plain, the daughter of LaVerne and Luella (Bauer) Haas. A hairdresser for thirty years, she also worked at St. Vincent de Paul, Langdon dorms, and UW Hospital food service. Mary Lou loved shopping at St. Vinnie's, meeting people, as well as baking and crocheting. She loved to make joy her aim. Mary Lou was an active member of Madison Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Mary Lou is survived by her siblings, Gary, Mike, Bob (Laurie), Dennis, Theresa, Julie (Kent) Prather, and David (Wendy) along with two nieces, Montana and Mikayla; and several aunts, uncles, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Funeral services will be held at ST. PATRICK'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, 404 E. Main St., at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. Burial will be held at Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be held at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of service. Memorials may be made to Cathedral Parish, St. Vincent de Paul, Madison Catholic Charismatic Renewal, or Relevant Radio.
The family wishes to extend a special thanks to her friends that have help her throughout the years, to Dr. Robert Hegeman and Dr. Kilpatrick and all those who said a prayer or lit a candle for Mary Lou. On-line condolences may be made at www.gundersonfh.com.


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Heya folks, now I am back from mijn vacatie in het
Nederlands ;)
Actually it was a very nice vacation. Actually I may say the best ever. Being with my beloved girl friend was soo great. And after seeing the different parts of Holland, I must say that I like the country soo far. Actually in many ways it resemples Denmark, so I advoided a culture shock.
With regard to hacking I haven't done a single thing. My girlfriend has taken up all my time, and I must say I *really* like that way. I never believed that I could love one soo much as I love her. I am really soo sad that I had to return back to Denmark. Now I just got to find time to visit her soon. If I do not - I have no idea of what I should do about my self. I am soo deply in love, and it feels so wonderful. Mijn Hannahtje, I really love you!!!!!!
A new day..This day didn't start out that well since I had
to arrange some importing things over the net, and it was
totally down..At some point I though that my netcard had
seen the end of days, but luckely that was not the
Anyway, today is the birthday of the very active russian translator, Valek, also knows as frob. CONGRATULATION, MATE!!!
Right now I have been playing around with the metatheme package. It seems to be missing the po/ directory, so I made one with the right Makefiles, et al. Added a Danish translation and sent it to the maintainer.
Now I was at it, I updated some more i18n files, and took a little look at the status - yikes, this could look better. Anyway, Evolution looks to be well translated. I doubt if this is right. Maybe Mathieu didn't change the POTFILES.in file after all. In case you read this Mathieu, please run ./update.pl -M in the evolution/po directory. The output should make it clear for you what to do.
Real life
Not much more will happen in that area for today, as I am going to Holland in a couple of hours...I look sooo much forward to that, and totally cannot wait. I never thought that I could miss a girlfriend that much, but I do! It's almost totally unbarable..but now I am going there!!! ;);
Hehe, irc is funny..today a new dane joined the society, and
of course Xach was quick to greed him ;)
--> ziento (email@example.com) has joined #gimp
Xach: eek, more danes
Xach: or is that kanikus?
ziento: it's just me Ziento
Xach: hello Ziento
ziento: you don't know me but you probaly know my friend, kanikus
ole: godav, godav, ziento.
ziento: by the way who are you
Xach: jeg er dansk
ziento: godaw ole
Xach: og jeg er nøgen
Well apart from this the new Red Hat 7beta5 public beta was released, and I have to say, This is THE BEST x.0 Red Hat release I have ever seen..Things are really looking promosing!!!
Way to go Red Hat!!!!
FYI: "og jeg er nøgen" is Danish and means, "and I am naked" ...I wonder who tought Xach Danish ;)
Started working on splitting the textstrings in Gnumeric into two textdomains. First take is almost finished...now just to the testing and then to the fixing...
Well not much happened until now. Kim (male) and I was up
all night trying to maintain the different Red Hat i18n
files...We did quite a job, but there is still stuff to be
done before we can consider Danish as a well supported
Yesterday I mailed the guy responsible for the man-pages site, and today he replied "IN DANISH", that the Danish link now it added...That is pretty cool, as I think he is Dutch ;)
Right now I am going to take a shower and then pack the last things before I take off to the Netherlands tomorrow - I also need to go buy some things for the trip, otherwise I will be starwing after the 11-12 hour journey...
FYI: I'm going to The Netherlands in order to visit my girlfriend, which I miss quite a lot...
Today I just saw the latest PC Planet magazine, and it had two great articles in it, written by me of course ;) Anyway, they actually turned out really good I think.
Hi everybody, this is my first advogato diary ever..well
people kept telling me to get an account here, so now I
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Well not much has happened today. I have been sitting here with my friend Kim, and hacking a little on the Nautilus Console Scripts. I have also been installing the latest and greatest beta of an *unknown* linux distribution ;) Well I tested it carefully and found some small bugs that I will have to report soon..lets hope that people won't hate me for this ..yikes..but they tend to do so :/ Anyway, in a few seconds I will together with Kim go through the Red Hat i18n files, and make sure that they are well updated with regard to the Danish language.
