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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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Eswau Huppeday S54?
This won’t be news for those who were at the Dixie Fellowship (SR-5 Conclave) last weekend. Eswau Huppeday has recently issued two more flaps. One is a new standard issue. The other is the lodge’s Dixie delegate flap. Thanks again to Jimmy Arthurs for these.
The Dixie “Delewet” flap follows upon the watery theme the lodge is using this year and already depicted on this year’s activity patches. Observant readers familiar with this lodge’s issues will notice several allusions to design elements found on this lodge’s earliest flaps.
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Eswau Huppeday 560 J15?
This is another new issue from the treasure trove of images sent me by Jimmy Arthurs. Eswau Huppeday recently issued their newest cook team patch. Except several significant color changes, this patch is identical in design to the previous Cook Team patch, listed on this site as “J14?”.
I’m waffling on how to label the border color for this patch. In my opinion it should be a goal of any descriptive system to describe items so that they can be readily identified. (Don’t wind me up here… please) A principle of parsimony should apply. This could mean that the labels, such as of colors, may not be the most technically accurate if such accuracy only complicates identification of patches. My eyes see something like “copper” as an accurate, but confusing description, possibly more reflective of how I see things than actual color. Keeping that in mind, the easy answer for the border color on this issue is “red brown”, RBR.
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Eswau Huppeday 560 Allowelendam Chapter R3?
Jimmy Arthurs also recently sent word of two patches from Eswau Huppeday’s Allowelendam chapter that were not yet on this site. Once again, thanks to him for his help.
The first of these, issued in 2008, is similar in design to the patch previously listed as “R1?” except for some changes in color. The most easily described change is the change in border color from brown to turquoise. The second patch was issued for the chapter’s 2009 Allowelendam Corp (sic).
The listing data for these issues are as follows:
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Eswau Huppeday 560 eX2010-3?
Eswau Huppeday lodge recently issued their 2010 Spring Fellowship and Elangomat patches. They continue their custom of yearly themes for their events and special issue pieces with a rather “wet” theme this year. Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs for these images.
Since it is neither tied to nor names a particular event the Elangomat patch is listed within the body of lodge issues. The Spring Fellowship patch takes its place within the lodge events issues. Listing data for these are as follows:
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Eswau Huppeday 560 X30?
Eswau Huppeday lodge has been issuing a CSP for the last several years for Camp Bud Schiele. In 2009 the lodge followed 2008′s precedent and issued a second CSP for camp staff. Thanks again to Jimmy Arthurs for word and images of these issues.
The design is also similar to past years’ CSPs. It features the US and NC flags with a graphical representation of that year’s theme between them For 2009 the theme was “Keeping the Campfires Burning”.
Listing data for these issues are given below. I do not yet have complete information on the “regular” CSP. Once I do, I will update this entry.
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Eswau Huppeday 560 eA2010-1?
Is this Eswau Huppeday week here? If so, I could do far worse!
Eswau Huppeday hosted the 2010 Carolinas Indian Seminar last Winter. Following the traditional formula and design scheme two patches were issued. One was for those who attended the event and the second was for staff. Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs for this image.
The listing data for these issues are as follows:
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Eswau Huppeday 560 eX2008-8?
The Winter Banquet is the final event of the program year for Eswau Huppeday lodge and is actually held in January of the following year. So this patch, for the 2008 Winter Banquet was actually issued in January 2009. Because of the event named, I list this with the 2008 events issues. Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs for this image.
This patch completes the set of patches – four lodge events and the Elangomat-Nimat patch – that is shown as the lodge’s eJ2008-7?.
The listing data for this piece are as follows:
| Issue |
Bdr Color/Type |
Bkgd |
Name |
fdl/BSA |
Comments |
| eX2008-8? |
BLK |
C |
M/C |
RED |
BLK |
fdl; 2008 Winter Banquet, issued January 2009 |
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Eswau Huppeday 560 eX2009-3?
Thanks to Jimmy Arthurs for updating me on several recent issues from Eswau Huppeday. I will be highlighting these in several blog posts. First up is the 2009 Fall Fellowship patch.
This issue continues with the “Spy vs. Spy” theme used on the lodge’s 2009 NOAC and Dixie Fellowship issues.
Listing data are as follows:
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Eswau Huppeday 560 S53?
I previously wrote about the trader flap (F13?) Eswau Huppeday issued for this Summer’s NOAC. Now David Cody has shared with me three more patches the lodge has issued for this event. These include two different delegate flaps, and a large triangular patch issued on a neckerchief.
The first delegate flap (F14?) is similar to the previously issued flap except for the RED felt, instead of light blue, used for the background.
The second delegate flap (S53?, pictured) was for those who completed the required advance paperwork and attended the lodge’s NOAC contingent meeting. The design uses the “Spy vs. Spy” theme that was previously used for their Dixie Fellowship flap. I had been customary in recent years for the lodge to use similar themes for both its Dixie and NOAC flaps. The fleur d’lis is hidden on the left side of the brown ground.
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Eswau Huppeday 560 S49?
Eswau Huppeday hosted the 2009 Dixie Fellowship at Cap Bud Schiele. Several new flaps from that lodge appeared there. This included a service lodge flap for the Dixie Fellowship, a set of three flaps for the lodge’s 45th anniversary, and their first 2009 NOAC flap.
The first of these was the service lodge flap, “S49?”. The design is a modernized version of the lodge’s first flap design. A brother could get one flap, or earn the right to purchase a flap, based upon his participation of various events in preparation for the conclave. The lodge published a list of these events on their website.
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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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