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So I was making my lunch for work today when all of a sudden...
...apple bunnies invaded my meal! Look at that one in the front, he's really going at my peas and carrots!
So, not as neat and tidy as yesterday's, but the apple bunnies were worth showing off. As you can see, I like the cupcake cups. They're so versatile! So, my parents discovered this magical powder, it's called Fruit-Fresh. It keeps your produce from going brown, just like lemon does only without the sharp lemony flavor. Apparently it adds about 5 calories though, but that's like chewing a stick of gum, so I'm not concerned about it. Adding 5 calories to my daily intake is probably a good thing.
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The photos you've done so far are great.
As for Fruit Fresh...I have never heard of it until now...gonna take a look today when I go to the grocery store. I have used lemon on potatoes and bananas...but if this does not add any flavor I might try it.
Good going on the eating...I try to snack on healthy stuffs at work thoughout the day. Whenever I achieve that it makes me feel better too. And it's amazing how NOT hungry you are when you snack a little at a time on things like carrots or snap peas or such.
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US 6471218 B1 Abstract In an active roll control system for a vehicle, anti-roll bars (26, 30) are provided with actuators (28, 32) which can provide a torque in the anti-roll bars to control vehicle body roll. Under certain cornering conditions when the vehicle is liable to over-steer, the pressure supply to the actuators is pulsed so that the front wheels of the vehicle tend to break away more easily, thereby reducing over-steer.
Claims(18) 1. A suspension system for connecting a wheel to a sprung part of a vehicle, the wheel being arranged to contact the ground with a contact force which controls a level of adhesion between the wheel and the ground, the system including: a movable part of the suspension system which can move relative to said sprung part thereby to allow vertical travel of the wheel; an actuator arranged to produce an actuator force between said sprung part and said movable part; a cornering sensor arranged to detect predetermined cornering conditions of the vehicle; and a controller, wherein the controller is arranged, in the event of detection of said predetermined cornering conditions, to promote lateral slipping of the wheel by producing a rapid variation in said actuator force so as to produce a pulsing of said contact force causing a reduction in said level of adhesion, so as to control the steering characteristics of the vehicle.
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Description The present invention relates to the use of vehicle suspension systems so as to control the steering characteristics of the vehicle. Under harsh steering conditions many vehicles exhibit a certain degree of either under-steer, where the vehicle does not corner as tightly as the angle of the steered wheels suggests it should, or over-steer, where the vehicle tends to spin round too quickly under cornering. Under-steer is caused by loss of grip between the front, steered, wheels of the vehicle and the ground, which prevents them from steering the front of the vehicle round the corner, and over-steer is caused by loss of grip between the rear wheels and the ground, which allows the rear of the vehicle to swing outwards when cornering. The present invention aims to provide a system in which these problems can be reduced by controlling more accurately the level of traction or grip between the front and rear wheels and the ground during corning. It is known from U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,974,875 and 4,903,983 to provide a suspension in which the load can be transferred between wheels so as to control the grip of each wheel and hence the cornering characteristics. Another such system is disclosed in DE 38 17 540. Accordingly the present invention provides a vehicle suspension system comprising an actuator arranged to produce an actuator force between a sprung part of the vehicle and a part of the suspension which can move relative to said sprung part thereby to allow vertical travel of a wheel, measuring means arranged to measure cornering of the vehicle, and control means, characterized in that the control means is arranged, in the event of predetermined cornering conditions, to promote lateral slipping of the wheel by producing a rapid variation in said actuator force so as to produce a pulsing of the contact force between the wheel and the ground causing a reduction in adhesion of the wheel, so as to control the steering characteristics of the vehicle. The pulsed variation may be arranged to promote lateral slipping of the front wheels of the vehicle during cornering thereby reducing over-steer. Conversely it could be arranged to promote lateral slipping of the rear wheels of the vehicle during cornering thereby reducing under-steer. Preferably the measuring means is arranged to measure lateral acceleration of the vehicle, and the control means is arranged to control the actuator force in response to the measured lateral acceleration In one embodiment the control means is arranged to produce a sharp change in actuator force when the measured lateral acceleration reaches a predetermined level such that a change in lateral acceleration of the vehicle produces a pulse in the actuator force. This will induce vertical vibration of the relevant wheel mounted on said suspension system relative to the sprung part of the vehicle at its natural frequency. In another embodiment the control means is arranged to produce pulsed variations in the actuator force of a controlled frequency in the event of said predetermined cornering conditions. This will produce vibration of the relevant wheel at that controlled frequency. The present invention can be applied to any form of active suspension. Accordingly the actuator may comprises a strut arranged to produce forces in a vertical direction between a wheel of the vehicle and a sprung part of the vehicle, as in a fully active gas suspension system, for example. Alternatively the actuator may be arranged to urge two wheels of the vehicle in opposite vertical directions, as in an active roll-control system. Preferred embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a vehicle including a suspension system according to the invention, FIG. 2 is a graph showing the relationship between actuator torque and lateral acceleration produced in the system of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a graph corresponding to FIG. 2 for a second embodiment of the invention, FIG. 4 is a graph showing variation with time of the actuator force in the system of FIG. 1 during cornering, and FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic representation of a suspension system according to a third embodiment of the invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a vehicle has two steerable front wheels 10, 12 mounted on suspension arms 14, 16 which are pivotably mounted on the vehicle body at their inner ends to allow vertical movement of the wheels 10, 12 relative to the vehicle body. Two non-steerable rear wheels 18, 20 are similarly mounted on corresponding suspension arms 22, 24 at the rear of