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Since the scholarships are country wide, and have other requirements than being Eagle, I would think not really. Frankly, in our area, fewer LDS get Eagle than others. Now, percentage wise per unit, that may not be the case, as they are always small units. If you read through the recipients in the EAGLE NEWS, it seems as if your query would be in the negative, as the sponsors are not heavily weighted in favor of LDS in my opinion.

We have gone the bring your own option for a number of years, in order to save $$$$, usually about $20 per camper. As pointed out, we also have better shelter in most cases, as camp tents are not that good in weather, often in poor shape, and very hot. The only disadvantage is having to set up camp when we arrive, which makes things a bit tight sometimes. But, the savings is well worth it.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts - for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang

If you are lucky, you will be able to find currant bushes; then you won't need these.

Here is a link for the History Club, part of the History Channel. They also had their February magazine cover with scouts on the front. http://www.thehistorychannelclub.com/articles/articletype/articleview/articleid/368/prepared-for-brotherhood

No and yes. Ignore the idiots that make things up and will not accept the truth even when shown to them.

The idea of tying a string around your finger to remember to do something is the key. The knot represents that reminder, and the Slogan, "Do A Good Turn Daily".

I subscribe to Boys' Life personally as a leader, because I want to see what is there for the boys, and I enjoy some of the material myself admittedly. When I am done with them, I take them to one of the local school libraries in which I sub, and they always have use for them. Matter of fact, most librarians say that they are the most popular magazine they have in the 4th to 6th grade level, even often for girls. I wonder if National might consider developing a program that would make the magazine directly available to these underfunded public school libraries. In the meantime, it would be great to get other scouters and scouts to give their copies to the libraries when they have finished with them.

I subscribe to Boys' Life personally as a leader, because I want to see what is there for the boys, and I enjoy some of the material myself admittedly. When I am done with them, I take them to one of the local school libraries in which I sub, and they always have use for them. Matter of fact, most librarians say that they are the most popular magazine they have in the 4th to 6th grade level, even often for girls. I wonder if National might consider developing a program that would make the magazine directly available to these underfunded public school libraries. In the meantime, it would be great to get other scouters and scouts to give their copies to the libraries when they have finished with them.

Having dealt with "gold tabs" at Jambo too, I would have to say that overall, they seem to have the good of the overall program at heart. That saying, I had encounters with two of them, one from OA, and one from National Supply, that did not give me confidence in their purpose; they sounded more like power trip individuals. Then, perhaps it only had to do with them "immediately" disagreeing with me about the point of discussion, such as they were. I was pretty much summarily shot down and then shouted, so to speak, down with indignation. Hopefully, the two negative encounters were anomalies. Certainly my short meeting with Tico Perez was very positive. Now, in relation to paid people, I really do not know on a National level; but local can often be very dicey at times, especially at the highest level.

The individual is updated on Scoutnet by the troop or COR rep in some manner. I am already listed as a SM; why should I have to fill out another app if I am also registered as a commissioner, or something else. They already have the info on me; all they should need is the D to verify. Again, we tend to make it more difficult than it needs to be. If they "must" have another app, then make it one that is simply an "add position" type, so they can effectively approve it, but not do the in depth for the initial one. Again; it would need to pick up on the ID number as part of it.

For me, the real issue is the "extra" application. It "should be" an easy task to simply "add" an additional title or job to the "established" file. Then, the training verification would immediately be attached. JMHO

Yes, thank you for clarification. Just too bad that a few just have to mess things up for the many. Glad there is not worry on the forums.

Norton is red tagging the site for 3 malicious items they say may or do exist. You can check directly if you have Norton I guess. According to the description, they are redirect programs that end up looking like you are going to ASK.com, but are really opening the computer up to serious problems. Please review this ASAP. Meanwhile, maybe I will not read or post for a bit.

