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Since 1983, the United States has resettled more than 1.6 million refugees. Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson of The Brookings Institution present the first report on U.S. metropolitan destinations, where the vast majority of refugees were placed between 1983 and 2004.
This summer's conflict between Israel and Hezbollah displaced Lebanese but also affected Lebanon's hundreds of thousands migrant workers and refugees. MPI's Kara Murphy reports on these groups and highlights the Lebanese diaspora's efforts to help.
Not long after the United States passed the 1980 Refugee Act, thousands of people began fleeing civil war in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. Their treatment in the United States, linked to U.S. foreign policy, spurred the Sanctuary Movement and efforts to grant them refugee status, as Susan Gzesh of the University of Chicago explains.
Former Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Guterres became the 10th UN High Commissioner for Refugees in 2005. Guterres talks with the Migration Information Source about refugee protection, challenges to the asylum system, internally displaced persons, and the media's reporting on asylum and refugee issues.
In the early 1990s, Ethiopians who had been living in refugee camps in Sudan began to return home. As Laura C. Hammond of Clark University explains, they created a new community in an unfamiliar part of Ethiopia that is thriving 12 years later.
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This discussion is an overview of a report undertaken by a team at the Columbia University School of International Public Affairs which examines the U.S. refugee resettlement Program and offers a strong set of recommendations and observations about the program.
Breakfast briefing with T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, and Kathleen Newland.
The situation in Iraq remains extremely precarious for civilians, with additional thousands being displaced by violence and persecution even as refuge becomes harder to find – either internally or in neighboring countries. This report looks at the refugee situation in the country.
This report explores the role of ethnic community-based organizations as drivers of refugee integration. It highlights contributions, challenges, and best practice methodologies identified through site visits to refugee-serving ECBOs across the country, and offers recommendations for enhancing the capacity and sustainability of refugee integration services.
Over the past four years, the United States has resettled far fewer refugees than it did in the 1990s. The decline has stemmed partly from post-9/11 security measures. But this book explains other, deeper reasons, deriving from changes in how and why refugees move, how asylum states receive them, and the world community's response. It also suggests steps to restore the program and better address real refugee needs.
Through a broad overview of key policy and legislation dating back to the early 1990s, this paper finds that despite persistent efforts to coordinate an EU level approach to asylum and refugee protection, the process has been severely stifled by the lack of a philosophical consensus between Member States as to what constitutes refugee protection in Europe and globally.
Recognizing the particular challenges to refugee protection faced on both sides of the Atlantic, this report questions whether strengthening resettlement programs in the U.S. and Europe can help to address ongoing concerns over security, the volume and diversity of migrants, the rise of right-wing parties and the role of the welfare state.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., EU officials issued a symbolic statement that the EU was prepared to receive Afghan refugees displaced from the looming American intervention. Despite internal policy tendencies to reject Afghan claims to protection and domestic security concerns, EU officials seemed to recognize at the time there was very little risk of a massive influx of Afghan refugees.


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In the report recently released by the ATF addressing (and summarily dismissing) the public comments from last year, the ATF regards that Three-Gun competitions aren't enough of a sport because of the wide difference between the number of hunters and three-gunners (disregarding the high likelihood of overlap between the two groups). Since 19,000 people is such a small number.
…[S]tatistics suggest that the United States Practical Shooting Association has
approximately 19,000 members who participate in "three gun" or similar competitions.
Conversely, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that in 2006, 10.7 million licensed
individuals participated in hunting within the U.S. Using this data, those participating in tactical
shooting comprised approximately .18% of those participating in hunting.
I mean, no activity should ever be considered a sport with such a small number of participants, especially when dwarfed by another sport; like, say, curling vs basketball. Only 16,000* people in the US actively participate in curling compared to nearly everyone in the US that ever attended a PE class.
*according to the US Curling Association (PDF warning, statistic on page 12)

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SOAR is a new enrollment workshop at Foothill College that will give priority registration to incoming freshman students who complete an orientation and assessment tests (math and English) prior to Fall Quarter 2014. Whether you're a high school senior getting ready to start college classes this summer or fall, or a post-high school student looking to begin working on your educational goal, sign up online for a SOAR workshop to get started. You must register in advance for a SOAR workshop.
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• Thursday, June 12, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. in Room 8330; and
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Get ready for your assessment tests. We highly recommend that you take a practice math placement test andreview English resources to be better prepared.
Bring your ID. Be certain to bring a photo ID and your CWID number to your SOAR workshop. You will need both for testing at the Assessment Center.
Register for the workshop. You only need to attend one workshop. Review the SOAR Web page, choose the time and date that work best for you, and register for your workshop. After you complete the online registration form for your SOAR workshop, you will receive an e-mail confirmation detailing where to park on campus, a schedule for the SOAR, the room number for orientation and a campus map.