I will also have to soon port my Danish GNOME book into sgml, so it can be integrated in the book series, Linux - Friheden til at vælge. This is though a lot of work and might first be done after I go visit my beloved girlfriend in Groningen, The Netherlands.
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On February 7, the 66th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations celebrated the second annual World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) with a full program of speakers and performances that underscored the significance of this year's theme: "Common Ground for the Common Good."
The President of the General Assembly, H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, began the proceedings with a keynote address that highlighted the "social and moral significance" of religion in the global society and reminded the Assembly that the United Nations itself was founded on "the quest for the common values ...
World Interfaith Harmony Week begins tomorrow - February 1.
The United Nations General Assembly designated the first week in February as World Interfaith Harmony Week. H.M. King Abdullah II of Jordan proposed the creation of the week. The week provides an opportunity for people of different faiths to seek fellowship, work together, and celebrate common concerns and values.
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Offseason Exercise/Training for Fly Casters
We all know that stretching, exercise, and weight training are important activities for the aging athlete. Marriage, parenthood, and that nuisance thing I call a job are all decreasing the amount of time I have to do these things and starting to feel the effects in my casting arm.
For the first time ever, I've noticed that I can't just pick up the fly rod and double haul a long booming cast without feeling "something" in my wrist, arm, shoulder, back or like this weekend all of the above. Something is typically just a tired/sore shoulder but more and more includes back muscle cramping or significant shoulder pain.
When I used to fish 3+ times per week this wasn't a problem but now that my time is limited I know I have to be more cautious or risk serious injury. What do other's do to keep their casting arms strong and limber when casting isn't possible?
I plan to add pre-casting stretches to my fishing day routine and looking for some form of fun exercise that I can do in parallel with something else (e.g. while on a teleconference). Hitting the weights will be a goal; but, as I stated above, time really prevents me from going to the gym.
Casting arm is somewhat of a problem with me but not the main one. For me it used to be mainly my back. Being retired I can get to a gym more easily. And since summertime is the time when I pretty much do no fishing, I'm in the gym usually 3 days a week. This back routine given me by physical therapy has reduced back fatigue and improved endurance greatly. Its really a series of 9 well known exercises featuring stretches and some strength building. Then I do an overall body program of weight bearing exercises. That's mainly it and it has helped to keep the aches and pains to a minimum. I plan to get into yoga but haven't done much so far.
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When I go to Kodiak to fish for silvers every so often, I cast from shore to "targets" (i.e., jumping or finning fish). On a typical day, I will start about 7:30 AM and fish until dusk. I can go a day or two without shoulder pain, but after that, the constant slinging of heavy line over a long period of time practically cripples me. I attribute the pain to poor mechanics, but I'm so far into my dotage I'm not about to learn new techniques -- so, pain killers. OTC stuff works OK.
When fishing from a float tube, I don't have the right shoulder bending-over-and-hope-it-goes-away pain, but, I;d rather fish from my feet when I can, even under these conditions.
For what it's worth
A number of years ago I strained my forearm/elbow with a day of roll-casting. The next winter I joined a casting club to keep warmed up until the season came again. Im still at it in a school gym every Monday from November to April. If there is no club near you, some lawn casting (even on the snow) can be good to maintain the muscle tone - at least once a week, hopefully your yard is big enough or there is a park nearby. A couple of 15-minute sessions with a 5 minute break should do it. A couple of orange plastic cones will help mark distance and accuracy or hula-hoops.
There is also an exercise to strengthen the wrists and forearms and shoulders, which is the following: Create a small bar/rod like 18" of broomstick and attach a string to the centre, with a 2# weight at the other end. The string is the length needed to allow the weight to be on the floor when you hold the bar straight in front of you, with a hand at each end (sort of like bike handlebars). Wind (reel) the string up around the bar (lifting the weight) by just twisting/rotating the bar with your hands, and then reverse the process to slowly unwind the string to put the weight back on the floor. Only three or 4 reps per night are needed.
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They really aren't that bad
Pros: Durability, appearance
Cons: Price
Well first off, these headphones are bashed on way to much just for being 'Beats'. The studio's straight up suck and the solo's are beyond bad. These suckers take on quite a beating because of the 'sins of their forefathers'. Personally, the price wasn't as big of a deal with me since I got these for 300 new, but price is the main downfall of these guys. They are far from worth 400 dollars for their sound quality. You could find the same if not better sound quality in 250$ headphones.
However, these headphones make up for this quality in their build. I found this strange coming from Monster. I have dropped these puppies from 6ft+ several times, slammed the chord in between a car door several times, etc. Not even a scratch (which is strange since aluminum tends to scratch pretty easily from my experience). They also have a removable cable (quite common in higher end headphones) that can plug into either side. This is the most amazing headphone cable out there. It is long and built to last and doesn't tangle at all. The swivel cups are also pretty fun and cool but really don't add all that much overall.