Advertising in medical journals and doctor, hospital related periodicals should be allowed; but why to the general public. Not sure why, but certainly it is at least a factor in the increased cost of the drugs. For years it was not allowed, and then someone decided it would be a good idea. To me, it is a legitimate concern that the general populace is being at least somewhat dis-served by putting "ideas" into their heads that they need certain drugs. And the people with real problems, often called hypochondriacs, definitely do not need these added misunderstood symptoms being pushed on them. Another negative issue, from my perspective, is the "type" of drugs that are most common in TV ads, as well as why some are allowed to be shown in prime time. This has been touched on in other threads I believe. If not advertising to the general public could save even a small percentage of cost for drugs, it would be worthwhile. As far as kids, and possible over diagnosing certain syndromes, it is likely a reality to some extent. I see it in the schools, and a few times in the scouts. Much of it could be solved by finding better ways to run our educational system, and reemphasizing "real play" and the arts, rather than taking them away. They all add to the quality of education, and likely draw on other parts of the mind, as well as allowing physical release from pent up stress. JMHO

My dad always put a plate with a piece of raw bacon on it a few yards away from us; and they seemed to stay over there.

My interest was simply peeked by the stats on which religions were most heavily represented. Granted, in our country, Christianity is the number one; but the other religious groups are fully represented, it appears, world wide. Really does not matter. Most units are pretty flexible in this regard, even though a few would say otherwise. We generally only hear from a very small percentage of people in regard to these subjects. And far too often, the ones from whom we hear are skewed in one direction or another and tend to display obvious inflexibility and bias; and they also seem to be overly zealous in their approach. JMO of course.

His Scouter's pages; Historical perspectives; Scouting

http://www.rhodyman.net/home.html Okay, I think I found the proper link. The original one came through Stevenson's page, "Collectors' References" link on the left. It is called Hennings Home Page. Give it a try; a lot of interesting stuff.

http://www.thestevensons.com/ As of 9/31/05 there were more than 28 million Scouts, young people and adults, male and female, in 216 countries and territories. There are 155 countries with internationally recognized national Scout Organizations. There are 26 territories where Scouting exists as overseas branches of member Scout Organizations. There are 35 countries where Scouting exists but where there is no National Scout Organization which is yet a member of WOSM. There are 6 countries where Scouting does not exist. (Andorra, People's Republic of China, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Lao People's Democratic Republic and Myanmar) The top 10 countries in number of Scouts are: Indonesia 8,909,435 88% Muslim United States 6,239,435 78% Christian India 2,138,015 81% Hindu Philippines 1,956,131 92% Christian Thailand 1,305,027 95% Buddhist Bangladesh 908,435 83% Muslim Pakistan 526,403 97% Muslim United Kingdom 498,888 72% Christian Republic of Korea 252,157 26% Christian/26% Buddhist Japan 220,223 84% Shinto/Buddhist From this chart it can be easily seen that Scouting is a movement for all major religions. Worldwide the world is 33% Christian, 20% Muslim, 13% Hindu, and 6% Buddhist. In these 10 countries, Scouting is 40% Muslim, 29% Christian, 8% Hindu, and 6% Buddhist. So, it appears that Scouting reflects rather well the major religions of the world.

It would not surprise me to find out that your HR department person simply stated an opinion. Not likely that is written in any of their rules and so on. Could be wrong; but seems really an odd idea. I know in 25 years in management, we were never told to ignore such things. That applies to scholarship interviews as well; Eagle Scout was a positive factor in the review process.

I believe Clinton and Obama were only Cubs, and perhaps also G.W.; but they still participated. Of course, that has little to do with their adult lives, if they did not follow through more than a very short time, the value to them is diluted to some extent. JMHO

Our Methodist CO's minister spoke today about "pick and choose" faithful. What she said, while referring to Christians specifically, could likely be related to individuals in most religious groups. Her sermon started with a quote; "I would like $3 worth of God, please". You can imagine the following context; basically pointing out that "true faith" does not choose just what is easy and comfortable. The other thing she said, which I found unusual, was; "the scriptures do not chastise 'intellectual atheists'; but they do take part time believers to task" (or something close to these words). Another point of cogitation.

How come I am not having any luck blocking people? I followed the instructions, but they are still showing up.

Ed; If you are asking about the flag info and church, I showed the U.S. Flag Code reference in the post. The other was from a general discussion on a Googled site.