the vehicle. The front suspension arms 14, 16 are interconnected by an anti-roll torsion bar 26 which resiliently opposes relative vertical movement of the two front wheels 10, 12. The torsion bar 26 forms part of an assembly including a hydraulic actuator 28 which is only shown schematically and can be operated to apply a torque between the two ends of the torsion bar 26 thereby tending to move the two front wheels 10, 12 in opposite vertical directions relative to the vehicle body. The actuator can take a variety of forms which are known, such as a hydraulic strut acting between the end of the torsion bar and the body, or a torsional actuator in the central lateral part of the torsion bar applying a torque between the two ends. A corresponding anti-roll bar 30 with an associated actuator 32 acts between the rear suspension arms 22, 24 to control articulation of the rear wheels 18, 20. The actuators 28, 32 are controlled by a hydraulic control valve block 34 which can connect them up in known manner to a hydraulic pump 36 and reservoir 38 so as to apply torque in either direction independently to each anti-roll bar 26, 30. The valve block 34 is controlled by an electronic control unit 40, which receives signals from a pair of lateral accelerometers 42, 44 mounted on the vehicle body which measure the acceleration of the vehicle body in the lateral direction, i.e. the horizontal direction perpendicular to the normal direction of travel at separate points on the vehicle body. Referring to FIG. 2, in the first embodiment of the invention the control unit 40 is arranged to apply an equal torque to the front and rear anti-roll bar actuators 28, 32 which varies with lateral acceleration of the vehicle as shown by the solid line. As can be seen the applied torque increases steadily with lateral acceleration up to about 0.4 g (where g is normal gravitational acceleration). Between 0.4 and 0.75 g the torque increases more gradually. Then between 0.75 and 0.775 g the torque increases rapidly and then levels off forming a sharp discontinuity or step in the torque/lateral acceleration characteristic. Above 0.775 g the torque increases steadily and then levels off towards the maximum torque available from the system. For normal roll control the characteristic would be approximately as shown in the broken line in FIG. 2, i.e. a smooth curve, the shape of which would depend on the amount of body roll desired under varying degrees of lateral acceleration. The effect of the step in the characteristic is to reduce over-steer as will now be described. The vehicle for which this system would be suitable would be one which tends to over-steer when the lateral acceleration produced by cornering exceeds about 0.8 g. In such a vehicle the over-steer is caused by the rear wheels losing grip so that the rear of the vehicle swings outwards on the corner. With the characteristic shown in FIG. 2, when the lateral acceleration reaches 0.7-0.75 g, the sudden change in torque applied to the anti-roll bars sets up a vertical vibration in the wheels at their natural frequency of vibration, which is accommodated by expansion and compression of the tire and produces a cyclical variation in the contact force between the tire and the ground. This vibration tends to cause both the front and rear wheels to break away at the same time. This tends to prevent over-steer, and will generally result in a certain degree of under-steer, which is usually more acceptable. Referring to FIG. 3, a second embodiment of the invention uses the same arrangement as shown in FIG. 1, but with a different torque characteristic for the actuators 28, 32, which is shown in FIG. 3. This characteristic comprises a mean torque component which increases in a generally smooth and continuous manner with lateral acceleration, and a pulsed component superimposed on the mean torque component. The mean torque curve increases steadily at a rate sufficient to keep the vehicle approximately level up to a lateral acceleration of about 0.5 g. It then increases more gradually up to about 0.7 g to allow increasing body roll. Then from about 0.7 g it increases more rapidly again towards the maximum torque available to resist high levels of body roll at high lateral accelerations. The torque pulses in this example are at a frequency of 5 Hz and start at lateral accelerations of 0.7 g. They increase in magnitude up to about 10% of the total torque available and remain at that level for lateral accelerations above 0.775 g. The result of this characteristic on the system of FIG. 1 during a slalom type manoeuvre is shown in FIG. 4. The slalom manoeuvre comprises a series of turns performed at a constant vehicle speed with each pair of opposite turns taking approximately 11 seconds. As can be seen, as the lateral acceleration increases the levelling torque applied to the actuators 28, 32 is increased steadily according to the characteristic of FIG. 3. Then, when the lateral acceleration reaches 0.7 g the torque pulses start to come in, superimposed on a continuing rise of the mean torque with increasing lateral acceleration. This pulsing causes the front wheels to break away at about the same time as the rear wheels and therefore prevents over-steer at the tightest point of the turn. Then, as the vehicle comes out of the turn and the lateral acceleration falls below 0.7 g, the pulsing ceases and the torque decreases steadily with lateral acceleration. In this embodiment, because the torque at the front and rear actuators 28, 32, can be controlled independently, assuming that the vehicle has a tendency to over-steer under cornering, the control unit can be arranged to pulse the torque applied to the front actuator only. This will tend to help the front wheels to break away at the same time as the rear ones without simultaneously reducing the grip of the rear wheels. It is known in roll control systems to use inputs other than lateral acceleration to control the active roll control. For example a combination of road speed and steering angle can be used. In this case, rather than providing a pulse in the actuator. torque above a predetermined lateral acceleration, the control unit would need to be arranged to determine from the steering angle and road speed conditions when over-steer was likely to occur, and provide a pulsed torque in such conditions. The magnitude and frequency of the pulses will clearly need to be tuned to suit any particular vehicle. Generally increasing the magnitude and decreasing the frequency will tend to promote lateral slipping, but will tend to increase vibration of the vehicle body. If this vibration reaches a level which can be felt by the driver or passengers, an undesirable reduction of ride quality will result. There is therefore a certain degree of compromise between the performance of the system and ride quality. Referring to FIG. 5, in a third embodiment of the invention a vehicle has a fully active independent air suspension, each of the two front wheels 110, 112 and the two rear wheels 118, 120 being mounted on a suspension arm 114, 116, 122, 124 which pivots about its inboard end. The vertical movement of each wheel is controlled by a gas strut 126, 128, 130, 132, the gas struts being connectable via a valve block 134 to a pneumatic pump 136 and to atmosphere. The valve block 134 is controlled by an electronic control unit 140 which controls