21st World Scout Jamboree

Posted on October 4, 2012 by mukilane

The 21st World Scout Jamboree was held in July and August 2007, and formed a part of the Scouting 2007 Centenary celebrations of the world Scout Movement. The event was hosted by the United Kingdom, as 2007 marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Scouting on Brownsea Island.

The event was held for 12 days between 27 July and 8 August, in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex. This site was selected because of the easy access to air and sea transport, and it is also near Gilwell Park, an important campsite and training centre for Scout Leaders.

Over 38,000 Scouts and leaders from 158 countries which have a recognised National Scout Organization (recognition is conferred by membership in the World Organization of the Scout Movement) camped for the event, while over 50,000 others attended for day visits. There were also over 8600 members of the International Service Team who also came from all over the world.

Participation

The event was open to all members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) who are between the ages of 14 and 17 at the start of the Jamboree on July 27, 2007. Members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts(WAGGGS) may have participated if the respective national WOSM member organization agreed. People who wished to attend must have been selected by their respective Scouting associations.

Adults were able to participate in support roles as members of the International Service Team, National Contingent Support Teams, Troop Leaders, National Representatives, Off-Site Program Workers, or members of the Build Team.

Day visitors of all ages were also welcomed to the event. However, the dates and the areas on which day visitors were able to visit were restricted to maintain park capacity limits.

The event was the second largest ever Jamboree held with 38,074 participants and IST attending, but with more countries than ever before., and more than 42,000 day visitors. The 3rd ‘Coming of Age’ Jamboree in 1929 was the largest held, with 50,000 participants.

Theme

Each Jamboree has a theme, and the 2007 Jamboree’s is “One World, One Promise“. This motto is incorporated on the Centenary badge and is available in the local language of all Scouting organisations who are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. This motto is also included in the lyrics of the Jambo Song.

Factfile

Between midnight on Thursday 26 and midnight on Friday 27 one coach arrived at Hylands Park every two minutes on average.
One roll of toilet paper was used up every minute.
Over 5 km of fibre Optic cable and over 45 km of Category 5 cable was used in the IT systems.
More countries took part in the 21st World Scout Jamboree than in the most recent Olympic Games.
Over 100,000 kg of meat was eaten during the course of the event.
Approximately 90 tankers of toiletry waste were taken away from the site every day.
Several activities in the 21st World Scout Jamboree attempted to break a Guinness World Record, this includes successfully launching 1032 model rockets at the same time, taking 500 kayaks into the water on the opening day and 384 pairs dancing a Polish national dance. Nevertheless, on 7 August 2007 at 19:30, Scouting was officially declared and certified by Scott Christie, record manager of the Guinness Book of World Records, as the largest youth organisation in the world.

Attractions

Key attractions, events and facilitions included:

Globuses. These were a series of London buses transformed to be a learning base. They featured topics on slavery, women’s rights, children’s rights, global travel, HIV/AIDS and water. A particularly famous bus was the women’s rights bus which had a previous role in Spice World.

Opening ceremony: The camp was called to order in a special ceremony. Prince William and Duke of Kent (President of the UK Scout Association) attended and participated representing the Queen.
World Village: Six areas on the Jamboree site where Scouts could experience things like creativity, technology, and culture.
Gilwell Adventure: Adventurous and challenging activities were provided at Gilwell Park, the UK Scouting Headquarters.
Global Development Village: An exhibition that explored the world’s key challenges through practical workshops run by specialists from the United Nations and similar organizations and charities like Oxfam.
Community Action Day: Known officially as ‘Starburst’, a day that was devoted to making a difference in the community through involvement which included activities like clearing thorn bushes & trees at Epping Forest and redecorating a children’s home.
Daily Shows: Performed by the World Scout Jamboree cast from the UK, a group of Scouts and Guides who had auditioned to perform. There were a range of songs being performed, including a unique ‘Jamboree Megamix’, a song comprising favorite pop hits, as well as the official Jamboree Song.
Sunrise Ceremony: This event marked the 100 years of Scouting; all of the Scouts joined together to re-take their promise via a live video link to Brownsea Island, where the first Scout Camp took place. The cast also provided entertainment during and after this early morning event. Similar events occurred at 8am local time, August 1, all over the world. Lord Michael Baden-Powell, grandson of the founder of the Scout Movement, was also present; and he read out excerpts from letter that his grandfather wrote before his death. “I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so can enjoy life when you are a man…But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. “Be Prepared” in this way, to live happy and to die happy—stick to your Scout promise always—even after you have ceased to be a boy—and God help you to do it. Your Friend Baden-Powell”
Sunrise camp: Each participating country should nominate 2 members to the Sunrise Camp, Jul 27 to Aug 01.They will bedivided into 4 patrols and enjoy a series of activities at Brownsea Island, including help prepare and participate in the sunrise ceremony.
Adult Jamboree Friendship Award is introduced for International Service Team members and Adult Leaders.
Internet Cafes and WiFi hotspots.

