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June 22nd, 2010
Second Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
I had previously passed along an announcement from Roger Ward of a Trade-O-Ree to be held during this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. Richard Shields has also asked me to share information about another Trade-O-Ree that will be held near the Fort A.P. Hill.
2010 NATIONAL JAMBOREE TRADE-O-REE
Sponsored by The Society of Scout Memorabilia Dealers
Fri. July 23rd Sun. Aug 1st
Fri. 7/23 3pm to 1am; Sat. 7/24 noon to 1am;
Mon-Thur 7/25-7/29 Noon to 11pm
Fri. 7/30--Sat. 7/31 noon to 1am; Sun Aug. 1st noon to 5pm
Buses Welcome Plenty of Free Parking
Buy, Sale and Trade
All kinds of Boy Scout Memorabilia
Eagles Lodge
21 Cool Springs Rd. Fredericksburg, VA
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June 16th, 2010
Jamboree Trade-O-Ree Announced
Roger Ward recently sent me information for a trade-o-ree (TOR) to be held near this Summer's BSA National Jamboree. I gladly pass this along here.
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show At
The Ramada Inn Fredericksburg South,VA
Siesta Beach Trading Company presents the
2010 Jamboree 100th Ann BSA Patch Show
Friday July 23rd to Tuesday August 3rd, 2010
12 Day Show From Friday To Tuesday
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June 15th, 2010
Just Whose Centennial Is It?
Many lodges and councils are issuing patches this year for the BSA's centennial. I even recently started to build a page on this site for these issues. However this isn't the only significant Scouting centennial that will occur within the next few years. Gap Danish recently sent me an image of a new jacket patch from Nachamawat 275 (Penn's Woods Council, PA) that I believe may be the first OA lodge or chapter issue for the Order of the Arrow's centennial in 2015!
The patch's design pays tribute to the history of the OA in this lodge's area. It includes the totems of Nachamawat's predecessor lodges -- Hopocan 275, Wopsononock 347, and Amadahi 441 -- as well as the current lodge totem and that of Unami 1. It also includes three different National OA logos rendered as smoke.
It will probably be some time until OA centennial issues start appearing in earnest. When they do, a page will be added to this site for them.
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June 13th, 2010
Tschipey Achtu Issues First Flap
I recently announced on this blog the formation of Tschipey Achtu lodge. At that time I had no news about patches. Mike Conkey recently acquired the newly issued first flap from this lodge and thanks to him for providing this image.
Notice that the new flap bears no lodge number. In that earlier blog entry I reported that the lodge's web page on the council's website refers to this as Tschipey Achtu Lodge #397, even though lodge numbers are no longer assigned on a national basis. There has been some discussion about this.
At this time I have no further details about the patch. This lodge's issues will be shown on the Tschipey Achtu lodge page of this site.
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May 6th, 2010
National OA Issues for BSA Centennial
The National Order of the Arrow is selling several items of merchandise in their online trading post for the BSA centennial. These items include a flap (conveniently sold either singly, or in three, 10 or 20 patch bundles), neckerchief, neckerchief slide, cap and hat pin.
The single flap is sold enclosed in a special portfolio and includes a message from the 2010 National Chief and Vice Chief. It is clearly states this flap is not to be worn on the uniform.
Upon trying to place an order, a shopper is advised that, "Any orders containing BSA 100 Anniversary products will not be shipped until June 15th, 2010."
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March 28th, 2010
Made In China
Check out this recent post on Roy More's blog:
http://thescoutpatchauction.com/blogsite/2010/03/23/this-is-wrong
I am not a supporter of Big Labor and learn very much to the political and fiscal right however I agree with Roy that there is something inherently wrong with this.
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Archive for February, 2008
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has announced the winner of its 100th anniversary logo contest. Congratulations to Philip Goolkasian of Troop 223, Sequoia Council. His winning logo is pictured here.
Further information about the logo contest and the winning entry can be found on the BSA’s website.