the pneumatic pressure supplied to each of the gas struts 126, 128, 130, 132 in response to signals from various sensors. These comprise: a pair of lateral accelerometers 142, 143 which measure the lateral acceleration at different points of the vehicle body, height sensors 146 which measure the height of each of the wheels 110, 112, 118, 120 relative to the vehicle body, a steering angle sensor 148 for measuring the steering angle of the front wheels, and road speed sensors 150, only one of which is shown, which measure the road speed of each of the wheels 110, 112, 118, 120, and hence allow the control unit to determine the road speed of the vehicle. The control unit 140 includes a map which determines what pressure is supplied to each of the gas struts 126, 128, 130, 132 in response to the full range of possible inputs from the sensors 142, 143, 146, 148, 150. This control includes the usual functions to control pitch and roll of the vehicle and to keep the vehicle level under various loads. However, it also includes a function which allows the pressure supplied to the gas struts 126, 128, 130, 132 to be pulsed when certain conditions are detected. The conditions will vary depending on the characteristics of the vehicle to which the system is applied. However, in this particular embodiment there is a minimum vehicle speed below which no pulsing. will be provided, since under- and over-steer generally do not occur at low speeds. Above the minimum speed, pulsing will be provided to the rear wheels so as to reduce under-steer when the vehicle is cornering so as to produce lateral accelerations above a certain limit, about 0.7 g if the vehicle is similar to that of the second embodiment. This lateral acceleration is measured by the lateral accelerometers 142, 143, and confirmed as being due to cornering by the steering angle sensor 148 and vehicle speed sensor 150. Finally the system is arranged to respond rapidly to conditions which are likely to produce particularly severe over-steer, in particular deceleration of the vehicle during cornering which throws weight forward onto the front, steered wheels and therefore tends to increase over-steer. Therefore if the vehicle speed and steering angle indicate that the vehicle is cornering and the wheel speeds and engine speed, which can also be measured, indicate that the driver has lifted his foot off the accelerator and the vehicle starts to decelerate, pulsing of the pressure to the front gas struts can be introduced rapidly before the body has pitched forwards and the over-steer effects become excessive. The effect of the system in the third embodiment is essentially the same as in the first and second embodiments, and is to prevent over-steer. However it will be appreciated that, in a vehicle which tends to suffer from under-steer in certain circumstances, it would be possible to use this invention to help overcome the problem by causing vertical vibration of the rear wheels to cause them to break away during cornering. Depending on the characteristics of the vehicle it might be sufficient to vibrate all of the wheels, or it might be necessary to vibrate just the rear wheels. Patent Citations
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Once a Scout has completed all of the requirements and has achieved the rank of First Class, he can be expected to know all of those skills that make a good Scout. Camping, First Aid, Citizenship, and living the Scout Oath and Law. And so as the Scout continues his growth to becoming and Eagle Scout, the ranks of Star, Life, and ultimately Eagle require of the Scout to develop leadership and service and in doing so complete the continuum of become an Eagle Scout.
Summed up as being a Servant Leader.
Aside from earning those few merit badges that assist in the growth of the Scout, the young man should focus on that which is required but mainly on being a servant leader. A merit badge sash filled from top to bottom means less than being a good leader. A leader that is willing to serve.
Last night after our Troop meeting, I sat with a young man for a Scoutmaster conference for the rank of Star. Consequently, this young man also became a Troop Guide for the new Scout patrol last night and began his skills instruction by assisting in their meal planning for the up coming camping trip.
During our discussion, which focused on future plans and leadership I shared with him the proven principle of Servant Leadership and the fact that if a Leader is not willing to first be the servant, the leader will never be able to lead effectively.
What is the purpose of leadership? To get somewhere with a group. To realize a vision. To complete a task or mission, achieve a goal. And to build up those that follow you making them leaders.
There are many ways and examples that we could debate, discuss, and define when it comes to leadership, and certainly every leader has his own style or method of leading. But the constant is service. All good and effective leaders understand that they are serving. So it all starts with learning to serve.
This young man who became a Troop Guide is going to learn how to serve and I would argue that as of last night, he embarked on a learning journey that will make him a great leader. His role in our Troop right now is more significant in its service than perhaps any other and as we discussed will have a greater impact long-term. And so it goes with every servant leadership opportunity. He has all of the skills and the right attitude, now it is time to build that in others and serve them on the way to meeting their goals.
The Senior Patrol leader is in the same boat in that he is serving the Troop. He understands the vision of the Troop and maintains his focus on meeting the goals of the Troop while building up the rest of the Scouts, the Patrol leaders in particular.
In talking with our newest Eagle Scout on Sunday, I asked him if he could define his Scouting experience. Was it the 34 merit badges he earned? The interpreter strip? The nights of camping, climbing, and canoeing? No he said, it was becoming a leader and knowing how to lead by knowing that everyone has value. He became a servant leader.
One Scout, our newest Eagle taking his leadership development into the real world, and another Scout, our newest Troop Guide stepping into the great unknown with a willingness to learn and a spirit of being a servant first.
I think that when we boil all of this down to its parts, the thing that always bubbles to the top are good leaders. And right behind them are those that follow, that will one day be leaders also.
We want our leaders to model expected behaviors. They never stop hearing that. We adult leaders model servant leadership every day. That is the way we will grow and develop great young leaders.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Star, Life, and Eagle- Service
Action Required
When we teach leadership to our Scouts the best way to demonstrate that leadership is to be an example of expected behavior. We show them how to lead by being good examples. And we expect the youth leadership to follow suit. They in turn are expected to be good examples for those that they are leading.
This requires Action. Not just knowing how to lead, but applying that leadership.
A good foundation for leaders in Scouting is to be action oriented. Seek opportunities to be a teacher, coach, and mentor.
