Best posts on New York OA Trader from Nov. 10 – 16, 2008

Craig Leighty announced information for the 2009 pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree on Patch-L yesterday.  Perhaps the most surprising news, is that it will be held on campus at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana and will be part of the official NOAC program.ISCA is the International Scout Traders Association.  The Trade-O-Ree will run from July 30 through August 1, 2009. The arrival day at NOAC. ISCA will host the 2009 Pre-NOAC Trade-O-Ree in partnership with the Order of the Arrow.

An auction on eBay recently ended for a “Vintage 1930’s Lot of Miscellaneous Boy Scouts.”  The Auction started out at $ 9.99 and finished up at over $ 350.00.So what was the key piece?  A 1937 National Jamboree Shoulder Tab pictured in the lower left.

Roy More and Chris Jensen talk about 1935 NJ Arcs and 1397 NJ Shoulder Tabs on Roy’s blog.

Here is another Top 10 List, this time of Irritating Phrases, form the Telegraph, a UK Paper.  It seems to have struck a chord, because at this moment in time 😉 there are over 1500 comments on the article.1 – At the end of the day2 – Fairly unique3 – I personally4 – At this moment in time5 – With all due respectClick through the link above to read the rest.

Remember.—————It is the soldier, not the reporter,Who has given us freedom of the press.It is the soldier, not the poet,Who has given us freedom of speech.It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.It is the soldier, who salutes the flag,Who serves beneath the flag,And whose coffin is draped by the flag,Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

I ran across this map in my readings and wanderings at an interesting blog site StrangeMaps. Surprising, to me at least, the percentages of the western states owned by the Federal Government.The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) – nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and Indian reservations, or are leased to the private sector for commercial exploitation (e.