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"In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry."
Sir Christopoher Wren
As far as most users will see, everything is finally back to normal here. The last roadblock was getting the subdomain, blog.oaimages.com, working properly. There’s still a couple of minor things that aren’t right yet, but the average use will probably never notice.
You may have noticed that I took the opportunity to update WordPress, the software that runs this blog. I had to first update various other software here, something that would have been cumbersome without doing a complete reinstall like what was done. The new version of WordPress opens up many new possibilities for this blog and should make life a bit easier for the various contributors here.
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"Education is too important to be left solely to the educators."
Francis Keppel
This is another of the recent images sent to me by Brad Hutto. There are several chapter pieces yet to appear online.
Skyuka lodge issued their first activity patch of the year for the 2008 Lodge Banquet. The patch is shaped like a stereotypical “Indian brave” wearing a single feather. The design prominently features the lodge’s totem incorporated into a totem pole.
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"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped."
Calvin Coolidge
David Cody reminds us of a piece that has escaped Blue Book listing for a couple of decades. This piece was issued by Tsungani chapter and is very rarely seen. Few were made. I have to wonder if any made it outside of the lodge, beyond any chapter members who may have moved and taken this with them.
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"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word."
Charles De Gaulle
A couple of weeks ago Brad Hutto sent me a number of images of new issues from Skyuka 270. The first of these are the rest of the 2007 activities patches for this lodge.
Skyuka produced two different patches for their 2007 Banquet. The first version with a blue sun was already on this site as eA2007-1. The second version has a yellow sun and I have numbered it eA2007-2, renumbering the Spring Fellowship and pre-Dixie patches accordingly.
There are also new patches for the 2007 Ordeal and Fall Fellowship. All these patches follow the same general design of an American Indian shooting an arrow into the sky, with a mountainous background. The colors of the mountains reflect the season in which each event was held.
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"The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten."
Calvin Coolidge
Things are kind of back to normal on this site, even if my personal life is now a complete mess. In the week that this blog was off line, I had some new issues to report. Now it’s time to start adding them here.
In late January Eswau Huppeday lodge hosted the annual Carolinas Indian Seminar. As is customary in recent years, two patches were issued for the event. Thanks to David Cody for providing the images for these issues.
Each year’s patch design has followed the same basic scheme: an arrowhead on a light blue background featuring a different style of dancer. A fancy shawl dancer was featured on this year’s patches.
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"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, 'Ours.'"
Father Andrew SDC
As many now know this site and blog was offline most of last week. We were the victim of a hacker.
This was discovered and confirmed last Sunday night when I was having trouble with the mySQL engine that powers this blog. We needed to restart the server. It was at this point that it was confirmed that someone else was using this server without my knowledge. The hacker had been using the server’s resources for some time, running a password cracker. This explains some of the problems that had been experienced recently with accessing the site.
Most of the site is back to normal now, but a few issues elude me. Perhaps some of the techie folks reading this might be able to help.
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"It is with true love as it is with ghosts everyone talks about it, but few have seen it."
La Rochefoucauld
“..Look at what you’ve done,
Then at what you want,
Not at where you are,
What you’ll be..”
– “Move On” from “Sunday in the Park with George”, Stephen Sondheim
It’s been a very rough week here. I’ll write about what happened to this site later. Thursday morning’s events capped the week off in grand fashion. I was fired.
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"Our firmest convictions are apt to be the most suspect, they mark our limitations and our bounds. Life is a petty thing unless it is moved by the indomitable urge to extend its boundaries."
Jose Ortega y Gasset
I’m waiting on news and images of some rumored new issues, namely forthcoming flaps from Occoneechee, and some activities patches from Eswau Huppeday. I also haven’t had the time to finish some posts on state shaped patches.
So, after seeing the news of the dreadful cold weather around the country this past week, I was going post some pictures of the first signs of Spring here in central North Carolina. However we, too, had an unexpected appointment with Mr. Winter. Yes, we do get snow here in central North Carolina.
