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Trying To Fall Asleep At Night

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So tired…should head to bed

Flipping the pillow over to the cold side never does the trick.

2. The second you get into bed

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3. But you need to be up early…. Must go to sleep

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4. Why is your bed so uncomfortable?

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5. You should check Facebook

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6. Then you realize how late it’s gotten. You should really get some sleep.

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7. But your head is so full of thinking

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8. Aaaaaand suddenly you remember every scary movie you’ve ever seen ever

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9. Ugh. Why is it so hot in here?

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10. You’re definitely getting hungry…

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11. “If I fall asleep now I’ll get 5 hours sleep…If I fall asleep now I’ll get 4 hours sleep…”

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12. Maybe if you wrap yourself up tightly in these blankets, that works for babies you know

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13. NOTHING WORKS YOU’RE INCURABLE

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14. You wish there was a trigger mechanism for sleep

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15. Did you leave the oven on?

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16. Okay back to bed, totally able to fall asleep now

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17. Think of every embarrassing thing you’ve ever done and get super uncomfortable thinking about how awkward you are

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18. Why can’t you just turn off your brain?

19. You will never sleep again

(from Barnorama http://www.barnorama.com/trying-to-fall-asleep-at-night/)

Butter vs Margarine Explained [Video]

What the heck is the difference between butter and margarine, and is one better for you than the other? Get the fatty facts!

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Free Wednesday Evening Outdoor Concerts at El Paso County Parks

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El Paso County Parks has released the schedule of their free summer concerts for 2012! Concerts take place on select Wednesday evenings from 6 to 8 PM. Here’s a lineup of this summer’s concerts:

Wednesday, June 12th: Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society at Bear Creek Regional Park

Wednesday, July 17th: Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society at Fountain Creek Regional Park

Wednesday, July 24th: Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society at Bear Creek Regional Park

Saturday, July 27th: Pikes Peak Philharmonic Orchestra at Bear Creek Regional Park (7:30 PM)

Note: the orchestra will also be giving other free concerts this summer

Wednesday, July 31st: Grant Sabin at Fox Run Regional Park

Wednesday, August 14th: Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society at Bear Creek Regional Park

Wednesday, August 28th: Pikes Peak Jazz & Swing Society at Bear Creek Regional Park

Find out more about the concert series here.

Here’s more free summer concerts and events!

 

 

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Ask the Expert: Can a troop prevent a Scout from earning a merit badge at a workshop or summer camp?

Ask the Expert: What happened to Bugling merit badge?Updated May 15 with some clarifications.

Not all merit badges are earned in the traditional troop setting.

Enterprising Scouts can earn them at council-run merit badge “colleges” or workshops, summer or winter camps, or on their own with a registered counselor.

But some troops restrict or even prohibit this practice, insisting that merit badges must be earned under their own roof — with only troop-sanctioned counselors.

True, the Guide to Advancement says Scouts must discuss their choice of merit badge counselor with their Scoutmaster, but some troops take it one step farther, declaring that merit badge workshops themselves aren’t kosher.

Is that OK? That’s what a Scouter named Thomas wondered in an email last week. In his troop, Scouts cannot earn Eagle-required merit badges at events like workshops, instead needing to earn those merit badges in-house. He writes: 

Bryan,

Our BSA district holds various workshops such as Merit Badge Saturday and has arranged for qualified and approved MB counselors to run these sessions. The workshops offer many merit badges including some that are Eagle Required. This is supported by the “blue card,” which states the Scout “may also want to take advantage of opportunities at merit badge fairs or midways, or at rock-climbing gyms or whitewater rafting trips that provide merit badge instruction. This is acceptable …”

A concern is that our local troop had established a policy that no Scout in our troop would be allowed to earn an Eagle-required MB at a merit badge workshop. Some of the adult leaders in our troop voiced an opinion that we can and should place this restriction on the Scouts in order to ensure the Scout has a good experience using our troop approved counselors. Does the BSA allow for a troop to establish a local policy that prohibits the Scout from taking Eagle Required MBs at fully sanctioned and approved events? There are good intentions on both sides of this debate in the troop and we want to align our approach with BSA national policy.

Can you shed some light on this topic?

Sincerely,

Thomas S.

So what’s the answer? As always, we turn to those prolific light-shedders in the BSA’s Advancement Team.

The gist of it is this: Though Scouters can get away with it under current rules, the BSA highly discourages troops from restricting where Scouts can earn merit badges. And the practice of preventing a Scout from choosing his own counselor (be it at a workshop or elsewhere) will be prohibited in the 2013 edition of the Guide to Advancement, due out this summer.

