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February 8th, 2012
What's Up With Blue Book?
Many of us have been wondering for years what will happen with Blue Book. A new version has not been published since 2006. At 1pm today Jason Spangler will broadcast part one of an interview with Roy More where they discuss the future of Blue Book.
Scouting Hot Finds Radio: Blue Book 2.0 Update with Roy More.
You can listen live at that link. You can also find the podcast there afterwards, or listen through iTunes.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 6th, 2012
A Guide to Identifying Chinese Fakes on eBay
My friend Jason Spangler, also known as the Santee Swapper and host of the Scouting Hot Finds newsletters and podcast has assembled a free guide to spotting the fake Chinese made OA patches currently appearing on eBay.
A Guide to Identifying Recent Chinese Fakes on eBay
This is an extensive 24 page treatise on these patches, with many illustrations. It documents the fakes produced by various sellers over the past several years. It also discusses the marketing strategies of those who produced these fakes including the stealing of images from this website.
This is a must read for almost any collector who wants to avoid being taken by these fakes.
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December 23rd, 2011
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery (III)
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I have written several posts on this blog about patch designs that appear to have been copied or "inspired" by other designs, quite often from different lodges. For example see the first and second posts using this same title. Another example is this post on more "inspired" patches.
The patch pictured at the top of this post was a recent chapter event issue from Piankatank chapter of Wahunsenakah lodge. (Editor's note: Please see correction in comments). The lodge is chartered to the Colonial Virginia Council which could easily explain the American Revolution theme of the design. However, the lodge totem is a duck so the hawk's head might appear to be an unusual choice.
A friend gave this to me. He acquired it a Trade-O-Ree and thought of me once he saw the design. It's obviously taken from Tsoiotsi Tsogalii's 2010 SR-7B conclave flaps, listed on this site as S34? and S35?.
Perhaps someone in Wahunsenakah can fill us in on the story behind Piankatank chapter's choice of patch design. The artist of the lodge 70 flaps should be flattered that someone in another lodge was so impressed by his design that he chose to adapt it for his chapter's event patch.
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December 22nd, 2011
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other...
"One of these things is not like the others, One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others. By the time I finish my song?"
How many of you remember this song from "Sesame Street"? I saw a friend of mine at the Winston-Salem Trade-O-Ree last weekend. He usually has a great assortment of patches, many classic material and items from our area. However he wants it to be known that he isn't just interested in old patches, so he puts the frame pictured here on his table. I'll let him remain anonymous unless he chooses to step forward here.
One of those patches seems oddly out of place (really two but one sticks out more!). Do you see it? It's not quite as obvious as recognizing letters and numbers, but still very easy to see! Every time I see this frame I chuckle a bit. It's a good way to start a conversation. Now you all can join me in a good natured chuckle.
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Archive for June, 2007
Here’s another oddity that many have not seen and I have no real idea what it should be.
While at the SC TOR this past weekend, someone told me Johnny Pleasants had on his table a red bordered flap with the S9 design. “Impossible!” I said, “There is no such flap.” I walked over to Brush Creek’s table and asked Johnny about it. He reaches into one of his bins and pulls out this piece.
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"The quickest way to reach the point of success is to follow a straight line that carves through failure."
Josh Traeger
Live blogging at the SC TOR… There’s three open wifi connections here at the SC TOR, one of them strong enough that I can sit here in the TOR room and write this entry. Some don’t realize they’re about to become “internet celebrities”.
The photo on the left was taken early in the evening during the dinner lull. Most didn’t know that Chris Jensen was going to make a Domino’s run a little later on. The crowd wasn’t bad with the big room allowing lots of space for folks to mill around and socialize. The room was refrigerated to “icy cold”, at least to me. Since it was in the low 90s here today, that’s good.
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"Here's something to think about how come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?"
Jay Leno
I never did earn the Bird Study merit badge when a Scout. At least to me, it’s becoming obvious why.
Thursday evening I was standing undereath the gazebo on my deck just after a thunderstorm was passing by. I was sitting there on the phone with a friend, talking about a few things. On a table I have a couple of potted plants. I reached into one to see if it needed watering, since the rain did not hit it. As I reach into the plant something flew out, hit me in the chest and flew away. It surprised me.
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"It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."
Aristotle
Dave S. is meeting me at my home tomorrow around noon and then we head south to the SC Summer TOR. So, tonight I’m frantically trying to organize things and get ready.
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"The destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals."
Winston Churchill
I remember as a child looking at old photographs and thinking about how bland and uncolorful everything looked. Not only were the photographs in black and white, but it even appeared that everything those photos would be drab, even if they were in color. Cars were black. Men dressed in grey and blue and black. Buildings were grey stone. Everything was so … blah. So, I was stunned when I ran across a baby picture of my uncle from 1933 that was in color! We even had some color home movies that predated Dorothy’s rendezvous with the Wizard. (My grandfather was a Bell Labs employee, so he had access to technology that was not in common usage then.)
Patches were much the same way. Many older patches are works of art, but the majority tend to be rather bland having just a few colors. Sure, there is the ocassional colorful masterpiece, but that is the exception rather than the rule.
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"Indecision regarding the choice among pleasures temporarily robs a man of inner peace. After due reflection, he attains joy by turning away from the lower pleasures and seeking the higher ones."
I Ching
I missed this a couple of days ago. There have now been more than two thousand spam comments submitted to this blog! Most were for various adult type products, obviously not suitable for this blog.
Thanks to the Akismet plug-in that comes with WordPress, the software that powers this blog, all but a very few were ever seen by anyone other than myself. Even those were very quickly deleted.