Sound quality wise these are lacking for their price. They would be worth it at 250, maybe 300, however they lack the outstanding highs. They have great bass (it could be a little more punchy) and pretty good mids, but the highs aren't close to anything special. These headphones also don't differentiate instruments as much as IEMs but they do give songs a solid feel. Despite not having the best sound quality, these headphones really bring rap, hip-hop, electronic, dubstep, and even hard rock to life. (if you like classical or softer more detail oriented music I would go with sennheiser or Westone).
Overall these are good headphones, don't listen to the hype saying 'beats are terrible', they really aren't all that bad.


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Well, by now most, if not all of you have seen or are keenly aware of the Hit TV series "Are you tougher than a Boy Scout". As they get through the first season, the subject of future seasons have begun.
It has been refreshing to watch Scouting on the boob tube presented in a positive light, showing high adventure and skills that most of us in Scouting like. I am also happy to see the caliber of youth that have been selected to be on the first season. They have really represented Scouting well.
But what of future seasons? At what point are they going to show your average Scout.. the merit badge hunter, the mud finder, and the velcro scout.. you know, the young man that can't be to far from the safe reach of mom and dad. What will future events be on the show? A trip to the zoo? Maybe an aggressive game of chess? How about a fun game of patrol box cleaning? Sounds fun don't it? Sounds like the stuff boys join Scouting for. Yep, and the nation will get to see all that adventure.. not quite High Adventure, but adventure none the less. I get the feeling that once the public gets their collective eyes on that they will beat down our doors to get in.
OK.. OK.. sarcasm over.
I have been going back and forth with some Scouters via email and some discussions that go back to comments I made regarding Scouting not being for everyone. It seems that most do not agree, and that's ok. It's certainly alright to disagree and I encourage it. What I don't agree with though is that our program should be "dumbed down" for lack of a better term. Go back to the beginning and you find adventure in Scouting at every turn. That is what it's all about.
Now, I suppose you could argue that adventure is adventure, and that is found in the individual. Yeah.. you could argue that. Ability levels can be accommodated, but at the end of the day, if we are not encouraging our Patrol Leaders Council to seek adventure, we are not helping in delivering that promise.
It serves us well to remember the Promise of Scouting that we are supposed to be delivering.
Allow me to refresh your memory:
Scouting promises you the great outdoors. As a Scout, you can learn how to camp and hike without leaving a trace and how to take care of the land. You'll study wildlife up close and learn about nature all around you. There are plenty of skills you can master, and you can teach others what you have learned. Everyone helping everyone else-that's part of scouting, too.
Scouting promises you friendship. Members of the Troop you join might be boys you already know, and you will meeting many other scouts along the way. Some could be lifelong friends.
Scouting promises you opportunities to work toward the Eagle Scout rank. You will set positive goals for yourself and follow clear routes to achieve them.
Scouting promises you tools to help you make the most of your family, your community, and your nation. The good deeds you perform everyday will improve the lives of those around you. You will be prepared to help others in time of need.
Scouting promises you experience and duties that will help you mature into a strong, wise adult. The Scout Oath and Scout Law can guide you while you are a Scout and throughout your life. (The Boy Scout Handbook 11th edition)
It is absolutely no surprise to me that the great outdoors is listed first! That is where adventure is found. Friendship and the bonds that last forever are forged in shared experiences and trials. I love the last part there… "a strong, wise adult." The Oath and Law are great rules to live by and will last forever in the man.
So there it is.. the Promise of Scouting.. So are you Tougher than a Boy Scout? Can you assist in living up to the expectations that boys join Scouting for? Are you up to that challenge. Imagine if you flipped the channel to watch a high adventure show and there are a handful of Scouts diligently working the fingerprinting merit badge. Click! I just turned the channel looking for the home shopping network.. maybe I could buy some adventure there.
I'm looking forward to the next season of the show.. man am I happy to see Scouting on TV and looking cool!
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By:Alan Dickson
Items were received very quickly and are great value.
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Excellent Service, Good Price
By:Barbara Knight
Very easy to order, delivered quickly and a very good price for a good quality product.
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Quick Delivery
By:Janet J,
Items arrived in perfect condition and the cables are well made.
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Happy With This Purchase
I found the site very easy to navigate and the item was delivered very quickly. Product was perfect and was well packaged, I would recommend Gizzmoheaven!
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Excellent Product
I have used these cables for many networking solutions and the colour coding makes it very easy to identify the connections.
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Great Fast Service
By:Brian Gill
Fast Great service A++++++++++
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Very Successful Transaction
VERY SUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION, THE HIGH LEVEL OF COOPERATION recommend!!!!
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