Here are some other key points on the matter from the upcoming 2013 Guide to Advancement:

  1. Unit leaders must have a discussion with a Scout before the Scout gets the signed blue card. This discussion is meant to be a “growth-oriented and positive conversation” rather than a restrictive one. 
  2. Any registered Boy Scout, Varsity Scout, or qualified Venturer or Sea Scout may begin work on any badge at any time, provided he’s had this discussion with his unit leader as indicated on the blue card.
  3. But to elaborate on points 1 and 2, the blue-card signature no longer indicates “approval to begin work,” meaning a Scout may count certain requirements for a merit badge before he has the blue card. For example, nights of camping completed before he has the blue card for Camping merit badge will still count. (See this Ask the Expert post for more clarification.)
  4. Units, districts and councils do not have the authority to implement a different system for merit badge approval or documentation.
  5. The Scout and unit leader should come to an agreement as to who the merit badge counselor will be. Lacking agreement, the Scout must be allowed to work with the counselor of his choice, as long as that person is registered and approved by the council committee.
  6. A Scout may want to take advantage of merit badge fairs or midways, or merit badge instruction at rock-climbing gyms, whitewater rafting companies, or museums. That’s acceptable, provided the counselors are registered and the Scout has a discussion with his unit leader and gets a signed blue card.

What I’ve written above is just an overview, and those changes will be further explained and made official when the 2013 Guide to Advancement comes out this summer.

(Update May 15): To give you a taste of what’s to come, I have uploaded the relevant page from the 2013 Guide to Advancement (clicking opens PDF). Take a look, but remember that it won’t become “gospel” until the advancement guide releases this summer.

I hope that clears things up a little. Thanks to the BSA’s Advancement Team for handling all the questions I’ve been throwing their way recently.

Have a question?

Send it to me, subject line “Ask the Expert,” and I’ll try to track down answers when possible.


Photo: From Flickr. Some rights reserved by Fort Meade. “David E. shows his Lego robot to James L. during S.T.E.M. Merit Badge Day when 430 Boy Scouts were scattered throughout the post to earn merit badges in science, technology, engineering”

(from Bryan on Scouting http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2013/05/14/mbworkshops/)

Free Friday Night Concerts at First & Main Town Center

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First and Main Town Center is presenting their ninth annual summer concert series this year! It begins on June 7th and will be held every Friday night through the end of July.

The concerts are held in the park across from the theatre (be sure to check out the info on Cinemark’s cheap summer movies for kids) from 5 to 7 PM.  Bring your own lawn chairs or blankets and enjoy the free music and entertainment from local artists.  Here’s the 2013 concert lineup:

June 7th: Bop Skizzum (Dance Band)

June 14th: Manuel Molina and his International Combo (Latin/Salsa)

June 21st: Mad Dog & the Smokin J’s (Rockabilly)

June 28th: Monument Hill (Rock Covers)

July 5th: Velvet Rut (Classic Rock Covers)

July 12th: Oakhurst (Americana/Country)

July 19th: Jake Loggins Band (Blues)

July 26th: That Eighties Band (80′s Hits)

Note that on the opening night, June 7th, they’ll have not only a free concert from 5-7 PM but from 3-5 PM, they’ll have a bounce house, petting zoo, and more family-friendly fun.

You can find out more about the concert series here, and for more free summer concerts in Colorado Springs, click here to visit our Colorado Springs Summer Fun page!

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Bad Predictions

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These people got it completely wrong.

Variety magazine, 1955

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Charles Darwin, writing in the foreword to On the Origin of Species, 1859

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Economist Irving Fisher in October 1929, three days before the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression

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A Decca Records executive to the band’s manager, Brian Epstein, following an audition in 1962. He continued: “We don’t like your boys’ sound. Groups are out. Four-piece groups with guitars, particularly, are finished.”

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Time magazine, 1968

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John Langdon-Davies, A Short History of the Future, 1936

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Margaret Thatcher, Oct. 26, 1969

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Guglielmo Marconi, pioneer of radio, writing in Technical World magazine, October 1912

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Kaiser Wilhelm II to German troops at the outset of World War One, August 1914

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Lt. Joseph Ives, after visiting the Grand Canyon in 1861

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Dr. Dionysys Larder, science writer and academic, in 1828

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Robert Millikan, American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, 1923

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New York Times, 1936

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Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, in InfoWorld magazine, December 1995

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The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford’s lawyer, Horace Rackham, not to invest in the Ford Motor Company, 1903

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William Orton, president of Western Union, in 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell tried to sell the company his invention

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Charlie Chaplin in 1916, two years into his big-screen acting career. The rest of the quote: “It’s canned drama. What audiences really want to see is flesh and blood on the stage.”

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An aide to British military commander Field Marshal Haig wrote this in a report following a tank demonstration, 1916

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Thomas Edison, 1889. The lightbulb inventor insisted his own direct current (DC) system was superior to competitor George Westinghouse’s AC power, and took every opportunity to discredit alternating current

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Mary Somerville, pioneer of radio educational broadcasts, 1948

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Byte magazine editor Edmund DeJesus, 1998

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Alan Sugar, 2005

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Popular Mechanics, 1949

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Sci-fi writer Bruce Sterling in The New York Times, 2007

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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, 2007

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(from Barnorama http://www.barnorama.com/bad-predictions/)