Subcamps

Each hub contained four subcamps each consisting of 2,000 Scouts with its own programme of activities. Within the subcamps each troop had 36 participants. The four hubs were:

Tropical
- Jungle
- Lagoon
- Mangrove
- Rain forest

Ocean
- Beach
- Harbour
- Fjord
- Atoll

Desert
- Oasis
- Dune
- Wadi
- Tundra

Mountain
- Volcano
- Plateau
- Glacier
- Canyon

The adult-only hub for IST members and other adults not affiliated with a Sub-camp or participant unit and has own programme of activities at first time:

Island

Preparations

Preparations for the event have included a smaller scale Jamboree, EuroJam 2005, where 12,000 Scouts, from acrossEurope, camped in the same location. This dry run allowed the planners of the Jamboree to test a number of aspects of the event, including the control of the massive influx of the contingents into the area. The food and supplies for the EuroJam event also set a world record for the largest single internet order to a supermarket, with deliveries being made in large articulated trucks.

Scouts Shops Ltd, responsible for sourcing much of the equipment for the 21st World Jamboree, reported that the cost of steel on the world market increased as a result of the Jamboree placing its order.

International Service Team

The International Service Team (IST) were Scouts aged 18 and above who help to build large-scale Scouting events, the most notable being World Scout Jamborees. They arrived one week before the beginning of the actual event for preparation.

There were over 8600 members of the IST at the 21st World Scout Jamboree, and they helped to build, run, take down and maintain the events, activities and services on the Jamboree site. The IST were split in to two main sections, with four sub-sections, depending on their interests and qualifications:

On-Site IST looked after on-site services, events and activities.
Off-Site IST looked after Splash!, the water activities day, Gilwell Adventure, activities at the home of Scouting, and Starburst, the community projects day.

Including water, gas and electricity, the IST built and maintained the fifth largest city in Essex from a park in under a month.

UK Contingent Pre-Event Party

The entire UK contingent arrived one day before the rest of the world, and had a party on the Tropical Hub stage with performances fromLiberty X and Lemar, along with Radio 1 DJ Jason King and CBBC TV presenter Anne Foy. Peter Duncan, UK Chief Scout, was also on the stage.

Jamboree

Posted on September 26, 2012 by mukilane

In Scouting, a jamboree is a large gathering of Scouts who rally at a national or international level.

The 1st World Scout Jamboree was held in 1920, and was hosted by the United Kingdom. It was for this jamboree that the founder of scouting, lord Baden Powell, wrote the song “ging gang goolie” because it could be sung by anyone. Since then, there have been twenty two World Scout Jamborees, hosted in various countries, generally every four years.

There are also national and continental jamborees held around the world with varying frequency. Many of these events will invite and attract Scouts from overseas.

Etymology

According to the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, the etymology is “19th century, origin unknown”. Poet Robert W. Service used the term well before the first Scouting jamboree. It appears in the poem “Athabaska Dick” in his Rhymes of a Rolling Stone, which was published in 1912. At the time, the word meant a rowdy, boisterous gathering.

Baden-Powell was once asked why he chose “jamboree”. He replied, “What else would you call it?”, a response that makes sense if the word already means a boisterous gathering.