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Beginning this fall, new state laws will give priority registration to students who complete an orientation and assessment, work with a counselor to develop an education plan, succeed in their classes and make progress toward completing their academic goals.
"To help new students receive priority registration, Foothill College is presenting one-stop SOAR enrollment workshops this spring so that you can complete required assessment, orientation and education plan development well before Fall Quarter gets under way in September," says Foothill College Vice President of Student Services Denise Swett, Ed.D. "The thoughtful planning you do now will ensure that your Foothill experience is streamlined and successful."
In order to register for subsequent quarters, new laws will require all California community college students to file an individual education plan, maintain academic good standing and demonstrate progress toward completion of their academic goals. For more priority registration information, access www.foothill.edu/admissions.php.


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With a varied labor force, comes lots of various concepts, point of views and views that include strength to employees' capability to interact, provide and plan. Right here is how having employees with various backgrounds can benefit a business:
A varied and inviting work environment where every employee feels supported and equipped, is the very best technique to keep and bring in quality employees. With high-performing employees, come enhanced quality, performance and spirits. When employees see that their business values and promotes diversity, they are most likely to be pleased with their tasks, and this in turn makes them work even harder.
Enhanced efficiency comes in time through respecting one another
Smart, growing business that wish to take the lead in development value the value and understand of imagination. As an outcome, they typically want their employees to come forward with originalities that can assist enhance their business.
Employees with various backgrounds, supply an organization with lots of various point of views and concepts on the best ways to enhance its items, services or advertising techniques, which assists to much better catch the marketplace section where they originate from. This, in turn, assists in making more ingenious choices focused on benefiting the business.
With a deep understanding of various cultures, an organization will certainly have the ability to customize its methods to item formulation, sales and services to fit requirements of various customers. In addition, it will certainly be in a much better position to fulfill the different customers' requirements far better than their rivals.
Faster and better development comes through communicating with respect
Companies offer their services and items to a progressively varied client base. Having personnels that comes from various market sectors and demographics can actually assist an organization comprehend its clients much better, leading to enhanced services.
In a progressively around the world market, numerous business with abroad operations benefit considerably from working with multilingual employees, as they have the ability to interact with consumers from various ethnic backgrounds. Having a varied labor force removes language obstacle troubles, making it possible for a business to reach a broader clients base.
Terrific skill can be discovered by working with both global and domestic employees. That is why some business are prepared to sponsor the migration for worldwide employees when the abilities they are looking for are in brief supply back house.
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Diversity in the work environment makes a business more powerful, which assists to enhance development and earnings. Employees from various backgrounds will certainly offer a business with a much better point of view relating to the requirements of all its customers; not simply a couple of groups. They can provide important understanding on the finest client service suggestions that will certainly assist enhance sales amongst their particular groups.
There are numerous factors which could lead employees to do something about it that display no stability or respect at all. The majority of the time, these factors could be declared understandable in one typical approach called "completion validates the ways". The outcomes of some of these actions cost the business terrific loses.
Some reasons for lost work respect and stability consist of the following:
Employees discover it traumatic to approach management with their concerns and end up taking the incorrect choices. This constantly results in employees experiencing ill mindsets to management and might lead them to take things for given.
Lacking proper management can be the root of the problem
The majority of high level employees sitting on managerial positions tend to make use of old clinical management concepts where lower level personnels are not included in choice making. The employees start to work simply for the sake of completing the appointed tasks and will certainly lie to cover up their faults and even toss away any proof that might jeopardize their word.
With a varied labor force, comes lots of various concepts, viewpoints and views that include strength to employees' capability to interact, provide and plan. Right here is how having employees with various backgrounds can benefit a business:
Employees from various backgrounds will certainly supply a business with a much better viewpoint concerning the requirements of all its customers; not simply a couple of groups.
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Council of Gondor, 15th March 3019 (King Minardil III has fallen at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, earlier in the day):
Halbarad, emissary of the Dunedain, said: "In this hour of peril, I urge the council to recognise the claim of Aragorn, son of Arathorn, Isildur's Heir, and heir also through Firiel to the line of Anárion."
Denethor, the Steward, said, "Such claim as he has, we do not recognise. Gondor belongs to the heirs of Meneldil Anárion's son, to whom Isildur gave this realm. In Gondor, the descent of Kings is reckoned through the sons only, and we have not heard that it is otherwise in Arnor."
Faramir, the Steward's son looked troubled, and spoke, "And yet, Lord, Isildur Elendil's son was High King of both realms. He never formally relinquished the rule of Gondor, and Anárion's son Meneldil was his regent, merely. Surely he did not intend the kindred realms to be estranged?"