In our recent discussions on "Laziness", we outlined some of the effects of the lazy Scout. In short, focusing on the obstacles rather than the objective. As a leader this is where your action comes in. First and foremost, leaders can not be lazy. The leader needs to recognize when a follower is need of instruction or motivation.
We teach our leaders that all leaders provide Purpose, Direction, and Motivation to those that they lead. When we talk about leading a lazy Scout we need to double down on the root cause of his laziness in a specific area. We need to find out why he either can not perform the task or why he is unwilling to complete the task. This is where purpose and direction become the start of your action steps.
Motivating the Scout to complete the task, not by verbally beating him up or making him look bad, rather, by leading him to the objective. Sometimes I think the obstacles just look to overwhelming that the objective can no longer be seen. It is an effective leader that will lead the follower around, through, over, or under the objective by teaching, coaching, and mentoring. Refocusing the follower towards the objective and developing in the follower those skills to negotiate that obstacle in the future.
This is leadership 101 and will make leaders of every level successful. Success breads success and grow the leader to be a great leader in no time.
Action is required in leadership.
First the leader must be willing to learn and continue learning.
Second, the leader must be and model expected behavior.
And third, the leader must be willing to teach, coach, and mentor those he leads.
Remembering that the leader is a servant to those that he leads and as such, must put the followers needs above his own. This is a daunting concept for some young men. But when they understand that their success is based on the success of others and that by developing as an effective leader, they will find success and leadership will become a habit that they will never give up.
I had a discussion with a young leader in my Troop, he said that I make it look and sound so simple. I told him that it is. Again, in leadership you focus on the objective, not the obstacle and as long as you are willing to take action the rest falls into place.
A willingness to take action where action is required.. that is leadership.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Yesterday I was listening to some talk radio and over the course of the day the recurring theme of child raising came up. I heard a fantastic quote on one of the programs that I thought needed to be shared here.
"We are not raising our children to be good children, we are raising them to be good adults."
Yes, we are. I think that much too often we focus on keeping our kids children and not looking to the future and what kind of adults they are going to be.
There is a balance there. A balance between keeping our kids in a safety bubble and letting them run wild. Finding the middle ground and ensuring we teach them the right skills to negotiate life is where we will develop them to be those good adults that we wish them to be.
It is for this reason that we focus on Citizenship, Character, and Fitness in Scouting and not cranking out Eagle Scouts. While there are certain rewards for earning the rank of Eagle Scout is far more important that we see in our Scouts that development of Character. An Eagle Scout without Character does himself and Scouting a disservice.
I am not sure when things went wrong and I certainly do not want to sound like those folks did when we were growing up, you know… walking to School in the snow up hill.. both ways… Life was not rough when I grew up, and life is no rougher now. The difference was in our parents then I think. We stayed out till the street lights came on, we played outside all the time, bumps and bruises were part of life. Now we did have a lot less distractions then. We did not have 700 channels on TV, there was no such thing as the internet or cell phones, and once you mastered Pong on the Atari it was time to get back outside.
Our parents may have worried about us, but knew that we would be home when it was time to come home, or when we got hungry.. which ever came first.
I think our parents understood balance. They understood that we needed to have quiet time and we needed to have loud time. We did not sit in time out… we got spanked and it was over. We learned lessons and moved on.
Fighting and making up was a part of being friends. No drama, just growing up.
Our bikes were made of parts and I don't think you could find two of the same color. We made tree forts and fell out of them more times than I can count. But my mom did not put me in a bubble and make every bad thing in the world disappear.
Balance. We can place our sons in a bubble and protect them, or we can let them learn about the world by living in it. I prefer living, knowing boundaries, and getting out there in life's great adventure. That is how we raised our kids and they all turned out to be good adults.
We are not raising children to be children, we have enough adults in the world that act that way. This is why we have adults in the world that still wait for a hand out. That is why we have adults that are immature and live for the drama of a teenager. Just look at Facebook at what adults do on it.
We need to raise our young men to be men.
Finding a good balance and watching them develop.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Back in 2009 I had an email exchange with a "Concerned Eagle Scout" about Friends of Scouting. As this month in our Council we are in full swing with our FOS campaign, I thought I would blow the dust off of this post and share it with you again. My thoughts are the same on the issue and Concerned Eagle Scout helped me demonstrate that where there is a will, there is a way.
What are your thoughts on Friends of Scouting?
Here is the post from 2009.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Mr. "Concerned Eagle Scout" has concerns about justifying FOS dollars.
And I can appreciate "Concerned Eagle Scouts"concerns. His biggest issue seems to be the cost of Scouting. Well.. let me share his email with you. And yeah… I moderated it.. took out some stuff that really did not add to the argument. And my comments are embedded in his email. My comments are in Bold text.
Jerry –
OK CES (Concerned Eagle Scout), here is where you start in the wrong direction.
Everything in Scouting is getting expensive because things are expensive. But you do know that the Scout Shop (uniforms and supplies) are not part of your council and receive NO dollars from FOS. Salaries, benefits, and materials for running the Councils day-to-day operation is where the money goes.
We run a very effective program for our cub scouts and we do it all with the money we raise through popcorn. Like JC states, we have families in our pack that are experiencing financial hardship with the current economic situation. Welcome to the club.. things are tough all over. So don't support FOS.. and watch your Scouting programs go away.