The total number spam comments, as I write this, now stands at 2,071. At his pace, I will probably hit 3000 before the end of Summer.
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"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion. "
The Dalai Lama
Since the discussion in various forums has centered lately around patches made in Asia, rather than the U.S., I thought I’d share some family vacation photos. My brother and his family are currently visiting my sister-in-law’s family in China.
They did the usual tourist-type things in Beijing. Then headed to Yangshuo and Guilin for several days. From there they headed to Shanghai and then took the new high speed train back to Beijing.
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"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."
Calvin Coolidge
This is just a reminder for any collectors planning to attend this weekend’s 3rd Annual South Carolina Summer Trade-o-ree. I will be making the trip this year with my laptop and scanner. If you have any patches that are not yet on this site — whether they’re new or old issues — we can fix that problem. Bring them along so I can scan them.
I also am planning to bring my OA bullion collection with me to show off for those who may not have seen these before.
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I Ching
From an Associated Press story published at the International HeraldTribune (IHT) website:
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania: U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused the sales manager of an embroidery company of conspiring to falsely claim that American flag patches sold for military uniforms were made in the United States.
Brian Moritz was charged with conspiracy to have a false certification made to the federal government that hid the fact that the patches actually were manufactured in Thailand.
The Buy American Act requires the Department of Defense to buy clothing made in the United States. The charges stem from a certification from Mr. Moritz that the flag patches were American made.
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Aristotle
After a month’s gap, two parts of this series are being posted here in quick succession.
This is the fifth of an ongoing series of articles about patches issued by the lodges of the national officers of the Order of the Arrow. Previous articles can be found at these links.
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January 30th, 2012
Tschipey Achtu Lodge: Update
Back in 2010 I announced the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge as a result of the merger of Ty-Ohni 95 and Ganeodiyo 417. At the time I was told they would use the number 397, which is also their council number. This created a bit of controversy as that number is currently in use by Chilantakoba lodge in Louisiana. I also announced their first flap. Other than a 2010 Jamboree issue no further news from this lodge made it to me.
I was talking with a Roger Ward last night who was at the recent Winter South Carolina Trade-O-Ree. He tells me it has not been quiet in that lodge. The use of 397 was problematic. Many wanted to choose a different number. Some wanted to claim the number zero, but that was not well received given the special place Unami 1 holds in the Order of the Arrow. The Scout Executive, I am told, stepped in and told the lodge they will use the lower number from the two merged lodges.
The lodge is now known as Tschipey Achtu 95. I have updated the site to reflect this current information. Several new issues have also been added.
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January 14th, 2012
An OAImages iPad App?
Some of those who know me personally, know that I have gone over to the "Dark Side" and have started using Apple products. I bought an iMac a couple of months ago and just recently got an iPad. My brother is trying to tell me that my Droid's days are numbered.
I really like my iPad and started day dreaming about an OAImages app for it. I have no idea how to go about writing this and it would take me into an entirely new area from what I know. It's not something that would happen easily or soon. Here's your chance to give feedback. What do you think about an OAImages app? What would you put in it? Do you have any thoughts on how it would be distributed or how much it would cost?
Please feel free to comment. Comments are moderated for those who have not successfully had a comment published on this blog before in order to control spam. I will do my best to approve comments as quickly as possible in order to facilitate a discussion.
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October 4th, 2011
Indian Summer and Summit Corps Patches
I have added special pages on this site for the 2011 Indian Summer and 2011 Summit Corps. I still have a few images to add but most of what I have images for is now on the site. Thanks for Rick Horne for most of these images.
To view these items, go to OA Images: National and Special Events Patches page and select either of these events from the "Other Specialties" drop down box.
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August 27th, 2011
Coming out of Hiding About April 1st
It's kind of odd to come out of hiding to post about a topic like this.
I'm hearing from some brothers that there have been gullible readers to this blog over the years. I would have thought it was obvious from the context of the posts, but the various posts made on this blog throughout the years that have appeared on APRIL FIRST are all satire. None of them are true. Read them and chuckle but please do not complain to your friendly OA National Committee members, Scout Executives, lodge advisers, or official website administrators about the "changes" that are "announced" in them.
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March 31st, 2011
Comment Spam
This is strictly an "FYI" post for those familiar with the issues facing those who maintain blogs and message boards where readers can post comments.
Recently I had been having issues here with comment spam getting past this blog's filters. I deleted the inappropriate posts as quickly as I could but this was still unacceptable to me, as well as additional work. I since have required that readers register before they're allowed to post comments here. That seems to have stopped the spammers.
I still see a number of probable spammers, mainly from Russian domains, registering on this blog but so far none have had their comments posted successfully.
I may test my luck for a short period of time in the near future. At some unannounced time, I will turn off the registration requirement for posting comments for a day or two. I want to see if the spammers have been chased away, or if they're just awaiting an easy opportunity to push their garbage
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February 11th, 2011
Change in Comments Policy
This blog is being hit with a large number spam comments lately. There have been over 12,000 attempts to spam the blog with comments just within the past 60 days. Recently a few dozen comments, hawking service and goods I deem inappropriate for this blog, made it past the filters. Since I don't desire to spend more time deleting the spam as I find it and don't want inappropriate information to sit on my blog, I am tightening up the policy on commenting here.
Those who wish to comment must now register and be logged in before being to post comments. Registration is free and is not the same as membership to this site. This is a common practice on many blogs especially among sites run by more "traditional media" type companies.
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Lodge 560: Unlisted Prototype?
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