Nonetheless, it is popularly believed within the Scout Movement that the word was coined by Baden-Powell. It is said that the word has several possible origins, ranging from Hindi to Swahili to Native American dialects. It is also said that the word is related to corroboree, a term corrupted by the European settlers of Australia from the Aboriginal word caribberie meaning a ceremonial meeting of Aboriginals involving singing and dancing.

Baden-Powell chose the name as rally, meeting and gathering did not fully capture the spirit of this then-new concept. It is said that the name is derived from the Swahili for hello, jambo, as a result of the considerable amount of time he spent in the region. At the first world jamboree at Olympia in 1920, Lord Baden-Powell said “People give different meanings for this word, but from this year on, jamboree will take a specific meaning. It will be associated to the largest gathering of youth that ever took place.”

Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, coined the term jamborese to refer to the lingua franca used between Scouts of different languages and cultural habits, that develops when diverse Scouts meet, that fosters friendship and understanding between Scouts of the world. Sometimes the word jamborette is used to denote smaller, either local or international, gatherings.

Girl Guides rarely use the term jamboree for their gatherings. Girl Scouts, however, do use the word.

International Jamborees

World Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from all over the world

World Camp

World Deaf Scout Jamboree, a gathering of deaf Scouts from all over the world

World Scout Jamboree on the Air (JOTA)

World Scout Jamboree on the Internet (JOTI)

Jamboree on the Trail (JOTT) is an international day of hiking

Asia-Pacific Scout Jamboree

Caribbean Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the Caribbean

Central European Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from Central Europe

European Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from all over Europe

Arab Scout Jamboree

All-Africa Scout Jamboree

Pan-American Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from the Western Hemisphere

Essex International Jamboree, a gathering of 7,000-9,000 Scouts and Guides from all over the world

World Federation of Independent Scouts World Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts of the World Federation of Independent Scouts

Jamboree 2008 (Northumberland), a celebration of the 1908 Humshaugh camp

Homenetmen General Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts of the Homenetmen

National Jamborees

National Scout jamboree, Boy Scouts of America

Canadian Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from Canada

Australian Scout Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from Australia and the Asia-Pacific Region

Nippon Jamboree, a gathering of Scouts from Japan

Nawaka, a gathering of Sea Scouts in the Netherlands

Irish Jamboree 2008

Girl Scout Senior Roundup

Hello world!

Posted on August 30, 2012 by mukilane

Welcome to WordPress.com! This is your very first post. Click the Edit link to modify or delete it, or start a new post. If you like, use this post to tell readers why you started this blog and what you plan to do with it.

Happy blogging!

Welding

Posted on March 18, 2012 by mukilane

Requirements

Do the following:

Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while welding, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, or lessen these hazards.
Show that you know first aid for, and the prevention of, injuries or illnesses that could occur while welding, including electrical shock, eye injuries, burns, fume inhalation, dizziness, skin irritation, and exposure to hazardous chemicals, including filler metals and welding gases.

Do the following:

With your counselor, discuss general safety precautions and Material Safety Data Sheets related to welding. Explain the importance of the MSDS.
Describe the appropriate safety gear and clothing that must be worn when welding. Then, present yourself properly dressed for welding—in protective equipment, clothing, and footwear.
Explain and demonstrate the proper care and storage of welding equipment, tools, and protective clothing and footwear.

Explain the terms welding, electrode, slag, and oxidation. Describe the welding process, how heat is generated, what kind of filler metal is added (if any), and what protects the molten metal from the atmosphere.
Name the different mechanical and thermal cutting methods. Choose one method and describe how to use the process. Discuss one advantage and one limitation of this process.
Do the following:

Select two welding processes, and make a list of the different components of the equipment required for each process. Discuss one advantage and one limitation for each process.
Choose one welding process. Set up the process you have chosen, including gas regulators, work clamps, cables, filler materials, and equipment settings. Have your counselor inspect and approve the area for the welding process you have chosen.

After successfully completing requirements 1 through 5, use the equipment you prepared for the welding process in 5b to do the following:

Using a metal scribe or soapstone, sketch your initial onto a metal plate, and weld a bead on the plate following the pattern of your initial.
Cover a small plate (approximately 3″ x 3″ x ¼”) with weld beads side by side.
Tack two plates together in a square groove butt joint.
Weld the two plates together from 6c on both sides.
Tack two plates together in a T joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a T joint with fillet weld on both sides.
Tack two plates together in a lap joint, have your counselor inspect it, then weld a lap joint with fillet weld on both sides.