How can we as scouts expect or even think of asking these families to put out more money when their having problems meeting their own financial needs. Well… how can I expect it.. I love Scouting. I can afford 42 cents a day for FOS.. heck a Scout is thrifty right. I collect cans and recycle them for FOS. You mean to tell me, you can't do that? You mentioned running of the camps and the staff that supports them; how can I or any scout leader expect a family in financial hardship to pay $300 for camp (yes it costs that much in our council to send a boy to day camp)? Again, if that is the cost of doing business in your Council.. which seems a bit steep to me.. then that is the cost of doing business. Sell more popcorn.. have a car wash, participate in the candy sales and hold a Garage sale. Thrifty. Explain to me so that I can explain to my scouts and their parents why they should give to FOS when the top officers of scouting make over 140K annually. What Council are you in? I know that there is no one in your council that makes that much. Maybe at the National level, but then again… none of your FOS money goes to National. That's almost double the annual household income for some of our scout families. Explain it to me Jerry so that I can justify it to my scouts and their parents. It's this simple. don't support it and you will have no Scouting. If your families are making 70,000 a year. Then you are doing better than most. So I would suggest you act like an Eagle Scout and remember your obligation you took to Scouting. Be Thrifty and Helpful and figure out a way to raise the funds. Families in our area make much less than what you have suggested and we keep our Council vibrant and healthy. Rather than make a bunch of excuses and whine… figure out a way that you can support Scouting. We have become very creative. Bake sales, car washes, dinners, etc. I've asked my local council for an explanation and they can't or won't give me an explanation, they just want the money. I do not think you are being intellectually honest here. Every Council brochure that I have looked at (via the internet etc) disclose where the money goes and how your dollar benefits the Council. If local councils want money to support the program and pay their paychecks, then they need to get the funds from corporations.You have heard about the FOS Community program right? They get money from your local corporations. That is what a lot of your DE's time is spent doing. Oh and about 85 cents of every dollar from FOS goes to programs.. not paychecks. Endowments, and other funds are used for paychecks. At least in our Council, I can't imagine your Council being to different. In my eyes and the eyes of other in our pack, families give enough to support scouting. I think you need to open your eyes a little wider and see the program for what it really is not as a target. I know times are tough, but that is no excuse for Scouting to suffer.
We all budget our time, energy and money. As we sit at our dinning room tables and work out our families monthly budget we cut what is not important and spend on what is. FOS is one of those items that we are not willing to cut because we see, directly, the value of our dollar.
We see that Scouting does good things… not just for my two sons, but for all the Scouts in my Troop. So I can assume that it is doing good in every unit.
I justify giving to FOS because I see the camps that we go to… in fact we camping at one of our Councils 18 fully paid properties this weekend. That can't happen without FOS.
I look beyond emotion and look at real numbers. I can understand where you are coming from… really I can, but I think if you all took the time and penciled it out.. you could easily justify to your Packs families the benefits of making contributions to FOS. I am not sure where you get your numbers and information from, my guess is it is probably from another disgruntled Scouters. But my friend, you are an Eagle Scout. Somewhere along the way people paid and you benefited from this program. Give back. That simple.
Just my thoughts….
Thanks for your thoughts.I hope that my comments do not come across as smug or unfriendly. It is a simple fact that no matter what, we need to do what we need to do to keep Scouting alive and well, if that means we give to FOS..then that is what we need to do. Call it something else…it still pays for Scouting.
Concerned Eagle Scout, I am not beating you up, I am calling you to learn more and really look at the dollars. It pencils out.. I promise you.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Obstacles to Objectives
In an effort to "fix lazy" it dawned on me that one of the problems is that our young men, and I am not just talking about Scouts here, tend to get caught up in the obstacles rather than focusing on the objectives. This bogs them down and they feel defeated. They fail themselves in the mind before they can feel the success of completing a task.
In the last post I listed a few "rathers".. they would rather freeze then change clothing, they would rather be cold and miserable than apply the training they have learned. This is lazy and it is an attitude that someone will come to my aid.
This is also an inability to get past the obstacle and get to the objective.
The objective is the skill or the task or goal. Lets take for example setting up a tent. The tent does not change. It is the same tent that they have set up many times, but insert an obstacle like snow and cold and now it is a whole new tent. NO, it's still the same tent. The challenge is to get it set up.. the goal is to get the tent set up to get out of the elements, but in their mind they can't do it because it is cold. I was talking with one Scout about what they would have done had we hiked in at night. Something we do 11 times a year.. but none the less. He asked what we would have done, so I told him that we would have set up camp… just like we always do. I asked him if he knew how to set up his tent, he said yes. Then I told him that it's no different setting it up in the dark than it is setting it up in the day light. The tent is the tent. Same poles, same grommets, same rain fly, same guy tie outs, same everything. If you can set it up in your living room, you can set it up in the woods, the snow, the rain, and the dark. He immediately found the obstacle rather than the objective.
I am finding this more and more with the Scouts that we have these days. The look for the obstacles rather than focusing on the objectives. This is the wrong way to think.
If we focus on the objective, we will negotiate the obstacles to get there. The obstacles become the fun challenge that it takes to get the reward or success.
We have been talking about our up coming backpacking trip this summer. The younger guys are doing a 50 miler, while the more experienced guys are going to do about 80. When the PLC announced this immediately they thought about 50 miles of backpacking and not the adventure. They failed to hear the part about 10 days of hiking, breaking up the mileage into reasonable chunks, that anyone with a pair of legs could do. They did not think about 10 days of being out with their buddies in the Olympics.. nope.. just the obstacles that would make it hard.
This we need to work on.. but it is the first part of fixing lazy.
What are your thoughts on this? I'd love to know.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
How do You fix Lazy?
Here is a question for you… How do you fix lazy?
I do not intend this to be a rant, rather a real look into why are people.. in particular.. some of our Scouts so lazy. Yes.. I said Lazy, and if the shoe fits they need to wear it.
Well, Scoutmaster Jerry… you can't call a boy out like that.. you may hurt their feelings… Really? If you don't want your feelings hurt, stop being lazy. It's really that simple.
Here is the situation.