Long time readers of this blog might remember back to last Spring when I built this small pond, here surrounded by snow and frozen over.
(More pictures follow.)
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"No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist."
Calvin Coolidge
I’m sure many of you have had some trouble getting on this site in recent weeks. For that I apologize.
The server this site runs on is now six years old, aging, and unable to keep up with the demands put upon it. Some of the software can no longer be upgraded due to the age of the operating system here. Some possible new features can’t be implemented for the same reason It’s past time for a new server.
Your help is needed. I have been expecting this eventuality and putting aside some of the subscription and advertising fund but that is not enough to pay for the server I think I need. So, I am setting up a New Server Fund and accepting donations to it via PayPal. If you wish to donate to the new server, please click the button below.
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"Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."
Calvin Coolidge
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Recent OAImages News
August 31st, 2010
I Got Plenty of Nothing
"I got plenty o'nothin' and nothin's plenty for me..."
Wow, where did August go? Most of the month has gone by with nothing new appearing on this blog. It seems like it was only a few days ago that I was struggling with the server switch and site relocation. That is all done now and things appear to be going well. There are still some issues with broken links and missing images but I may be able to resolve that over the weekend. It's good to not have to worry about possible hardware failures.
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August 8th, 2010
25 Hours Later
The mail server at OAImages' new home has now remain unblocked by what I call the "internet gods" for over 25 hours now. That's a very good sign that they agree my server is clean and not a spammer. It appears my email problems are now resolved.
I only wonder who had this ip address before me and what were they doing to merit notice by CBL.
I will continue to monitor this situation. However if you have trouble getting email from this site's server, especially concerning passwords for the members area, please see my previous post on this subject.
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August 7th, 2010
Concerning Email and Broken Links
Update: 8/7/10 @ 1400: The block by CBL has been lifted for over four hours now. This is a good sign, but not a resolution of the problem below... yet.
Automated emails from this site's mail server are currently being blocked by many or most ISPs. It has been listed on the Composite Blocking List for being compromised in some way. I have already had it delisted, but it has been listed again.
This most directly affects subscribers to the site as it prevents automated messages concerning passwords from being delivered. I consider this a critical issue. If it cannot be resolved soon, I will return to the old server and hosting solution. In the mean time, please read the rest of this message if you are experiencing difficulties logging into the members area!
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August 6th, 2010
Watching The Traffic
I've been watching the traffic flow into the site since I flipped the switch here last night. It looks like DNS entries propagate very fast these days! That's a far cry from what I remember when I first built this domain when it still took several days for a DNS change to take effect.
If you want to see what sort of traffic this site gets, you can view the stats here:
http://www.oaimages.com/webalizer/usage_201008.html
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August 5th, 2010
Wilkommen, Bien Venue, Welcome
If you see this post you have accessed OAImages on its new home. It has been running at its IP address for over a week now. A few days ago, oaimages.net was pointed here. Late Thursday night, the switch was flipped for OAImages.com. It may take a couple of days for the DNS changes to propagate around the internet so some visitors may see this site sooner than others.
I expect there to be a few hiccups. Please let me know, preferably in the comments, if you experience any problems.
Thank you.
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July 28th, 2010
Today's Status Report
"Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo." - Robert Byrne
Another portion of this site's move has been accomplished. This blog's software, Wordpress, is now installed and running at the new location. Perhaps I should call it "OAImages Blog 2.0"?
Until the move is final, this blog will continue to be updated periodically. However, my primary focus now is on the site move. All previous blog posts and data will be transferred to the new location in due course.
My goal is to be moved into the new location by the time everyone returns home from the Jamboree, or shortly thereafter.
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Posted in Scouting News by John E. Pannell on February 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am 
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has announced the winner of its 100th anniversary logo contest. Congratulations to Philip Goolkasian of Troop 223, Sequoia Council. His winning logo is pictured here.
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