Denethor frowned at his son. "The wizard's counsel, yet again, but from your tongue, Lord Faramir!" Then he raised his hand to silence Prince Imrahil, who had started to his feet. "Peace! This is no time for such debates. My King, who died heirless, is but a few hours cold in his tomb, and grief has dulled our reason. Lord Halbarad, your company has ridden fast and far, and you are weary. The hour grows late - let us seek our rest while we may, for tomorrow's need will surely be sterner."
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Excerpted from Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice. Copyright © 2008 by Anne Rice. Excerpted by permission of Anchor, a division of Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Anne Rice is the author of thirty-two books. She lives in Palm Desert, California.
A Conversation with Anne RiceQ: What led you to the idea of writing this book, and then to the actual writing of it?A: Obsession led me to write this book, and it's been that way with every book I've ever written. I become completely consumed by a theme, by characters, by a desire to meet a challenge, and the book begins to grow. With Christ the Lord, the obsession began in my earliest childhood in pure religious devotion. Though I broke with my religion in college, I was still obsessed with religious questions, the basics–Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful? Why is it so important that we lead good lives, even when we don't believe in an afterlife? I never stopped with this obsessive thinking and exploring, and the idea for the book–Jesus in his own words–was always there. I went back to the Catholic Church in 1998, completely. In 2002, when I was sitting in church before Mass one Saturday evening, I made the declaration to Christ that I would do this book and nothing else. And the entire purpose, shape, tone–all of that came together.Q: Those familiar with your work will immediately recognize this subject matter as a departure for you. Assuming you agree, why head down this particular road?A: This subject is in no way a departure from that of my previous works; no one who knows my work could possibly think so. The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing "immortal" simply to ask "What is the meaning of what we are?" I was always compelled to seek the "big answers."Q: Jesus Christ narrates this book. Explain your decision to make him the narrator.A: Jesus is the first-person narrator of this book because the use of first-person narrators is the way I know how to write a book with the greatest power and chance of artistic success. The intimate voice of the narrator in earlier novels worked powerfully for me. My first novel was written that way. Though I've written many novels in the third person, I've never felt as close to the characters as I felt to Louis, Lestat, Marius, and, finally, to this character, this fictional "creation" of Christ the Lord. Q: The Author's Note in the book touches on the research that you did. What did that research comprise? What types of texts did you consult?A: Research was as total as I could make it. As I explain in the Author's Note, I explored the ancient authors–Josephus, Philo of Alexandria, the writings of the sages, the rabbis, the Evangelists, the Bible itself relentlessly. But I also studied as much as I could of current archaeology having to do with first-century Palestine. I read as much as I could in New Testament scholarship, reading books by cynical critics of Christ, skeptics who wanted to debunk Him, and also great scholars. I read the great Catholic scholars Meier and Brown, and others. The field is far too vast for me to be comprehensive, and my work is ongoing. I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek. Q: How did you sort out issues of artistic license when it came to a story the basics of which are almost universally known (if not universally believed to be true)?A: When it comes to this book, artistic license does not really exist. What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. Of course I created fictional scene and dialogue. But it is all within an immense and solid frame. This was a huge challenge. I had to move in His world, and know His world, and that took the immense research. But license? I took as little as possible. I worked within the strictures of what we have been taught about Christ the Lord. That's why I used the title. Q: Would you hope that readers would come away from this book understanding and knowing more about Christianity and the figure of Christ, or did you write it for people to simply enjoy as a novel? A: I wrote this book to make Christ real to people who had never thought about Him as real. I wrote this book to make the readers care so much about Him that they see him perhaps as never before. I wrote it for all my readers and for all readers. Re-telling the Christian story is the essence of my vocation. And we re-tell that story so that it can be heard anew. That has been going on since the Evangelists in one form or another. I am no Evangelist. But I am an artist who wants to make the most significant art I can make. And for this art to have value, it must be utterly true to the spirit of Christ as I have received it from multiple sources: the Gospels, my church, my prayers, my meditation.Q: For people who are not coming to the book from any particular religious background, what do you hope they'll take away from it? Put another way, do you think an atheist could ever like this book?A: I hope readers will come away caring passionately about this character, Jesus Christ, and wanting to know infinitely more about Him. We have become so de-sensitized to language pertaining to Jesus. I've tried to re-invent Jesus for those who don't want to think about Him or know Him. I hope that readers who do not come from a religious background will take away a sense of Jesus, the Jew, and Jesus, the child of miracles. And I hope that the book will give pleasure and satisfaction for those who do know Him and care about Him, and that does seem to be happening. I hope biblical scholars will see something here they can recommend. I hope atheists will feel