We do a very good job of teaching skills. As is the case in Scout Troops all over our Country, Scout leaders have vested interest in making sure that our Scouts are trained in skills, both life skills and those skills that can be applied in the great out doors. In the case of my Troop, we have assembled a group of adult leaders that are the best. That is a pretty lofty claim, but true. We have multiple BSA certified Climbing instructors. Multiple Wilderness First Aid trained and First Responders. Medical professionals, skilled outdoors men. Trained and certified trainers for extreme cold weather activities, etc. Avid backpackers with years of experience and mastered skill levels. Leave No trace experts etc. We have made it a point to be over trained so the Scouts of our Troop will have the benefit of training that is current, relevant, expert, and will ensure that the Scout will gain the most of his Scouting experience.
Now, before I go on.. YES, we are YOUTH LED… BUT…
As you all know there are times that Adults with know how need to step in and not lead, but train. The Scout leadership is still leading and teaching basic skills, but when it comes to high risk activities it is important that Adult instruction from those that are qualified, skilled, and trained need to do the teaching.
So, we have assembled this great group of skilled folks that know what they need to know and are willing to teach and provide mentoring as the Scouts develop their skills.
I suppose it is worth mentioning that a Scout joins our Troop knowing what he is getting into. It is also fair to point our that we do not push participation. A Scout will get out of Scouting exactly what he puts into it. If a young man makes the choice to not participate, well then he will get that experience out of Scouting. On the other hand, if he makes the choice to fully immerse himself in the experience, he will have an outstanding experience while a Scout and more likely than not carry that with him the rest of his life.
We are what we are we are not going to change that based on Lazy. We have made it a point to never cancel based on outside of Scouting choices. We encourage our Scouts to be active outside of Scouts also and we know that there are certain outings that lend themselves to less participation, but we will not cancel those based on the interest level of some of the Scouts taking away that opportunity for others. We would rather go with 5 that are totally into it than 40 that are not.
On one hand we preach that this is the Scouts Troop, and yes that is the case. They are the Scouts that made the choice years ago that they wanted to be a high adventure unit. And that is what we became. That is why boys join our Troop. Then some realize that we expect more from them individually than perhaps their School teacher do or their parents. We expect them to become self-reliant. We expect them to pay attention and learn. We expect them to develop skills and become proficient in those skills and at some point teach those skills. We expect them to push themselves beyond their comfort zone. We do not think that this is too much to ask, and when parents bring their son to us, it seems that it is not too much for them either. Parents by and large seem to like the idea that we expect much from their sons.
We see it over and over again though that some, not all, of our Scouts are just plain lazy. It would seem that they would rather freeze to death and starve before they took a tiny bit of initiative to do the right thing. They are trained, but have difficulty applying that training because they are too busy trying to take a short cut or allow someone else to do it for them.
They would rather be told 100 times to do something than just do it. They would rather be cold and miserable than to apply the training that they have learned from some of the best folks around. Simple things like keeping your gloves out of the snow or staying dry. This is just plain lazy.
They would rather have Mom and Dad replace gear than take care of it. They would rather crawl into their sleeping bag than learn new skills and develop their own level of expertise in those skills. They would rather… well, I think you are getting the point.
I do not understand this way of thinking. I do not understand Lazy. Now before I get one comment that tells me that kids today are different from they were 20 years ago… JUST STOP. They are no different. The difference is not in the kid, it is in how they are raised in the world around them. They have been wrapped in layer of bubble wrap and not allowed to explore. They have been force-fed pills to calm them down, they have been sheltered because of the boggy man and Al Qaeda. They are sat in front of a TV as a baby sitter and the world around them tells them that they don't have to work for a living. Don't worry.. the Government will take care of you and the more ailments you can rack up the more Uncle Sam will take care of you. You don't have to get a good paying job, you can apply for hand outs.. so don't work and you will be fine. I don't understand this thinking. And it is happening. Citizenship used to mean making a contribution, now it means waiting for one.
Are their legitimate ailments out there?.. sure there are.. but c'mon.. When you are a 13-year-old boy, you need to get out and at it.
Lazy is a habit. It is formed early and reinforced often. Here is the thing. I don't know how to fix it. Well I do, but in the process I will lose Scouts and upset parents. This is the issue I am dealing with. How do I fix lazy and maintain Scouts and get them on board? How do I do this and keep Mom and Dad happy?
I will be working on answers to this question.. I am curious as to what you have to say.
Please leave your answer to How to fix lazy in the comments section. I want to know what you do.. or do you just allow it. Either way.. share.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Founders Day 2014
Today is Founders Day. A day in Scouting when we celebrate our Founder Lord Robert S.S. Baden-Powell of Gilwell.
This would be his 157th birthday. It is fitting that today was spent training Adult leaders this morning and celebrating a Cub Scout Packs Blue and Gold this evening, along with the crossing over of 6 Scouts into my Troop.
A day packed with Scouting, all in a positive way.
Baden-Powell was more than just the founder of Scouting, he was truly a visionary. Not in a mystical sense, but in the vision that he had for youth. He understood youth and knew the direction that they needed to go. Not the direction they may have wanted to go, but needed to go. I think of that often as a Scoutmaster. These young men come to us with expectations and we mentor them on a journey. Through guided discovery we take them on an adventure that leads them where we know they need to go disguised in a game that the youth are willing to play.
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
I think that when BP came back from the war, he had like most veterans a different appreciation for life and the direction that life should be taken. In reading his writings we know that Baden-Powell had seen and done enough in the service of England and dedicated himself thereafter to promoting peace and happiness. I have heard that being happy is a moral obligation as it affects those around you. Spreading happiness is certainly worth-while.
"The good turn will educate the boy out of the groove of selfishness."
I talk a lot about service. Service to others is not just a Scout thing, but a human thing. When we wrap our hearts and arms around that, we become selfless servants.
Scouting started because of a man who felt the need to serve and to teach others to serve.
Today we honor that man. Lord Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting!
Have a Great Scouting Day!
PS. Sorry there will be no Quick tip this week. The plate got way to full, I will resume the next week with the Saturday Quick tip.