Do the following:

Find out about three career opportunities in the welding industry. Pick one and find out the education, training, and experience required for this profession. Discuss this with your counselor, and explain why the profession might interest you.
Discuss the role of the American Welding Society in the welding profession.

Brazil – Scout Of The Fatherland

Posted on February 28, 2012 by mukilane

Brazil
(União dos Escoteiros do Brasil)

Escoteiro da Pátria
(Scout of the Fatherland)

Scout Of The Father Land

A Scout or Guide (Escoteiro/Escoteira) in Brazil can
earn the Lis de Ouro (Gold Badge).

A Senior Scout or Guide (Sênior/Guia) can earn the
Escoteiro da Pátria award.
Brazil Awards

Stamps

Posted on February 5, 2012 by mukilane

Stamps

The Stamps released for the Centenary of Scouting are posted at http://scoutingeverywhere.blogspot.in/p/stamps.html
please click here to see all the stamps in scouting.

Health And Hygiene

Posted on February 2, 2012 by mukilane

he following are basic tips for health and hygiene at camp.

Anti-Bacterial

Anti-bacterial cleaners are types of disinfectant and can kill germs. They often come in spray form.
Anti-bacterial cleaners won’t work if you don’t use them properly, so always follow the instructions.
Always clean surfaces first with detergent to remove any grease or dirt, then apply disinfectant to kill any remaining germs.
Use separate cloths or sponges for separate tasks; where practicable use disposable cloths.
If using them more than once, wash in hot water and soap then place in a suitable disinfectant, rinse thoroughly and allow to dry. Do not soak overnight as disinfectant solutions weaken and may allow bacteria to grow.
Keep serving bowls covered to protect them from dust, insects and pets.

Bugs

‘Bugs’ and ‘germs’ are the common name for the harmful organisms – such as bacteria and viruses – that cause food poisoning. Because we can only see them through a microscope they are also called microbes or micro-organisms.
They can get into our food at any point in the food chain – from the time when an animal or food is in the field to the moment food is put on to the table to eat. If they are allowed to survive and multiply they can cause illness when that food is eaten.
Food poisoning bacteria multiply fast but to do so need moisture, food, warmth and time. They multiply best between 5 and 63°C. One germ can multiply to more than 4 million in just 8 hours in the right conditions.
Food poisoning microbes can be dangerous and can kill – though this is rare. They are very hard to detect since they do not usually affect the taste, appearance or smell of food.

Cans

Before opening cans wipe over the tops to remove any dust – and don’t forget to clean the can opener.
Never put open cans in the fridge – transfer contents into a storage container or covered bowl and remember to use within two days.
Don’t use food from rusty or damaged cans.

Chopping Boards

Wash and dry knives and chopping boards thoroughly after every use and especially between chopping raw meat, fish and poultry and chopping cooked and ready-to-eat foods.
Ideally use separate chopping boards for raw and cooked foods.

Cling Film

Cover dishes and other open containers with foil or film before storing them in the fridge. Don’t re-use foil or film to wrap other foods

Cool Bags

Use an insulated bag or cool box to keep chilled and frozen foods cool when shopping and buy these foods last.
Use enough ice packs to keep cool bags really cool.
When having a barbecue or picnic keep meats, salads and other perishable foods cool in the fridge or in a cool bag until just before you are ready to cook/eat them.
Ideally use separate cool bags for raw meats and cooked/ready-to-eat foods.
Cool bags can only keep food cool for a limited period so cook sooner rather than later.

Washing Hands
Don’t forget to wash hands:
     a) before handling food – any food
     b) before handling meat after veg
     c) before handling veg after meat
     d) before eating or sampling food during cooking
     e) after eating or sampling food during cooking
     f) before cooking
     g) after cooking
Finally, EVERYONE to wash their hands before they sit down to eat.

Web Directories

Posted on September 4, 2011 by mukilane

Web Directories

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