a part of the world inside the book, and say "I was there!" I hope my oldest readers will embrace this character as they have Marcel, or Tonio, or Lestat or Louis in the past. Of course I think an atheist could like this book, because it brings to life the period, the milieu, the people who brought about one of the greatest religious revolutions in history.I tried to do justice to Jesus in every conceivable way I knew in this book. I can't give any more to anything than what I've given to this book.Q: Were you nervous about writing this story, either from a personal standpoint or because of any concern about how closely or intensely it would be scrutinized?A: No, I wasn't nervous. I was scared to death. I was so scared I couldn't do it, yet I felt so compelled to. I went almost out of my mind as I sank into this material and as I prayed and studied and wrote. I was terrified. But I knew I had to do this. I felt strongly that no one had done it in the way that I was doing it. There have been many novels about Jesus Christ, but there has not, to my knowledge, been one like this, one that accommodated entirely all the knowledge we are given about Jesus while maintaining that Jesus is who He said He was: The Son of God. I was scared to death of being attacked and misunderstood, and pre-judged. Above all, I was and am scared of being dismissed. But it does not matter. I will go on writing the best books I can possibly write about this subject no matter what happens to me. Q: Will you ever write another Vampire novel?A: I can't see myself doing that. My vampires were metaphors for the outsiders, the lost, the wanderers in the darkness who remembered the warmth of God's light but couldn't find it. My wish to explore that is gone now. I want to meet a much bigger challenge. Q: The book ends when Jesus is still a boy. Is there a sequel on the way? A: Yes, there are sequels on the way. I feel that keenly and can't deny it–I don't want to deny it. But this book must stand on its own. And I did what I set out to do in so far as I talked and walked and saw with my character within the Gospel framework, and in light of the latest research in many fields. I feel a great satisfaction in having done that.Q: What do you make of the current religious climate in this country?A: I wish that we had more visible Christian and Catholic leaders who talked about love. We have many, but we could use more. It is tragic that many in America think of us–the Christians–as being people who hate others. We need leaders who open their arms to others. We need leaders like Fulton Sheen and Billy Graham and Rick Warren and N. T. Wright. We need to love one another; we need to acknowledge the goodness and the good intentions of our brothers and sisters; we need to stop fighting Christian against Christian. I have no time now for anything but trying to love other people. That is a full-time job. To fill my writing with that will take everything I have. I want to love all the children of God–Christian, Jew, Moslem, Hindu, Buddhist–everyone. I want to love Gay Christians and straight Christians.But the point is, we need people to make visible the great embracing and compassionate message of Christianity, people to continue the revolution started by Christ Himself, people to bear witness that the story of Jesus Christ is going on and on without end, gaining power with each century, and reaching more and more people. We need saints. We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough. The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.
"Hypnotic, incantatory. . . . Readers will be lured by the promise of simply rendered holiness." —The New York Times
"Rice couples her writing talents with the zeal of a recent convert and a passion for historical research. . . . Remarkable for Rice's prose and rich sensory detail." —Christianity Today
"A masterful book written by an extraordinary writer at the height of her powers." —All Things Considered
"Rice brings a liveliness and palpable joy to the material." —Los Angeles Times
"A remarkable achievement. . . . An engaging story told within the structure of biblical narrative and theological orthodoxy." —Father Richard Neuhaus, publisher, First Things
"A masterful book written by an extraordinary writer at the height of her powers. It deserves to be read for that reason alone. But it also deserves to be read to better understand the most dynamic and important person in human history – Christ the Lord." —All Things Considered
"Rice brings a liveliness and palpable joy to the material." —Los Angeles Times
"[Written] with reverence, marvelous scholarship, and a faithful portrayal to present the mystery God's dwelling among humankind." —Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb
"Compelling. . . . Rice emphasizes Christ's humanity as few authors have done." —Rocky Mountain News
1. In the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John records that Jesus' first miracle happened at the wedding feast of Cana, where water was changed into wine. Also in the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of Matthew states that, before performing any miracles, Jesus first entered the desert, where he was tempted by the Devil. Rice's first title for this book was The Temptation. Why do you think she changed the title to The Road to Cana?
2. Rice has customarily written in the first person, which offers the reader a particular insight into the inner life of the protagonist. In The Road to Cana, does the first-person narration give us insight into the inner life of Jesus? Is the intent of God elucidated? Discuss how revelations of Jesus' personal life are meaningful for contemporary Christians.
3. In The Road to Cana, Jesus says, "What I must know, I know. And what I must learn, I learn". Thomas Aquinas explicated Jesus' human intellect as having a threefold font of knowledge: divine knowledge, infused knowledge, and experiential knowledge. With regard to Jesus' experiential knowledge specifically, how does Avigail contribute to Jesus' experience and knowledge of love? Does he learn about human love? Discuss whether experience and knowledge can help one to love more humanely.