What's in your Backpack?
I was bouncing around on some of the blogs and found a cool post on a blog that I follow. The subject was something that I think we all do or have, but give little or no thought to… What do you keep in your pack, or items that never leave your pack. I read her list and then some of the comments and it got me to thinking and actually running out to my pack to see what I never take out.
I assumed at the outset that this list was to be that stuff that NEVER comes out of my pack.. so for me that would be those items that I take no matter what kind of camping I am doing, no matter where I am going, or no matter how long or far I am venturing in the woods.
The other component to this discussion is who I am camping with. Scouts or just friends and family.
So I want to know what those items are in your pack. Here is my list of items that just never come out of the pack.
1. First Aid kit. I check it annually when we show the new Scouts some of the things that they should consider when making their own kits. But it never comes out of my pack and is always loaded in the right hip belt.
2. Poop kit. This kit consists of bags, toilet paper, Wet One singles. Pretty sure that's self explanatory.
3. Ditty bag of fire starting materials. A couple cotton balls covered in Vaseline, a few Wet Fire cubes, a Light My Fire fire steel, and a few sticks of Fat wood and a lighter.
4. Zip lock bag with one extra wool socks.
5. Ditty bag with about 50 feet of line and a compass, Micro pure tablets.
6. UCO Candle Lantern
7. Headlamp and 2 extra batteries.
8. Clothing bag with synthetic long sleeve top, Poly long bottoms, beenie hat, light gloves.
9. Hammock (Warbonnet Blackbird) and Tarp (Warbonnet Super Fly)
10. Water Filter
I remove my tarp and hang it dry for a day or so then it goes right back in.
I always keep my Top quilt and Under quilt hanging till I need them.
Clothing is decided in planning for the trip.
Food bag is clipped to backpack till I load it. Water Bladders are in food bag till they are filled.
Cook kit is loaded on outside of pack and I decide how much fuel etc when I meal plan.
I wear my knife (Light My Fire Mora).
So that's the basics.. What never leaves your Pack?
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Unit Culture
Monday night our Troop held its annual Order of the Arrow election and its six month youth leadership election. Our Troop elections are like most Troops in that we hold the elections for youth leadership. We may differ in this aspect, we only elect the "assistants". When we hold our elections every six months we elect the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader and the Assistant Patrol Leaders. The idea here is that now the Assistant has six months to learn how to do the job, then he is more successful when it comes his turn to serve as the 'Leader'. At the six month mark, the Assistant automatically becomes the leader and we elect new Assistants.
It's pretty simple and works very well.
The OA elections are held just like everyone elects members into the Order of the Arrow. We do not announce the candidates until they are called out at Camporee.
After the meeting on Monday night a group of Scouts and I were talking about leadership issues and the OA. I shared a story about how my ordeal went when I was a youth compared to how they do them now. There are some differences for sure, but the spirit of the ordeal is pretty much the same. A couple of the Scouts mentioned that they wish that the ordeal was still like it was when I was a Scout. Now to be sure, I know that there is some form of "it's cool if the Scoutmaster says it's cool" going on here. Rest assured I am not saying this to stroke my ego, and there will be a point here I promise.
We talked about how sometimes it seems that some Scouts take things like the ordeal serious, while others do it to get a sash and pocket flap. I asked why they think that is. The overwhelming response was that it is cool to be in the OA, but members should be "worthy" to be in it. If they do not want to participate, they should not be in it.
I agree, but understand that to some the OA may be just another thing in Scouting and it certainly looks great on the Scouting resume.
One of the Scouts chimed in that he viewed it kind of like the different Troops we see at Camporee. Some take the wearing of the Scout uniform serious, while other look like slobs (his words not mine, although I agree). Some like to build the gateways, while others would rather hang out in camp around the campfire. I am not sure that there is a right or wrong answer here other than when we discuss methods, like wearing the uniform, but what I suggested to these Scouts was that it comes down to their unit's culture.
And how is that formed? Well, I think that somewhere along the way we form our culture by the activities we do, the way we develop traditions, and our attitudes toward how delivering the promise of Scouting should look. The Troop's program has a lot to do with that also in that it becomes the style of the Troop.
So in the case of my Troop we have Traditions that passed on as the Scouts move through the unit. New Traditions meet the older ones and it helps shape our culture. Our Troop's annual program goes along way in the shaping of that culture. Being a backpacking Troop, we do things a bit different and the Scouts of the Troop view themselves as adventurous and skilled. This adventurous spirit and skills are the personality of the Troop. They like the idea that they are different from most Troops, especially at Camporee and summer camp. They like to show up with nothing but their packs. This attitude is a big part of our culture. It is not right or wrong, it's who we are.
Where does that come from? Well, certainly I had a part to play. Introducing the Troop to backpacking, but then the Scouts took it because they liked it. As a Backpacking Troop it lends itself to adventures like Climbing, Kayaking and Canoeing, Glacier hiking, snow shoeing and lots of other adventurous activity. It is not for everyone and we have seen Scouts come and go because of who we are. And that is ok.
We decided awhile ago that we would deliver the promise of Scouting and this would be our delivery method. The Parents of our Scouts see that what we do works and those Scouts that stick around and take an active part in the program get a lot out of it.
We find a good balance of Youth leadership and Adult interaction through Coaching and Mentoring. When our youth cross over into the Troop they immediately learn who is in charge, the SPL and their Patrol leader. They never stop hearing it. The endless stream of Scouts seeking attention is more often time met with "Ask the SPL". The culture of the youth led troop balanced with the ability to know when the Scout needs more than just the Senior Patrol leader.
The Scoutmaster conference is a big part of our culture. More times than not, it is not an open book and signing session. It is far more frequent for that Scoutmaster conference to deal with "Boy issues". Stuff that they just need to talk about. To the outside eyes and ears that may sound a bit creepy, but in our unit Trust is high and sometimes there are just things you need to talk about with someone who you trust. I have built that trust with our Scouts and their parents.
That trust is a huge part of our culture and comes from an unwavering commitment to the Scout Oath and Law. Those are the rules of the Troop and those are the only rules.
I told you that there was a point here. Yes, our Troop is not for everyone and often times our Scouts look to be arrogant or have a swagger about them. That is true, however it is not arrogance, it is confidence. We pride ourselves on skills development and staying true to the goals of Scouting. We wrap all of that in our adventure and fun program. I believe like Baden-Powell asked us as Scoutmasters to the heart of the boy and to be their friend. That is why our Scouts would have that feeling that when I suggest it is cool.. it is. I am not always right and do not seek the worship of these young men. I will tell you quite honestly that I love it when they want to be adventurous. I love to see them push their boundaries and step out of their comfort zone. I love to see leadership in action, no matter how ugly it looks at times. This has become our culture, this is our Troop. I am sure that your Troop has its own culture and its own traditions and its own swagger.
Watch a Troop as it sings its Troop song or yell. That will give you a peek into that Troops Culture.
This all started with a couple of Scouts talking about how they wish things were different. My answer to them was simply this, If you want it to be different, change it. Know my guys.. they will.
Have a Great Scouting Day!
Come along side
Yesterday we "Celebrated" Presidents Day… Not sure what that means, but lets go with it. To me Presidents day is the day that we recognize two great leaders. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. I think in their own right, those two Presidents did more to earn a day than any other in our history. Just for starting a Nation and keeping one alone did they demonstrate great leadership.
There are essentially three kinds of leaders, those that Pull those they lead, those that Push those being led, and those leaders that come along side and walk with the follower.
It is a matter of effective leadership. When a leader pulls the follower he will eventually get resistance. Being pulled along is like trying to get a donkey to move when it does not want to go. The struggle of getting those followers to move in the direction you desire will be difficult when people are pulled along.
Being pushed has the same result. No one likes to be pushed. We get the feeling of being forced to do something. This will get push back to the leader and as a result he can not be effective.
We need to remember the aim of leadership… to lead.. to influence others to accomplish something. Whatever that is. Be it building a Nation or planning an outing, we lead to accomplish something and do it in a manner that is effective.
When we are the leader that comes along side and walks with the follower, the follower is now in a position that he does not feel threatened. He feels that the leader is with him in the endeavor and not bossing him around. The leader has a better perspective of what we called in the Army "Ground True". Meaning, what really is happening in a specific area. The leader is with those he leads and not sitting high on a throne dictating what needs to be accomplished. He walks shoulder to shoulder providing purpose, direction, and motivation to those being led.
That leadership style is effective. Look at the great leaders in history and you will find that they came along side and were effective leaders.
So, as we "celebrated" Presidents day and as we think about those two great leaders in our history. Think about leadership and how we are better more effective leaders. Look at your Patrol Leaders Council and see what kind of leaders you have in your troop and see if they are coming along side and leading.
Have a Great Scouting Day!


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What would you have noticed if you pulled the chart earlier? at 11:00-12:00 the double top was prominant and the small reversal would have screamed "sell now while you still have a chance!"?Hogwash, would you have sold then, even if it wasn't the mental stop?
thanks for the charts.
Guess i can't put it all on 1 page15 minhttp://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=IPAR,uu[e,a]ghclyiay[d10][pb!b20!b40][vc60][iup7,3,3!uh39,3!ul7!ua6,12,9!lb7!lc7][J39813927,Y]&listNum=2830 min No annotation(better for practice)http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=ipar,uu[e,a]fhclyiay[d15][pb!b20!b40][vc60][iup7,3,3!uh39,3!ul7!ua6,12,9!lb7!lc7][J39821048,Y]&pref=G60 min (no annotation)http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=ipar,uu[e,a]ehclyiay[d15][pb!b20!b40][vc60][iup7,3,3!uh39,3!ul7!ua6,12,9!lb7!lc7][J39820523,Y]&pref=G
got the sign on request for that chart, Ironballs.
I'm not trying to be rude, but it would help you to compare down and up areas, using the indicators
It was OK.Look a little harder.http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=1239375,28&cmd=show,IDAY[N]&disp=E
Did I read the info correctly?New link didn't go anywhere.
Bounced out of the drop zone, like i thought it would.Here is some more practice for. IPAR Chart Series.http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/Favorites.CServlet?obj=1239375,28&cmd=show,IDAY[N]&disp=E
yes, I wanted to sell on the small reversal, each has their own triggers, and even before Ironballs gave us feedback, I could see that a small bear flag was forming on the 5 minute 200 sma, and that it could be a measured move, the second leg down from that small bear flag (small upslating flag on low volume, a low volume bounce, after a leg down) would be around 14.72. But I also did not want to jump ahead of my mental stop loss, because I wanted to show that once it is hit you honor it.Actually when it went under 15.42, it broke what I thought was a ascending triangle formation, and that was the trigger to jump ahead of the mental loss and sell.
slow down, IPAR is not the only stock out there. You don't have to ever get a winning trade out of it, ever have to trade it again. That losing trade is over. Don't try to hang on to the loss by having IPAR give it back to you. The best thing was that you honored your loss, that is the flip side of booking profits.
Oh yeah. I was so busy with watching my other trades and when things looked good, i decided to take a closer look at IPAR. Don't think for a minute IPAR is dead
Then how do you choose a reentry point?in the 14.90's would at least cover the commission fees from the last try.


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Legal Question in Family Law in New York
My husband owns a second property with a family member prior to our marriage. Does it count as marital property? Am I entitled to anything from it in a divorce?
Asked on 9/19/13, 10:12 am
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It is not marital property if it is not in your name and was not acquired during the marriage.
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