4. Discuss the divine power that Jesus demonstrates as God's son in The Road to Cana. In chapter 22, how does Jesus overpower Satan?
5. The New York Times book review of Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt states: "Ms. Rice retains her obsessions with ritual and purification. . . . She writes this book in a simpler, leaner style, giving it the slow but inexorable rhythm of an incantation." Are the Christ the Lord books a prayer for Rice? Discuss instances in The Road to Cana where Rice has written rituals of purification and incantation.
6. Which of the four Christian gospels most influenced The Road to Cana? Which Gospel stories are distinctly portrayed? Discuss whether these Gospel stories inspire rites of maturity for all Christian faiths today.
7. First-century Jewish women worshiped in the Ezrat Nashim—the Women's Courtyard—which was located beside or behind the men's place of worship. How does Rice's scholarship and penchant for historical authenticity enable her to accurately depict the role of Jewish women in first-century Palestine? In The Road to Cana, does Jesus criticize, whether by word or by deed, this masculine/feminine segregation? Discuss how new understandings of masculinity and femininity have influenced today's religious practices.
8. The Gospel of John is the only biblical source that mentions the wedding feast at Cana. In John's account, Jesus' mother, Mary, informs him at the wedding feast that the wine has run out. It is Jesus' reply to her that has mystified many throughout the centuries. In the final chapter of The Road to Cana, Rice quotes this reply: "Woman? . . . What has this to do with you and me?" Catholic saints, Christian biblical scholars, and homilists have attempted to explain this seemingly callous rejoinder, but their explications vary. How does The Road to Cana treat the mystery behind this dialogue between mother and son? Discuss whether Rice lends a mother's tenderness to the scene.
9. Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ (2004) focuses on the suffering and death of Jesus. In what ways does Rice's Jesus differ from Gibson's? Specifically, when does Jesus, as depicted in The Road to Cana, show real human passion?
10. In an essay posted on her Web site, Rice says of her own writing career: "[My earlier novels] are not immoral works. They are not Satanic works. They are not demonic works. . . . The one thing which unites [my works] is the theme of the moral and spiritual quest. A second theme, key to most of them, is the quest of the outcast for a context of meaning." Is The Road to Cana Rice's attempt to show Jesus' spiritual quest?
11. Jesus, the narrator of The Road to Cana, begins by positing a solitary question: Who is Christ the Lord? Discuss whether this question has been answered by the end of the novel. If not, will this question ever be answered?
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Hiya Rayburn, nice to see yeh back in da forums! Sorry about the nature of the incident, eh? This is the stuff where Scoutmasters really earn their pay!
I think your plan is a decent one. Talk to the witnesses, then to the boy, then to the parents. Let the responses guide you.
Now Beavah's rule is that no lad ever gets caught smoking the first time he does it, eh? The point when boys get caught is the point when they've been doing it long enough that they start getting brazen and sloppy. Like choosing to bring weed on a scout campout instead of doing it with friends in the woods after school, where no adults are around.
Beavah's second rule is that most or all of the boys know what really went on, and know that the lad(s) involved have been smoking in other places for a while.
Which leads to Beavah's third rule: What you choose to do now is going to be a measure of your character in the boys eyes for the next 3 years. Are yeh going to be wishy-washy, or do yeh stand for something? The kids who are watching yeh the closest are those boys who have believed you up to this point when you told them that a Scout keeps himself physically strong and morally clean. They want to know if you really meant it, or if you were lying. Your words don't count, eh? Your actions will speak so loudly that they will drown out whatever you say.
I think if the boy comes clean right away, admits what went on, apologizes and asks for help, then with some contrition and restitution he can restore his reputation and have a shot at stayin' in the troop. Maybe. To be honest, though, I wouldn't hold my breath. Eagle is off the table completely, until perhaps right before his 18th birthday if he really shows remarkable improvement and mercy is called for.
I think da most likely scenario is that what this boy needs now more than anything is the tough love lesson. I reckon he's apt to deny and equivocate and not take responsibility until boxed in, and then not want to admit that anything so serious should cause him to withdraw his Eagle application on his own. In that case, I think yeh have to be the folks that care enough to teach him the hard lesson. That's also likely to be the right lesson for all the other boys in the troop, and the lesson that will make all of your troop parents most comfortable with trusting you in the future.
Yeh know your families better than I do, but I'd caution you that a 17-year-old smokin' on a campout really destroys any sense of trust your parent community has in youth leadership, eh? The boy getting Eagle will completely destroy advancement in the eyes of the boys and their families. So in most cases, without a very strong, clear, public response from you you'll be doing enormous damage to da program for all the boys. Don't kid yourself that it will remain confidential. The boys all know by now, and the parents aren't going to be too far behind.
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I think Beavah hit the nail on the head. I remember when I was a young woman in an LDS branch. No one in my group had ever earned their medallion. A new girl moved in. She had earned her medallion. Our leader tried to tell us what it was all about and get us interested in earning it too, but we knew that she was sleeping with her boyfriend, so we weren't interested. I couldn't believe it was worth doing if she had done it. Not sleeping with your boyfrined is THE most important rule of being a young (12-18) LDS woman.
So, unless you find reason to beleive that he WASN'T smoking on the campout, I think he should definitly be put on probabtion. This may or may not teach him a lesson, but hopefully it will help maintain the trust you have established with your other scouts.
packsaddle commented02-12-2013, 03:24 PMEditing a commentI just have to comment that yours is, so far, the best avatar ever! Now I think I'll just stop and think about Linda for a while.....sigh
Smoking pot is hard to hide. That smell sticks around on people and clothes. If the kid has been around a long time in the troop it is hard to believe he is just now getting caught. We had kids in my troop growing up who smoked in the woods and the smelled like an ashtray. Why the adults never cuaght on (on did anything about it) still amazes me. There was no way to miss it and ALL the guys in the troop knew. *If* this has been going on a while the boys all know....though how it was missed by the adults would baffle me. Agree Eagle is out if the evidence points to drug use. If you have eye witnesses then that's it. If not, you have to assume he's telling the truth.
Either way, he will likely leave your troop after the accusation is made and go elsewhere. You can put it in his record for your troop what you found. If other troops elect to talk to you that's up to them.
A year or so ago there was a discussion going on that Drug use was not a disqualifying factor for eagle. I would post the link but the Search function is not working correctly.
Far as it being a felony, depends on where ya live, in Colorado and Washington your ok.
Well behaved young men are just to smart or just smarter than their adults to get caught.....They are young men after all. I remember thinking how great my guys were till I saw the ipod with video.....hmmmm, watching dirty movies on the Ipod..... At least they didn't share it with the new scouts.
If true, I believe it is a disqualifying mark in my book. Especially since he does not have any time to show improvement. Follow your heart......A Mary Jane enjoying Eagle isn't any worse than an Eagle with no skills.
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Actually, a pot-smoking Eagle IS worse than an Eagle with no skills, for at least the latter is keeping himself morally straight...to the extent that means anything anymore.
It's funny how this kid has already been convicted by a bunch of people who don't know any of the players. Has he fulfilled all of his requirements for Eagle? Proceed.
Do we make a list of drop-dead offenses that prevent Eagle? One of them (in some places) used to be being openly gay. I'm sure we've got some potheads out there who see nothing wrong with this. Is tobacco and alcohol in the same league? Sexual activity? Cheating? Shoplifting? Skipping school? Where's the line, and who makes it up?
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BDPT00, let's not confuse illegal activity (pot smoking, shoplifting) with things like sexual activity or cheating which are more moral or ethical issues. For my money if ANY scout does anything illegal he cannot make Eagle right away because he has failed this requirement inherent in every rank:
"Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Law in your daily life."
Also, any Scout I know to be dishonest would have to work a while to earn back that trust.
No one has convicted the kid. People are engaging in conjecture if he is OR isn't guilty of the offense.
Smoking Pot is legal in one state and possession is no longer criminal in another.... This falls into the same catagory as smoking and drinking.
So how long before the rest follow.
However, unlicensed distribution of Pot is still a Federal crime and a state crime, even in pot-use legal states. And I don't think there is any place in the US where recreational pot use by minors is legal.
Eh, it's just drugs ... give'em the Eagle ... puts a new definition on "flying high".
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Seems to me like we should be trying to help these boys instead of figuring out how to 'come down' on them. BDPT00 has a point that there is a LOT we don't know about this and yet those boys are already convicted. Wow.
I guess we've been lucky not to have had to confront something like this as an occurrence during a unit event. But even if arrested outside of the scouting realm, this community has been supportive of turning them around rather than dealing harsh punishment. I do understand that we seem to be unique in this but in this community, PTI has worked quite well. Of course that's only available under limited conditions.
Wow - some are quick to condemn with so little information. On the one hand we have an eagle scout candidate who has for the last ~7 years (presumably) demonstrated that he is a good kid and is trustworthy, loyal, etc. Presumably if this were not the case he would not be within inches of earning Eagle. On the other hand we have one scout who we don't know anything about (but presumably has less credibility than the first) who thinks he saw something that may or may not have been marijuana.
I think you need more facts before drawing any conclusions. I've learned many times that things are not always as they appear when dealing with teenage boys. When I think of the Eagle and near-Eagle scouts I know I have a high degree of confidence in them. It would take a lot more than this to make me think otherwise.
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I think some of you need to read a bit slower. I see many people talking about IF it is true. This is speculation. I don't see too many here hanging people for no evidence. They are talking about how they would handle the situation IF it were true. Don't see anything wrong with that.


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"Quillion. What an interesting name! Did your father name you?" Thorongil asked the very young, nodding, dark-haired boy before him. The child's large eyes were staring up in awe and he got the impression the boy might be mute. That misconception would be rectified quickly. "Why would you like to be my squire?" The boy reminded him of a very young hound pup one of the troopers had: incredibly pleased just to be there, sharing space with them.
"Oh, sir! I want to be a soldier very badly. My father was a soldier, but he died." The boy blinked the tears from his grey eyes quickly and went on. "I could take care of your horse…" Thorongil had a picture in his mind of the youngster trying to hold the half-wild Meara stallion, Dagor. He had nearly trampled Fallon when he had gone to collect him from the barracks stable. "I can polish your armor…," the boy thought hard, "I can clean up and make tea." From his desk, Fallon tried to hide his smile.
"That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard! You are such a baby!" sneered the taller, blonde boy standing next to Quillion. He already wore the livery of the White Tree. The older boy stood at parade rest, his left arm crossed behind his back, exhibiting his training as a cadet and officer's squire. "Commanders don't drink tea," he instructed disparagingly. Thorongil silenced him with a look that caused a hot flush to seep up from under his collar, and the commander turned back to Quillion who still stood bravely, trying not to let the older boy's comments sting.
"Making tea is a very important skill for my squire," Thorongil said gently to the young boy. He looked over both of them carefully and dismissed them to wait outside on the benches. Thorongil turned to Fallon, who was lounging at his desk, listening to the interviews. "I've never had a squire before; I've never needed one and now I have two vying for the job." Fallon grinned.
"Remember, the idea is a squire should actually be able to lift your sword. This boy Lucan has been well trained to do the job. Politically, you should select him since Denethor sends him with his recommendation."
"But the boy has a nasty streak and there's something untrustworthy in him," Thorongil stated, "albeit he is old enough to do the work required." Fallon shrugged noncommittally. "I agree the other is too young but…" Thorongil let his thought trail off, watching his captain carefully for a reaction.
Fallon sighed, knowing he should not share what he was about to with Thorongil. He had known his commander for less than two months now, but realized quickly that the man's keen perception was second only to his kind heart.
"The young boy Quillion is but six years old. His father was killed two years ago at Osgiliath. An orcish arrow pierced his heart as he was standing before me, giving report. He was a fine man and a fine lieutenant-- my lieutenant. Later, I went myself with the news to his wife." Fallon's eyes darkened as he remembered that day. "She is of the impoverished branch of a good family. She took the news stoically, inquired after my health, and fainted in my arms as she escorted me out. These two years have been difficult for her and the last thing she wants is for her son to be a soldier at six. But, the boy is trying to be his father; he will do it either by attaching himself to someone like you or running away to be a horseboy or cook's helper."
Thorongil nodded. Something about the dark haired boy with the adoration in his eyes tugged at Thorongil's heart. At his age, he could have such a son. He thought of Arwen; it had been a long time since he'd last seen her. The two of them should have a fine boy like this one and a daughter or two, proud and wise like their mother.
"Commander?" Fallon was looking at him strangely and Thorongil realized it wasn't the first time he'd called his name. "Have you made a choice?" Fallon asked, already knowing the answer.
"The child has a brave heart and needs a friend," said Thorongil, already giving reasons for his unvoiced decision. "We can protect him if he is my squire."
"My new commander wants to start an orphanage?" Fallon challenged.
"He's got potential----" Thorongil countered.
"In about fifteen years!" Fallon snorted and threw up his hands. "I'll order him some livery and maybe a horse,---a small horse." Fallon went out, sent Lucan back up the hill with a message of the Commander's thanks and regret, and resting his hand on Quillion's head, guided him back into the office.
"Alright, Quillion," Thorongil said, standing by his desk. "You are my new squire, if your mother approves. I hope you are as good a guard of me and mine as your name suggests." The boy, overjoyed, ran to his new master and flung his arms around Thorongil's waist, burying his face in the commander's coat. Thorongil looked helplessly at the laughing Fallon, who finally gained control and in a commanding voice said:
"Squire! That is not how to thank your commander. Bow nicely, say your piece, and come with me. We need to get you a uniform."
The little boy jumped to attention, did a passable bow and murmured, "Oh, thank you, my lord!" Taking Fallon's hand, he danced out the door.
Thorongil sat down at his desk, shaking his head. 'Fallon's right,' he said to himself. 'Why ever did I pick such a small one? I'm insane.'
Later that afternoon, a stern and handsome guard commander was seen by the neighborhood gossips opening the iron gate and knocking at the door of the small, neat townhouse where Quillion and his mother lived. A tall woman, grey-eyed, her chestnut hair coiled and hid beneath a dark scarf, opened the door. She was younger than she seemed, Thorongil noted, and had probably once been considered very beautiful, but her gown was patched and the bleakness in her face made her seem much older. Thorongil was immediately reminded of his mother: the same pain, the same life abruptly ended, showed in her face.
Thorongil introduced himself and she invited him in, through the house to her garden in the rear. The late spring flowers were in bloom, and it was a pleasant, peaceful spot. Bees hummed in the hollyhock and delphiniums. A small fountain burbled in the corner, and Thorongil spied a red-tail lizard basking in the sun on the ledge. Her servant woman brought refreshments and as she poured the tea, she suddenly seemed to remember he was a guard officer and a man and asked if he would like something stronger.
"No, madam, tea is quite fine. My junior officer laughs at me for drinking it though." He smiled at her and she felt more at ease with this grim officer than she wanted to since she knew he had come to take her son.
"That would be Captain Fallon?" she asked. "He has been quite kind to me since---since that day. He's made sure there's always food and firewood enough. He's quite a gentle lord."
"Fallon?" Thorongil had already heard Fallon described by several women but "gentle lord" was the last epithet any would have thought of for his second.
"Yes," she assured him, "he and my husband were friends. Without his assistance, I'm sure we would have lost our home." Thorongil was beginning to think Quillion's arrival in his office had been no accident.
"Lady, your son wishes an appointment as my squire."
She had prepared a delicate and lady-like speech for this moment but realized the commander was a very direct man.
"Commander Thorongil, I do not want my son to be a soldier, though he dreams of following his father's career. He is too young to be a squire and I question why you would want him as one. Young boys in the military are often misused and abused." She held his unwavering grey eyes with a frank accusation and got the answer that she sought. Quillion's mother seemed to relax. "I see that would not be his fate with you. I want my son to be educated. I want him to be able to read and write the Common Speech and Sindarin: his father was of noble blood. Although we have no wealth, I would prefer he be apprenticed to a healer or learn cleric skills when he is old enough. I want better for him than to be gutted by an orc in Osgiliath." Thorongil saw the pain under her harsh speech. He thought again of another widow who a half-century before, had asked the same from an Elven lord.
"Lady, I promise you those things for your son. And I swear to keep him out of harm's way until he is old enough to decide if this is really the career he wants. But it is your choice." Thorongil paused, and then continued. "I think though, if you say nay, he will trail around the garrisons until he finds one that will give him a position." He looked at her directly. "Trust him to me; I'll keep him safe."
The widow and the commander talked politely for a while longer about mundane things. He took his leave and not much later, Quillion came in, dressed in his new livery jacket. He told his mother shyly fearful she would cry that he had an appointment as a squire to Commander Thorongil. She smiled a little sadly at her son's excitement but told him that the commander had been by and she had given her permission. The boy threw his arms around his mother's neck and promised he would always be good and brave and careful.
The next morning, just after dawn, Quillion trotted into the commander's office, wearing his new jacket. The commander, who was an early riser, was already at his desk. The little boy stood at attention and saluted. His commander very formally returned the salute.
"Now, Quillion, you and I must have a talk, so come here." Thorongil lifted him by the waist and sat him on the corner of the desk. "These are your first orders, Squire, so listen to them carefully." The boy sat with huge eyes, taking it all in. "First, your job is to care for my possessions, so you will have a small room in my quarters and will see to brushing my uniforms and tidying up." The boy nodded. "You must visit your mother every day. You must learn to be mannerly and courteous, for it is the mark of an officer and a lord. You must learn the High Tongue, for I cannot have an ignorant squire. You must ask if you have questions about anything at all." The boy looked overwhelmed but kept nodding. "And, Quillion, you must obey me in all things, always. Do you think you can do this?"
"Yes, sir! Oh, yes, sir!" Quillion chattered happily, kicking his heels against the desk's side.
"Oh, and you must obey Captain Fallon, unless you think it may be something I wouldn't want you to do." Quillion nodded sagely as if already aware that Captain Fallon could have many orders the commander might not want him to do. Thorongil lifted him down from the desk. "Go fetch my tea now from the mess. Cook will know what you need." Thorongil grinned as the boy pattered out the door off on his first mission. "Such a small one," he mused to himself.
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